Song Yuanhuanzhi

Chapter 30 Decision
The raging wind blew by in waves, whistling and roaring.

Song Huan took out the cotton-filled wooden bow that was piled up in ashes.

My brother has half a day off today, and in the afternoon we will join in playing cotton.

Song Huan flicked the cotton loose, and Ah Di and Fu Yuanzhi spread it on the other side.

Ah Di hugged the cotton and buried his whole face in the cotton. Although it was not heavy, he still felt that he was struggling. Song Huan said helplessly, "Ardi, don't suck the cotton into your stomach, otherwise the cotton will be It grew out of your belly, huh?"

Brother was stunned when he put the cotton away. He looked at the cotton on the bed, looked down at his nose, and finally looked at sister, "Sister, sister, please help brother to see, isn't the cotton in?"

Song Huan pointed to Fu Yuanzhi, "Let your elder brother take a look at it for you."

After finishing speaking, he gave Fu Yuanzhi a wink while his elder brother turned around, Fu Yuanzhi had no choice but to accept it, and cooperated with the siblings.

It took three hours to pluck the cotton. In the end, Song Huan and Fu Yuanzhi criss-crossed the cotton with thin ropes, like a layer of netting on the cotton, to fix the cotton wool.

New quilts are generally used as mattresses, and the cotton is compacted before being used for covering, otherwise it will be easy to loosen.

Song Huan and Fu Yuanzhi worked together to spread the two quilts on the bed.

After this time, Song Huan settled one of his concerns, and now he has charcoal, quilts, fur, and food.

This bitingly cold winter can finally survive.

The days were getting colder every day, and Song Huan also learned about the follow-up from the tearful boy.

After consultation, the two villages finally decided to take turns fishing every month.

For example, if you go to Darongshu Village in the first month, you will leave it to Dongxi Village in February, and the two villages will exchange with each other.

As for the issue of fishing nets, the teenagers from the two villages handed over the nets to each other in the form of leasing.

Darongshu Village still gave away fish, while Dongxi Village gave Song Huan two renminbi a month, and also had to deposit ten renminbi as a deposit.

This is what the tearful boy and Yang Dayong fought for.

Since Song Huan didn't charge them for the sake of the same village, they couldn't let Song Huan be treated badly.

Dongxi Village is not Big Banyan Tree Village and has nothing to do with Song Huan, so they are different and have to pay.

And every month in the future, people will have to send someone to check the handover fishing net, so as not to damage it, and no one will accept the compensation at that time.

Song Huan is a person with vested interests, so she doesn't care about such an arrangement, and she didn't want to use the fishing net to get much benefit at first.

Song Huan happily accepted the unexpected extra two pennies per month.

It is a fool not to take money.

Entering the twelfth lunar month, it is colder in the mountains, and the wind comes from all directions.

Song Huan can occasionally harvest a lot of prey, especially rabbits, as long as he sets traps in places with a lot of grass, he can hardly fail.

Now Song Huan has returned to the situation of going into the mountain every day, and Song Huan, the little rabbit who is not injured, will put it back.

She has burned four kilns for charcoal, and more than half of it is piled up in the shed in the backyard, and it is also stored in the main room.

But the charcoal in the main room is the charcoal from the first kiln.

In order to ensure safety, Song Huan generally confirms that there are no sparks before putting them in the house. If there are still sparks inside, wait for the wind to blow, hehe, don't worry about that scene.

If he caught a lot of wild rabbits, Song Huan would keep some of the good-colored rabbits to make rabbit blankets for himself, and the other rabbits would be sold in restaurants after a certain amount had been accumulated.

On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Song Huan came to the restaurant again. This time, as soon as he saw Song Huan, the younger brother immediately went to call the shopkeeper.

Song Huan was taken to the backyard kitchen to sit and warm himself by the fire, with a cup of hot tea stuffed in his hand.

Song Huan felt a little confused, what's the matter?

This attitude made Monk Zhang Er puzzled.

After the shopkeeper came, Song Huan finally understood the reason.

"The charcoal was figured out by myself, and I can only spare two hundred catties if necessary." Song Huan thought for a while before replying.

The shopkeeper nodded, "Okay, that's all. Fortunately, you came in time. The charcoal was not a big deal at first, but it just happened to put the charcoal in the wing room a few days ago. The charcoal you brought has less smoke and does not smoke people. , Just like that, the county magistrate found out that the old lady of the county magistrate will celebrate her birthday in a few days, so they sent someone to ask me about the charcoal every few days, and ordered me to take out the charcoal no matter what. When you are frowning, you will come to the door."

The shopkeeper really regretted that he didn't ask more on weekdays, which village Song Huan was from and where his family was.

If he knew, he wouldn't have been worried for several days, making Xiaoer watch at the door every day if Song Huan would come or not.

He was afraid that Song Huan would not come this winter.

Song Huan asked strangely, "Aren't we from the town? The county magistrate's wife and sons will also come?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "How can people like us know the whereabouts of these big shots? It's just luck. There are no such big shots on weekdays, let alone this cold weather."

Song Huan nodded, how could ordinary people know the whereabouts of officials.

Or because the information transmission is too slow.

And, in this day and age, it's easier to hide news than pass it on.

Song Huan asked again, "How did the charcoal get there?"

The shopkeeper also frowned thinking about it, "That's why, there is no special bodyguard agency in the town, and you can't find anyone to escort things."

Song Huan thought for a while, then asked again, "Has the shopkeeper found anyone?"

The shopkeeper shook his head.

Song Huan said again, "The escort should count me in as well."

The shopkeeper and Xiaoer looked at her in surprise, "You can do it?"

Song Huan nodded, "I burn the charcoal. If there is anything that needs attention, I will be more aware, so as not to mess things up and disappoint the county magistrate's wife."

The shopkeeper hesitated for a while. After thinking about it, it was indeed as Song Huan said. After all, she burned the charcoal. It is fine for him to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. If something goes wrong...

The shopkeeper replied, "Okay, I'll have someone drive a car to Darongshu Village tomorrow. When the time comes, I'll go get the charcoal and go straight to the county. You can prepare it when you get back."

Song Huan nodded, and sold the six rabbits, and got 330 liufen. Although the shopkeeper and himself had also increased the price by two yuan, the winter rabbits were not as heavy as before, and the selling price was not much.

Luxian County is two days and one night away from the town, so we have to prepare dry food on the way. Song Huan has to buy some white flour and niè, and make some small steamed buns to take with him when he goes home, as well as hot sauce for appetizers.

The spicy rabbit meat last time was good.

This time, I made it into spicy diced rabbit meat, and the minced meat in sauce is sandwiched in the steamed buns. The taste must not be too bad.

Song Huan bought two catties of white noodles, two candied haws and went home.

When Song Huan got home, he directly told about going to Lu County with the team tomorrow.

This is the first time in four months that she has been out for such a long time. If there is no delay, it will take four days and three nights to go back and forth.

And the price of that one hundred catties of carbon must not be stingy with the county magistrate's wife.

Fu Yuanzhi didn't say anything, the days can pass and the better, it's a good thing to have good expectations.

But brother can't do it anymore. Since he was a child, his elder sister never left him. Even if he went to the town, he would go home that night. This time he went out for so long. I'm studying, I don't want to learn characters, don't leave, sister.

Song Huan forced him to calm down, and tried to comfort him, but it didn't work. In the end, brother fell asleep crying.

Song Huan gently put Ah Di on the bed, covered the quilt, and wiped away the tears from the corners of Ah Di's eyes.

Fu Yuanzhi was lighting a fire in the kitchen, and Song Huan came in and sat next to him, and the two of them boiled hot water together.

"Do you have other plans?" Fu Yuanzhi asked immediately.

Song Huan nodded, "The so-called 'one side's water and soil nourishes one's people', and there is also the saying 'close to Zhu will be red, and close to ink will be black'. The influence of the environment on people is subtle, and the story of 'Meng's mother moved three times' illustrates this principle. .”

Each of us is more or less influenced by the words and deeds of the people around us. Children have the strongest ability to imitate in early childhood, so they should be given a good environment.

The ancients taught us that we must associate with saints and stay away from trivial matters and despicable people in order to achieve success, and this is what they said.Mencius's success in learning is due to his mother's contribution.

(End of this chapter)