On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Boss Xiao's new mule cart made everyone in his family watch excitedly.

Boss Xiao was also nearby, and he talked about selling prey in dialect with great excitement: "The shopkeeper still remembers me. He was very happy to see the wild muntjac and gave him a good price of thirty-eight yuan per catty."

"It's a pity that it shed some blood and only weighs seventy-eight pounds. In addition, the pheasant has worms, so I gave it three taels of silver."

"Later I went to other inns and restaurants to inquire, and I found that dead deer were only thirty-five or six cents per catty. If I could catch a living one, I would pay fifty cents per catty."

"Did I hear you right? You can earn more than three taels of silver in a day!" Mrs. Xiao clasped her hands together excitedly: "God bless us, let our livestock prosper, and we can hunt prey in the mountains."

What troubles her is that there is a bad neighbor next door, but the feng shui of this new home is excellent, and she can earn so much money from hunting.

The money earned in this day is more than others earn in a month.

So, should the fence be raised?

What if the wall is moved and financial luck is affected?

Boss Xiao threw a penny of silver to Xiao Dalang: "I heard that you caught another pheasant and came back. Take it and follow me into the mountains tomorrow."

He gave Madam Xiao another one tael of silver: "Mom, I will give you one tael of silver every month for household use."

Living in the countryside, you can buy two or three kilograms of vegetables and radishes for a penny, which means rice, flour, oil, sugar and the like are a bit more expensive.

He did not plan to live in the countryside for a long time, and planned to separate from his brother when he moved to Wuning County.

Now let the younger brother go to open up wasteland, and let the younger siblings cook and clean, it is not considered a free meal, and I don't mind giving the money to my mother's family.

After all, it costs twenty or thirty taels of silver to buy a maid and a woman, and you have to support them, and you have to give them money every month and clothes for all seasons.

Thinking about it this way, giving my mother one tael of silver every month is a good deal.

Therefore, he didn't mind saying something nice: "If I hunt a lot of prey in the future, I will buy cloth for my mother to make new clothes, and meat and snacks for my mother to eat."

Xiao Lao Niang was coaxed by her eldest son and beamed: "You are all filial and the whole family is harmonious, which makes my mother happy."

On the other side, Xiao Dalang wanted to take away the penny that his uncle gave him, but his mother was watching eagerly beside him, so he could only offer it with both hands: "Mom, keep it."

"You can just keep it yourself." Mrs. Wu said politely, but took the money with her hands very cooperatively, and said with a smile: "Forget it, my mother will keep it for you. When you get married next year, your clothes, shoes and socks will all be new. I also need to buy some hairpins for the bride, there are plenty of places to spend money?"

She was just saying that she would never buy a hairpin for Lin Xuan.

She had already thought about it. She could save a lot of money by taking the silver hairpin and silver bracelet she got at the inn to a jewelry store and blowing them up.

Of course, if his son is lucky and can hunt a lot of prey, then he will give more to them when they get married.

When Xiao Dalang heard this, he quickly glanced at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan happened to look over and smiled lightly at him before lowering her head.

Xiao Dalang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

After the pleasant things were said, Xiao Lian told the story about the peeping at the neighbor's house next door.

Madam Xiao and Mrs. Wu also talked about their great achievements in a more exaggerated way.

Boss Xiao frowned: "Don't deal with them yet, let's wait for the opportunity before moving to the city."

Huluo Pingyang was bullied by dogs.

He is not a tiger yet, so it doesn't matter if he feels a little wronged.

The main reason is that his patron Jiang Yu hasn't come back yet, so he won't start a fight with his neighbor who has official duties at home.

Even if the neighbor's house heard the sound of grinding and stone mortar that night, they were all woken up, put some cotton in their ears and continued to sleep. After all, when they were in the wild, they mostly slept listening to the howling of wolves. Now, they could overcome this little noise with cotton stuffed inside.

In the next few days, Boss Xiao secretly took his daughter and nephews into the mountains to hunt under the pretext of opening up wasteland every day.

Unfortunately, apart from the huge harvest on the first day, there was not much harvest in the following days.

It is definitely not cost-effective to send one or two pheasants and hares to the city, which takes more than two hours to get back and forth.

Besides, Boss Xiao likes to eat meat himself, and he feels that the Liu family also needs to make up for it, so naturally he keeps the prey and eats it himself, thus saving money on buying meat.

They originally wanted to go into the mountains, but before they went there, they saw three big wild boars wandering around. They were so frightened that they almost lost their minds and ran into the trees to escape.

Now I know why no one wants to hunt. It's too dangerous.

But without going deep into the mountains, it would be more difficult to have a good harvest of prey.

In the blink of an eye, it’s mid-August morning.

Boss Xiao said to his daughters: "You don't have to go into the mountains today. We'll buy some meat, a fish, and some fruits when we go back home. Let's have a good meal tonight."

Although pheasants and rabbits have some meat, they are not as fat and juicy as pork. He is greedy for meat, and he just wants to have a good meal during the festival today.

Xiao Xiao responded: "Then dad and eldest brother will come back soon."

You always bring lunch with you when you go into the mountains, otherwise it would take two hours to climb up and down. How would you have time to hunt?

After they left, Xiao Xiao called her two sisters and the Lin sisters to go with them.

Xiao Sanlang didn't need to greet her, he rushed to her side and said coquettishly: "Sister, take me with you, I'm going too."

Lin Xuan hesitated: "I won't go, how about you go?"

"Let's catch the bus!" Xiao Lian whispered in her ear: "Let's go eat something delicious."

Mrs. Wu couldn't wait to pat her clothes and said in a high-sounding voice: "You are all young girls. It makes people feel uneasy when going out. Shall I go with you?"

Mrs. Xiao gave her a roll of her eyes, but she couldn't deny what she said: "Okay, go and come back quickly. Remember to buy some needlework and thread."

Xiao Lian drove the mule cart away, and Xiao Sanlang also sat on the shaft of the cart and looked around.

During the holidays, everyone is still willing to buy some meat, so there are especially many people going to Houzhai Village.

Talking gossip in twos and threes and walking for miles are nothing to ordinary people.

The fourth person from Xu's family happened to be walking with the third Xu's family: "Hey, sister-in-law, look, is it the girl from the Xiao family?"

Mr. Xu Laosan's family snorted coldly when he saw it: "You are so ostentatious, and you are not at all restless."

She had discussed it with her man before and deliberately made a fuss, hoping to mention the marriage when the Xiao family came to visit.

But unexpectedly, it was as if their family didn't hear any movement.

What's even more depressing is that business hasn't been very good recently, not much oil has been sold, and they don't have to stay up late to press oil.

She went to the back house today just to buy more meat and pastries, and planned to ask her sister-in-law to help her go to the Xiao family to make peace.

The fourth member of Mr. Xu's family also agreed: "Indeed, you must be taught the rules after entering the door."

Then he leaned close to her and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, it's time for my eldest husband to get married. Four of the five girls in the Xiao family are all grown up. Sister-in-law, which girl do you think is suitable for my eldest husband?"