The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 36 Tribe
Dad Li didn't want to waste a moment. He called Li Jihe and went out. Pomegranate rolled his eyes and followed quickly with his calves.

Old Yuan saw it with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but glance at the kudzu root on the table, and thought to himself: The second brother said about the kudzu root, why did the pomegranate come back with it? Could it be that this matter has something to do with pomegranates? That's right, didn't the villagers always talk about Pomegranate and Brother Zhang digging kudzu in the mountains?

This child is bright-eyed and has not talked much since she was a child, but just by looking at her eyes, you can tell that she has a plan in mind.

In this regard, she does look like her!

Old Yuan couldn't help but smile.

Mrs. Wu was just wondering what happened. Why did her second son, who was busy building a house, come back, but his parents-in-law didn't say anything, but his mother-in-law seemed to be smiling?

She couldn't help but said: "Mom, what happened? I see that dad seems to be in a hurry. Would you like your daughter-in-law to bring a message to Rong Song and others to come back early?"

She didn't look like it was anything bad, and she thought about the fact that the village had been talking about the Pomegranate siblings digging up tree roots for the past two days. She wondered if it was related to this. Could it be that they had dug up some treasure? The men and sons of their eldest family were not here, so it was not good for her to be alone.

The more Wu thought about it, the more wrong she became. She couldn't help but regret sending her two sons away today.

Old Yuan glanced at her, "It's not a big deal. We'll wait until your father comes back. It will be the same with you."

Here, Father Li took Li Jihe with him, followed by an invisible tail. He didn't pay attention at all. He arrived at Li Yishan's house in the north of the village in a hurry, then called Li Yishan and walked non-stop to the patriarch's house opposite. go.

Li Yishan lived across the street from the clan leader. Li Yishan was curious about what happened to his brother. Fortunately, he didn't even bother to ask more questions before he entered the clan leader's house.

The position of patriarch of the Li family is passed down from generation to generation within the eldest branch of the Li family, and only the eldest family member is passed down from generation to generation.

For example, the previous patriarch was the eldest brother of Father Li and his brothers. They were all direct cousins. In addition to the previous patriarch, Father Li's father, and the third child, At present, this third uncle is still alive, and he is a rare old man in the village.

Counting among the clans, these families have the closest blood relationship.

The current patriarch is older than the two brothers, Father Li, and is already sixty-one this year.

"Why are you two here, second and fourth? What happened?" When Patriarch Li saw the two brothers, he couldn't help but asked curiously, "Have you eaten? If you haven't eaten, sit down and eat together."

Patriarch Li's family was about to have lunch. The village usually had three meals during the busy farming season. The only difference was that they were eaten dry and eaten thin.

Father Li didn't come here to eat, so he quickly answered: "Chief, we are here to talk about something!"

"You know about the kudzu clan leader on the mountain, right? But you definitely don't know that the root of the kudzu root is actually a medicinal material! Jihe found out about it in the market, and there is a medicinal dealer in the market who is collecting the kudzu root for one penny or two kilograms. Hey!"

Father Li talks a lot without stopping and talks fast.

Patriarch Li was stunned when he heard this, what about kudzu medicinal materials? He could only hear the word "Jihe" and quickly turned to look at Li Jihe.

When Li Jihe saw the patriarch looking at him, he immediately answered, "Chief, it's like this. I took Brother Brown and Shiliu to the town to buy pots and pans. The kid Shiliu overheard Someone at Datong Warehouse wanted to collect wild game, so she took her brother up the mountain in a fit of curiosity. By chance, she actually caught a few bamboo rats, so she took them to Datong Warehouse and sold them. Then she found out that there was a medicinal materials merchant in the warehouse. Collect kudzu roots! That’s right, the kudzu roots, pomegranate should have asked people clearly!”

Li Jihe spoke in a leisurely manner. Patriarch Li could really hear it clearly now, and he understood what was going on. "Really? Can the roots of this kudzu be sold for money? One penny or two pounds?"

Father Li hurriedly responded: "Clan leader, it's true! We in the clan must hurry up. What if we are late and the herbal medicine dealer refuses to accept it? I heard from Jihe that a root of kudzu is just It’s dozens of kilograms!”

Patriarch Li felt his heart heat up as he listened. As the leader of the Li clan, there is not a day that goes by that he doesn't worry about his clan members.

Thinking of his Li family, three generations before him settled in Xiahe Village. At that time, the whole family consisted of only three brothers, thirty men, and a total of fifty-five people. The county allots men 15 acres of paddy field and 10 acres of dry land. The Li family received a total of 450 acres of paddy field and 300 acres of dry land.

A few generations later, the Li family already has 52 households, 212 men, and 483 people. The paddy fields only occupy 480 acres, and the dry fields account for 500 acres. Seventy acres.

Except for the paddy fields, which were bought and sold, the extra fields were cultivated by the tribesmen themselves.

Nowadays, all the wasteland in the village has been reclaimed and there is nothing left to cultivate, but the number of tribesmen is still growing rapidly. Seeing that the next generation is getting married again, what will the tribesmen do if there is no more income?
Not to mention anything else, just recently, the fourth child just divided the family among his four sons. How much land did the fourth child get in that year? How much land did his sons get?
Generation after generation, the more people there are, the less land they have in their hands. How can it be enough to support a family?

So, as the patriarch, how can he not worry?

Now that something like this suddenly happened, he felt a little relieved in his anxious heart. It didn't matter how much money he could make by digging this kudzu root, but at least it was an income for the clan, wasn't it?
Patriarch Li immediately stopped caring about whether to eat or not. He hurriedly asked his grandson Rongsheng to play the gong and shouted to the heads of each family in the clan to come to him immediately to hold a meeting!

The Li family is one of the largest ethnic groups in Xiahe Village. How can you not believe that they will attract attention when they hit the gong like this?

But Chief Li didn't care so much. The clan members went to the mountains to dig kudzu without hiding it from the villagers. He was now thinking of seizing an opportunity.

Therefore, after the heads of each family gathered in the main room of the patriarch's house with confused expressions, Patriarch Li made arrangements directly without any nonsense, "Now, in addition to those who are working, no matter whether it is women or children, there is one person who counts." Everyone, they all hurriedly got some stuff for me and went up the mountain to dig kudzu roots!"

"What is Kudzu? It's the root of Kudzu! The root that Pomegranate carried down from the mountain in the past two days! This is it, everyone hurry up and dig it!"

"Why are you asking so many questions? I don't have time to tell you more. All you need to know is that this kudzu root can be sold for money!"

"That's right! Also, it was Jihe's family who said that kudzu can be sold for money. Don't just dig kudzu. People who are helping to build houses are not allowed to withdraw!"

"Okay, let's go quickly! How much do you need to dig? How much do you care about how much money you make? Of course, the more, the better! As for whether you can sell it or not, you are just taking a nap at home anyway. It takes a little effort. What are you afraid of?"

Patriarch Li gave a rather majestic message, and the heads of each family responded and all hurriedly ran to their homes.

Father Li thought that the third and fourth children must be back, so he didn't care about anything else and ran home quickly.

Patriarch Li waited for them all to leave, then slowly ate his meal. His son Li Jizu asked, "Dad, why don't we go dig?"

Patriarch Li replied: "How many cents can our family earn? Our family is better off than the other clan members, so we won't compete with them."

After finishing the meal slowly, Patriarch Li strolled inside to the Chang's house.

As a member of the Xiahe Village and the Li clan, it is not easy to hide this kind of thing from the village chief, who also has clan members.

However, after all, he bought a little more time for the tribesmen. By now, the tribesmen were already digging on the mountain, right?

　Male: A male is considered a male between the ages of sixteen and sixty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)