The struggle history of dressing up as Gone with the Wind

Chapter 270 The Preciousness of Salt

Guo Xiu wiped the sweat off his face and looked at the valley below and laughed. They hurried back before noon, and they didn't know what Xiao Shitou and his siblings were doing.

Dou Dou put down the basket and drank a few sips of water, thinking about the importance of salt, turned to look at Guo Xiu and reminded, "Sister-in-law, salt is really important to us, we can use it before the eldest brother and second brother come back. The refining of poisonous salt into refined salt must never be told to anyone, not even the second sister-in-law. If anyone asks, the eldest sister-in-law will say that we are out to see relatives."

Guo Xiu looked at the serious Dou Dou and nodded reassuringly; "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

After receiving the assurance from his sister-in-law, Dou Dou became a little embarrassed; "It's not impossible to say, but it's definitely not now."

"I understand, third brother, is there no family in the valley that has salt?"

"Yes, why not, but even if there is, it is coarse salt, and it is hidden and hidden, and will never let other people know, but I have different identities from the eldest brother and the second brother, and there are few things in the valley. They didn't hide it from us, but even if there is salt, it's very little, and it's just those two or three."

"Then don't the people in the valley every day eat salt?"

"It's not that I don't eat it at all. There is a plant in the mountains. The liquid from it is bitter and salty. Because we don't know what kind of tree it is, it is called the bitter salt tree. Every household in the valley collects it. Such a small pot of liquid is only used for food when the body can’t bear it anymore. When we were young, the world was not as chaotic as it is now. Although salt was expensive at that time, it could be weighed occasionally, but in recent years Years of wars, rampant banditry, burning, killing, looting, and all kinds of crimes, the business road was broken. My eldest brother and my second brother have never eaten salt, even coarse salt, since we lived in seclusion here, so our bodies are losing money every year. Not only us, but also other people in the valley. So salt is very important to us, as for whether we can tell the people in the valley about our salt, I have to discuss it with my eldest brother and second brother before making a decision."

After hearing this, Guo Xiu couldn't help sighing a little. Compared with Cao Shi and the others, she was so happy before.

"I know about the salt. It's very important. I won't tell anyone until you have discussed the countermeasures."

"I believe in sister-in-law, let's go home! At noon, sister-in-law wants to make a delicious meal."

"Don't worry! I will make you happy."

"Also, the method of extracting refined salt from poisonous salt should be known as few people as possible."

"Understood, the piece of poisonous salt you carried back, we will refine it after the uncle and second brother come back."

"I listen to my sister-in-law."

The two walked while talking, and when they came to the middle of the mountain, they saw Yang Mouse lying on a stone with grass in his mouth.

Seeing the two of them pat the dirt and grass on their bodies, Yang Mouse stood up; "Master, where are you going?"

"I left relatives, and it will be noon soon, why are you still here? Is there no one to take care of the food?" Dou Dou looked at Yang Shuzi grinning slightly, trying not to let him see the poisonous salt in the back basket, but fortunately The refined salt is at the sister-in-law's place, otherwise Yang Mouse would be difficult to deal with, and he would definitely not be able to hide the salt from him.

Guo Xiu got a signal from Dou Dou, avoided Yang Mouse and went down the mountain directly.

Yang Shuzi looked at the basket on Guo Xiu's body, his eyes flickered slightly, and he put his arms around Dou Dou's neck and laughed.

(End of this chapter)