The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 84
"That's not bad. It's not bad if you can catch it for the first time." Lu Ming cut the branch, put it on the rabbit, and put it on the shelf above the fire.

"Hmph, I didn't even see what you hit. You shot several arrows. Besides, your arrows are all plated iron. They shouldn't be expensive. Don't you even pick them up?" Chu Ying took the plucked arrows. The wild pheasant was disemboweled and cleaned.

"Ah Gui is not here today, he is the one who looks for it on weekdays, but this kind of thing is lost as soon as it is lost, and it is just for fun, so don't be so serious."
"Why did you stop me just now? That wild deer's fur is so bright, it must sell for a lot of money if you shoot it." Lu Ming gestured on his stomach.

"At first glance, you are a novice. The deer is pregnant, otherwise it can run faster, and her belly is a bit big, but it's not big enough for you to find out. Shooting pregnant animals is a mistake many novices make. I’ve shot a few before, but after watching for a long time, I can tell which ones are pregnant.” Waiting for the roasting to be almost done, Lu Ming cut a piece of rabbit meat with a knife and tasted it first.

"It would be great if we added some hufen, hey." Hufen Chuying had heard from Ye Qiu that it was a very expensive spice, and it tasted like pepper.

"I know Hu Fen, but it seems expensive."
"That's natural, coming from the Western Regions, walking the Silk Road, the sound of camel bells, thousands of miles off the mountain, and a narrow escape, the things brought here are naturally much more expensive, and the rarest things are the most expensive, and a catty of good quality can cost one or two. silver."
Chu Ying felt that the pepper powder turned into a serf and sang, from an ordinary condiment to a spice that can only be enjoyed by the upper class, "Can't you grow this yourself?"
"The ones that come here are all sun-dried, so they shouldn't be able to be planted. Besides, don't you know that oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, and oranges grown in Huaibei are oranges?" Chu Ying looked at Lu Ming who was eating with gusto. I don't have much interest, I just think about those hufen, if I can get such a plant, it can be planted alive, and the collected seeds can be replanted, and the benefits will be huge.

In the afternoon, I accompanied Lu Ming to inspect the large woods for a while. When the road was rough, I walked down and led the horse. I found some fig trees along the way. Chu Ying marked the road and waited for the figs to grow. You can take a look at these fruits when you are young, and if there are still some, you can pick some to eat at home or pickle them.

It will take a year or two for the trees planted at home to bear fruit. "Your accuracy is not good enough. You'll get better with more practice. It's pretty good for a girl to be able to do what she is doing now."
Chu Ying got off the horse and returned the horse to Lu Ming's servant. There were two wild pheasants hanging on her waist, and she could add food to the family when she returned, "Enen, I really benefited a lot today, so I don't need to give you any money. It's not you, I don't care." We will know the distribution of animals in this area."
"Money still has to be given, a gentleman's word is hard to chase, if you don't give it this time, you won't believe me next time, but you don't have that much with you, and it will be sent to your house by then, ah Gui, and it will be given to Miss Chu by then Give half a tael of silver."
"Okay, young master." Agui got on the horse and went back with Lu Ming, the young master is spending more and more money now.

Chu Ying and the villagers in the countryside smiled friendly, although they didn't seem to know her at all, when the smoke from the house had risen, Chu Ying first handed over the wild pheasants to her aunt.

"These two wild pheasants are very fat, did you hit them?" My aunt wiped her hands on the apron. This apron is different from modern times, but it is a piece of cloth with two ropes sewn on one end and tied around the waist.

"No way, it's fine if I know how to hunt. Then there will be endless game. This is what Master Lu hunted. Auntie, where is Ye Qiu?" Chu Ying looked around, but she didn't see Ye Qiu. She will help my aunt with things.

"I'm learning weaving, and you have to learn it in the future. When weaving, you have to pay taxes, or you can harvest hemp for others to exchange for cloth. It's good to weave at home, but this loom costs 3 taels." , but we can weave it back after two years of weaving."
Chu Ying ran to see Ye Qiu who was laboriously weaving. She moved very slowly and paused thinking about what to do next. She was in a daze with the shuttle in her hand, feeling that Ye Qiu seemed to have confused herself.

"My lady, I came to you to weave the fields, and the husband and wife will return home." Chu Ying hugged Ye Qiu from behind, "Ah, you confused me again."
Chu Ying felt dizzy looking at the threads on it, "Is it so troublesome?"
"It's not very troublesome, it's just passing it back and forth, okay, okay, don't bother me anymore, you can go and play." Chu Ying pouted and looked at Ye Qiu quietly from the side.

Seeing dozens of white wires slowly circle around several wooden holes from the coil, and then neatly arrange them in two rows, the ancient people were really wise, and it was already difficult for this to be just a single-color cloth. I understand, other silks and satins are more time-consuming and labor-intensive, so ancient silks and silks can be used as money, and they can be regarded as items with fixed value.

"Have you seen it?" Ye Qiu raised his eyes and looked at Chu Ying, who was a little stunned, "I seem to know a little bit, let me try." Chu Ying sat down and slowly passed the shuttle back and forth and then through the ball, and then put a piece of wood Push it forward, and push all the worn joints to one place, so that if you push too much, you will have a few more fingers of linen.

"Look at the piece of cloth over there, isn't it more see-through?" Chu Ying looked at the Gebu cloth on the shelf at the back. The Gebu cloth is lighter and thinner than the linen cloth, and the texture is quite good, thicker than the modern chiffon .

"Very good, how much money does this cost?"
"It's not expensive, it's 2 cents a piece. Let's eat, and we'll make it tomorrow." Chu Ying sat at the low table where the food was set, but she didn't see her little nephew today, and she probably went to the academy to study.

"Ying'er, you can't accept favors for no reason like this in the future, even if it's a pheasant, not even a single feather." The old lady Chu dipped the chicken thigh in soy sauce and put it in Chu Ying's bowl.

"It's not just for nothing. I understand that I don't get rewarded for my merits. This is what Young Master Lu rewarded me for watching me play with him for a day. Young Master Yan didn't come today."
"I heard that something happened and I was called back. There was a war in the north. Young Master Yan went to the north with his father. I don't know if the war in the north will spread to us." Uncle said this out of the blue.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's been fine for so many years, didn't you say that there was a war in the north before? It's still not okay, but Li Zheng said that now the imperial court has a new policy to let everyone have more boys, and those who have boys are more than girls. You can pay less tax."
"Eat." Chu Ying looked at the angry old lady Chu, and felt that she lowered her head and raked the rice. Chu Ying was quite interested in the war and so on, but she was still too young, and she was still a daughter, so she didn't know what to do in the future. You can't join the army for your father like Hua Mulan.

This time, after enjoying the sweetness of hunting, Chu Ying has to practice archery more diligently when she goes back, and also feed her Changsheng well. There are hunting spots and some patrolling on horseback. When Changsheng grows up, she can ride him. Hunting in the woods.

(End of this chapter)