Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 51: The Disaster Victims Are Coming!

When Xu Xiaomi and his son returned to Xujia Village, it was almost dark. In order to keep the fox's fur from being damaged, Xu Xiaomi still suggested to carry the fox into the river to clean it up.

Xu Hao dragged a basket of coal home, and Xu Erqiang put the basket at the door for his wife to carry it back.Raise the rabbit for the time being.

Xu Xiaoting followed her mother out and saw her sister and father walking towards the river carrying a red object, so she wanted to follow.

Xu Xiaomi asked his father to put down the fox for a rest, and Xu Xiaomi said to the younger sister who came with him: "Xiaoting, you go back with your mother, brother, where is there any fun, and when we go home, my sister will teach you how to play."

Xu Xiaoting looked at the fox on the ground, then at her sister and father, and walked home reluctantly.

Seeing the father and daughter carrying the fox, Zhou Yuqing said, "Girl, why don't you go mother! You are tired too, go home and rest!"

"Mother, I'll go! The house is warm with you, okay! Mother, you will let Xu Hao take a torch and a basin to the riverside later!" Xu Xiaomi insisted on saying to her mother.

"Father, let's go!"

After Xu Xiaomi finished speaking to her mother, she turned around and squatted down, putting the branch that carried the fox on her shoulder and said to her father.

The father and daughter came to the place where the wolf furs were cleaned last time by the river. The river was rushing, and it was clear that the river was cool.You can see the stones and moss at the bottom of the river.

The father and daughter put the fox on the big rock, Xu Xiaomi untied the rattan and straw rope, and Xu Erqiang sharpened the knife on the rock.

This time, my father skillfully peeled off the fox skin from the wound, and after more than 20 minutes, only the scalp remained.

At this time, it was completely dark.From a distance, I saw Xu Hao's small figure walking on the embankment with a torch.

Xu Xiaomi hurriedly ran ashore to help carry the wooden basin. The basin was very heavy, so Xu Xiaomi buckled it on his back and walked down the embankment.

Xu Hao walked in front to illuminate her, and the siblings soon came to their father's side.

Because the skin on the fox's head is not easy to peel.Therefore, Xu Erqiang waited for his sons and daughters to bring the torch closer and he could see it before he started peeling.

At this time, the night wind was blowing on her body and Xu Xiaomi felt a little cold. She wet her clothes in the afternoon and only wore a thin underwear.

Xu Xiaomi was so cold that she was holding her arms, and when she was thinking about whether to go back and put on a dress, her mother came to the river with her younger sister.

Holding the newly made thin jacket in her hand, the mother walked up to her and put it on her and asked solemnly, "Is it freezing? Put it on!"

Xu Xiaomi stuck out her tongue, and hurriedly reached out to grab the clothes draped over her shoulders and put them on.While wearing it, she said: "Mom, you are so kind! I said you are warm!"

The mother watched her reach out and buttoned her while laughing and scolding: "I know you are a poor mouth, don't get dressed soon, you should feel uncomfortable when you catch a cold."

While talking, my father had already cleaned up all the fox meat, so this time I don't want the internal organs.

Xu Erqiang put the meat on the bottom of the basin, put the skin on top of the meat, picked up the basin and walked ashore.Xu Xiaomi took her younger sister and followed behind her father, while Xu Hao and her mother walked last.

On the shore, Xu Hao took the torch and walked in the front to illuminate his father.Xu Xiaomi pulled her younger sister and mother to walk behind.

When she got home, Xu Xiaomi saw that her mother had washed the clothes she had wet in the afternoon and hung them under the eaves.

Before entering the gate, Xu Xiaomi checked the fence gate again, wondering if this could also lock the villain?

So, she cut a dozen small wooden nails with a knife and buried them in the place where the door was entered, and then went in and bolted the door.Walking into the living room, my mother has already put the food on the table.

Father had finished drying the fox fur, and Xu Hao washed his hands and feet there by himself.Xu Xiaoting sat at the table and waited for everyone to eat together.

Seeing that Xu Xiaomi's hands were empty, she hurried over and hugged her sister's waist.Xu Xiaomi hugged her shoulder, patted her lightly with her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go eat!"

Xu Xiaomi wanted to hug her, but squatted down to hug her but felt powerless.

I had no choice but to stand up and pinch Xu Xiaoting's little face. Only after pinching did I know that the child had eaten well these few days and had grown flesh!
In the end, she had no choice but to drag her younger sister to the table and sit down. After washing, Xu Hao also came in and sat beside her father.

Mother served a bowl of porridge for everyone, and there were cakes and a plate of wolf meat on the table.The family ate cakes and drank porridge, and sometimes Xu Xiaomi would tell a joke to his younger siblings.Such a day is really comfortable.

Xu Xiaomi was too tired during the day, so she went to bed after eating and washing.She fell asleep as soon as her head stuck to the pillow.

She didn't know how long she slept, but she had a dream, in which she saw the little white dragon who had been rescued during the day.Moreover, it was just outside their broken grass house.

At this time, Xu Bao came to the outside of the fence furtively, and pulled out the wooden nail she had buried at the door with his hands. Just as he was about to open the door, Xiao Bailong spit out a raging flame at Xu Bao.

Only Xu Bao's scream was heard: "Ah! Help! It hurts..."

A few seconds later, Xu Bao's face was burnt to charcoal, and no one knew him anymore.

Even Xu Xiaomi broke out in a cold sweat. She woke up and sat up to look around. It was pitch black and felt her sister sleeping next to her.

She got out of bed with dazed eyes and walked to the door of the living room in the dark.After groping here and there, I finally found the fire pocket placed in the corner.

He lit the oil lamp with a blower, opened the door of the living room, stood at the door and looked out.She didn't seem to see anything, so she walked back to the bed, put the lamp on the stove, went to bed and turned on the lamp, and fell asleep again.

When she woke up in the morning, she still remembered the dream, shaking her head while dressing and thinking: What's wrong with me?I have never dreamed before, how did I have such a strange dream last night?

well!Am I thinking too much during the day?Never mind!Let's cook first and go to the market today!
She was still the same as before. When she got up, she washed the pot and mixed it with water, lit a fire to make porridge, washed her hands, and the porridge was ready soon.

Then, pancakes, when all these are done, just wait for the parents and younger brothers and sisters to get up and eat.

Seeing that everyone hadn't woken up yet, she took the herbal seeds she got yesterday to the place where the trees were cut behind the house, dug the seeds with a hoe, sprinkled the seeds in the ground and watered them well, and then went to the place where the radishes were planted. took a look.

This Ophiopogon japonicus actually seems to be longer.At this time, she suddenly remembered that the wooden nail she buried last night didn't seem to be seen in the morning!

Quickly picked up the hoe and walked to the gate of the fence. She came to the gate of the fence to check and found no wooden nails.

She couldn't figure it out, so she shook her head and walked into the yard, putting the hoe under the eaves.

Fetching water to wash her face and waiting for her to wash up, it was bright when the food was served on the table, and her parents got up.

She filled the wash water for her parents and went to serve porridge.When her parents came in, she sat at the table with her parents and started eating.

She was going to sell the fox fur today, and she didn't know where to sell it for a good price?
well!It's hard for people without money!Such a good fox fur is going to be sold cheaply, if she has silver, she won't sell it even if she gives it to a daughter.

Thinking about selling the fox fur, Xu Xiaomi felt unbalanced.However, can the family stay in this situation?
Forget it!Look first!In the future, when you have money, you can do whatever you want, as long as you get through this most difficult period.

Xu Xiaomi finally convinced herself.After the meal, she put away the motherless vine and the fox skin, and my father ate too.

Because it was agreed last night to go to the market today.So, Xu Erqiang walked out, put on the basket that Xu Xiaomi had packed on his back, and walked to Qinglong Town with his daughter.

Outside the city gate, they saw many people sitting on the edge of the city wall.Xu Xiaomi suddenly remembered the snow disaster that grandpa mentioned.

Could it be that these people came from the county seat?Look at these people, old and young.Dressed in tatters, some seem to be sick.well!All poor people!

They paid the city gate fee, and when they entered the city, they always thought of so many people, and there was nothing to eat when they came to Qinglong Town...

She remembered a sentence said by a great man of the century: "If you are poor, you want to change!"

There are so many refugees outside, and no one from the government came to ask.What if they had nothing to eat and ran around to grab it?
Their home is far away from here, and the grandfather's house is only a few miles away from here...

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaomi quickened her pace, and soon they came to the gate of Huichun Hall.

It was the same as last time, Changsheng saw them from a long distance.He greeted her with a smile and let them in the door.

Today is only the fifth day of the new year, so there are not many patients, and two or three people are the last one.

Yu Zhimo wore a new dark purple robe today, and wrapped his gray hair with a blue square scarf.

Seeing Xu Xiaomi and the others coming, he smiled and asked them to sit for a while.

Xu Xiaomi still walked in naturally, found a long board and sat down.Today Xu Erqiang was wearing a newly made cotton robe, and he followed Xu Xiaomi to Kong Changdeng and sat down.

A few minutes later, Yu Zhimo asked Chang Sheng to take the patient to fetch medicine.He came to Xu Xiaomi.

Looking at Xu Xiaomi with a smile, Xu Xiaomi didn't realize that he had come because he was immersed in his thoughts.When she saw the magnified face of Yu Zhimo in front of her eyes, she was startled and hurriedly said, "Happy New Year, Uncle Yu!"

"Oh! Your greetings are so fresh, I love to hear them! Tell me, girl, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking so engrossed?"

Hearing Xu Xiaomi's greeting, Yu Zhimo squeezed his beard and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Yu, do you know that there is a snow disaster in the county?" Xu Xiaomi asked worriedly.

"Hmm! I seem to have heard of this! Why do you have relatives there?" Yu Zhimo asked her inexplicably.

Xu Xiaomi looked at Yu Zhimo and said sadly, "No! But there are many refugees outside the city!"

"Oh? Are you here in Qinglong Town?" Yu Zhimo didn't expect to hear about the snowstorm a few days ago, and the refugees there had already arrived today.

"Hmm! Is there any garrison in Qinglong Town?" Xu Xiaomi frowned and asked.

"It seems that there is a team of people! What? Why are you asking this?" Yu Zhimo felt that this little girl was very strange today.

"Uncle Yu, have you ever heard of people who have nothing to eat and are waiting to die of starvation?" Xu Xiaomi still frowned and asked.

"I've never heard of this! You mean..." Yu Zhimo's eyes widened at the end of his speech.

"Yes! They have people who have nothing to eat, and they can go to some places to rob them. You are in the city, and there is no danger for the time being, but what about the villages outside?"

Yu Zhimo saw that Xu Xiaomi's nine-year-old forehead was almost growing 30-year-old forehead lines.

"Then what do you think should be done?" Yu Zhimo also asked nervously.

"Well, I don't care what I say, you should hide your food now! Tell all your relatives and friends that you can inform around here, so as not to be caught off guard."

At such a young age, Xu Xiaomi's serious words are still a bit scary.

Yu Zhimo heard that she didn't think she was a child, so he said to Chang Sheng who was standing at the door: "Chang Sheng, go home and tell the people around you.

There are many fleeing people outside, so quickly hide everything that can be eaten at home.You don't use it these days. "

"Sir, what's the matter?" Chang Sheng looked at Yu Zhimo at a loss, what did he think he did wrong?The boss is firing him!

"Go! Don't ask, come again after this period of time!"

This Yu Zhimo is really a kind and righteous person.After Changsheng left.

Xu Xiaomi anxiously urged Yu Zhimo to say, "Uncle Yu, you are about to call me the motherless rattan, and I have to go to my grandfather's house to say something, it's too late! It's too late!"

"Oh! Good! You don't need to weigh it! I'll count ten catties for you!"

Seeing that Xu Xiaomi was in such a hurry, Yu Zhimo simply refused to give the money and asked her to leave.

"How can this be done? I still have a Firefox skin I want to sell to you!" Xu Xiaomi said seriously.

"What? Firefox fur? Hurry up, girl, take it out, let me see!"

Yu Zhimo was surprised and excited when he heard Xu Xiaomi said that there was such a good thing.

Xu Xiaomi took out the motherless vine and showed him the fox fur in her hand.

When Yu Zhimo saw this fiery red fox fur that was as big as a wolf's fur, his mouth was opened in an O shape.

He has never seen such a big fox when he grows up so big, and he doesn't know how many years it will take to grow so big!
Even when he went to treat the crown prince, he saw that the fox fur worn by the empress dowager was not so big, and it was just white. It was so rare that there was not a single hair in it.

So, he asked, "Girl, how much money do you want to sell?"

"Uncle Yu, look at this! Anyway, I believe you won't lie to me." There is no need to doubt Xu Xiaomi's trust in Zhimo.

"Then, how about I give 12 taels?" Yu Zhimo asked with a smile on his face.

Xu Xiaomi looked at him and then at his father, only to see that Xu Erqiang heard that 12's eyes were about to pop out.He was so shocked that a fox skin could fetch this price, he could hardly believe his ears.

Seeing Xu Xiaomi looking at his father, Yu Zhimo thought it was his father who had the final say!So I asked Xu Erqiang: "Brother, be quicker, how much money do you want to sell?"

"what……"

When Xu Erqiang was questioned by Yu Zhimo, he looked at Xu Xiaomi in a daze.Xu Xiaomi thought to himself: Forget it!Her father!Too honest, where can I do business!Let me do it!
"Uncle Yu, you are a straightforward person, I told you to watch it! We still owe you a lot!"

"Then, let me add another tael for you! This fox fur is not easy to come by! I will give you a total of 13 taels of taels with the money from the Wuniangvine. Wait a minute, I will ask the accountant to get you some money! "

When Yu Zhimo saw that Xu Xiaomi was so young, she always came to sell things. Is there something wrong with his father's health?
Thinking of that time when she came to see a doctor with her younger sister on her back, why didn't her parents come?But she is a child under ten years old.If there is a way, let her come?

well!Thinking about how pitiful this child is, I gave him an extra one or two.He knew that Xu Xiaomi was a person who would reciprocate his kindness, and he would not lose money if he made friends with her.

Xu Xiaomi watched Yu Zhimo walk into the back hall, and after a while he came out with a blue silk purse in his hand.

Yu Zhimo walked up to Xu Xiaomi and said to her, "Girl, you have to put away all the important things in this famine year! Do you understand?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xu Xiaomi to answer, he said again: "This is a ten tael silver bill, here are two silver ingots of one tael, here are one tael of silver and two hundred copper coins, count them and collect them! "

After finishing speaking this time, he handed over the money and the purse to Xu Xiaomi.Xu Xiaomi took the silver and put it in the purse, and put the silver ticket directly in the pocket she sewed into the inner layer of her clothes.

By the way, he also put the money bag away, got up and said to Zhimo: "Uncle Yu, then we will go first! You can do your work! Remember to put away your food as much as possible, and don't get into trouble because of it!"

Xu Xiaomi repeatedly urged Yu Zhimo to nod his head.Xu Erqiang was still immersed in the thinking of selling so much money, Xu Xiaomi dragged him away when he left.

(End of this chapter)