The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 5

Old Yang Xu saw that everyone was not malicious, so he said a few words vaguely.

"My young master felt that the house was stuffy, so he took us out for a tour. On the way, Gao Ren happened to be on an errand, but he met a big group of bandits and got hurt. If we can't go back in the cold weather, we will bother all the villagers gone."

Everyone had heard before that the Feng family's master and servant were injured to save Lu Laosan, but now after hearing these few words, countless good jokes automatically filled their minds.For example, the mother-in-law treats the son-in-law harshly, or the son-in-law is troubled by the stepmother, and the family is not allowed to stay. He is angry and brings the servant out, but he is injured because of his chivalry.

No matter how you think about this story, it is so sad and deplorable. The woman's heart is soft, and everyone patted their chests together and promised Lao Yang, "You can rest assured to live in the village! Don't say you saved me. The people from Old Xiongling, even if they hurry to stay and rest, they are also our guests from Old Xiongling. No one dares to bully us here in Laoxiongling with a radius of hundreds of miles!"

"That's right, Mr. Bi said that Young Master Feng's leg injury is not serious. I still have a bottle of tiger bone paste at home. Although I hunted a tiger today, the tiger bone paste cannot be boiled immediately. Let Xiaomi put the tiger whole If it is sold, I will also sell it for a few more taels of silver, and I will use my tiger bone paste for Young Master Feng!"

"Oh, the old sister-in-law is kind and generous, come, let's have a drink!"

After the women cleared their doubts, they stopped pestering Lao Yang, and decided to send some dried vegetables or saved eggs at home to Feng Jian tomorrow.

Lao Yang stood outside the door, and he also grinned when he heard what was said inside the door.

Everyone said that Orion was vulgar, and most of them didn't understand etiquette.But I don't know, the more polite and thoughtful the person, the more ruthless they may be, but in such a remote and poor mountain village, the villagers are simple and kind, which makes people feel at ease...

After eating a meal for an hour, men, women, children and children are satisfied with wine and food, and go home contented.

A group of women were also agile and capable. They helped to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and took their own tables and chairs along the way to go home under the slightly bluish-white sun slanting towards the west.

Lu Xiaomi made a long purchase list, and enthusiastically planned to go to the city to sell the prey tomorrow and start a big purchase.

She didn't even think about it carefully for dinner.Now that the pig is slaughtered, there is no shortage of meat, so I directly ordered a pot of hot soba noodles.

Naturally, Feng Jian's bowl was made of fine flour, that is, wheat flour.

In the past life, buckwheat is a kind of food that is good for health, and many people like to eat it.

But in the region of Anzhou, buckwheat is the staple food of the poor. If they don't want to starve to death, they have to eat it.

There is no other reason. It is bitterly cold here in Anzhou, and the growing season of crops is short.In many cases, before the crops are ripe, they will be stunned by the early frost, and naturally they will not be able to survive.

Buckwheat has the shortest growth period. As long as it is planted, it will be harvested in a short time. Naturally, there is no need to worry about losing production.Therefore, most people's fields are planted with this, which is also the hope of survival.

But pork is definitely a good thing, and I wish that fried meat with tree leaves can also become a delicacy.

Although the Lu family was tired of eating buckwheat, they were very happy with the noodle soup with a lot of sliced ​​meat.

At night, the north wind blows stronger and stronger for some reason, and the restless snow particles are blown up and smashed on the window lattice, rustling, which makes the mountain village more quiet and peaceful...

If there is anything women in this world have in common, then there is no other answer except shopping.

Although almost every household in Lao Xiong’s collar had prepared their New Year’s goods in advance, the women still put on their best jackets and skirts early in the second day, while urging their men to pack up their horses and sledges, and headed to Luzhou early. Gather at the gate of the courtyard.

For women, shopping has never been about what to buy, but about the process of shopping.

The Lu family originally had a yellow puma and a birch sledge, plus a bay red horse brought by Feng Jian's master and servant, and a sledge borrowed from the neighbor next door, but they also brought prey that needed to be brought into the city, as well as brothers and sisters Lu Wu and Lu Xiaomi, plus Lao Yang put it on.

Father Lu brought the eldest brother and the third child together, looking forward to the little girl's failure to get permission to go to the city together all morning, feeling a little aggrieved.

Lu Xiaomi tried her best not to nod, not because she was cruel, but because her father and brothers were too disappointing.

If he brought Father Lu into the city, he might have to buy a few ancient books that are not suitable for eating and drinking.

Needless to say, Boss Lu might have given the prey to some "poor man" on the way.

"Father, brother, don't worry, we'll be back soon. I've prepared lunch and warmed it up in the pot. Brother remember to bring it to Brother Feng at noon, and a bowl of bone soup as well."

Lu Xiaomi carefully instructed a few words, and then got on the sledge and left amidst the urging of the women.

The Lu family's two horse sledges, together with the four in the village, walked on the snow-covered mountain road all the way, which seemed mighty.

The heavy snow in the past few days, although there is not much left after being scoured by the north wind, it is still enough to cover the ridge plain.

Occasionally, some fields stubbornly straighten their dark spines, which is quite unyielding.

Compared with the carriage, the sledge is indeed a good tool for walking on snow, which is fast and stable.

It was the first time for Lao Yang to ride, and it was quite novel, but he didn't feel how cold the north wind was blowing on his face.

Lu Xiaomi was wearing Lu's father's fur coat and a leather hat on his head. His small face was even more delicate. His two braids were swarthy, his big eyes were blinking, and occasionally a horseshoe brought him up. The snowflakes fell on her eyelashes, and after melting, they turned into mist.This appearance is different from the usual smart and pungent, adding a bit of coquettishness and weakness.

Although Lu Wu is usually playful and careless, he also loves his sister a hundred and one thousand times.

Along the way, he moved his body from time to time, tightly blocking the north wind blowing towards the girl.

Lu Xiaomi was thinking about how to sell the prey at a good price for a while, and when he finally found his brother's "protection", he also had a smile on his face.

Normally, even if she was so angry with the four young masters of the Lu family, she didn't really hate them.The purpose is to repay this love, maybe to others, these are nothing, but to her who has been an orphan for more than [-] years in her previous life, it is really too precious...

This matter happened in October of the lunar calendar, less than two months before the end of the new year.

Anzhou has always been known as the Snow Town. Although the previous snowfall was not too heavy, you may wake up one morning and find that the sky and the earth are the same, and the road is blocked by heavy snow, making it difficult to move.

Therefore, at this time of year, the fur traders are almost gone.

The tigers and black bears on the Lu family's sledge, Lu Xiaomi told the family not to peel and cut them, just to keep the freshest appearance.If it was sold to a fur store, it might not cost much, and it would cost hundreds of catties of tiger meat.No matter how she thought about it last night, it was better to pull it into the city. Of course, if you want to sell it at a good price, you have to think of another way...

Laoxiong Ridge is only a few tens of miles away from Anzhou Fucheng, and the horses are pulling the sledge and galloping, but it only takes an hour to arrive.

Seeing the city gate from a distance, Lu Xiaomi called Lu Wu to stop the carriage, and the villagers rushed forward, but Lu Xiaomi made up an excuse to let everyone go first.

Everyone guessed that the master and servant of the Feng family had something to do, so they went into the city with a smile without saying anything.

Lu Wu was in a hurry, stomping his feet and urging, "Little sister, why don't you go to the city? In the morning, Zhou Paipi is the gatekeeper, but in the afternoon, it will be Liu Sanchi, and I'm afraid I will have to pay half of the copper coins!"

Before Lu Xiaomi could answer, Lao Yang asked, "How do you charge the entry fee for Anzhou?"

"The government says five coins for a person and ten coins for a carriage, but it also depends on Zhou Papi and Liu Sanchi's mood, and sometimes it will be doubled!"

Lu Wu was obviously very dissatisfied with the entrance fee, and he said it bluntly, "If one day these two bastards want to eat a good table of wine and food, maybe they will have to collect money!"

A flash of surprise flashed in Lao Yang's eyes, and he asked, "This is really too expensive, and the capital is not so high..."

Lu Wu didn't wait for him to finish, and waved his hands disdainfully, "Uncle Yang, you probably don't walk outside often, right? Under the eyes of the emperor, who would dare to do anything. But here, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The old emperor knows that our place is so unfair, can he still come to see Anzhou and charge a few pennies for entering the city?

Besides, we are so lucky that we can still come up with so many tens of pennies, you see there are still people over there who can't even enter the city! "

What he said was extremely disrespectful, and Lao Yang's complexion was even worse, but looking in the direction of his finger, he couldn't care less.

Laoxiongling is located in the south of Anzhou, so it is natural to enter the city from the south gate.In winter, the north wind often blows, so the left and right sides of this city gate become the most sheltered places.

Now, someone under the city wall has built a shanty with straw mats, occasionally a child with a runny nose and a numb woman come in and out, it is very desolate and solemn.

"This is…"

"Refugees!" Lu Wu recalled what happened the day before, and hurriedly took the opportunity to drag the younger sister to vindicate the older brother.

"Little sister, look at them, they are really pitiful, so don't be angry with your elder brother. At worst, I will sell food next year, and I will come here with my elder brother."

Lu Xiaomi is not a cruel person at all, not to mention blaming her elder brother at this moment, even she herself will send over the dry food on the sledge.

But thinking about the hundreds of people living in this shanty, a few steamed buns are just a drop in the bucket.

"I know, second brother, don't talk about it. I'm also angry that big brother only pities the family. I don't remember that our family is also in trouble. Forget it, the family will be too busy with farm work next year, so come here and hire two honest people."

"Haha, let me just say, my little sister is the kindest."

Seeing that his sister was no longer angry, Lu Wu immediately smiled.

"Second brother, stay here and watch the sledge. Uncle Yang and I will go to the city to find a buyer. If it goes well, we will sell a few taels of silver and make a new coat for the master on the mountain."

Lu Wu practiced martial arts with a secluded Jianghu man in the deep mountains since he was a child. Although the Lu family has never seen this Jianghu man, they can see that this man treats Lu Wu well after many years, so the clothes of the four seasons are also for this man. The master prepares one.

"Haha, I don't need a new jacket. The master has been talking about your roasted rabbit meat lately, so I'll just stew it in a pot for him."

(End of this chapter)