farmer's wife

Chapter 34
Mitu Mountain is not too high, with an altitude of more than [-] meters.However, its mountainous terrain stretches continuously along the Pengling Ridge, and the further you go, the less people are populated, the trees are overgrown, and the sky is shaded.

However, there are many wild animals hidden and living.

There is an old saying in the village, don't go into the deep mountains indiscriminately, there are monsters that eat people hidden inside.

I have never seen monsters or monsters, but during the famine years, the food in the surrounding mountains was hollowed out by hungry people, and the helpless villagers once went to the deep mountains to look for food.

Every time the old people recalled those days, they couldn't help crying.

Ten not more than three!

On the side of Mitu Mountain next to Anping Village, there is no one else except Sun Changming, a skilled and lonely hunter who lives on the mountainside.

From time to time, there were a few birdsongs in the silent mountains, and the soft light of the sunset spread over the little boy outside the courtyard.

When Xiao Jian woke up today, he found that he was already at his Uncle Changming's house.

Recalling what brother said last night, his brother and sister-in-law had to go out, so he obediently played with Uncle Changming.

Seeing that the day was about to pass by, his brother hadn't picked him up yet.

Xiao Jian's playfulness was greatly reduced, she moved the small stool and sat outside the courtyard gate, looking at the road up the mountain from time to time.

Seeing that Xiaowa must wait for his brother outside, Sun Changming didn't persuade him.He sat in the yard and continued to handle the leather in his hand, looking after the child.The mountains are not safe.

The afterglow is fading...

"elder brother!"

Xiao Jian's cheerful voice sounded.

Xiao Lie bowed slightly, and caught the child who bumped into his arms.

"Brother, Ah Jian has been waiting for you for a long time!" Xiao Jian mumbled while hugging her brother's thigh.

Xiao Lie patted him on the back: "There are many things in the city today, so I came back late. Did Ah Jian obediently listen to Master's words today?"

Xiao Jian nodded hurriedly.

"I'm so good! Eat well, practice calligraphy, and even play with Uncle Changming!"

I'm afraid it wasn't Master who accompanied you to make trouble...

In the yard, Sun Changming listened to Xiao Jian's twittering, and secretly pursed the corners of his lips without refuting.

Taking Xiao Jian into the courtyard, Xiao Lie handed the basket and the small bundle to Master.

"I'm bothering Master again today"

Sun Changming waved his hand and picked up the conspicuous note.

"Master, this is the price of today's goods. My daughter-in-law has kept the account so that I can check it later."

Seeing Sun Changming sizing up the note, Xiao Lie talked about his situation when he sold leather today.

"The bacon is priced at 45 renminbi for a pheasant and 450 renminbi for a hare. That's [-] renminbi in total. It's a normal market price, and it's about the same if you sell it elsewhere."

"Grey rabbit skins are priced at 55 Wen per piece, and seven are at 380 Wen. The three fox skins you hunted are of good color, the two big ones are three taels, and the small ones are one tael. These are four taels and 35 Wen in total, Ah The rouge is all in this little bag."

Sun Changming has also dealt with prey merchants all year round. Merchants are after profit, and they always want to lower the price when buying goods.He listened to the quotation Xiao Lie gave him, it was too high.

Sun Changming frowned slightly: "It's okay to talk about bacon, isn't the price of the skin overwhelming you?"

Xiao Lie signaled Master not to worry.This is because the owner of the goods store asked them to have a stable supply of goods, and the price was actually a normal market price.

Seeing that he has a plan, Sun Changming no longer cares about it.

Xiao Lie pointed to the small basket again: "Master, we bought some buns and rice wine when we came back. My daughter-in-law said that the buns can't be kept for long, they have to be eaten within two days."

Sun Changming glanced at the filial piety brought by his apprentice, took out the rice wine, and handed the small basket to Xiao Jian.

"I don't eat steamed stuffed buns. Ah Jian likes them, so you take them back and give them to him."

Xiao Jian raised her head to see her brother's expression, put her little hand behind her back, and refused to answer it.

Xiao Lie persuaded: "I also bought them for Ah Jian at home. These are for Master, if you don't want to cook, you can eat them warm, it's convenient!"

"Otherwise, if you go back with me, it will be more convenient for us to eat and live together."

Xiao Lie repeated the old saying.

Master, Master, is both a teacher and a father.Master lived alone in this mountain, and as he got older, although he was still physically strong, Xiao Lie was not at ease.

Earlier, he advised Sun Changming to go down the mountain and live with them, but Sun Changming definitely disagreed.

When he got married, Sun Changming was even less willing to disturb their family.

They couldn't hold back the disciples, and didn't want to hear his old words repeated. Seeing that it was getting late, Sun Changming urged them to go down the mountain quickly.

Xiao Jian bid farewell to Uncle Changming obediently, but was picked up by her brother and went down the mountain to go home.

Otherwise, with his short legs, I don't know when he will be able to get home.

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When they got home, Fu Yan had prepared dinner and waited for them to return.

Three dishes and one soup, and Ah Jian's favorite meat buns.

Xiao Jian ate without raising her head, she was extremely satisfied.

In the dense heat, Fu Yan and Xiao Lie chatted while eating.

"Brother Alie, I want to make an oven so that I can bake bread and pastries."

Fu Yan wanted to open a shop to do business, but Xiao Lie had no objection.He supports whatever his wife wants to do.

Just, the oven?Another new thing that I have never seen or heard of.

"You can do whatever you want. I've never heard of this oven. I don't know if I can make it for you."

"Let's try it. I probably know what it looks like. Let's try to make it when I draw a blueprint."

Fu Yan actually had no idea.

When she was traveling in Hyundai, she had seen a homemade brick-mud oven, so she probably knew its functional structure.

But when she makes pastries in modern times, she always uses electric ovens directly, so she doesn't need a homemade oven!

Now that I have come to this place, I can only slowly explore this oven by myself.

After the meal, Xiao Lie tidied up and made good medicine for Xiao Jian to drink.

After his younger brother fell asleep, Xiao Lie entered the east room with hot water for washing.

Fu Yan added the last touch, picked up the drawing paper and looked at it.She tried her best to write down what she remembered, and she was powerless to do the rest.

Fu Yan handed the drawing paper to Xiao Lie: "This is roughly what the oven looks like. I just remember that it was made of a mixture of yellow mud and sand. I don't remember how much sand is mixed with the specific yellow mud."

Xiao Lie looked at the shape on the blueprint, the bottom and top were round.Below is the stove for adding firewood to the fire, and above is the airtight place for steaming and roasting, and there is a small chimney to vent the gas.

Xiao Lie looked familiar: "I see this is a bit like a miniature version of a brick kiln."

Fu Yan put the two together and compared them. They are indeed similar, and they both use the thermal insulation performance of the kiln body.

Fu Yan nodded: "That's pretty similar. One bakes bricks and the other bakes food."

Xiao Lie looked at the detailed drawing and the clear structural drawing, and he had some ideas in his mind: "The Fourth Grandpa Yang in the village once went out to work in a kiln factory when he was young. I will ask the old man tomorrow for his help. "

Xiao Lie bent down, and nodded Fu Yan's little nose affectionately: "Okay, I'll take care of the rest. You go wash up and refresh yourself. You've been running around all day, so you should rest early."

She was really tired today, Fu Yan wrinkled her little nose, rubbed his hands away, beat her waist lightly and got up to wash up.

(End of this chapter)