Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 65

After pollination, the whole cold melon began to grow crazily, and it became several times larger in a short period of time. It was only about the size of a fist, but now it is half the size of a washbasin.

Du Xiaoyu is very busy. According to the introduction in the agricultural book, there is not too much watering, pruning, and pressing of vines. In addition, the weather is getting hotter, and he is often sweating profusely.Du Xian looked distressed and refused to let her come to the field, but how could she agree to put all her effort into it? Mrs. Zhao knew that she was trying to fight, but later she let go and said that even if it didn't grow well, the mu of land would be returned to her in the future. Only slightly relaxed.

On this day, Du Wenyuan came back for the second time, and the two tidied up in the field, sitting under the shade of a tree and talking.

"Why does it look dark again?" Du Wenyuan said, "A few days ago, I was talking about my eldest sister. If I insisted on getting soybean powder on her face, I didn't care about it."

Du Xiaoyu brushed her hair back and leaned against the tree trunk, "I always forget to wear my straw hat," she said, rubbing her face, "But it's said that girls have changed since then, I'm still young, so I'm sure I'll be very pale in the future."

Du Wenyuan chuckled, "We'll see where you cry when you can't get white." He pointed to the cold melon field, "It seems that this year's harvest should be good."

"Yeah, luckily it didn't rain too much." Du Xiaoyu was a little scared, covering his heart and said, "I pray all day long, and I almost didn't go to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva."

"So what's so good about farming." Du Wenyuan shook his head slightly, "Depending on the weather is not sure, and if it doesn't rain, there will be a drought. It's not a dead end. Next time I have money on hand, I think it's better to do something else. You can either raise chickens or pigs, it will not be affected by the sky, what do you think?"

Du Xiaoyu said, "It's easy for you to raise chickens and pigs, maybe you'll get some strange disease and you'll all die." Chicken plague and the like are also quite scary, and these need scientific knowledge to assist, otherwise it will be like a natural disaster It doesn't matter, they're all wiped out.

"It's not easy to be sick. It's not me." Du Wenyuan listened and pinched her nose, "Didn't the rabbit be cured last time? At most, I will read more related books." He paused, "But you Don't tell your mother."

"Your academy teacher is not strict? Can you still read books?" Du Xiaoyu laughed.

"It's not too strict. Compared with Master Liu, it's much more relaxed. Most of them let us study by ourselves, and we will answer questions when we have questions. Usually, Master Liu will come to teach some lessons."

This is very free, a bit like some easy university courses, Du Xiaoyu can't help but yearn for it, but quickly dismisses the idea, thinking of the stereotyped essay gives her a headache, she will never be able to write it.

"How is sister over there?" She asked again, missing Du Huanghua very much these days.

"I've asked you several times, what can be wrong? Mrs. Wan thinks highly of her, so she took her to see Mrs. Magistrate." Du Wenyuan said, "If you're worried, go to Wan's Mansion tomorrow to see her. "

The two talked for a while and went home for lunch.

While eating, I heard a commotion outside, as if a lot of people had come.

"What's the matter?" Du Xian muttered, put down his chopsticks, and went to look at the gate of the courtyard. Unexpectedly, he also yelled in after a while, "Lady, Wen Yuan, Xiaoyu, come out quickly, old man, the tiger is here with us." At the door of the house! Brother Du beat the tiger to death!"

The other two were extremely surprised and rushed out, only Du Xiaoyu was very calm, thinking that Lin Song did what he said, and he really brought the tiger to their door!
When I went out, I saw that two villagers were putting the tiger on their shoulders on the ground. The tiger was huge, with bloodstains on its head and bleeding from its mouth and nose.A group of villagers around talked a lot, and most of them were praising Lin Song, saying that he is a hero who fights tigers for the people, and even Xiao Chuanniang, whom Du Xiaoyu met at the head of the village, knelt down to Xie Lin Song, saying that he had reported to her. Qiu is their family's great benefactor.

There was a lot of chaos for a while, when the village chief also arrived after hearing the news, he invited Lin Song to have a drink.

Lin Song clenched his fists around, and before leaving, he told Du Xian that after Du Wenyuan was admitted as a scholar, he, as a master, didn't show much, and this tiger was given to their family as a congratulatory gift.

Everyone exclaimed, it is extremely rare for tigers to live in deep mountains and old forests, and even rarer ones can hunt tigers. They don't know how much money they are worth, and they all looked at Du Xian's family enviously.

Du Xian hurriedly retreated, but Lin Song turned around and left with the village chief.

"Oh, brother Du has developed a lot this time."

"Yeah, how many fields would you have to buy in exchange for money!"

Those who knew each other came to congratulate, and some were sour and twitched to avoid saying a word or two. In short, it was lively for a while before the crowd dispersed.

Mrs. Zhao looked at the tiger in a daze, and said half aloud, "It's impossible, brother Lin took so much effort to kill the tiger, maybe it was in exchange for his life, we can't have it, and we have to be pointed at the back Woolen cloth!"

"Yes, I can't have it, I can't have it." Du Xian also waved his hand, even if the tiger was dead, he would be afraid of people, and the cows in the family were all huddled in the cowshed, not daring to move.

Du Wenyuan was very curious. He squatted down to look at the tiger, and then reached out to touch the fur.

"What's not to like?" Du Xiaoyu interjected, "Second elder brother has been admitted to be a scholar, and other families have come to congratulate him, but Uncle Lin didn't give him anything, and he drank a lot of wine for nothing. Besides, since he is the second elder brother My master, if we don't want the things we sent out, isn't it because we don't give him face?"

Du Wenyuan wanted to laugh at this little money fan, because he just wanted to covet this tiger.

Mrs. Zhao said, "Of course we will accept some other gifts, but this tiger is always inappropriate."

Du Xian didn't help his youngest daughter either. Lin Song is now a tiger-fighting hero in the village, so he can't take the hero's spoils for himself, no matter what.

"Why don't you do this?" Du Wenyuan suggested, "Master is doing harm to the people today. I guess the village will take turns to invite wine, and he doesn't have time to deal with this tiger. It's hot now, and it stinks even if it's placed. Isn't it a waste of money? Let's help Master deal with the tiger, sell what should be sold, and give him the money later." He paused, "Or like this, isn't Master going to open a martial arts gym, and the money will be given to him when the time comes. He builds houses."

This is very reasonable, and all three of them nodded in agreement.

After returning to the house, Du Xian asked the most powerful butcher in the village to come and clean up the tiger. It took the butcher an hour to complete the process. You must know that ordinary people have no chance to dissect a tiger. Naturally, they have to study carefully before they can kill the tiger. .

The beautiful fur is hanging in the yard now, and the neat yellow and white stripes symbolize the mightiness of the past. Du Xiaoyu touched it and thought to himself, this must not be sold, and it will not be broken anyway. It will be difficult to buy one back, the price may double.

But the tiger meat had to be disposed of as soon as possible. When Du Xian was about to pack up and find the ox cart to go to the county, someone came to the house.

It was none other than Mao Zong, the shopkeeper of Wangyue Tower, who brought a few staff over in a carriage.

I didn't expect the news to spread so fast, Feixian County knew about it, Du Xiaoyu looked at Mao Zong, no wonder he would come here in person, if he bought the tiger meat first, other restaurants would have no chance, so, these days he Shouldn't the restaurant be trampled down by some wealthy people?Otherwise, it would be good to use it to bribe the county magistrate.

Tiger meat is unusual after all, and there are tiger bones that can be soaked in wine, and...Du Xiaoyu rubbed his nose, this tiger is the head of a male, and there are things that some people want.

"Father, mother, this is the shopkeeper Mao of Wangyue Tower." Du Wenyuan also recognized it, so he introduced it.

Mao Zong only knew that the tiger was at Du Xian's house, so he never expected to meet the siblings again. He smiled and began to make friends, "It seems that I have a fate with you!"

Du Xiaoyu said, "If there is fate, I can't sell you cheaply. This tiger does not belong to our family, it belongs to my second brother's master."

This shrewd girl, Mao Zong secretly said, is really watertight, and his face remained calm, "Tigers are hard to find, and I know they are precious, otherwise I wouldn't come to the door. Tell me, what price do you want to sell?"

Du Xian rubbed his hands, he really didn't know the price, "This, this..."

Pork is only twenty Wen a catty, Du Xiaoyu thought about it, no matter how little the tiger meat is, it must not be less than two hundred Wen, and if the tiger bones are included, it will cost an average of three hundred Wen a catty, right?

At this time, someone said at the door, "I think 320 Wen is about the same. The shopkeeper Mao also knows the goods. Is the price I said appropriate?"

It was Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Wu who came. The two had just returned from the county today. When they heard Lin Song's killing of tigers, they came over to watch the excitement. Then they heard that Mao Zong wanted to buy tiger meat.

If it is really a business material, the price he thought was about the same as hers, Du Xiaoyu gave Qin Shi a thumbs up.

Mrs. Zhao's eyes were stunned when she heard this. This tiger weighed more than 200 catties. For 320 Wen, it would cost dozens of taels of silver, which was equivalent to their income of more than ten years!
Mao Zong looked at Mrs. Qin and saw that the woman was short in stature but bright-eyed, so he knew it was not easy to be deceived. He stroked his beard and said, "It's still a bit expensive, but I sincerely want to buy it."

Both Du Xian and Zhao Shi looked at Qin Shi, unable to make up their minds.

"Father, I have met my second brother and the shopkeeper Mao a few times. I made some things and sold them to him before. Now that I have come to the house this time, it can be cheaper." Du Xiaoyu reminded Qin that she wanted to long-term cooperation.

Mrs. Qin is a smart person, she realized it immediately, and said with a smile, "So that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier?" She changed the subject and kicked the tiger whip that was lying on the ground with her toe, "This tiger meat can be sold for three hundred coins. , but, this stuff is harder to find than tiger meat, I heard that there are quite a few people in the county who want to buy it at a high price, eating it makes me feel good..."

Before finishing speaking, Mrs. Zhao blushed and coughed twice, Du Wenyuan hurriedly dragged Du Xiaoyu back to the house.

Thinking of her as a child, in fact, I don't know these things, Du Xiaoyu smiled secretly, and shouted at the door, "Don't sell the tiger skin, save some tiger meat..."

She wants to take this good thing for herself, how awesome it will be when she spreads it on a chair!Naturally, she wanted to taste tiger meat, but she had never eaten it before!
(End of this chapter)