Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 13

Regardless of whether it is tuned or not, it is a good thing to have a new source of income anyway. An Dalang was busy making bamboo bowls immediately. His wife said that there is no money in this grocery store. He is a man. , I have to pick the big one for making money, even An Dalang thought, the straw sandals made by this daughter-in-law look weird, but aren’t they expensive? Come on, just do more, so that his wife can relax more. He still remembers that his daughter-in-law is only thinking about buying wild vegetables and medicinal materials. He is also very interested in this, so don't say In addition, if I have any illness in the future, it is very cost-effective to be able to treat the illness and take medicine by myself after knowing these, not to mention the good thing that I can send medicinal materials to the medical center to exchange for money, right, The daughter-in-law also said that after learning it by herself, she should go to the medical clinic to see what kind of medicinal materials they collect, otherwise it would be a waste of time to send them away. Well, there are many mountains here in my house, and there are many people who want to come to collect medicinal herbs. I don't know how much I can exchange for it!
An Dalang was busy making bamboo bowls, while Zhao Yiyi looked at the new 61 yuan on the shop and laughed. Now that it's done, I have a new source of income. In this way, people who want to come to high-end grocery stores The upgrade price of 5000 yuan is no longer a distant dream.Thinking of this, Zhao Yiyi started working at a faster speed. The old quilt was taken apart, and she began to waft cotton into two new sets of cotton clothes. She kept thinking about other valuable things, such as her Thinking of making a handmade bamboo basket, or asking An Dalang to get some tree roots or something, and make a root carving, although she herself felt that it seemed a little unreliable, after all, she was not an artist, so this root carving , being a bamboo carver sounds like it's not easy, but in order to make more money, she wants to try no matter what!

The next day was the day when An Dalang was going to Lin's house. Although the two couples were very anxious about making money at this time, they didn't mean to shirk what they had decided earlier in the morning. He picked up a basket and began to walk south. In the basket were two buckets of white rice and a bamboo tube of salt.

"Dalang, don't forget, if the Lin family asks, the provenance of this rice must not be missed."

"I know, didn't we discuss it, let's say it's the broken rice dregs sifted from the high-quality polished rice prepared by the rice shop in the county town to the north, because I provided prey for their owners, and I got acquainted with them, so that I can get along with them." The folks at the rice shop are the same. They can buy such good things, and they also give an internal price. The price is the same as the yellow rice outside at 7 cents a liter. It’s broken! Could it be that it was really sifted from the rice grains eaten by the immortals?”

An Dalang seriously repeated what the husband and wife had discussed last night, and then he was puzzled again. Although the yellow rice looked bad, it was still a lot of grains, but the daughter-in-law's shop Of the ones that came out, the ones that were broken into half accounted for the majority. He really didn’t understand, what he didn’t understand. At this time, the grain husking and so on were all manually operated, and the natural loss rate was smaller, while the modern Woolen cloth!Maybe it's because of the large quantity, maybe it's because of the rush of time and efficiency, people don't care much about these losses, and when they put on a big machine, a lot of them come out all at once, so the broken ones are naturally I just looked at it a little more, and in the end, since the grocery store said it was rough rice, it naturally picked up the worst rice and sold it. Maybe it will give you Thai fragrant rice back!

Looking at her husband's tight book, Zhao Yiyi wanted to laugh in her heart. Although she had gone through time travel and golden fingers, she still had a slight rejection and disbelief in her mind about such things as immortals. Maybe atheism has penetrated into her bone marrow, so she just smiled lightly and said:
"You ask me, I ask who to go to! Anyway, we are not short of food now, and the helpers who can think of ways, this is the right thing! Okay, go quickly, by the way, take the cake you made in the morning It’s not easy now! It’s not easy for the Lin family, don’t eat at his house, save some food for them, and you can come back earlier, there are so many bamboos in this house, don’t they mean to make bamboo bowls.”

An Dalang patted his head, smiled naively, and nodded fiercely. He is also someone who is taken care of and cared about!How long!It's been a long time since no one said this to me. It's heartwarming to come back earlier.

An Dalang's footsteps were very fast. He started walking when the sky turned pale. It took him just over an hour to see the mountain where the Lin family was located. From a distance, he saw Lin Erwa and Aunt Lin digging something. look.

"Auntie, Erba."

An Dalang greeted them loudly, and when he got closer, he realized that they were collecting mushrooms, and he was even happier. He told them that this thing was edible, and it seemed that he was really helpful.

"Dalang, why are you here today? Your daughter-in-law just passed through the house, and you don't know how to spend more time with her. You are not alone now, and you have to support your family. You can't follow your temper and work harder."

Aunt Lin saw that An Dalang also straightened up with a smile on her face. Although this An Dalang lived far away, he watched him grow up. The two families have a friendship of three generations. For Aunt Lin Just like another son, I was already very embarrassed that An Dalang couldn't help me get married, and now I took advantage of An Dalang's favor to let them have more food to eat and get closer to An Dalang , I couldn't help but open my mouth to teach one more sentence.

And Lin Erwa laughed and joked:

"Brother Dalang, you are not afraid that your sister-in-law will ignore you, hee hee, why don't you bring some mushrooms back to curry favor later!"

An Dalang smirked for a while without answering, but helped Aunt Lin pick up the bamboo basket at her feet, and followed them to the house.

The Lin family also lives in a cave, and the environment is quieter than that of An Dalang's. It is on the side of the small pool under the small waterfall at the foot of the mountain. It is also a courtyard surrounded by a large wooden wall and thorns. The gate is close to the pool. On the other side, it is very convenient to drink and wash clothes on weekdays. There is a hall of more than 30 square meters in the cave, and there are three small side holes about 10 square meters in size. If Zhao Yiyi saw it, he would definitely say that it looks like a three-bedroom The layout of the hall is very good.It's just that because this is at the foot of the mountain, the lighting is poor. Even in the daytime, the cave is a little dark, and the family doesn't spend much time in the cave during the day.

No, it was Uncle Lin who had a broken leg. At this time, he was still in the courtyard. Although he couldn't move his feet, he was still sitting on the stone and busy making bamboo baskets. He was also anxious!If I can't bring my son to hunt, the family can't sell their prey for food. Although they can eat some mushrooms these days, they are not really hungry!From a distance, he heard the sound, looked outside, and saw that it was An Dalang who came, and he was a little puzzled, it's only been a few days, why did this kid come again?Is there something wrong at home?
As soon as An Dalang came in, Uncle Lin couldn't help asking:
"Dalang, here, is there something wrong at home? Is there not enough food? Or do you still have some rice at home, you can take it first?"

Hearing what Uncle Lin said, An Dalang felt even happier. He thought of them, and they also thought of himself. Although they are not blood relatives, the true love is closer than relatives!Thinking of this, he hurriedly shook his head, put down his back basket, took out those two things from it, and said to Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin:
"No, there is something to eat at home, Uncle Lin, this is the white rice I bought in exchange. Although it is broken, I heard that this white rice is good for making porridge, so I will send some here to make you healthy. And this Yanzi salt, Erwa is young, it is inconvenient to go down the mountain to buy it, I will deliver it here, and you will save yourself from running down the mountain, right?"

As soon as Aunt Lin heard that it was white rice, she hurriedly opened the cloth bag An Dalang sent, reached out her hand and grabbed a handful, and after just one glance, her eyes widened, and she didn't know what to say for a while, but Uncle Lin He was even more surprised, regardless of his own son and daughter looking at Baimi with strange expressions, and asked in repeated voices:
"How did this come about? People like us, where can we have such precious things to eat! Dalang, you, you, you are a good boy, you can't do those wrong things, tell me quickly, how did this come about Yes! Otherwise, Uncle, I won’t feel at ease!”

An Dalang knew that Uncle Lin was concerned about him, so he quickly explained the excuse he had discussed with his wife, and then he scratched his head and said in a very simple and honest way:

"It's also my luck. I caught a live deer. The rich and the rich want deer blood. I happened to catch up with it. Not only did I sell it at a high price, but I also got this good thing. Otherwise, people outside would really not be able to buy such a cheap deer. Stuff, Uncle, eat at ease, there is still enough! Now I have already made my way, and I can buy it in the future! If it is not that this thing is not easy to sell, it will be shameful for others, I will buy more came back."

Hearing that An Dalang exchanged the prey, the Lin family breathed a sigh of relief, but then Aunt Lin frowned again.
"It's true of you, such a good thing, you should give it to your daughter-in-law, isn't it because you are a little thin, make up your body, grow some meat, and you will have the strength to give birth to a child after you consummate the house in the next year No! Why bother to bring them, if you have one, you have plenty, and you should give some to your in-law's family. It's not easy for them to be orphaned and widowed. You have to take care of half a son-in-law."

"I still have it at home! I'll send it to Yue's family in a few days. It's not that my uncle is still in good health. My daughter-in-law also said that I will send it to you first. It's important for the sick."

An Dalang silently increased the character value of his daughter-in-law, hearing that Uncle Lin's family had a great affection for Zhao Yiyi who hadn't met yet.Aunt Lin even turned around and went to the cave, took out five eggs, put them in An Dalang's back basket, and said while putting them:
"The seventh sister-in-law of Dingshan Village went to the town to see her sister, and came to sit with us when she came home. When I saw a mushroom, I told her that this thing can be eaten, and taught her to know the edible one. Several kinds, I told her that they can be dried in the sun for the winter, and she also told other people in their village when she went back. Now everyone in that village thinks it is good, so I specially sent ten eggs yesterday as a thank you gift, which is supposed to be a credit It should belong to your daughter-in-law, but now your uncle is sick and needs to make up his body, so my aunt is not polite to you, so I will give you five first, so that you can feed your daughter-in-law when you go back."

An Dalang was not polite when he heard this, and nodded happily. People in this age don't have any hidden thoughts of choking, eating more food to make people full, for them, they just think it's what they should do, and they don't care about it. There is no such thing as greatness or good deeds, even An Dalang himself, if someone asks, he will say the same.Perhaps this is the difference between ancient people and modern people.Giving a gift of thanks is just a sign that someone knows how to behave and knows what is good or bad, and it is a common thing in human relations.

An Dalang and Uncle Lin talked a few more words, patted Hua'er's head, and then busily helped the Lin family chop firewood. After all, the second child was only twelve, and his strength was a little weaker. There was no strong labor in the family, so it just couldn't work!Then I helped Aunt Lin put the rice and salt into the cave. Looking at the cave, which was a little damp because it was at the foot of the mountain, and the empty wooden bed with only a rag quilt on it, I suddenly thought of my own home The heated kang, and the warm quilt, my heart skipped a beat, and when I came out, I said to Erwa:

"Erba, I learned how to make a fire kang in the county town. It's the kind of method that can burn firewood under the bed, and it won't be cold when you sleep in winter. If you have nothing to do at home, make some earthen embryos. After a while, I will make them for you, etc. Done, the cave won’t be too cold in the future. Also, Uncle Lin, the wealthy family in the county town is trying to make new quilts these days, and I see that the old quilts they don’t want are still good, I bought one for [-] yuan. I took it back and saw that it was thick and warm. I heard it was made of cotton. Would you like it? If you want, I will change two beds for you too?"

Hearing that the old quilt can be exchanged for only [-] yuan, the Lin family was very excited, but thinking about it again, the family has no money, so what can they exchange?Uncle Lin was frustrated again.

"What kind of money is there at home? I haven't hunted for half a month, and food is a problem. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid I can only eat wild vegetable soup right now."

"Well, Uncle, give me these bamboo baskets and I'll sell them to you, so it means you're rich! It's just a few money short, so I'll just make up for it. Uncle will hunt more in the future. , give it to me again. There are not many opportunities like this! Although I didn’t bring much food today, I can always make do with it in a month. After a month, my uncle’s illness may be almost recovered, but it won’t work. Just send it."

Hearing what An Dalang said, Lin Erwa was the most agile, and without waiting for what her parents said, she took out all the things that Uncle Lin had made in the past few days.

"Father, Brother Dalang is just like our family. Why are you being so polite? We owe a lot these days. As for today's rice and salt, there are nearly [-] cash. Don't worry about debts. Why be so embarrassing, wait for dad to get better, just give a few more prey, or mother will make a set of clothes for sister-in-law in the future. Rubbed hemp rope, I estimate that these will sell for about [-] yuan. By the way, there is still a piece of sheepskin at home that is not sold. You can take it too. It is estimated to be [-] yuan. You can see how much you can buy. How much, I trust you."

An Dalang looked at Erwa, very happy, couldn't help touching his head again, although he let Erwa avoid him, but he just liked this kid's neat appearance.

"Hey, Brother Dalang, go buy it. The cotton quilt is good. It can be disassembled into two sets of cotton jackets for one bed! But it's thick. If you don't buy it now, you will lose money. By the way, don't forget to make soil Qi, I will make a kang in a few days, you follow along, maybe before this winter, we can still make some money by making kangs for others!"

An Dalang is now married and established, and he is quite keen on making money in his heart. Just now he saw the Lin family's bed and had an idea. He thought that he would wait for the Lin family to do it, and then make it for the Yue family. Someone else took a fancy to him and invited him to go. In this way, even if they don’t earn much, the family can save more money before the snow falls.He has already thought about it, and when he has money, he will buy some more things for the house, such as tables, chairs and benches.Make your home better.

What An Dalang said made Lin Erwa's eyes brighten. During the days when his father was sick, he was the pillar of the family, and it was his responsibility to earn money to support the family. How could he not be tempted.So after An Dalang left, the kid immediately started to get busy.Soil embryos are something that almost everyone knows at this time!
(End of this chapter)