Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 66

According to the news from the county yamen, nearly a hundred wolves and a bear were killed this time. With this, the people near the mountains are less threatened this time. Only the yamen belongs to the bleeding, the magistrate It has been stated that the money paid to those wolf-killing warriors this time will be paid with the money in the account room in the yamen, and this shortfall needs to be filled with taxes. Taxes are in arrears, although it sounds like it has increased the burden of each village and each family, but unexpectedly no one objected, no one is a fool, the yamen can advance the payment in advance, and it is already a very good official to save the people from harm Now, they don't expect to let the officials pay the money themselves, and they are more or less prepared.

The families in the county with good conditions and no shortage of money may have sent some money to the yamen after the county magistrate released the news, perhaps to please the new county magistrate, or for their own reputation. It is three and fifty taels, or one hundred and eighty taels, and nearly half of the amount is made up. In this way, only a little over 50 taels are left to be borne by each family and village, and the burden is lightened for a while.

For example, Zhaojiawozi was also allocated about 20 taels of tax silver in this incident,
"There are five towns in our county. Yuanshan Town is the smallest and the poorest. In the past, the yamen had to contribute money, and Yuanshan Town contributed the least. But this time it is different. After all, it is in Yuanshan Town. What happened, of course, has to pay more, a total of 520 taels of silver owed, other towns each paid 100 taels, and Yuanshan Town paid 120 taels. There are fewer people, even there are more vendors, but it has been lively for a while. I think the shops in the town have made a lot of money, so I heard that the town said that they directly paid 50 taels, which is regarded as taking all the money they earned. Come out, and the remaining 70 taels, Xiaohu Village is the disaster-stricken area, 30 taels from the big head, and 20 taels from other villages."

An Dalang talked to Zhao Yiyi about the latest news he got while he was eating. Although the people in the cave had left, many relationships remained. Now An Dalang is no longer the one who lives in the mountains , There are no people with any information channels at all, whether you go to the town or the county seat, there are many places where you can walk around, and naturally, the more you know, the better.Not to mention the relationship between Catcher Cai and the others in the county town, they really treat An Dalang like a brother. This time, wolf meat and wolf bones, let these arresters and yamen servants benefit a lot!Not only did they enjoy eating meat, but the soup made from the bones also relieved their overworked legs and feet from walking around all year round. According to Catcher Cai, the county magistrate has already reported this matter. , specifically asking for credit for An Dalang. As for why such a prescription can be credited, Catcher Cai can't say. He just knows that someone above may have a problem with his legs and feet, and it hasn't been cured for many years. He probably wanted to use this It's just a trick to please others.Anyway, in Cai Tutou's opinion, An Dalang's fortune has arrived, and he doesn't know when there will be money rewarded from above.

"20 taels? Where does this money come from in the village? Have you found out? How is it distributed in our village?"

The county government wanted money, and each family in this village pooled in the money to distribute it. Zhao Yiyi couldn't help but wanted to ask, after all, there were Dahu and the others living in the village.

"I've inquired about it. Uncle Liang said that according to the head distribution of males, those above [-] will count as one share, and those below [-] will count as half a share. Based on this calculation, it is estimated that each male above [-] will pay [-] Wen. For Duhu, three hundred Wen, daughter-in-law, I’ll go there tomorrow, what money does Dahu have, let’s give it away.”

An Dalang knew what his daughter-in-law was worried about, so he didn't need Zhao Yiyi to say it, he said it himself, they were all relatives, and there was nothing to avoid, even if his family had more money than Yue's family, it was right to help.

Zhao Yiyi, on the other hand, didn't think about such a thing, Balabala's own job, and said after a while:
"Go and collect things tomorrow, collect more, how many people in the village can afford this money, I'm afraid every family is worried! This time we rely on this wolf killing thing to earn money." I don’t care much about other villages, but I don’t care about my own village. "

Zhao Yiyi's rare melancholy voice made An Dalang stunned, stared at Zhao Yiyi for a while, then nodded in agreement:
"Alright, I'll go tomorrow, it's almost spring, and I think they're at the time when they're out of stock, and they must have made a lot of things. I'll just go and have a look. By the way, if it doesn't work, I'll order some bamboo stools or something. , You sell this thing at a high price, and I charge a high price, so it’s convenient for everyone.”

"Get the bamboo steamer. Although the earning ratio is not high, the price of this thing is higher. You can give 20 Wen for each. They are also quick to make. By the way, tomorrow I will buy a donkey and come back. Let's do it." Let’s get a donkey cart, it’s more convenient for you to transport things back and forth, the price of cows is too high, donkeys are more economical, if you have mules, that’s the best, you can figure it out yourself, there must be some in Yuanshan Town.”

"Okay! Let's collect some more leather. If that's the case, I'll just wait until I have bought the animals and go to a few other villages. We have a lot of silver now, and we won't need much for a while. It’s always good to charge more, as those bows and arrows will be sent to others in a few days, and you don’t have much money with them, so it’s just the top.”

An Dalang's mind is very fast, Zhao Yiyi just reminded him, he immediately had a comprehensive idea in his mind, which can help others and create benefits for himself, it really kills two birds with one stone.After hearing this, Zhao Yiyi also felt that it was reasonable, and her heart was relieved.

"Okay, let's eat, don't think about it."

Seeing that Zhao Yiyi was in a better mood, An Dalang stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yiyi's arm, comforted him, and quickly started eating again. He has been working very hard recently, except for going to see the trap in the morning, he is at home Constantly working hard, digging a cave on the side of the stone platform. These days, the boss has already dug out a piece. Even Dabao and the others often help out in their spare time. The stones were transported out, but the broken stones were poured on the path at the door, which made the path down the mountain smoother.It's just that the price of this kind of labor is that the two children are often too tired to lift their hands. An Dalang and Zhao Yiyi felt a little distressed, so they simply let them concentrate on collecting firewood and cleaning.

"I figured, it's a foot deep. With your speed, I'm afraid it can be done when the vegetation turns green in March. I didn't realize that you have such great strength, but you also need to know Xiexie is the one, not a cow, his arm is almost swollen."

Zhao Yiyi was in a good mood, and started talking jokingly again. Although she knew that she still had to build a house after the beginning of spring, and the whole family had to live outside, but for some reason, these two people still worked hard on digging the cave. It's very, like two children playing games again, of course Zhao Yiyi is a little strange, he is not such a person who likes to mess around, how could he have such a reaction to what An Dalang said about digging a cave!

However, such doubts may be solved today, because after eating, An Dalang swung the hammer again, and while talking to Zhao Yiyi, while knocking on the mountain wall, the sound of knocking began. has changed,

"This voice is wrong! My daughter-in-law, listen? Why do I feel like there is something hollow, with an echo!"

An Dalang stopped his movements, staring blankly at the mountain wall which was still a piece of gravel, while Zhao Yiyi was even more dazed, she didn't understand these things even more, okay?However, if she doesn't understand, it doesn't mean she has no brains. As far as what An Dalang said, she can roughly think of something, so she hurriedly asked:

"Dalang, what do you mean, this, this, this is probably empty? How could I remember that this seems to be in the middle of the mountain? If this is also empty, plus the cave over there, then what? Isn’t this mountain completely empty in the middle? Can this mountain still hold up? Don’t let it all fall down!”

I really have no idea!Zhao Yiyi couldn't help thinking about this mountain situation countless times in her mind, and then imitated the appearance of the east cave and the west cave in her mind. She felt a little cold in her heart, no matter how she thought about it, she felt a little unreliable , but thinking about it from the perspective of modern mechanics, she suddenly discovered that these caves are round no matter how they look, making this mountain look like the round holes of Zhaozhou Bridge, which seems to be able to withstand countless strength.

Although he couldn't believe it, after An Dalang thought about it, he couldn't help but continued to dig the stone. Zhao Yiyi panicked and asked hurriedly:

"You, you're still smashing!"

"Why don't you smash it? If you don't smash it, how do you know what's behind it? If there is something unsafe, then it's better to know than not to know! At least you can know what's going on."

Maybe men are more curious than women, maybe men are naturally more courageous than women, or maybe An Dalang is more curious, anyway, in the end, An Dalang worked harder, even at night, he couldn't live in peace, I didn't rest until midnight, as if it was someone else who had swollen arms a few days ago.

Not to mention him, even the two little boys became curious when they heard about such a thing. They were not even active in picking up firewood, and they only wanted to be No. 1 to see the mysterious cave behind.It was only a day's work, and even Dabao and the others followed his uncle's eyes with shining eyes to see which small hole was obviously dug through when his uncle went down with the hammer, with anticipation on his face.

Maybe Andalang's family has the gene of the groundhog, or the possession of the mole. After several generations of continuous discovery of the cave where they live now, the cave as a guest room, and the cave with hot springs, another cave appeared. .

(End of this chapter)