Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 75

An Dalang's wine shop is small, but the fruit wine he makes is very good. There is plenty of rice at home, and you can use Erguotou ginseng to increase the alcohol content. Not to mention, the quality of the water coming out of the mountain stream, wait. When the first pot of wine came out, Zhao Yiyi knew that this time, in the eyes of outsiders, her family would have another hard-working business.

Of course, this is not without disadvantages, like putting the wine workshop in the stone hall, so that the place is filled with the smell of wine, Dabao and the others still feel that the smell is enjoyable at first, but After half a day, the two children passed out immediately, which was good, they couldn't live in this stone house, so they had to move back to sleep on the original big kang again.

"Dahu, did your brother-in-law make the wine at your sister's house?"

Holding the bowl, Zhao Qian carefully took another sip of the amber-colored wine in the bowl, her eyes and eyebrows were full of surprise and joy.I just feel that this wine is many times better than the ones I have eaten in the past.

"Sister said, it's cherry wine. My brother-in-law brewed the cherries from Uncle Lin's mountain. I heard that he knew how to do this. It's just that it's too expensive to buy wine-making things, so he never used it. Isn't it? Now brother-in-law With some family background, plus he read some characters, secretly learned some carpentry skills, referring to the book, has he tossed all the utensils out, and since he got it out, he naturally started to try brewing. Fortunately, this is really well done, and my brother-in-law is probably very happy now, he just wants to save more money so that he can build a house! With such a skill, it’s a great way to get money.”

Zhao Dahu can be regarded as an older child who has seen the world now. He has been to the county town, can go hunting in the mountains, can do some bamboo craftsman work, and can read a few words, which makes him stand out among the group of children who are about the same age in the village. Very prestigious. Of course, this prestige is more because he taught his friends to read. The children in the village are all children from poor families. There is no opportunity to read and read. This is almost impossible in the village. It is a superior existence, but now Zhao Dahu teaches them for free, although it is only an hour a day, and only ten words are taught in three to five days, but it is like this, and it is enough for them to be grateful After all, no one knows the benefits of reading and literacy, not to mention those accountants and paperwork that may be possible when you grow up, so that you can shelter from the wind and rain, and you don’t need to work hard. Even if you go out to sell some things at home, it won’t make people It's not a lie!
Because of this, Mrs. Zhao Qian is now a lot more respectable in the village. The families of many children who followed Zhao Dahu to learn to read and write will send something over from time to time, either two eggs from your family, or a handful of vegetables from his family. Make life at home easier.

Now hearing that her son-in-law's family has a new business, Zhao Qian is even more delighted. She understands in her heart that although this girl is not her own, she and her son are brothers and sisters of the same father, and they have a good relationship Very well, when good things happen, I will never forget my son, so as long as the son-in-law's life is better, then my son will never be worse in the future.I didn't see that the child is now hunting and reading. This is taught by his son-in-law. I really didn't expect it!Such a mountain man actually has such a great ability, this marriage is really well done!
"Your brother-in-law is really caring! I never thought that he has learned so much about this skill. Now that the scene has opened up, he can take out everything. Which one is not a good skill for making money. For ordinary people, even if they know one of them, it is enough to support their families. Living. But he knows so much, your sister will be blessed in the future."

Hearing what his mother said, Zhao Dahu couldn't help becoming proud, raised his head, and said proudly:

"That's right, my brother-in-law is very capable! When I followed him to the county seat, there were not just one or two people who greeted him on the road. That's a wide range of people. Even the head catcher in the yamen and so on had a good relationship with my brother-in-law. Very soon, I heard that even the county magistrate and brother-in-law can talk. I have seen the steward of the county magistrate’s house talking to my brother-in-law! Mother, please drink less wine. My sister said this thing is a small cup a day, yes The body is good, but the stamina is also strong."

"I know, mother still doesn't understand these things. Don't drink too much, go to your brother-in-law's place more often, learn more, elder sister is like mother, elder brother is like father, you have no brothers, your brother-in-law is this elder brother, look at him How are you living these days, you should know how to go this way, how many years can mother accompany you! You still have to have such a person leading the way, so mother can rest assured! By the way, your word How do you recognize it?"

She said she didn't drink much, but after this bowl of wine, Zhao Qianshi was still a little drunk, and it was rare for her to chatter, and she said all the thoughts in her heart in the past, and she didn't want to think about Zhan'an University. How cheap Lang is, he just wants to let his son have one more support, this is the kindness of a mother.

"There are nearly a hundred of them."

Zhao Dahu carefully covered the wine jar, and seeing the blush on his mother's face, he knew he couldn't give her any more to drink, so he naturally had to hide it, but they still kept talking, it was rare for their mothers to sit together like this Talking about these gossips, he was a little reluctant to walk away.

"That's good, that's good! Nothing compares to this. Hey, speaking of it, there have been several generations in our family, and none of them are literate. Only after your father's tombstone is engraved will we know how many people are there. Huahua is your father's name, tell me, what's the matter!"

Speaking of her dead husband, Zhao Qian felt very uncomfortable. A woman, after being a widow, she can only count on her son for the rest of her life. The son is the lifeline. As long as she can make her son better, she will do anything. , Now it's just to encourage my son to make progress, so naturally it's not a problem.

"You don't know! A few days ago, my mother went to wash clothes, and the mothers of the boys who played with you were so grateful that they almost snatched all the basins from my mother's hands and helped them wash them all. It’s clean! In the past, those children chopped firewood and could sell it in a bundle of three pennies, but every time they came back, the money was never counted, and they were all bullied and cheated. Now it’s better, these children , who suffers from this? It’s only been a few days! With such benefits, tell me, how good is reading and writing?”

Zhao Qian used to have a good relationship with the people in the village, mostly because she could talk and deal with people neatly, but now it feels different!It seemed that she had become a big shot all of a sudden, this feeling, no matter how beautiful she thought, she couldn't help but smile, her eyes disappeared.

"Mother, there is so much to say about this matter, but now the family does not cultivate land. The seeds that my sister gave you on the vegetable field are so good that you have grown them. My sister said that these are all dishes that are not available here. If If it’s grown well, you might be able to sell it in the town for a few bucks! This kind of vegetable is faster than growing grain, and you might even get more money.”

Zhao Dahu also wanted to add more income to the family, so he held back and said a few more words, but these few words made his mother laugh.

"Oh, my silly son, you are just a little idiot, don't even think about it, what kind of place we are, it's in the mountains, wild vegetables are cheap things, and there are many poor people nearby, so Is there any people who go out to buy vegetables? They either pick wild vegetables or have vegetables in their own vegetable fields. Who can sell them to? Even in the town, is there any open space? Most of the households grow their own vegetables, and they can still come Buy yours? No one buys it, and it’s useless in novelty. If it’s a county town, then maybe you can make some money, but here? That’s a dream, it’s better to sell seeds to make more money.”

Don't look at Zhao Qianshi as a woman, but sometimes she sees it more clearly than ordinary people. If a woman wants to be a family supporter, she can't just do it casually. Without this insight, she would have no way to live.

Zhao Dahu was stunned when he heard his mother's words, but he felt that the words made sense in a blink of an eye, but he still didn't want to give up this thing that he thought was beneficial.

"Then plant it and sell it to the county town. My brother-in-law said that he is going to buy a mule or something, and he will take the mountain road to the county town to deliver the goods. After we plant it, I will carry it to my brother-in-law and ask him to help. It’s sold, and my brother-in-law knows many restaurants in the county, so I’m sure they’ll accept it, otherwise my sister won’t be planting in the yard anymore.”

When asked An Dalang to sell it, Mrs. Zhao Qian felt that it was okay, and he was very trustworthy.Thinking of making money, this somewhat drunk brain woke up immediately, blinked his eyes, and immediately said:

"That's a good idea. As long as your brother-in-law's business of selling goods doesn't stop, we can really do it. But this time you didn't bring many seeds. I guess we can eat them at home, and there aren't many to sell. Yes, next time you go, ask if you can buy more seeds, I see this loofah grows very fast."

"You also said that the seeds you got this time just sprouted, and you gave half of them to Uncle Qi, isn't there not much left?"

Zhao Dahu couldn't help muttering, his family managed to get his sister to give me a bag, and this was the last one that my sister found out after rummaging through boxes and cabinets, but my mother didn't cherish it too much.

"What do you know, you kid? Our two families live so close to each other. When your father passed away, we received so much favor from them. Now we have good things. When it's time to return favors, how can we calculate like this. "

Zhao Qianshi may be talkative, maybe greedy for money, but at the same time she is also a person who pays attention to kindness, and she is very particular about this kind of friendship. Once she said this, even Zhao Dahu felt that it was reasonable, and there was nothing wrong with it.

(End of this chapter)