Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 124 Second Young Master Xu
They were talking, the sun had risen very high, and the fog was gradually dissipating.The women who lived not far away took out a few dried figs from Shau Kei to dry, holding sticks and waiting for the arrival of the golden monkeys.

Speaking of catching monkeys, the skin of the golden monkey is very valuable. If it is cooked and undamaged, it can be sold for 200 taels of silver. When Liu Tao first went to the workshop where the skin was cooked to see the goods, she had seen this kind of golden monkey fur. of.

She thought about the way to capture the monkey, and felt that the blowing needle in Jin Hao's hand was the supreme weapon to capture the golden monkey alive. If the monkey was caught by the trick and had no time to escape, it would be captured without any damage.

However, this is a sharp weapon of the Jin family, and it must not be passed on. If they, who are familiar with the oak, prayed, it would be hard to refuse.As she thought about it, she saw the pumpkins planted in front of the house, and suddenly remembered a cartoon she read when she was a child. It described the magical functions of pumpkins, and there was a way to use pumpkins to catch monkeys.

"I have a solution, but I don't know if these pumpkins can let us use it?"

"As long as you can catch a monkey or two, you can use these pumpkins as you like!"

Liu Tao explained to the two of them in a low voice. Although they were suspicious, they had no choice but to help her as they did.Liu Tao and Guo'er borrowed half a basket of dried figs, and each of the three picked up two big pumpkins and walked away.

Liu Tao dug out a round hole the size of a child's fist from the top center of the pumpkin with a dagger, cleaned out the melon flesh inside, and stuffed a dried fig into the bottom of the pumpkin hole. One was stuffed in, but this one was only half stuffed in, and the other half was exposed.Then I grabbed a few of the remaining dried figs and placed them on the conspicuous parts around the pumpkin. Since the golden monkey can see these, it can also see the dried fruits on the pumpkin, the ones on the pumpkin, and the ones inside the pumpkin. was found.To catch the snub-nosed monkey, the main hope is that the fruit in the pumpkin is dried, and the rest are bait.

The warriors who were chasing them also came back at this time, watching their movements strangely and listening to the explanations of the people next to them.

Suddenly, there was noise of monkeys chirping in the woods, and the trees began to shake from far to near. When they hurriedly evacuated there, a golden monkey had already appeared from the woods.

When they ran back, sharp-eyed monkeys had already seen the pumpkins and dried fruits on the ground, so they came over to taste them first.These are adult monkeys who take the lead every time the monkey group is dispatched. Compared to the follow-up monkeys, they are stronger and more courageous. Guo'er's stepmother saw a golden monkey with a broken nose. That guy was the culprit who snatched her child away. The culprit.

As for the few dried figs on the ground, one ate it, and the other monkeys rushed over. The ones on the ground were immediately divided up, and they turned their attention to the top of the pumpkin.

Liu Tao saw the golden monkey's greedy hand reaching into the pumpkin's hole, and two or three of them had caught it, so she immediately told everyone to catch it.When these monkeys ran here, two more were trapped by pumpkins.It's a pity that their personalities of sacrificing their lives and not giving up their money hurt them. They just didn't know how to let go of the claws holding the dried fruit, and they ran away while carrying a huge pumpkin.

Because of the weight of the pumpkin, they couldn't run fast or climb the tree. They leaned and struggled to move forward. Those who were running away screamed at their companions in the distance, as if urging them to run faster.

Those oak warriors shouted excitedly, rushed to them in front of them, and immediately knocked out the trapped golden monkeys. Six pumpkins grabbed five of them, and one of them stuck its paws into a pumpkin. , holding two big pumpkins like a Hercules performing a show, the strange shape made everyone laugh.

Liu Tao suddenly thought with a smile; this shape is too funny, if it is assembled into a cartoon picture and inlaid on a suitcase or bag, it will be enough to attract people's attention.

Guo'er's parents took revenge, and the stepmother cried happily. She grabbed a bound and knocked big head with a nose, and slapped it viciously. The golden monkey was woken up. , her hands swelled up.

The snub-nosed monkey was the culprit who snatched and ate her son. She shouted to the nearby warriors to skin the monkey as soon as possible.

Guo'er insisted on giving them two golden monkey skins, but Liu Tao and the others resolutely refused.

The chieftain was very satisfied with them, and Liu Tao said: "We are only here for business, and to catch monkeys, let's just treat it as our help."

The couple of chieftains and some elders of the ripe oak rejoiced, and brought fruit wine and melons to treat them warmly. Besides, there were also unusual meats. The warriors went to the stream to kill monkeys and skin them.

Liu Tao didn't dare to eat these monkey meat and boa constrictor meat, but only ate those fruits, a kind of fruit wine made from figs, the wine was rich and sweet, and it tasted better than wine.

Guo'er admired Liu Tao very much, and asked if this method didn't work after several times in the future, what other good methods are there.

"Sister Guo'er, my brother Jin Yang will bring good ideas in the future. As long as the golden snub-nosed monkey dares to come again, I can keep one or two of them."

This time, they reached an agreement with the chieftain to bring people into Daxi to pick fruit. Two pots or a knife can be exchanged for a boat, which is as big as an ordinary cargo ship.However, if there is a monkey problem, we still try our best to help.

Liu Tao asked: "If we happen to catch a golden monkey and dedicate it to you, do we have to relax the conditions?"

The chieftain smiled and said: "If you get two big ones, how about that, I will allow you to collect fruit for nothing for a month!" As for hunting golden monkeys, the two thought of several ways, and they got one or two. The golden monkey seems to have no difficulty.

The three of them came back with a boat full of fruits for free this time, because the boat they took was small and only loaded about 1000 jin. Picking is enough.Those wild fruits are special products of Daxi, there are as many as six kinds, some of which have never been seen in the city of Beijing.In addition to fruits, there are also nuts, and there is even a kind of peanut growing on the tree, which is similar to the peanut growing in the soil, but twice the size of the peanut.

Liu Tao gestured with the peanuts with her hands. This kind of peanuts was longer than her middle finger by a finger belly, and tasted better than those grown in the soil. Liu Tao kept picking more than ten catties.

There are many oak trees in the mature oak river. The bark of oak trees and oak tree bark are good raw materials for making corks for wine bottles. Jin Yan and Ma Jinqiang carefully peeled off a few large pieces.

Jin Yan and his party bid farewell to the chieftain's tribe and left Daxi, and then released a carrier pigeon. After pouring the fruit from the small boat onto the cargo ship, another one was released when the cargo ship started to go back. They looked at the carrier pigeon. After circling in the sky for a week and fleeing to the capital, it is estimated that Liu Yunfa's pigeon training was successful.

The three returned to the Jinfu Pier with the fruits. When it was half a day away from the Jinfu, Jin Li released another one and wrote down the exact time of arrival at the dock.When they returned to the pier, the whole family was waiting at the pier, and Big Fatty and Liu Yunfa were particularly excited when they received Jin Li's praise and affirmation.

Liu Tao and Liu Xi selected some to make fruit wine, and distributed the rest to various places. Because there were too few peanuts, they kept them for themselves.As for making fruit wine in large quantities, it will have to wait until after autumn, when the winemaking workshop is completed.

Liu Tao and Liu Xi were still busy, and the family led Jin Sha and a fat young man into the backyard. After Jin Yan's introduction, they found out that he was Xu Ergong, the younger brother of Xu Dagong.

Because he was in his twenties, Mr. Xu saw that it was not a good idea for him to do nothing all day, so he asked him to come to the capital with the caravan to see if there was any industry suitable for him.He also promised to give him 1 taels of silver as the capital for paving the stall. As long as he does what he can, he can make a profit that year.

When he came here for the first time a few days ago, because he didn't know that Jin Sha didn't live in the Jin Mansion, he came to the Jin Mansion in vain.Because he and Jinsha have similar tastes, and Jinsha's gambling is also thanks to him, the in-laws hate him very much when they see him, and they don't even give him a good look.The parents-in-law didn't want to talk to him, so they asked his family to lead him to Jinsha.

Jin Sha saw that his old friend had arrived, but this old friend was not a righteous person. When he lost money and was beaten at the casino in Dongji Prefecture, he found him to intercede. I had to break my leg by a casino thug.Today when he came to see him, Jin Sha treated him lukewarm.

The Second Young Master Xu came to know each other well, and soon became acquainted with Liu Jiaojiao. Grandma heard that he was the Second Young Master of Xu Dacai's family, and she also looked up to him.

Grandma and Liu Jiaojiao arranged for food, Second Master Xu saw that his family was not rich, so he sent his long-attached servant to the pier to buy stewed meat and wine. If there was wine and meat, he started talking with Jin Sha.They said that the pier was under construction, and Mr. Xu also knew that it was Jinsha's younger brother's property. The two brothers admired Jin Li's foresight and agreed that they would definitely make a lot of money in the future.

Talking about the second son's plan to come here, he said: "These two years have grown up, and the old things of carrying cages and birds to mess with flowers and grass are not done very much. Now the eldest brother has given me the capital to do business. I really want to do it." Find a serious job to do..."

"Second Young Master, after my brother's workshop and shop are built, they will be rented out. If you find a good location, you can greet them in advance."

"In the future, this place will be a big commercial port close to the capital. There must be a lot of businessmen and tourists from all over the country. Why don't I open one..." He came to see Liu Jiaojiao, who was serving food, stopped. discourse.

It wasn't until Liu Jiaojiao left that he whispered, "I'm planning to open "Yihong Courtyard" or "Baihualou". Everyone here has money, so they don't mean money. A generous guest will be able to make money overnight." You have to pay a few taels or tens of taels of silver. Among the merchants, there are the most lustful ones..."

Jinsha's thoughts came alive when he said this, he can open a Yihong Courtyard, and I can open a big gambling house.Being next to him in Yihong Courtyard, guests would come into mine as soon as they left his door, gambling and whoring complement each other, and the two brothers will make a fortune together.I am a gambler through and through, since I opened a casino, I can gamble enough...But this business should be disgusted by decent people, so we can't say it now, lest some family members come out to object.

This part of Jin Lian's plan is a serious business, and he probably strongly opposes this messy business.If you call the dog before you poop, and get ashamed if you don't eat the mutton, then the loss outweighs the gain.

　Two chapters are here, readers and friends are welcome to check it out, hahahaha.

　　
　
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