Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 22

Chapter 23 Getting to Know Twin Mountains for the First Time
This little brother Su, since he came to Liu Tao's house, Liu Tao has discovered many unusual things about him. It is said that Su Gutong is his father, and he should work more for his parents, but when he is on duty, he is always in the morning. Su's mother is on shift in the middle of the night, but she extends her shift time, and Su Rui, who is on shift in the afternoon, often takes over early, so that Brother Su's shift time is greatly shortened.

Ordinarily, as long as the output of rice crust is not delayed, they can arrange their work and rest time however they want, but it is a bit unusual for this to happen often.Also, the three members of the Su family were a little in awe of Brother Su, yes, it was 'awe', Liu Tao noticed this from the very beginning.First of all, when eating at the same table, when Brother Su didn't move his chopsticks, the three members of the family would never do it first. When Brother Su was dressing and eating, either Aunt Su or Su Rui was serving...

As the two families continued to ask for an increase in the supply of rice cookers, the two ordered two more ovens and brought in the uncle's family. Went to buy a family.

This family was also taken captive from the Northland, this time it was Su Xiaoge who went to pick them up.There are four brothers and sisters surnamed He in this family. The eldest is 16 years old named Dahu, who has thick eyebrows, big eyes and a tiger's back.Er's 14-year-old name is Erhu, but he looks the opposite of his elder brother, but he has a strong hand and eyes.The third sister is 13 years old and named Wu'er like Liu Tao, but her birthday is one month older than Liu Tao's. If Wu'er wasn't dark and thin, she would be a real beauty.The fourth child is only ten years old, still a young child.Su Xiaoge recommended them, obviously the four of them knew Su Xiaoge.

When Liu Tao assigned work to them, Du Hu asked: "My brother is still young, why let him do the work?"

These words left Liu Tao speechless, did she buy them to support them?Before she could make a sound, Brother Su reprimanded him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Did the boss buy you to raise the uncle? If Xiao Si can't do a job, why don't you do more for him? If you're brainless, let's send you back to the traffickers..."

"Don't stop, I know I'm wrong, little brother, I know I'm wrong..." Turning to Liu Tao, he said, "Boss, I know I'm wrong..."

Seeing that he behaved well, Liu Tao didn't pursue them too deeply, but just took Wu'er out for a walk.

"Boss, don't be angry. My elder brother has such a bad temper. Ever since my mother died of illness on the way here, he has been like that..." Wu'er said, tears streaming down her face.

"My family is in the Quanhe Grassland in the north. When a large number of southern troops came, my father had already joined the army. We did not resist in order to be able to be with my mother. The army captured us and sold us to human traffickers. Some time ago on the way here, my mother died of illness..."

"Sister Wu'er, think about it. Although mother is gone, don't we still have to live? It's okay, you can work here with peace of mind. In a few years, I will give you the contract of sale. In time, you will return to your hometown, and maybe you can find your father!"

After Wu'er nodded, Liu Tao said to her again: "Sister Wu'er, do you know that you can work here with peace of mind and don't have to worry about starving or freezing, Jin Yang and I will regard you as family Yes, there are many other benefits that you don’t know about, you can ask Sister Malan, she will tell you…”

The big tiger and the two tigers are both good at martial arts. Whenever they practice in the morning, Su Xiaoge also joins in. Liu Tao has almost forgotten all about Wing Chun in the past half a year. Also come to join in the fun and practice like a model.But when Liu Tao kicked and bounced, she felt much more unfamiliar, so she had to find a carpenter to make a wooden dummy for practicing her hands.

The crayfish in Hecha had been fished for three months until mid-October in the golden autumn. The net profit of 1000 catties of crayfish was more than 20 taels of silver. At the beginning, they did not divide the money according to the shares as proposed by Jin Yang, and the village chief The intestines of the whole family are green with regret.When the settlement was made, the family was looking forward to giving more. With such a large profit, why can't the original 40 taels of silver be paid?Liu Tao looked at their family with funny eyes, and finally gave them [-] taels of silver, that is, doubled the original commission, and the family's psychology was a little calmed down.

"Uncle and aunt of the village, you can't tell how much you sold. If my grandma and the others find out, it will be very troublesome."

The village chief's wife said cheerfully: "Tao'er, don't worry, we don't know about your grandma, even if you don't mention it, we won't be foolish enough to talk about it."

The sale of the crayfish is over, and the autumn water has returned to its usual calm. The enchanted array went down to the river again. As the selected seedlings of the crayfish, they were kept in the nursery pond and the river fork according to the optimal ratio, and the rest of the work went on as normal. with.

Seeing that the two of them were away for a long time, there was nothing to worry about at home, so they planned to go to the north with Mr. Xu's caravan, but the two old people disagreed. The father-in-law and mother-in-law just agreed to let Jin Yang go alone.All the people in the caravan were men, and Liu Tao was among them as a girl, so she was exempted when the basic necessities of life were inconvenient.

This time, I went to the border with the caravan, and I heard that the tension in the border war has subsided. You can buy Quanhe’s cows at the Shuangzishan barter area on the side of the border. Brother Su, who was originally scheduled to follow, will follow. No need, just Lao Huang followed.Although Lao Huang's legs and feet are not good, Guizai has experienced many things and is sophisticated in the world, and he is still familiar with the customs of the Northland.If there is a change in the border market, it will be reassuring to have Lao Huang lead the golden seedlings into the Northland.

Liu Tao and Jin Yang will be separated for a while, and they will return before the Chinese New Year. Liu Tao and her mother-in-law prepared clothes and food for him, and followed Mr. Xu's caravan on the road.Introduced by Mr. Xu, the head of the caravan traveling to the border is named Zhang Guo. The caravan he is in charge of transports the special products from the southern part of Daqing Kingdom to the northern border, including cloth and medicine, copper and iron utensils, salt, tea, and candied fruit. Dried fruit and, of course, crispy rice.Then they sold the furs and medicinal materials produced in the Northland to the Daqing Country, and Liu Tao also brought some shrimps and dried black wolf fish to Jin Yang to join in the fun.

Zhang Guo is in his thirties, not tall, and looks like a shrewd businessman. He also likes to smoke and drink.In view of Mr. Xu's entrustment, he took good care of Jin Yang and the other along the way.As the caravan traveled northward, the feeling of autumn became more and more intense. Lao Huang told him the story of the expedition that year.Looking at the primitive and ancient rivers and mountains, and looking far away at the big eagle hovering in the sky, people feel the nameless sadness.

The caravan meandered all the way north, and the closer they got to the border, the more mosquitoes and flies became more numerous. This was because they were close to the grassland, and there was also a kind of midge, which was several times larger than the mung bean fly. Clothes are also staring at people. As long as people are stared at, the skin will become a big bump, which makes people itchy and unbearable. They will keep scratching with their hands. If the skin is broken and watery, it will take a long time to heal itself.Those mules and horses are also very afraid of this kind of blind midge. Whenever the buzzing sound of the blind midge is approaching, these mules and horses immediately twist their bodies, shaking their whole bodies for fear that the blind midge will land on them.Jin Yang, like many merchants, had no protective measures. His exposed neck and shoulders in clothes were hit, and Jin Yang was stared at three large bumps on the back of his neck and collar, which was extremely itchy.

(End of this chapter)