The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 22
After Wen Bao saw the things these people were carrying, she set her sights on this thing. At the moment, she was full of joy. Just now, she was thinking about getting something to block in the cave. Unexpectedly, Wen Chengyong and the others today Come and bring.

Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye saw her the moment Wen Bao leaned out of the cave, and both of them turned their eyes to Wen Bao, waiting for Wen Bao to call them.

"Second brother, cousin."

Wen Bao called the two of them coquettishly, Wen Chengyong just laughed, but Wu Houye, who hadn't seen Wen Bao for several days, immediately moved towards Wen Bao when he heard Wen Bao's words.

Seeing that Wu Houye was going to join Wen Bao, Song Dalang immediately stepped forward to stop him.

Wu Houye didn't know that he was guarded by Song Dalang, and he was stopped by Song Dalang before he reached Wen Bao's side.

"Cousin~"

Wu Houye looked at Wen Bao aggrievedly. This brother-in-law was too aggressive. He even beat himself several times that night, all on the hidden meat. He was too embarrassed to show it to others.

Hearing Wu Houye's words, Wen Bao shook his head slightly at Song Dalang, and then turned his gaze to Wu Houye who had already run in front of him.

"Cousin, don't worry, come here slowly."

After Wen Bao's delicate and soft words, Wu Houye immediately gasped and laughed, and he did not forget to look at Song Dalang proudly while laughing.

When Song Dalang saw Wen Bao speak, he naturally wouldn't stop Wu Houye, seeing Wu Houye's posture just now, he was really afraid that he would hit his wife in such a rush.

Wu Houye was fat, so he gasped for breath when he ran, and now even though he was beside Wen Bao, he was still gasping for breath.

When Wen Chengyong and Song Dalang walked to Wen Bao's side together, Wu Houye finally took a breath and spoke to Wen Bao.

"Cousin, do you miss your cousin? Cousin misses you and loses weight!"

Wen Bao listened to Wu Houye's serious words, then looked at his still fat and oily body, and pursed his lips into a smile.

She didn't see that he had lost weight!

Naturally, Wen Bao would not say this, after all, she wanted to save some face for her brother who loved her so much.

"Of course I miss my cousin." After saying this, Wen Bao turned his gaze to the screen that had been raised in front of him, and said softly, "Did the second brother buy this screen?"

As soon as Wen Bao said it, Wen Chengyong stood up proudly and replied, "It was chosen by your second sister-in-law."

Hearing Wen Chengyong's words, Wen Bao pursed his lips and smiled. The screen looked small, but upon closer inspection, he found that it could be folded.

There are three skeletons, and the middle of each two skeletons is either a landscape embroidered with expensive silk or satin, or ordinary cotton cloth with some small flowers on it. Wen Bao likes this screen, and it is just suitable for use in his cave.

Seeing that Wen Bao's attention had been on the screen, Wu Houye waved anxiously to the boy, "Hurry up and bring up the things I prepared for my cousin."

Wu Houye has been thinking about Wen Bao's marriage to Song Dalang since he went back last time. After understanding the whole story, he naturally understood why Wen Bao married Song Dalang.

Wu Houye was the only child of the Wu family, with only a few cousins ​​of the Wen family and Wen Bao, the only cousin.

To Wen Bao, Wu Houye has always been kind to her from the bottom of his heart, but he also understands that his mother doesn't like his cousin.

After two days of being sad, Wu Houye began to think about adding makeup to his cousin.

Although his cousin is already married, he doesn't think it's too late for him to add makeup.

He had been preparing at home for a few days, and when Wen Chengyong went to inform him yesterday, Wu Houye immediately asked his family members to drive the carriage to Wen Bao's place.

Although Wu Houye's mother didn't like Wen Bao, as long as Wen Bao didn't marry her son, she would not be mean to her husband's niece.

Wen Bao looked at the six big boxes in front of him. After seeing the contents of the boxes clearly, he looked up at Wu Houye and then his eyes fell on Wen Chengyong.

"Cousin, here are two boxes that I brought back from the capital for you, and the rest I prepared for you to add makeup."

Wu Houye pointed to this box. Here is a box of silks and satins, all styles in the capital. There is also a box full of candies of various colors that Wu Houye collected for Wen Bao. will break.

There are also two boxes of miscellaneous things, including pots, pans, and pans. This must be the dowry Wu Houye mentioned. There are two boxes left. Neat 100 taels of silver.

The Wu family is rich, and Wu Houye is the only seedling of the Wu family. Sooner or later, the Wu family will hand it over to him. No one in the Wu family will say anything after sending so many things to Wen Bao.

And what Wu Houye brought today, except for the first two boxes that he brought back from the capital, the remaining four boxes were prepared by Wu Houye's mother.

The first thing Wen Bao saw was the whole box of silks and satins, "This cloth is all silks and satins, I don't need them now when I live on the mountain." Looking at the box of silks and satins, Wen Bao caught a glimpse of Song Dalang's unsightly face from the corner of his eye, and knew Song Dalang's heart Not happy.

As soon as Song Dalang heard Wen Bao's words, he knew that his daughter-in-law was afraid that he would be angry. In fact, he was either angry, or felt that his daughter-in-law was wronged by him.

Yesterday Wu Houye brought so many things to Wen's house, and Wen Youcai asked Wen Chengyong to bring the message today, so at this moment, Wen Chengyong spoke.

"These things are my cousin's makeup for Bao'er, so just accept them. Don't you want to start a business together? How can you do it without capital?"

The Wen family also had silver in their hands, but what the Wen family wanted was to subsidize Wen Bao little by little later, instead of taking it out all at once like Wu Houye.

What's more, the Wen family knew that the Wu family didn't add makeup at all when Wen Bao got married last time. This time, the Wu family took the initiative to make concessions, so it was natural for the Wen family to lose face to their relatives.

As soon as Wen Chengyong opened his mouth, Wen Bao understood what he meant.

"Then I'll take these things from my cousin first, and the two elder brothers will come in for dinner first."

A lot of people came to Song Dalang's house today, except for Wen Chengyong, Wu Houye brought his own servant, and several servants of the Wu family.

Although Wen Bao only made one dish, the portion of this dish was huge, and several servants of the Wu family could share a bowl of dish for each of them.

Wu Houye had a bad face when the dishes his cousin cooked for him were divided, but when Wen Bao talked about the business, he immediately became serious.

"This retort is from a miscellaneous book I read before. This can purify the wine, that is, it can increase the alcohol's concentration."

Although Wu Houye was a bit foolish, he was the only child of the Wu family. As soon as Wen Bao said this, he discovered a huge business opportunity from here.

Wen Chengyong's daughter-in-law, Wen Chen's family is a brewer. When it comes to wine making, Wen Chengyong can also understand the business opportunities here.

Seeing that both of them understood what he meant, Wen Bao continued, "Originally, I wanted to do it myself, but I have a small family and I can't be busy, so I want the four of us to cooperate."

"Four families?"

Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye didn't understand, and Song Dalang didn't understand even more.

Wen Bao handed the blueprint to Wen Chengyong and said, "Our Song family, Wen family, Wu family, and the second sister-in-law's family."

As soon as Wen Bao said it, the men who listened to her understood it.

"I produced the blueprints and the purification technology. The second sister-in-law's family produced the original wine, and the Wu family and Wen's family were responsible for selling it. I took [-]% here, the Wen family took [-]%, and the Wu family and the second sister-in-law's family each took [-]%."

After Wen Bao finished speaking, both Song Dalang and the Wu family nodded, only Wen Chengyong shook his head and said, "Wen's family only sells alcohol in grocery stores, and they don't sell much, so they won't be a part of it. As long as the wine is given priority to Wen Bao Just a grocery store."

As soon as Wen Chengyong finished speaking, Wen Bao was about to refute, but before she could say it, Wen Chengyong continued: "My sister will get [-]% here, the Chen family will get [-]% of the wine, and the remaining [-]% will go to the Wu family. That's it, even if dad is here, he won't agree with what you said."

The Wu family has restaurants, not only in Nanning County, but also in counties near Nanning County. He also heard that the Wu family is going to Jinling City recently.

Everyone at the table understood the meaning of Wen Chengyong's words.

If the Wu family wants to sell the wine, they must have paid a lot in the early stage, so they all agree that the Wu family will take the lead.

Seeing that no one had any objection, Wen Bao continued, "I have a way to make fruit wine here. The taste of ordinary fruit wine will be better if you use purified fermented wine. We can also add more to sell at that time, but I still have a kind of wine here, but I am not going to cooperate with you."

As soon as Wen Bao finished speaking, he winked at Song Dalang. Song Dalang understood what Wen Bao meant, and quickly went to the corner to hug one of the two pots.

Song Dalang has great strength, and it didn't take much effort to carry the clay pot over here.

Wen Bao opened the pot only after Song Dalang carried it over.

It has just been two days now, and the wine in this clay pot has not fermented yet, but when the clay pot is opened, a faint smell of wine can still be smelled.

"I made it from the fruits in the mountains. I was going to ask you to borrow money to buy the valley, but my cousin gave me 100 taels of silver today. I still have some silver at home. I plan to buy the valley. Then buy a piece of foundation in the village and build two houses for wine making.”

Songjia Village is almost full of mountains, and there are not many places suitable for building houses, so almost every household in Songjia Village lives in caves.

Wen Bao regards this wine as important, so he is naturally willing to invest.

Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye didn't know the situation in Songjia Village, so naturally they couldn't say anything, and they turned their attention to Song Dalang.

Song Dalang saw that his second uncle and cousin were looking at him, so naturally he couldn't help but speak.

"My daughter-in-law wants to buy land, which is a good thing, but there is indeed no good land in our village. If there is no place to make wine, there is a cave behind our house, which is smaller than this one, which can be used. As for the valley, the daughter-in-law can also buy it if she wants. , it’s just that when the time comes, we won’t be able to hide it from the villagers.”

What Song Dalang said was the truth, Wen Bao didn't think that there was a cave behind his own cave, and after hearing Song Dalang's words, he hurriedly asked, "Where is it, why don't I know?"

"It's not far from home, but the lighting is not good there. It used to be my grandfather and the others. Later, my grandfather and my father dug this cave and moved here."

After Wen Bao heard Song Dalang's words, he began to seriously look at the cave where his family lived now. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he looked carefully and found that the cave was dug by himself.

"It doesn't matter if the lighting is not good, the wine just needs to be protected from light."

Wen Bao felt that if the cave was not far away, it would indeed be a good place to make wine, so he decided to visit it later.

Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye didn't know what Wen Bao was talking about by 'wine', but listening to Wen Bao's seriousness, they couldn't open their mouths to discourage Wen Bao's enthusiasm.

And for some reason, they had a faint feeling that Wen Bao might really be able to accomplish something this time.

"Bao'er, don't you want your brothers to help with this?"

As soon as Wen Chengyong opened his mouth, Wu Houye also nodded at the side. His cousin was in need, so he naturally wanted to help.

Wen Bao looked at Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye's serious expressions, pursed his lips and smiled, "Of course." As he spoke, Wen Bao took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye.

"I need clay pots for wine making, that is, wine jars. I need a lot of them. My second brother will help me buy them. I also need my brothers to help me worry about the brewing and selling of wine in the future."

Wen Bao didn't want Song Dalang to go out all day, let alone brewing wine, he couldn't do it alone.

She is a person who is easy to get rich when she is small, her dream now is to live a life without worrying about food and clothing with Song Dalang relying on her own hands.

No matter how much money the family has, it was all given by the Wen family and the Wu family. Now she has no capital in her hands. When she has capital, she will naturally return the favor.

Both Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye felt that what Wen Bao said could be done, especially after seeing that the other cave that Song Dalang said was not far from where they lived now, they felt that it could be done.

Today not only Wu Houye brought something to Wen Bao, but Wen Chengyong also brought some clay pots to Wen Bao besides the screen.

In the afternoon, Wen Bao talked about the retort used for distillation, Wen Chengyong and Wu Houye in detail, and finally Wu Houye decided to buy a large piece of land between Songjia Village and Yutai Town.

"It only takes an hour to drive an ox cart and an ox cart from there to my cousin. It is faster to take a horse-drawn cart, and there are more than ten acres of land here, which must be enough."

In fact, such a large piece of land was discovered by Wen Chengyong when he traveled between the Song family and the town in the past few days. There are still a few scattered households nearby, but there is a large open space.

Originally, he was thinking about buying a foundation here for Wen Bao and Song Dalang to move here, but after going home and discussing it with his family, Wen Youcai stopped it.

Wen Youcai understood the temperament of Song Dalang and his daughter, even if they moved down the mountain one day, they would only go down the mountain after buying the foundation and building a house.

The land on the mountain in Songjia Village costs three taels of silver to five taels of silver per mu, but the land below the mountain costs ten taels of silver per mu, and a house needs to be built after buying the land. It is also possible to grow some vegetables, but he has no experience with this kind of food.

Originally, the Wen family thought that if Wen Bao and the others moved down the mountain, there would be no work for them, so they asked Wen Bao to open a small grocery store there. Song Dalang is a man, and he can do anything.

But now Wen Chengyong knows that Wen Bao wants to make wine, if Wen Bao really succeeds, then he can persuade Wen Bao and the others to move down the mountain.

The more Wen Chengyong thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good, and he hoped that Wen Bao could make the wine quickly.

After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, people from Songjia Village on the mountain finally started to come back one after another.

Today when we entered the mountain, almost all the people in the village went, about a dozen people formed a team, and each team went to a different place.

Those with good physical strength will naturally walk a little farther into the mountains, and those with weak physical strength can pick fruits and mountain products nearby.

Wen's family has a grocery store. Although they can't sell many things at this time of year, they still have some business. As for Wu's family, there are so many restaurants, and these prey and fruits are stored in the ice cellar, and they can naturally make money until winter.

Moreover, the Wu family also knew the ship merchants on the Qinglong River, selling them to them and letting them take them far away was another sum of money.

Song Dalang took Wu Houye and the family members of the Wu family to go shopping with the villagers of Songjia Village. Today the Wu family will take away some of them first, and the rest will be transported away one after another in the next two days.

Now that we have talked about making fruit wine, the fruit that could not be sold in the first place is naturally to be harvested.

Before Wen Bao proposed to make fruit wine, there were naturally people making fruit wine here, but they just used unrefined wine to make fruit wine. The fruit wine that came out was really too weak. Except for the occasional woman who drank some, there was no business at all.

But now that Wen Bao has said to purify the wine, and wait for the fruit wine to be purified, it will naturally be sold.

Of course, the most important thing is that they still have to rely on ordinary liquor to refine it.

When they came, the Wen family and the Wu family drove a total of eight cars, and when they returned, the cars were full of things.

Wu Houye came prepared and exchanged a lot of scattered silver. He gave Song Dalang ten cents and one penny, and in the next few days he handed over the collection of prey and fruits to Song Dalang.

Originally Song Dalang didn't want the money, but Wen Bao asked him to accept it, so he could only accept the money.

Wen Bao didn't think Song Dalang was ashamed to earn the money, Song Dalang deserved it.

The people who went into the mountain today except for the two teams who went into the deep mountain did not come back, everyone else has come back, and more than half of these people will go into the mountain tomorrow, because they have all received the money given by the Wu family today.

Those who had more received one or two coins, and those who had few received four or five hundred coins.

You know, if they carry today's things to the town by themselves, at most half of them will be good.

People in Songjia Village have earned money, so they are naturally more polite to Song Dalang and Wen Bao. They naturally don't know that when Wu Houye transports these things back, the price of the prey will at least double or three times. Although the price of those fruits will not fluctuate It's too big, but after soaking in wine or doing some head-to-head, the prey in his hand will sell better.

Not to mention, the real big head is still on the mountain and has not returned.

If the people in Songjia Village can hunt tigers or other prey this year, Wu Houye's income will be dozens of times!
A qualified businessman would not only care about the immediate interests. Wu Houye wanted to support Wen Bao when he came to Songjia Village to collect prey and wild goods. Naturally, he had the reason to have a way to sell these things.

Wen Bao understood this in her heart, so she persuaded Song Dalang at night to tell Song Dalang about these things.

Song Dalang didn't doubt that Wen Bao would understand this, after all the Wen family was also running a business.

After being persuaded by Wen Bao, Song Dalang understood that he didn't earn much money, not to mention that he had to lead the villagers of Songjia Village to separate the good and bad of the fruit from the mountain products, which would take time.

Things went well on the first day, but on the second day, no one at home came, and Song Dalang followed him to the neighborhood, where he hunted some wild chickens and hares and other small prey, and probably picked some fruits that Wen Bao wanted.

Wu Houye did not come to the Song family the next day, only the servants of the Wu family came to transport things. Song Dalang bought the mountain mushrooms picked by the villagers with his own money, and then counted all the things for the servants of the Wu family to transport away.

Songjia Village spends three days hunting in the mountains every autumn to pick fruits and goods from the mountains. Although some things happen sometimes, it has been safe and sound for the past few years.

Today is the last day, and now every family in the village has earned between three taels and five taels of silver, which, together with the things they left at home, is enough for them to live a comfortable winter.

The land in the valley, the title deed brought to Wen Bao by the servants of the Wu family yesterday, is such a big valley, with more than ten acres of land, Wu Houye found someone, but bought it with 20 taels of silver, Wen Bao pondered When the autumn hunting is over, people are hired in the village to pick all the grapes.

When I have time, I have to hire someone to sort out the grapes in the valley and put them on shelves, which is another expense.

Wen Bao is sorting out the mountain mushrooms and chestnuts bought by Song Dalang at home. The mountain mushrooms are dried and stored for winter, and the chestnuts are peeled and roasted with wild chicken, which is also a famous dish.

At this time, there were hurried footsteps outside the courtyard, Wen Bao pulled his thoughts back from the chestnut roast chicken, and when he looked up, he saw Song Dalang running home in a hurry.

"what happened?"

Wen Bao stood up suddenly, because of her menstruation these two days, Song Dalang only let her stay at home, now seeing Song Dalang running home in such a hurry, she immediately became nervous.

Song Dalang ran home in a hurry, and went into the cave as soon as he entered the yard. Seeing him in such a hurry, Wen Bao didn't know what happened, so he hurried into the cave.

As soon as Song Dalang entered the cave, he picked up another jug ​​of wine that Wen Chengyong brought last time and went out.

"Dalang, what's the matter?" Wen Bao walked quickly to Song Dalang while he was talking, and when Wen Bao walked in front of him, Song Dalang reacted and said, "Uncle Wei's stomach was scratched by the paw of the king, I took wine to wash his wounds."

Song Dalang walked out in a hurry after speaking. Wen Bao didn't know what the "big king" Song Dalang was talking about, so when Song Dalang walked out, she also followed him.

Not far from his home, Wen Bao saw a circle of people in front of him.

"Da Lang is here!"

Someone yelled, and the surrounding crowd suddenly parted, and Wen Bao also had a clear view of what was going on inside at this moment.

A man whose whole body was covered in blood and couldn't see his face was lying on a large piece of coarse cloth. Not far from him was a dead tiger that had been shot blind in both eyes.

The person Song Dalang calls Uncle Wei is Song Wei who lives in a cave not far from their house. He is a few years older than Song Dalang, but his seniority is older than Song Dalang. There is a ten-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter in his family. Lying beside him and crying, the two children also knelt beside their mother and cried.

"Bring the wine quickly."

The village chief yelled, and Song Dalang immediately handed over the wine, and Wen Bao just watched the blood on Song Wei's stomach being washed away by the wine, revealing his belly that was about to be scratched open.

(End of this chapter)