Reborn to be rich

Chapter 40 Leopard Yushu

Zhang Guodong's family was sharing the joy of the harvest when Uncle Jiu walked in.

"Old Jiu, come and sit down! How is business today?" Zhang Chenglin said after seeing it.

"Haha, third brother! No matter how good it is, the business of your family is not as good. There are a total of 4 clothing stalls, and only the two of you have never stopped. I came here to talk to Guodong about this." Uncle Jiu sat on the kang, The smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

"Uncle Jiu, it seems that there is no problem selling two sheep today, right? In the morning, Li Ping's family sent buns four times!" Zhang Guodong took out a cigarette and gave each of Dad and Uncle Jiu a cigarette.

"Well, I bought nearly 3 sheep today! About 1150 bowls, and now there are only one and a half left. I came back in the afternoon and killed 3 sheep. I guess they will be cooked tonight and sold tomorrow afternoon. .” Speaking of which, the smile on Uncle Jiu’s face was like a blossoming flower.

"That's not bad! Are the buns from Li Ping's house enough? Today Uncle Nine, give me the target village..."

"Why are you saying this? Uncle Jiu can't afford to buy a few bowls of rice? I bought it myself and it has nothing to do with you. I was about to tell you about the steamed buns that Li Ping's family gave away 720 steamed buns today. They are all sold out, they have been making steamed buns all day, and the fire in the yard is still on fire!" Uncle Jiu said with a look of worry on his face, how could they sell mutton steamed buns without steamed buns.

"Didn't their family save more than 1000? How much is left?"

"Now there are less than 500. There will definitely not be enough tomorrow. There will be more people eating steamed buns when the cattle and sheep market opens tomorrow. Now Liping's family can only make about 300 a day, and there is nothing to sell in the day after tomorrow. It's gone." Uncle Jiu said in embarrassment.

"Okay, let's go to Li Ping's house to have a look. If it doesn't work, let the neighbors move, and we can't stop the paomo restaurant just because there is no bun."

When Zhang Guodong came to Liping’s home, he saw that the five members of Liping’s family were busy making steamed buns. Liping’s younger brother was only 5 years old. While taking care of the fire under the stone module, he also had to brush flour on the stones to prevent them from being scorched. , Sister Liping, her mother and younger sister kept meeting each other, and Liping's father was responsible for moving the stones.

"Guodong is here!" Seeing Zhang Guodong and Uncle Jiu coming in, Li Ping's mother asked, wiping the sweat off her face.

"You have to earn money and you have to rest! Uncle, I have an idea, let the neighbors help you do it together! I will make two stoves for the side. Now that the template is used, you can carve a few more templates. Tomorrow Please help us and we will not let it go for nothing, a bun costs 1 cent, I believe many people are willing to do it.

A penny is already a lot. One stove costs eight steamed buns at a time, and it costs 5 cents to make five buns in an hour. If you do a good job, you can earn several times more than digging stones in a day.

"Okay, I'm just going to tell you! Your aunt and I can't handle it anymore. We've been busy since the day before yesterday. Let's earn less! Tomorrow I'll find 6 people to help in the village. "Li Ping's family didn't go to the monastery all day, and finally had such an opportunity to earn money. Working for two hours is equivalent to digging stones in the ditch for a day. How could I not grasp it.

I went to Heizi's house again, and Heizi's father took turns looking at the stalls tonight. Their family sold for more than 140 yuan today, and the profit could be more than 80 yuan.Zhang Guodong came to Uncle Wu's house, took out the cow's head and two cow's legs, transported them home on a shelf truck, soaked them in water for half an hour, cleaned up all the blood, lit a pile of firewood in the courtyard, and put the cow's legs and The cow hair that has not been cleaned on the head of the cow is roasted again.

"Xiaoyue, go to bed! I can't eat any meat tonight. The ox head needs to be stewed for half a day before it's cooked. It can be eaten at noon tomorrow." Zhang Guodong saw his fourth younger sister surrounded him all the time, and said.

"Brother, I'll stay with you!" The little girl hugged her brother's arm. She now communicates with people more and more, and likes to get close to them. Moreover, she scored 65 in Chinese and 79 in mathematics in the final exam, which is already considered The class is in the middle.

"Well, I think our mother finally gave you a dollar. What did you buy?" Zhang Guodong also hoped to communicate more with the fourth sister. If she is willing to learn, she must be better than the third sister.

"Well, I bought brocade paste, candied haws, Jialijia, crispy rice today..." The fourth sister took out a bunch of snacks and shared them with him.

There are so many kinds of snacks, and many of them can’t be stored. Zhang Guodong and his fourth sister were chatting and playing in the yard. The cow’s head was really difficult to deal with. Zhang Guodong scraped the cow’s head with a sickle for two hours before cleaning it up. He asked his second brother to help Split the bull's head from the middle with an axe, and put it into a big kitchen pot for stewing. The two beef legs were too big, so Zhang Guodong could only get one and put it into a small pot first, then turn on the fire and start stewing.

It was past 10 o'clock in the evening, and the seven members of Zhang Guodong's family crowded on the kang in the kitchen, unwilling to go back to their room to rest. She was not angry when everyone finished eating the snacks sold by Xiaoyue, and everyone ate the sugar cane bought by Sanmei.

"Go back! Guodong, what time will it be better? You don't have to worry about it. Mom will watch it for you at night." Hu Yue'e was also sleepy, and everyone had to get up early tomorrow morning. She began to urge a few children to go quickly sleep.

"This needs to be cooked at least until tomorrow morning, so you can add some hard wood to it in a few hours at night! We will eat beef head meat tomorrow morning before going to the monastery."

"Don't eat it. We can eat it together when my daughter-in-law comes. Put it away tomorrow morning after finishing it. Let Bai Yun come to our house at noon. Then I will let your aunts spend more time. I will come back to entertain my daughter-in-law." Bai Yun refused loudly. I heard that everyone laughed. Zhang Guodong has a partner, which is a happy event for the whole family.

Zhang Guodong woke up early the next morning. The beef head meat had already been boiled to the bone, and there was only half a pot of soup left in the beef leg. Zhang Guodong and his mother took the beef leg out of the small pot and put it in a pot. Take out the cooked rotten beef leg bone and let it shrink naturally.Add water to the small pot and heat up some steamed buns to prepare breakfast for everyone.

The mother yelled at the younger brothers and sisters, Xiao Guorui and Xiaoyue also got up early today, everyone started to wash their faces, brush their teeth and tidy up the house, how could Baiyun not tidy up the house when he came home today!

For breakfast, everyone made a bowl of beef head meat with soup and steamed buns. They said they were not allowed to eat and wait for Baiyun.

The stewed boneless beef head meat tastes amazing. Zhang Guodong ate two big bowls and shouted satisfied. Dad opened a bottle of white wine and sipped it slowly by himself. The food at home has been good for everyone in the past few months. Seems to be a little fatter.

After breakfast, everyone rested for a while before getting up to Qingyun Temple.

Before dawn, Zhang Guodong had just left the village entrance when he saw cattle and sheep all over the mainland going to Qingyun Temple. If you come early, you can grab a better spot, and if you sell the animals, you will be able to spend money this year. .

When I came to my own stall, there were already many customers at Uncle Yigong's tofu nao stall, and the stove outside Uncle Jiu's tent was burning vigorously.

"Guodong, come and eat a bowl of steamed buns!" Uncle Jiu shouted quickly when he saw Zhang Guodong.

"Don't eat it, Uncle Jiu! We already ate it at home just now. How was the boiled lamb yesterday?"

"The pot at home is a little small, and I can only cook it in one pot. Now I only cook two sheep before putting them in the cellar."

"Okay, I see that your business is good today. There are no fewer people today than yesterday. Uncle Jiu, you should be busy with your work!"

The market today looks much bigger than yesterday, mainly because the woods where couples dated yesterday turned into a cattle and sheep market, and the whole rally was full of noise. Even though there are not many people shopping now, the scene is already bigger than yesterday .

Zhang Guodong's family lifted out the shelves and bed boards in the tent, and prepared everything in place, and there were already more people in the temple fair.But this morning, many people asked the price, but not many people actually bought it. Most of them focused their attention on the cattle and sheep market.

Waiting until after nine o'clock, Zhang Guodong and the villagers were maintaining order in the cattle and sheep market. Today, more than 100 cattle came to the market, standing in half of the woods, and there were thousands of sheep and piglets combined. In addition, there were chickens, Dogs, rabbits and other animals.

Zhang Guodong was guiding a cow buyer not to stand there, when he suddenly saw Wen Bin and others looking behind him, a faint fragrance came, and his eyes were covered by a pair of soft hands.

"Guess who I am!" Bai Yun's mischievous voice sounded from behind, and Zhang Guodong smiled.

"Baiyun, why are you here?"

"I went to your stall to see if you were not here, so I came here to look for you! Many people in our village drove the cattle here today." Bai Yun looked at Wen Bin and the others in Zhangjialing, and nodded politely. Today she I don't blush as much as yesterday.

"Well, you didn't eat breakfast! I'll take you to eat first, and then come to me at noon today. I did it all night last night!" Zhang Guodong signaled to Wen Bin that this place will be handed over to him, and he brought Baiyun to the cows and sheep. Walk outside the city.

"Well, my dad is there, let's eat tofu brains!" Bai Yun said this because he was afraid that he would suddenly make excessive moves and let his dad see. The two of them confirmed their relationship yesterday afternoon. Together is different from yesterday.

"Okay, this pancake is good, and there are freshly baked steamed buns there. There are few people in the stall today, I have nothing to do. I just maintained the order of the market. I will take you to play by the ditch later! Our village ditch There is an ancient locust tree next to it, which is nearly 2000 years old."

"I know, Leopard Yushu! One of the five major protected cultural relics in Yongkang County, national-level protected cultural relics, the teacher said it!" Bai Yun looked at Zhang Guodong and said with a smile. .

There are two major attractions in Zhangjialing, Qingyun Temple and Leopard Yushu. This is the main reason why later generations have tourism companies to vigorously develop their village. They even filmed a few TV dramas under the Leopard Yushu. Later generations are surrounded by travel companies and are not allowed to watch them casually. Yes, because travelers like to engrave letters on tree trunks, it can't be stopped no matter what.

Zhang Guodong ate another bowl of tofu nao at Uncle Yigong's booth. Uncle Yigong didn't charge money and Zhang Guodong didn't force it.After telling his mother, Zhang Guodong took Baiyun and left Qingyun Temple, heading towards Baoyushu.

Leopard Yushu is by the side of the ditch. Usually only some tourists and children come here to play. Of course, this is also a good place for dating.Not far from Qingyun Temple, you can see a huge tree crown protruding from the ravine. The more you walk in, the more you can feel the majesty of the leopard tree.

Leopard Yushu has a history of more than 1700 years from the present, with a total height of 43 meters, a diameter of 9 meters at the bottom of the trunk, a diameter of 9 meters in the middle, a trunk height of 4 meters, and a crown diameter of nearly 7 meters. The third largest pagoda tree.

(This is true. There should be many people in Qin Province who know about the national treasure-level pagoda tree.)
"Every time I see this old locust tree, I can't help being shocked. It's hard to imagine that it can grow to such a large size. It is said that the sacred tree has a spirit. I have always had a feeling that this sacred tree has been blessing our entire village. Including me!" Zhang Guodong walked slowly, talking to Bai Yun.

"I've been here many times. Every time I come here, it seems to be a god, or another me looking at me from a far away place, which makes me feel very peaceful and at ease!" Bai Yun looked far away. Leopard Yushu at the office said.

"Sometimes I can feel what you said! By the way, you feel a lot of pressure in school. Every year, the third year of high school is the hardest. You should be in the third year of high school in half a month! How many classes are you in the second year of high school, so beautiful Why have I never seen you before!"

"Slick tongue! I'm in Class 1, Grade [-], and I've never heard of you at school!" Bai Yun raised his mouth deliberately as he spoke.

There are a total of 10 classes in the second year of senior high school. The first to sixth classes are science classes. Class one is the best, class six is ​​the worst, class seven is the best in liberal arts and class ten is the worst. The same is true for the third year of senior high school. There are only class one and class seven for university entrance exams. people have hope.

"Yo! Not bad. She is still a talented woman! When you are admitted to university, I will support you to go to university. Then I will be able to marry a college student as my wife!" College students are very rare at this time. The combined arts and sciences of the college entrance examination can't pass 10 people.

"I was only 19th in the class in the final exam this time. Are you afraid that you will send me to college and I won't come back in the city?"

There is a difficult section of the road from Ling to Xiagou, passing a steep slope that is difficult to walk, Zhang Guodong took the initiative to help Baiyun, and Baiyun naturally put his hand in Zhang Guodong's hand.

"Of course I'm not afraid. Even if you go to the United States, I can still find you." Zhang Guodong felt that Baiyun's hands were small, soft, and a little cold.

"Hmph! Just brag!" Baiyun realized that her hand was being held, and she took her hand from Zhang Guodong's and ran towards Bao Yushu.

When Zhang Guodong caught up, Baiyun had already arrived under the leopard jade tree, and there was an incense burner one person tall standing under the big tree, which was filled with lit incense sticks. Many people kowtowed to the tree here, and Baiyun also knelt down and prayed with both hands.

Zhang Guodong silently guarded at the side, and Baiyun opened his eyes after a while.

"Don't you ask the sacred tree to make a wish? People in our village say that this place is the most accurate." Bai Yun got up and asked.

"I don't believe that. Besides, this tree is in our village. I saw it as soon as I went out. It's so awkward to beg and pray." Leopard Yushu receives incense from countless people, but people near Zhangjialing never ask for it. That's because This is an unknown place for everyone.

Children like to climb trees, but the lowest branch of the Leopard Yushu is 11 meters high, and the top of the tree is the hole dug in the tree by the children herding sheep. To climb the Leopard Yushu, you can only climb up by holding these holes. There are very few people who are able to climb the Leopard Jade Tree, and the difficulty of getting down from the Leopard Jade Tree has increased a hundredfold.

The tree climber can still see the tree hole dug by the man, and if he has no strength, he can just retreat.But when you go down the tree, you didn’t send it to look down. The feet are all based on feeling. If you slip your hands or feet halfway, you will fall from the tree. If you are lucky in such a high place, you will be fine if you scratch your skin and hurt for a long time. It’s not easy to break an arm or a leg, and what’s more, if the head hits the ground first, it’s my life. Zhang Guodong remembers that 3 people in Zhangjialing fell to their deaths here climbing a tree.

(End of this chapter)