The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 12

Early the next morning, Fu Shi went to his second uncle's house to borrow an ox cart. Before he went, He Tao asked him to bring two wild rabbits for the second uncle's family to taste game.Fu Shi was very happy, and Fu Quan, who was filial to his nephew, was also happy. He helped Fu Shi move the wild boar to the ox cart, and the two went to the town's Spring Breeze Restaurant to sell the wild boar.

Fu Shi usually sells all his hunting items to Chunfeng Restaurant, and he is an old acquaintance with the shopkeeper Zhang of the restaurant.As soon as he saw that Fu Shi was coming to the store with an ox cart, shopkeeper Zhang knew that he must be sending something big, so he warmly greeted them and asked them to sit down and drink tea.Because it was not a market day, there were no customers in the store, so the three chatted for a while before getting down to business.

"Hey, this time the goods are good!" Shopkeeper Zhang gave a thumbs up when he saw it: "Brother Xiao Fu's hunting skills are getting better and better! We are old acquaintances, so I bought it for six taels!"

Fu Shi also sold two wild boars last year, but because the pigskins were damaged too much, the price was severely suppressed, almost at the price of pork, and each head was only less than two or three on average.This time, I paid special attention to it, except for the cut in the throat, the whole pigskin was intact.

As soon as shopkeeper Zhang offered six taels of silver, Fu Shi cheerfully agreed, took the silver and put it in his arms, grinning happily.

On the way back, Fu Quan was still feeling emotional, six taels of silver!Their whole family worked hard in the fields, lived frugally, and at the end of the year, they didn't have a few taels of silver in their hands!If it weren't for Fu Shi's reputation as a mourner, he really wanted his sons to learn from him, not to mention raising a family, but also earning some pocket money, which is much better than just guarding the crops all year round.

Speaking of it, Fu Shi learned this craft as a blessing in disguise.

In the few years after Fu Shi was born, one brother and one sister above him got sick and passed away. Later, Fu Shi's father, Fu Hai, went away again.If he hadn't wanted to take care of Fu Shi, he might have gone with Fu Hai on the back of his ass.

At that time, there were vague rumors in the village that Fu Shi was a funeral star. Fu Shi was gradually isolated by his peers in the village, and his temper became more and more depressed. Even ten words to him could not get him to hum.Qin was very anxious, worried that the child's personality would be spoiled, so she kept encouraging him to take the initiative to play with the children in the village.Fu Shi was very obedient, and he did what Qin asked him to do. He really went to play with the children in the village, but was beaten and went home crying.Mrs. Qin cried bitterly while holding him, and sent Fu Shi back to her natal family to be looked after by her elder brother and sister-in-law.

Qin's natal family is a hunter in Qinjia Village. Although Fu Shi received some sarcasm from his aunts, he also learned the unique skills of hunting. It was not until he was 12 years old that Qin's family became seriously ill and returned to Rongshu Village.

It's a pity that Qin's plan fell through!

Originally, Fu Shi had been away for four years, and gradually no one brought up the topic of Fu Shi being a funeral star, but Qin's family was seriously ill and Fu Shi returned to Rongshu Village. , Even the last flesh and blood relative will be killed by Ke, and the name of the mourning star will be confirmed!
At that time, not to mention that the villagers didn't want to see him, even Fu Quan had complaints when he saw this nephew.The two elders of the Fu family died early, the eldest brother was like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law was like a mother. Fu Quan was almost raised by Fu Hai and Qin's couple.Thinking that his elder brother who took good care of him was killed by his nephew, he didn't even want to look at Fu Shi.If it hadn't been for Qin's begging so hard before his death that he must take care of Fu Shi, Fu Shi and him would probably not recognize each other now.

Although he had his elder sister-in-law's death, Fu Quan didn't like Fu Shi very much at first, but seeing Fu Shi being bullied by the villagers and seeing the Qin family's refusal to take him in, Fu Shi was at a loss. Fu Quan was shaken.He thought that it was his brother's last blood, so he tried to get in touch with Fu Shi, first asking a few words from a distance, and then secretly throwing some food to him.Because of this matter, Mrs. Wu had made a fuss, and several children took turns persuading him. He also hesitated, but after a year or two without any trouble, Fu Quan let go of his courage and treated Fu Shi as an ordinary person. Now, the family no longer deliberately said that he would not be allowed to contact Fu Shi.

Speaking of which, over the past ten years, their family has actually taken advantage of Fu Shi a lot!
Fu Shi's house was sold to him at almost half price, and Fu Shi's fields were all in his hands to look after.Some people in the village also gossiped about embezzling his elder brother's property in the name of taking care of his nephew. Fu Quan was so angry that he got into a fight and asked Fu Shi to return the house and fields to him.

That's what Fu Shi said at the time. He said: "Second uncle, don't care what they say, we know our own family affairs, those people just eat and run away and have nothing to do, and they don't want to see others well!"

Recalling this, Fu Quan remembered the land in his hands. Now that Fu Shi has married, he should return the land to him!
"Nephew, when will you take the field back!"

Fu Shi shook his head: "Second Uncle, you know, I don't know anything about field work."

Although he is a farm boy, he has never been in the field!When Fu Hai was alive, he did all the farm work. After he went, Fu Shi went to the Qin family who hunted in the era. After the Qin family passed away, Fu Quan returned to Rongshu Village and directly handed over the fields to Fu Quan. Where did you do farm work?

"You can't, and neither can your wife!" Fu Quan said angrily.

Fu Shi moved his neck and replied in embarrassment: "Anyway, it's just the two of us, as long as we have enough food, let's talk about it later!"

After finally marrying a daughter-in-law, you can't be a bully!Fu Shi thought to himself, what can a daughter-in-law with her small body do!He also wants to raise his wife so that she will be fat and fat and have babies sooner!Even if he has a field, he can't work by himself!Anyway, they had food to eat and silver to save, and if he hunted some prey from time to time to add some income, life would not be difficult no matter what, why bother to do farm work?

"Even if the land is returned to me, I have to find someone to rent it out. I can rest assured that I will put it in the hands of my second uncle!"

"Okay, then when you want to grow it yourself, tell Second Uncle!" Seeing that he insisted, Fu Quan stopped persuading him.Speaking of which, if this food was suddenly missing, the dozen or so people in the second room would probably have to live without hunger or food.It's better to rent to others than to cheapen your own family!
While talking, Fu Quan recalled Fu Shi's mention of building a house before, and asked again: "Before you talked about building a house, have you considered it clearly, what kind of house do you want to build?"

Fu Shi told his second uncle the result of his discussion with He Tao.

"We want to build a big yard, but we will build five brick houses first. The front yard is smaller and the back yard is bigger. We need to raise pigs, chickens, and grow vegetables."

"The big yard is not a problem. You are the only one in the big wasteland. It's far away from the village. No one wants to build a house there. The homestead must be cheap." Fu Quan made some calculations: "The homestead, materials, labor The sum of the three major pieces is estimated to be at least 20 taels, are you planning to tear down and rebuild the area where you live now, or change places?"

"If we want to move to the area next to the village road, the original house will not be moved, and we will stay there."

When I was building thatched huts, I thought the farther away from the village the better, so I randomly found an open space at the foot of the mountain.Now I find it inconvenient to live there. I can’t transport heavy things by car directly, and I have to park on the village road and walk back by myself.Too much trouble!Although he doesn't care, anyway, he has suffered all kinds of hardships, but he doesn't want his daughter-in-law to suffer this wronged loss all the time.

Fu Quan thought about it, and the large piece of land by the roadside had been vacant all the time, but the big wasteland was full of sand and piles of rocks, and it would cost a lot of labor to clean up a large yard!
"Do you have enough money? I calculated that it will cost a lot of money, not counting the money to make big pieces of furniture after the house is repaired." Fu Quan calculated all the accounts in his heart, darling, it will cost more than 30 taels!

Fu Shi nodded: "I didn't change my military salary during the years at the border. I must have enough money to repair the house. In the future, I will find a way to increase income for the family."

"Oh, I shouldn't have said 20 taels of betrothal gift at the beginning, otherwise how much I would have saved!" Fu Quan slapped his leg, feeling regretful in his heart.

Fu Shi smiled naively: "Uncle, why do you look like my wife? When she just found out that I gave the He family 20 taels of betrothal gift, she was so angry that her eyes widened."

"Your daughter-in-law is dedicated to your small family," Fu Quan liked this nephew and daughter-in-law even more after hearing this-how sensible!
"It's not uncle talking about you. Look at the life you lived before you married a wife. Money was wasted like running water. If you saved a little in that year, maybe it would be easier now!"

Fu Shi scratched his head - he didn't think so much at that time, anyway, every day is a day.

"Don't worry, my daughter-in-law is also planning carefully. She is doing embroidery by herself, and she is still tinkering with some gadgets..."

"This daughter-in-law is well married!"

Fu Shi returned home with six taels of silver in his pocket, and as soon as he crossed the small river, he saw He Tao bent over in front of the house, busy with something.He deliberately stepped lightly, walked in and saw that his daughter-in-law was painting and drawing on the ground with a reed stick in her hand, drawing square and large grids all over the floor.

He purposely remained silent, and pulled He Tao into his arms.

"Ahhhhhh..."

He Tao screamed in fright.

"Daughter-in-law, don't be afraid, it's me, I'm teasing you!"

"You scared me to death!"

He Tao was so angry that he picked up the reed stick and poked him to death. Fu Shi smirked and accepted it all - anyway, the cotton coat was thick, even if he was a naked daughter-in-law, he couldn't poke him so hard.

"It's all your fault, for messing up the house I've drawn so hard!" He Tao glared at him.

Only then did Fu Shi suddenly realize that He Tao was painting their new house.He looked down and thought about it, and he understood it after he said it was a house, but unfortunately a large part of it had been ruined.

"Oh, I forgot when you left in the morning, I should ask you to bring me a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone!"

He Tao thumped her head. Last night she had a dream that made her feel ashamed and angry. After waking up in the middle of the night, she had to hold back for a long time before she fell asleep. As a result, she was in a daze all morning.

"It doesn't matter. There will be another market the day after tomorrow. Let's just go there again." Fu Shi said as he took out the money he got from selling wild boars and put it in He Tao's hand: "Daughter-in-law, you take the money, and you want to buy it when the time comes." Buy whatever you want, don't treat yourself badly!"

He Tao stared blankly at the silver in his hand, and after a while he raised his head, eyes full of surprise: "The wild boar sold for six taels of silver!"

"En!" Fu Shi nodded happily.

"I have to save it, and then keep a good account. In the future, I will know where the money came from, and I will know what to do!" He Tao smiled happily while holding the money. Came: "No, I have to buy a pen and paper to do the accounts. I'll put this away first, and we'll go to the market the day after tomorrow to buy it!"

Fu Shi smiled happily. Although the daughter-in-law enjoys eating snacks, wearing new clothes, and loves to dress up, she is not in the eye of money. She is wholeheartedly planning for this small family. This daughter-in-law is well married !
(End of this chapter)