The moon was hanging in the air, and the moonlight sprinkled into the house through the narrow windows.
Tiehu felt that the room was too bright, and couldn't fall asleep over and over again.
Tie Kui hesitated and said, "Daddy, people from the Jin family should have taught Aniang everything to be for her natal family when she was a child." This is to hope that her daughter will continue to help her natal family after she gets married. Nine times out of ten girls have a bad time after marrying. Speaking of it, the Jin family was lucky, and Shangwu Tiehu was not stingy. If not, then the life will definitely be worse than Huanglian.
Tiehu said, "As soon as you marry the Tie Family, you are a member of the Tie Family. Naturally, everything is important to her own family, but she..." She does not consider herself a member of the Tie Family at all, and even her own daughter is inferior to her. Go to her brother and nephew. This woman is totally uncaring.
Tie Kui didn’t know how to comfort him. The Ning family brothers did not have these bad things: “Daddy, I think it’s fine as long as you don’t let A-niang contact the Jin family.” As long as the Jin family is not involved, the Jin family is quite normal. .
Tiehu was silent and said: "Kui Zi, I want to praise some more money to buy some fields down the mountain, and then the family will move out. But once they live down the mountain, the Jin family is afraid they will often come to the door." He can stop him. Let the Jin family go back, but what about the Jin family's door-to-door visit? Even if he moved to the village in the future, he would take Tiekui up the mountain to hunt. Farming, there is no money coming from hunting. And the three children need money to get married. Relying on farming, how can we buy a good dowry and dowry. While you are young and in good health, save more money.
It was also because Tie Kui knew a lot about it prematurely, so Tiehu would discuss something with him.
Tie Kui was stunned, and then said with a smile: "It's also simple, let the second sister be the house when the day comes. We have nothing to do with the Jin family, so if we dare to come and let the second sister beat them out." Chunxiang is soft-tempered. She is suitable to be in charge, and Chunni has a fierce temperament and is not afraid of things, so it is just right for her to be in charge.
Tie Hu smiled and said: "You are right. If you really move out, let Chunni take charge. You should marry a daughter-in-law when she gets married." When the daughter-in-law comes in, let the daughter-in-law take charge.
Tie Kui opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't tell Tie Hu what he said in his heart. Now Tiehu is feeling uncomfortable. You must know that he plans to join the army when he is fifteen years old. Forget it, let's talk about this when the time is right!
The worries were removed, and Tiehu fell asleep soon.
On the second day, everything at home was put away, and Tiehu took Tiekui down the mountain.
Halfway through, the father and son met the three of Jin boss. It's only half the way after two days of walking, but it's really useless.
The three Jin bosses looked wary when seeing the two Iron Tigers. Unfortunately, the father and son ignored them and continued to drive their own way. Just these few wastes, I am not afraid that they will return to the mountain again.
Because I didn't know the situation, I didn't bring any prey down the mountain this time. As a result, he heard good news when he arrived in the town. The Donghu people were stopped outside Chuncheng by General Zhang Enting and did not come.
Tiehu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the Donghu people are really allowed to fight over, I am afraid that the corpses will be everywhere again.
Although the Donghu people did not call, the grain store had no food to sell. There is a war ahead, and there is no food in the army. All grain merchants must hand over the grain in their hands. If you dare to hide it privately, once you catch it, you will steal your home and chop your head. Except for some individuals who want money and don't want their lives, others dare not gamble with their lives.
Tie Kui was a little strange: "The Donghu people didn't come in, why did the Jin family run out of food. Daddy, let's find out and see what's going on?"
Tiehu felt that he was wasting time and said, "They are dead or alive, and they have nothing to do with us."
Tie Kui said, "Daddy, I just want to know whether the Jin family is running out of food, or every family is running out of food." It was also Tiehu who said that he wanted the family to move down the mountain, so it was necessary to understand their details. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the enemy will never end in a hundred battles. Only by understanding the virtues of these people can we take precautions.
Tiehu disdain to talk about the Jin family, and in the Jin family's mouth, the Jin family are all good people. Therefore, we can only learn about the Jin family through other people.
Tiehu took Tiekui to a village. After entering the village, several elderly people met on the road and they all greeted Tiehu when they saw Tiehu.
Tie Kui was a little strange, but he was not easy to ask on the road.
Tie Hu brought Tie Kui to a family familiarly and knocked on the family's door.
It was a young daughter-in-law who opened the door.
As soon as Tiehu saw her, he smiled and asked, "Guy daughter-in-law, is his elder brother and sister-in-law Guier at home?" If he is not at home, it will be inconvenient for him to go in.
The young woman was very alert when she opened the door, but when she saw Tiehu a smile appeared on her face: "Uncle Tie, my father-in-law and Agui have gone up the mountain, and the mother-in-law is at home."
After speaking, they greeted the two to enter the house.
Walking in, Tie Kui found that the family's yard was very clean. Everything in the yard is also neatly placed. It can be seen from here that this family is very diligent.
After a while, a woman in her fifties who looked very refreshing came out. Seeing Tie Kui beside Tie Hu, the woman was surprised: "Dahu, this is Kuizi?"
Tiehu nodded and said, "Well, this is Kuizi. Kuizi, call Auntie soon."
Kuizi cried respectfully: "Hello, auntie."
Aunt Li took a closer look at Tie Kui, seeing that his face was ruddy and his eyes were bright, she became more pleased: "Kui Zi is alright, this is really a great happy event."
Tie Kui glanced at Tie Hu, and when he saw that he didn't explain, he didn't say a word.
Your daughter-in-law brought two bowls of water. When Tie Kui drank the water, it turned out to be sweet, and he knew that there was sugar in the water without asking. With just such a small detail, Tie Kui is full of affection for this family: "Thank you sister-in-law, this water is so sweet."
Gui daughter-in-law felt that Tie Kui was really a smart and talkative child.
Tiehu is a big boss, and he didn't even notice the sugar in the water. After drinking a bowl of sugar water, he asked, "Where did the eldest brother and Guier go?"
"The father and son followed the people in the village into the mountains to find something to eat." After speaking, Aunt Li said: "It is also your daughter-in-law who has a body, otherwise we will also go."
Tie Hu immediately said, "Is there not enough food at home? Then I will bring some food over next time."
Aunt Li smiled and said, "No, the food stored in the family will be enough for next fall. But now many people in the village are short of food. If they know that our family has so much food, they will definitely come to borrow it. So, children His father and his father went to the mountains with the villagers to find food." The two families are also familiar with each other's character, otherwise they wouldn't tell the truth.
Tiehu was relieved.
Aunt Li asked, "Dahu, is there anything wrong with coming over this time?"
Tiehu said: "The Jin family went up the mountain two days ago and said that they had stopped cooking for three days. At that time, I was not at home, but Jin and Chunxiang sisters were at home. They beat up the two children and took three bags of food."
Your daughter-in-law was worried when she saw her mother-in-law taking her back pocket out, but she was relieved when she heard this.
Aunt Li was furious when she heard the words: "You stole three bags of grain? This Jin family is really shameless. Big Tiger, you don't know in the mountains, there is no grain to sell in the city, and many people live in poverty and don't save too much. A lot of food, this food is very expensive. In the next village, one bag of food was exchanged for a yellow flower girl to go home. "Compared with three bags of food, it is nothing that two children are beaten.
After speaking, Aunt Li stood up and said, "Dahu, I will go with you to get the food back."
Tiehu shook his head and said, "I have already returned the food. I just want to know, the people of the Jin family really stopped cooking for three days?" The village where Aunt Li lives is only three villages away from the Jin family. He believed Aunt Li should know about the Jin family.
Speaking of the Jin family, Li Auntie had a look of disdain: "It shouldn't be enough to stop cooking now, but there is definitely not much food in the family."
"Today's harvest is not bad! The Jin family has nine acres of land. It has only been a long time since there has been no food." Compared to last year, the production has been reduced, but the life is more refined and it is not a problem until the beginning of spring next year.
Aunt Li said: "When the grain is collected and the tax is paid, the Jin family has sold most of the grain. They said that the Donghu people will come in anyway, and the grain cannot be kept. It is safe to sell it for money. I guess they want to wait for the weather to get colder. , The whole family went into the mountains and rushed to you. Big Tiger, you have to take care of your wife. The Jin family is a bottomless pit, which is unsatisfactory."
Tiehu sneered and said, "If they dare to come to my house, I will break their legs." If the Jin family dared to take food to help the Jin family's people, he would leave them and send them back to the Jin family.
With these words, Aunt Li was relieved.
Seeing that the father and son were leaving, Aunt Li cursed: "It's getting dark this day, why are you leaving? You are leaving, so don't come back anymore."
Tiehu stayed here.
After about a quarter of an hour, Father Li returned with Li Gui. Seeing the vigorous Tie Kui, Li's father was overjoyed: "Such a happy event, I want to have a drink at night."
Tiehu’s good hunting skills would be better than his family if it weren’t for his son’s drag on his life. Now that Kuizi is well, with Tiehu's ability, life will definitely get better and better.
Aunt Li made up a few food and drink, and the brothers drank until the end of the Hai Dynasty. In fact, both of them only drank two bowls of wine, but they didn't have one in a long time, and they talked a lot.
The father and son took a simple shower and then went to bed after they were clean.
Lying on the bed, Tie Kui asked: "Daddy, why do so many people in this village know you?" From the conversation between the two just now, Tie Kui already knew that Li's family was also a mountain citizen before and only went down five years ago. So it's not surprising that the two are close. But the people in the village are so familiar with Tiehu, which is surprising.
Tie Hu was silent and said, "This is Tiejia Village, and the village chief here is my grandfather."
Tie Kui was stunned, but soon realized that his foster father must also have a sad past. In order to prevent Tiehu from thinking about the bad things, Tie Kui changed the subject: "Daddy, why did the Li family go down the mountain?" The Li family's ability to move to Tiejia Village must be attributed to his foster father.
Tiehu said, "Li's family originally had three children, and Agui was second. Agui had a sister above who was killed by a leopard. Agui's younger brother was playful, so he ran out by himself, but he encountered a big worm and was eaten. Your aunt was almost crazy at the time, and told your uncle that she would move out even if she begs for food." The children in the mountains have a very high mortality rate. In addition to the fact that there is no doctor who cannot be cured in time, there are also attacks by wild animals.
It's no wonder that he has been here for three years, and he has never seen Li's people on the mountain. With such a tragic experience, how dare Uncle Li and his wife bring the only Li Gui into the mountain.
After thinking about it, Tie Kui said, "Daddy, if the Donghu people are defeated by General Zhang, let's sell part of the food and meat we have left!"
People are short of food now, whether it is food or meat is in short supply. The price is naturally not cheap.
Tiehu hesitated and said, "I'm afraid that people will be thinking about it and cause trouble to the family at that time."
It's simple, Tie Kui said: "We can ask someone to sell it and give the other party a portion of it. I think the shopkeeper of the wild animal shop is pretty good."
"I'll talk about this at that time." I don't know if the Donghu will retreat. If Donghu people come in, no grain can be sold. If the Donghu people retreated, Tiekuiti's suggestion would be good.
Back in the mountains, the family became busy again. Busy till mid-October, Tie Hu took Tie Kui down the mountain again.
Upon arriving in the town this time, the two heard good news that the Donghu had retired.
Tie Kui asked, "Daddy, how did you think about the matter I told you before?"
Let's go to the Chen's shop and ask. "In the past few years, the prey and furs he had hunted were basically sold in this shop. The prices offered by Chen's shop were relatively fair.
The shop has the door open, but the door is not easy. In mid-October, the sky was already cold, and the wild animals were not easy to fight. Even if it is beaten, it can be cured into bacon or frozen and eaten slowly. Few people will sell it.
When the shopkeeper heard that Tiehu wanted to sell some wild products and wild things, he agreed. When I heard that they were only giving a draw, the shopkeeper disagreed.
Tie Kui said, "Neither agree, then forget it." If it were not for fear of incurring danger, he would not let anyone sell it on his behalf.
There is nothing to sell in a shop, which is also a headache. Seeing Tiekui, the shopkeeper was very resolute and unwilling to give in, so he could only take a step back himself. In the end, the shop drew 15% of the commission, and the rest went to Tiehu and Tiekui.
Two days later, Tiehu brought fifty catties of wild boar bacon, chestnuts and half a bag of grain.
When the bill was settled, I received twenty taels of silver. Among them, bacon and Chinese chestnuts were sold for twelve taels of silver, and half a bag of grain sold for eight taels of silver. You know, before these things combined could not sell for two taels of silver.
Back in the mountains, Tie Kui went hunting. Every time I went there was basically no empty hands, and then I took it down the mountain to sell it the next day. Because the weather is getting cold, I am not afraid of this meat going bad.
Tiehu's move made Jin very uneasy. She looked at the gap and asked Tie Kui: "What is your father doing down the mountain with so many things?"
Tie Kui didn't conceal it, and said, "The meat and grain under the mountain are now very expensive, two or three times as expensive as usual. My father and I will exchange the meat and grain for money."
Jin was a little confused, and said after a while: "They are all sold, what shall we eat in the future?"
"I will leave the food until the beginning of spring next year." When there is something to eat in the Kaichun Mountain, people will not starve to death.
ps:O(∩_∩)O~, happy Mid-Autumn Festival dears.
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