At night, there was a little snow. This little snow turned into water when it fell on the ground.
Tie Kui said, "Father, it's snowing, we don't want to go down the mountain anymore!" Tiehu has been busy like a top for more than half a month, and Tie Kui is really worried that he will be exhausted.
Tiehu looked at the ground and said with a smile: "I will go to the mountains again tomorrow. If I hunt for wild animals, I will walk again. If not, I won't go down the mountain." Xiaoxue is not afraid, he is afraid of heavy snowfall. It's not easy to descend the mountain because of heavy snow.
Fortunately, the next day Tiehu ran into a wild bull standing alone. After a lot of effort, Iron Tiger hunted him down. Cleaned up, there are more than four hundred catties of meat. About a quarter were left at home, and the others and Tiekui went down the mountain to sell.
When news came that the Donghu people entered the customs, most of their livestock were slaughtered or sold. Keep them and spoil the food. When the people behind have no food to eat, how can they raise livestock? In winter, the meat can be stored until the snow melts in March next year, so meat is very popular now. The price is much more expensive than food, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it. Rao is so, as long as there is meat on the market, it will soon be looted. Chen Ji shop got the wild things sent by Tiehu, so he wouldn't sell it at all.
The shopkeeper directly settled at the market price, deducted the commission, and handed the twenty-three taels of silver to Tiehu, and then said with a smile: "Dahu, no matter how much you give, I can sell it for you." He doesn't sell the meat at all. In the town, but sent to the county to sell. Now the weather is cold, and the meat is not afraid of spoiling. In the county, the price is 20% higher than in the town.
Tiehu shook his head and said, "It's snowing outside, and I can't go down the mountain anymore. This should be the last trip."
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Then you can send more wild animals next spring, don't worry, you can sell you a good price." When the spring next year, he won't be able to only draw commissions.
Tiehu knew that such good things could not always happen, so he readily responded, "Okay."
On the way back, Tie Kui asked, "Daddy, how much money have we saved now?"
Tiehu said: "I saved one hundred and thirty-six taels of silver." When he said this, a smile appeared on Tiehu's face.
In the first two years, except for the purchase of daily necessities and fine grains, other money was saved. But after two years of deposit, only twenty-eight taels of silver were deposited. But this year, he saved one hundred and eight taels of silver. In fact, for the food and meat sold in the past half month alone, you have earned ninety taels of silver.
Tie Kui felt that this amount of money was too little: "Daddy, we are going to move down the mountain. First, we have to buy a piece of land to build a house. In addition, we have to buy some fields so that we don’t always have to buy grain. This money is probably not enough. "More than a hundred taels of silver sounds like a lot, but this silver is the most useless.
Tiehu smiled and said, “I’m from Tiejia Village. You don’t need to buy the foundation. Just ask the village chief to grant us a piece of land. As for the house, you can solve it by yourself when the time comes.” This saves a lot of money.
Tie Kui had his thoughts: "Daddy, if you want to build a house, naturally you have to build a big blue brick house. Such a house is not only stylish but also comfortable to live in."
Tiehu laughed: "Okay, we will build a big blue brick house, and we will build six houses. When you become a biological child, you don't have to worry about nowhere to live." Since Tiekui arrived at Tiehu, Tiehu's whole body They are full of energy. It's not like before, every day from morning to night, there is no hope, only endless exhaustion.
Tie Kui smiled and did not answer. In fact, he had made up his mind to ask Chun Ni to recruit her son-in-law. Nowadays, as long as the conditions are good in this world, even if you hire a son-in-law, you can still choose it. If the conditions are not good, you can only choose crooked melons. Therefore, building a good house is the first step. Next, you have to buy land. It's just these words, he just thought in his heart but didn't say it.
The father and son were very lucky, and it snowed heavily in the evening on the day they got home. The next day, snow accumulated on Tie Kui's knee.
It's impossible to go out in such a heavy snow.
Tie Kui suggested, "Father and mother, let's eat hot pot at night!" On such a cold day, it's not too exciting to have a hot hot pot. And the whole family sits together to eat, the atmosphere is also very good.
King thought it was too much food.
Before he could speak, Tiehu laughed and said, "Okay, I'll eat the pot at night."
Chun Ni also agreed with both hands. From the beginning of the spring until now, except for a day off during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I have been busy all the time. Even at night, there are many things to do. But the two sisters are sensible, and they didn't complain even if they were tired.
The beef bones used in the soup base are naturally wild beef as the main course, as well as Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, mushrooms, fungus, pumpkin, yam and other dishes.
That night, the whole family, including King's family, had a round stomach.
As he cleaned up his dishes, Jin couldn't help but muttered, "It's too much food and vegetables to eat like this." The meat and vegetables were eaten a lot at noon. These things are enough to eat for several days.
After making so much money, Tiehu has been in a good mood these days. Hearing this, he said, "It’s not every day, but only occasionally. Besides, I’m exhausted, not for the three of their brothers and sisters. .Otherwise, what kind of enthusiasm I will do in the morning.” Mainly for Tie Kui, he will work harder now and his son will be able to relax.
Jin did not dare to say anything.
There are so many things missing in the family, and Jin also mumbled in his heart. She didn't dare to ask Tiehu, so she asked Tiehu privately: "Kuizi, tell your mother, how much money have you sold these days?"
Tie Kui shook his head and said, "I don't know. Niang, no matter how much silver he sells, Dad will use the money at home." Unlike Jin, he worked so hard for this family, in order to create more for his children. Good living conditions.
Jin's was a little disappointed: "He didn't even tell you." The son was the expectation of their husband and wife for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, the husband would not even tell the son.
Tie Kui heard the words and said: "Aniang, what you said is wrong. Dad didn't tell me, because I thought I was young before it was the time to do anything."
Jin's expression was a bit sly.
Tie Kui thought for a while and said, "Aniang, those in the Jin family are all vampires. Don't talk to them anymore."
Jin was very angry when he heard these words: "How can you kid say such things? The Jin family is your outside family."
"Aniang, the Jin family sold you to Dad for thirty taels of silver. When the money was given, Dad said that he would not recognize this relative. Niang, the three of our siblings have nothing to do with the Jin family." Fortunately, Dad wisely didn't recognize them, or else he would be annoyed by such a brazen and insatiable foreign family.
Jin's tears fell: "How can it be okay? Kuizi, that's your grandmother and uncle."
Tie Kui knew that it didn’t make sense to reason with the Jin family, so he said directly: "Aniang, if you still miss this family and miss our three siblings, please stop walking with the Jin family. Otherwise, you will annoy Dad, he really We can't stop you from sending you back to Jin's house.
Jin's complexion turned white. After beating her last time, Tiehu lived separately from her, and he is still reluctant to move back to the house.
Tie Kui looked at her expression and said, "Aniang, think about it, is it important for the Jin family or the husband and children?" Normally, it is natural that the husband and children are important. But Jin's brain circuit was unusual, and Tie Kui couldn't guarantee that she would not interact with the Jin family after she moved down the mountain. He would still try his best to persuade him if he should be persuaded. Nothing else can be done.
The mountains are extremely cold in winter, and Iron Tigers usually go out only when the weather is good. When it snows, I stay at home to teach Tiekui martial arts or chop wood to repair the house. The real thing is that I don't stop for a moment.
By the next year, the weather became warmer, and it was already the end of April. At this time, wild vegetable dumplings become the staple food, but they will be served with cold wild vegetables or fried meat with wild vegetables.
This day Tiekui went up the mountain to hunt, and in the evening he brought back a wild boar of a hundred jin.
Tie Kui looked bad when he saw him put down the wild boar, and asked, "Daddy, are you injured?"
Tie Hu smiled and said, "It's okay, my arm was scratched by thorns." Fearing that Tie Kui would not believe it, he rolled up his sleeves.
Tie Kui looked at it, and it was indeed scratched by thorns, but the wound was deeper. Tie Kui rushed hot water to scrub his wound, and then put some plaster on it.
When tidying up the wild boars at night, Tie Kui didn't let Tiehu do anything, so he only let him teach. Fearing that Tiehu would disagree, Tie Kui said hurriedly, "Daddy, I will learn these sooner or later."
Tiehu smiled and said, "Okay."
Because it was the first time I did it, I had a lot of toss. Especially when the pig is divided into two halves, Tiehu can do it with just a few dollars. But Tie Kui left after a long time tossing. But everyone, no one laughed at him.
Because Tiehu's arm was injured, Tiekui would not let him carry the wild boar on his shoulder, but instead carried it on the back of the basket. And he also carried thirty pounds.
When I arrived in the town, it was obviously much busier than last year. In particular, there are many people selling things at the market, and some of them sell wild animals.
The two carried wild boar to the game shop, and a hundred catties of wild boar was sold for two taels of silver. This is still calculated by the shopkeeper according to the highest price.
Everything recovers in the spring season, and wild vegetables can fill your stomach. For some, the prices of food and meat have also fallen.
After leaving the house, Tiehu said regretfully: "I knew I should have sold all the bacon at home last year."
Last winter, a catty of wild pork could sell for sixty to seventy liters or more, and now it's only more than ten liters. The price is five or six times worse.
Tiehu would hesitate every time he took the meat at home back down the mountain. It was Tie Kui who had been persuading him to sell three-quarters of the bacon. The remaining quarter was eaten up by my family in winter.
Tie Kui smiled and said, "Daddy, you can't let your family eat wild vegetable dumplings every day to make money!" After his insistence, the Tie family's food is very good. Not to mention him, even Chunxiang and Chunni have jumped a lot. The two sisters are now taller than their peers.
Tiehu thinks about it, too: "You are right."
After selling the wild vegetables, Tiehu and Tiekui said, "We are going to Tiejia Village and tell you about the homestead." The head of Tiejia Village was ranked ninth among the brothers, so Tiehu had to call him nine. grandfather.
Tie Kui was a little speechless: "Daddy, I can't go empty-handed when I ask someone to do something." What about it, I have to bring some gifts.
Although he loves money, Tiehu believes in Tiekui very much. The father and son then went to the grocery store and bought a box of pastries and a pound of brown sugar. There are not many things, but more than 60 cents were spent. Things are very expensive nowadays, especially brown sugar, which is rarely more expensive.
Hearing that Tiehu wanted to move down the mountain, the village head was very happy: “The mountains are too dangerous, so it’s okay to move down.” Guier’s daughter-in-law is the village head’s granddaughter, so he was very worried about the Tiehu family after he knew why the Li family moved down the mountain. .
The village chief is respectful and fair in his conduct, and he is very much loved by the villagers. Even Tiehu respected him very much.
Tiehu said: "Grandpa Nine, three children can't live in the mountains all their lives. By that time, the marriage of children will be a big problem. Grandpa Nine, I want to buy a homestead in the village first, and then I will return to the village to build a house next year. "
No one builds a house overnight. They choose the foundation, and then prepare the wood and other materials by themselves. If you can’t prepare, you will spend money to buy it.
The village head was very pleased and nodded and said: "What to buy, you are the son of the Tie family, so you can directly allocate a block to the homestead. You don't have to worry about this, I will choose a good one for you." Although Tiehu does not have a household registration. He is a black household, but his name is on the genealogy of the Tie Family. Since he is the heir of the Tie family, he can naturally be allocated to the homestead.
Tiehu was very happy to have said this.
Seeing this, Tie Kui helped to add a sentence: "Thank you Jiu Taiye." Although the village chief is highly respected, but if someone helps you, you have to remember them well.
The village chief glanced at Tie Kui in surprise, then smiled and said, "Good boy, this is what the grandfather should do."
The father and son had a conversation and were about to go back. The village chief stayed with them for dinner, and Tie Hu shook his head and said, "You have to go up the mountain earlier, or you won't be able to get home tomorrow afternoon." Now that every family is nervous about food, they can't stay for dinner. This is too boring.
When the village chief heard this, he couldn't stay any longer.
After the father and son left, the village chief’s wife, Tong Shi, opened the oil paper. Seeing a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and a packet of brown sugar, he frowned and said, "This kid is so real, how can I give such a valuable thing." Brown sugar is a precious item in the farm, and only confinement or patients can eat it. Of course, this is only for those with a good family background.
The village chief sighed and said, "I think I was chilling by my family, and I'm afraid I won't give him a great gift when he chooses a homestead."
Mr. Mao said with a cold voice, "It's just a high fever. Da Chun didn't ask the doctor. He even threw the tiger into the mountain after hearing his wife's words. Who is not shy when he meets such a brother." If it is an infectious disease such as smallpox or chickenpox, you just throw your child in the mountains. But Huzi just fell into the water to cause fever, and they threw the child into the mountain.
The village chief shook his head. He knew at the time that he had brought someone to look for it, but he didn't find it after looking for it for three days. I thought that this child was eaten by a wild beast, but I didn't expect that this child was so dead that he would be saved by an old hunter in the mountains.