The mountains and forests in May are full of birds and flowers. I don't feel tired when I walk and admire the scenery.
When he reached halfway up the mountain, Tiehu said: "Kui Zi, don't tell your mother about we are moving down the mountain for now!"
Tie Kui understood Tiehu's scruples, and said, "What about the second sister? Should I be able to tell?" He planned to ask Chun Ni to recruit her son-in-law, naturally hoping that she could stand up. Otherwise, if the temper is too soft to be pinched by the opponent, the foster father and mother will have a hard time for the rest of their lives.
Tiehu hesitated and said, "Then let Chunni not tell her mother."
"Okay." Since the Jin family went up the mountain to grab food, the Jin family hasn't talked to Chunni for three months. But Chunni had long been chilling with her, and she didn't care about Jin's indifference.
Seeing that the two of them didn't bring anything, Chunni said to Tie Kui privately: "Kui Zi, next time you follow Daddy down the mountain, you must bring two catties of suet back!" She is not thinking about oil residue, no matter how good the oil residue is. It's no better than meat. She misses lard, even if it is wild vegetables, it is not good to use lard cold. Bibimbap is delicious even without cooking.
Tie Kui shook his head and said, "Second sister, our wild pork is only fifteen cents a catty, and suet is 36 cents a catty." The price is too expensive, let alone Tiehu, he is reluctant to buy it.
Chun Ni was a little dumbfounded, and asked: "Why is it so expensive? I remember last year I bought it for 13 yuan a catty!" Since discovering that the two sisters Chunxiang know very little about the outside world, he would elaborate every time they came back from the mountain. Talk to the two sisters about the outside. For example, the price of pork and the amount of grain per pound, and so on.
"That's a special situation." After explaining the reasons, Tie Kui said, "But when it's winter, there will be suet for sale." This spring will definitely be a lot of people raising piglets, and it will be winter. Kill the pig. But if you want to come, the price will not be cheap.
Chun Ni said with a loud voice, "Kuizi, tell me what the town looks like?" She grew up so big that she had been down the mountain twice. One time I went to Jin's house, and another time I went back to Tiejia Village. But these two times, it gave her a bad impression.
Tie Kui smiled and said, "Second sister, after two years, if you want to go to town, I will take you there. I'm sure you don't want to go there."
"With so much work at home, how can I always go down the mountain with you." Once a year, she is satisfied.
Tie Kui lowered his voice and said, "Daddy is going to take us back to Tiejia Village. I told the village chief about this today. The village chief has promised to help us choose a house plot for us to build a house."
Chunni's eyes widened: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Second sister, don't tell your eldest sister about this for the time being. Otherwise, Aniang should know about it." After finishing talking, Tie Kui sold the food from the Jin family last year, and he went up the mountain to join them if he didn't eat. said.
Chun Ni flushed with anger: "They dare to come, I have to kill them."
Tie Kui said, "Second sister, the Jin family runs out of food in the winter. They changed all four girls in the family for food, and they survived the cold winter."
"All changed food? What do you mean?"
Tie Kui said: “Older ones are sold to others to be daughters-in-law. Younger ones are sold to others as child brides-in-law. Those who buy are poor families, and they can only use grain in exchange for money.” It is also gold. The girls in the family are not very good, otherwise they are afraid that the Jin family will sell them in the building for two more money.
Chun Ni shuddered, and then said with joy on her face: "Fortunately I am not a girl from the Jin family."
"Second sister, the Jin family has four males of our generation. After going down the mountain, you urge the older sister not to contact the Jin family. These people can do anything. It will ruin the reputation, in the future You can hardly say anything about it." The name of the girl's family is so important, you can't make any mistakes. If not, the marriage will have to wait a few times.
It's not that Tie Kui thinks too much, but the people of the Jin family have no bottom line. In fact, the two sisters do not look bad, but they have dark and rough skin when working outside every day. When the family situation is better in the future, the two sisters will definitely become beautiful if they don't get some sun. Of course, even if the sisters did not look good, as long as the conditions of the Tie family were good, the Jin family would definitely make up their minds.
Chun Ni snorted coldly: "Kuizi, don't worry, if they dare to approach me and the eldest sister, I will break their legs."
Tie Kui didn't worry about Chun Ni. First, Chun Ni was pungent and second, she hated the Jin family. What Tie Kui was worried about was Chunxiang, because she was soft-tempered and listened to Jin's words.
Chunni laughed when she heard the words: "Kuizi, the eldest sister is soft-tempered, but she knows good or bad." After the last time, Chunxiang was also cold with Jin, and now she doesn't listen to Jin for everything.
With this, Tie Kui was relieved.
A month later, Tie Hu took Tie Kui to Tiejia Village. This time I didn't buy anything extra, but directly mentioned Chinese chestnuts and other mountain products and a rabbit.
The village chief saw things sternly and said, "The things will be taken back later, if you don't take them back, don't mention the foundation."
Tiehu carried things, and neither did he let it go, nor did he let it go.
Upon seeing this, Tie Kui smiled and said, "Master, we are going to eat at your house at noon. This rabbit is our food expense. As for the chestnuts and walnuts, they are my snacks for my younger brothers and sisters."
The village chief glanced at Tie Kui in surprise. The child reacted really fast enough: "Next time you come home for dinner, don't bring any more things. If you don't, don't enter my house."
Tiehu breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
The village chief called Lai Tong and asked her to take the rabbit down: "Two good dishes, I have two cups with Huzi at noon." In fact, Huzi's original name was Xiaochun, but Orion asked for a moral to give him. Changed its name to Huzi.
Not to mention that Tong Shi was originally a generous and generous person, but her two daughter-in-laws had no objection. Although the rabbit is not big, it is meat after all, and it is still three or four catties of meat!
After giving orders to Tong, the village chief took Tiehu and his son to see the homestead he chose. One is in the village, and the other is at the end of the village. The whole plot of land in the village is only enough to build four houses, but there are no restrictions at the end of the village.
They lived in the village safely. Later, their father and son went up the mountain to hunt. The three women stayed at home and the neighbors heard about something. But this foundation is really small.
After hesitating, Tiehu asked Tie Kui: "Kui Zi, what do you think?"
"Daddy, let's choose the homestead in the village!" Living in the village is not only safe but also quickly integrated into the village.
Tiehu immediately made a decision: "Grandpa Nine, choose the homestead in the village!"
The village chief was a little surprised, but thinking about Tie Kui's performance just now, he nodded and said, "Okay, when I notify the people in the village, you can go down the mountain to lay the foundation."
Thinking of Tiehu living on the mountain after he was six years old, the village chief specially reminded him: “It’s okay to build the house next year, but it’s best to lay the foundation before the summer harvest.” Before the summer harvest, hire someone to do things, and the labor costs are relatively cheaper.
It is also because Tie Kui has been living in the village in the mountains. Of course, you have to help people build houses.
Tiehu nodded and said, "I'll go down the mountain in a few days to set the foundation." The money to buy the land may not be enough, but there is still money to build a house.
For lunch, the father and son ate at the village chief’s house. Because of the shortage of food now, Tie Kui stopped eating when he was half full. As for Tiehu, he can't eat much after drinking alcohol.
After eating, they didn't go back immediately, but went to Li's house and told them about their choice of homestead.
Father Li was overjoyed: "Okay, I will have some chatters after you go down the mountain." He gets along well with the people in the village, but it's hard to talk to each other.
"When I lay the foundation, I have to bother my elder brother and nephew to help." No one else in the village is familiar with it, so I will definitely talk about Daddy Li's family by then.
Father Li patted him on the shoulder and said, "My brother said that, he would have a coat." When the Li family built the house, Tiehu did not come to help but wrapped a red envelope of two taels of silver. This ceremony is very thick. At that time, the Tie family had a child who wanted to eat every day, and the Li family confiscated the gift. However, he accepted this intention.
After half a month, Tiehu took Tiekui down the mountain again. These days, I have not caught large prey, only small prey such as rabbits and pheasants. These things have all entered my family's belly.
When we arrived in the village, we went to the village chief's house first. This time Tie Kui offered a bag of wild fruits, and the village chief felt that the boy was more clever when he saw it.
The village chief and Tiehu said: "The foundation has been settled. When do you think the foundation will be laid?"
While the iron was hot, Tiehu said, "Grandpa Nine, I want to invite people today. I will take Kuizi down the mountain with me when the foundation is confirmed." No matter what he did, he took Tiekui with him. Not relying on Tie Kui, but to familiarize him with these things.
The village chief heard the words and said: "What kind of house are you going to build? Is it a soil embryo house or a hut?" Different houses have different requirements for foundations.
Tiehu said, "Grandfather Nine, I am going to build four big blue brick houses."
The village chief was taken aback, glanced at Tiehu and said, "Even if you prepare stone and wood for the four tiled houses, you will need more than twenty taels of silver."
"Grandpa Nine, I'm going to buy stone; I will cut the wood by myself in the summer. I just don't know if I can cut the wood in the village." There are some things, I'd better say in advance. Save the last wrangling.
Seeing Tiehu's heart to be successful, the village chief said: "You are a member of the village, and the wood on the mountain is as you cut." It seems that the child has saved a lot of money in his hand, otherwise he dare not say to build four green bricks. Big tile house.
On this day, not only the stone matter was finalized, but the candidates for the foundation were hired, and the efficiency was very high.
If you have money to do things, the foundation will be laid quickly. The main hall on the left and right of the main hall plus east and west wing rooms, and then there is a bathroom and huts. The latter two were added by Tie Kui's request.
As soon as the foundation was laid, Tiehu paid everyone's wages and material money.
Everyone was very happy to see Tiehu giving money so readily. Among them, the two brothers who sold stone to Tie Kui said: "Brother Tiehu, if you want stone and sand, even if you tell us, it will be better and cheaper than others." Generally, people build houses by themselves to get stones and sand. I bought it.
Upon seeing this, Tiehu said that he needed wood. I originally planned to chop wood by myself, but it was time-consuming. And Jin and sister Chunxiang are on the mountain, it's okay not to go back for three or five days. He can't worry about not going back for a long time.
Because wood does not need to be bought, just go uphill to chop. So he just asked the brothers to chop the wood, and then dried the wood and carried it out for use.
The two brothers are also from the village, and both are honest people. If not, the village chief would not recommend the two.
Hearing this, the two brothers were overjoyed: "Of course this is fine."
Tie Kui suggested that wages should be calculated based on the elimination of each timber, so that everyone would not suffer.
The two brothers were also very satisfied with this proposal: "Don't worry, you can pick big and strong good materials for you." They have a small family with a large number of people, and they often go to town or county to do part-time jobs. These tasks are not only hard, but also often irritated, and they don't have much money. Now that I can make money at my doorstep, I am naturally happy.
Upon seeing this, the village chief reminded Tiehu to settle the brick matter: "Blue bricks have to be bought outside, usually two or three months in advance. If you don’t buy them when you build a house, the price will be higher. One to two percent."
When setting the blue brick, Tie Kui asked to sign a contract. Before the two brothers were both from Tiejia Village, and they were recommended by the village chief. But this blue brick belongs to the outside village, and they are not familiar with it. It is safer to make a contract.
Since it is a business, it is common to make a contract. It's just that the thing that surprised the boss is not the family, but the children in the family.
The main materials for building the house must be good, so Tiehu hurried back to the mountain with Tie Kui.
As soon as the two approached the house, Tiehu realized that something was wrong, "Kuizi, squat down..."
Tie Kui reacted quickly, as soon as he heard the words, he hugged his head and squatted down. Then, he felt something flying over his head.
When he turned his head, he saw a leopard threw Tiehu to the ground. Fortunately, Tiehu reacted very quickly, pinching its neck with both hands, not allowing him to bite.
Upon seeing this, Tie Kui pulled out a sharpened pig-killing knife from the basket, ran over and stabbed the leopard in the neck. As soon as the knife was taken out, the blood was sprayed out. Fearing that the leopard would not die, Tie Kui stabbed five more times.
Seeing that he had to poke, Tiehu hurriedly said, "Don't poke, he is dead." If he poke further, the leopard skin will be completely broken.
Tie Kui stopped after hearing this. But seeing the leopard lying in a pool of blood, Tie Kui sat down on the ground. I didn't think so much just now, but wanted to kill this leopard. But this meeting, but I am afraid of it. Almost, I was almost killed.
Although I knew the dangers in the mountains before, I had never encountered a large beast after all. But this time, he truly realized the danger of living in the mountains, it was really precarious.
Tiehu picked up the leopard and said to Tie Kui: "Go home!" But fortunately, his son was so strong that he not only saved the danger but also got a leopard.
At the door of the house, looking at the door closed tightly, Tiehu shouted: "Chunxiang, Chunni, open the door."
The mother and son have been hiding in the stone house for several days, and they are looking forward to the return of the father and son but are afraid of them. At this time, hearing the voice of Tiehu, Jin ran to open the door. Chun Ni yelled from the house: "Daddy, there are leopards outside, you have to be careful!" Leopards like sneak attacks the most, and it is impossible to prevent them.
Seeing that the father and son were full of blood, Jin's face was completely scared: "What's wrong with Kui Zi, Kui Zi? You must be fine. You can't live if you have a three-year-old woman with two shortcomings."
Chunni was a little speechless. Adi stood there steadily, what could be the matter. As for her father, the leopard who has carried a hundred kilograms will not frown, and nothing will happen.