"Eighty taels of silver, go to a place called Niujia Village in Xindu She County, Yangzhou, and capture the son of a big-bellied cow there."
"Okay, don't worry while I do the work!"
*
"Qiangzi, this is seventy taels. Go to Niujia Village in Xindu She County, Yangzhou, and capture a son named Niu Dadu."
"Master Wolf, don't worry."
*
"Xiao Qi, here are fifty taels of silver. You go to Xindu She County, find a place called Niujia Village, and arrest a person, Niu Dadu's son, Niu Xiaodi."
"Brother Qiang, don't worry, I won't make mistakes when I do anything!"
*
"Help me arrest someone. If you know Niu Dadu in Niujia Village, I will arrest his son. Here is thirty taels."
"Brother Qi, don't worry, you know what I'm doing."
*
"Five pounds, you find some brothers, we go to Niujia Village and catch Niu Dadu's son, Niu Xiaodi, here are ten taels of silver."
"Okay, big brother!"
"Seventh brother is getting more and more stingy. This time I will give you ten taels of silver for catching someone. It's not enough for the brothers to have fun."
"You can't blame Seventh Brother. The market has been bad recently. It would be good to have ten taels. Besides, I'm just going to catch someone in the mountains. If you call me two less brothers, you can get more points."
"That's right. Then you can call two more people. The four of us are enough. In this way, one person can divide several taels of silver. Hehehehe..."
"Hey hey hey..."
*
Niujia Village.
Niu Ergou rested at home for a day and was going to the city to be an apprentice. The night before leaving, he came to Niu Dadu's house and had a chat with Niu Xiao.
After secretly asking about the situation of cowgrass, I went home satisfied.
I woke up early the next morning in the dark, packed my things, and embarked on my apprenticeship journey.
Halfway through the journey, the sky was getting whiter and the number of pedestrians on the road began to increase.
Niuergou carried the package behind him to his chest, sniffed, moved his hands and feet again, and continued walking forward.
"This little brother, do you know which direction Niujiacun is heading?" A man suddenly stopped him.
Niu Ergou looked at the person in front of him. He was about twenty years old. He looked very thin and his cheeks were sunken. His mouth was full of big yellow teeth. Especially since he was grinning all the time, Niu Ergou looked at him. The dog is a little queasy.
In the past few years, he has been brushing his teeth unremittingly, and even led his family to brush their teeth together. Even their entire village started brushing their teeth after they had money. Not to mention that their teeth are white, but they are also clean, unlike the person in front of him, who has a mouth full of dirt. , and also exudes a foul odor.
Niuergou stepped back a little in disgust, distanced himself from the mouth, and then he felt he could breathe.
"You want to go to Niujia Village? Who are you looking for?" Niu Ergou was curious. This man looked very strange. He must have never seen him before. Why should he go to their village?
"Little brother, you know Niujia Village. Do you know Niu Dadu? I am a relative of their family. I haven't seen them in many years. I want to go over and see how they are doing." The man suddenly smiled even happier. , his eyes are really good, he can ask the right person just by asking casually.
"Oh, it turns out you are a relative of Uncle Dadu's family. Then you all go straight ahead along this road. After walking for about an hour, you will see Niujia Village." Seeing that they are from Niu Dadu. Relatives, Ox, Er, and Gou are immediately enthusiastic.
It's a pity that he is just starting out and doesn't know the dangers of the world and that liars are rampant in this world, so he thought he had done a good thing.
"Thank you, little brother." After asking for directions, the man smiled even more happily, with a meaningful look on his face, and reached out to pat Niu Ergou's arm.
"Brother Bo, I asked you about the way. The little fool you just met is from Niujia Village. He said we'll be there in another hour's walk." Xi carefully got into the crowd and found the donkey cart parked on the roadside. He sat down and explained the situation he just encountered.
"Are you stupid? That little fool said it would take an hour to walk. But we have a donkey cart and it won't even take half an hour." The man named Bo Ge is about thirty years old and has a beard. , coupled with the dark skin and an obvious scar on his face, he doesn't look like a good person.
"Brother Bo is right, let's go there now?"
"Why are you so anxious? The chickens haven't even woken up yet. You guys played too late last night and now you can't even keep your eyes open. Let's go to sleep for a while, huh huh~" There were some slightly fat men with sleepy eyes and vague voices. Not sure, he started snoring as he spoke.
"Fat man, you went to drink wine without me! This is the first time, and we are not brothers anymore!" It's a crescent moon, I didn't expect the fat man to be so uninteresting.
"Huhuhu~"
"Brother Bo, look at him like this, does he look like a brother?"
"Huhuhu~"
"Since you all sleep, then I will sleep too, huh huh~"
At three o'clock in the morning, a dilapidated donkey cart was parked on the side of the road. The carriage was in tatters and the scene inside could be clearly seen from the outside. Four men were huddled together and sleeping soundly. Their snores were loud and accompanied by their breathing. It exudes a strong stench.
Pedestrians passing by covered their mouths and noses and stayed away. Even the donkeys tied to the carriage stretched their necks far out, sneezing constantly, and foaming at the corners of their mouths.
*
Life is firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
After having breakfast, Niu Caohua started thinking about what to have for lunch and what to have for dinner.
Ever since I started raising rabbits, ever since the rabbits grew up and started to breed, I have eaten a lot of rabbit meat, and now I am getting tired of it.
There are few vegetables in winter, and now spring has just begun, and the leafy vegetables in the yard have just sprouted some small buds. There are a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains outside, but as soon as they grow some buds, they are picked up by the people in the village.
Under the leadership of Niu Caohua, every household in Niujia Village now raises some rabbits.
Rabbits give birth to many children, are easy to raise, and grow quickly. Most importantly, they eat everything.
The disadvantage is that he eats a lot, poops a lot, and smells bad.
But everyone in Niujia Village doesn't dislike it at all. Rabbit poop can fertilize the fields, rabbit meat can be eaten, and rabbit fur can be used to make clothes.
A whole live rabbit can be sold for a lot of money at the market.
Just by selling rabbits, leeches, and some wild products from the mountains, the Li Zheng family's gambling debts have all been paid off, and they still have a lot of money saved~
"Sister, let's go to the mountains to find some wild vegetables to eat. Recently, I've been eating meat every day. I've had several blisters in my mouth and it hurts to drink water." Niu Xiaodi complained while holding the book.
When he was a child, he would be happy for several days if he ate meat. Now that his living standards have improved, he is tired of eating meat and wants to eat vegetables. It’s so extravagant~
"It just so happens that I haven't gone into the mountains recently. You can come with me. You also need to exercise. Look at how thin you are, with your little arms and thin legs. Where has all the meat gone?" Niu Caohua glanced at her side with disgust. skeleton.
Niu Xiaodi has not been suffering in the past few years. How come he has grown taller but not fat? His calves are not as thick as his arms.
"I'm tall. Look, I'll be taller than you soon!"
"What's the use of being tall? I can knock you down with just one hand."
"Sister~"
