The village chief's family used a whetstone to polish all the sickles at home until they were so bright that they would bleed at the slightest touch.
The village chief's wife grabbed the hand of the boss and the third child and warned her carefully, "Be sure to pay attention to safety! You can only follow the path you have walked. Those who have not walked before may be afraid of traps. Also, the roads in the mountains are slippery and you cannot hold your hands." When you climb a mountain with a sickle, you have to climb to a flat place before you can take it out, so don’t cut yourself..."
"Oh, mother, we know it!" Jiang San is only 17 years old this year. He is an undecided boy and doesn't like to hear this.
Jiang Shan glared at him, "You listen to whatever mother says!"
The village chief's wife sighed, "Mom knows that she is verbose and what she says may not be right, but she is worried in her heart and feels uncomfortable if she doesn't say a few words. Come on, mom, stop talking. You guys go to bed early, we have to be on the road tomorrow morning. "
"Yes, mother."
Originally, the second child wanted to replace the third child. As the older brother, he should also try his luck. But the third child himself is not happy. He loves to take risks. Even if he is injured, he is not afraid. Small injuries heal quickly.
They braved the moderate rain to go up the mountain, just because they were afraid of encountering flash floods. Fortunately, there were no dangers along the way, and we stayed on the mountain for five full days before coming down.
This time, Jiangshan was injured, and there was a long scratch on his arm. The wound wasn't too deep, but there was blood coming out, which was shocking to see.
Mr. Li's eyes were swollen from crying, and it took Jiang Shan to coax her back.
Jiang San was also a little frightened and trembled when he thought about it, "That was a flower snake as big as my son's leg!"
When the village chief saw that his words were incoherent, he said, "Stop talking nonsense and speak clearly. Your son can sit up now. If he is as big as his thigh, he must be a giant snake."
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Jiang San became anxious and asked his eldest brother to testify for him.
Jiang Shan nodded, "It's really that big."
Everyone took a deep breath. Fortunately, they sent the children to bed, otherwise they would have had nightmares.
Jiang San continued, "The snake was about to bite me. Brother acted quickly and threw the sickle over. He didn't cut off the snake's head, but it hurt the snake and it ran away. Brother's hand It was accidentally scratched when throwing the sickle. We saw blood on the ground and were worried that it would attract big wild animals, so we hurried down the mountain."
He was actually a little regretful. If he could catch such a big snake, he might be able to get three taels of silver.
"Well done, well done! You should come back early! Safety is important!"
They stayed for so long and gained a lot. In addition to the usual medicinal materials, they also dug up two ginseng trees as big as a woman's palm! Although they don’t know what kind of ginseng it is, anything with ginseng in its name is worth money!
In addition, I got five hares, three pheasants, a badger and a black goat.
Afraid of the goat barking, they had to tie the goat's mouth tightly. It looked like it wouldn't survive long.
Looking at the eldest son's arm, the village chief thought for a while and said, "We will leave earlier tomorrow. I will go to Fucheng with the second and third sons, while the eldest son will stay at home to recuperate."
It's impossible not to go. The price of food in the county town is actually three to five cents higher than that in the capital city.
And in the town, there is no food for sale in the town! Only two kilograms of grain are released every day, and people living in the town queue up in the middle of the night. Will the people in the countryside get their turn?
It's time for his old bones to be moved.
The village chief set out with his sons, only to realize how difficult it was for them to go out.
Not only was it difficult to see the road before dawn, the ground was also slippery. From time to time, you have to get off the car and follow the mule for a while, otherwise the mule will get angry and refuse to go.
After struggling all the way, we entered the city in time at noon.
He asked his younger son in a low voice, "Was it like this before?"
They queued up to see their household registration and were questioned carefully, and their eyes lit up when they looked at the things on their cars. He was afraid of being robbed.
Jiang San nodded, "I asked these questions before, but at that time the number of people entering the city was almost the same as the number of people leaving the city. Today there are more people leaving the city."
The village chief squinted his eyes, thoughtfully. He made a quick decision, "Let's knock on the back doors of those wealthy families. The prices we offer may not be less than those offered by restaurants."
And, they have to raise prices.
Sure enough, they only knocked on one house, and the handsome butler collected all the wild animals except the badgers. The bill was settled easily, and he was very happy to see it, without even asking about the previous price. He also said that he would send more in the future.
The village chief offered twice the price before, and the other party didn't even frown. It seems that the people in this city are not having a good time, and even if they have money, they can't buy good things.
A few people didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to sell the medicinal materials and badgers.
As soon as the two ginsengs were taken out, the shopkeeper immediately agreed that each would cost 6 taels of silver. The village chief's heart trembled, but he didn't show it on his face. He frowned and said "7 Liang."
The shopkeeper smelled the ginseng and nodded in agreement.
The village chief shook his hand. Could it be that the price was cheap?
But I can no longer regret it.
The two sons looked at their father with admiration. He was so awesome that he dared to bargain with the big shopkeeper in Fucheng!
What I got for the medicinal materials was 18 taels of silver, and the wild things were originally 15 taels and 8 taels of silver, but the housekeeper gave me 16 taels directly without any change.
Today they brought all the 5 taels of silver at home, which means that they now have a total of 39 taels of silver!
The village chief tried hard to control his expression and said, "Let's go buy a carriage now and replace the board. Putting things on it is too eye-catching."
What was left in the carpenter's shop were old carriages that could not be sold. He was also short of money to buy food, so he sold them for 300 Wen.
The village chief doesn't care whether the old carriage is good-looking or not, as long as it's sturdy and can block other people's sight.
After changing carriages, they went to the grain store to line up together. Don't dare to line up separately, don't just spend money on the front foot, and the back foot will be robbed.
Several people queued up, and all they bought were whole grains. This time the village chief took it upon himself to buy all the shares available from the four grain stores. Then, it was dark and the city gate was closed.
He immediately bought 8 steamed buns, then went to the largest inn in the city and spent 180 Wen to get a room. You can heat hot water and feed mules here.
Just one night's stay costs 180 Wen! They didn't even dare to think about it before.
