Heavy Journey (112) (https://www.clewxc.com/book/202108/23/12973.html first release)
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The wind is blowing so hard today. The Fourth Master and Tongtong sent the guests out, and Tongtong rubbed his hands and ears, and then whispered to the Fourth Master in a low voice: "You see, that dog-skin hat is really warm...
…”
No! I don’t want dog-skin hats. “Cotton hats are just fine!”
"The hat is not as warm as that, and it doesn't block the wind." Tongtong put his hands under the fourth master's armpits to warm his hands, "It's cold and the children don't go out, so you go into the mountains at every turn, and there are always scattered snow in the mountains. That's right.
A leather hat!”
I can't use dog skin, so I'll just use sheepskin. I'll see where I can get lambskin later. That one is light and soft.
When he came in, Shuanzi was holding firewood in the yard, and the Fourth Master sent him off, "Go back quickly, it's time to burn the kang for the old man."
Don't worry! Shuan Zi finally got all the firewood in, and then walked out, "I closed the door outside."
good!
As a result, I didn't hear the door closing, so I thought it was the peach of hearts coming.
The Fourth Master didn't like to see a girl like Hong Tao, so he went directly to the study. In the study, Yang Zi was writing a medical book silently, and Chang Ping was tracing red. He took a look, added charcoal to the stove, and then went to do his work.
Outside, Tongtong stood at the door of the hall, welcoming Hongtao in. "It's so windy today, why did you come here? Business in the restaurant is said to be very good. They can sell one sheep a day. You still have time to come out."
Hongtao handed the basket over, "I brought it to Changping to make soup for the children to drink. It will keep them warm."
Lin Yutong accepted it, "It's not enough to keep doing business like this."
"Only when you are doing business will you have a surplus! Whose will be missing, and my nephew's food will be missing?" She sat by the stove in the main room, warming her hands, and asked, "Brother-in-law is not here? Where is Changping?"
"
Lin Yutong pointed towards the west room, "I'm writing. If I can't write well, I should be punished."
He is also a bit too strict with his children.
Hong Tao didn't think Fourth Brother Jin was scary before, but now, the more he looks at him, the more majestic he becomes. Every time he meets her, he is very polite and greets her, but he doesn't look close to her.
As soon as she heard that she was studying, she didn't dare to speak loudly.
At this moment, he only lowered his voice and said: "... Just eat what you brought. I'm the master of it. My parents-in-law don't say anything. I can take care of this."
Lin Yutong handed him hot water and said, "Come here at this time. I'm sure something will happen. I know your store is busy, so just tell me if you have anything."
"Sister!" Hong Tao came close to Tongtong, "You know, that Bai Xue is here again."
"It's her fault..." Lin Yutong looked at Hongtao, "Why are you afraid of her?"
"No!" Hong Tao pointed to the direction of the town, "Is she a permanent resident or a short-term stay? Does she have errands? Or is the eldest lady from a wealthy family hanging out. She and Ding Wang are walking in and out of the same gate.
It looks awkward to me."
Lin Yutong clicked on the heart, "You are stupid! Why are you worrying about useless things? Do you want to learn how to cook mutton with your mother-in-law? Do you want to learn the craft to perfection! They are not stupid, they came to my eyes specifically.
Is it an eyesore to you?! If you are worried, go back to Ding Wang and your mother-in-law and learn what I say, and just say that I said there are wolves in the mountains, and you are such a simple person."
"Why not!" Lin Yutong snorted, "I am your biological sister, no one can bully you! If Ding Wang had a surname, I would have a way to feed him to the wolves. If Bai Xue really dares to pry you,
I won’t be polite if she’s in the corner! I can just put her in the wolf’s den and let the wolves eat her.”
Hongtao was stunned, and then her eyes became red.
"Why are you still crying?" Lin Yutong said, "So, don't always feel uncomfortable. Don't worry, they don't dare. Go back and live a good life, learn the craft, think about how to make money, and have the money in your hands.
Go buy a house in the city and open a mutton restaurant in the city, and you can earn more. By then, if you still don't like Bai Xue, then you can just move away and it's over. How big a deal is it?"
"I...I just feel unstable." Hong Tao wiped her tears, "My parents-in-law never rush me, but I have been consummating my marriage for a long time, and I still haven't gotten pregnant."
"These things have never stopped. How many days have passed since they stopped? What are you so anxious about? There is nothing wrong with your body. I have also looked at Ding Wang's body and there is nothing wrong with it. There is no problem with giving birth to a child. There is no problem now.
, it’s just that the fate with the child is not yet there. Tell me, your house is newly built, the shop is newly built, and it’s hard to say whether the kang is tidal or not... If the child comes at this time, won’t you suffer the consequences? Xu is my nephew.
He is a lucky one. When your life gets better, it will come naturally." Hong Tao laughed again as she said this, and wanted to ask something else, but Lin Yutong interrupted her directly, "Uncle Ding is still going to herd sheep now?"
That's not the case!
Lin Yutong said, "What kind of sheep are you herding..." They were running around and it was hard to watch, "You can just keep the sheep in a pen!"
There is no need to worry about herding sheep.
Lin Yutong waved his hand, "Uncle Ding's legs are not good. As a daughter-in-law, you have to put yourself before Ding Wang. Uncle Ding is in such a situation. He goes out all day long, and he goes out for most of the day. Do you think he can not be tired?"
"
That’s right! People with good legs will be very tired after standing for a long time.
"Right." Lin Yutong said, "Firstly, it is to save people's health, so I feed them at home. Secondly, it is also to reduce conflicts. Think about it, these herbs are medicinal materials. If you go out to eat them,
The people in the surrounding villages are not happy, right? Although they may not be able to come over, they will not be happy if you occupy it. They are landowners and we are outsiders. If we can avoid arguing with others, why bother recruiting people for this?
Don’t wait to see you. We are in business, and our goal is to make money through harmony. When there is harmony, wealth will come. Isn’t this the truth?”
That's true!
"Thirdly, there are winter wheat all around. It's a big deal if the sheep eat the young crops of someone's house. People will come to your door and block the door of the store every day to make trouble with you. How much does it cost to delay business for a day? Why bother?
What are you going to do about melons and plums?" Lin Yutong added hot water to Hong Tao as he spoke, "Raising sheep is nothing but grass. Medicinal materials also have seasonal characteristics. Some grasses are not in season and some people cut them. Isn't that right?
Can’t you sell it at a high price? If you open the door to collect grass, and the back door is open, how can you still starve to feed it?”
Hong Tao hurriedly shook his head, "It's not cost-effective. The most indispensable thing now is human resources. If it doesn't work, just find a long-term worker and ask the long-term worker to make grass for the sheep. It means just taking care of people's food."
That’s fine! The purpose is not to let Ding Sanjia run away blindly.
Lin Yutong settled accounts with him again, "There are so many people going in and out of the mountains, so this sheep soup will naturally become prosperous. It is more cost-effective to free up one person to do business than raising sheep. Do the math, this bone soup is a big bowl."
Son, is there anyone to eat? There must be some! If you can't raise sheep, find a sheep broker. My uncle was a trading broker in his hometown back then. Give me a package of work and ask him to send you sheep.
, how simple it is.”
Hong Tao made some calculations in her mind, and the more she calculated, the more cost-effective she felt, "Sheep soup... just one pot a day, so that's a lot!"
Yes! This money is like picking it up for free.
Hongtao stood up quickly and said, "Sister, you've woken me up. I'm going back now and won't ask my father to herd the sheep."
Lin Yutong freed up the basket for her, and randomly grabbed two bags of snacks brought by Zheng Tiansheng and the others and put them in the basket, "Then I won't keep you, go back quickly."
Hongtao covered her head and face with a scarf before taking the basket. When she looked into the basket, she smiled, "That bit of haggis has been exchanged for so many good things?"
Come back quickly! Don’t be reluctant to eat.
Hong Tao was very happy when she left. As soon as she got home, she gave the snack bag to her mother-in-law, "Look..."
There were still guests, so Aunt Ding pushed her, "Put it in the room first, then come back and serve the guests food."
Ai!
It was late in the evening, the shop was closed, and the family sat in the shop to take stock. The shop was warm, and the mutton soup had to be simmered to taste delicious. The fire kept going all night.
Ding Sanjia counted the money and took out all the banknotes, "...you can use this money to buy anything, you can't keep it...I have to take this copper to the city and exchange it for silver dollars some other day...I can put that one..."
Hong Tao put all the copper coins in the earthen pot, and then she said that she would not ask her father-in-law to herd the sheep.
Ding Sanjia counted half of the banknotes, then went back to count them again, "No more sheep?"
Well! Hong Tao explained everything he heard, one, two, three, four, five, and it’s all reasonable and well-founded.
But there is nothing she can say. If she had thought this way earlier, wouldn't she have mentioned it?
Aunt Ding smiled and touched Hong Tao's head, "Let me just say, our Tao'er is like a daughter, and she knows how to love her father."
Ding Sanjia laughed, counted some money and gave it to Hong Tao, "Okay! We listen to Tao'er and don't let the sheep go. Just take this money and use it as pocket money."
He placed the hearts close to his body and said, "I save them and don't spend them randomly."
Ding Wang was chopping bones just now and listened intermittently for a few times. Now he put down the machete and came over, and then asked Hongtao, "Sister, why did you go to Mr. Lin's house again?"
Aunt Ding pushed her son, "What are you talking about? I asked him to go there, but it can't be done? Why don't you ask him to go back to his parents' house?"
Hong Tao opened the two packages of snacks and took them over without looking at what they were. "Look, when did my sister make us suffer?"
This is not a matter of taking a loss or not!
Ding Wang was just about to break it apart, but he caught a glimpse of the contents of the snack bag, "Donkey-hide gelatin...high-quality white fungus...this is precious now! Why did you take it back without looking at it? You can't find this stuff in the town."
Top quality."
Then my sister gave it to me, can I not take it? The red peach was wrapped up at once, "Keep it for your parents to take care of themselves."
Aunt Ding took it over and looked at it, "Put it away first. I can stew the white fungus. It's good for a young man like you to eat it! I'll stew it for you later! I have to ask about this donkey-hide gelatin before making it. I only heard that it is actually made."
Pass."
"I know how. My mother used to be at the Shen family. I followed her to the kitchen and saw Mrs. Shen's wife stewing donkey-hide gelatin on the stove."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got together and talked endlessly about eating. Ding Wang had no chance to speak at all. It wasn't until he lay down at night that Ding Wang whispered to Hong Tao: "My father and mother always do things the same way back home."
I think relatives should move around. They come and go with each other, big and small. Even if I have nothing to do, I cook some rare meals, and I would like to make a trip to deliver them to them. If this were the case in my hometown, you two sisters would be like this
It doesn't matter if we two serious in-laws move around like this. It doesn't matter which one of you two sisters takes advantage and who suffers the loss. They are just relatives. If you get along, come to our place. If you don't get along, stay further away. But now,
We are not in our hometown!"
It’s better to move around than in your hometown!
Hong Tao said: "Third Sister said that if you dare to treat me wrong, she will throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves."
Ding Wang: "...Sister, I'm talking about business."
"You don't believe that my sister is feeding you to wolves?"
Believe it! Your sister is really capable of feeding me to wolves, I know it!
Just know, "I feel sorry for you, but my third sister doesn't feel sorry for others."
Ding Wang whispered, "So, your third sister and you are not the same person. There are too many secrets on your third sister's side! It's not a good thing for you to get closer. If you stay far away, others will
I know that she is your sister, and our family is your sister's serious relatives, and they also take care of our family. This little benefit is enough! If we get closer...the benefits are still the same, but the disadvantages...are too many!"
Don't scare me!
"I'm not scaring you!" Ding Wang's voice was even lower, "What would you do if someone threatened you and asked you to steal the secret recipe from your sister? You are not close, and others know that it is useless to start with you, so they will naturally not look for it.
You. If I don't look for you, you will be at peace. Do you understand? Sister, you take care of me when I grow up and take care of me. I won't harm you."
Okay, okay! Isn’t it okay for me to listen? If nothing happens, I will never take the initiative to go, so that’s okay.
Ding Wang let out a long breath, turned over and closed his eyes, "Go to sleep."
Hongtao looked at the person who gave her a back, stretched out her hand to touch it, but finally retracted her hand. She also turned over and muttered: "...If so...when can I have a baby..."
Ding Wang opened his eyes and closed them slowly, pretending not to hear.
In the winter night, the mountain wind howled, and the window paper was blown loudly. There were thick curtains in the house, but I still didn't dare to let the children sleep under the windows. I always felt that there was a draft there.
If you don't add firewood to the house at night, the tip of your nose exposed under the quilt will be cold. On such days, it is best for children to sleep close to adults, which will keep them warm and safe.
Tongtong went to bed early that night. She went to bed before the child went to bed. The child naturally followed the fourth master to sleep.
Fourth Master was sleeping when he felt something moving. When he opened his eyes, Tongtong was getting dressed by the light of the fire.
"Do you want to add fuel to the fire?" You go to sleep, I'll go.
Tongtong shook his head and said seriously, "You and the child go to bed first, I have to go out."
It's midnight, has something happened?
Tongtong became more and more serious and just said "hmm".
Fourth Master loaded the gun and put it in his hand, "Go ahead, it's okay."
Tongtong agreed, wrapped it tightly, and then added half a tree root to the fire pond and told it to burn slowly. Then she pointed outward to indicate that I was leaving.
Go! Peace of mind.
Ben thought and knew that he couldn't feel at ease. He leaned on the edge and touched the book. He looked at it for more than three hours. He took out his watch and saw that it was three o'clock in the morning. Just when he was about to get up to read, Tongtong came in.
, and still smells like blood.
Is everything taken care of?
Tongtong took off his clothes and said, "It's all taken care of. It's okay."
The fourth master felt at ease, so go to sleep! Go to sleep quickly. When he got up early, the fourth master didn't even call Tongtong. He got up secretly, added firewood, and opened the door when he went out. Shuanzi should have brought water at this time.
As soon as I left the main room, what was there in the yard?
Whose dog did you kill? It doesn’t look like it! Go over and take a closer look. The fourth master will be so angry that he is a wolf!
Unfortunately, I believed her lies and thought she was really serious. I got up in the middle of the night and chased the wolf away!
Tongtong covered her ears, but she didn't expect an angry shout, which was a bit strange. But just as she was about to sit up and take a peek, the door curtain was opened, and as soon as the person came in, he slammed the curtain down, and his tone was cold.
"...How promising?! Go chasing wolves in the middle of the night? How fun is that?!"
Isn’t it fun! Isn’t this to get you a wolfskin hat? There is enough left to make a waistcoat!
The fourth master was so angry that he laughed, "It's for my sake! Then I don't dare! Just don't make me mad to death! I feel a little bit like you are sincerely trying to make me mad to death! Just say it, you'll be mad to death
What do you want to do with me? Do you want to find another one?"
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