When the group returned to Lulu's wood carving, Chen Xiuyu had already laid out two tables of food.
The men want to drink and are arranged on the big kang, while the women sit around the table on the ground.
The topic of discussion was naturally Chen Xiuyu's beating of someone today.
They all talked about what they heard in the village and the bad things Zhu Chunmei had done.
But after all, it was the time when we were busy harvesting, and there were still things to do in each field. Even if a few elders said they were drinking, they were all controlling their alcohol intake.
After eating and drinking, everyone went back to work in their own fields.
Zhao Yongke and Wu Nakan followed Lu Lu and continued to go to the fields. The rice was being cut. There was no threshing machine, so they could only bring nylon cloth to the field to cushion it, put up curtains, and set up wooden boards.
Threshing by beating.
This job is simple, but it is real hard work.
After Lu Lu taught Zhao Yongke, the two of them were responsible for threshing, while Chen Xiuyu and Wu Nakan were busy moving back the rice cut from the field.
The two grown men fought all afternoon and sweated a lot, which made their backs ache. They worked hard all afternoon, but they only fought half of the time.
After the rice was collected and packed into bags, Lu Lu asked Chen Xiuyu to ask Chen Xiuqing to bring a carriage to help send it home.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, I wanted to see what happened to Ma Jinlan, but I had to postpone it.
The couple worked hard for another day the next day. They finished threshing the rice, tied up the straw, and put it in the field to dry.
The seeds are of low quality and there are no improved varieties. Looking at the heavy ears of rice in the fields, in fact, the harvest of rice is not much. Lu Lu made a preliminary estimate that these three acres of land can only produce a thousand kilograms.
appearance.
This kind of output cannot be compared with what it will be a few decades later, but Lu Lu is still very satisfied. These authentic rice are delicious.
After the rice was transported home, Lu Lu rode Zhuifeng, while Chen Xiuyu rode Chen Xiuqing's carriage and went to Qingzi's house together.
This was the first time Lu Lu had set foot in Chen Xiuqing's yard in a few months since he was kicked out by Ma Jinlan.
There was a lot of stuff at home, so Lu Lu just brought a few cans over.
For Chen Xiuqing, it was a very happy thing for Lu Lu to enter this courtyard.
As soon as the carriage was unloaded, he was busy raising his knife to kill the chicken.
Ma Jinlan knew that Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu were coming, so she was also busy in the kitchen.
The couple entered the house without any courtesy and went directly to see Ma Jinlan.
The three of them gathered together and glared at each other. In the end, Chen Xiuyu couldn't hold it back and threw herself into Ma Jinlan's arms with red eyes.
At this time, the couple's "mom" is enough to put an end to their past feud.
Ma Jinlan only had a slight swelling on her face, but there was no other major problem. She left Chen Xiuyu and Ma Jinlan to chat, while Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing took over the cooking.
When it was getting dark, the food was finally cooked and served on the Kang table. The four of them sat together. Chen Xiuqing was busy pouring Beida Cang bought from the commissary for Lu Lu, and the two brothers drank slowly.
Ma Jinlan looked at Lu Lu apologetically: "Uncle, what happened before this is my fault. I did a lot of stupid things..."
Lu Lu quickly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Mom, I'm not an ignorant person. You have your own considerations. No matter what, it's for your son and daughter. I understand. Let's expose those things in the past and let's talk about it from now on.
Don't mention it. Just live in harmony as a family and live a good life. Please don't worry, I will definitely take care of Xiuyu.
My meadow is not far from the village. If you have free time, you can often come and sit there, but don’t go to the mountains and watch secretly like before!"
As soon as Lu Lu said these words, Chen Xiuyu and Chen Xiuqing couldn't help laughing.
Ma Jinlan blushed and looked a little embarrassed: "How did you know?"
"We have all seen it. Moreover, there is an ingot at home. As long as you are at home and people come around, the ingot will make a sound. The mountain opposite is not far away. You can see it anywhere."
After a pause, Lu Lu continued: "If you have anything to do, please discuss it with us more in the future. You can't listen to the nonsense of those outside. We are our relatives. If your own family members can't trust your own family members, you won't be able to live that life."
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After listening, Ma Jinlan nodded heavily.
"Okay, we finally got together and we are all happy. But when I first entered this door, I was never polite to you, eat, eat..."
Lu Lu smiled and raised the wine bowl towards Chen Xiuqing.
That night, the four of them gathered around the Kang table and chatted for a long time until late at night.
Before leaving, Ma Jinlan went back to the house, took out a silver bracelet wrapped in red cloth, and put it on Chen Xiuyu: "This is what your grandma gave to me when mom married your dad, and I will give it to you today."
It’s in hand.”
It is not easy for a silver bracelet to survive so many years and survive to this day.
When the two left, Ma Jinlan and Chen Xiuqing lit the lanterns and sent them to the village entrance. It was not until Lu Lu rode Zhui Feng and took Chen Xiuyu away that she returned with Chen Xiuqing.
For the four of them, all the unpleasantness caused by coming to this mountain from Lu Lu disappeared after today.
Back home, when the couple was lying on the kang chatting, Lu Lu suddenly felt that to some extent, he had to thank Zhu Chunmei. If it hadn't been for this, he didn't know how long it would have taken for him to return to normal.
They were very tired after harvesting rice for the past two days. They fell asleep early and had no energy to communicate in depth.
Early the next morning, Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu went to help Chen Xiuqing cut rice for a whole day.
Zhou Cuifen, Pu Guiying, Zhao Meiling and others came to help. It was also a favor, and everyone who deserved help had to help.
Several families from the two villages seemed to have made an appointment, and each family took turns helping with the harvest.
Fortunately, the weather remained sunny and everything was completed smoothly.
Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The next step is to wait for the corn harvest.
The women couldn't stay idle and continued to go to the mountains to pick hazelnuts, pecans, and cut pine cones. They were busy with other things.
Lu Lu uses some of the hazelnuts and pine nuts to eat, and the rest is prepared to be mixed with grains to make feed when feeding the flying dragon. As for pecans, the nuts inside are very fragrant, but they are so hard that they can be hammered down.
It's a problem to eat the shell that can fly far away. It's not suitable to buy it now, so I can only get some to taste.
After Chen Xiuyu and others entered the mountain, Lu Lu was drying the rice in the yard. He took the copper gall and iron gall, as well as some small animal skins he had accumulated in daily life, and headed to the district.
After the two bear bile were weighed at the purchasing station, the purchase price given to Lu Lu was slightly higher than he expected. The furs of those small animals were also sold for more than 200 yuan.
The copper gall obtained from hunting the fattened blind bear was sold for more than 1,100 yuan, which had to be divided equally between Liang Kangbo and Liang Kangbo.
The iron gall obtained by Chen Xiuyu after killing the blind bear with the cannon egg attached to it was sold for more than 800 yuan, and what should be distributed to Zhou Cuifen and the others has already been divided.
Taking this money back should give Chen Xiuyu, who has been unable to make ends meet during this period, a little more peace of mind.
The people who noticed the money were not only a group of people selling mountain goods at the buying station, but also Wu Biao who had been waiting aside early.
When Lu Lu took the money and walked towards him, Wu Biao immediately greeted him.
"It would be great if I could hunt. You can make more money doing this than me selling guns!" Wu Biao was filled with envy.
"After all, you are in the arms business, and you are much better than a weakling like me. I really don't know what you are thinking!"
Lu Lu smiled slightly: "Have you received the cowhide?"
"I received it. It was only the third day that I received it. I was waiting for you to come and pick it up. I was asked to wait for so many days, and I began to wonder if you didn't plan to take it anymore. Why did it take so long to come?" Wu
Biao was a little dissatisfied: "You have to treat me to lunch."
"I'm busy harvesting crops during this period, so I can't come. If you want me to treat you to dinner, it's easy, but you have to answer me a question." Lu Lu said with a serious face.
"What's the problem?" Wu Biao frowned slightly.
"He was the same person who came to you to buy a semi-automatic last time. Did he come to you to buy a gun again?"
Lu Lu has not forgotten Li Qingxiang.
"That's it? That afternoon, he came again and took a semi-automatic from me for 1,400 yuan without asking for bullets!"
Wu Biao said it casually.
Gun sales are very common these days. It is common to see people walking around with guns in their arms. There is no such thing as confidentiality.
Lu Lu frowned without a trace.
What Li Jianmin was not allowed to do with a double-barreled shotgun, now he actually bought a semi-automatic one.
As for bullets, the forest farm has its own security department. As the son of the director of the forest farm, Li Qingxiang, it is very easy to get them.
Ever since that day when he saw Li Qingxiang coming to buy a gun, Lu Lu had never felt at ease. These days, he didn't say anything, but he was always on guard in his heart.
It seems that before going to Yan's Nest Island, we need to clarify this matter first.
"Why do you ask this?" Wu Biao became curious.
"I'm just curious about how evil you are... You sold people for 1,400 yuan, which is extremely evil!" Lu Lu curled his lips.
Wu Biao was stunned by what Lu Lu said: "In some places, the price is one thousand and fifty. I am already very honest. I am selling guns to you. All I do is a thankless job."
"Okay, don't you want me to treat you to dinner? Let's go!" Lu Lu urged.
"But it's still early!" Wu Biao looked up at the sky. It was only about nine o'clock in the morning. Then he looked at the people selling mountain products. He hesitated.
"You're not going? It's you who won't go!" Lu Lu laughed: "I have a lot of things to do at home, so I can't wait here all the time."
"Go...why don't you go? It's rare to get some money from you!"
Wu Biao glanced at the people selling mountain goods. He had been here for a long time and found that most of them were familiar faces. He knew how they used guns. It was estimated that few people would buy them. He decisively agreed: "Just wait, I will
Let me go and get you two pieces of cowhide first."
After he finished speaking, he quickly walked into the alleyway.
Lu Lu waited for more than ten minutes and saw Wu Biao appear in the alley again. He quickly walked in and opened the two bags he brought. He unfolded the cowhide inside and looked at it. It was indeed very good cowhide.
"Don't worry about me doing the work!" Wu Biao smacked his lips, dissatisfied with Lu Lu's uneasy look.
Lu Lu smiled, put the cowhide into the bag again, took out twenty-four yuan from his pocket, counted it to Wu Biao, then brought it back and tied it on Zhui Feng's back, and led Wu Biao to Tian Youcheng's restaurant
Have a meal.
Thanks to book friends Nuanyang South and Beiming Yuge for the reward!