The three people scrambled and put the fish into the basket, then put some grass on it and put a fish on top. He Yuanxiao went down the mountain happily. He couldn't wait for the next day and ran directly to the county town.
, sold the fish.
The nine fishes, the small ones weighing more than one catty and the large ones nearly three catties, were sold for more than one hundred and thirty cents.
This time, He Yuanxiao became more positive.
The next day after he came back from selling tofu, he hurried up the mountain.
Tang Shijin was still waiting where he was, and had already grilled the fish. He Yuanxiao didn't know much about writing, but his brain was very good. While eating the fish, he told Tang Shijin everything about the weight and the number of money.
Tang Shijin smiled and said: "The copper coins take up a lot of space and it's inconvenient for me to hold them. Brother Yuanxiao, help me save them first. When you save a couple of them, you can give them to me."
He Yuanxiao agreed: "Yes!"
When we finished eating and unpacking the fish, we caught only five fish in addition to food that day. However, country people’s legs and feet were not valuable, so they didn’t mind celebrating the Lantern Festival with five fish, so they went to the county town to sell them that day.
Four days passed like this.
Tang Shijin has almost figured out the temperament of his partner. He is a strict-talking, careful and responsible person who can be trusted.
So she moved to a more secluded place, and then weaved a cone-shaped bamboo net, which looked like a funnel. The mesh was large and it only caught big fish, not small fish.
Because the river in Zhulin Village is narrow, this net can block almost half of the river, and it can catch fish even without bait. What's more, Tang Shijin used rice this time and even dropped a drop of sesame oil to cover it.
Then when she saw that the time was almost up, she asked Brother Lei to stop the person, and then the two of them went into the water together and netted the big bamboos. After counting, they were all weighing more than two kilograms, and there were fourteen in total! Finally
Sold for more than 300 yuan!
He Yuanxiao was extremely happy.
At the dinner table, Father He carefully warned his son and daughter-in-law: "Remember this! Don't talk about it outside! Once you say it, your financial path will be cut off! You will also offend others!"
Several people nodded.
He Shiwu also said: "Don't worry, Dad, we all listen to Dad! If it weren't for Dad last time, how could we have made so much money?"
Father He couldn't help but smile a little: "Your father has lived all these years in vain! You can still judge people accurately! Think about it, people can be caught in different places, can this be a matter of the place? This is someone else's business
Ability!"
He Yuanxiao nodded repeatedly: "Dad is right! Erya'er is so smart!"
Xiao Zhou, the eldest sister-in-law of the He family, saw this and couldn't help but say: "Third uncle is not young anymore."
"Well," Mrs. Zhou said, "Erya is really a beautiful child. He is from that big family..."
Little Zhou nodded: "The stepmother is really not a fuel-saving lamp!"
After the two had finished their cryptic exchange, Mrs. Zhou looked at her youngest son and found that he was counting money with a wide smile on his face and had no idea what they were talking about.
Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but let out a long sigh and slapped him on the back of the head: "You're stupid..."
He Yuanxiao, who was scolded inexplicably, felt aggrieved: "Aniang?"
Tang Shijin went up the mountain the next day and gained something new.
She caught five bamboo rats, each weighing five or six kilograms.
In fact, she did it completely unintentionally.
Because she was repeatedly testing a hundred ways to use the spiritual spring water. One of them was to pour water on the bamboo to see what changes would happen.
When I watered it on the first day, I didn't find anything. When I came over the next day, I found a few bamboo rats gathering here to eat the bamboo.
In fact, there are a lot of bamboo rats in Zhulin Mountain.
But this thing is difficult to catch. Their holes are all sealed with soil. Without any experience, you can't find it. If you find it, you have to dig very deep and find a lot of water for irrigation. It is very troublesome and wastes time.
But this thing is much more valuable than fish.
It is said in the Compendium of Materia Medica: Bamboo rat, the meat is sweet, can replenish vital energy, and detoxify... It is said to be very delicious and strong, and many noble people pay a high price to eat it.
Therefore, there are people in the village who specialize in catching this kind of fish. It is good to catch one in two or three days. It is said that one kilogram can be sold for one or two hundred cash.
But after all, Tang Shijin lived in modern times, and he couldn't change his concept for a while, so he felt that wild animals should never be eaten. Bamboo rats should be among the three protected animals, right?
Besides, the bamboo rat looks so much like a mouse! She doesn’t find those little eyes cute at all! She doesn’t even want to eat it!
But when He Yuanxiao came over and saw it, he was so excited that his eyes lit up: "Er Ya'er! You actually caught a bamboo rat? You are so awesome!"
He was gearing up: "Come on, let's get one to eat."
"No, no!" Tang Shijin said: "The fish is grilled, let's eat the fish!"
He Yuanxiao reluctantly said, "Erya'er, Erya'er, why don't we eat a bamboo rat? I've never eaten it before. I only heard people say it's delicious, but it's expensive..."
My parents will definitely not let me eat it once I carry it down the mountain!"
He Yuanxiao is very tall and has a stern face, but he looks very childish once you get to know him better.
And his appearance is that cute, boyish look with single eyelids and two small tiger teeth. As soon as he started to act cute, the eldest sister Tang Shijin relented and patted him: "Let's do this, we have five in total.
, your family will keep one for a toothpaste, and sell the remaining four, okay? As long as you don’t eat them in front of me, you can!”
He Yuanxiao was immediately coaxed: "Okay! Erya'er, you are so kind!"
He didn't think there was anything wrong with being coquettish with a girl who was younger than him, and ate the fish happily.
Just like this back and forth, he soon collected a few taels of silver, and He Yuanxiao gave it to her in exchange.
So now she has four taels of silver! It is enough to cover the annual expenses of an ordinary family of three.
But it sounds like you are still very poor...
Tang Shijin carried a fish down the mountain.
She and brother Lei would go there every morning. In addition to wild vegetables, they would also bring a fish down every now and then to silence the Zhu family. Sometimes they would also bring one to the He family.
As a result, when I got down the mountain, I saw an unknown old man at home, standing in front of the woodshed with his hands behind his back. As soon as Tang Youde saw her coming back, he greeted her: "Come on, Er Ya'er, come and see Uncle Zhou."
Tang Shijin naturally had to obediently come forward to greet him.
After he left, Tang Shijin realized that this man actually spent twenty taels of silver to buy the piece of rotten wood where mushrooms grew.
In fact, if the piece of wood was watered again, a few more mushrooms might actually grow. Tang Youde lost money on the sale.
But he was obviously very happy. With a wave of his hand, he asked Mrs. Zhu to buy her two new clothes.
Mrs. Zhu arranged it for her, and handed it over to her with a loving face in front of Tang Youde.
Of course Tang Shijin took it obediently, thanked her sweetly, and then turned around and took the clothes to He's house, asking Mrs. Lu to help change them so that they fit properly.
The eldest girl is half a head taller than her, and she is also plump, and already has the curvy figure of a girl.
The clothes Zhu bought were made of good material, but they were all too big. She knew exactly what the intention was. Although she didn't care about a piece of clothing, she was about to cause trouble at the moment, and of course she would not let go of this ready-made opportunity.
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After finishing the changes and returning home, Mrs. Zhu looked up and immediately noticed something was wrong.
She screamed: "Er Ya'er! What's wrong with your clothes!"