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Wei Yunhai also turned a lot of gray hair, in addition to the income of these few acres of land, the Wei family is his income from working at the wharf, and occasionally Zhang Xing will also sell some mushroom embroidery and the like to supplement the family, but the last two are really not much, and sometimes there are none, and it is impossible to live by these.

Although he has some surplus money in his hands now, it is far from enough, not to mention anything else, only the first two major items of the new year next year are not enough, one is Wei Minwen, Wei Minwu's county test in February, and the other is the expenses of the beginning of the year, such as seeds in the field, the purchase of farm tools, and so on. The money that the two sons went to the private school last year was given by Uncle Fu, and it is impossible to let the uncle come out again this year, even if the uncle wants to give it, he doesn't have the face to ask for it. At the beginning of last year, everything he needed was borrowed money, and he hasn't paid it off yet, so how can he find someone to borrow again?

Moreover, winter is about to begin, and the river is icy in many places, and there are far fewer boats on the river, and there may not be work on the docks.

Also, in a few months, the New Year will be over, the New Year's goods, the children have not added clothes throughout the year, and they have grown a lot, and the old clothes in the past have been patched, and the hem of the clothes has been connected again and again. I really can't wear it out. Especially Xing'er, this child is both sensible and caring, and many things in the family this year are fortunate to have her. The child is a lot older than last year, and she is a daughter, so she needs to add a new dress.

All of these things cost money, but what about money? They are now in danger of running out of cooking.

These things at home made Wei Yunhai breathless, and he worked harder and harder. Before dawn, they set off to rush to the town dock. After only four or five days, I saw that I had lost a lot of weight.

Zhang Xing thought about it for a few days. found an opportunity to tell Wei Yunhai about the situation in the mountains, and wanted to persuade him to go into the mountains with him. She has been in the mountains for nearly half a year, and although she knows that the mountains are dangerous, they are also infinitely vibrant. It is now the golden autumn, the wild fruits and wild chestnut rice in the mountains are ripe, and all the wild animals have not yet gone into the hole to hibernat, and at this time the trees are gradually withering, and the road in the mountains is easier to walk than in spring and summer.

To tell the truth, she came out of the mountains with nine deaths. I had already made up my mind that I would never set foot in that mountainous area in the future, but the world was unpredictable. Her determination had to be given up in the face of reality. Although she was afraid to set foot there again, if she didn't relieve the Wei family's immediate urgency, their lives would not be able to go on.

Although Wei Yunhai is not her own father, he treats her better than his two own sons. Although Ye Hexiang is out of tune, if she doesn't have her, she wouldn't even have a home here. This world is dangerous, and if you have a home, at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Displaced. Begging everywhere, she didn't want to live like this anymore.

At the moment, they have no hope, and she really can't think of any good way to get out of the way into the mountain.

There are rabbits, pheasants, wild boars, wolves and many other animals in the mountains. They hunted these animals, the fur could be sold, and the meat could be pickled. Either keep it for yourself to eat, or sell it all together. There are also some exotic herbs, all of which can be exchanged for money.

She remembered that Zheng Liansheng's family, who had saved her life, pulled mountain goods to the town to buy and sell. A cart of mountain goods, including pickled rabbit meat, chicken, wild boar, and some animal skins, was sold for nearly 30 taels of silver. And that's just in the town of Iron Bull, near the mountains. If it is dragged to a place like Huaiyang City, the price will definitely double again.

There is also a fur shop in Zhanghe Town, where the fur of the three rabbits she caught last year came out, and she got nearly two taels of silver. It can be seen that the price of this mountain product in the plains is completely different from that in the mountains.

She didn't dare to say how many good things she would hunt when she went into the mountains, but a few rabbits and a few chickens and ducks should be fine.

It's just that although she thinks well in her heart, it is the first time for Wei Yunhai who lives in the plains, and she is not very sure that she can convince him.

In the end, her experiences were too terrifying, although she planned to go into the mountains, she didn't want to arouse their suspicions, and only talked about her injuries in the Zheng family.

Sure enough, after Wei Yunhai heard this, he fell into deep thought. Ye Hexiang glared at her fiercely a few times, and said: "Go into the mountains to hunt game? This big mountain is where you can enter casually? There are tigers and leopards everywhere, and they don't bite you to death? ”

Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu grew up in the plains, and they rarely climbed even a small hill, and they had never been to the big mountain.

Wei Minwu even asked Zhang Xing, when did she enter the mountain? What were there in the mountains at that time? Are rabbits and pheasants good to catch? When he heard that Zheng Liansheng's family actually caught a wild boar, they were even more eager to enter the mountain immediately.

When Zhang Jinbao heard about catching a rabbit, he was so excited that he got off the table, shook off Ye Hexiang's pull, pulled Zhang Xing to the door, and said, "Let's go, sister catch the rabbit, sister catch the rabbit." ”

Ye Hexiang said angrily: "Don't listen to her nonsense. If the beasts in the mountains are really so easy to catch, then won't everyone go to the mountains?"

However, no one listened to her. The three boys, two big and one young, were all attracted by Zhang Xing's proposal, and they thought about going into the mountains to have a look. Wei Minwen also followed to persuade Wei Yunhai: "Dad, I also think that I should go into this mountain, anyway, now that the grain in the field has been harvested, and I can't earn a few dollars on the dock, it is better to try my luck in the mountains, maybe I can really hunt something?"

Wei Minwu looked at his father with blank eyes.

Although Wei Yunhai has been to the mountains, he is only walking on the side, and he has not gone into the depths at all, let alone catching wild game in the deep mountains and old forests, he has never done this, and he really has no bottom in his heart. The Zheng family has lived in the mountains for so long, and he may not be able to take the things they are good at.

Wei Minwu also pulled Zhang Xingdong to ask and asked, Wei Yunhai was really noisy by them, and frowned and said to his two sons: "Eat, eat, what do you say." Then he turned to Zhang Xing and said, "Xing'er, you let Uncle think about it first." ”

Zhang Xing was naturally clear about Wei Yunhai's concerns, thinking that he would think about it for a few days, but who knew that Lu Dao was actually early the next morning, Wei Yunhai gave her an accurate answer, and promised to go into the mountain to try her luck.

Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu were overjoyed, and they were all clamoring to follow. Wei Yunhai roared: "What are you two doing together? ”

Although Wei Yunhai agreed, it was not so easy to enter the mountain, there were no mountains nearby, and the closest to them were a few hills in Yuxian County, because it was not far from the county seat, and there were people nearby, there were things in the mountains, and there was no share of them, so it was in vain to go.

The mountains on Huaiyang side are continuous, and Zhang Xing escaped from there, so she wanted to try her luck and go over there.

But Huaiyang is not close to the ground, and it takes at least seven or eight days to come and go, and it has to be transferred into the mountains. They went into the mountains with such great effort, and they certainly didn't stay for a day and come back, and this trip would take at least one or twenty days.

They are now short of money, and the food they need for this long journey must not be purchased on the road, but must be prepared first.

Knives, forks, and fishing nets for hunting must also be prepared in advance.

Ye Hexiang strongly opposed Zhang Xing's entry into the mountain, but Wei Yunhai made up her mind, and she didn't dare to say no.

Wei Yunhai first didn't allow his two sons to go - they all went, and there was only one woman left in the family to have a child, which was not good after all. Wei Minwen has always been honest, although he wanted to go, but his father didn't allow it, and he was depressed for a few days, so he accepted it. Wei Minwu really wanted to go, but when he saw that he couldn't move his father, he hit Zhang Xing with his idea and pestered Zhang Xing to help talk about it.

Zhang Xing also felt that there was a poor helper, this deep mountain and old forest surrounded and suppressed wild things, it was always better for three people to outflank than two, and they also had one less person with a backpack.

Zhang Xing told Wei Yunhai.

In the past six months, Wei Yunhai has seen that his new daughter-in-law is a little unreliable, but the daughter she brought is sensible and capable. He rarely asked Ye Hexiang about the things at home, but he could listen to Zhang Xing's words a little bit.

After the end, it was decided that Wei Minwen would stay at home, and Wei Minwu would go into the mountains with them.

Once the matter is decided, it is time to prepare things for the road. The Li family's dry cakes of the stone family are indispensable, and the clothes that the three of them change on the road must also be put away. Among the other things to carry, salt flint is the most important.

There is no need to prepare this knife, fork and fishing net, or borrow it from the neighbors, or replace it with your own farm tools.

Zhang Xing slightly modified several of Wei Minwu's old clothes, and wore them on the road.

As soon as they were ready to eat, they picked an early morning to go out, Zhang Xing changed into the old clothes that had been changed, and his face was slightly blackened, his neck was covered high, and he came out with his hands and stupid heads, startling Ye Hexiang who was coming over, and said, "Why are you dressed like this?"

Zhang Jinbao looked at Zhang Xing in a daze, and only after a while did he hesitate to exclaim, "Eldest sister?"

Zhang Xing laughed a few times, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. Zhang Jinbao grinned happily, rushed over and hugged Zhang Xing's legs, and shouted loudly: "Eldest sister." ”

The three men of the Wei family all turned their heads, and Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu were stunned. Wei Yunhai nodded secretly. He was a little worried that Zhang Xing was a girl after all, and it was not appropriate to go out with the two of them. However, this idea was proposed by Zhang Xing, and as far as she knew the road, she would catch rabbits. She is indispensable on this mountain trip. Now Zhang Xing changed into Wei Minwu's clothes and went out, but somehow he got it, he turned his face into ashes, and at first glance, he looked like a teenager in the village nowadays. When she goes out like this, he is much more relieved, anyway, she doesn't need to come forward along the way, so no one can tell whether she is true or false.

After taking a boat and walking, they arrived in Huaiyang three or four days later, and they did not stop, and directly transferred to the direction of Heyang. Zhang Xing didn't dare to really go deep into the mountains, although she knew that she had changed a lot in the past year and was dressed like a kid, she was still afraid of meeting the group of people in the mountains. (To be continued......)