Chapter 259: Choice
Everyone in the Zhang family heard Erya's words, no matter what the choice was, at least their family was saved. One by one, they all began to smile. Erya didn't wait for them to speak, and said, "You don't need to say anything else, let's quickly find a place to discuss!" I'll take them around! As she spoke, she pointed to Cai Baocheng, who had come with her, and two other trainees who had participated in the special training.
The people of the Zhang family all looked at each other, and then www.biquge.info their heads with a smile. At the same time, they started to walk to the shack where they lived temporarily, and entered the station where everyone sat and stood, and after settling down, they all set their eyes on the head of the Zhang family, and finally came in Zhang Lao stonemason.
Zhang Lao's stonemason can be said to be a family heirloom, since his grandfather's time, their family has been a stonemason. At first, he worked for others and lived by blood and sweat. Later, Zhang Lao's grandfather took his family to hide in the mountains because he escaped the war, and found this stone mountain full of rough stones. Later, when the war ended and the new dynasty was established, his Zhang family sat on the mountain to collect materials, and his family started a stone business. What grinders, stone mortars, stone nests, stone mills, stone bricks, stone molds, stone tablets, etc., as long as you say it, the Zhang family can make it for you. In the generation of Zhang's old stonemason's father, the business is doing very well. The family also began to have surplus money, and they slowly accumulated money, bought fields, bought land, and built houses outside the mountains, and moved all their homes to the outside of the mountains.
After the family moved out of the mountain, the women and children farmed outside the mountain and looked after the family, and they themselves took their apprentices into the mountain to quarry and chisel stones. Although it is hard, life is much more prosperous than that of other families in the same place.
Zhang Dajing is the youngest son of Zhang Lao's stonemason, and he is very used to it. It was supposed to be for him to study. He couldn't read it anymore after two years, and he didn't want to read it anymore, so he played with them in the quarry. I don't know how to toss. Let him toss out the clay. The whole family was excited, thinking that this was a good opportunity for their family to turn over, and they all strongly supported Zhang Dajing to concentrate on making stone clay. No one could have imagined that Shi Ni, who thought he was going to turn over his Zhang family, now almost killed his son, and now although his son's life has been saved, the family has returned to the old life of living in a shack and being poor.
The old stonemason Zhang, who was still thinking about his thoughts, saw his children and grandchildren looking at him with bright eyes as soon as he entered the door, and suddenly felt that a big stone hat was put on his head. Even the neck was going to be crushed into the stomach.
He swallowed and spoke, "Tell me what you think." Then we felt that the method that was best suited to our family's situation. We agree on which one to choose. Okay? ”
"Okay! Dad, I'll say it first! The eldest son of the old stonemason Zhang was the first to speak his thoughts: "I agree with that Wang Niangzi to contribute money, and we will contribute people." In this way, we can get things done without the burden of debt. If you borrow money. It looks like it's good for us, but it's not. First of all, it is impossible not to repay the borrowed money, even if the clay can really be sold, but it is not a matter of how much money can be earned back all at once. Secondly, we also have to dress and eat to live, which is indispensable for money. So, I think we're still working in partnership with that lady Wang, at least she's the one who really wants stone mud. As long as she also makes stone clay, then this first business will not be able to run! Father! What do you say?! ”
The other members are led by the boss. They all expressed their opinions, some saying this and some saying that. After a while, Zhang Lao Mason was dizzy from the noise, and he hurriedly raised his hands and shouted, "Okay, okay!" Rest first, and my head will be blown up by your call. ”
Although everyone was noisy, but the basic choices were in their hearts, at this time everyone's mood was relaxed and happy, seeing the funny appearance of the old man raising his hand and shouting, quiet but three breaths, and suddenly burst into laughter.
Outside the shack, they tied a few horses to a few big rocks on the side and climbed the mountain on foot, wanting to see what tea trees there were in this stone mountain. Stone camellia has always been the leader in the tea industry, and because it is not easy to grow tea trees in the cracks of stones, and the production of stone tea is relatively small and few, so stone tea is even more revered. Since it is rare to enter such a pure stone mountain today, how could Erya let go of this opportunity to find stone tea!
This piece of mountain is already a very deep mountain belt, just because the Zhang family's quarry is here, and they have worked hard for several generations to step out of a path that can be driven all the way to this quarry. If Er Ya wants to go in again, there is not even a sheep farm path. Although this stone mountain is pure, it is not a dime, and there are still a lot of tangled thorns and rattans of some plants growing in the cracks of the stones, blocking the footsteps of the two Ya and them from moving forward.
Cai Baocheng looked at these dried thorns and said to the lady of the east family: "The lady of the east family! Why don't I ask them if they have a scythe to borrow for us!" ”
"No, you don't! That's a lot of time, you follow me. Erya said, put down the backpack on her back, and took out the legging strap she used when she took Xiaohu and them into the mountain.
After tying the legs and feet, it is much neater to walk on the thorns and rattans. Erya's luck was not bad, until the sun went down, and they found more than 30 tea trees scattered in the stones. There were lonely trees hanging from the cliffs, and there were also three or two trees nestled on the flat ground, but none of them had more than four trees growing in one place. However, being able to find so many is also a surprise for Erya. Although she thought of the Stone Mountain when she left home, she never thought that she would enter such a deep mountain. Even if there is nothing to do with this cement, with the tea trees growing in these more than 30 stones, it is worth it.
When they were looking for a tea tree, they saw a little rabbit and a pheasant or something, and they also solved it and brought it with them. On the return trip, the youngest student, Zhou Lixin, was so lucky that he caught a live roe deer, and it was an unusually rare fragrant roe deer in this area!
When Cai Baocheng was in the school, the doctor would also make a guest appearance in a class every few days to teach them about medicine and medicinal materials. Therefore, as soon as they heard the lady of the proprietor's whispered exclamation, she said: It's a fragrant roe deer! , I knew its value, and I was very happy for Zhou Lixin. Cai Baocheng and another student reached out and patted Zhou Lixin on the shoulder and said, "Good guy, you are amazing!" As soon as we saw it, you pounced on them and captured them alive. Musk, you keep it for the money, we have to eat this meat! ”
Seeing that Zhou Lixin didn't say a word, Erya wanted to hack the fragrant deer to death, and hurriedly stopped: "Don't kill it!" Keep it like this, and when you go back, I will help you send it to Chunlin Hall, and let the shopkeeper Zhao help you get musk, and he will take it better than we don't know how to fool around. When the time comes, you can bring back the meat and invite these two gluttons to eat it!"
As she spoke, she lowered her backpack and pulled out a rope made of green linen. This rope was given by Uncle Xiaohu, which is very thin and light, but it is also very strong and durable. And not afraid of blisters, it is the best must-have to take it with you when hunting.
Cai Baocheng laughed and said, "Brother! You're so honest, we're just kidding you, but you don't really want to eat this guy's meat. Today we caught so many rabbits and pheasants, I'm afraid we won't even be able to eat half of them! ”
Erya motioned to Zhou Lixin and Cai Baocheng for the three of them to tie up the four feet of the roe deer, and continued to walk back.
When the Zhang family had already discussed their choice and came out to find Erya, they only saw a few horses tied to the big stones next to the shack, but they didn't know where they went.
"Daddy! Don't worry, they say it's around here! I'm afraid I'll be back in a moment! Zhang Dajing comforted the old stonemason Zhang, who looked a little worried.
Old stonemason Zhang shook his head and said, "If it's nothing nearby, I'm afraid that they will go far, there are tigers, wolves and leopards in this mountain." ”
The eldest son of the old stonemason exclaimed in surprise: "Then why have we never met?" ”
"That's because our quarry is bare, and there is nothing to eat, and those who are looking for food will not come, and occasionally one or two will come over, and when they hear our clanging here, where do they dare to approach?! Otherwise, when you lived here before, I kept telling you not to go far! ”
At this time, even the rest of the Zhang family was frightened, and they nervously looked for Erya and them around.
Yesterday, Zhang Dajing took Erya and them back, and when they walked to the foot of the mountain, it was already late, and it was impossible to go up the mountain overnight. So yesterday I spent the night at the former neighbor's house of the Zhang family at the bottom of the mountain, and I rushed to the mountain early this morning. It was only the middle of the hour when they arrived on the mountain, and Erya did not delay long in their quarry, so he took someone to find the tea tree. They didn't go back until the sun went down, which was a day smaller. They didn't care, but they made the Zhang family crazy, but they couldn't do anything, so they only sat stupidly on the big stone pile in front of the shack, looking blankly at the stone mountain without many big trees. When it's time to eat at noon, no one cares.
Until it was dark, the second grandson of the old stonemason Zhang suddenly saw several dark figures walking over in a clearing where stones had been mined from the southeast, and shouted: "Grandpa! Grandfather! Look, look, they're back! ”
The original dead and heavy piece suddenly woke up, and the whole family jumped up one after another, and asked each other nervously, "Where is it?" ”
When they really saw the four of them, everyone in the Zhang family couldn't help but cry. It's not that they have much affection for Erya, but their family can't stand the toss anymore, if these people disappear here, then how will they live in the future? (To be continued......)