Huang Yuan still couldn't let go.

"Why don't you open up more wasteland?"

He couldn't figure it out, there were few people in this mountain, so it was always right to be diligent in clearing the wasteland!

In this small field, corn and soybeans are planted; In the middle of the soybeans, there are still some sunflowers; In the middle of the ground, there was a row of flowering sesame seeds......

It's so crowded!

Everyone packed up their things and went back, and on the way, Du Juan explained to Huang Yuan.

"There is such a big place in this valley that there are many paddy fields and dry land. It is not impossible to open up the wasteland in the distance, first, the road is far away and it is inconvenient to take care of it, and it is easy to be harmed by wild beasts; Second, even if you endure hardships and open up wasteland in a distant place, it is useless to collect a lot of grain, and there is nowhere to sell it here......"

Only then did Huang Yuan understand the key.

The cuckoo said again: "You have also traveled the way into the mountain. Think about it: it's not easy to get in and out, why do you bother to get a lot of food? ”

Huang Que'er added: "It's enough to eat." ”

Huang Yuan asked, "Where did that household come from?" For example, cloth, always have to be dressed. ”

Feng said: "Sell mountain goods." Those who have money should wear better, and those who don't have money should wear worse. If you eat salt, buy a needle or thread, you will exchange eggs with others. Everyone changes. ”

Huang Yuan was a little confused when he heard this, and asked, "Who are you going to change it with?" ”

Huang Que'er said: "Exchange with the Lin family, and also with others." ”

Her mother and sister took turns to answer, but Huang Yuan was still confused.

Du Juan explained the relationship between bartering and bartering from a commercial point of view, and explained the special market in the mountains: usually everyone got medicinal herbs, furs, sun-dried mushrooms and other mountain goods, and would sell them to the Lin family in exchange for some oil, salt, and needlework. even coarse cloth; If you don't have mountain goods, you will also take eggs. Or mention a chicken or a piece of meat or something, and exchange emergency with the person who has mountain goods. Because the Lin family is not short of eggs, nor is there a shortage of meat and grain, they do not collect these.

Huang Yuan perseveredly asked: "Then why are other people's families lacking?" ”

The cuckoo replied tirelessly: "Not every family that raises chickens and ducks is prosperous, and not every family has people who can hunt. ”

Huang Yuan faintly understood.

Feng sighed: "In previous years, our family was more difficult. Raising livestock is not so prosperous, and life is tight. It's been so much better over the years! ”

She thought about it for a while, and said sincerely: "It's your sisters who are capable!" ”

The yellow finch and the cuckoo both laughed.

Du Juan summed up to Huang Yuan: "So if you want to save money, you would rather dig up some herbs and hunt some animal skins." Even if you pick some mushrooms, fungus, walnuts and hazelnuts and dry them and carry them out, it is easier than carrying grain out of the mountains to sell. As long as there is enough food, and there is a little surplus to prevent famine. Other than that, everything in this mountain is self-sufficient. ”

Huang Yuan sighed: "Silver money is really useless in this mountain. ”

The cuckoo smiled: "It's good that you understand." I'm telling you, you can't overcharge people with those papers. The price you buy is not worth the high shipping cost of others. If you don't want your child to study with you, how can someone risk their lives to help you bring it in? It's that easy. Who wouldn't make that money? ”

Huang Yuan nodded and said, "I know the truth!" ”

Walking with his family in the fields, Xiaoshun and Ren Yuanming were running and laughing in front, and he asked Du Juan about some field taxes and miscellaneous labor, and secretly planned in his heart.

It's nearly noon. He was sweating on his forehead, but he didn't feel bored.

The surrounding mountains and nearby villages and fields are clearer and clearer than in the early morning; Look at the honest and simple father and mother who walked in front. The light and delicate sister behind him, he only felt that his heart was full of poetry. It's full of pictures!

The hardships of the farmhouse are glorified in such leisure.

Cuckoo asked him about his home in the morning.

Huang Yuan said with a smile. discussed the matter of the private school with Lin Dameng, and set the regulations for papermaking, met with several relatives of the family, and so on.

Huang Laoshi was unfamiliar with everything because he had just returned, so he kept pointing out along the way: what is on this mountain, where is the river going; When I entered the village, I introduced who this was, what it was doing, and the poor and rich people in the family, nagging non-stop.

Originally, Huang Yuan had no interest in these, but Du Juan interjected a sentence every time, as if the stir-fry had added seasonings, which made him listen to it with relish, and also had a clearer understanding of the folk customs and general situation of Quanshui Village. Like what:

"This Li family has a big python that has been raised for more than 20 years. Catching mice and eating insects, very spiritual, has become a house snake. It is like the wind raised by Lin Chun, and is called the two wonders of Quanshui Village. ”

"This Shi family is another big household in Quanshui Village, and it is as famous as the Lin family. His family's stone carvings and the Lin family's carpentry are all folk arts, and they are all not passed on. It's just that now Lin Chun's achievements have surpassed his ancestors, taking this folk art to a higher level and giving it the artistic conception of poetry and painting, which is not comparable to the Shi family! ”

"The tofu and dried fragrant dried in these thousands of homes are very distinctive, even better than the 'white jade bean curd' you took us to eat in Fucheng! I also came to learn from Aunt Wan. However, in order to save trouble, in addition to making tofu by himself during the New Year's holiday, he usually takes beans or eggs to exchange tofu and dried fragrant with his family. ”

Hearing this, Huang Yuan jumped and said, "Then let's go buy some?" ”

Huang Que'er smiled and said, "Huang Li must have changed." ”

Huang Yuan is just that.

Huang Laoshi hurriedly said: "If you want to eat, I will change it for you every day in the future." ”

Du Juan smiled, and pointed to a farmhouse next to him, where there were many wooden shelves with parallel bars, and noodles were hung on them, "This is our grandfather's house in the third room of the Huang family, and the noodles are the most chewy." People often use wheat to exchange noodles with other people. I'll change some later, make fried noodles and eat them. ”

……

Talking all the way, I arrived at the door of my grandfather's house.

"Look, this is the old house. Grandparents and second uncles live here. ”

Saying that, he looked at the courtyard, and quietly, a black dog was lying under the osmanthus tree in front of the door, and several chickens were squatting at the base of the wall. Hearing the movement, the dog turned to look at them. Seeing that it was their family, they ignored it, and rested the dog's head on the two front paws and closed their eyes to recuperate.

Huang honestly said: "It's all gone to our house." ”

Huang Yuan looked at it slightly, and saw that there was a big yard, the house was neat, and it was much more spacious than his own house, so he asked strangely: "Why is my father the eldest son?" If you don't live in the old house, the second uncle lives here with your grandparents? ”

Huang was unprecedentedly embarrassed. Twice snorted, but no words.

Feng pursed his lips. Snorted.

Du Juan hurriedly pounded Huang Yuan with his elbow and winked at him.

Huang Yuan came to his senses and said busily: "Grandparents and sister are all in our house, and my uncle and brother Xiaobao are doing carpentry in a private school, and my aunt is at home." Do you want to call her over for dinner too? ”

Feng Shi said to the cuckoo: "Shout." ”

She will still do this favor, and she can't push it off.

Besides, the old house will definitely call their family to eat.

The cuckoo raised his voice and called out to his aunt.

After shouting twice, I saw Aunt Feng coming out of the house. Du Juan said to invite her over for dinner, and Huang Yuan also opened his mouth to invite her. Although Huang Laoshi and Huang Qi'er did not speak, they also looked at her with a smile. She smiled and agreed. She also said that she asked the big girl to help first, and there was something else at home, so she would go over later.

The cuckoo told her to come in a while, and then left with her family first.

She had only walked a few steps when she heard someone calling out to her from behind.

When I turned my head, it was a locust flower.

"Cuckoo, are you back? I was going to see you with Guixiang last night, and I'm afraid that you have a lot of family. You just came back and were so tired that you didn't go. Are you on the ground? ”

"Whoa! Where are you from? ”

"From my uncle's house, I brought something to my aunt."

Huaihua said and turned to Huang Laoshi and the two of them, "Uncle Huang." Auntie, you're all back, and you're white! However, his eyes looked at Huang Yuan curiously.

Huang Laoshi smiled when he heard this. Seeing her looking at Huang Yuan, she hurriedly showed off excitedly: "Huaihua." This is my son, Brother Cuckoo. It's called Huang Yuan. ”

The cuckoo listened, and looked at the honest father with yellow finch funny.

Huang Yuan habitually shook the acacia flower.

Just as he didn't know what to say, the cuckoo mentioned on the side: "The acacia flower belongs to the Shi family." He said, "I've seen Miss Shi!" ”

Huaihua's face was slightly red, and she squatted down indiscriminately, and said, "Huang ...... Brother Huang is good. ”

I didn't want to look at him much, so I turned to the cuckoo and whispered: "Your brother is really talented!" It's strange that everyone in the village praises it, and it looks like it's promising. ”

Huang Laoshi and Feng Shi listened and laughed from ear to ear.

The cuckoo said a few modest words and continued to walk forward.

Huaihua followed, parallel to her, and said casually: "Now it's okay, there is a private school in our village, and my little brother can also go to school to read and write." In addition to your brother, is Chunsheng also teaching at a private school? ”

Du Juan said in surprise: "Lin Chun? He himself is going to study in Fucheng, how can he teach here. You haven't heard anyone talk about this? ”

The yellow finch also looked at the acacia flower strangely.

Huaihua hurriedly said: "I heard faintly." I heard that he was back, and I thought it wasn't true. Is there such a thing? ”

The cuckoo laughed: "Of course! ”

Huaihua sighed: "It turns out that he is no longer a carpenter." ”

Huang Yuan looked at her when he heard this, looking up and down.

She noticed, turning her head and smiling at him.

The cuckoo didn't answer, and introduced to Huang Yuan an ancient tree on the side of the road for hundreds of years.

Huaihua is very good at tricking people's words, and if she is not careful, she will unconsciously follow her words.

Like just now: Lin Chun's entry into the academy, Lin Datou can't wait to inform him from door to door, how can she not know? There are also private schools that have been built, and it has long been spread that who will teach, but she deliberately misunderstood that Lin Chun was also teaching in private schools. According to common sense, the cuckoo will definitely answer no, and explain why. Sure enough, she did. It's just that her explanation was too general, and Huaihua was not satisfied, so she deliberately sighed that Lin Chun would not be a carpenter when she was studying, and teased her to explain again.

The cuckoo was surprised at first, and then he was alert.

She didn't bother to ask her back, and she didn't bother to explain.

It's not private, but she doesn't like Huaihua's way of asking, although she feels that she asks very skillfully, and she doesn't like to be led by the nose like a fool.

Is there anything to ask directly?

So, tired!

Seeing that she didn't answer, Huaihua was a little at a loss, and asked curtly: "Your family must have been busy in the past two days, right?" I'm going to give you a hand, and I'm doing my part for the private school. ”

The cuckoo smiled: "It's nothing. The private school is all done. In my own family, the three of us, plus my mother, my grandmother and aunt, and even the eldest sister are back, what is there to be busy! No matter how many people there are, they won't be able to turn away. ”

Huaihua listened, so she had to stop, say goodbye to her, and go your separate ways. (To be continued......)

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