Chapter 92: Opportunity
Ling'er listened carefully and wrote it down silently, thinking that this Yan family is really not an ordinary annoyance, this kind of person will be punished sooner or later, if he punishes them, the big guy will definitely be happy!
"Little stone, the uncle who should be said has said it, it's too late for others to hide when they see the Yan family, you must not provoke them! If you want to sell game for some money, tell me that I know a few game vendors, old acquaintances for decades, and they are quite reliable, cash in stock, and the price is good! Uncle Peng persuaded bitterly.
Ling'er smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Peng, I know, I will definitely look for you if I need it!" ”
"Good boy! Have you been hunting for the past two days? How? What are you hunting? ”
"No, a few days ago, Uncle Xiong took over a big business, asking for a few one-and-a-half-foot old nanmu, and I helped my father and uncle cut wood! No, I just got it done, just waiting for Uncle Xiong to come and pick it up, I sneaked out! ”
"Oh, is it? Hehe, don't you kid have another income? Okay, you're going to make a lot more money than me, an old thing who can only hunt! ”
"Where? Uncle Peng is young...... "Ling'er laughed with Uncle Peng for a while, found an excuse to leave, returned to the delivery place, sat on the pile of wood and was stunned, not all stunned, she was thinking about the Yan family!
Old Lady Yan's 60th birthday is June 20, and today is only the 8th day of the 60th lunar month, and there are still 12 days, enough time to prepare! What is the most effective and safest way to deal with the old witch? First of all, she must be given a long memory, and she must not be too desperate in the future, and at the same time, she must grasp the proportions and not make trouble; It's the best, so that she can wake up and don't come to her own house for trouble!
It's really not easy to meet these conditions at the same time, most of the rumors I heard about the Yan family before were the deceptive things of the Yan family, especially the old lady Yan, who was the most powerful, when she was a girl, she was a master who scolded all over the village and no one dared to fight back, and a woman did not fall behind a few men.
This old woman has been rampant for decades, there is nothing she dare not do, and she has never heard of what she is afraid of and what taboos? People like her, I'm afraid that the gods and Buddhas will take a detour when they see it, no wonder the children raised are more mixed than the other, and Yan Erniang, who loves to stir up trouble in Wangjia Village, is relatively the weakest of the brothers and sisters! Tsk, it's really not easy to find the weakness of the old woman!
Ling'er didn't know how long she was in a daze, until someone called her, and when she came back to her senses, she saw that the three brothers of the Lin family had already arrived, and several people were circling around the wood. Uncle Xiong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Little stone, well done, every time I look for wood, it's better than we expected, it's not easy to find nanmu above this foot and a half, right?" ”
"It's okay, it's just farther away, and you have to climb up a little more!"
"Oh? Then you have to be careful, now in this season, the beasts in the mountains love to wander around, it is important to find wood, but don't hurt yourself! ”
"Got it, thank you Uncle Xiong!"
"Hmmm! second, measure the size and count the quantity; The third child, settle the score! ”
After a few handovers, Uncle Xiong paid the money to Ling'er, and began to drag the wood down with a rope. Today's wood is thicker than before, naturally heavier, the three brothers together are a little difficult to move, Ling'er stepped forward and pushed a handful, the wood was smoothly dragged to the slope, and the back was much more labor-saving!
The second and third children dragged the wood down the mountain, the boss wiped his sweat, and looked back at Ling'er deliberately, "Little stone, yes, the strength is quite big!" ”
Ling'er smiled and said, "It's okay, I told Uncle Xiong a long time ago!" Hey, Uncle Xiong, I heard that the old lady of the Yan family is going to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, and everyone in Banlin Town can go to the birthday banquet and drink birthday wine, will you go? ”
"The Yan family? I'm full and looking for trouble? Don't go, don't go! ”
"That's... Uncle Xiong knows...... Where is the Yan family's birthday banquet? Who are they going to? Do you want to hire a part-time job? ”
Hearing this, Lin Shuxiong looked at Ling'er suspiciously: "Little stone, are you short of money?" Lack of money to tell the uncle, the uncle will advance to you first, and it will be used as the timber money in the future, the Yan family can't go to that place casually, beware of when it is sold, I don't know! ”
Ling'er stuck out her tongue, knowing that Uncle Xiong was a good person, but she didn't expect to be so righteous, she quickly thanked: "Thank you, Uncle Xiong, I don't lack money, I just want to join in the fun!" We live in the mountains, not from Banlin Town, and we are afraid that we will not be able to enter on the day of the birthday banquet, so we want to do a short-term job and see what the flowing water seats of rich families are like! ”
"Huh~~ Rich people? What kind of rich family is the Yan family? If you really want to see a rich family, you might as well go to the Feng family, but the Feng family is not a good thing! Forget it, those rich families don't have a few good things, and there is nothing to see! Little stone, you better go back and spend more time with your parents! ”
Ling'er smiled awkwardly, "Got it, thank you Uncle Xiong!" ”
She sent the three Lin brothers to the intersection and watched them go down the mountain. Ling'er touched the silver in her arms, it's good, this time she earned three taels at once, this is the result of her hard work for seven or eight days, it just so happens that she hasn't gone home these days, and she will bring it back to her mother to save it later, and then ...... Tomorrow I will go to Banlin Town, of course, I have to make some preparations before I go.
Ling'er took advantage of the fact that it was still early, searched in the mountains, hunted a few game, and carefully touched it home after dark. The old lady was naturally happy to see the silver and game, prepared a large table full of dishes, and the family had a reunion dinner together, during the banquet the old lady mentioned: "Ling'er, our family's silver has been saved more than 30 taels, enough, don't work hard!" ”
"It's not hard, it's not hard, Ling'er likes to make money!"
"Alas! Silly boy, look, your hands are calloused! By the way, Ling'er, I heard that it will be the 60th birthday of the old lady of the Yan family in a few days, and the Yan family is busy preparing for the birthday banquet, so they haven't come to our village anymore! It's a good opportunity, let's pick a day and go, shall we? ”
Speaking of this, Ling'er looked up at his father and mother, they have been living as usual in Wangjia Village in the past few months, and the father weaves bamboo utensils every day, and the old lady takes the soles of his shoes, and every time he goes to the market to sell them in the town, in exchange for firewood, rice, oil and salt.
They are accustomed to the harassment of the Yan family, and they have long been unfazed, they eat every day, sleep when they should sleep, and Ling'er sneaks back to see them from time to time, they are also a lot more at ease, and the nourishment of fresh game, after two or three months, the second elder's complexion and spirit seem to be much better than before the accident!
It would be nice if it could be maintained like this, yes, we must find a way to get rid of the scourge of the Yan family, oh, so that they don't dare to come to the door to harass them again.
So she said: "Mother, with us to collect the timber of the owner today has made a decision, but also five big Nanmu, it is estimated that it will take at least ten days to find the wood cut down and then delivered, the deposit has been paid, this one can be done down we can earn at least five taels of silver, the leading male uncle told me several times, told me to go tomorrow!" ”
"Five taels of silver!" The old lady is obviously a little tempted, it would be good if they could earn five taels of silver a year in the past, but now Ling'er can earn five taels in half a month, she is naturally surprised and happy, but the Yan family... She looked at her father hesitantly!
Dad put down the wine glass and said, "Ling'er, didn't you say that you are only responsible for exploring the way to find wood and helping that uncle move tools?" Can someone give you five taels of silver for this job? Child, don't go to logging alone, not to mention whether you have great strength, just the beasts in the mountains can swallow you in one bite! ”
The old lady heard a stirring spirit: "Yes, Ling'er, don't hide it from us!" ”
"No, no, father, mother, I have a sense of proportion! I am familiar with a few old hunters, I can see the footprints of beasts, which places are dangerous and which places are safe, I know, but the logging uncles don't understand, there are good timber in many places, but they are afraid of beasts, they dare not go, I will find them a place, look at the wind, this work is not easy, we also divide the silver equally, just like this business, five big nanmu are more than two feet......"
Ling'er flickered for a while, and finally covered up the past, there was no way, telling a lie would have to be fulfilled with countless lies, on the side of Uncle Xiong, she said that she was responsible for finding wood, and the uncles helped cut it down and moved it to the agreed place; On the father's mother's side, she has to say that she is responsible for finding wood, and the male uncle is responsible for logging and transporting it, etc.
Just in case, Ling'er only stayed at home until midnight and left, or stayed in the stone room in the back mountain for the night. As soon as it was dawn the next day, she got up and dressed up, messed up her hair, smeared her face, hands and arms, and made her look like a dirty mountain child, and then carried a few wild animals she had hunted yesterday and walked slowly in the direction of Banlin Town.
Today, the ninth day of June, is the day of the market in Banlin Town, although most of the people in this town are engaged in timber business, but the people in the town have to eat, drink and Lazar, and the people who do business do not farm their own land, and there are many daily necessities that need to be bought and sold, so the market in Banlin Town is not inferior to other towns, and it is still lively.
Before Ling'er entered the market with the game, a few vendors came up to ask the price, she pretended to cower and looked at the vendors vigilantly, and stammered, looking at the kind of mountain children who had never seen the world.
She carried her things all the way over, and when the vendor asked for the price, she would only say a few words: "Two hundred words!" Not much else, the vendors wanted to see things, so she dodged and ran, but the vendors were baffled. After a circle, her unusual behavior naturally attracted people's attention.
Ling'er walked around for a while, pretending to be really tired, so she found a slightly remote corner and sat down. Before she could catch her breath, she heard an arrogant voice say: "Hey, child, this is the territory of our Yan family, and we are not allowed to set up stalls to do business!" ”
Ling'er glanced up, quickly lowered her head and pretended to be timid: "Yes... I'm sorry, I... I'll go right away! ”
"Wait, you sat in our Yan family's place, set up a stall and sold things, you have to pay the booth fee!"
"Stall... Booth? Can... But I haven't ...... yet."
"Less nonsense! Rich or not? If you don't have any money......" The man rolled his eyes and moved his fingers: "You guys, go and bring me those game!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )