Chapter 24: Selling Venison
Xiaoshan and Xiaowen's eyes always followed Li Ziyu, and when they saw Li Ziyu coming out of the east room, Xiaowen asked, "Sister, what are you?"
Li Ziyu said as she walked towards the West House: "Lan Lan and I went to sleep in the East Room tonight, but it was too crowded in one room, and it was inconvenient to talk about it. Be vigilant at night, and if anything is wrong, call me. ”
Xiaoshan said anxiously: "There is nothing in the east room, how can you sleep?" ”
"Just give us the old quilt," Li Ziyu said and entered the West House, and hugged the boy with a huff, "Quick, pull out the old quilt under the tarpaulin, and then spread the tarpaulin." ”
Xiaoshan hurriedly lifted the oilcloth and hugged the new quilt and pillows together. Xiaowen folded the old quilt and hugged it off the kang. Xiaoshan immediately spread the oilcloth he was holding on the kang again, and put a pillow on the kang. Li Ziyu put the boy on the pillow, spread out the new quilt and gently covered him.
Li Ziyu took a pillow and took the old quilt to the East House, and spread the old quilt on the kang head of the East House. The three little ones immediately climbed onto the kang and played with their puppets in their hands.
Li Ziyu found the medicine hanger from the miscellaneous pile in the east house, which was bought by her sick father in the past. She scrubbed it several times before it was clean. In the courtyard, he built an earthen stove with three adobe bricks, added four bowls of water to the medicine hanger, put the medicine in a medicine packet, lit firewood, and burned it.
After burning for about half an hour, to see what a bowl could look like, he poured it out and brought it to the Westhouse.
On the West Inghouse kang, the boy was lying with his eyes closed, and I don't know if he was awake. Li Ziyu carried the medicine bowl into the room and gently placed the medicine bowl on the side of the kang. She observed the boy carefully, and found that his eyelashes trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but smile, and said, "The medicine has just been boiled, and the doctor said that you have to take it quickly, otherwise it won't be good." Alas, what to do? This big brother is not awake, and he can't feed the medicine. Alas" he said, sighing deliberately.
The boy lying on the kang suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Li Ziyu.
Li Ziyu was startled, only to find that this boy was really beautiful.
The boy had a pair of seductive eyes, as if he would fall into them if he was not careful. The heroic sword eyebrows that flew obliquely into the temples, the lips that were as beautiful as flower petals, and the face that was slightly pale but delicate as porcelain, although the whole person was slightly sickly, but this person's aura was very strong. exudes a cold and alienated temperament, cold and arrogant but imposing. If it weren't for Li Ziyu's strong heart, he would be frightened by another person.
Li Ziyu smiled and picked up the medicine bowl: "Big brother, since you woke up, drink the medicine, right?" ”
The boy stared at Li Ziyu tightly and asked, "You saved me?" ”
Li Ziyu nodded and did not speak.
The boy looked at Li Ziyu again, gritted his teeth and stood up. Li Ziyu hurriedly handed the medicine bowl to the boy's mouth, and the boy raised his right arm to take the medicine bowl and drank it all, without frowning.
Li Ziyu took the medicine bowl, covered the corner of the quilt for the boy, and said, "Big brother, you lie down and sleep, you will be well when you wake up." After saying that, he saw that the boy really closed his eyes and walked out.
Xiaowen stayed in the house to take care of the boy, and Xiaoshan followed Li Ziyu out of the Westinghouse.
Li Ziyu still has a lot of things to do, the most important thing is to take care of wild animals.
She moved the bamboo basket from the east house to the hall house, and prepared to skin the two musk deer. Because the east and west houses were on fire, the hall was very warm. Li Ziyu first skinned the two deer one after another, cut off the glandular sac of the musk deer, and cut the hair on it short, which is a "whole fragrance". In fact, it is also possible to take the method of "living musk deer for incense" when the musk deer is alive, so that there is no need to kill the musk deer.
Then the horns of the musk deer were cut off, and the entrails of the musk deer were removed one by one, and they were put in a basin, which was a good thing. He put the etrailed and deerskin shelves on a bamboo basket and sold them in the town tomorrow.
Now, she had to hurry up and pickle the deerskin. If the deerskin is not pickled in time, it will become a waste skin and cannot be used.
First, she spread the deerskin on the side of the hanging meat and lightly smeared it with fine salt. Before applying fine salt, she carefully grinded the large grains of salt she bought with an axe before she could rub them on the deerskin. In fact, the salt at home is not enough at all, and she can only count as much as she wants. She wanted to have deerskin so much, and with deerskin she could make a pair of deerskin boots for each of her siblings, including herself, of course. You won't freeze your feet in winter, and you can go out on a snowy day without worrying about getting your shoes wet.
After rubbing the deerskin with salt, he killed a pheasant, soaked it in water to remove the blood, and kept it for the boy to make chicken soup for dinner, and to make supper by the way. Then she washed the boy's underwear in hot water. The cotton pants and jacket outside, and the cotton gown outside, she didn't know what to do. Whether the whole thing was washed or dismantled and washed, she still couldn't make up her mind. However, they had to buy cloth and cotton, not only to make new cotton clothes for the boys, but also to make new cotton clothes for their sisters, and to put on a cover. Seeing that it was still early, she planned to go to the town.
First of all, you have to go to the daily red restaurant to sell venison, and then you have to buy salt, which requires at least ten catties of salt. Then I went to buy cloth, by the way, you can take the puppet and test the water, what if it is feasible? I have to buy some other food, especially if there is a sick person, and I need to buy more grain.
Li Ziyu cleaned up the kitchen while pondering, and when everything was clear, she said to Xiaoshan and Xiaowen: "I'll go to the town, sell the venison, and buy some food by the way." Keep your doors at home, and let no one come to open them. After thinking about it, he said, "In this way, I'll lock it from the outside, so I can rest assured." ”
Xiaoshan and Xiaowen nodded. Although my sister hasn't said anything yet, the boy in the house is so badly injured that he almost died, which means that the neighborhood is still not very safe. In order not to get into trouble, it is better to be careful.
Xiaoshan looked at his sister, although he knew that his sister had some ability, he was still not at ease, and couldn't help but say, "Sister, you should be careful on the road." Xiaowen also said: "Sister, I thought about it for a while, we should check it frequently near our house to see if there are any people we don't know." ”
Li Ziyu was very pleased, seeing that her two younger brothers, who were not yet ten years old, were already sharing her worries, and she felt a sense of satisfaction that my brother was going to grow up. She reached out and patted her two younger brothers on the shoulders, although they were still very immature, they were already able to carry the burden.
Li Ziyu took Xiaoshan and Xiaowen's puppets, carried a bamboo basket with venison on his back, took the axe for safety, and went to the town. She kept some of the venison, and in addition to what she ate at home, she planned to send some to the old village chief, He Shigui, and Fu Dafu. There are also the people who repaired the house to her family last time with adobe bricks, and a few families who gave her sorghum stalks, she plans to send some, these favors will have to be repaid sooner or later, and sooner or later she will be sure-footed.
When Li Ziyu was leaving, he went to the west room to take a look at the boy, and when he saw that he was sleeping peacefully on the kang, he came out with peace of mind. I went to the east room to see the three small ones, and found them lying on the old quilt and asleep.
Li Ziyu walked out of the house, locked the door with a copper lock, looked around vigilantly, and saw that he didn't find anything abnormal, so he hurriedly walked towards the town.
After she left, a figure shook from the big locust tree behind her house and disappeared.
Li Ziyu didn't know that her family had been targeted, so she hurried away. By the time it was a little longer, Li Ziyu had already entered Shiyan Town.
On the third floor of the Riri Red Restaurant, Ren Xiaohang sat on the luxurious seat of the little purple sandalwood in "Ziyun Zhai", and asked the black-clothed man who was slightly hunched next to him: "You mean, he was in a farmer's house and was saved by the people of that family?" ”
The man in black replied, "Yes!" There was some hesitation on his face.
"What's the matter?"
"It was a little girl from that family who saved him." The man in black replied.
"Oh? A little girl" Ren Xiaohang secretly groaned and waved his hand, and the man in black quickly retreated.
When Li Ziyu walked away from the Japanese restaurant, Xiao Er Peanut greeted him from afar: "Oh, little sister, are you here again?" What's the good stuff for us? ”
Li Ziyu nodded politely and smiled: "Second brother, is the shopkeeper here?" There are really good things today. ”
Peanut hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Yes, you come with me, and I will inform the shopkeeper." ”
Li Ziyu followed Xiao Er Peanut into the restaurant, and the restaurant was as lively as usual, and Xiao Er, who served dishes and removed dishes, seemed to shuttle back and forth, in an orderly manner.
Li Ziyu sat at an idle table with a bamboo basket on her back, and the axe in her hand was put into the bamboo basket before she entered the restaurant. She looked around the restaurant and found that it was winter when it was time to eat hot pot, but she didn't see a hot pot. Isn't there a hot pot here yet? This made her feel a little excited. She doesn't know how to do business, but in modern times, there are things that are not available here, but you can partner with them here. Well, I'll ask later.
Li Ziyu was sitting here thinking nonsense, when he heard Wu Fan's voice coming from behind:
"Oh, little girl, you're here! What's this good thing? Wu Fan said and walked up to Li Ziyu.
Li Ziyu stood up with a sweet smile on her face: "Uncle shopkeeper, I am really a good thing this time." ”
"Okay, let's go talk later." As soon as Wu Fan heard that it was a good thing, he liked it with a smile. The master is here today, if it is really a good thing, just let him try it.
Li Ziyu picked up the bamboo basket and followed Wu Fan into the backyard of the restaurant.
The kitchen on each floor of the backyard of the restaurant is still the sound of pots and pans colliding one after another, and the fragrance of various stir-fried dishes and stews comes to the nose, sometimes mixed with the low voice of the chef.
Li Ziyu opened the cloth towel on the bamboo basket, revealing the musk venison skeleton inside. When she came, she found a large cloth towel to cover the bamboo basket, afraid that people would see her asking questions and she would not be able to answer.
Wu Fan saw the contents of the bamboo basket clearly, and exclaimed in surprise: "God, you can hit this, this thing is full of treasures, it's really good!" Uncle will definitely give you a good price this time! ”
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