On October 16, the day after returning from the county seat, after breakfast, Situ Yan sent away Dalang and Erlang who went into the mountains to collect firewood, and left Sanlang and Shilang alone.

"Third brother, fourth brother, you brush out the seedbed, and I will use it to soak horse beans in a while."

"Xiao Wu, are you really going to eat the horse beans?"

"yes, but you can't eat it like this, you have to wait a few more days for it to grow into a vegetable, and then eat it, it's delicious!"

"Can horse beans still grow vegetables?"

"Third brother, let me tell you, this horse feed bean is a good thing, but others can't do it, so they are all fed to the livestock." Situ Yan had already inquired that people in the south used this horse bean to make soy sauce, and some wealthy people in the north would use it to make soy sauce, but no one used it to grind tofu and sprout bean sprouts. What's more, almost no one in this Lijia Village eats much salt, and where will they use it for sauce.

"That's good, I'll go. Go Little Four. "Called Shangshiro, the two of them went to the utility room to get the nursery bed first, and then went into the clean room to get busy. Situ Yan took 5 catties of horse beans and washed them with water, and waited for San Lang and Shiro to wash the seedling bed, and then took stones in the stove room to raise it, and then spread the washed beans and smoothed them, and then poured water and covered them with a damp cloth.

"Little Wu, is this it?"

"It's so easy, it's just soaking the beans, waiting for the sprouts to emerge, and watering them on time, and when the next time we catch the market, the sprouts will be almost ready, and then our family will sell the sprouts."

"Xiao Wu, it would be nice if it could be sold, but this bean sprout is too few, just order beans?" Shiro thought that if he could make money, why not send more.

"Fourth brother, this is a lot, one pound of beans can make twenty pounds of bean sprouts, this is five pounds of beans, that is, one hundred pounds of bean sprouts. If it sells for 10 wen a catty, it will be one or two silver dollars. ”

"Ah, so many?" San Lang Shiro stared, looking at the beans covered by the cloth, and felt excited, there was another entry in the family, and they remembered that this horse fodder beans were planted a lot at home, so if they were all sold as sprouts, how much would they be able to sell?

Situ Yan looked at the two brothers who were daydreaming, and slapped them funny, "What do you want to do?" Whatever can be made into bean sprouts, even if we can make them, someone has to buy them. Okay, the third brother will go to find some stones, I will send them again in three days, the bean sprouts we sent this time are not sold by stalls, I have to sell them to the big families and restaurants and inns, so I can't just sell them when I catch up with the big market, and I have to go into the city every three days. ”

"Okay, I'll go pick up some more."

"Third brother, wait for me, I'll go too." Shiro ran out after Saburo. This sprout thing is settled. Situ Yan thought about sending some garlic sprouts again, this winter, in addition to pickles, cabbage, radish, at most eat some sauerkraut, there is no greenhouse, Li Dalang They can't even eat some green leafy vegetables. This garlic sprout doesn't take up space, and it's a sight to look at in the room. Situ Yan's ring contains some vegetables and fruits that he eats in summer, such as cucumbers, eggplants, green peppers, peaches, pears, etc., but he can't take them out for his brothers to eat in the winter. I only occasionally wash it when no one is around, and use it as fruit to make a tooth sacrifice for myself.

found an old wooden basin (Situ Yan had already taken out the new wooden basin from the ring and replaced the old wooden basin given by the villagers before, but the old things were not lost, and they were all piled up in the utility room.) ), scrub clean. Then peel the garlic, put the big head down, pointed up one by one in the basin, pour water on it, bring it under the window of the east room, and change the water every three or four days, waiting for it to sprout. This garlic sprout is the same as a leek, as long as the roots are not rotten, you can cut a few stubbles.

When everything was ready, he warmed his lunch on the stove, said hello to San Lang and Shiro, and then led the snow wolf into the mountain.

These days, the family has become accustomed to living with the snow wolf, and even the mule "carrot" is not afraid of the snow wolf, and occasionally will spray at the snow wolf. And of course, the happiest thing is Situ Yan, every time she enters the mountain with the snow wolf, Situ Yan can have a lot of gains, and there are a lot of animal skins in the space ring. Although it hasn't been sold yet, her ring keeps it fresh. When she has the opportunity, she can find a leather shop to sell all of these, and she can make a "big yu" (only men wear "big yu") and give it to Wu Jin.

The snow wolf is also very smart, seeing that Situ Yan is always careful and easy to take off the fur, when it catches the animal again, it will only bite the neck without hurting its body, and the fur is very complete, which also makes Situ Yan a lot less trouble.

This day into the mountain more than an hour later than usual, the snow wolf ran directly into the mountains, Situ Yan is also used to it, when the prey is caught, the snow wolf will come back to her, she doesn't have to wait for where in particular, anyway, no matter where she goes, the snow wolf can quickly find her, for this she also tried to climb the tree, but was still found by the snow wolf.

After the snow, Situ Yan can find a lot less things on the mountain, the most is to dig out the tree hole, find some dried fruits left by the squirrel winter, if there are squirrel children in the tree hole, Situ Yan will also cover the hole with snow again, will not hurt his life.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, we must abide by the rules of nature, do not harm the young, do not kill pregnant animals, so that animals can reproduce and people can survive. This year's snow, Muramasa originally thought of taking Da Lang and Xiao Yang into the mountains to hunt yesterday, but he went to the county seat and delayed the matter. When I came back yesterday, I and Situ Yan agreed to take Da Lang into the mountain when the snow was down.

Situ Yan was busy looking and digging for a while, except for some pine towers, nothing else was found, and for an hour or so, the snow wolf came back with a sable, and there were three treasures in the northeast, ginseng, mink, and ula grass. This mink is a good thing, and mink is even more of a good thing, in the previous life, a coat made of mink fur could be sold for 30,000 or 50,000 yuan.

After removing the mink, the snow wolf began to enjoy a big meal, and after eating a mink, the snow wolf did not need to eat anything else for a day. If she couldn't find anything to eat in the mountains, Situ Yan would give the snow wolf a chicken to eat, but she raised the snow wolf as her younger brother. Who made this Tibetan mastiff only one year old, in fact, according to the age of human beings, it is already equivalent to a teenager, but Situ Yan still likes to raise it as a younger brother.

The well-fed snow wolf gathered around Situ Yan to spread joy, and from time to time he would throw Situ Yan into the snow and roll around a few times. One person and one dog were so happy to play, if it weren't for the snowflakes in the sky again, I almost forgot the time to go home.

When I got home and had dinner, Situ Yan chatted with Li Dalang for a few words, "Big brother, it's snowing again, look like this, the snow will stop tomorrow morning, and Uncle Mura will take you into the mountain at that time. ”

"Okay, I'll remember."

"Big brother, when I entered the city a few days ago, I bought you a bow and put it in the utility room." Situ Yan wanted to surprise Li Dalang, so she kept hiding it from him. In fact, this bow had been stored in Situ Yan's ring a long time ago, but it was only taken out at this time.

"Really, I'll have to go and see." I didn't eat anymore, I didn't even mention my shoes when I got off the kang, and rushed out of the door with a pull.

"Big brother is always like this, his eyes light up when he sees farm tools." Saburo looked at the appearance of the eldest brother and laughed out loud.

"You still say big brother, aren't you too, when you read the book, you can't even hear Xiao Wu call you." Shiro also joked about Saburo.

"How can I have, just once, but let you hold on."

A few people were talking and laughing and waiting for Li Dalang to come back, and after a while, they saw Li Dalang running back with two big bows, "Xiao Wu, there are two bows." ”

"Yes, I bought it when I looked good, this "slight bow" was used for hunting by the eldest brother first, and the "horn bow" let the brothers practice archery at home, and then every morning the eldest brother and the second brother practiced fist and foot kung fu, and the third and fourth brothers practiced archery. After an hour of exchanging exercises, the men of our family must be both civil and military. ”

"Okay, I have to practice hard, I have to protect Xiao Wu and protect my brother." San Lang listened to the little sister's words, and his blood boiled.

"It's snowing, in addition to picking up some firewood, when it's okay, my brother has to read some military books, and I happen to have a book here that I memorized and wrote down when I copied the book before. I'll get it when I'm eating. Don't look at the eldest brother and the second brother, eat first, and this bow won't run with long legs. The military book that Situ Yan took out was actually not copied by her, this military book was a treasure of the town and country in ancient times, where can it be bought in a bookstore, she just made an excuse, she couldn't tell the brothers that this book was a compulsory course in her previous life. couldn't explain it clearly, so she had to make up a white lie, and she was used to it anyway.

"Little Wu, where is the book?" Situ Yan really can't give herself a mouthful, this Da Lang and Erlang haven't been persuaded yet, San Lang is eyeing the book again, it seems that this meal can't be eaten today, so I have to go to the ground, go to the east room to get the book, and hand it to San Lang.

San Lang and Shiro both love to read, and the two of them are crowded together head to head, and now Situ Yan is the only one left at the dinner table, "I'm so pitiful!" On this cold day, I can't even eat a hot meal. Ah! My life is so miserable! Situ Yan deliberately shouted loudly, and only then did she call a few stupid boys with red faces and scratching their heads back to their senses.

"Yes, let's accompany Xiao Wu to eat first." Li Dalang stood his bow aside and hurried his younger brothers to the table to eat. I finally finished the meal happily.

After eating, before a few people started studying, Situ Yan looked at the four of them with a serious face, "Brothers, I secretly memorized and copied this book, if my brothers told others about it, if the people in the bookstore knew, I would not only lose my job, but also have to pay a lot of silver." So you can't take it out and read it, and you can't tell anyone about it. ”

Li Dalang didn't expect the matter to be so serious, so he nodded hurriedly and assured. Situ Yan saw that several people were very serious, and knew that they had memorized it, so she began to talk about this "Beginning of the Plan". This book is only the first part of "The Art of War", and it is also the program of the whole book, which is mainly to compare the conditions of the enemy and us, estimate the victory or defeat of the war, and formulate a battle plan. The thirteen chapters of "The Art of War" are all completed at their speed, and it will take at least one year to understand them, and if they want to understand them, it is not a matter of time, but a matter of actual combat.

After studying, when it was time to practice calligraphy, Situ Yan pointed out, and then went back to the east to rest. Before dawn the next day, Situ Yan got up to prepare dry food for Li Dalang to eat in the mountains, and as before, he burned black noodle vegetable patties with oil, packed thirty sheets, and told him again, he wanted the snow wolf to go with him, but the village was scared and said that he didn't want to do anything, Situ Yan had no choice, so he had to tell a few more people, and then sent a few people out.