"Hey! Old man, why don't I and Erya go around the neighborhood too! "Mother Wu can't stay still, not to mention that the food at home is only enough for a few days!

Daddy Wu was also moved, but now it's too late! "Forget when this is, I have been found again and again! Wait for Gangzi to come back, if there is nothing to gain, we will all go up the mountain tomorrow! ”

Wu Mu nodded lightly: "Hey! That's good! ”

At this time, Er Ya and Er Gouzi were also playing with mud and sand and soft stones under the trees outside the small courtyard, and when they heard the sound of footsteps, Er Ya immediately raised their heads.

"Ah, big brother, you're back so soon~ah~ Big brother, what are you doing?" Erya didn't pay attention to the bag on Wu Gang's back, but the string of mountain rats in his hand was extremely amazing.

Wu Gang smiled faintly: "It's nothing, it's just a few mountain rats." ”

Hearing Erya's voice, the two elders also hurriedly walked out.

Now Er Ya also believed, "Ah~ It's really a mountain mouse, it's great~ Ergouzi can eat meat today." ”

The second dog swallowed his saliva and ran to Wu Gang: "Brother, do you keep this mountain rat to eat?" ”

He was also afraid that he would end up exchanging coarse grain with others!

"Of course you can eat it, you can kill it and eat it after a while!" There are still coarse grains at home, and Wu Gang has been hungry for a long time.

Seeing the mountain rat in Gangzi's hand, Wu's mother also laughed: "Okay then!" These mountain rats are kept. ”

"It's okay, it's time to make up for it!" Daddy Wu also laughed.

As soon as he entered the courtyard and handed the mountain rat to his mother, Wu Gang took out the bag and said, "Dad, you go and weave a big bamboo cage, and there are a few rabbits in the bag for us to keep for ourselves." ”

"Ah, there are so many little rabbits, how did you catch them, big brother!" Er Ya also froze, two big rabbits and six little rabbits, this is unthinkable.

After seeing the rabbit in the bag clearly, Daddy said excitedly: "Okay! I'm going to make two, and the big and small rabbits are raised separately. ”

After Dad finished speaking, he took Wugang's firewood knife and prepared to go to the small river to cut bamboo.

"Hey! Do you keep all the posts? Wouldn't it be too wasteful! If you don't leave half of it, you will be jealous of raising too much wasted energy! Mother Wu said unhappily that it was more stable to change food in her eyes.

Erya also said: "Ah mother, I raised it with the second dog, and we will mow the grass and feed them every day in the future." ”

"Yes, two dogs." The second dog also laughed happily.

Raising too many rabbits will also tire the younger siblings, so Wu Gang nodded: "Okay, keep half of it, too much is troublesome." The big rabbit keeps one and eats it in a few days. ”

"Leave one to eat! All right! Mother Wu sighed!

"Hey! By the way, the rabbit of the third lady of the patriarch's family died of illness a few days ago, or you and Erya will take it over to exchange for some rice grain. Mother Wu is going to deal with these mountain rats, otherwise the taste will deteriorate after a long time, and the child is not young, and she also hopes that Gangzi can show her face more in the patriarch's house.

Xixiang Market, on the edge of the Yangtze River diversion a few miles away, the township chief Wu Hongwei is not only the head of the Wu village in Xixiang, but also the largest household in Xixiang.

It's not too close and it's not too far, and it just so happens that Wu Gang also wants to go to the town to have a look. "Mother, then this big rabbit is exchanged for copper coins, and the little rabbit is exchanged for rice grain! You see that my brother and sister haven't changed their clothes! ”

"Hey! All right! You buy some sackcloth and come back! The weather is getting warmer, sew some summer clothes for the two dogs! "Taking the grain for clothes, Wu's mother felt distressed again.

It's only nine o'clock in the morning, and you have to walk for three hours to go back and forth, so Wu Gang took a small bamboo cage and packed four rabbits and set off immediately.

Along the way, Erya's mood was not high, and Wu Gang also knew the reason! "Erya, the eldest brother will buy more cloth in a while, and let my mother make clothes for you."

"Ah, big brother, really?" Erya asked in surprise.

Wu Gang smiled and nodded: "Of course, there should be enough money to buy it!" ”

"Enough big brother, now the price of food has risen and the price of fabric has also dropped! You don't need to sew it by mother, just sew it slowly by yourself. "Two years ago, Erya began to learn to sew and mend clothes from Wu's mother.

After a few hills, the terrain is much smoother. After Wu Gang drank the water of the bamboo tube, the sweaty two also came to the market.

When I came to the east entrance of the market, there were not many merchants and passers-by, but there were dozens of beggars and displaced people outside the east entrance. Many old and weak or child beggars knelt on both sides of the village road, and the bowls in front of them were also in tatters.

The bazaar is not a big county seat, and a few gatekeepers at the door did not ask for a door fee, not to mention that the little Wu Chang at the door is also an uncle of Wujia Village.

When I came to the gate of the township compound, the two spirit stone lions were two meters tall!

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! Walking to the back door, Wu Gang sighed!

"Brother, I've been here with my mother a few times, let me knock on the door." Seeing that the eldest brother had no intention of stepping forward, Erya took the initiative to walk to the back door.

There is a group of people guarding the main gate of the township compound, and although the back door is closed, there are also two people inside to guard it. Now the ground is becoming more and more chaotic, and the guards of the entire Xixiang market have expanded to 100 people, and the family guards of the township compound are also full of 40 people, which is twice as many as ten years ago. To maintain the township guards, now the expenses of the landlords and rich households are also flowing away like water!

Bump~

After knocking on the door a few times, the guards inside shouted, "Who is it?" ”

Erya immediately returned: "Uncle, it's my Erya, my eldest brother Wu Gang pretended to be a few little rabbits~"

"Haha, Erya, you haven't been here for half a year! Your rabbit is just right, but the third lady has been sad for a long time! The middle-aged guard also immediately opened the door, and everyone in the same village knew about it.

Originally, this kind of transaction was directly asked by the steward to exchange some money and food, but in order to show his face in front of the third lady, the guard uncle also took Wu Gang Erya to the backyard door.

Of course, they couldn't enter the backyard, and after informing the internal guard, it took ten minutes for the third lady to come out with the two little maids.

The white Sui and Tang costumes made Wu Gang couldn't help but look secretly: the fourteen-year-old girl kept a quiet pace, but her face was full of joy.

Now there is a famine, few people raise rabbits, and most of them eat after they are caught. The remaining rabbits in the mountains are also becoming more intelligent and cunning, making them more difficult to catch.

It's good, it's cute! Glancing at his gray and yellow clothes, Wu Gang also bowed his head with a wry smile!

Seeing that the eldest brother was dull again, Er Ya also took the small cage and walked towards the third lady. "Third Miss, can we exchange these three little rabbits for rice and grain, and for the big rabbits, can we exchange them for copper coins?"

The three little rabbits, two white and one black, although a little dusty, but the eyes are also very bright, and the newly weaned rabbits are also the most suitable for domestication.

"Okay, little sister, wait a minute." After speaking, the third lady nodded to the two maids behind her, and the two maids also responded sensibly.

"Miss, I'll go get some money." One of the maids turned around and walked back to the inner courtyard as she spoke, and the other little maid immediately took the small cage in the second girl's hand.

The rabbit is still a little dirty, and there is a big rabbit with blood, and the third lady is not good to play with the rabbit now.

"Little sister, you wait first, let's go back and put the rabbit first." The third lady also plans to raise the big rabbit together, after all, she doesn't like to eat rabbit meat.

Erya immediately nodded: "Well, okay, trouble the third lady." ”

Even if they don't give money and food, Er Ya doesn't dare to say anything, the status of ordinary people and rich landlords can be described as worlds apart!