Chapter 10: It's Time to Make Money
Feng Shunian and Jiang Minnie opened a winery after living in Lanpu, which Ah Wu said to Jue.
Ah Wu is now a contradictory individual, both like a quiet tree rooted in Bashan; It's like Jue's shadow, and it will appear without thinking.
"Childe," Ah Wu couldn't change it since he used it last time, his eyes rolling, and he said, "Are you listening?" ”
Jue was weaving straw shoes, just looking at Ah Wu's unpredictable face, he accidentally tore off the straw rope, and said with a bitter face: "Ah Wu, you have no shoes to wear."
The injury on Ah Wu's shoulder was much better, and thanks to the deerskin jacket, he was like a quiet tree lurking in the Bashan grass hut for a while, quietly watching Jue's straw shoes, and then turning into a wandering wind to bring back the news about Feng Shunian and Jiang Minnie, and after a while, he turned into Jue's shadow like a shadow.
"Ah Wu." Jue searched everywhere but couldn't find it, and secretly scolded and splashed his skin, so that he couldn't find anyone when he was looking for him.
Ah Wu was exposed to the snow in the sunlight, without saying a word. Shadow, only obedient and does not speak.
"Ah Wu, it's time for us to make money." Jue said seriously.
It's to earn, not to take, Ah Wu chewed the words, convinced that he didn't pay attention to the mistake. Ah Wu was picked up by Ah Er, he was a bandit when he was young, and he had no other identity to make money, which was too strange to him. But since Childe said that he wanted to make money, the shadow went to earn it.
"We need fish, deerskins, herbs and firewood." Jue thought about the goods that could be obtained at the moment, and these were the only ones.
There are many ready-made deer skins, needless to say, Ah Wu hid again, and when it was almost dark, he came back with many deer skins.
Jue is splitting the Qinggang tree, Ah Da smashed a whole hundred, buried Ah Da Ah 2 Ah 3 Ah 4 Ah Six used six roots, Ah Da split a lot, the remaining eighty or so, of course, Jue count is not accurate, Ah Wu is not even more illiterate, so they don't count how many specifically, only know that there are many.
Fish and herbs are rare in winter, adhering to the concept that things are rare and precious, the two of them went separately, Ah Wu went to the mountains to dig herbs, he has been completely rooted in Ba Mountain, and can easily find herbs hidden in snow, dead branches, fallen leaves and stone crevices.
Jue picked Duruo Lake, not far from the grass house, and prepared to go fishing there. He didn't remember the art of fishing, so he was just a beginner. Duruo Lake froze, which was completely unexpected by Jue, and it seems that the fishing did not go well. He first smashed the ice with a short knife, smashed a hole the size of a mouth, and then lowered the fishing line, hoping that a stupid fish would take the bait.
"Childe." Ah Wu rolled over from a distance like a huge snowball. He laughed heartlessly, running over the position of Jue Station all the way, and brought all the people with fishing rods into the middle of the lake.
The water in the middle of the lake is deep and warm, and the ice is too thin to support the weight of two people. The ice crumbled into powder, and the two fell into bone-cold water.
Ah Wu knows the art of concealment, he can hold his breath underwater for a long time, but he is not hardy, he is as cold as a dead fish.
Jue forcefully lifted Ah Wu out of the water, but Ah Wu was no longer able to hold the water, so he relied on Jue to hold it. Holding Ah Wu with both hands, paddling hard with both feet, and breaking the ice with his head, he finally sent Ah Wu to the shore.
Ah Wu was so cold that he shivered. He would have been able to conceal his breath, and he would have been able to swim in the water, but now he was embarrassed like a drowning duck.
Fortunately, Duruo Lake is very close to the grass house, and Jue hugged Ah Wu back to the grass house, lit a fire, and made tea.
Ah Wu was about to get into the fire when he was on fire, his face reflected the firelight, and he smiled heartlessly.
"Ah Wu, these firewoods are for sale," Jue added a piece of firewood split from the green gang tree, and said very seriously.
The money-making plan was postponed for three days because Ah Wu fell into the water in embarrassment, and three days later, Ah Wu quietly came back with two fat fish wearing straw ropes, and it was not dawn at this time.
"Ah Wu, did you go fishing?" Jue looked around Ah Wu left and right, and then relieved himself and said with some fear, "Don't go fishing, you will fall into the water, but no one will save you." ”
Ah Wu nodded, and killed a fat fish very clumsily.
"Ah Wu, this fish is used for money." Jue went to cook the porridge, and when he turned around, there was one less fish.
Ah Wu raised the fish hanging from the stump and grinned.
This is Jue's first fish meal, and he eats it with a round belly. Ah Wu brought the fish hanging from the stump into the house, and said in a rare way, "Don't sell fish."
Since they don't sell fish, the only things they can sell are firewood, herbs and deerskins. Jue's heart was beating, he didn't know if these things could be sold, or if they could be sold at a suitable price.
"Let's go to Bayang first." Jue carried a load of firewood, the black horse carried two bundles of firewood and herbs, Ah Wu carried and held many deer skins, and the two followed the wild path reopened by the Bashan traveler Shangjia, and walked for a day and a half before arriving at Bayan.
The firewood was quickly snapped up, and a total of eighteen citrus knives were sold, which was a lot of money. Jue counted carefully seven times before counting. There are still a lot of people who have not been bought and begged to book the next batch of firewood, and Qinggang tree is the best firewood for charcoal, so it is not worried about sales.
The herbs were soon sold out, and the supply was small in winter, and the herbs in the depths of Bashan were the first class with a good year, but unfortunately Jue sold to the first one and only sold a total of fifty citrus knives, and the lowest one that came after hearing the news was also sixty citrus knives, and the highest monk was eighty.
As for the deerskin, no one cared about it, and Jue was a little lost.
"Young man, how did you sell this deerskin?" Jue looked up, and there was a woman with a draped cloud bun, a crimson small-sleeved long skirt on the upper body, a crimson tasseled dress on the lower body, with flower shoes, and a white white fox on her shoulders.
Jue hid his feet in the snow a little narrowly, looked around and didn't find Ah Wu's figure, so he had to ask stubbornly, "You want to buy deerskin?"
The woman first stretched out a finger from Jue's forehead to her lips, and Jue stared at the ice-like fingers in front of her, and swallowed her saliva very angrily.
"It's such a cold day, pity such a handsome little brother, why don't you go to my house for the winter, my house is warm." The woman's lips were lightly opened, full of charm.
"Good...... A lot of money for a buckskin? Instinct made Jue almost blurt out, but his will made him want to stop talking.
"Little brother is really disappointed, the slave's small stove is simmering with high-grade citrus flowers, it's so late, the wind and snow are big, can you have a drink?" The woman in red was like the best wine, so beautiful that it was mouth-watering and refreshing.
"No," Jue shook his head very seriously, "if you buy deerskin, it's easy to discuss; If you don't buy it, say goodbye under it. ”
The woman in red really didn't expect that there would be such an incomprehensible man in the world, the boxy square bun and the stubble that had time to rest in the future concealed the truth that Jue was only thirteen years old, although his voice was still a little immature, but his size was already worthy of an ordinary adult man, and his face was very different from that of his peers due to long-term hard labor.
"Buy, I want them all, ten pieces a piece, as many as you want." The voice of the woman in red was a little cold, but this ridiculously high price really surprised Jue, and his initial idea was that a deerskin would be sold for three or more than five.
The woman in red didn't have the leisure to continue to joke with Jue, and greeted: "Trouble brother to send me a ride."
"It should." Jue put all the deerskins on the horse's back, and followed the woman in red to a magnificent mansion.
Soon a servant came out and took away the deerskins, thirty-three in all, and three hundred and three hundred citrus knives.
"Little brother, there is still a deerskin you send here, and you still charge it at this price." The woman in red counted three hundred and thirty citrus knives to him, and instructed him by the way.
Jue didn't know how he left Bayang, it was too illusory, the surprise of selling the eighteen citrus knives and the loss of selling herbs completely collapsed in front of this huge amount of money, and it was unbelievable again. Ah Wu didn't know when he followed, leading the dark horse without saying a word.
"Ah Wu, we have a lot of money." Jue repeatedly confirmed that there was no one around, and shared the joy with Ah Wu, wanting to see if Ah Wu would be shocked.
Ah Wu is like a tree, broken by the snow and silent; Like a shadow again, Jue takes a step and he takes a step.
"Ah Wu, we should sell some wine." Jue regretted that he was carried away by the sudden surprise and didn't think of going back.
That night, the two found a cave in Zhongba to spend the night, the wind and snow were too big, and the Bashan wolves were reluctant to come out to hunt, although it was cold, but they slept soundly.
The next day, when the wind and snow were lighter, Ah Wu continued to walk along the trade road, and Jue cut off the snow on the stones, and sure enough, he saw a mark, so he called: "Ah Wu, you have gone wrong."
Ah Wutou didn't go back to lead the horse forward, and Jue had to follow.
"Wine." Ah Wu pointed to the wine shop in front of him and said.
Jue buckled the door, and it was Feng Shunian who opened the door, and he hurriedly invited the two of them into the house.
"Engong hasn't seen me for a long time, and the affairs of the old wine shop are complicated and I don't have time to take time to visit, please forgive me." Uncle Feng poured wine and apologized.
Jue drank the rice wine in one gulp, and had no impression of this old man who was respectful to him, and even felt that he had some intentions for himself, so he asked tentatively: "Doesn't the old man want to marry this girl to me?"
Feng Shunian's smile gradually dissipated, sluggish as wood frozen into ice, he really didn't know what this benevolent father meant, I don't know if this unknown son is playing tricks on himself or if he really has a heart.
Jiang Minnie turned her back to everyone and weaved the brocade, "Ah", put her fingers in her mouth and sucked.
Ah Wu turned back to the stake of the black horse and took the citrus knife, and put it all in front of Feng Shunian.
There are three hundred and ninety-eight citrus knives neatly, enough to beg for ten daughters-in-law who are still alive, and they are all placed in front of Feng Shunian.
"Childe, Nier won't be in time until this time next year." Uncle Feng swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
"Then I'll come back next year." Jue got up and pushed the door out, submerging in the wind and snow.
Ah Wu brought two pots of rice wine by the way, and drove the black horse to follow, and he didn't enter the wind and snow.