After coming out of Mr. Li's house, Zhou Qingyun immediately couldn't wait to ask: "Xiang Bo doesn't know what long pole is roasted with fire, who taught it?" ”

Since Zhu Da said about the situation of the "wild man", all the reasons that he can't figure out will be pushed to this reason, and because of wishful thinking, he thinks that the "wild man" is a member of the sect, and he is very careful when he mentions it. On this question, Zhu Da just smiled and nodded, but did not say anything, he couldn't say that this was the method used by the Red Guards during the Soviet period, maybe the Red Guards were not original, but Zhu Da heard about it here.

When it was almost noon, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun finished practicing, and the two of them walked towards the entrance of the village, the light snow was still falling, although the snowflakes were very small, small to the extent of granular powder, after all, it had been half a day and a night, and the outside of the village was considered to be white, and the mountains in the distance also added a layer of snow white background.

Both of them couldn't help but look at Xiama Village in the northeast, looking at it from such a distance, they couldn't see anything abnormal, if it wasn't for Li Zongqi coming back to tell it, who would have known that there were two families over there that had been wiped out and bloodbathed.

"The sheep are back!" I heard someone shouting.

The sheep ran and came back, and began to listen to the interesting, but this time it happened again and again, who wanted to pay attention, looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a goat running towards the village, and several people waited there cautiously, for fear of scaring the goat away again.

"Zhu Da, what do you want to do when you grow up?" The two of them waited a little bored.

This question made Zhu Da stunned, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Xiang Bo said that if you want to go out, you can't stay in this small village, or you won't go to Datong City, or you won't go to Biguan, or you will go to Shanxi, or go to a place further south." Zhou Qingyun said with a grin.

"Isn't Datong Shanxi? Where is the deviation? ”

"Shanxi and Datong are not the same thing, Biguan is the town of Shanxi Town, there is a waterway connecting the west and the north, the place where money and grain are passed, it is not worse than Datong and Taiyuan, don't divert from the words, what do you want to do when you grow up?"

"I, I don't want to stay in this little village, I want to go out and see."

Zhu Da's answer was very vague, when it came to this question, he found that he didn't know, he wanted to protect himself, he wanted to improve himself, but did he really have any goals? Having a better life is not a goal.

Zhou Qingyun didn't think as deeply as Zhu Da, he just asked casually, at this time, he could already see the figure of Xiang Bo in the distance, and he could see the old man holding a long pole in his hand, which should be a bamboo rod used as a fishing rod, seeing this, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun hurriedly ran to meet it.

Xiang Bo strode quickly and quickly, and when he saw Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun running over, his pace slowed down suddenly, and when the two sides approached to meet, he could clearly see that Xiang Bo's previous tense expression relaxed.

"Is the village alright?" After meeting, Xiang Boxian asked this sentence.

"It's okay, the dog barked in the neighboring village the night before, our village knocked on the bangzi all night, and yesterday Li Zongqi came back and began to patrol at night with people." Zhu Da said simply, and Xiang Bo breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Xiang Bo's performance, he should know the news of Xiama Village, the news of this private salt network is really not slow, Xiang Bo waved the bamboo pole in his hand, and said with a smile: "This time I am lucky, everything you want to buy is available in the county." ”

“...... This group of thieves is either keeping a close eye on it, or there are spies, they have a good timing this time, as soon as the villages are drawn, they will attack the village, and they will really pick people to do it, pick military attaches and salt dealers to kill ......" When he got home, he took a sip of hot water and began to tell the news he had heard.

“...... The news has been reported, and the people in charge above will always come forward, and if they don't move, those masters in the guard can't ignore it......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Da couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Xiang, at best, our salt sellers are better off than other families in the village, but they are not much better, our salt sellers have weapons at home, and they also have backers behind them, this group of thieves is so calculating, they dare to attack us?" ”

"They also have to eat salt, and it's going to be winter, and everybody has to eat salt." Xiang Bo replied simply.

Zhu Da suddenly realized that salt is an indispensable and important thing, without salt, people will get sick and die of weakness, but he always has an inertial thinking, Zhu Da always feels that salt is everywhere, available at any time, and can be supplied in unlimited quantities, but in this era this area is not like this, most people's household salt has to be carefully calculated.

His words made Xiang Bo sigh: "It's a pity that there is no extra salt in my hand, otherwise I would have been able to occupy the side of Xiama Village this time, and I could make a lot more, and the salt in our hands is only enough for our village to eat for the New Year." ”

The salt used by every household is limited, the number of purchases in a year is not much, and the end of each year and the beginning of the year are a good time to sell salt, because at that time, everyone is relatively willing to spend money during the winter and the New Year, and they told Zhu Da that the price of salt everywhere in the New Year will rise by one or two percent.

As for the words of "occupying Xiama Village", Zhou Qingyun was confused, but Zhu Da understood the reason, these two villages are the closest to each other, the salt dealers in Xiama Village have been washed away, and the salt has also been robbed.

But now Xiang Bo has no extra salt goods in his hands, Baibao Village is fundamental, to ensure the supply here, and the salt goods that a village needs to purchase a lot of money and grain, Xiang Bo does not have this margin in his hands

"Uncle Xiang, the two sons of the Li family ate at our house yesterday, and they also brought a piece of lard, so let's use this to stew fish at noon today!" Zhou Qingyun hurriedly said, then turned to Zhu Da and said, "Let's cook together!" ”

Tossed all morning, because waiting for Uncle Xiang was delayed for a long time, everyone was hungry, and so was Uncle Xiang, in the past, Zhu Da would simply agree, but at this time, he didn't make a sound, and he was actually in a daze there.

Originally, Zhou Qingyun was still urging, but seeing Zhu Da's hard thinking, he didn't know what was happening.

“...... Master, I have a way to get salt ......," Zhu Da said with some uncertainty.

When he said this, Xiang Bo and Zhou Qingyun's eyes immediately widened, this salt was sold from the north and south, where did he get the salt as a teenager.

"Master, this method may not be accurate, you may have to go into the mountain, but it won't go too far into the mountain, do you want to try it?" Juda calmed down and asked.

"Can you really get it?" Xiang Bo subconsciously asked first, and then said: "If you are not allowed, you must try it, as long as you don't come back at night, don't go too deep into the mountain, it's not a big deal." ”

Xiang Bo was already excited, he rubbed his hands, and looked at Zhu Da, who was quite worried, but he remembered another matter, and said with a smile: "If you really have salt, you can take the business of Xiama Village and share half of the money you earn with your family!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Da hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Master!" ”

When he thought that he might get salt, Zhu Da also thought about opening his mouth to ask for a share of the profits, but after thinking about it, he didn't say that he would definitely take the initiative to distribute it if he opened his own mouth.

"Eat a few pieces of bread at noon, you can't delay the time, and I'm afraid you won't be able to find it later." Juda said hurriedly.

He suddenly became anxious, which made Xiang Bo and Zhou Qingyun very inexplicable, but everyone knew that it was really important, if it really delayed getting salt, it would be a big delay, so he went to the kitchen and took a few pieces of cake and soaked them in hot boiling water in the pot, and everyone ate them with pickles, and then put them on to prepare.

Entering the mountain can not be ambiguous, encountering wild beasts and even encountering thieves, when the time comes, do not seek victory, at least have the power of self-preservation, Xiang Bo brought two knives, and loaded some dry food, the gourd was filled with cold boiled water, Zhou Qingyun carried a bow with five arrows, Xiang Jia had a total of ten arrows, Zhu Da also pinned the dagger to his waist, in addition to taking a pocket, which was used for salt.

"You don't have to think too much, it's the old man himself who wants to try his luck in the mountains, if there is no salt, you should lead the two of you to see the world." Before going out, Xiang Bo was relieved, Zhu Da smiled and agreed, he recognized this master more and more.

Zhu Da walked in front to lead the way, what people didn't expect was that he led him to the other end of the village, and then walked towards the other side of the mountain, staring at what marks on the ground as he walked, Xiang Bo and Zhou Qingyun often went into the mountains to hunt, and soon knew what Zhu Da was looking at.

"What is there to see about the hoof prints? How many times has the sheep in our village run out? ”

"Just follow this into the mountain, I can't say for sure now, if my estimate is right, there must be salt in it."

Zhou Qingyun chatted with Zhu Da, although he wondered, but he still volunteered to stare at the hoof prints, his experience in this area is much stronger than Zhu Da, and when the time comes, Xiang Bo and the young will also understand why Zhu Da is in such a hurry to come out, this light snow has fallen, and the sheep's hoof prints are very conspicuous on the road, if there is a lot of delay, those hoof prints are likely to be covered by snow, and there will be no way to track them at that time.

There are almost no other hoof prints on the road, because of the existence of several villages, the beasts easily dare not go down the mountain, because the thieves committed crimes, the villagers do not dare to leave too far, and the sheep's hoof prints near the village are still slightly difficult to identify, the farther away the clearer, and even the only one on the road.

At first, the walk was very easy, the three of them talked and laughed, and when they were about to enter the mountain, Zhou Qingyun took the bow off his back, put an arrow on it, drew his sword out of the sheath to Boye, and motioned for Zhu Da to walk behind him. Although there was no one else except for the three of them, and there was no sign of any other bird or beast activity except for the birds, the atmosphere was tense.

By this time, the snow had stopped, but the sheep's hoof prints were already very blurry and difficult to recognize, and the longer the time, the more snow covered, but fortunately, Xiang Bo was an old hunter and could still be distinguished.

The sheep's footprints did not go too deep into the mountain, and after entering the mountain for about a mile, it turned into a very hidden mountain nest, where because of the undulating terrain and the cover of dead trees, it was impossible to find a mountain nest without approaching, and what was even more unexpected was that there was a cave in the mountain nest, and the hoof prints entered the cave.

After seeing this cave, Xiang Bo and Zhou Qingyun were a little confused, but Zhu Da, who had been nervous, smiled, and finally breathed a sigh of relief......