There are two loads of salt, a total of 200 catties, and the salt in the basket is very finely crushed, which shows that the texture of rock salt is close to table salt, and it does not need to be treated too much.

Zhu Da rarely saw such a surprise on his father's face, everyone would have such a surprise when they got a large amount of windfall, although the total number was not much, but it was a lot for a poor family like the Zhu family.

Xiang Bo is also full of joy, selling illicit salt is very big, but just doing a village business is a small business, and now there is an opportunity to double the scale of this business, how can he not be happy. You know, he can win the business of the neighboring village, and he doesn't need the capital to buy goods.

Looking at the joy of the two elders, Zhu Da felt a little ashamed in his heart, he had more than 20 years of knowledge beyond the times, but there were very few people who could help his family and teachers.

What I learned and saw in elementary school, middle school, and university was nothing in that era, and everyone knew it, but it was worth a thousand gold in this era, but a thousand gold does not mean that it can be exchanged for real money at any time, and there is even a huge risk.

Zhu Da thought about it very thoroughly, in such a poor environment in the welfare institute back then, with so little support, he could be admitted to a fairly good school and successfully joined, in this era, in such a dangerous environment, he naturally had to be more cautious.

"Little brother of the Zhu family, you go back and rest first, you have to come out to patrol at night, just let the children be busy here." After this incident, the relationship between the two families has become much closer, after all, they have common interests and keep common secrets.

Father Zhu Shishi agreed with a smile, and told Zhu Da again: "Don't be lazy, listen to your master."

Zhu Da could see that his father was in a good mood, and he could feel that his father was not so careful and cowering, and his personality was more relaxed.

As soon as the others left, Xiang Bo asked Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun to stop practicing martial arts, and took out hammers and grinders from the warehouse.

"This salt is in good condition, and it will break into many pieces with a pickaxe." Xiang Bo was also very excited.

The rock salt in the basket does not have too many fragments, it is the size of a fist, and it looks grayish and white when it is on the rock wall, but when it is crushed to this size, it becomes a translucent crystal.

Seeing this, Zhu Da was relieved, he was very familiar with this kind of gimmick of rock salt in a certain place in those years, saying that it was purer and more flavorful, of course, this rock salt will not be purer than industrially processed salt, and the so-called "flavor" is because of impurities, which is nothing more than to cater to the distorted mentality of wealthy people pursuing "natural and original ecology". But the salinity of this rock salt is sufficient, to the point of being edible.

As for whether it is poisonous or not, the goats are fine if they eat it, and there are no birds and beast carcasses around the cave, which is enough to show that the salt is safe.

The salt cubes are relatively brittle and easy to break, which is also the characteristic of table salt, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun are not difficult to deal with, and it takes about an hour to crush them all.

Xiang Bo took a few small handfuls of four baskets of coarse salt inside and out, and carefully inspected them, and told the two of them not to delay their martial arts practice, and go out on their own, and when it was time for dinner, Zhu Da knew that Xiang Bo took a few handfuls of salt to his own house, wrapped them in the feed for the chickens to feed the chickens, and promised that if the chickens were bad, he would pay for them.

It seems that Xiang Bo doesn't have too much confidence in the rock salt that came down from the cave, and he must prove that it is safe as much as possible before selling it.

In the evening, Xiang Bo took the village people to patrol the night, he sent Zhou Qingyun to Zhu's house for the night, and also advised: "If there is really something, you two little ones just run, fight while running, don't entangle at close range, others think you are blind at night and can't see, but they don't know that you can see and shoot arrows." ”

Zhu Da's father, Zhu Shishi, also took the spear at home to patrol the night, Zhou Qingyun brought the bow and arrow and the short knife, and now the iron weapon that Zhu Da can use is still the dagger, but he also cut out a five-foot-long wooden spear for himself, and processed it according to his own method.

Bows, arrows, wooden spears, daggers, and short knives are all placed in the courtyard, and they have to get to the side of the kang before going to bed, otherwise Zhu Da's mother will definitely panic and worry when they see it.

The two of them were busy for a day, and there was no delay after eating, and they fell asleep with their heads on the pillow, and they thought they would sleep until dawn, but they were awakened by the barking of the dog in the middle of the night, and then there was the sound of the bang and the shouts of life, and the two people just touched the weapon, and the dog barked stopped, and they heard someone shouting while walking: "It's okay, it's okay!" ”

After such a fuss, who can sleep peacefully, just like dawn, at breakfast, Zhu Shishi dragged Xiang Bo to the house for breakfast, and now the two families are tied together, which is also the meaning of the right.

"Thanks to a few dogs in the village, the dogs suddenly barked last night, and everyone knew that something was wrong outside, but few could see clearly, so they could only gather in front of the torches." Xiang Bo said in a sullen voice.

Most of the villagers can't see clearly at night, the thieves must have more oil and water, they really want to kill at night, the villagers have not experienced the battle, and the second is not clear, they will definitely suffer a big loss, last night's situation Zhu Da can also think of it, estimated that the thieves approached, was discovered by the dogs, and then saw the torches in the village, heard the sound of the bang, whether the thieves can fight is not easy to say, but they must be afraid of trouble, so they left quickly.

Xiang Bo, who hadn't slept all night, didn't have a good face, he couldn't stay up late when he was old, he said with a gloomy face: "This situation is not good, now there are two possibilities, either the thieves can fight, and they can move for twenty or thirty miles a night, or the thieves are near here, and the thieves in our villages have come a few times!" ”

The thieves are hiding in the shadows, looting villages everywhere at night, but in recent days, Baibao Village has found abnormalities three times, and the neighboring village of Xiama Village has been rushed into a bloodbath, although there is also news from other places, but there are too many here, so Xiang Bo has such a conclusion.

These words made the atmosphere in the room immediately a lot more solemn, Xiang Bo quickly finished eating, and said in a muffled voice: "In the morning, you two boys practice martial arts by yourself, I will go to make up for sleep, wake me up at lunch, and go to Xiama Village in the afternoon to ask about selling salt!" ”

Speaking of this, the atmosphere in the room was much more relaxed and cheerful, and a smile appeared on the faces of the Zhu family couple who were worried just now, and Xiang Bo reached out and touched Zhu Da's head, and said with a smile: "There is such a place, I don't have to buy goods from my family for three years, and this money is all for nothing." ”

Zhu Da's parents laughed, Zhu Da coughed, looked at Xiang Bo and said, "Master, the salt of the upper family still has to be bought, otherwise they will find out that something is wrong, we can buy less and sell more!" ”

As soon as the room was quiet, Xiang Bo immediately reacted, patted Zhu Da's shoulder hard, and said in a rough voice: "Master, I have lived for decades in vain, and I am not as clear and thoughtful as you think. ”

After speaking, he straightened his face and pretended to be serious: "The old man is not here these days, you two boys can't be lazy, I will find out when the time comes!" ”

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun hurriedly agreed, Xiang Bo walked out of the door with a smile, Zhu Da's parents looked at their son with complicated expressions, and there were smiles on their faces.

Practicing martial arts in the morning, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun didn't dare to relax, made lunch, woke up Xiang Bo, and after eating together, Xiang Bo went out with twenty catties of salt on his back, and the two of them ran to the river with a fishing rod, this was the first day with a fishing rod, so they didn't call the Li brothers together.

When you get to the river, you put the bait made of wild vegetable juice and multigrain cake crumbs on the hook, and then throw out the line and start fishing, with the help of the fishing rod, you can fish in the depths of the river, and the fish there must be much fatter than the fishing pit by the river.

Among the fishing tackle parts that Xiang Bo brought back, the bamboo rod was the stock in the grocery store, and it was not used much, but it was often used, so there was stock, but the raw silk was out of stock, and Xiang Bo brought back the mulberry line, which was thin enough and tough, and as for the float, Zhu Da used a thin branch instead, and the lead sinker was easy to get.

This tackle is very simple, but it is a very standard tool, and even the most rudimentary tool is better than the almost primitive fishing pit that looks at the sky and eats.

In fact, the effect was unexpected, not long after the hook was flaid, the fish drift began to float up and down, and even without looking at the fish drift, Zhu Da could feel the fish bite from the strength of the fishing line and rod to his hand!

There are no parts such as fishing reels, this simple fishing rod can not do many things, can only be matched with human movements, Zhu Da took two steps forward along the force that came, the fishing line was taut, the fishing rod was bent, he walked along like this, the fishing line was slightly loose, and the fishing rod was also stretched back, at this time, Zhu Da suddenly raised his arms, raised the fishing rod, and watched a big fish being fished out of the river and thrown directly to the shore of the river beach.

Zhou Qingyun had been staring intently, and suddenly this fishing came out of the water, which made him scream excitedly, but he didn't react to what to do.

"You're stupid, smash the fish!"

The fish was very big, nearly two feet long, and it was also very fat, and when it landed on the river beach, it began to jump desperately, and it was about to return to the water, but fortunately, Zhou Qingyun, who reacted, moved quickly, and smashed a stick on the head of the fish, and the fish immediately stopped moving.

Whether it was Zhu Da who was fishing or Zhou Qingyun who was smashing the fish, they all broke out in a hurry, and after the harvest was determined, the two of them took a few breaths, glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing.

"Big fish, I really caught a big fish, this method is easy to use!" Zhou Qingyun almost jumped up and shouted.

"It's not easy to use, it's easy to catch here, no one touches the fish, there are too many!" Zhu Da replied with a smile, anyone will be happy because of the harvest.

At this moment, I heard someone behind me speak: "Two little brothers! ”

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were stunned and turned back, they were too focused when fishing, and they were so happy and forgetful just now that they didn't notice anyone approaching at all.