Chapter Thirty-Nine: Knowing Grace and Returning to the Simple

“.” The old man led Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to a place on a small hill at the back of the village.

There's a pothole here, and it's black, and it's a slurry formed by mixing some water with coal, and it's supposed to be a lump of coal underneath.

Around this pothole was a wall made of mud and grass by the people of the village, which happened to enclose the place.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't understand what to do with building a wall, which was said to be a small open-pit mine, digging around it, and digging coal out.

At this time, the old man explained, "When the coal flows into the fields, it will not produce food, and the people in our village have built a wall outside, trying to block it, but as long as it rains heavily, it can't be stopped. ”

When the old man said this, his face was full of helplessness, and the four people carrying Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also had sad expressions.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan saw them like this, they really didn't know how to laugh, guarding a coal mine to live a hard life, well, this kind of thing is indeed quite common, many people don't know that their poor hometown has something that others are jealous of.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were not suitable to directly negotiate with Muramasa, so they glanced at the person who came with them, and this person began to talk to Muramasa according to what they had learned before coming.

"Tamura Masa, that's right, this coal, our family wants, that ......."

"If you want to take it, let the county order make a paperwork, this is your family's place, dig, there are not enough people, our village will help you dig."

Without waiting for the people of the Zhang family to finish speaking, the old man waved his hand there and said proudly.

This person from the Zhang family waved his hand, "Tian Mura Zheng, don't you dare to occupy it yourself, it's okay to be far away, this place is too close to the capital, you can only pick it, this place is still your Elm Village."

That's the case, we don't have anyone to dig, so let the people in your village help dig it, and for every 20 stones of coal dug out, give 10 cents to the people who dig up the coal, or 2 stones of coal and 1 penny, and for every 20 stones of coal dug out, the Zhang family will give 1 penny to Yushu Village and 1 penny to the county, what do you think? ”

The old man was stunned when he heard this money, it was too much, he would give a penny for two stones of coal, dig out twenty stones, and return a penny to the village.

The old man, who thought it was too easy to dig coal, shook his head vigorously, "No, too much, give less, let's help you dig, the village doesn't want the money, what money do you give in the county?" Isn't it your family? ”

"Tian Mura Zheng, Uncle Tian, Huayuan County is not our Zhang family, it is the imperial court, the money given is not much at all, it is less, we have a lot of use with this coal, we can make more money, if we get it right, one stone of coal can make ......."

"Don't tell me how much money you make, earning gold and silver is your Zhang family's ability, and your Zhang family deserves it, the Zhang family is all good people, and so is the Wang family, so it's decided, we will help you dig, you give money, you didn't use it before, the grain hasn't been eaten, a month, it's in vain."

In the future, it will be calculated according to this money, even if you sell the freshly dug coal for a stone, we people in Yushu Village will not dig it themselves, so they will dig it for you, and when others come, drive them away. ”

The old man was full of pride, and he kept pointing at the place where the coal was coming out with the stick, and the four people carrying Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also full of recognition, blending the unyielding resistance of force with the simplicity of knowing how to repay the kindness.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also moved, the old man's meaning couldn't be clearer, you use this coal to make money, let's recognize your family, there are those wages are enough, I won't dig and sell them, keep them for you, keep them.

Many people will think they are stupid, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan definitely don't think so, this is the real person, if everyone in the world can be like this, where are there so many things?

"They must be protected so that they can have a better life." Wang Juan's lips moved.

"I know, I will think of an easy and profitable way, let them do it, and they will have to move in the future, otherwise they will inhale too much coal ash and get sick, and then get some cloth and make masks for them, and when Grandpa Bi's cotton is planted, that one is better than other things."

Zhang Xiaobao promised, people like Yushu Village, if you don't protect them, they will suffer at a loss, just relying on the force of three hundred and twenty-two people is not enough, and when more people know that there is coal here, they will come to mine it, they can't stop it at all, and they can use any means.

Zhang Xiaobao glanced at the person in the inner courtyard, and this person understood that he had to speak.

"Tian Murazheng, you don't need to stop outsiders, they want to come and dig and let them dig, dig out a stone, you have to give the village a penny, give the county a penny, at that time, this land can no longer be planted, you take the people in the village to cook for them, the Zhang family will teach you how to do it, and also give you some ingredients."

The old man was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and the previous one was okay to say, how can it be replaced by someone else digging is digging a stone for a text? Zhangjia Zhuangzi dug twenty stones to a text, he can still calculate this account, after hearing that you can't farm here, a little sad, but you understand that there are more people digging, there is coal ash everywhere, and you really can't plant.

Fortunately, the Zhang family will be able to help find other jobs in the future, and the cooking is really good" Well, it's decided, others have to pay more when they come, the more they dig, the richer the village becomes, and they don't let them bring their own food, either they are hungry, or they buy the food we cook. ”

Now Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were stunned, the old man was tough, there were only some small restaurants that didn't allow them to bring their own drinks, but I didn't expect the old man to say that he was not allowed to bring food, and he didn't teach the people in the family how to say this thing, it seems that he can only let him play by himself.

The man in the inner courtyard was really angry, and immediately continued: "Tamura Masa, it's not okay not to bring food, I have a way, let them bring it, let's hire some people to come and dig it, and then we will buy them the food made by the village, it must be better than what others bring, and pay more, and the people who come from outside will naturally stop doing it when they see it." ”

"Yes, you have to compare, people have to die more than people, just do as you say, go, go back and wait for dinner, there are many dishes today, enough to eat."

The old man slapped his leg and agreed to the Zhang family's proposal, which made the man breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were carried back like this, and it would be easy to handle the matter when it was settled, as for the salary after a month, the two of them were not in a hurry, and when the time came, it was calculated according to the amount of coal mined, as long as it was enough to buy the things that were sent, they would start to pay the wages.

When the group returned to the village, most of them went to repair the road, only the person in charge of cooking was busy there.

In order to welcome Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, the village made the meat given by the Zhang family in the past two days, and in addition to eating the meat on the first day, the meat was put with salt and hung on the top of the stove in the future, so that it could be preserved for more time.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan saw that the villagers took out almost everything they could eat at home, and even killed the chickens that they were usually reluctant to kill, and they felt a little uncomfortable, especially the bacon, which was taken down after being smoked.

"Xiaobao, they don't lack salt here, right? Let's send some salt next time, do you like bacon? Why didn't I feel good when I used to eat it? ”

Wang Juan and the two of them had been put on the ground, to be precise, on two large logs, one in front and one in the front, and the two of them were still sitting there, with a few children playing next to them, and calling them when something happened.

Zhang Xiaobao thought about the taste of bacon for a while, "It's okay to eat a little, as long as it's not critical, I generally don't eat it, each family makes it different, maybe the taste here can be better, I know what to let the villagers do in the future." ”

"Do what?" Wang Juan just said that Zhang Xiaobao should be nicer to the villagers, and Zhang Xiaobao agreed, so he thought of what to do after a while?

"Raise pigs, raise a large number of them, raise thousands of them, see where there are barren mountains in the county, let them occupy them when the time comes, and they can raise them on it, and it will be easy to do after a year, and they will always make sausages, right? Some of the meat was made into sausages, and some ribs and backbone bones were sold to the people of Huayuan County, who made the two bones into snacks and sold them.

Pig's head meat is also OK, now people don't like to eat pork, but the smoked pig's head meat is really good, put it in the lunch box to sell, pig hair will be made into a brush, for children to use casually, the most important thing is the pig's hind legs, let them make ham, we help export. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said all the benefits of the pig and thought it was good.

Wang Juan listened for a while, and shook his head, "What you said earlier is okay, the last ham doesn't seem to work, you have to find good wood to smoke, right?" Just like Peking duck, it is said that what kind of jujube wood is to be used, and the cost is too high. ”

"Huh? Smoke? This can be smoked, just use salt, when the ham first came out, it was salted, and then the process increased, at the beginning there was not so much process, just like the sausage, not so complicated, try it. ”

Zhang Xiaobao doesn't think that all ham has to be smoked, and when the time comes, how to do it, at least it has to be salted.

Wang Juan stuck out his tongue, "Then try it, if you can't do it well then, you just wait to be complained, it's better to raise sheep, everyone loves to eat, especially sheep soup, you can also do it with some goods." ”

After some discussion, the two decided to let the villagers of Yushu Village raise pigs, except for ham, the consumer group is placed on ordinary people, and the rich people do not want to eat pork.

The day slowly darkened in the small talk between the two people, and the meal was ready by this time, and the people who built the road were also carrying tools to rush back.

Just when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were about to accompany the villagers to enjoy a dinner, the horse's hooves shattered the tranquility of the village, and two fast horses carried two people over, one of whom said on the horse: "Little boy, little lady, the master asked you to go back quickly, there is something." ”