After the two of them and a cat shared the giant scorpion version of milk, Liao Qing found another sack, loaded the giant scorpion corpse, closed the doors and windows, and went to meet Xu Youde and the others together.

……

Today's pigs are sold out, six pigs sold for a total of more than 11 taels of silver, the slaughterhouse is now called cash, not short of their penny, but also made an appointment for the next delivery.

Xu Zhang was so happy that he counted the silver again in the middle of the night, and counted it a few times with his fingers.

"This year's fat pigs are all sold, about thirty-two taels of silver! Old man, with so much money, our family has never had one? In the past, when the land was the most, it only earned more than 20 taels. Of course, the old lady doesn't count, I mean the money in our public school, I mean our income ......"

"Okay, okay, how many times have I said it." Xu Youde interrupted her.

"Hmph, without the old girl's lees, we wouldn't be able to afford to feed so many pigs." Xu Zhangshi still nagged, "Alas, it's all the benefits brought by the old girl, I am fortunate to have such a daughter, these sons, none of them are useful." ”

"Did you say that about your son? Aren't they all croppers, who is worse than whom? Xu Youde paused, and said, "But the old girl is really surprising, promising, and generous, most of the money she earns is actually taken out to supplement the family, this girl really has nothing to say, alas, it's a pity that it's a daughter......"

"What's wrong with my daughter?" Xu Zhang's eyes narrowed, "Your old Xu family relies on my daughter, and it's not the same to live a good life?" Why don't you rely on your eldest son to go? You go to rely on him, just like him, what is the use of saying that he is a showman? Did you give half a penny to your family? Or is it adding a tile to the house? ”

Xu Youde frowned: "Why did you pull it on his head again?" ”

"What's not to blame?" Xu Zhang sat up straight, "I have to remind you first, this money is not easy to come by, these pigs are raised by everyone, and if you want to use them, you have to use them on the blade, don't let him come back and ask for money, you will give it to him, the old lady will not agree." This family has paid enough for him, and it must not be the same as before! ”

"How can it, don't worry, hurry up and go to sleep, it's the middle of the night."

……

On this day, the sky was clear and the breeze was gentle, and it was a good day.

Xu Zhang took a lot of people and drove the ox cart to Hulu Mountain.

It was Xu Jiaojiao who gave Xu Zhang's one hundred taels of silver before, but Xu Zhang's took it to buy a piece of mountain land and planted a gourd. In order to make it easier for Xu Jiaojiao to say, she gave it a name, which was called Hulu Mountain.

Hulu Mountain is actually not a mountain, just a high slope, next to Laoye Mountain, full of gourds, Xu Jiaojiao regularly asks people to come over to set up shelves for watering and fertilizing, and the expenses are counted in the winery.

The gourd was originally planted to make a container for sake.

In this era, there was no glass, and the gourd was used to hold wine, which was stronger than pottery, and it was also easy to carry and carry, and if it was done well, it looked beautiful and had a classical charm, and I believe that many people liked it.

The only thing to worry about is that it is more troublesome to do and takes time, but this is not a matter in the countryside, and the old Xu family has a lot of hands.

"Mother, how to deal with this gourd, let's talk about it first." Xu Jiaojiao just knows a rough idea, and besides, there are so many people here, it is possible to help deal with it when the time comes, take advantage of the hurry, popularize it first, "Tell me more details." ”

"Hey, gourd, it's easy." Xu Zhang's family has stayed in the countryside all his life, and this kind of thing is naturally clear.

The gourd that is picked is washed and dried first, and the dryness here refers to the dry melon inside, how to master it? When you hold it in your hand and shake it, you hear the sound of the seeds bumping inside, which means it's okay.

Then I sawed a hole at the top, cleaned the seeds and pulp with iron wire and other things, and then cooked the glutinous rice into a very viscous gruel, filled with a gourd, covered and sealed, and put it in a well-ventilated place to dry for about a week. Then pour out the gruel, wait for the gourd to dry, and then follow the above method, and so on twice.

The wine gourd produced in this way not only will not leak the wine, but also the liquor has been packed for a long time, which has both a faint gourd fragrance and a strong glutinous rice aroma.

As he spoke, Hulu Mountain arrived.

The gourds all over the mountain, looking at it are also very pleasing to the eye, everyone tied the ox cart, and was about to harvest, but suddenly found a loud sound in the depths, a thin figure pierced out, and there were a few small gourds hanging on the back, glanced at this side, and ran away in a hurry.

"Stop!" Xu Zhang shouted, this is obviously stealing their gourd!

"Where did the wild girl come from, dare to steal our gourd, Erlang, chase her back for me!"

Erlang got the order, and chased after him. He was a lean man, and he ran very fast, but who knew that the girl was not slow to run, and the two gradually ran into the old wild mountain.

The rest of the people didn't pay attention to it, the girl picked a few gourd seedlings, which were useless, and they picked them.

But after a while, before Xu Jiaojiao could cut a few gourds, she heard someone faintly shouting "Auntie, Dad" in the distance. This is also Xu Jiaojiao's good hearing, and no one else hears it.

It seems to be Jiro? Did something happen?

Xu Jiaojiao hurriedly said: "Mother, Erlang seems to be calling me, I'll go over and take a look." ”

"Jiro?" Xu Zhang was puzzled, "What are you doing if he doesn't come back and call you?" ”

"Maybe there's something, I'll take a look!" Xu Jiaojiao replied, she had already run away.

"Something?" Xu Zhangshi was stunned for a moment, looked up at Lao Yeshan, thought about it, felt a little uneasy, and followed.

Xu Jiaojiao's speed is naturally not comparable to Xu Zhang's, she quickly ran a long way, shouting while running, and after a few minutes, she got a response, but she couldn't see anyone left and right, followed the sound and looked carefully, and found a big pit, Erlang and the girl fell into the pit.

This pit is probably an abandoned trap, used to catch large animals, it is large and deep, fortunately there are no sharp stumps or anything like that, and I didn't see any injuries to the two of them. It's just that the pit is steep, and Erlang can't climb up.

"Are you alright?" Xu Jiaojiao still asked, while looking at the depth.

"It's okay, auntie, you're trying to pull us up." Jiro replied.

Xu Jiaojiao looked at it, she should be able to barely reach the two of them, so she simply lay down, inserted the scissors used to cut the gourd vine in her hand into the ground, grabbed the scissors in one hand to keep her body stable, and at the same time straightened her body, and pulled Erlang with the other hand.

Fortunately, Xu Jiaojiao is not that kind of weak woman, so she quickly pulled Erlang and stretched out her hand to the girl.