Just do it.

The next day, Shan Hulu and Yao Hei'er, one drove an ox cart and the other drove a horse-drawn cart, and went to Dongyin County to buy some adobe, along with other materials needed to build a charcoal cellar.

Originally, according to the meaning of Mrs. Shan and Shan Hulu, they were to use some adobe by themselves, but Yao Hei'er thought that it was too slow, the weather was already cold, and it would take many days to do it by beating adobe by himself, which delayed the construction of the cellar and burned charcoal. When the adobe is beaten and dried, two more cellars of charcoal may be burned, and the money in exchange for these charcoal is far more than the money spent on buying adobe.

Mrs. Shan listened to the reason, so Yao Hei'er handled it.

From the day the charcoal cellar was built, Yao Heier bought all the firewood cut by the mountain people. The mountain people don't have to run away, they can get the same amount of firewood money, and they are naturally even more happy, and when they have nothing to do, they all come to help the Yao family and the Shan family. Yao Hei'er naturally refused to let Jiabai help, and asked Second Sister Zhang to help Zhong Cuiling, making two big pots of dishes and rice, steamed buns and the like every day next to the charcoal cellar, and everyone opened it to eat.

With everyone's help, the charcoal cellar was quickly built; Under the guidance of Mrs. Shan, the first cellar of charcoal was quickly burned.

Most of the mountain people were reluctant to burn charcoal, so Yao Heier could only pull the charcoal to Dongyin City to sell. This year's winter has been particularly cold, and the demand for charcoal is exceptionally high. Although Yao Hei'er exchanged the charcoal at a lower price to the charcoal store, he also earned a full ten taels of silver. The boss of the charcoal shop also said happily: "Little brother, how much charcoal you have in the future, just bring it!" If there is a better one, the price is negotiable! ”

Yao Hei'er remembered the silver charcoal she burned at home in previous years, and it was obvious that the charcoal in her charcoal cellar was not as good as silver charcoal.

When I returned home and discussed this matter with Mrs. Shan, Mrs. Shan smiled and said: "What you said is that we have always burned this kind of charcoal, and the first cellar will be worse, and it will get better and better in the future, but it will not reach the level of silver charcoal." ”

How can I improve the quality of charcoal? Yao Hei'er ran out of ideas for a while. I had to put this matter aside for the time being and focus on burning as much charcoal as possible this winter.

In the past six months, Yao Heier has been dressed as a man almost all the time, and the mountain people have gradually forgotten that she is a daughter, and at first jokingly called her "Black Brother" and "Black Brother", and then she really became everyone's "Black Brother" and "Black Brother". In addition to being too thin, she is almost no different from men.

The busy days passed very quickly, and before I knew it, the New Year was approaching. After selling the last cellar of charcoal, it was already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.

When she came back from selling charcoal last time, Yao Heier had already given all the money that should have been distributed to the Shan family. The two families have also said that all the money from the sale of charcoal this time will be used to buy New Year's goods, and everyone will have a rich and prosperous year.

Therefore, at this time, Yao Heier's car was full of New Year's goods, six jars of good wine, two pork legs, two bags of white rice, white noodles, four children and Mrs. Shan's new clothes, couplets, firecrackers, fireworks, snacks, tea, melon seeds, candy, cooked meat, braised chicken...... There are also two live carp, constantly fluttering in the basin.

It's going to be the New Year, let's put everything down for the time being, Yao Hei'er's heart is also full of long-lost joy.

A well-traveled road, without the need to control the horse, the sturdy white horse trotted freely and merrily along the path by itself.

The weather was very cold, with twilight clouds hanging low, cold winds gusting, and it was probably going to snow. A New Year with snow is more flavorful.

The courtyard of the Yao family has already been cleaned and placed neatly. In the southwest corner, there was a thick stack of firewood, and a single gourd was carefully covered with straw; In the northwest corner, another vegetable cellar was added, and the single family insisted on moving some cabbage, radish, green onions, ginger and other vegetables from their fields for the winter, and filled the Yao family's vegetable cellar.

Yao's water tank, these days, is also full of single gourds carrying water. Once every two days, a single gourd appeared at the door of Yao's house with a wooden bucket on time, filled the water tank without a sound, and turned around and left without a sound. Zhong Cuiling sometimes said a few words of thanks to him, and this taciturn man, at most, replied "nothing" angrily, and continued to walk out without raising his head.

It's because of Yao Hei'er's manly dress, Shan Hulu is now more and more distant from her, and he still laughs a few words from time to time.

In short, these two families are now as good as a family.

Second Sister Zhang has already proposed that this year, the two families have been together, and before the adults can speak, Tie Zhu has jumped and jumped happily, and turned a few times on the ground, amusing Jiu'er, who is a toddler, and looks back and forth with her little short legs.

When Yao Hei'er returned to Shanjia Village, Mrs. Shan, Zhong Cuiling and Second Sister Zhang were watching a few children play at the door of Yao's house, Tiezhu was playing tops, and several girls were watching with interest next to them.

Hearing the sound of the carriage, several people stood up. Yao Hei'er smiled: "On this cold day, you don't warm up in the house, what are you doing outside?" ”

Second Sister Zhang said with a smile: "It's not that a few children want to come and see, has their 'father' come back?" On the other hand, he commanded the iron pillar: "Quick! Go to the house and call your dad, come and move things. ”

Tie Zhu looked at the full New Year's goods in the carriage, he was excited, and he couldn't wait, he didn't want to move at all, so he shouted in the direction of the single family with his throat: "Dad!" Father! It's out! ”

Second Sister Zhang slapped herself, according to her son's brain, raised it high, fell gently, and scolded with a smile: "Little stinky meat!" Lazy you like this! No little thing will move you! I was about to call myself, but I saw that Shan Hulu had walked out of the house.

The rich and warm flavor of the New Year was delighted when the couplets were pasted on the door.

The next day was a busy day, but this day was different from usual. On this day, it is mainly about making food. The single family killed an old hen raised at home that did not lay eggs, and stewed a pot of fragrant chicken soup; Two live carp, who did not survive this New Year, became a steamed dish on the table; Braised chicken, cooked meat cutting plate; There was also a pot of hot stew that made the four children jump and jump with joy, and in the pot on the stove, there was also a pot of dumplings that jumped like whitebait.

The last repertoire is fireworks. This is something that people in the mountain village rarely have the opportunity to see. Tie Zhu excitedly greeted several families in the village. Qiong'er obediently held melon seeds and fruit plates, and distributed them to the people who came to see the excitement in turn.

Brilliant fireworks erupt from the flower tube, such as chrysanthemums, such as colored balls, such as stars, such as the Milky Way, colorful and dazzling, reflecting every interested smiling face. Some pointed, some talked and laughed, some smiled silently, and some jumped happily.

Yao Hei'er looked at this group of simple mountain people who had been together for half a year, and her heart was sweet and a little heavy. These poor mountain people helped her through the most difficult stage of her life, and gave her a rare warmth in the world when she was on the verge of despair.

This winter, the charcoal cellar earned one hundred and twenty-six taels of silver, and each of the two families divided more than sixty taels. This amount of money made the Shan family happy, which was equivalent to their usual income for several years, but for Yao Hei'er, it was far from enough.

Moreover, after the New Year, the weather will be hot, and at that time, where will the charcoal be sold?

If you want to make more money, you have to go out, and you can't just rely on this county, go out, go out......

Yao Hei'er muttered in her heart, but where should she go? Since he was a child, Yao Heier has never walked out of the cold city, and in the past six months, Yao Heier has run more than in the past twenty-five years. Her knowledge of the outside world is nothing more than through a limited number of books.

In the past few months, what has brought Yao Heier is not only money and materials to maintain the family's livelihood, but more importantly, Yao Heier has experience in dealing with outsiders. She has also experienced some fraud, being deceived, and has also gained a lot of experience.

Yao Hei'er felt that she was not afraid of where she was going now. She was no longer the delicate lady who never left the boudoir.

She looked down at the gold skein bracelet on her wrist, which was the dowry that her mother gave her back then. Mother, where are you today? What are you doing? Does she have the qualifications to look up at the brilliant fireworks? Does she have the conditions to eat a bowl of hot and fragrant dumplings?

Tiny snow hail, accompanied by brilliant fireworks, fell silently from the sky.