"Okay, okay, I remember, let's buy meat and eat together..."Chunni didn't take it to heart, she just wanted to coax the grass well, seeing that she finally stopped her tears, she quickly changed the conversation and said with a smile, "The black bear was shot to death by my son, and Li Zheng gave the bear meat to the old and young in the village, the bear skin and bear bile are in my house, and when the son remediates the bear skin, I will bring it back for you to make a bed, that thing is cold, and the bear bile can also be sold for a tael of silver, and it will be easier for you to redeem the house at that time." ”

"I don't want it, I haven't thanked you for saving my life, then the bear skin and bear bile should be your family."

Pucao shook her head and refused, but Chunni pushed the wheelbarrow and said with a smile as she walked, "Don't push it, quickly redeem the house, the two of us will move next door in a few days, how good it is for the two of us to be neighbors." Besides, my family's bud valley is harvested, and I have good archery skills, and I can hunt any good thing back when I go up the mountain! ”

Pu Cao thought about it and stopped refusing, the days are long, and some kindness has to be slowly repaid with a lifetime...

The late autumn sun has faded from the scorching heat of summer, and the light shines brightly in the fields, some of the grain poles have been put down, and some are still standing in place, looking like a painting of unevenness and mottled depression from a distance.

Every family has people busy in the field, seeing Chunni pushing Pucao all the way, the one who is close to the ground shouts hello, Pucao is grateful to everyone who came out to rescue that night, and sat in the car and saluted, causing everyone to laugh and wave their hands.

Zhang's shack was already full of grain sticks, Zhang Guier was only wearing a sweatshirt, and was returning from the field with a basket full of buds, tired and panting, sweating profusely, and put down the basket when he saw Pucao and others coming.

Pu Cao got off the wheelbarrow, glanced at the bud grain sticks, and then looked at Zhang Gui'er, who was silent on the side, and said with a smile, "What, your brother, the life-saving benefactor is back, don't you bow and thank you?" ”

Zhang Gui'er's face was a little embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, she still stepped forward and saluted and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

Pu Cao waved his hand, pointed to the bud grain sticks, and asked, "You broke them all back?" Then you have to praise a few words, it's useless to be a scholar, you can do more farm work and you will have more strength and courage, and you won't be scared to weak legs when you meet a black bear again, and you want me to save a weak woman! ”

When Zhang Gui'er heard this, her face instantly darkened, she poured out the bread cobs in the basket with a crackle, and turned around and got into the ground, Chunni touched the grass with her elbow, and said worriedly, "Brother Gui'er is a scholar, you should be polite when you speak." ”

Pu Cao shrugged, "This kid is stupid in reading, rigid and high-minded, I am afraid that he will make a big mistake in the future, so I will knock two sentences from time to time." Don't worry, I can still cure him. ”

"Okay, you rest first, I'll bring you food in the afternoon, and I'll come with my son tomorrow to help collect the land." Chunni said a few words and pushed the cart back.

Peach Blossom and Shanzi were busy picking up the shack and making a place for Pucao to lie down, and they were dealing with boiling some bud porridge, and Pucao drank two large bowls in one go and fell asleep quickly.

When I woke up, it was already the next morning, Shanzi and Peach Blossom shrunk in the corner of the shack covered with a broken quilt, frowning their little brows, as if they were not stable in their sleep, Pu Cao's heart ached, moved to the front and gently patted their backs, and saw that the brows of the two children were loosened, so they covered the quilt on their bodies for them, and then opened the shack door and went out.

At this time, the sky has just turned white, the fog in the fields has not yet dissipated, and the surrounding mountains and forests are hidden in it, and the occasional birds and birds are chirping and flying by, adding three more points of vitality to this quiet morning.

Pu Cao took a few deep breaths of the sweet air, washed her hands and face by the river, and finally felt that she was alive again, and simply stretched her waist and kicked her legs, and prepared to make breakfast.

There is a bowl of salted meat stewed cabbage by the stove, and two hard grain cakes, which must have been sent by Chunni last night.

Zhang Gui'er got up and saw Pucao a little embarrassed, didn't know what to say, and then went to the field with a basket to break the bud valley, the peach blossoms and Shanzi smelled the aroma of the food and climbed up, smiled and came to the earthen stove, looking at the bowl of salted meat and stewed cabbage and smirking.

Pucao drove them to the river to wash their faces, and arranged their hair for them, and when Zhang Guier came back, the family started to eat, the salted meat was picked up to Shanzi and Peach Blossom, and the cake was divided into one to Zhang Guier.

After the family finished eating, just picked up the dishes and chopsticks, Chunni and his wife came with a flat basket, with the addition of these two strong laborers, but the remaining acre of bud grain in an hour was recovered, and everyone sat in the bud grain pile, gossiping while peeling the bud grain.

Chunni saw that there were no people in the village nearby, so she whispered, "Tomorrow, let Shengzi find a car, except for the two or three hundred catties of sticks to pay the field tax, the rest will be transported to the city and sold, hurry up and redeem the house, I heard that the old Kong family is going to be separated, that Kong boss is a bastard, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, don't fight the idea of the house again." ”

Pu Cao nodded, she made those little tricks temporarily confused for a while, it was okay to drag on for a month, and it was always inaccurate after a long time, so it was right to redeem it earlier.

Liu Housheng's subordinates quickly peeled the skin of the bud grain, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that the ox cart at home is idle, and I will call Dong Si to help me tomorrow, and two carts are enough." ”

Pu Cao glanced at Chunni a little worried, Chunni pursed her lips and responded, "Don't worry, we will officially separate the day after tomorrow, and if we use the ox cart for the last time tomorrow, my mother-in-law will not stop me." ”

Liu Housheng coughed dryly, his face was a little red, he lowered his head and worked harder, for an honest person like him, the war between his mother and daughter-in-law, he could only and could only help each other, and he was silent.

Pu Cao couldn't help it, so he hurriedly talked about a side topic.

Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Housheng took a black-faced young man to the door with the car, the old cattle pulling the cart at both ends were very strong, and the flat car was surrounded by a one-foot-high wooden plank, but it was just the Zhang family's bud grain sticks were loaded, Pu Cao told Zhang Guier a few words, and then got in the car and went into the city with the two.

Nangouer Village is thirty miles away from Cuiluan City, and although the mountain road is not difficult to walk, the old cow is slow and temperamental, and it took an hour and a half to arrive.

As the northernmost city in the Snow Country, Cuiluan City is built very atmospheric, the four city walls are made of cyan strips of stone two feet long and one foot wide, the wall is three zhang high, there are towers at the top of the wall, and there are soldiers with spears on duty, although I don't know how the combat power of the soldiers is, but it can still give people a sense of security at a glance.

The two columns of soldiers on duty at the gate of the city simply turned over the budding grain sticks in the ox cart, and asked at random why they went into the city to sell grain as soon as the harvest was made, and then collected ten wen of the city tax and let the ox cart enter the door.

The inner city is very prosperous, the streets are bluestone pavement, the roadside is full of green tiles and red walls, the abrupt horizontal cornices, the carving is very simple, the shops are flying high with signboard flags, the cars and horses are sparkling and the pedestrians are endless, and most of the faces are with a quiet and comfortable smile, showing that even if the daily life is not rich and expensive, at least it is worry-free about food and clothing.

Pu Cao was in the ancient market for the first time, and he saw everything new, looking around greedily, and his two eyes were not enough.

Liu Housheng opened his mouth to ask a few questions, but when he saw her like this, he also closed his mouth, and took Dong Si to the harvest grain shop where grain was often sold in previous years.

The manager of the grain shop is a thirty-year-old middle-aged man, and he can see that he is a little disdainful when he sees only two carts of bud grain, and he casually orders a young man to greet him, and the young man is very enthusiastic, but it is a pity that when deducting two catties of bud grain, he is a thief, more than 1,100 catties, and he actually wants to deduct 300 catties, Liu Housheng and Dong Si both feel that they have suffered a loss, but they are clumsy by nature and unwilling to argue, so they are a little at a loss.

Pu Cao looked at these buds and grains were more precious than eyeballs, how could he be willing to suffer this big loss, so he said, "Just now, the Hesheng number was only deducted 200 catties, and Brother Liu and Brother Dong persuaded me that our village has been going back and forth with our store for many years, so I quit people to come to us, I never thought that it would be so ruthless, so it is better to turn around to the Shenghao." ”

As soon as the young man heard this, he quickly explained, "This bud valley has just been broken back from the field, it's too wet, and it's not too much to deduct three hundred catties. ”

Pu Cao shook his head, "The villagers in our village have to sell grain these days, if they know that the deduction is so ruthless, I'm afraid they will have to change the grain shop." ”

There are not many two carts of bud valley, but there are 100 carts in a village, but it is a big business, and the young man is afraid to make the decision, so he hurriedly poured tea for the three of them, let them sit on chairs, and then ran to the steward for instructions.

When he came back, he really only deducted 200 catties, and the remaining 940 catties, three cents and one catty, gave Pucao a total of 228 coins of silver, and 20 cents of copper coins.

Pu Cao was overjoyed, thanked the little man, and then carefully stuffed the silver money into a small cloth bag, and took the empty car out of the backyard of the grain store.

Liu Housheng originally wanted to sell bear bile alone, but just now he saw Pucao's ability to bargain, so he scratched the back of his head and asked Pucao to go with him again, of course Pucao was a hundred willing, after all, the bear bile was sold for silver money, but it was for her.

found a small alley and bolted the ox cart, leaving Dong Si to guard, the two turned onto the street to find the largest mountain goods shop, and once again concocted the same method and pretended to sell it to other houses, sure enough, the shopkeeper gave 200 more than in the past, Liu Housheng grinned happily, and said straight Pucao is a good hand at trading.

Pu Cao was also happy, and calculated carefully, the bud valley plus bear bile received a total of four taels and twenty wen, the market price of the Zhang family's house was five taels, and the price of the female thief mortgaged to the pawnshop was lower, if nothing else, the four taels of silver would definitely be redeemed.