Speaking of this, Zhao Decang took the foot towel handed over by Gao, wiped his feet, glanced at Gao, and continued: "There is no food, if we don't store some wild things, our family of more than ten people will not be able to survive the New Year." ”

"I was thinking of taking advantage of the fact that it hadn't snowed for a few days and calling a few people to the mountains to pull a big net."

When they went to the mountains to pull a big net, a team of about a dozen people went to the mountains with pots and grain on their backs. Stay, stay for ten days and half a month, and then come back when the hunting is almost over.

Zhao Decang said, unable to hide the helplessness in his tone.

When Gao heard him, he took the foot towel he handed over, and said with a straight face: "According to me, if you have this time, you might as well stay at home honestly and weave some baskets and straw mats, and chop some firewood to sell in the town or county." In the past few years, you have not gone to the mountains to pull a big net, but each time you divide the food, it is really not enough for our family to eat for a few days. ”

For example, last year, after ten days, I hunted a wild boar of more than 200 catties, and each family shared 30 catties of pork.

For the sake of 30 catties of pork, a few people went to the mountains to starve and freeze, which was not worth it.

"yes, Dad, let's not go and pull the net. I followed you last year, and I almost froze to death in the mountains. ”

When he heard Zhao Decang say that he was going to the mountains to pull a big net, Zhao Zhenghao was also very reluctant.

Before he went to the mountains to pull a big net, he was quite envious of those who went every year, but after he went, he never wanted to go again.

When they were hungry, they ate dry food roasted by fire, and when they were thirsty, most of them drank cold mountain spring water, and at night they could meet the cave, and it was also excellent to live in the cave.

If they didn't encounter a cave, they had to find a slightly leeward place to make do for the night.

Every day is simply not a human life.

"Okay, if you don't go, don't go." Zhao Decang heard that both Gao and Zhao Zhenghao said this, he frowned and climbed onto the kang. "But if we don't pull the net wide, we have to go to the town tomorrow to see if there is any job to recruit workers."

Straw baskets and straw mats will be woven by every household, and they don't know if they can be sold in a day when they are pulled to the town. Chopping firewood to sell, it is impossible to earn a few dollars a day, and it is exhausting and tiring.

They had no choice but to go to town and take a look.

But it's hard to get to the town and find a job.

Zhao Decang ordered this matter, and no one objected.

Dinner was stewed rabbit meat, and the family had a large population, so Yunxiu only ate two pieces and drank a bowl of batter porridge. Eating half-full, his stomach was still a little hungry, but Yun Xiu also thought about it, comforting himself that he would not grow meat if he was half-full.

After eating, Zhao Zhengyang listened to Gao's instructions and led Yunxiu out of the door.

first went to the third uncle's house next door, and the third uncle's house was at Zhao Dequan and Chen Xiangqin's house, and after the two went, they said hello and left after sitting for a quarter of an hour.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them went to the fourth uncle's house.

The fourth uncle's family is the same as Du Xue said, the family is quite poor.

However, the fourth uncle Zhao Deqiang was okay, and when he saw the two of them going, he took out boiled mountain chestnuts for the two of them to eat. Zhao Deqiang is a good person, but his son Zhao Zhenglin didn't say a word after seeing the two of them.

The two of them stayed at their house for almost a quarter of an hour, and he rarely looked up.

It seems very impolite to ignore people like this, but Yun Xiu can more or less understand.

His mother ran away, and he has been seriously ill, and he rarely sees people, and the young man's mind is too sensitive, so he is indifferent in dealing with people.