When the two of them were halfway through eating, Tang Zhi'an came back, and Lin Qiu'er hurriedly said, "Ah Zhi, come and eat something!" ”

Tang Zhian nodded, put the thing he was holding in his hand on the leaves, and then went to find firewood to make a fire.

Lin Qiu'er glanced at the leaves, and found that it was a pheasant that had been processed, Tang Zhi'an was going to roast a pheasant for them to eat?

Sure enough, after Tang Zhi'an lit the fire, he put the processed pheasant on a thick branch, and then put it on the fire to roast.

"Ah Zhi, you have found three pheasants today, this is a good harvest?" Lin Qiu'er said with a smile.

Tang Zhian nodded, "Yes, didn't it rain before?" There is no place for these pheasants to go, and they will come out when the weather is clear, so it is easier to catch, but it is estimated that there are only three of them today. “

Lin Qiu'er looked at the pheasant roasting in the fire, "That's not bad!" ”

After eating and drinking, Tang Zhi'an's pheasant was not yet ripe, Lin Qiu'er and Ye Lan continued to pick mushrooms, and Tang Zhian was guarding the pheasant.

After waiting for a while, the pheasant was ripe, Tang Zhian called Ye Lan and Lin Qiu'er over, and the three of them divided the pheasant.

Lin Qiu'er smiled and said, "This pheasant tastes really good!" ”

Ye Lan also said, "Well, it's delicious." ”

Tang Zhi'an tore off the pheasant meat in his hand to his daughter-in-law to eat, and after Lin Qiu'er ate a few bites, he waved his hand, "I'm full, don't eat it, Ah Zhi, you can eat it yourself!" ”

Lin Qiu'er gave a lot of pheasant leg and chicken breast in his hand to Ye Lan, Ye Lan only needed the chicken leg and part of the meat, and she didn't want the rest, she couldn't eat so much.

After eating the pheasant, Tang Zhi'an helped Lin Qiu'er pick mushrooms, Ye Lan is used to farm work, so the mushrooms she picked are almost full now, and Lin Qiu'er is still a little short, so Tang Zhi'an hurried to help his daughter-in-law.

After the mushrooms in the back basket were full, the three of them were ready to go back, Tang Zhi'an was carrying the back basket and bow and arrows, Ye Lan was also carrying the back basket, and Lin Qiu'er was carrying the two pheasants in his hands.

When I arrived in the village, everyone saw it and was very envious, there were many people who went to the mountains to pick mushrooms today, but the most was to pick more than half of the back baskets, and the two of them actually picked a back basket and two pheasants.

Whoever sees this can not envy it, they all go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, but as a result, there are more people than them, and they also catch pheasants.

When she arrived at the door of the house, Lin Qiu'er gave a pheasant to Ye Lan, "Sister-in-law, you take this back and give it to the children to eat." “

Ye Lan hurriedly waved her hand, "No need, Qiu'er, this family can often eat meat now, so you can take it back and make up for yourself!" ”

Lin Qiu'er smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't I have another one?" This is for two children, you should take it back quickly! Don't worry so much about me. ”

Ye Lan sighed and said, "Okay! Then you're welcome, you! We've helped Zhi'an a little bit in the past, and you're really good to us now. ”

Lin Qiu'er smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, my kindness to you is not only to repay gratitude, but that we are relatives, aren't we?" ”

Ye Lan was stunned when she heard her say this, and then she was relieved, "Yes, we are relatives." ”

Lin Qiu'er put the pheasant in her hand, "Okay, sister-in-law, go back quickly!" ”

Ye Lan nodded and turned back, and Lin Qiu'er and Tang Zhi'an also returned to their homes.

The next day, after washing the mushrooms picked yesterday, the roots are removed and then placed in the sun to dry, there are very few fresh vegetables in this winter, and the women in the village are preparing sauerkraut or dried vegetables to spend the winter.

Lin Qiu'er's mushrooms naturally have to be dried into vegetables, but fortunately, their family has planted other vegetables this year, since they can eat them, these vegetables are on their dinner table every day, and she also gave them to Ye Lan's family and the village chief's family.

Tomatoes and leeks are gone, and they don't have a good way to keep them until winter, but cucumbers and cowpeas do, and some of them are dried in the sun, and some of them are ready to be made into sour cowpeas.

Lin Qiu'er got the cowpeas to be dried before, and after their cowpeas can be eaten, there are a lot of them, and the two of them can't eat the cowpeas they pick every day, so they give some to others, and the rest is dried.

Pick the cowpeas every day, wash them and remove the stems, then cook them with water, and then dry the cooked cowpeas in the sun until they are dry.

The dried cowpeas were almost ready, so Lin Qiu'er put them in the dustpan, and then put them in the warehouse.

And the sour cowpeas and sour cucumbers Lin Qiu'er also took advantage of the good weather in the past few days to get them, and then put them in the warehouse, as well as her dried mushrooms, plus radish, cabbage and tofu made by their own family, it is very good to have these dishes this winter.

Lin Qiu'er was like a squirrel, carefully preparing these vegetables in the same way, and then put them in the warehouse.

Tang Zhi'an saw his daughter-in-law like this, so naturally if he couldn't fall behind, he sold part of the prey he hunted back, and dried some of it and made it into jerky, so that he could have meat to eat in winter.

The two of them were also busy with their business while preparing their own winter vegetables, and now that the hottest time has passed, their family no longer sells cold noodles, only tofu and tofu brain.

Now the tofu and tofu brain are made every day, and then after the restaurants and some big families take the tofu away, the couple will drive the ox cart to the town, and they will take the tofu brain and tofu to the town to sell.

The people in those towns will watch the time to come and buy, and Ye Lan is also with them, she now not only sells flower rolls and steamed buns, but also sells cakes in the summer, so her business is also very good.

The business is very prosperous, and they can basically earn a few taels of silver every day, but they have always been very low-key, and the people in the village have no choice even if they are red-eyed.

On this day, the couple continued to go to the town to do business, and there were many regular customers who often came to their house to eat, so every time they came, they would chat with them, and the atmosphere at the stall was very good.

Who knew that a group of gangsters came over, there were about ten of them, and when they arrived at Tang Zhi'an's stall, they said in a rough voice: "Tofu brain, hurry up and pay the protection fee!" ”

Lin Qiu'er frowned, their family has been doing business here for so long, and they have never seen anyone who came to collect protection money, where did these people come out of nowhere, and they actually came to ask for protection money?

But she didn't say no, these people are all local snakes, there is no good result in opposing them, and the reason is not clear, just give them money if you ask for money.

"How much does it cost?"

"Ten taels of silver!"

Hearing this, Lin Qiu'er's face changed, where is this collection of protection money? It's just a robbery of money, ten taels of silver, people in the countryside can't make so much money in a year, and these people actually have so much silver as soon as they open their mouths.