On the second day, Cherry hurriedly went to check the snow melt outside.

Yesterday the sun was good, the snow melted slightly, and after a night, it melted some more, but fortunately, the snow was thick enough, and those places that no one had stepped on were still white and loose, and they left a footprint when they stepped on it.

It was supposed to be a good thing, but Cherry made a mistake.

Supposedly, the weather is unpredictable, and no one can say when there will be heavy snowfall. Now that the snow has not yet melted, it is time to go up the mountain to catch hares. If it is delayed, as soon as the snow melts, it will be difficult to catch it.

However, the place that Miao Yuze borrowed was promised that he would sell the rabbit today and return the key. If she goes into the mountains to catch hares, who will sell them? It's a pity that no one dares to say anything about her now, and she has no skills, so she really doesn't know what to do for a while.

was struggling, Akiyama came running, with an excited face: "Sakura, it's not too early, let's hurry into the mountain, right?" ”

Now that Qiushan is here, it is better to go to the mountain today, and Miao Yuze will greet him again. Anyway, his old yard is not needed. If the snow has not melted tomorrow, then go into the mountain again until the snow melts and the sky clears, and then there is no hurry to sell rabbits.

The fat hare is now a copper coin that can only run, and it is safe to keep it in your own hands when you catch it.

"Okay." Cherry nodded and agreed: "Brother Yuze is not going today, let's go and call Brother Runsheng." ”

"Runsheng didn't go either. He went out with his father and mother early this morning, and I just came from his yard, and the courtyard door was locked. As he spoke, he smiled and rubbed his hands: "While they are away, I brought the air-dried meat from home, and we will eat it together at noon!" ”

Cherry always feels the department, Runsheng doesn't go, and Akiyama seems to be a little too happy. She put down the broom in her hand and turned to enter the door: "You wait a while, I'll say hello to the eldest sister and get some food." ”

"Hey!!" Akiyama responded dryly, his voice full of joy and pleasure.

"Into the mountains again?" Star fruit was slightly dissatisfied: "Didn't you just go there yesterday?" I didn't catch a single sparrow, so why do I have to go again today? It's cold outside, the wind is hard, and you're crazy outside, so what if the wind gets cold? Besides, right now, your second sister can't come back in another village for a while, your third sister and I have to do laundry again, and someone has to do the work at home, walnuts are still young, how can you just remember to go out to play every day? ”

Where am I playing, I'm also all for this home, but I can't say it now. Cherry grinned and said coquettishly: "I went to eat yesterday, and I will definitely be able to catch it today." You just pack up the stove and wait for me to come back, let's have a meal of sparrow meat!" ”

"You!" Carambola glared at her, and told her uneasily: "You have to be careful when you enter the mountain, and add more clothes." Wait, I'll get you some food, and I'll be hungry at noon. As he spoke, he got up and got off the kang.

"You know!" Cherry winked proudly at the cotton peach, the eldest sister is just easy to speak, no matter what happens, just coax a few words.

Mian Tao glared at her: "You just see that the eldest sister is easy to talk to!" How can anyone go out and not even catch a bird for a day? I don't know what you're crazy out there for. You just do it, wait for the trouble, and the second sister will come back to clean you up! ”

"How can it?" Cherry rubbed her hands together and lifted the curtain and walked out of the back room.

The star fruit had already made some good things, handed it to her, and advised: "Be careful." This time there are few of you, beware of wild beasts. ”

"yes, got it." Cherry took the cloth bag, stepped out of the house in two steps, and was discharged from the hospital with Akiyama to the east.

"This Nizi! How old are you still playing!! Star fruit went back to the back room and couldn't help muttering.

Mian Tao glanced up at her, lowered her head again, and said while quickly doing the embroidery in her hand: "Do you think she really went up the mountain to catch sparrows?" ”

"Or is it dry hemp?" Star fruit's eyes widened.

Mian Tao didn't answer, but smiled meaningfully: "Our Ying'er is a measured and sensible person, when have you ever seen her so greedy for no reason?" She's just...... It's just a big deal. ”

In order to make the panic more complete, Cherry and Akiyama went to Akiyama's house again to get tools, and when they entered the mountain, Akiyama set up a mechanism to catch sparrows, and caught a few first, and then the two went to catch hares.

And because there were few people and little time, at the end of the day, the two caught two hares, pulled a lot of dry grass, and sent them to the old courtyard of Miao Yuze's house, and Cherry went home with a few sparrows.

Under the guise of catching sparrows, before the snow melted, Cherry and Akiyama Runsheng entered the mountain for four days in a row, and there were seventeen or eighteen rabbits caught, all of which were locked up in Miao Yuze's poultry house. After the snow melts, all the cherries are sold to the grocers who collect them.

After going out for four days in a row, she is already about to show her stuffing, if she has to go to the town to sell hares again, these ten represent eight to sell at least four or five days, and then the third sister will not say anything, I'm afraid the eldest sister will go crazy. In desperation, although he knew that there would be a slight price difference, Cherry still sold the hare to the merchant at once.

The rabbit fat in winter, as long as five or six catties, seventeen or eighteen hares, a total of a little more than eighty-six catties, the merchant gave eighty-seven catties, one catty eighteen wen, sold one or two silver and five hundred and sixty-six wen.

This was a lot of money in the countryside in ancient times. Just think about star fruit to make a show, you can know it. Cherry hid the huge amount of money in a small crack in the corner of the kang in the Dongli House, ready to save it for a rainy day.

With money, my confidence is much harder, my waist is straight, I feel strong and energetic when I do my work, and I am happy and happy.

It's just that for some reason, she always feels that Mian Tao always looks at her with a kind of seeing through eyes, and she feels that her heart is hairy, and she always feels that things seem to have been told to her.

After this snowmelt, the sky has been clear, and there is no intention of raining again. Fortunately, if you have money in your hand, you are no longer in a hurry, and the family has the second sister and the money for washing clothes and shows, not only do you not have to worry about eating and drinking, but you will also have a surplus. Cherry was full of peace of mind and lived for a few days.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the river in front of the door begins to occasionally have children running up to skate, and from time to time there are shouts and cries of being caught by adults, echoing in this small village, but the atmosphere is peaceful and warm.

Entering the wax moon, every household began to be busy for the new year.

I don't know what's going on, I don't know how many times I've said that Cherry can't kill pigs for a living, but as the year approaches, there are more people who come to her to slaughter pigs.

Although she doesn't know how to kill pigs herself, Cherry feels like a good opportunity. He proposed that Wenhai find a master to learn, and he didn't need to learn some techniques for treatment and production, he only needed to be able to slaughter pigs and cut them. Every household in the countryside raises pigs, especially at the root of the year, as long as the villagers can trust and are willing to come to find it, then slaughtering pigs is a good livelihood.

It just so happened that Runsheng's distant cousin who sold meat in the town used to be a butcher, and now he is in a thriving meat business, so he no longer slaughters pigs. Wen Hai went to the town to study with him for five days, and then returned after completing his studies.

There are people in the village who are looking for cherries to slaughter pigs, and Cherries directly recommend Wenhai. Wenhai himself is a bold man, his strength is not small, and he went to kill the pig twice, and the technique was practiced, and when the pig was slaughtered again, it could be cut neatly, no worse than Li Butcher's, and the villagers heard about it, and they went to Wenhai to slaughter the pig.

Li butcher is used to being arrogant, and always pampered, although the people in the village are dissatisfied, but he is the only one who kills pigs in this vicinity, so he has to coax with good words, otherwise, he will have to end up with the same fate as Mama Qu, and the old sow who has worked hard for a year will almost have to be reimbursed in a litter. Yue Wenhai was born out of nowhere, and suddenly snatched half of the work of Li Butcher, and the angry Li Butcher's daughter-in-law scolded him at home every day.

Slaughtering pigs is a bold business, but there is also a lot of oil and water. I don't know anywhere else, anyway, in this area near Xiaomiao Village, the reward for slaughtering pigs is forty wen per pig, plus a meal, and the pork of the freshly slaughtered pig must be in the meal. If the butcher's skills are good, he can also take the pig into the water, and some people are generous, and even the pig bones can be taken home.

Wen Hai is young and energetic, he is ruthless, and he can slaughter two pigs a day. Relying on this pig-killing technique, Yue Wenhai really made a lot of money a year ago, and paid off a small half of the debts owed by Wenhe's relatives at once, and he also saved a little private money himself. The pig brought home also made the whole family and the star fruit sisters eat red and shiny. Of course, that's all for later.

On the day of the eighth day of the lunar month, I had just eaten Laba porridge, and the star fruit was about to ask the cotton peach to go to the neighboring village to run and send some rice peaches, but it was snowing.

Carambola looked at it and sighed: "I don't know how Mi'er is doing in that house, whether she can stand the anger of that squeamish lady." She's a bad one, and this time it's really hard for her. ”

Mian Tao comforted on the side: "Although the second sister is a little violent, she is not stupid, she knows how to coax that young lady." It's been almost a month now, and it's calm, and it looks like nothing should be wrong. Besides, according to her temperament, if she was angry, I'm afraid she would have come back long ago. ”

Carambola's expression softened, and she sighed: "She will be a month old a year ago, and when the monthly money and clothes are distributed, we will also have a beautiful New Year." ”

Cherry was lying on the window, unable to hear what the two sisters were saying. She was very concerned about the snow outside her window. It hasn't snowed since the last snow. I don't know if this one will be big, but it's better to cover the ground like the last time, so that she can go and catch hares again. Her little bit of silver, which sounds like a huge amount of money, is actually used and is gone.

At this time, through the window, I saw a figure running into the yard in the snow, shouting, "Sister Cherry! Sister Erni is off the kang~! ”

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The state has not been very good in the past two days, so I can only change it. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will resume the double watch