Chapter 8 Chapter 8 After Shen Xuan finished digging bamboo shoots, he went to...
After Shen Xuan finished digging bamboo shoots, he went to a nearby deserted mountain stream. He had never been here before. The cracks in the stream were full of snails, which looked quite fat.
Shen Xuan picked and chose, picked up a basket of big ones, threw the small ones back into the stream, and went down the mountain.
Arriving at the official road, Shen Xuan waited for a while. Just after noon, a shopping carriage came from a distance.
As soon as the carriage reached Shen Xuan, it stopped. A middle-aged man got off the car and asked, "Hey, where did you go to sell snails yesterday? I wanted to find you but couldn't find you."
"I was busy yesterday and didn't come." Shen Xuan replied, and then deliberately asked the buyer, "Why do you city people like to eat snails so much? This thing has no meat, and no one in our village eats it."
When the buyer heard this, he said, "Of course not. The gentlemen in the city love to eat this with wine. I asked you to buy it a few days ago, but you only sell about ten servings a day, which is not enough to sell. I wonder if there are other people in your village who also sell it?"
After hearing this, Shen Xuan said hurriedly: "No, it's troublesome to go to the deep mountains to pick up the snails one by one. No one in the village likes to do this. Besides, the snails in the mountains have almost been picked up in the past few days. Where can there be more?"
There are limited places in the mountains that produce snails. If everyone knows this trick, Shen Xuan won’t be able to compete with them.
Besides, Shen Xuan had only been searching several mountain streams for a few days, and it was unknown when the next batch of snails would grow.
The buyer felt very sorry after hearing this, and sighed that he had originally wanted to ask someone to buy more snails, but he didn't expect that they were almost gone.
Shen Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "We will have to wait a little longer for snails, but will you accept eels?"
When Caimai heard this, he immediately said, "Snails, loaches, and yellow eels, as long as you have them, you can sell them. The price of yellow eels and loaches is better than that of snails."
Shen Xuan thought that this was a bit tricky, so he asked again, "If I touch the eel and loach, should I still wait for you here?"
The buyer saw that Chen Xuan looked quite clever, so he thought for a moment and said, "I don't come here every day. I have to go to other villages and counties in a few days. But if you find something good, you can send it to the Guiyun Restaurant in Lezhou City. Just tell me my name and say that I was introduced by Chen the buyer, and someone will take it."
"Thank you Chen Caimai for your advice. If I find anything good in the future, I will definitely leave it to you first."
Shen Xuan got in touch with Chen Caimai from Guiyun Tower, which opened up another way for him to enter the city.
After receiving the one hundred coins for the snails, Shen Xuan did not go home directly, but took the carriage bought by Chen Cai to go to the city.
Arriving at the wharf on the southern outskirts of the city, Shen Xuan got out of the car and walked into a shop selling fishing nets near the wharf.
Fishing nets have existed in the Jin Dynasty for a long time. People use them to catch fish in both the sea and the river.
Shen Xuan walked around the store and didn't find what he wanted, so he spent fifty cents to buy a large fishing net.
After that, he spent another two cents and took a passing ox cart back to the village.
As soon as he got back to the doorstep, Shen Xuan felt his eyes light up.
It turned out that after going out today, Xue Fenglin swept the entire yard, and he also counted out the sundries that the Wang family had piled up in the corner of the yard.
Although the whole yard is not big now, it is kept clean and tidy. Looking in from the outside fence, you can feel that this house has a cozy atmosphere that warms your heart.
Shen Xuan pushed the door and entered the yard, and saw Xue Fenglin staggering out of the house.
The leg that was bitten by the snake must have injured the tendons and bones. His ankle is still swollen and he can't walk flexibly.
But the toxins in his body had probably almost dissipated, and the swelling had completely subsided. Except for some bruises and wounds in some places, the contours of his facial features were now fully revealed.
Meeting Xue Fenglin's eyes, Shen Xuan was shaken suddenly.
It was then that he suddenly realized that Xue Fenglin seemed to be very handsome. He was not the handsome boy he had thought before, but a man with extremely delicate eyebrows and eyes. This is when he hasn't fully recovered yet...
Seeing Shen Xuan coming back, Xue Fenglin came over, took his backpack and put it down, and specially poured him a bowl of cold boiled water from the kitchen.
Shen Xuan saw him going back and forth, although he was not able to move easily. But whether standing or sitting, his back is always straight.
Look at his hands again, his fingers are thin and long. The skin in some places has begun to regain its color and looks particularly fair, and it is obvious that he does not look like someone who is often exposed to wind and sun.
Shen Xuan recalled that when he first picked up Lin Ye, no matter how hungry he was, he always seemed to chew his food slowly.
He suddenly realized that Lin Ye’s background must be extraordinary. It's obvious from his living habits that he was trained since childhood, and his temperament is so good that he is not the businessman that I had guessed before.
For some reason, Shen Xuan suddenly felt a little regretful.
Although he had spent a short time with Lin Ye these days, he had a good impression of him.
In addition, since he had traveled through time, Lin Ye could be regarded as the first person who could talk to him, and Shen Xuan actually secretly regarded him as a friend in his heart.
However, the Jin Dynasty was different from modern society, and the class differences between people were huge.
Although he was once a young man from the Duke's Mansion, he later traveled to the modern world and his family was considered to be from a prominent family.
But now that he has traveled back in time, the Duke's Mansion has collapsed, and he is just a country boy named Shen Xuan.
Lin Ye and he are from two different worlds. After he recovers from his injury and leaves, the two of them should no longer have any contact.
Thinking of this, Shen Xuan smiled and shook his head. He stopped thinking about it and got up, went to the yard, and started cutting bamboo strips with a knife.
He wanted to use a fishing net to transform a homemade fishing trap to catch eels and loaches.
Although Da Jin already had fishing tools such as fishing nets and fish baskets, the black technology invented by modern people, such as fishing traps, had not yet appeared.
Chen Xuan cut a lot of bamboo strips, folded the two ends in half and rolled them into a circle. He then put the fishing net on it one by one, and then made a trumpet-shaped mouth at the opening.
The longer the fishing trap, the less likely the caught fish and shrimp will escape. Shen Xuan quickly made a fishing trap that was five sections long.
While Shen Xuan was working here, Xue Fenglin was watching him from the side.
Shen Xuan is agile and can make things quickly and well. Although her skin color is slightly dark due to the tan, it is still very delicate.
Moreover, Shen Xuan had been eating better these past few days than before, and his thin cheeks had gained some flesh, making them look a little rounder and fuller. The whole person is no longer skinny, but the beautiful facial features are highlighted.
Xue Fenglin suddenly felt that compared to the weak appearance of a woman, the handsome appearance of a young man like his brother had a different charm.
As he watched, he felt a little dry in his mouth for some reason.
His eyes moved from Shen Xuan's face to his neck, and then from his collarbone to his waist.
Then Shen Xuan suddenly stood up and shook the cage made of fishing net in his hand.
Xue Fenglin thought to himself: Shen Xuan has such a thin waist, and not a pound of flesh on his body, but his butt is quite perky, I wonder how it got that shape.
Shen Xuan suddenly looked up and found Xue Fenglin looking at him. He raised his eyebrows in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xue Fenglin then coughed and said with a guilty conscience: "Nothing, I just find it new. I've never seen anything like this before."
After hearing this, Shen Xuan smiled and said, "Of course I haven't seen it. There's nothing like it outside. This is the fishing ground trap I improved myself."
As he said this, he took the fishing trap and showed it off in front of Xue Fenglin, and explained the principle of the trap with a beaming expression. Then, before it got dark, he put the trap into the nearby ditch.
After setting up the trap, Shen Xuan returned home and started preparing dinner.
With the fresh bamboo shoots dug in the morning, the two of them had a delicious meal of fresh bamboo shoots stewed with pork ribs in the evening.
After clearing the dishes, Shen Xuan said to Xue Fenglin, "I have to go to the city tomorrow for something. I'm afraid I won't be back until very late. I'm letting you know so you don't worry in vain."
Xue Fenglin was stunned and nodded. Thinking about Shen Xuan's words, it didn't sound like a brother's words, but more like a husband who was about to go out saying them to his family.
The young men Xue Fenglin had met in Beijing before all behaved more delicately than women in order to win the favor of men.
Xue Fenglin actually never liked guys like this. No matter how weak they acted, he couldn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy for them.
However, Shen Xuan was the exact opposite of them. He seemed to be able to do everything himself and did not consider himself a brother at all.
The more this happened, the more Xue Fenglin felt a sense of respect for him. She also felt pity for the hardships he had suffered, and always thought that when she returned to the capital, even if she would not marry him, she would take good care of him for the rest of his life.
The next day, Shen Xuan got up early and fried some pancakes with the remaining lard.
After breakfast, he went to the ditch where he had set the traps last night. I first tentatively pulled the rope that tied the trap and felt that it was much heavier than yesterday.
Shen Xuan was delighted and pulled the trap out with force. I found that the five-section trap, as I got deeper into the bottom, was filled with lively fish and shrimps, weighing more than ten pounds.
Shen Xuan's backpack was full of room, so he took the earthworm and the fish and shrimp inside back home first.
He picked out the river shrimps and some small fish and put them in a basin of water to eat. The remaining loaches and eels were put into a large bamboo basket.
After doing all this, Shen Xuan spread the trap on the ground to dry, then carried the large bamboo basket to the official road.
Today I am going to the city, so I want to make it easier to move around. Shen Xuan used a piece of rag to tie her forehead to cover the dark pregnancy mole.
After a while, a ox cart drove over from the distance. It was obvious that these were farmers going to the city to sell their crops, as their cart was piled high with corn cobs.
Shen Xuan reached out to stop the ox cart and spent two cents for the fare to get on the cart.
These ox carts that go from the village to the city are happy to give people a ride on the road, charging two cents per person, and the owners can also make some extra money.
As soon as Shen Xuan got on the car, the driver stared at him for a while, then said to him: "Are you married, such a handsome boy? If you haven't married yet, do you want me to introduce you to one?"
Although Shen Xuan is a boy, after covering up the pregnancy mole, he is completely the same as a handsome man. The old man was also a good matchmaker, so he wanted to introduce him to a marriage.
Shen Xuan was a little embarrassed for a moment, so he just smiled and said, “No need, I’m already married.”
The old man was quite curious when he heard it and asked, "Is he married? Whose beautiful daughter did he marry?"
Shen Xuan could only make up a story: "Married a brother."
"How come you married a guy?" The old man shook his head with regret and said, "With your face, if you were in our village, you could pick any girl you want, but how come you married a guy?"
Shen Xuan: “…”
He was quite speechless. The situation of the men in the Jin Dynasty was difficult, and the women were not much better off.
In the village, whether girls or boys, they are all regarded as private property by the men. Women seem to have a higher status simply because they are better at bearing children.
Shen Xuan has been influenced by the modern world for many years, and his thinking has long been the same as that of modern people.
Although he was quite dissatisfied with Da Jin'er's social status, he also knew that he could not change anything on his own. I had to close my eyes, lean against the pile of corn, and remain silent all the way.
Half an hour later, the ox cart finally arrived at the city gate, and Shen Xuan gave the old man two cents and got off the cart.
This is Lezhou City, the closest city to Yunshui Village, and it is also quite prosperous.
As soon as Shen Xuan entered the city, he inquired about the location of Guiyun Tower, and then headed straight for the most lively Koi Street in the north of the city.
Life in Yunshui Village is monotonous and there are very few profitable jobs. Chen Xuan had no land, so if he stayed in Yunshui Village, he would not be able to gain a foothold.
He had long wanted to come to Lezhou to look for business opportunities. Now that he was in the city, he would seize the opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation.
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