Qin Nian stood in the distance and witnessed the whole process. Seeing Geng Feng coming over, she asked worriedly:
"Will Dong Biao and Li Erhui blackmail you?"
"Blackmail me?"
Geng Feng felt very strange: "They provoked me first, and not only did they curse me, but they also asked me to be polite to them.
Besides, I didn't hit them, why are you blackmailing me?"
Qin Nian remained silent.
She couldn't say that in another world, even if Dong Biao and Li Erhui were the first to provoke the incident, he hung the big snake around their necks, and Li Erhui was especially frightened and fainted.
He will definitely be blackmailed and will lose money.
After being delayed for quite a while, the two of them sped up. When they reached the city gate, Geng Feng paid six copper coins.
The two men entered the county town. Geng Feng had sold prey many times before, so he took Qin Nian to Suiyuanju, the largest game restaurant in Yi County.
Arriving at the back door, Geng Feng parked the cart under a tree on the roadside and asked Qin Nian to watch over it while he went in.
After a while, a man in his thirties followed Geng Feng out, who seemed to be the comprador of the restaurant.
After looking at the rabbit that was still eating grass, the comprador nodded and said, "Okay, this rabbit is quite fat, let's keep it."
Geng Feng took the cloth bag containing the big snake out of the backpack, untied the rope that tied the bag, propped up the bag with his hands, and let the comprador see it.
The comprador stretched his neck to look inside and immediately clapped his hands: "Oh, brother, you are really my benefactor."
He laughed and said, "To be honest, a wealthy businessman came to our restaurant today. He is quite rich.
This big snake is just right for him to eat.”
Geng Feng was also very happy to hear him say that. He smiled and looked at the comprador and asked, "What's the price?"
The comprador was still excited and said, "This snake is much bigger than the ones you sent before, and you sent it at the right time.
I'll give you fifty taels of silver, and the price of the rabbits will remain the same as before, five hundred coins for each, and two taels of silver for each rabbit, a total of fifty-two taels, what do you think?"
Geng Feng nodded: "The comprador is a straightforward person, I won't waste time either, deal."
"Come on, follow me inside to get the silver. Help me bring the rabbit in. We won't eat it today."
Geng Feng picked up the basket containing the rabbit and followed the comprador in. Soon, a woman came out first with something in her hand.
When you get to the car, you start to untie the bag with your hands.
Qin Nian hurriedly stopped her and asked her who she was.
The woman laughed and said, "Little girl, I work in the kitchen of this restaurant. I came out to kill the snake."
"Xiao Nian, this lady is from the restaurant."
Geng Feng sent the rabbit in, filled the rabbit's backpack with fifty-two taels of silver, and carried it out.
The elder sister had already caught the big snake, and was holding the snake's neck tightly with one hand, and wrapping the snake's body around her arm.
With his other hand, he picked up a thin rope, wrapped it around the snake's neck twice, tied it tightly, and swung his arm, and the snake's body wrapped around his arm was thrown off.
She stood on tiptoe and tied the thin rope around the snake's neck to a branch, then picked up a sharp knife and cut a circle of skin under the snake's head.
Then he pulled the snake skin down quickly and it came off in an instant.
The movements are as smooth as flowing water.
Qin Nian was so frightened that he screamed and took several steps back.
Geng Feng hurried over to support him, and said self-reproachfully, "It's all my fault. Why are you killing snakes?
Let’s go.”
The elder sister laughed and joked to Qin Nian, "Sister, you are too timid.
Come a few more times and I will teach you how to kill snakes. After you do it more often, you won’t be afraid anymore.”
Qin Nian shook his head, smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't learn this."
The elder sister suddenly sighed: "I didn't dare to do it at first, but who made us poor?
In order to earn money and to feed the children, I dared not to do it, but gradually I got used to it. "
In such a famine year, life is really not easy for the poor. Cuizhi sells her body to feed her children, and this elder sister kills snakes as skillfully as if it were a game.
It's all for living, living for ourselves and our families. Living is so difficult.
Qin Nian said nothing and followed Geng Feng away.
Geng Feng turned his head to look at her: "Xiao Nian, are you scared? It's all my fault. I will be more careful next time."
"I didn't expect the lady to pull it down so suddenly, but I wasn't scared, I just felt it was too numb."
Qin Nian didn't want to talk about this, so she changed the subject: "Let's go buy some seeds."
The land on the mountain is about 1.5 acres. Geng Feng calculated that one acre of land requires about three kilograms of corn seeds, and nine kilograms is enough for more than three acres of land.
The two went to a seed shop and asked the price. It turned out to be two hundred coins per pound, which was too expensive.
I asked two more shops, and they all offered the same price. I could only spend nearly two taels of silver to buy nine kilograms of corn seeds.
Qin Nian sighed, "With consecutive years of famine, the most outrageous price is food."
Geng Feng nodded: "Fortunately, we sold the rabbits and snakes, so we have enough money to buy seeds."
The two of them headed to the market again.
The original plan was to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on the remaining one acre of land after planting corn. Both crops are high-yielding and can be used as staple food.
However, sweet potato seedlings must be cultivated in advance, unlike potatoes, which can be inoculated first.
It is already mid-May, and it takes more than ten days to cultivate sweet potato seedlings, so it may be too late.
The two of them decided to plant potatoes on the more than one acre of land.
I bought two baskets of potatoes and spent two taels of silver.
Geng Feng said: "How come we still have so much silver? Let's buy some food and take it back."
I also bought 100 kilograms of cornmeal and 20 kilograms of pork fat, half for each family.
Geng Feng smiled: "After deducting the money spent, we still have ten taels of silver left, let's divide it up."
Qin Nian shook his head: "This silver is all from selling the big snake. You caught the big snake, so you can keep the rest of the silver."
Geng Feng's expression was stern: "Xiao Nian, if what you said is true, then you were the one who found the Shy Spring, and that piece of land should belong to you.
Let's farm together and get through this difficult time together, instead of being so clear-cut.
If we really want to divide it too clearly, my family will take advantage. In the future, please don't say that, okay?"
Qin Nian thought about it and realized that it was true. She nodded and said, "Okay, I won't say it anymore."
When she got home and heard that a snake was sold for fifty taels of silver, her eyes brightened more than usual.
"When my legs are healed, I'll go up the mountain with you. You and Geng Feng will do the work, and I'll go find the big snake.
After catching them, they were taken to the county town and sold for silver.”
Qin Nian smiled and said, "Not only can that big snake be sold for silver, it can also scare people into fainting."
When she told Mrs. Li about her encounter with Dong Biao and Li Erhui, she became happy.
"When my legs get better, I will definitely go up to the mountains to catch snakes. After I catch them, I will not sell them immediately, but keep them.
If Mrs. Qin and Li Dahua come someday, I will catch them off guard and hang a big snake around their necks.
Let’s see if you dare to enter our door again.”
Qin Nian burst out laughing: "Grandma, Geng Feng said that it has been many years since we have seen a snake that big.
Do you want to catch two at once?"
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