"Dongsheng, why are you here?" Dashan was a little excited to see him, after all, he met an acquaintance.
Chunxiao then remembered that the young man was Dongsheng. He was wearing a thin coarse cloth shirt, but he looked very energetic.
"Brother Dashan, are you here to buy or sell something?"
Dashan pointed at Chunxiao and said, "This is your sister Chunxiao. Let's come over here and buy some things." He looked at the items in front of the stall and said, "Are you here to sell prey?"
"Well, I caught two rabbits and sold them for some money to buy medicine for my mother."
Chunxiao's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the rabbit. "How much do you want for this rabbit?"
"Fifty cents each." The boy smiled at him.
Chunxiao looked at Yan Dashan and said, "Brother, I want this rabbit. Rabbit meat is delicious."
Yan Dashan had no choice but to say, "If you want to buy it, go ahead and buy it. If I don't let you buy it, you'll have to blame me."
Chunxiao grinned, took out a penny from her pocket and gave it to Dongsheng, "Here, take it. I'll buy this rabbit."
The boy was obviously stunned for a moment, "Sister Chunxiao, do you want two?"
"She was just asking me when we will slaughter the pig at home." Dashan laughed.
"Two rabbits aren't much, not even enough for our family." She put the rabbit into the basket. "If you catch a rabbit next time, ask me first. If I want it, you don't have to come to town."
Dongsheng nodded happily, "Okay, I'll ask you first if I catch you next time. Thank you, Sister Chunxiao, and Brother Dashan."
"Do you want to come with us?" It was time to leave after buying everything.
"I need to go to the pharmacy. There's a medicine Uncle Liu doesn't have."
Dashan patted his shoulder and said, "We are in a hurry to go back, so we will leave first."
As they walked down the road, Chunxiao thought about the rabbit in the basket and said, "Brother, I remember they're not from our village, right?"
"Their surname is Xu, so they're not from our village, but they've been here for years. Life hasn't been easy for them. Aunt Wen is weak and needs medicine all year round, so all the family expenses go into buying medicine. Otherwise, he could have saved some money by catching wild animals in the mountains and selling them."
"How old is he?"
"He's 18, and still hasn't found a wife. He's good-looking, but unfortunately no family in his financial situation would be willing to marry him off. He did find one before, but the family wanted him to marry into the family. Uncle Shizhu almost agreed, but he refused. He said he was his only son, and he wanted to stay and take care of his parents until they die. He's a conscientious man."
It is true that every hard time has its own difficulties, Chunxiao sighed.
"Why didn't I stop you from buying two rabbits? I'll help you out as much as I can. We didn't have the ability to do so before."
"Brother, you have a chivalrous heart."
"My chivalrous heart is also due to your influence. Just like before, we couldn't take care of ourselves, so no matter how much I care, it would be useless."
When she got home, she found that Tie Da Ge was guarding the door and no one was there. Was Zhou also out? Chunxiao opened the door, put her things away, and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Dashan helped her take the rabbit to the river to skin and clean it.
Chunxiao was cooking when Zhou Dahe came back.
When he went out and saw them, he asked, "Why aren't my father and sister-in-law here?"
Zhou didn't expect them to have returned, and was startled by her voice. "Why are you cooking so quietly? I thought no one was in the room. Didn't your eldest brother come back with you?"
"I'm back. I went to the river to help me wash the rabbit. Today we met Dongsheng from Uncle Shizhu's family at the market and bought his rabbit."
Zhou nodded and said, "Don't cook too much. Your sister-in-law and the others have gone home to cook. They and the children will eat at home. Your father won't be home for lunch."
"Chunxiao, what's going on?" Dahai asked anxiously.
"I've accepted it, but time is very tight. The goods must be delivered within 8 days. If they cannot be delivered, they will have to pay 20 taels of silver as compensation."
Yan Dahe was extremely happy after hearing the first sentence, but the second sentence made him feel cold. "Why do I have to pay for this?"
"Then you'll have to pay compensation for taking up other people's time and not getting anything done for them. We can only pray to God that it's sunny these few days, otherwise we'll really lose everything."
After a while, Yan Dashan came back and handed the rabbit to Zhou.
"You want to eat this rabbit in the afternoon?"
"It's just the two of us eating this afternoon. This rabbit is quite fat, and we can't finish it. We can make half a rabbit today, and then make another half tomorrow at noon when my sister-in-law and the others come. We can pickle the remaining one and let it dry. Mom, cut some ginger into it when you cook it. Ginger can remove the fishy smell."
Chunxiao looked at their attire and asked, "Did you go up the mountain this morning?"
"I've gone up the mountain. It's better today than yesterday, but I'm not very skilled at finding wood, so I haven't chopped down much. They're all a little higher up the slope over there. I'll put it aside after I finish chopping wood today. Have you bought your axe yet?"
"I bought it and it's in the backpack in the main room."
Zhou took over her cooking job and took out some money from her pocket. "Today you can share 1188 coins. I don't have that many copper coins, so I'll give you 1 tael and 2 qian of silver each. Anyway, I didn't share any money yesterday."
The two of them no longer refused, as Chunxiao would give them whatever they wanted.
Chunxiao gave Zhou another penny, "This is for you." She herself now had nearly 30 taels of silver saved. She would count it later in the evening.
"Mom, isn't it nice to have money every day?"
Zhou couldn't help but smile, "Your father envied me very much, saying that I only helped with cooking and still got paid every day."
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