Chapter 179: Hard to Part
Zhao Mingyue exclaimed, "Didn't Dafu tell you that he was coming back?"
Liu Cuihua replied blankly, "No, the kid came back and said you were reasonable and reliable people, and told us not to listen to the Cao family's nonsense, and then he left."
In fact, he was afraid that Mrs. Cao would make too much noise and be annoying, so he went to the mountains to hunt and get some quiet time.
Zhao Mingyue and others had a better impression of Lei Dafu.
"Every household has one, most of them have one. Carpenter Guan, my family, and Lao Wu's family have two. My second uncle is also the village chief, and his family has two donkeys and a cow."
As Zhao Mingyue introduced, the Lei family members' mouths opened wider and wider.
My God, judging from the gifts they brought, there are ten families, and each family has at least one donkey. That’s a lot of donkeys!
And there are three families here who have two cows, and the village chief even has one cow.
Zhao Mingyue finished speaking, pointing to Shen Qing, and said cheerfully: "If you ask who has the most livestock, it's of course my eldest niece's wife. Her family has six donkeys and three cows.
Do you think we have enough animals to take us to the city? We are not exaggerating if we send a few more donkeys.”
"Gudong!"
The sound of heavy swallowing could be heard, and everyone in the Lei family took a deep breath, and it took them a while to recover.
They looked at Shen Qing, who was sitting casually on a chair and looking at the mountains and forests, with different eyes.
Her family actually has six donkeys and three cows!
The Cao family only has three donkeys.
Shen Qing felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, and said modestly, "It was just luck that I earned some money, and since I needed large animals to escape the famine, I bought a few more."
It is mainly due to the generous sponsorship from Boss Sun and Second Brother Song.
She continued, "If Dafu wants to sell leather materials, he can just come and tell us. We have a lot of animals, but we're not familiar with Jincheng. We can provide the animals and you can provide the people. Let Dafu help guide us."
The Lei family was so happy that they didn't know what to do. They never expected that the newcomer was so capable and caring about them so much!
Completely different from the Cao family.
Liu Cuihua didn't refuse, "Okay, isn't this just a matter of a word? But just showing you around the city is not enough.
You must be busy when you first arrive. After a few days when it’s a little less busy, I will take you to the mountain. Let me tell you, there are plenty of things to eat in the mountain!
Although wild fruits cannot be compared with grains, they are still good for snacks and for improving taste or relieving greasiness in winter.
It is better to pick hazelnuts and chestnuts, grind them into powder and store them, which will fill your stomach without any problem;
If you also have mushrooms and other things, you can dry them and use them to stew chicken in the winter. It’s so delicious! Even without the chicken, it’s still delicious on its own.”
There are so many different kinds of food in the mountains, especially since they are surrounded by mountains that stretch endlessly, so they can never pick them all up.
As long as you are diligent, there will be endless free food in spring, summer and autumn except in winter.
No, there are still roe deer in winter, especially when it snows heavily, you can definitely catch one.
She added, "In winter I'll take you to catch roe deer. They're much older and very easy to catch. Even women like us who don't know how to hunt can catch them. We'll have fresh meat to eat in the winter, and we can make cloaks out of their hides."
Shen Qing knew about the silly roe deer, the kind of animal that would come over to see what you were doing if you called it. However, in China, it was so stupid that it had successfully become a protected animal. After all, only a few people could go into the mountains to hunt, and even fewer could go into the mountains during heavy snow.
They are the only ones who originally lived in the mountains.
Suddenly I am looking forward to winter.
Zhao Mingyue and Zheng Hui had lived on the plains for decades and had never dared to think about hunting. They just thought that what Liu Cuihua said was easy was for them and did not dare to take it seriously at all.
But I was very excited about what Liu Cuihua said about picking mushrooms, wild fruits, and hazelnut and chestnut mushrooms!
If it weren't for the huge amount of things going on at home, all of which were very important, they would have wanted to go up the mountain tomorrow.
In the end, they were both reluctant to leave each other as if they were old friends parting.
The scene was particularly difficult to part with.
Shen Qing was thinking about the silly roe deer, while Zhao Mingyue and Zheng Hui were thinking about wild fruits and mushrooms.
Mr. Jiang was discussing the overall future plan with Boss Lei, the most important of which was the issue of protection. He also took the opportunity to mention Shen Qing's proposal to build a gate and a suspension bridge at the exit, which Boss Lei agreed with, and he said that the Lei family should also contribute.
Boss Lei believes that building a protective shield will provide them with more security. As they are the beneficiaries, they should of course work together.
Carpenter Guan was talking about wood with Lei Laoer. Lei Laoer was not as good at hunting as his brothers, but he knew very well what trees there were in the mountains and what was different about each tree - especially which ones were durable and had a faint fruity wood aroma when used to smoke meat.
Carpenter Guan felt very distressed after hearing this!
The wood that is fire-resistant is dense wood. This kind of wood will not deteriorate even if it is used to make furniture for dozens or even hundreds of years!
Lei Lao Er: "Ah? It's been so long, I don't know~"
Woods that can retain the aroma of smoked meat are even more valuable because they have their own aroma!
How can wood that has its own fragrance not be precious?
Lei Lao Er: "Ah? I know~"
Before they separated, the two of them made a decision: after the house was built, they would go to the mountains together to look for wood!
Feng Mengjiang went to the west while Zhao Hu and the other men listened to Lei Erfu, Sanfu, Lei Dagui, Ergui, Sangui... talking about the fun and thrilling things about hunting in the mountains.
"Our villagers shot a rabbit at the foot of the mountain yesterday evening! It was so fat. There must be several of them in the grass, but the others all ran away. What a pity." Feng Meng mentioned with a distressed and boastful look.
Lei Qigui said blankly: "What's a rabbit? You don't know how fertile they are! They are everywhere in the mountains. Their meat is tough and has no fat. They are the same price as pheasants, but pheasants are lighter.
"But luckily, a rabbit skin can be sold for twenty or thirty coins. When we're short of meat, we go to the mountains and hunt a few. Didn't you ask us before why we don't raise them ourselves? They're everywhere in the mountains, growing up on their own grass. Why bother catching them, preparing nests for them, and cutting grass to feed them?"
Feng Meng and his men: ... Yesterday they were drooling over the rabbit meat, what is that?
Shen Qing: You guys are so talkative.
Jiang Xiangxi: ...He was heartbroken about the rabbit he shot to death yesterday, and thought that if he caught it alive and kept it in a pen, and then caught a few more, wouldn't he have endless rabbits to eat in the future?
As expected, I was used to raising all kinds of poultry and livestock at home, and I wanted to raise everything myself.
"If you ask me, we're all on the outer edge of the mountain, so we can only hunt pheasants, rabbits, wild goats, and the like. If we want to make big money, we have to go deep into the mountains!
The prey there is valuable!"
Lei Erfu quickly stopped them: "We have been hunting since we were young, and going into the mountains is a common occurrence. Don't mislead them. The mountains are not a joke!"
Lei Qigui fell silent and weakly warned: "Don't go into the mountains easily. If, if you really want to go, then join us in a team..."
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