Chapter 214 Going up the mountain ahead of time
At night.
Shen Qing waited by the river bank at the agreed time.
After a while, Liu Cuihua arrived with her eldest son.
Liu Cuihua whispered, "Have you been waiting for a long time? Here, Dafu is carrying it. Where is it?"
Shen Qing looked over and saw a tall and strong man walking towards them in the night carrying a deer on his back. It was Lei Dafu.
He was wearing a coarse linen shirt with several patches, and on his broad shoulders was a piece of oilcloth, on which was a large adult male deer. He had walked a long way from the mountain and was carrying such a heavy deer, but he was still very steady and his steps were steady and powerful.
Twenty-five years old is very young in China, but it is considered too old in this dynasty. It is basically impossible to find a wife. Whenever Liu Cuihua talks about it, she is anxious at first, sighs in the middle, and then worries about what to do when she gets old...
Shen Qing retracted his gaze, pointed at the cart behind him, and whispered, "Put it on the cart."
"Do you want Dafu to take you to your doorstep?" Liu Cuihua looked at the house in the distance, which was still quite some distance away.
After hearing this, Lei Dafu moved his long legs slightly and was about to step forward to pull the cart.
Shen Qing waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no! I can pull this little distance back by myself."
She will sell it to the mall for money later.
Lei Dafu knew that his mother had something to say, so he stepped aside and waited quietly.
Liu Cuihua carefully put the silver away and said, "There are stars tonight and it will be a sunny day tomorrow. Are you free?
If there is time, the men in the family can come back from hunting and take the villagers up the mountain. With the men around, we are safe and don’t have to worry about encountering wild boars.
In the past, I would definitely not have time to take them up the mountain after hunting. I would be busy selling the prey, rest well, and prepare things needed for the next trip to the mountain. I simply would not have the time, energy, or mood to do so.
But now the prey has been bought up by the villagers! And the price is not less than that of the merchants in the city. The leather is nitrated and sold to Shen Qing. There is only one deerskin that needs to be sold. Now that the family has money to spend, there is no rush.
Take it with you next time you go to town to sell medicinal herbs.
The head of the family discussed with her and decided to let the younger generations of the family take the villagers to the mountain tomorrow and tell them what is edible, what is poisonous and cannot be eaten, where is safe and where cannot be visited.
Shen Qing didn't expect Liu Cuihua to tell her this. She was very surprised and then asked embarrassedly: "They are tired from hunting. Don't they need to rest for two days?"
The green vegetables in the vegetable garden at home are sprouting, but there are so many people that it is far from enough to eat. Most of the food has to be from wild vegetables. These days, the wild vegetables around have been almost picked up, and we urgently need to develop new locations!
Moreover, the mall is in urgent need of developing new money-making projects. Honey can only be harvested once a year, deer can only be found in the deep mountains and may not be hunted every time, and astragalus is harvested once every two years. If we can't save money, can we increase revenue?
Open up more categories and let the mall balance increase rapidly!
Someone still wants Huo Bing's life, so she has to work hard to earn money to buy weapons to protect her family!
Liu Cuihua smiled and said, "It's OK for them to have a good sleep tonight. This isn't a deep mountain or old forest. It's like taking these people from the village to rest."
It wasn't that she looked down on people. The men in the village were already out of breath after climbing to the height of her house, not to mention women like Shen Qing. How far could they walk? How high could they climb?
Tomorrow, she wanted to do it for safety reasons and out of selfishness. She wanted the younger generations in her family to hang out more with the people in the village. Otherwise, it would be more than enough for her and her two sisters-in-law to take care of the people in the village!
Shen Qing:...Although I don't want to admit it, I have to admit that what Cuihua said is true.
"Okay, so what should we bring tomorrow?"
Liu Cuihua thought for a moment and reported: "There are so many things to eat in the mountains. I need to carry a backpack and a small basket, otherwise I am afraid I won't be able to fit them all.
A small hoe is essential, and it would be best to bring a hatchet and some water. We should go early and be back before noon, so we don't need to bring any food."
They wouldn't have the physical strength to do it for a whole day, so half a day would be better.
The two of them whispered and discussed the details for a while. Liu Cuihua took Lei Dafu away. Shen Qing looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he quickly sold the deer and antlers to the mall.
Then, on the other side of the river ahead, they went door to door to inform everyone about going up the mountain the next day.
These are the surrounding mountains, not too far away, and wild beasts seldom come here. Only small animals come here mainly for food. For the women in the village who are responsible for food, it is like a blessing after a long drought!
I heard from the Lei family that it might snow at any time in October. From the first snow onwards, it will be basically impossible to go to the mountains. The snow in the mountains melts slowly and is so thick that animals can't find food.
So they had long wanted to go to the mountains to pick some food and store it, so that the vegetables in their own vegetable gardens could grow bigger before being picked.
Jincheng and Xingcheng are separated by thousands of miles. They have changed from relying on water for their livelihood to relying on mountains for their livelihood. However, they know how to eat fish and shrimps in the river, but they are completely clueless about what is edible in the mountains. They know nothing at all.
Moreover, the village chief said that the mountains are different from the water. The fish, shrimp, loaches, water plants, etc. in the water are only divided into delicious and unpalatable, but in the mountains there are actually poisonous things that can kill people!
Now that the Lei family has taken the initiative to lead them up the mountain, it’s really the best thing.
"The Lei family is really good. They sell their prey cheaply, clean it up cleanly, and deliver it to our doorsteps. Now they're taking us up the mountain. Oh, I feel embarrassed."
They are getting a good deal by buying the prey.
Granny Qin joked, "I see that the boys in the Lei family are all strong and healthy, and the girls are also very capable. Which of you has children of marriageable age? Keep an eye out."
Zhao Mingyue lamented, "I think Dafu is the best kid. He's strong, powerful, and capable. You've seen him fight against the Cao family so many times, and he always wins.
This shows that he is not only in good health, but also has an exceptionally sharp mind. It's a pity that he is old, otherwise he would definitely be the most sought-after one!"
"Hey, who said it's not true? It's nothing if he's three or four years older, and it's barely okay if he's five or six years older. But he's eight or nine years older than the oldest girl in our village, which is really too much." Zheng Hui sighed.
Shen Qing's thinking was very realistic: men's life span is not as long as women's. If too many older men die early, it will easily make the woman bear the stigma of "unlucky husband". And the cry of "a widow" is not pleasant!
Well, isn't she?
It seems that since I’m old, it doesn’t seem to matter much.
Stop, it’s not that being old doesn’t matter, it’s that she doesn’t care!
But how could she not care? How could a woman in this dynasty not care? How could she not care!
Not to mention the distant past, Jiang Yu was first framed and sold to the Liu family because of her mother's family's bad deeds, and then she was beaten and abused by the Liu family. In the end, she was divorced because it sounded better than being divorced. But even though she had no fault from beginning to end, she often thought that she was an unlucky person.
I am also worried that the divorce will affect the marriages of my nephews and nieces, and I try not to go out alone for fear of getting a bad reputation... The shackles I carry are too heavy.
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