Traveling through mountains and rivers

The peaches are big, and the weight is not light. No matter how good the two were, they couldn't pick up many. After all, there were already pheasants and wild rabbits in one basket, and there was only one empty basket left. This is too heavy and troublesome when carrying it back.

Knowing this problem, the two of them didn't get too greedy. They picked up half of the basket and gave up. Then they picked two peaches from the tree, peeled the outer skin, and tasted it first.

Tao Qing said to Ning Ze, "Ah Ze, this is the first time I have eaten such a delicious peach. The ones we ate before were the ones we saw on the way here. The small ones are very sweet though. But there is not as much water here, and the taste is not as delicious."

Ning Ze smiled when he heard this, "It must be different. This peach is so much bigger. If it is sold, it can be sold for more than ten yuan per catty. We saw it on the road. Maotao, there are a lot of them on that mountain, but people may not be able to see them when they get to the town, so ah, this is different."

Tao Qing nodded, "Isn't that right? I've seen this peach in the town. I heard people say that it's called Mitao, and some places call it Juicy Peach. It's because the peach has a lot of water in it, and it's all crumbled when you bite into it. juice."

Tao Qing smiled after finishing speaking, Ning Ze was a little puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

Tao Qing said, "I remembered the things when I was a child. At that time, I was not sensible. When I went to the town to go to the market, I saw peaches. They were big and red. I just clamored for my father to buy them for me. I asked my elder brother and the others to ask for it together, but peaches are very expensive, they cost five renminbi each, and it takes five eggs to get them back. Dad wanted to buy them for us, but Ah Mo was reluctant. Five renminbi can buy a lot of things We brothers just stared helplessly and refused to leave. Father finally bought us one cruelly, and we shared the food. Since then, I think peaches are the most delicious thing. I later I have never eaten such a delicious thing again, and I think I can remember it for a lifetime."

Ning Ze also laughed when he heard this, the food he ate when he was a child was always the most precious, just because he was ignorant and ignorant at that time, delicious food is delicious, liking is liking, no other superfluous emotions are included in it.

Ning Ze said, "Just remember it. It's not a bad thing. When you get old, these are memories. If you have nothing to do, you can talk about it. It's a pastime."

Tao Qing smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell you when I get old."

Ning Ze looked at Tao Qing with a smile in his eyes, and he said, "Is this your promise? Tell me when you get old."

Tao Qing didn't understand promises or non-promises, so he nodded, "You say yes, Aze, we are living a good life like this now, I have never felt so relaxed like now, and I don't worry about going back every day. Someone will scold you when you get home, and you don’t have to worry about the children telling me that they haven’t eaten every time you go home, Aze, thank you.”

Ning Ze walked over and pinched Tao Qing's face and said in a very gentle voice, "Thank you, we are a family, you didn't blame me for not letting you live a good life before, it was already very good, why not?" If you want to thank me, I should thank you, thank you for giving me three such good children, thank you for giving me a family, thank you for giving me yourself."

Ning Ze's words made Tao Qing blush all of a sudden, he pushed Ning Ze, "What are you talking about, it's in broad daylight."

Looking at his shy look, Ning Ze felt that he was extraordinarily good-looking, even the scar on his face was extraordinarily attractive.

Ning Ze looked at it like this, and the person in front of him almost overlapped with the man in a suit who looked like a gangster brother.

Ning Ze smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up. Even if he wasn't wearing a suit, he still liked the same face, and Ah Qing was also very nice.

After Tao Qing walked away, Ning Ze quickly came back to his senses, thinking about these things in broad daylight seemed to be a bit too much, this kind of thing should be thought about at night, after all, it is convenient to move.

Tao Qing was already ready to go back with a pannier on his back. He was carrying a pannier filled with peaches. Ning Ze's head injury was almost healed now, so naturally Tao Qing wouldn't be allowed to carry another pannier. He picked up another pannier and left. After getting behind Tao Qing, he lifted the pannier on his back and said, "Let's change to another one, you carry this rabbit."

Tao Qing grabbed the back pan to keep Ning Ze from moving, he said, "Let me do it, your body injury is still not healed, don't get hurt again because you are carrying too much."

Ning Ze said, "It's okay, it's done, don't forget, you are my husband, and I will naturally do the hard work, let it go!"

Tao Qing still hesitated, but Ning Ze had already taken off the pannier on his back and put it on his own.

Tao Qing couldn't compete with Ning Ze, so he stopped arguing with him. He changed to a pannier with wild animals on his back, and at the last moment he didn't forget to pick two more peaches, which he would eat later on the road.

Naturally, when they went out, they would not climb up again. Instead, they walked from another place, walking along the peach forest in the opposite direction to the direction they came from. There were weeds all around them, and they couldn't see the way, so they could only go back by groping.

Ning Ze was holding a scimitar in front, afraid of hitting the grass and snakes in the grass, so Tao Qing followed Ning Ze's footsteps.

After leaving the peach grove, they walked forward for quite a while, and they actually came to the place where they had the Polygonum multiflorum last time. When they got here, Tao Qing knew the way, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to go back.

Ning Ze thinks that the mountain is quite rich, with wild vegetables, animals, fruits, and medicinal materials. Living on the mountain, you really can't starve to death.

Ning Ze walked for a while and asked Tao Qing on a whim, "Ah Qing, can this mountain be covered? I thought we should cover the area with the peach trees, and plant some other trees outside the peach trees. , just build an orchard."

Tao Qing quickened his pace and walked beside him to walk with him, "This mountain can be rented, but it's not cheap, at least it costs a hundred taels of silver a year, and people from the village can still go in if the mountain is rented. I really don’t want people from the village to go, so it’s best to buy the mountain, and if we buy the mountain, it can be counted in our name, as long as we don’t agree, others can’t go if they want to go.”

After hearing this, Ning Ze felt that this was a good idea. What he wanted was not much, that is, the area of ​​the peach grove, plus a little outside, was estimated to be about ten or twenty acres. Also unnoticed.

Ning Ze asked Tao Qing, "In that case, how much does it cost to buy the mountain?"

Tao Qing said, "I don't know the specifics, but it's similar to buying a field. It's all calculated according to the size. People from the yamen will come to measure it to see how much it costs per mu."

After thinking about it, he added another sentence, "Ah Ze, you don't really want to buy a mountain, do you?"

Ning Ze said, "Naturally I want to, but the money is not enough now, let's wait until winter to talk about it, anyway, I can't run away."

Tao Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although he had more than a hundred taels of silver in his hand, it was definitely not enough to buy mountains.

Tao Qing felt that he should feel at ease with the money in his hands. Aze had only one idea this day, and he really couldn't stand it.

Ning Ze didn't know what Tao Qing was thinking, and he was still thinking about his own plan to buy a mountain. Sitting on the entire mountain forest, it seemed really cool to be the tyrant in the village.

But soon he threw away the idea of ​​becoming a tyrant in the village. After all, he is a peace-loving person. As long as others don't provoke him, he can't do anything to force him casually. A real strong man It's not that bad.

At the same time, he also made up his mind about the life he would live after being rich. There is no such thing as a group of wives and concubines, and other things should be fine, such as what clothes to eat and what to eat. It is simply a good life.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of thinking, and the expression on his face was just a little strange. Tao Qing glanced at Ning Ze from time to time, a little worried that he might be bewitched.

Fortunately, after going down the mountain, Ning Ze returned to normal, because he realized that he seemed to be thinking too much. The idea that he can turn himself into a useless person with money is unacceptable, after all, he thinks he is a A good young man who is motivated and motivated.

After Ning Ze returned to normal, Tao Qing didn't worry any more. In order to avoid the sight of the villagers, they both walked home quickly.

Ning Ze had the idea for a moment to tell the village head about the peach forest in the mountain, and let the village head arrange the distribution.

But he quickly rejected this idea, because once the people in the village knew about it, things would be different from what they are now. I'm afraid that everyone would want to share an extra peach, and no one would let anyone else.

It is more likely that these peaches have already been picked before they are ripe, and in the end there may only be branches left.

These ordinary people at the bottom are simple, but for the sake of life and to make their lives better, they can do anything. All their simplicity is based on the fact that their interests are not harmed, so these people In fact, it is a very contradictory existence.

Ning Ze thought that he could help the villagers get rich in the future, but not in this way.

And Tao Qing knew these people better than Ning Ze, so he didn't mention it at all, neither of them said anything, they kept it secret by coincidence, they discovered the peach forest, so they could pick the peaches first, it happened by coincidence .

The two of them walked home quickly with their backs on their backs. Except for Tao An, everyone in the Tao family was busy at home today, and they just greeted them when they came back.

The two of them didn't make a sound, and went straight into the house with their backs on their backs.

A group of children gathered around first, and when they first saw Tao Qing carrying the pheasant and rabbit in the basket, their mouths immediately opened wide, "Rabbit, there are rabbits."

"And chickens, ah, and eggs."

It's strange, like something, and refuses to leave while wearing a basket.

Lin Zi ran over and hugged Ning Ze's thigh, "Uncle, can we eat these rabbits and pheasants? Are we going to sell them?"

Ning Ze patted his head, "How about holding my thigh tighter and leaving one to eat?"

Without saying a word, Lin Zi hugged Ning Ze's thigh tightly. After he felt that it was tight enough, he raised his head and asked Ning Ze, "Uncle, is it tight enough now?"

Ning Ze laughed, why is this child so obedient, it's really cute.

Ning Ze moved his legs and said, "It's tight enough, get up and make chicken soup at noon."

Lin Zi was so happy that he immediately jumped up in the room, and the other children also licked their mouths with anticipation.

The rest of the Tao family were also attracted in, and looked at the two things in the basket with disbelief again.