Across the Far Mountain Tea Farmers

Before closing the mountain, everything was busy, even busier than the autumn harvest.

The mountain is barren, and the villagers have a little land, so it doesn't take much time to put it away.Everything seems to be popping up just before winter.

Several houses have to be repaired.Even if the house does not need to be repaired, the roof and the like must be checked.

The Xiong family's current house is already a big tiled house with blue bricks, but the new house still has a problem of expansion and contraction.After qualified people build a new house, they will hang it out for a year or so.But the Xiong family didn't have this condition, so they just lived in.

Wen Lun was very generous. Anyway, the house would not collapse, at most it was just a small problem.Moreover, under his hearing, there is absolutely nothing to hide.Where there is "internal injury" in the house, he knows it as soon as he hears it.After asking Xiong Da, he understood that these are normal changes now.

Xiong Da has always known the special nature of his daughter-in-law, so he took Wen Lun to overhaul the tea factory and dormitory buildings over the tea garden.

Matchmaker Zhang also came here frequently these days, and she really talked about several marriages.

Today's Dacha Village is already a well-known rich village.The matchmaker Zhang held the two big coins in her hand, she smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth, she said a lot of good things in one breath, and then poured down a mouthful of tea: "It is also a blessing for Dafu to be a son-in-law."

The long-term poverty makes the mountain people not pay much attention to things like marriage and marriage.Where you can survive and live a good life is the key.

Liu's second family is starting a big project this year, not only to find a son-in-law for their daughter.The youngest Liu in his family, who seemed to be almost thirty, also married a wife.

A fine person like Zhang Matchmaker originally looked down on the Liu family.Such a poor family, whoever comes to the door to suffer.However, since the prosperity of the big tea village, besides the village head's family which occupies a favorable location, among those who grow tea to entertain tourists, the best business is the Liu Laoer's family.This family, even Liu Laosan, who never does anything, can come up with some ideas that no one else can think of.

Matchmaker Zhang left after sitting for a short time.It took her more than an hour to walk home. When she passed by the village chief's house, she heard the village chief mumbling: "Donkey or cow, which is better?"

Matchmaker Zhang paused enviously for a while, then shook her head.Under the big tea tree at the entrance of the village, no one can be seen now.As soon as Matchmaker Zhang walked past the big tea tree, she saw a group of carriages approaching.

Zhang Matchmaker hurried to the side of the road.In addition to the three carriages in the lead, there were three donkey carts behind them, and the things were piled high.In the carriage, bursts of laughter came from the young man.

The village chief didn't expect, and the whole village didn't expect, that someone would come at this juncture.

The village chief said to a group of scholars, "The mountain is about to be closed. Why don't you go down the mountain as soon as it gets dark, or you will be delayed." It's not that the village chief pushed the money out Well, it's really the weather in the mountains, even for those of them who have lived in the mountains for decades, they can't figure it out.

Moreover, winter on the mountain is much earlier than that on the mountain.

The leading scholar, who was young and weak, laughed before saying anything, and when he laughed, there were two dimples on his face: "Thank you, village chief. We are here to enjoy the snow. Knowing that the mountains are closed in winter, we came here just before winter. .” Turning around, he pointed to the donkey cart outside the door, “We have prepared all our own food and necessities. I also ask the village chief to point out where we can stay overnight?”

The village chief couldn't refuse after being told this, and he took people around the whole village and chose a house to stay.

Since the villagers learned some characters with Yao Qing and Zhao Si, they felt that they were also learned people, but facing these real scholars, they still couldn't help muttering to themselves: "Is this brain out of order?"

"What's so interesting about freezing to death in a snowy day?"

"Appreciate the snow... enjoy the snow..."

"Tch, what are you thinking about? Pretending to be a scholar!"

The scholars wandered around like this, and fell in the eyes of Mr. Wen's former residence, a famous scenic spot in Dacha Village, bah, it was Mr. Wen's country residence.

The newly built Xiong's house is still surrounded by walls that are ten feet high. The scholars looked at it from a distance, but they couldn't see anything.The door was newly replaced, except for being extremely tall, there was no gap at all, which disappointed the scholars.

Several young scholars clamored to visit Wen Lun.It was still the leading scholar who stopped him: "It's already getting late today, so wait until tomorrow for the greeting card."

The scholars all said yes.

In the eyes of the mountain folk, there is nothing strange about the eight hundred miles of mountain scenery in late autumn.In the eyes of scholars, even some fallen leaves can attract bursts of amazement.

The villagers looked at the scholars more and more with the same kind of eyes that looked at Shen Jingbing.

It is impossible for Wen Lun not to know about such a big piece of news.After hearing the talk of the scholars, he started to have a headache.

He has already lived in the mountains, can he live a quieter life?How sad it is to speak politely!

And there are many things going on now, and there are three strong men in the tea garden who are going to get married.

Even with the experience of group weddings last year, Wen Lun was so busy that his feet flew off.

Xiong Da didn't worry too much, he organized the strong men to go hunting in the mountains, and at the same time had to pick up autumn.

Before winter, try to kill some prey as much as possible, which can somewhat reduce the possibility of wild beasts rushing into the village in winter.In particular, tea gardens and medicine gardens are built on the edge of deep mountains, and there are much more wild animals than in villages.Although there is an extremely powerful defense system, how can those watchtowers be guarded all the time like they are in the army?

Besides, almost all of his comrades had some unmentionable disease, and he could still vividly remember how they were rolling and crying last year.After a year of recuperation, I just hope that this year will be a little better.

Wen Lun heard about it, and said, "I'll go too." He didn't want to go hunting, but picking some wild fruits in the mountains seemed quite interesting.

Before Xiong Da could make a sound, Cuilian said, "Master, Cuilian will make chestnut cakes for you at home."

"That's right. The road in the mountains is not easy to walk, so Li Er can just go." Li Er has grown a lot this year, and after the blow of failure to stir-fry tea, he has calmed down a lot, because of his relationship with his father. Still not so good.

Bi He was wiping a machete by the side, and she rolled her eyes with a smile: "The young master is at home with peace of mind. Bi He is going to kill a fox, and come to make you a scarf."

When the three of them went out, Wen Lun grabbed Xiong Da who hadn't had time to walk out the door: "You guys look down on me so much?"

Xiong Da turned the corner between telling the truth bluntly, or telling the truth tactfully, and said frankly: "Daughter-in-law, when the time comes, I have to carry the prey, not you."

Wen Lun: "..."

Xiong Da affirmed Wen Lun's progress: "Daughter-in-law is very good now. I walked back from the tea factory last time."

Wen Lun suddenly realized that he had been carrying Xiong Da's contemporary walking tools all along, and he always carried Xiong Da on his back everywhere.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was silent, Xiong Da put his arms around her shoulders to comfort him: "Daughter-in-law still has a lot of things to do. You must be distracted to entertain those scholars who came from the village today. Leave the things in the mountains to me. Why don't we just stay in the mountains for one night instead of waiting next year?" When the weather gets warmer, it's nice to spend time in the hunter's hut once in a while!

Wen Lun leaned his head heavily into Xiong Da's arms, and rubbed his head: "I'm sorry." A waste of firewood should have the consciousness of waste firewood, hunting and picking autumn are serious jobs, waste firewood does what waste firewood should do , You can't go willful and hinder your legs.

Xiong laughed loudly: "What's your apology?" Then he whispered into his daughter-in-law's ear, "Tomorrow I'll lead the stag down and have venison stew at night, huh?"

Wen Lun's ears burst into red instantly, and then he raised his head angrily and sneered: "Okay. Anyway, I don't have to go out, but you, do you still have the strength to go hunting?"

Wen Lun had only heard of venison by name, and it was rare.But after wearing it, although venison is still a rare item, it can't stand against a little raccoon in his family whose strength exceeds the standard and whose heart is full of comic strips.Ever since he was declared healthy by Hua Yong, the little raccoon would go up the mountain to catch a deer whenever he had time.There are jerky, cured meat, bacon, and even meat floss made from venison at home.

Wen Lun was filled with all sorts of unnecessary things.

Xiong Da's heart trembled at the sight of his daughter-in-law, and he wished he could be executed on the spot.But the daughter-in-law was right, he had to go hunting in the mountains.

"Wait until I come back from hunting." When hunting, your legs are weak, and it's a trivial matter to be laughed at by your old comrades. What if you get kicked by a wild boar?He still has his young master to support.

Xiong Da and the others are going to go hunting in the mountains to pick up autumn. In fact, Wen Lun has a lot to prepare for.Together with the housekeeper and accountant, he has to guarantee the entire logistics work, including carrying baskets, cloth bags, weapons and other tools.

The most troublesome thing is the weapon.Almost all the people in the mountains can hunt small prey, such as pheasants and hares, just use slingshots or earthen bows and arrows.Wen Lun has seen that kind of bow and arrow before, and it is not much different from toys.

Xiong Da's target this time is wild boars and the like, and that kind of bow and arrow can't break the defense at all.But for more powerful bows and arrows, there is no place to sell them, so they can only be made by themselves.The strong men are good at maintaining weapons in the barracks. It is not enough to make a few bows and arrows alone, and it is almost the same for several people to piece together.The women in the mountains are not bad at doing things. Their daughters-in-law are not very old, but they all sharpen their knives and chop wood.They can't make bows and arrows, but they can polish the parts of bows and arrows finely.

The arrows are made of sharpened hardwood, not as sharp as iron arrowheads, but it is enough to deal with ordinary prey.

Early the next morning, the scholars met to watch the sunrise and got up very early.It turned out that there had been movement in the village, so I asked the village chief.

The village head said: "Master Xiong brought people into the mountains to hunt and pick up autumn, and some people from the village followed. When they come back, they will be lucky."

Eight hundred miles of mountains are rich in products.For a long time, even the people in the mountains dared to enter the mountains only at a few moments.It is too dangerous.Picking up autumn has been something that hasn't happened for many years.

A scholar squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Village Chief, do you have much tea oil in your house? Can you sell us some?"

The scholar said this at the same time, the other scholars did not speak, but their eyes became eager.

The dishes I ate yesterday were mediocre, but the fried tea oil was really different.Camellia oil, never heard of it anywhere else.

The village chief didn't answer in a hurry, instead he looked embarrassed and rubbed his fingers behind his back: "There is still some tea oil, but the quantity is not much." The things in the mountain are very expensive .