Cross-country exchange

The next day, Xia Yu sent the Qin brothers away, and when he got home, he and Xie Yun were left in the whole family.The once lively house suddenly became much more empty.

"Brother Xia, shall we go back to the county today?" Xie Yun started packing his clothes while looking up at Xia Yu. When he had nothing to do, he would clean his and Xia Yu's small house by himself. Go to the vegetable garden behind the main house to pick out some commonly eaten vegetables or pick out some medicinal materials, and pester Xia Yu to make a medicinal meal.

Without saying a word, Xia Yu sat with his head propped on one hand not far from the window and stared at Xie Yun, looking at Xie Yun inexplicably.

Xie Yun touched his left cheek, then his right cheek, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and asked in confusion, "Brother Xia, what are you looking at?"

The corner of Xia Yu's mouth couldn't help but curled up into a smile, "Have you cleaned it up? If it's done, brother Xia will teach you how to marinate meat this time."

While the weather is still not hot, marinate more meat and put it aside for a rainy day.

Xia Yu wandered around his house, but he didn't find the meat that needed to be prepared, but he discovered an important thing.The reason why the Xia family is so impoverished is that almost all of the family's labor force is devoted to the fields, and the few members of the family spend their days guarding the few acres of land every year.On the contrary, he, after coming here, was so absorbed in carving that he even forgot to teach some trivial things.

"Well, Xiaoyun, I'll leave lunch to you today. I'll go find Luo Liang."

Hearing the other party's answer, Xia Yu went straight to Luo's house, and the two murmured for a while, taking advantage of Luo's father was not at home, and Luo's grandma was preparing lunch, turned around and ran away on the hill.

"If you don't know how to do it, go to the cave and sit there. When I come back from hunting a few wild boars, I can use your skillful hands to marinate them." Luo Liang carried a bow and arrow on his back, bent over and committed himself in the grass, and whispered to Xia Yu. muttered.

Xia Yu stared at the front calmly, turning a deaf ear to the words next to him, and only pushed the humanity aside, "You are too noisy, we will fight separately, and we will meet up in the cave in the evening."

After saying these words, Xia Yu carefully walked away from the side.

He is indeed inexperienced in hunting, but when it comes to the accuracy of aiming at the target, it is unmatched by ordinary people.In engraving, there is a science that specifically allows engraving scholars to learn how to find the accuracy.At the beginning, in order to practice this course, he stared at a wooden heart for half a month.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu tightened his bow and arrow, and went deep into the forest.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the sun that is dangling overhead has moved west step by step.When Xia Yu managed to get rid of a fast-running pheasant, the fiery red sunset had already set in the west.

"Oh, you actually hunted so many."

When the two arrived in the cave, Luo Liang, who had arrived one step earlier than Xia Yu, couldn't wait to watch Xia Yu's hunters.

All the prey in a basket fell on the ground, Luo Liang counted them carefully, and there were one or two more than him.

"Hey, Xia Yu, you are a real person and don't show your face."

Xia Yu sniffed the scent on his body and frowned.Looking around, I found it strange that the monkey in the cave was not there.

"Don't mess around, did you see the white monkey we saw last time when you came?"

Luo Liang put his head down and piled up all the prey, all he wanted in his mind was to exchange all the meat for a piece of white silver.

"No, why are you asking this?"

Xia Yu was just a little worried, but he felt a little relieved when he thought that the monkey was smarter than a human.

"Bring these all home, let's go back and get them."

Thinking that Xie Yun was at home alone at the foot of the mountain, Xia Yu hurriedly cleaned up, and hurried down the mountain with a basket on his back.

"When will we go back to help, the shop is quite busy."

Although marinating the meat will bring you a lot of money, Luo Liang still feels a little bit sorry. After all, he went to the shop to help out, and they paid him a salary. As a result, he ran away again after he hadn't been able to help for a few days. came back.His grandmother and father said yesterday that he was coming.

Xia Yu thought for a while and replied, "Let's wait another three days."

He wasn't in a hurry about things in the shop. His family was there, so he should be busy.He wanted to take advantage of this time to prepare some dowry for his second brother in advance, so as not to waste time.

Luo Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "Three days? Aunt Xia is too busy, otherwise, you and your family will stay here, and I will go back to help first?"

"It doesn't matter, Father and the others have gone. The shop shouldn't be too busy for the time being. But you, you have to hunt more prey in the next three days. When the meat is marinated, it will be weighed and sold." Xia Yu is also selfish. There is no one in the family who can hunt except Dad, so he just took advantage of the good weather to hunt more prey.When the time comes, the marinated meat will be purchased from Luo Liang and stored.

After listening to Xia Yu's words, Luo Liang couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, as long as he could contribute.

The two separated at the entrance of the village and went back home.

Luo Liang threw all the prey to Xia Yu, and Xie Yun sat on a small stool at the door, waiting eagerly for Xia Yu to come back.

"Brother Xia, where have you been? Why are you only coming back now? I thought..." Xie Yun has been waiting at home since he made lunch at noon, waiting and waiting, feeling a little anxious.

Xia Yu put down his things and joked, "Think, think I left you and ran away?"

Xie Yun gave him a hard look, took a knife and a basin from the house in a leisurely manner, and skillfully pulled out all the animal's hair, a little aggrieved, "I made lunch, and if I can't wait for you, I'll eat it." I ate it alone."

Then I went around the village, but I didn't see Xia Yu.

"Well, I was wrong this time, I didn't make it clear."

The corners of Xie Yun's mouth turned up slightly, and he didn't say anything more. The two lowered their heads and chatted without saying a word, but there was no hesitation in the movements of their hands.

"Here, press it hard, put some salt, and open it after a day or two." Xia Yu's pickling method is actually the most common one, and most people in the countryside know it.Simple and convenient, just pay attention to a few things.

He only marinated the meat of a wild rabbit, and handed over the rest to Xie Yun. He stood aside and pointed out anything wrong.

Xie Yun is also smart, and he memorized the entire process after watching it once. He was a little unskilled at first, but after marinating the meat of more than a dozen animals, he became familiar with the movements.

The two of them were busy for several hours, and they didn't stop their work until their stomachs gurgled.

Hearing Xia Yu's stomach growl, Xie Yun stood aside with his back propped up and couldn't stop laughing.

Xia Yu was not annoyed, so he took out the bottom fruit in the basket and threw it to Xie Yun, "Eat one, you can fill your stomach first."

After Xie Yun washed the fruit, the two sat aside and gnawed dryly. Then Xie Yun stood up and reheated the food that hadn't been touched at noon.

"Brother Xia, try it and see if my skills have improved." Xie Yun used to be a chef in the Xie family. Brother Xia's cooking skills are better than his, especially after trying Xia Yu's medicinal food, he prefers to watch Xia Yu cook.

The image of Xia Yu in his mind has always been very good, especially when Xia Yu does everything seriously, a serious person reveals a unique charm invisibly.

Xie Yun likes to look at Xia Yu like this.

Occasionally, once or twice, he also tried to cook the dishes taught by Xia Yu, and there was a feeling in his bones that he wanted to compare them. It would be great if one day his chef could surpass Brother Xia.

How could Xia Yu not know his little thoughtfulness, tasted two mouthfuls, and couldn't help but praise, "It's quite good. After I look back, we can leave the kitchen of our shop to you with confidence."

Xie Yun didn't respond after hearing this, just kept laughing.

Three days passed quickly.

Putting the marinated meat in a large vat, Xia Yu closed the lid, put a heavy object on the lid, checked again and again, packed up his things, and headed into the county seat.

When he arrived at his own shop, he found that the business was as good as ever, and several people in the family were in a mess. After Xia Yu put away the things, he took the fourth and sixth brothers out.

"Are the doors and windows locked at home?" Xia Dong of the Gu family was a little worried and couldn't help but ask a few words.

"Second Brother's affairs are pretty much over here, I think Dad and I should go home too." Xia Lei couldn't help but reminded.

There are always one or two people at home, not to mention, the weather is so good now, winter is coming to an end, spring is not far away, they have to prepare for spring sowing.

"Well, I get it, I brought you out today so that you can bring something back." Xia Yu also wanted his brothers to find the most suitable things for them.

So I brought Xia Dong and Xia Lei to the trade market. The farmer's market in the county town was very dirty, noisy, and messy, but the area was quite large.

"I said, little brother, what did you bring us here for?" Xia Dong was a little confused. Isn't the second brother doing all the grocery shopping?

Xia Lei propped his chin and looked at the noisy scene inside, "Could it be that they want us to..."

"Shopping." Xia Yu replied naturally.

Xia Yu looked at the stalls one by one, and when he saw what he needed, he stopped to have a look, and discussed the price with the boss. The two brothers followed him, and it took him a while to understand what he meant.

It took the three of them a while to buy a cage full of chickens from the farmer's market, and they were holding two pink piglets in their hands.