Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

In order to prevent others from discovering his abnormality, he pretended to scratch his back and secretly pinched himself, suppressing the surging pain.

"Do you want to take the rabbit skin? I have two at home, and they've all been dealt with," the black-skinned youth said at this moment.

"Accept," Xiao Chengyun nodded.

Seeing that they were covered with sweat, they were surrounded as soon as they entered the village, and they talked for a long time, especially Xiao Le, whose voice was a little hoarse.

So Mo Cheng took them to his own house to rest and drink some water, and they took things from other houses over at Mo Cheng's house.

"This wolf was chased by Mo Cheng for five days, but he still didn't escape in the end," said the black-skinned young man named A Shan, who lived not far from Mo Cheng's house. put the things back.

"Amazing," Xiao Chengyun touched the still warm wolf fur, "You just peeled it off?"

"Yes, this wolf has attacked our village several times, and every time it was at night, Mo Cheng felt relieved to catch it in our village."

Ah Shan was full of admiration, while Xiao Le sat by the side drinking the water Mo Cheng handed over, and raised his head to look at the other party upon hearing this.

Seeing Xiao Le looking at him, Mo Cheng was taken aback, then got up and entered the small kitchen.

Just when Xiao Le was puzzled, Mo Cheng came out and brought a pot of meat and two bowls of chopsticks.

"Ah this? We have dry food."

Xiao Chengyun knew that it was wolf meat. Speaking of which, they grew up so big that they hadn't eaten this stuff yet, but I heard that it was worth a lot if it was sold. It would be too...

"Eat, Mo Cheng's kindness," Ah Shan waved his hand to let them not be restrained.

Xiao Le ate a piece of meat, and his eyes lit up immediately.

The corner of Mo Cheng's mouth curled up slightly when he saw this scene nearby, and for some reason, he felt that this little peddler was very suitable for his eyes.

And when he said hello just now, the little peddler seemed to have tears in his eyes?But when he looked carefully, he couldn't find it again.

However, the other party secretly glanced at him more and more times. Mo Cheng looked at the little peddler openly, and Ah Shan next to him knew that Xiao Le and the others did not understand sign language, so he used what he knew to discuss the price of wolf fur with Xiao Chengyun. .

In fact, regarding wolf skins, Xiao Chengyun really did not expect to come across them, but when he was in the county, he also inquired about the prices of wolf skins, tiger skins, and blind bear skins.

The wolf skin had just been peeled off, and it had to be processed again, which would take half a month, and all the money they had on their hands was not enough to buy this wolf skin.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chengyun's mouth twitched, and he looked at Xiao Le, silently conveying the message of poverty.

They have to collect other mountain goods, which is even more insufficient.

"We didn't expect to be so lucky. When we met a wolf fur, the money is not enough." Xiao Le generously expressed their embarrassment to Ah Shan and the two, "But this wolf skin has to be processed, right?"

"Yes," Ah Shan said after Mo Cheng nodded, "We have to have it for a little half a month. We usually don't go out of the mountain if there is no major event, so you just come and collect it."

"Then let's pay a deposit first." Xiao Le took out a tael of silver and handed it to Mo Cheng. "Another peddler is here, so you can't sell it to him."

Mo Cheng stretched out his hand to take the silver. There was still the warmth of a small shopkeeper on the silver. He unconsciously clenched it tightly and gestured to Xiao Le.

"Mo Cheng said no, let's talk about it," Ah Shan said with a smile.

Soon, some villagers came over with their mountain goods or leather.

After Xiao Le and Xiao Chengyun washed their faces and hands, they also began to collect things in the yard in a refreshed manner.

"Can I exchange mountain goods for hairpins?"

A young man asked Xiao Le with some embarrassment.

"Of course." Xiao Le nodded, and looked at the mountain goods he brought, "Our hairpin is Baixiangfang incense wood hairpin. Not only does it smell good, but it also looks good. You have more mountain goods, why don't you choose again? A handkerchief?"

The young man looked at the fragrant wood hairpin and chose a men's one. When he heard the handkerchief, he blushed and shook his head.

Ah Shan smiled and said, "His family is Brother Qi, so he doesn't need a handkerchief, but this sweat towel can take one."

Brother Qi?

Xiao Le was a little confused, but Xiao Chengyun whispered from the side, "It's just men living with men."

Yeah?

Xiao Le hurriedly looked at the attitude of the villagers towards the young man, and found that they were mostly joking, not repulsive or disgusted. He became happy and gave the young man a small box of pastries.

As soon as the young man thanked him and took over, a man about the same height as Mo Cheng came in from outside, "Ah Ping, don't buy any messy things."

"Brother Qing, what's a mess? A-Ping chooses as many as you can," the long-faced villager joked.

Brother Qing couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and came to A Ping, glanced at the things in his hand, and directly gave the hairpin to A Ping in front of everyone, "It looks good."

A Ping was thin-skinned and pulled him away.

Ah Shan looked envious, "When can I have someone by my side?"

"You're just too picky," an old man pursed his lips. "Just say that the person I told you is a hard worker and a bright person. Why don't you like it?"

Xiao Le and the others had finished receiving their goods, so they also sat down and chatted with everyone.

Ah Shan's face turned dark when he heard the words, "Why would I be happy? I don't want to because others are dishonest!"

Xiao Le was fascinated by this, when someone poked his arm lightly.

He turned his head to look, Mo Cheng pointed to the sky, and then pointed to his main room.

"It's going to rain soon," Xiao Chengyun also noticed that it was getting dark, and it was already afternoon, if he went back like this, he wouldn't be able to reach the next village, and if the rain was too heavy, the goods he received might have problems.

"Mo Cheng said that we will stay with him for one night, is that what he means?"

Xiao Le asked.

Mo Cheng nodded.

"Then excuse me," Xiao Chengyun was a little embarrassed, thinking that there were still a few boxes of pastries left unsold, so he discussed with Xiao Le and gave them to Mo Cheng.

After the villagers left, there were only Ah Shan and Xiao Le in the yard.

Ah Shan complained in a low voice, "Uncle Daman always shows me some messy people, even if I'm looking for brother Qi, I don't want those."

Mo Cheng raised his hand and shook it lightly.

Ah Shan immediately became happy, "Just as long as you understand what I mean."

Xiao Le looked at Mo Cheng's gesture, and touched his chin.

When Mo Cheng went to pack the wolf fur, Xiao Le asked Ah Shan, "Who did Mo Cheng learn sign language from?"

"There is an old man in our village. His brother Qi was born dumb, so he went out of the mountain to find someone to learn from, in order to be able to communicate with brother Qi. After Mo Cheng's accident, he learned from him."

Ah Shan said in a low voice, "Unfortunately, the two old men passed away last year."

"There are many Qi brothers in your village?"

Xiao Chengyun changed the subject, since the third father-in-law passed away, he didn't like to talk about such sad things.

"Many," Ah Shan told them without hesitation, "Our village is next to a deep mountain. Look at it, you can't see the end of the mountain, and the fields are barren. In other words, you are poor."

"It's closer to the main road, and the extra vegetables and fruits at home can be sold in the town. Let's go out, go out before dawn, and come back in the evening. Walking makes the legs tremble. How can anyone marry a girl here? "

Even the girls in their village, if they weren't childhood sweethearts who had a deep affection since childhood, most of them also married into the previous villages.

"Who doesn't want their children to have a good life?"

Ah Shan sighed, "There are many couples in our village. When they get old, their godsons will help send them up the mountain, and they will have a good life. As for me, I have liked boys since I was a child, so when I reach the age of marriage, I I'm also looking for a suitable Qi brother."

As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Chengyun.

Xiao Chengyun coughed, "I'm married."

Ah Shan was a little disappointed, and looked at Xiao Le again, Xiao Le grinned, "I'm still young."

"It's really small," Ah Shan nodded. He didn't mean that to Xiao Le, but just wanted to ask if there was someone suitable for him outside the mountain.

"There is no Brother Qi in those villages of ours," Xiao Chengyun shook his head as soon as Xiao Le finished speaking.

"That's because you don't know. There is a couple in our village, but they passed away a long time ago. There are two couples in Yanghua Village, and there are several couples in the town. They are all a little older."

Xiao Le learned a few simple sign languages ​​from Ah Shan. Ah Shan grew up with Mo Cheng when he was young, so he naturally knew a lot of sign language, otherwise he wouldn't know what the other party meant.

"You are so smart!"

Seeing that Xiao Le can use nature in a few strokes, Ah Shan praised.

Xiao Chengyun twisted his hands back and forth, and after finishing this movement, he forgot the last one, "It's quite difficult."

"I'll teach you some more."

Ah Shan became interested, and taught Xiao Le for more than an hour. When it rained heavily, Mo Cheng boiled water and made old tea for them.

When Xiao Le gestured sign language to Mo Cheng, Mo Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then answered him.

The two quickly communicated silently, and their movements became more and more skillful and fast. Xiao Chengyun next to him was dazzled.

He asked Ah Shan what they said.

"Little brother is curious about chasing wolves," Ah Shan was very happy, because this was the first time someone outside the mountain could communicate with Mo Cheng using sign language.

"When are you coming next time?"

"It takes half a month to collect wolf skins."

Xiao Chengyun replied.

"What about after collecting the wolf fur?"

Ah Shan continued to ask, the former shopkeepers only came once a year, but because they were too far away, and their shopping was no better than in the village in front, the people behind stopped coming.

"We will run through all the towns and villages around the county, and then run back. It may take three months to complete a complete lap."

Xiao Chengyun said.

Mo Cheng, who was next to him, lowered his eyes when he heard this.

Xiao Le took out the cakes for them to eat, "This is red bean stuffing, which is a bit sweet, and this is glutinous melon stuffing, which tastes fragrant and not too sweet."

"Can glutinous melons be made into pastries?"

Ah Shan was immediately attracted attention.

"Yeah, try it."

Ah Shan ate a piece of glutinous melon cake and another piece of red bean cake, "I like red bean cake."

"Mo Cheng likes glutinous melons," Xiao Le laughed after seeing Mo Cheng silently ate the third piece of glutinous melon cake.

Mo Cheng nodded while holding the glutinous melon cake.

It doesn't match his tall image at all, but he is very down-to-earth.

The dinner was still the pot of meat, and Ah Shan also ate here. He also brought a big bowl of vegetables from home, "Add another dish."

In addition to him, there are three brothers in Ah Shan's family. He is the youngest. The family is full of bachelors, and the old lady is heartbroken.

The rain didn't stop, but it intensified a little. Knowing that Xiao Le wanted to take a bath, Mo Cheng didn't say a word and boiled two large pots, and everyone took a bath.

Xiao Le and the others took a change of clothes, washed the clothes after taking a shower, and then hung them in the woodshed.

Xiao Chengyun went into the room to sleep, Ah Shan also returned home, only Xiao Le and Mo Cheng were left in the main room.

Xiao Le is a talkative person, and kept using sign language to ask Mo Cheng about the hunting situation. If there was a new gesture and he didn't understand it, Mo Cheng would patiently explain it to him.

Before he knew it, the oil lamp was about to go out again, and Xiao Le went back to his room to sleep.

But Mo Cheng didn't sleep, he went to the kitchen to burn a fire, dried the clothes of the two of them, and then went back to bed.

Today is very happy, very happy.

Mo Cheng stared at the dark roof and smiled.

The next day, when Xiao Le woke up, it was still raining.

He worriedly pushed Xiao Chengyun next to him, "Brother, it's still raining."

Xiao Chengyun sat up in a daze, nodded after listening for a while, "It seems that I won't be able to leave today."

"How much silver do we have?"

Xiao Le asked in a low voice.

"It took a lot to collect the goods, and now we still have five or eight dollars. When we leave the mountain, we have to go to several villages to collect the mountain goods. I am afraid that when we go out, we will lose all the money."

They haven't confiscated the mountain goods yet, thinking to come to the innermost village to collect them, and the sale of goods started from the outer villages.

"I think there are a lot of mountain goods in this village, and most of them are hunters," Xiao Le's little abacus sounded, "I will come here more often in the future."

Xiao Chengyun didn't think much about it, "Okay, even though it's raining, we can't sleep too much, let's get up."

"Eh."

By the time they packed up and left the room, several bowls of multigrain porridge, a dozen corn tortillas, and a large bowl of steamed eggs had already been placed on the dining table in the main room.

"This……"

Hearing that there was still movement in the kitchen, Xiao Chengyun became more and more embarrassed, "It's too rich."

"Brother Mo Cheng is really kind."

Xiao Le ran to the stove to help, and Mo Cheng stewed another half pot of wolf meat.

Seeing him coming, Mo Cheng waved to him.

"Brother Mo Cheng."

Xiao Le rubbed over and got a piece of delicious meat.

After breakfast, Xiao Le hugged his dried clothes and sighed with Xiao Chengyun, "He is so careful."

"Yeah," Xiao Chengyun was also very emotional, "I heard from Ah Shan that Mo Cheng's family had an accident while hunting, and when they found Mo Cheng, his family members lost their temper..."

Mo Cheng was only eight years old at that time.

That's what freaked out.

"Our goods are all gone, it's not good to eat like this, shall we give something?"

Xiao Chengyun said.

So he went to look for Mo Cheng with the silver, but Mo Cheng pushed him away with a cold face, and after making gestures in front of Xiao Le, he picked up his hoe and went out wearing a bamboo hat.

"He... what did he say?"

Xiao Chengyun asked carefully.

"It's too polite to say that we are too polite. I thought we talked for so long yesterday, and we regarded him as a friend or something."

Xiao Le couldn't laugh or cry.

Xiao Chengyun shook his head, "Too honest, if I meet a cunning person, I'm afraid I will be deceived, so where did he go?"

"Pick glutinous melon, and dig some cassava along the way."

When Ah Shan came, Mo Cheng had just returned from the field.

"This is the glutinous melon cake made by my mother. I think it tastes the same as yesterday." He brought a large bowl of glutinous melon cake that didn't look very good, and the ingredients seemed to be different.

"It's outside?"

Xiao Le pointed to the cake skin.

"I don't have any noodle cakes at home, so I made them out of sogua meat. It tastes even better than yesterday's one!"

Ah Shan highly recommends it.

Sure enough, after the two brothers tasted it, it was indeed more delicious than what they sold. After eating it, Mo Cheng gestured to Xiao Le: I like the one you sold.

Xiao Le chuckled and gestured back: I think you have some personal feelings in it.

Mo Cheng proved by his actions that he just likes to eat the glutinous melon cake sold by Xiao Le, and he doesn't often reach for it.

Seeing this, Xiao Le said to Ah Shan, "If the appearance is better, we can accept it."

"Really?"

Ah Shan was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, "I also pestered A Niang to do it, I was in a hurry, if I could slow down, I would definitely make a better looking one!"

Nuogua and Suogua belonged to their own family, and Xiao Le and the others paid three Wen a catty for them, which Ashan and the others felt was a good deal.

That afternoon, Ah Shan brought another bowl of pretty glutinous melon cake, and Xiao Le immediately asked them how much they made.

"This bowl, there is another bowl at home."

It was a hot day, and they didn't dare to do too much.

"We bought this bowl. It looks like the rain will stop tomorrow. We will go out tomorrow morning. We will charge as much as you can make."

Ah Shan immediately went back and told his family.

And Xiao Le picked up the glutinous melon cake he had just received, and handed it to Mo Cheng, who ate it, so Xiao Le handed it over again, and Mo Cheng ate it too.

Seeing this, Xiao Le took them one by one, and Mo Cheng ate the big bowl in the end.

Xiao Chengyun said to Xiao Le from the side, "What if I feel uncomfortable?"

Hearing this, Mo Cheng shook his head, expressing that he was not feeling well.

That night, Xiao Le and Mo Cheng gesticulated for a long time, and finally Xiao Le said, "I will find you in half a month, and I will bring you roast chicken."

Mo Cheng told him not to spend money, and he would cook pheasant for Xiao Le when he came home.

"Roasted chicken is delicious. I like it the most. You have to try it too."

Hearing this, Mo Cheng nodded.

Sure enough, it didn't rain again the next day, and they collected twenty catties of glutinous melon cakes from Ah Shan's family, and were sent by Mo Cheng and Ah Shan to a place far outside the village. To send them out of the mountains.

"They are really nice, unlike the old shopkeepers who like to lie to us."

Ah Shan stood beside Mo Cheng, watching them go away.

Mo Cheng nodded, keeping his eyes on the little peddler, and finally gestured to Ah Shan: I like Xiao Le very much.

Ah Shan smiled, and patted Mo Cheng's generous shoulder, "Brothers will help you."

Mo Cheng smiled happily.

It took several days to collect the goods all the way to the town, and they ate up the glutinous melon cakes of Ah Shan's family as dry food. After buying a few meat buns in the town, they went to the county to sell the things they collected this time, earning a lot of money. A lot of silver.

Then the purchase was full, and then went to the next route.

Liu Sisi has been lethargic recently. At first she thought it was the hot weather, so she was very sleepy. Later, when she started to retch, she felt that something was wrong.

"Come on, let's go to town."

Xiao Wang's cheeks flushed with excitement.

Liu Sisi also calculated carefully, the past three months were indeed a bit irregular, at first she thought it was too tiring, so the two of them came to the town and saw a doctor, it really was a happy event.

Xiao Wang immediately bought five catties of meat and two big fat fish, and did not let Liu Sisi carry them, and taught her the precautions during pregnancy along the way.

"Don't let him touch it, or it will hurt you."

When he was about to get home, Mrs. Xiao Wang said something.

Liu Sisi's face flushed red, "Yes."

Seeing them coming back, Chrysanthemum stepped forward happily, "Father went to the back mountain and found wild ginseng, and he wanted to sell it."

"Keep it," Xiao Wang immediately said, "Your sister-in-law is pregnant, and that thing has to be used to make up for your sister-in-law."

Xiao Dazhu in the main room was also very happy when he heard this. After walking back and forth a few times, he felt a little regretful, "Chengyun is not at home."

"I don't know what's going on with them." Xiao Wang was also a little worried, "But Xiao Le said that no news is the best news, and they may be very busy."

In the evening, they cooked a sumptuous meal, and invited Uncle Xiao and Uncle Xiao to come over for dinner. After hearing the good news about Liu Sisi, Aunt Xiao and Aunt Xiao taught her knowledge.

Ever since Liu Sisi saved the wealthy mother and son, Second Aunt Xiao's eyes closed the more she looked at Liu Sisi, and she often said to Xiao Wang that such a good daughter-in-law is rare.

Xiao Wang is very proud.

Xiao Chengyun and Xiao Le, who didn't know that they were fathers, were still traversing mountains and mountains to receive and sell goods.

Xiao Chengyun became darker and darker, Xiao Le's face was flushed during the day, and after a night's rest, he was back to normal the next day, but he didn't see the blackness.

Seeing his color becoming more and more serious, Xiao Chengyun said enviously, "After we got home, Mom and the others recognized you at a glance. If I didn't speak, they might not even see me."

He was so black that he exploded.

Xiao Le laughed at the side, "Then we choose to go back at night, you knock on the courtyard door and don't speak, maybe you really can't see you!"

Soon he was slapped severely by Xiao Chengyun, and finally angrily followed his brother to sell goods.

During the days when Mo Cheng was waiting for Xiao Le and the others to come, he went up to the mountain to hunt every day, and went into the mountain before dawn, and sometimes he didn't go home for three days, and Ah Shan's family members helped to feed the pigs and chickens.

When he came back, he had a great harvest, either the little wild boar or the wild robe, hanging in a row with the pickled little pheasant.

"Brother Mo Cheng!"

When the appointed day came, Mo Cheng and Ah Shan went to wait outside the village early in the morning.

They walked forward when they couldn't wait for anyone, so when they were about to leave the mountain outside their village, they met two brothers.

Mo Cheng and Ah Shan took their shoulder poles alone and helped carry them back to the village.

Xiao Chengyun wiped the sweat off his face, looked relaxed, and said to Xiao Le, "Look at him, it's like picking an empty bucket."

Xiao Le pouted, "Yes."

After all, they traveled a lot of places, why not as good as Mo Cheng and the others.

He went directly to Mo Cheng's house, took a cold shower, and then started selling goods comfortably.

This time, there were a lot of goods left behind. They came directly from another mountain road in the town, and they didn't go to other villages on the way.

I'm afraid that the roast chicken bought in the town will be spoiled.

After collecting and selling the goods and sending the villagers away, Mo Cheng went to cook, and Xiao Le took out the roast chicken, "Brother also bought wine."

Xiao Chengyun took out two jars of wine, "This wine is very mellow."

Ah Shan's eyes lit up, "I have peanuts at home! I'll get them!"

In the evening, they sat at a table and ate roast chicken and wild boar while drinking.

Mo Cheng kept pinching meat for Xiao Le, gesticulating: You've lost weight.

Xiao Le has indeed lost weight, but the soft flesh on his body has also become firmer.

"It's okay that I'm thin. Look at my brother. If it weren't for the oil lamp, I wouldn't be able to see him."