Embracing the ancient times with roses

After a few days, as expected, a few well-educated people were picked out from the clan, and they set off to the grassland in the north with Da Zhuang. This time, most of the things they brought were salt and tea, and the rest were some cloth and There were some ornaments made by Lixiu, and not many people went there. Only a dozen people, this time led by Da Zhuang himself, two clan elders went, and the rest were the young and old of the clan.

On the day of Da Zhuang's departure, Li Xiu sent people far away, and finally returned to the shop until the convoy was no longer in sight. Now he is surrounded by two little brothers who help sell goods, that is, two old brothers, Helping the children with laundry and cooking. It made Lixiu a lot easier.

When he was free, he thought about the night before Da Zhuang left, the two of them were crazy in the bed, fortunately, the two children were not in the same room, otherwise they would all be caught by their actions. Waking up, the two of them haven't been this crazy for a long time, and it's not over until they squeeze each other's last bit of strength.

Afterwards, Da Zhuang assured Li Xiu that he did this to make life better at home, so he was asked to wait for him at home. He only went this time, and let others go next time, and he would never leave him again. .

Li Xiu nodded to show that he understood, and finally the two fell asleep in an embrace, but Da Zhuang didn't come out of Li Xiu's body, but just slept like this all night, Li Xiu was so tired that he didn't notice , When I woke up in the morning, I was very embarrassed to get up, but I was pressed on the kang again by Da Zhuang, and I did this and that before it was over.

Li Xiu wanted to be angry and lost his energy, so he couldn't help muttering, "You know if you are like this, my old waist will break, you said how hard you are, my waist? "

Da Zhuang put his arms around Li Xiu and massaged his waist until he recovered. In the end, Li Xiu supported his waist to send Da Zhuang off. He didn't return home until he disappeared and lay down on the kang. It was a lot better in the morning.When I got up from the kang, I suddenly thought of a problem. The last time the two of Da Zhuang slept together for one night, there was Tong Rui. This time there must be another "little three". Of course, he counted Tong Xiaobao as well. It's inside.

After staying at home for a whole morning, I started to think about Da Zhuang, and I was also afraid that something would happen to him on the road. I was very worried. Later, Qin Mengshi came to comfort him for a long time, but then I thought about it. Didn’t Chu Batian give it to him? Did he send someone to follow? Besides, during this period of time, Da Zhuang was also practicing kung fu, and Chu Er followed him again, with Qin Hongchang's help. This was much better, so he began to take care of the children and manage the shop honestly at home. .

After a period of adaptation, he improved a lot. When he was free, he followed a few brothers in the village who knew the mountain road, went up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables, and occasionally found something new to eat. All in all, his life was not bad. It was very fulfilling, but after a period of investigation, he already had a little understanding of the mountain in front of their house, and he doubted the authenticity of the treasures that Tong Hui said.

He wandered around the mountain for more than half a month, but he didn't find any hidden treasures, so he was a little discouraged, and he just gave up thinking about it. He insisted, 'After he thought about it, he stopped thinking about it, so he started looking for handy people in the village, and wanted them to do hand-carving along with him.

But after looking around, he couldn't find it. Later, when he thought about it, he stopped thinking about it. Anyway, he can do it by himself, and it's not every day that someone comes to order jewelry. Those jewelry are also made in advance when he is free. If you do a good job, sell it first, and then talk about it when you see the right one.

He is leisurely here, but Da Zhuang's side is busy enough. The route he went this time is still the place where the horses were sold last time. Without much delay, I went directly to the border. In the exchange market there, I exchanged all the goods I brought for war horses, and I didn’t bring back any other things. Not idle, because Ma Duo, changing carts, walked very fast, passed by the small river last time, and loaded the idle carts with those good-looking stones, which are the agates Li Xiu mentioned , the clansmen are a little puzzled, what are you doing with these things when you have nothing to do?

Da Zhuang told them that it was given by Li Xiu, and that it was useful. Everyone was skeptical, but when he thought of the little brother of Da Zhuang's family, he didn't say anything. That brother is very powerful.

The people who brought them this time also learned a lot. They are very grateful to the Da Zhuang family in their hearts. , but even after learning a lot, you still have to get used to it, or if you let a farmer suddenly become a merchant, you have to give them time. On the way back, these people really let them rely on their own little skills. They have more or less done a few small businesses, although they don't earn much, at least they can take the first step, which is commendable.

The convoy was rushing back day and night. When we arrived in Chenzhou that day, it suddenly started to rain. We had to find a place to shelter from the rain, but there was no place to shelter from the rain. , The big guy talked about it, found a ruined temple, hid in it, in order not to frighten the horses, ran away, and hurriedly drove the horses and carts into the yard, originally they were thinking about continuing their journey after the rain stopped , but I didn't expect this delay to be delayed for seven days. Da Zhuang and the big guy were very anxious. Fortunately, there was enough dry food, otherwise they might be hungry.

In the early morning of the eighth day, as soon as the rain stopped, everyone hurried on their way. The family members might be worried about the delay. After more than half a month, they arrived at the boundary of the Chu Family Fort. Only now did they catch their breath. After all, the border area should be avoided as much as possible. No one could tell what would happen. It was better to return to their own territory to feel at ease.

On this day, Da Zhuang sent all the horses that he and his clansmen drove back together to the barracks of the Chu Family Fort, and the steward of the soldiers and horses. After handing over, he confirmed that there were two hundred horses, no more, no less, and the total amount was one tael. 5000 taels, Bingmasi nodded, and immediately handed over the money to Da Zhuang. Da Zhuang took the banknotes that had already been counted, turned and left.

This time he not only brought back two hundred war horses, but also two carts of agate stones and a cart of wool. The wool was bought in Chenzhou from a group of people from the Western Regions. Now he is in a hurry to go back to the village to meet Li Xiu. See what to do with these things.

By the time Da Zhuang and the others drove the convoy back to Tongjia Village, it was already noon. As soon as they entered the village, they saw many clansmen coming out to greet them. Since they left, people began to miss them, fearing that something might happen on the road What, but seeing that everyone was safe and sound, I was relieved, and then I sent all the things I brought back this time to Da Zhuang's house, and helped unload the car. What's the matter, I'm going to talk about it tomorrow, after all, I'm quite tired.

After everyone left, Da Zhuang saw that all the servants in the family were there, even his cute little son. When the child saw Da Zhuang, he opened his arms to hug him. Da Zhuang hurriedly took the child over and smiled. Said: "Son, I miss you daddy, I'm afraid you don't know me anymore, I didn't expect you to have a good memory?" After speaking, he kissed Tong Rui's child twice.

Tong Rui broke his mouth and laughed, clapping his hands and shouting "Tie...Tie." Because of incomplete pronunciation, he called "Daddy" as "Tie".

When Da Zhuang heard it, it was not bad, his son would call him father, although he didn't call it very clearly, but it made him happy enough for a while, it seems that during the two months or so since he left, Li Xiu A lot of work has been done on this child, the son who has been more than ten months old can already be called daddy.

After coaxing the child for a while, Da Zhuang still didn't see Li Xiu, so he became anxious and couldn't help asking: "Your inner master, what are you doing here, why haven't you come back?"

Qin Meng came over and said: "Back to the master, the inner master has gone to the Zhuangzi. These days, the family is harvesting green onions, and they are on the ground, so they sell them out. They are very busy. These days, the master does not come back very often, almost every now and then. He lives on Zhuangzi, and he is too tired to run back and forth."

When Da Zhuang heard this, he handed over the child to Qin Mengshi and asked him to take good care of the two children at home. He will go to Zhuangzi now. Idea, I don't know if it will work this time.

Da Zhuang rode on his horse and Chu Er went directly to the field of the village. As soon as they entered the village, they saw the carriages coming and going, pulling bundles of green onions and leaving. It seemed that they should go in the direction of Chujiabao.When he was far away immediately, he saw his wife instructing the big guy to load the car, keeping an account from time to time, and sometimes beating her back.It seems to be a backache.

Da Zhuang looked distressed, and hurriedly rode over and stopped beside Li Xiu. Li Xiu was writing down the scallions that he had just weighed, and when he looked up, he saw Da Zhuang suddenly appearing in front of him. He was dreaming, blinked his eyes and saw that it was indeed Comrade Da Zhuang, he immediately opened his mouth and smiled, he had been looking forward to this for a long time, but he came back, which made him feel relieved a lot, the people here There were too many people, maybe if there were fewer people, he would fly over, but he still had a shame and stopped without moving.

Da Zhuang got off his horse and came over to give Li Xiu a hug. It didn't matter that he hugged Li Xiu. He felt that Li Xiu had lost a lot of weight, and his face under the veil was pale. He couldn't help but asked, "Why are you so thin?" How much? You haven't had a good meal recently, have you?"

Li Xiu shook his head and said, "Recently, I feel too tired and I don't want to eat. It will be fine in two days. Now everyone in Zhuangzi is urgently collecting scallions. I can't do anything else. What are the bills?" Yes, it can still be done.”

Da Zhuang stopped eating when he was so tired, "What? Isn't there enough people in Zhuangzi? If not, hire more people to help."

Li Xiu nodded and said: "There are only so many people in the village. Except for those who were taken away by you, the rest are old brothers, old men, and young brothers. They are really too busy. I had no other choice, so I sent a letter to Chu Batian, and I sent someone to help me early this morning, so I finally took a breath and felt much better."

Da Zhuang heard: "Thank you for your hard work, you are tired enough after this, let me come, you go and rest."

Li Xiu shook his head and said, "You just came back, and you're tired enough, you'd better go and rest, it's not a tiring job, I'm enough alone."

Da Zhuang was quite touched by what Lixiu said. It seems that his wife is better, he knows how to love himself, but as a good man, how can he let his wife be tired, so he also joined the order of command. The pressure on Li Xiu has been relieved a lot, so Li Xiu and Da Zhuang have been busy working on Zhuangzi until the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month before harvesting the onions, ginger and garlic at home. We also advertised to the farmers in the hinterland, explaining the benefits of onion, ginger and garlic to everyone. The broad masses of the people are still very quick to accept fresh food. It is absolutely happy that these things can change the taste of cooking. , especially chili is well received by everyone.

After the ginger lixiu told the doctors in the fort about its medicinal value, the doctors immediately asked someone to do an experiment, and it turned out that it was really effective for wind and cold, so they suggested that Chu Batian keep more, and those men in the military camp I have a headache or something, and it just works.

Chu Batian immediately agreed, and took half of the ginger from Lixiu's family, and Lixiu tried to sell the rest to the medical halls in the hinterland, and added as much food as possible to the restaurant. Ginger-made dishes, such as shredded ginger meat, three-shredded meat rolls, etc. Some ginger side dishes, did not expect to receive enthusiastic support from the general public. Finally, everyone began to buy ginger and go home to fumble for it. The result was slow. It was slowly accepted by everyone.

After Lixiu and Da Zhuang sold out all the onion, ginger and garlic at home, there was another "potato craze". Everyone welcomed the fact that potatoes were edible, and it directly surpassed that of onion, ginger and garlic. In time, they sold out all the potatoes, and when these things were sold out, Li Xiu and Da Zhuang finally had time to rest.

On this day, Da Zhuang called the big guys to the ancestral hall in the village, and distributed the income of the year to the big guys. Last time, the dozen or so men who went to the grassland to sell horses received 100 taels of silver tickets each, and there were also people in the village and Zhuangzi. The men who went to work each received an extra reward of 20 taels, and Da Zhuang also gave everyone in his family's shop an extra month's monthly profit, and thanked the big guy for his kindness. Trust, the big guy also believes too much, without him, Tongjia Village would not have a good life today, and because Tongjia Village is in a good year, the other villages are waiting to follow suit.

Li Xiu didn't take it seriously, they just learned it secretly, and they may not be able to grow better than them. In addition, this time he is still doing a trial planting of vegetable greenhouses in winter, and he will plant extensively after the results are obtained.

When it was time for a complete rest, the days would be in November of the lunar calendar. Tong Rui’s birthday is here, that is, Tong Rui’s first birthday. Yin Bai specially asked Li Xiu to live in Chu’s Fort for a few days. Going through the Zhou Catch Ceremony, Li Xiu nodded in agreement, and drove to Chujiabao with Da Zhuang the next day.

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