Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 74 Want to buy a quick gun
Shui Laowu and Qu Shaoyang, led the Zhou brothers and the people from Maoer Mountain, packed their luggage and left the mountain that day.

The road was muddy and wet and difficult to walk on at this time, but how could the water crow care about all this?
After traveling from dawn to dusk, they finally returned to Maoer Mountain on the afternoon of the tenth day of the second lunar month of the leap year.

"Ruolan, we're back." Shui Laowu shouted as soon as he entered the door.

In the yard, two dogs, one green and one yellow, heard the noise, came out of their kennels and started barking at Shui Laowu and Qu Shaoyang.

"Wow, I haven't seen them for a few months. These two dogs have grown so big?" Shui Laowu glanced at the two dogs and smiled.

The barking of the dog attracted the attention of the people in the house. Xiao Tianzhi pushed the door open and asked without even raising his head, "Who is it?"

"Xiaozhi, it's us." Qu Shaoyang replied.

When Xiao Tianzhi looked towards the gate, he saw two men in tattered clothes and with long hair showing off.

"Dad? Brother Qu? You guys are back? Oh, how did this happen? I didn't even dare to recognize you."

Xiao Tianzhi hurried over, stopped the dog, and took the things from Shui Laowu's hand.

"Dahuang, Qinglong, stop barking, these are our family members." The dogs were still barking, and Tianzhi hurriedly scolded them.

"You know what, these two dogs are pretty amazing."

Qu Shaoyang looked at the two dogs. Both had wide mouths and big paws. They were good dogs. If they were dragged out, they would be good for hunting in the mountains.

"Well, Da Huang and Qing Long are both very powerful. When outsiders come to our house, they can just come in and take things.

If you dare to hold something in your hands when you go out, they will bark non-stop and pounce on you.”

Little Tianzhi smiled and said that having two powerful dogs at home saved him a lot of worries.

Shui Laowu nodded. It seemed that he had made the right choice in choosing these two dogs.

As they were talking, the three of them pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as they entered, Xiao Tianzhi shouted at the top of his voice, "Mom, my dad is back."

Lin Ruolan, who was more than six months pregnant, was doing needlework on the kang in the east room.

The baby will be born in a few months, so she has to prepare the baby's swaddle, clothes, etc. while her body is still not too heavy.

So as to avoid being in a rush after the baby is born.

Hearing her son's movement, Lin Ruolan was stunned at first, but then she reacted and quickly put down the things in her hands, put on her shoes and went downstairs.

"Dongshan, Shaoyang, why are you back at this time?"

Years ago, when Li Yongfu passed by Maoer Mountain, he said that Shui Laowu was the leader and the foreman, and no matter whether the work was in the mountain or in the water, he was indispensable.

I guess the water crows won’t be able to come back in the spring, and they will have to finish their flight before they can go home.

So when Lin Ruolan saw the water crow, she was really surprised and happy.

"Oh, I asked for leave from the second clerk and came back. This year I won't stay there to watch them dress up.

Oh, your belly is so big?"

Shui Laowu held his wife's shoulders and looked down at Lin Ruolan's belly. Was it because he was inexperienced or what? Why did Lin Ruolan's belly look so big?
Lin Ruolan also looked down at her belly. She had never been pregnant before, so she didn't know what a six-month pregnant belly should look like.

But everyone who came to visit her said that her belly felt like it was eight months old.

"Well, Mrs. Zhou and the others also said that my belly is bigger than that of other pregnant women."

Shui Laowu carefully helped Lin Ruolan walk to the east room, "How is the child? Is he still bothering you?"

Before leaving, Lin Ruolan had to vomit every morning. Shui Laowu was worried about her every day on the mountain, wondering how his wife was doing at home.

"It's OK. After three months, he stopped vomiting and was eating well.

Don't you see I've gained a lot of weight? Don't worry, the child and I are fine."

Lin Ruolan sat on the edge of the kang, stroking her belly with one hand, and smiled happily. "That's good, that's good. I was thinking about you and the child. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I told Ergui and came back to accompany you for a few days.

We will wait until the end of March, when Shao Yang and I will set off to the foot of Widow Mountain."

Seeing with his own eyes that his wife looked in good spirits and had indeed gained some weight, Shui Laowu finally felt relieved and just smiled foolishly at his wife.

"Oh, it's getting late. I'll go get some food. You two have come all the way here. You should take a good rest after dinner."

Lin Ruolan looked at the sky outside and hurriedly got up to cook.

"Master's wife, you take a rest. I'll go cook."

There was no way Qu Shaoyang would let Lin Ruolan cook for them with such a big belly, so he stood up and stopped Lin Ruolan.

Then he took off his tattered fur coat, tidied himself up, and went to the outer room to light a fire and cook.

Xiao Tianzhi was quite tactful and came out of the east room. He and Qu Shaoyang were busy cooking in the kitchen, leaving Shui Laowu and Lin Ruolan in the room to chat.

Qu Shaoyang and his family came back suddenly, and the family hadn't prepared anything.

Qu Shaoyang took out a head of sauerkraut from the jar, cut it into shreds, peeled a few potatoes, cut them into strips, and stewed them together.

Sauerkraut likes meat and lots of oil, but how can ordinary people afford so much oil?
So just add some potato chips in so that you can use less oil.

The Liu family has no shortage of oil, and Qu Shaoyang simply likes to eat it.

The main dish was stewed potatoes with sauerkraut, and flatbread, which was ready in no time, so the whole family had dinner happily.

After dinner, Qu Shaoyang returned to his house to rest.

Tianzhi would go to Qu Shaoyang's house next door every evening to heat up the kang and the stove, so Qu Shaoyang's house was not cold.

Qu Shaoyang added some more firewood to the bottom of the pot and the stove, and filled the pot with water.

When the room was heated up, he poured water into a large wooden tub, took off his clothes and took a good bath, then washed his hair carefully and combed it thoroughly.

There's no way. There are so many people living in the mountains, and they're all grown men who don't care about hygiene, so lice and fleas are inevitable.

The conditions are not good in the mountains, so I must pack up well when I get home.

After taking a hot bath, Qu Shaoyang felt refreshed all over. He did not even pour out the water in the wooden barrel and went straight to bed.

He slept until noon the next day. When the sun was already high in the sky, Qu Shaoyang got up lazily.

He originally wanted to just have a quick bite at home, but as soon as he started the fire, Xiao Tianzhi came over.

"Brother, my mother asked you to come over for dinner. Dad got up late this morning, so it's a good opportunity for you two to go together."

Qu Shaoyang simply gave up the idea of ​​cooking, poured out the water in the wooden barrel, and then followed Tianzhi to the next door to eat.

Shui Laowu had obviously taken a shower last night and was dressed neatly, except that his hair was long and messy.

The master and the disciple had a quick breakfast, and then Lin Ruolan took out a pair of scissors and a razor and cleaned up the master and the disciple. This time they looked much better.

After cleaning up, the master and disciple got together to discuss things.

"Master, I want to go to Yingkou and sell the copper gallbladder, deer penis, deer heart, deer tendon, etc., and then find a way to buy two quick guns."

He didn't have that much money before, and he had to build a house and settle down first, so Qu Shaoyang didn't dare to think too much and just made do with the musket.

As a result, he saw that the people arranged by Muzhi Company were using quick-firing guns, and he immediately had an idea that he also wanted to buy one.

Well, it should be available tomorrow at noon. I will update more by then.

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(End of this chapter)