Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Zhou Guo smiled mysteriously and told her how she had cheated other cheaters in detail. "Not only that, my uncle also has a lot of money."

He also told how Zhou Dacang got the money.

Finally, he said, "In short, we spent a lot on this trip, but we earned even more. I returned the money my mother gave me to her, and the money I have is not much different from hers. It is enough to open a shop, but I don't know if I will lose money."

After all, in this world, ordinary people don’t have any spare money. But on second thought, roast suckling pig is not sold to ordinary people.

Even if ordinary people have extra money, they will definitely not be willing to buy this thing. Wouldn't it be better to use the money to buy a few pounds of meat so that each family member can eat a few more pieces?

He waved his hand and stopped thinking about it. "It's nothing. I just said it. Master, how many wild boars did you catch?"

The old man said, "It would be great if we could catch a few at this time. One would be great."

Zhou Guo nodded. It would be nice to be able to eat one. Besides grilled fish, what she missed most when she was away was roasted suckling pig.

"It would be great if we had some bread, Master. Let's bring some bread out tomorrow. When I come back, I'll bring back some leftover bread that we can take out to eat." It would be even better if we could have bread with meat and find some fresh wild vegetables.

The old man turned around, took out a stack of cakes from a basket beside him and handed them to her.

"Hmm?" Zhou Guo took the cake and stretched his neck to look over there. "What on earth did you hide on the mountain? Even the cakes are there."

The old man said, "Not only are there cakes, but there is also rice. Do you want to take a look?"

Zhou Guo waved his hand, "No, no, I'd rather eat bread and meat. You've really thought of it. With bread, rice, and meat, life here is really leisurely."

There were some bread and a roast suckling pig that was not finished, so Zhou Guo sliced ​​off the meat and put it in a large bowl, chopped up the bones and put them in a basket, intending to take it back for Hei Dadan to eat.

It’s great to have black darlings. You don’t have to throw away leftover bones anymore.

After that, she skinned the badger that the old man caught and chopped it into pieces. She could cook it directly when she returned. The cave was a bit far from the water source, which was a bit inconvenient, but it also didn't attract attention.

It was still early when she went back. On the way, she broke off a piece of broken wood as thick as her ankle and dragged it all the way back. The fire in the cave would burn until midnight, and a lot of firewood was consumed every day. Every bit of firewood she could bring back was a bit of firewood. This piece of firewood could burn for several hours.

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A full basket of badger meat was put into the pan and stir-fried. The flames in the pan shot out high, scaring the people around.

Add water to the stir-fried badger meat and stew it. Wash two large radishes, cut them into pieces and put them in. Cover the lid and stew them together.

The old man brought up these big radishes in a sack. From such a piece of land, when the radishes were still seedlings, he picked some and ate them as leafy vegetables.

The plants that were left behind were all big. After applying fertilizer a few times, loosening the soil, weeding and watering, the radishes grew bigger and bigger. Now, the largest one is as thick as her calf. After a while, it will be as thick as an adult's calf.

That piece of land can yield at least two baskets of radishes, which is enough to eat for a while.

"Guoguo's mother, how do you grow radishes in your family? Why are they all so big? Why can't ours be grown this way? We have been cultivating vegetables in our garden for decades, but your land has been left uncultivated for many years."

Li smiled and said, "Nothing special, except that we applied fertilizer twice during the harvest. As you know, we just arrived this year and there is not much harvest from the fields. We put all our energy into the vegetable fields. We loosened the soil, weeded, and watered them every day. We took good care of them, so the radishes grew well."

Everyone nodded, "Yes, you have many livestock, so you are not short of fertilizer."

Unlike these families, who rely on the little fertilizer they ferment on a daily basis all year round, they are reluctant to use it on the vegetable fields. They just dig some rotten soil from the mountain and throw it in, and consider it fertilizer. Sometimes they don’t even have rotten soil.

After all, they didn't expect to fill their stomachs with those few dishes, so they didn't take much care of them. If all else failed, there were still wild vegetables. The wild vegetables that the children dug outside on weekdays were enough for them to eat.

Li said, "Of course we don't need it. Of course we do need it. As you know, the land we were allocated has been barren for many years. The soil is thin. If we want to have a harvest, we have to fertilize it more. Otherwise, we might only get seeds back after planting."

Yes, although they don't have as much fertilizer, the land is good. After so many years of careful cultivation, they can harvest a lot every year. If the weather is good, after paying the taxes, they can still have some surplus grain to sell.

Before dinner, Zhou Guo followed Zhou Xing to take a look at their own livestock shed.

The chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock that each family brought to the mountain were gathered in one place and surrounded by high fences, so that the livestock could not get out and other wild animals could not get in.

Zhou Guo walked all the way to her own shed and found that hers was the sturdiest one, with fences made of wood as thick as her wrist.

Looking inside through the small window, I saw that chickens, cows, horses, pigs, wild deer, roe deer, and even rabbits were all there, nothing missing.

I couldn't help but admire her very much, "Sister, you didn't mind the trouble of carrying all these things up here, just kill them. There are rabbits, deer, and roe deer in the mountains, why did you bring them in specially? It must be so difficult to bring them in, and I don't know how much trouble it took."

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "It took a lot of effort, but it's worth it. When the snow blocks the mountain, it will be hard to go into the mountains to hunt. These are all meat. If we raise them, we can raise a lot of meat. Anyway, we have to drive one cow or a group of cows."

"What about the food at home?"

"We hid it. Some of it was hidden in the back mountain, and some of it was put in the cellar. We don't have the strength like you to move so much food up. Besides, if we move it up, we have to find a way to move it down. There's no trouble. Food is dead stuff and doesn't need to be fed. It doesn't matter where you put it."

Zhou Guo nodded. Fortunately, he didn’t have to move the food at that time, otherwise he would have to move it many times.

In addition to grass, cattle and horses also have beans, while other livestock only have grass. Anyway, they have always lived in the mountains and have been eating these since they were young. They have long been accustomed to them and will not get sick from eating them.

Such livestock require a lot of fodder every day. She was afraid that she would have to go to collect grass tomorrow. However, it was already late autumn now, and the grass and trees in the mountains had withered. There was no fresh grass to be found. She could only cut some evergreen leaves for them to eat.

When she returned to the cave, every family was about to start dinner. When they saw her come back, they all greeted her with a smile.

"Zhou Guo is back? What did you do today? Did you follow your master to the mountains again?"

"Look at what you're saying. What do you mean by going to the mountains? Aren't we in the mountains now? Zhou Guo, can you continue your story after dinner? What happened to those bandits who cut off people's heads?"