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

Li was in the front, leading the cows. Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu each led a horse. Zhou Mai and others, carrying things and holding rabbits, followed Zhou Guo, fearing that some of the animals would escape the ropes and run away. They had worked hard to feed them for several months.

The Zhou family moved everything in one trip, and people from other families also went down in one trip. There weren't many things to bring from the mountains, so it wasn't difficult to carry down whatever they had brought up.

Villagers poured out from all the hills, some carrying things on their backs, some holding the young and supporting the old, and it was as lively as a market.

The Hu people were gone, and the sword hanging over their heads was removed. Everyone talked and laughed, and went home with ease. Those who had enough energy picked up a few large firewoods on the roadside and carried them, anyway, they would not go home empty-handed.

Hei Dadan was like a sheepdog. With the support of his owner, he was not afraid of these huge beasts. He followed them in and out. If any of them fell behind, he would rush to the side and bark.

He ignored it and turned around to complain to Zhou Guo.

Zhou Guo laughed, "You may be small, but you have big ambitions. Why are you joining in the fun?"

Hei Dadan ignored her and continued barking beside her. The giants didn't even bother to look at him.

Zhou Su laughed as he watched from behind.

The Zhou family smiled knowingly. When the little guy first came back, his temperament was completely different from before. These days, he smiled more and more and became more and more lively.

The group walked and stopped from morning to afternoon before finally walking out of the mountain. When they saw the village in the distance, everyone quickened their pace.

"Damn it, I've been hiding in the mountains for so many days, but it feels like years have passed. Home is still the best. Even though it's a little run-down, it's comfortable to live in."

"Yes, I have to clean it thoroughly when I get back to get rid of all the bad luck. I've been having a very bad time these past few days. I'm afraid that cave is not compatible with my destiny."

The cattle and horses were left in the front yard to be unloaded.

Zhou Guo led the animals in through the back door, and took Zhou Su to lock the wild boars, deer and roe deer into the pens one by one.

Zhou Su followed and took the little rabbits from his brothers one by one and put them in the sheds. Looking at the rows of sheds in the backyard, joy filled his eyes.

He said to Zhou Guo, "Sister, this shed is really well built. I can even live in it."

Zhou Guo sighed inwardly, touched his little head and said, "That won't do. Where will the cattle and horses live if you move in? Let's go to the front and take a look at our yard. I'm sure you'll like it."

The things had been moved in, and she also locked the cattle and horses in the backyard.

Zhou Mai and others brought water in wooden basins and placed them next to the troughs. The cows and horses, which had been thirsty all the way, lowered their heads and drank the water non-stop.

Zhou Dacang and Li took brooms and feather dusters and cleaned the house inside and out.

After Zhou Xing cleaned the stove, she started to cook. After walking for more than four hours, they only ate some dry food on the way. Now it was getting late and the wind was cold, so they had to drink some soup to warm themselves up.

The old man skinned the musk deer he caught in the mountains and divided it into two halves.

Hang half of it and eat it tomorrow.

The remaining half was enough to eat. After eating too much meat, everyone could no longer eat as much as they did at the beginning.

Half of the musk deer meat is split in the middle, half is chopped into pieces and stewed with radish, and the other half is roasted.

Zhou Guo took Zhou Suli to the vegetable garden and looked at the vegetables she had planted.

There is no need to talk about the growth of the radishes. The carrots have also grown out, and the cabbages are big enough to form hearts.

The Yongcai is also growing well. I have already picked many batches and can start picking them again. It looks like I can still eat at least five or six batches.

The sown leek seeds have grown, but their growth is not as good as those dug from the mountains. If they want to grow well, they need to be fertilized.

Zhou Su looked at the vegetables in the garden with sparkling eyes. He touched here and looked there, squatting and not getting up. "So many vegetables, so delicious."

Zhou Guo smiled and shook his head. He had eaten too many wild vegetables, so he was naturally happy to see so many juicy vegetables.

It was the same for her. When she fled, she ate all kinds of wild vegetables. After she settled down here, she also ate wild vegetables before the seeds grew. When the seeds finally grew, she left before they had grown up, and she still ate wild vegetables all the way.

Now that she is back, the vegetables she planted have grown, and she finally doesn't have to eat wild vegetables anymore. She squatted in the vegetable patch, not wanting to get up for a while. It looked so pleasing to the eye, as these were all planted by her.

I loosened the soil, watered and fertilized the plants without missing a single time. Every time I came back from work, I would sit in the vegetable garden when I had nothing to do, as if the child I had carefully raised had grown up. The joy of harvest is irreplaceable by anything else.

Zhou Xing was calling from the yard, "Guoguo, we have the vegetables for dinner. We also have radishes at home. You don't have to pick them. Just take a look."

Zhou Guo looked up at the vegetables in the garden. She might not be able to do it, so she touched Zhou Su beside her and said, "Xiao Su, take a look at these vegetables in the garden. Which one do you want to eat?"

Zhou Su looked at the vegetables one by one and said, "I want to eat everything. Wild vegetables are too disgusting."

Zhou Guo couldn't help but nodded, "I think so too, how about we cook some Yong dishes tonight?"

He pointed to the Yongcai in another field, which was already edible. If he waited a few more days, it would have grown into a mature plant.

Zhou Su nodded with sparkling eyes, "What kind of dish is this? I have never eaten this dish before. I have only eaten radishes, beans, cucumbers, leeks and sunflowers."

When I was still in the village, my family grew these vegetables every year. They had a high yield and were not delicate, so we could have a good harvest without any special care.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Then you can try this Yong vegetable today to see if you like it. If you like it, we will plant more next year, reclaim the rocky land next to it, expand the vegetable garden, and plant whatever you want to eat."

Zhou Su nodded heavily, "Well, if we can't finish it, we can sell it, and the vegetables can be worth a lot of money."

"Okay!" Zhou Guo stood up and took him away, "Let's go pick some vegetables. Fill this basket and eat to our heart's content tonight."

The two of them picked the vegetables in the same way, picking them from the base of the branches, even the old ones, as they didn't want to waste any.

No matter how bad it tastes, can it be worse than old wild vegetables?

After picking a full basket, the two of them found a tender cucumber on the sparse cucumber rack. It was not big, green, and had thorns on it.

They broke the cucumber in half, each of them took half to eat, and walked to the yard with the vegetable basket.

Crunching, Zhou Guo chewed the melon and glanced at Zhou Su who was eating it with his head down. He took small bites, and ten bites were not as big as one of hers. It was unknown how long he would finish.

But the little guy's eyes were narrowed while eating, and he was obviously happy.

Seeing the two carrying a basket of Yong vegetables, Zhou Xing looked at them helplessly and said, "I already said that we have dinner, stewed meat with radish, why are you still picking vegetables? Let's save them for tomorrow."

As he said this, he was about to pick up the basket.