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

Looking at the big figure in front of her, she was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and asked slowly: "Master, what are you doing?"

The old man turned around and said unhappily, "What are you doing? Isn't it obvious? I'm carrying you on my back. It gets dark quickly in the mountains and it's hard to walk at night. I'm afraid you'll fall to your death. Hurry up, it's been a while since we got out."

Zhou Guo waved his hands embarrassedly, "No, no, that's not nice, how can I let you, old man, carry me on your back?"

She is so old, how can she let someone so old carry her?

The old man urged, "Hurry up, it will get dark if we delay any longer. If we don't go back for so long, maybe your mother and the others will come into the mountains to look for us. There might be wild animals in the mountains."

When she heard that, she quickly climbed onto his back, feeling a little bit expectant.

The old man stood up suddenly and said, "Hold it tightly!"

Then he rushed out like the wind, leaping and flying in the mountains and forests with the help of the power of the big trees and rocks.

Zhou Guo clutched her master's collar tightly from behind, feeling the urgency of the wind blowing on her face. In just a moment, she fell in love with the thrill of flying without touching the ground. As expected, the ancients were not deceiving me, there are still people with light skills in this world, although not as exaggerated as those in the past, but they are good enough.

She decided to practice harder from now on, and strive to be able to run through the mountains and forests like her master as soon as possible.

The two men went down the mountain and returned to the camp. It was already dark.

Li was getting anxious waiting, and kept looking towards the exit of the forest, "Why hasn't he come back yet? Nothing happened, right? It's already dark."

Xu said, "Second sister-in-law, don't worry. With the old man following you, nothing can happen. With the old man's skills, if he really encounters a wild beast, he can run away if he can't beat it. With his ability to jump thirty or four feet, no beast can outrun him."

Having said that, how could Li, as a mother, not be worried? Even Huang frowned slightly.

The meal was ready, the wild vegetables had been picked, washed and cooked, the sun had already set, but the two men were still nowhere to be seen, and everyone couldn't help but become a little anxious.

The village head discussed with Zhou Dacang and others, "Should we take a few people into the mountains to look for them? Nothing can happen to these two people. Let's not talk about the old man, let's talk about Zhou Guo. If we leave her, I'm afraid we won't even be able to recognize the road by then."

"Yes, without the old man like a god to keep us safe, I'm afraid if a few more robbers come, how can we defeat them? I don't want more people to die. Enough people have died along the way."

Everyone nodded.

"Hey, they're back, they're back!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and looked towards the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Guo was holding a big knife in one hand and a string of fish in the other, and the old man was holding three strings of fish. As soon as the two of them walked out of the woods, everyone surrounded them.

"Oh, you two are finally back. Where have you been? It's almost dark, and everyone is worried that something happened to you. We are discussing bringing people in to look for you." Xu couldn't help but speak first.

Before Zhou Guo could speak, the old man smiled and said, "Oh, I'm sorry to have worried you all." He then lifted the strings of fish in his hand and said, "We found a small river in the mountains and spent a long time fishing in the river. We caught this many fish in total, and we wanted everyone to have a taste."

When everyone saw the several skewers of fish in his hand, there were so many of them that their eyes widened and they kept swallowing. Fish, even at home, can't be eaten all the time. They can only eat it during the New Year and other festivals.

Seeing that they were not moving, Zhou Guo said, "Take these fish and share them. The portions are not large, so everyone can have a bite or two."

As he said this, he handed over the string in his hand. Seeing this, Xu quickly took it.

Everyone took it happily, hugged each other and divided the fish.

Xu also turned around and happily returned to the camp. With such a large string of fish, she had to pick a few big ones to keep. There were so many children in the family, and they all had big appetites, so they had to eat their fill.

Li also went back with them. The fish had to be processed and eaten immediately.

In the blink of an eye, only Master Zhou Guo and his disciple were left there.

The old man walked slowly towards the camp with his hands behind his back. Although he had just eaten a fish, such a large fish was not enough for two people. His apprentice had a big appetite and ate half of the fish by himself. How could an old man like him snatch the food from the young one? He was not full and had to eat more.

Zhou Guo touched her belly and licked her lips subconsciously. The fish grilled by the master was the most delicious grilled fish she had ever eaten in her two lifetimes. It was fresh and tender without any fishy smell, and full of flavor. She didn't feel full with just that little bit.

Dragging back to camp.

Xu held up the string of fish and first picked out the two largest and fattest fish. Then she handed the string of fish to the people who had been waiting on the side, and then she started to kill the fish happily.

When everyone saw her taking away the two biggest fish, they had no objection. After all, the fish were brought back by Zhou Guo and his master. Even if they didn't give them all, they couldn't say anything wrong even if they didn't give them any.

The remaining families were not greedy either. The family with a small population simply shared a few small fish. Wang and her two children shared two small fish, thinking that one small fish was enough for each child. The fish was no bigger than an adult's palm.

Families with more people will get more, one big fish and a few small fish.

After all the distribution, there was no one dissatisfied. Everyone was clamoring for people to hurry up so that they could go back to work after the fish were divided.

It didn't take long before the several skewers of fish were distributed, and everyone happily began to kill and cook the fish.

The whole camp was bustling with people laughing as if it was New Year's Day.

At the Zhou family's side, the two fish caught by Xu were also very big, one weighing about five kilograms and the other about eight kilograms.

The Huang family members were discussing what to do with these two big fish.

Xu said, "I think we should just cook the whole thing. Everyone is hungry now."

Li shook her head. "It's better to chop it into pieces. If you boil it whole, it will take too much water. It will take a long time to boil."

Huang nodded, "Then chop it into pieces, chop it bigger, and if you want to eat it, just take a big piece and enjoy it."

The children gathered around the two fish, laughing and curious, and came forward to try to see who could lift such a big fish.

Seeing that his brothers and sisters had tried, Zhou Su was not willing to be outdone. He pointed at the biggest fish and ran over. He stretched out his little hand to lift it, but he failed and almost fell flat on his face.

This made the older brothers and sisters laugh, and Zhou Tao laughed especially loudly.

The two adopted children rarely smiled.

Zhou Guoze and Zhou Dacang took small stones and threw them at a small tree not far away. The small tree was vaguely visible under the light of the fire, but they were still clear. The two of them were like competing, taking turns to throw stones. Whoever won would have to do the horse stance for half a cup of tea longer the next day.