Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

There are strangers in the village, and it's so strange. Lu Fanghai and his friends just got home yesterday, and today someone came to ask who hunted the musk deer.

Yulan was puzzled, so she lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing this, the man in dark green clothes thought that the country girl should know, so he dismounted and bowed, smiling, "Don't be afraid, young lady. I am Bi Fengyou, the young master of Liulizhai in the capital. I came to Shihe Town to visit my grandmother. I thought that my grandmother liked to eat wild game, so I wanted to hunt for her myself. But I came out for a few days and still got nothing. I heard that someone in Taohua Village hunted musk deer, so I followed the trail and came here to buy it. Please tell me something, young lady, I will definitely reward you generously."

Seeing that this man was polite, Yulan's doubts were slightly reduced, and she turned to look at the Lu family.

Just at this moment Du Wenxiu opened the gate and was shocked to see so many people at the door of his house.

Yulan ran over and whispered to Du Wenxiu what had happened. Du Wenxiu didn't think much about it. Musk deer were hard to catch, and it was just luck that the three of them caught one. It wasn't impossible for these people to come after them and say they wanted to buy musk deer.

Just in case, Du Wenxiu went in and told Lu Fanghai. Lu Fanghai went out and saw those people still standing there. He stepped forward and asked, "You want to buy musk deer?"

The young man in dark green clothes showed a happy expression on his face and said hurriedly, "That's right. I will be returning to the capital in a few days, and I want to find some game for my grandmother. It just so happens that I have hunted musk deer. I wonder if you want to sell it now? Don't worry, as long as you have musk deer, the price is negotiable."

Lu Fanghai pondered for a moment, asked Qiao'er to call Qiu Yong and Lu Sangui, and then asked, "How many do you want?"

The man in dark green clothes was even more delighted: "Could it be possible that he killed a few more?"

"Well, we were lucky. There were five active in that area, but we only caught three, and they were all dead."

"No matter if I live or die, can I take a look?"

Lu Fanghai let a few people in. On a torn mat in the shade at the edge of the room, there was a musk deer with its blood already solidified.

"Oh, he looks quite strong. He looks like he must weigh 20 to 30 kilograms, right?"

"Yes, although it was a little long when it died, the wound has not rotted. Take it back now and eat it in the evening."

After a few people gathered around and discussed for a while, the man in dark green clothes stood up and clasped his fists towards Lu Fanghai and the others: "I wonder how much do you want to sell this musk deer for?"

Lu Fanghai looked at Qiu Yong and Lu Sangui who had arrived. The two nodded to him, indicating that he should make the decision.

He did not refuse and said directly: "We inquired about the market yesterday. This musk deer is very agile and difficult to catch, so the price is also high."

"We have agreed to bring them all to town to sell tomorrow. The price is one jin. If you can buy all three, the price can be negotiated."

After hearing this, the young man who looked younger and had an innocent look on his face said to the man, "Third brother, one catty and one guan is not expensive, so let's take them all, right? Put the leftovers in the ice cellar and take them out when you want to eat them."

The man in dark green clothes burst out laughing: "Sixth brother, sixth brother, now that you put it like that, I wanted to bargain, but now I can't open my mouth."

Lu Fanghai was calm and composed, and ignored their discussion.

The man in dark green clothes who was called the third brother smiled at Lu Fanghai and said, "Please bring the other two here, we want them all."

He then said to the others traveling with him, "I'm afraid my uncle will have to host a banquet before we leave next month, and we're not afraid that we won't be able to finish the food."

Qiu Yong and Lu Sangui carried the musk deer from their home and borrowed a scale from the village chief to weigh them.

Qiu Yong's musk deer was heavier, weighing twenty-five catties, which was worth twenty-five taels of silver. Lu Fanghai and Lu Sangui's shares were slightly lighter, one weighing twenty-two catties and the other twenty-three catties. The men took the musk deer, paid the silver, packed up and left.

I originally planned to take these musk deer to the town to sell. If the restaurant doesn't want so much, I will have to sell them separately. I can only take the ones that can't be sold home, which is really a big loss.

They collected all of them at once, and Qiu Yong asked if they would like to take more mountain products if there were any more.

The third brother shook his head and said that they would be returning to Beijing next month. The journey was long and it was midsummer, so it might not be convenient to bring the animals with them. If they could hunt rare animals in the future, they could go to the Ding family mansion on West Street in Shihe Town and ask if they might accept them.

It didn't sound like a particularly sure thing, and the prey in the mountains were either nimble and fast-running, or dangerous and would eat people. After weighing it over in my mind, I gave up the idea.

After the people who bought musk deer left, Lu Fanghai asked Qiu Yong and Lu Sangui to have dinner at home. Qiu Yong was worried about his mother and he had just earned such a large sum of money, so he insisted on going home. Lu Sangui had nothing to do and usually ate at his brother Ershun's house, so he was not in a hurry to go back now.

Du Wenxiu used the wild vegetables at home and the wild boar meat that had just been distributed to her to stir-fry pork with dried bamboo shoots, stir-fried pig blood, and a plate of black fungus, mixed with watercress, made a sweet soup, and added the flatbread that had been made in the morning. Lu Sangui ate to his heart's content and kept shouting that he would pay his meal expenses to the Lu family and it would be nice to come here for meals every day. However, Lu Fanghai grabbed his ear and gave him a lecture.

The Lu family was bustling with activity. Yulan sat by the window in a daze after dinner. Her mother always said that marrying into the village chief's family would give her a good life, but what kind of good life would it be if she had a husband who was entangled with a married woman? Her mother said that if she found a good day, Mrs. Jiao would come to propose marriage. What would she do then? Did she just keep her head down and pretend she didn't know anything, as her mother said?

The more Yulan thought about it, the sadder she became. She leaned her head against the wall, the setting sun shining half of her face. She stroked her face. Fang Hai's wife said that with her looks, she could find a better family than theirs...

Better families...The young men who came to buy musk deer today are from better families than them, right?

He is from the capital. Judging from his attire and manner, no matter if it is the second son of the Wang family or Xie Dongcai, I am afraid they cannot even compare to him in flattery...

At this time, the Lu family was dismantling the chicken coop that they had built only a few days ago. Several of the newly bought chicks died every day. Du Wenxiu was very worried. Lu Fanghai said that the chicken coop might be too small and too densely built, so it was not ventilated. They could just dismantle it and build a new one.

While I was busy here, I heard someone banging on the door of Aunt Lu's house next door, and someone was shouting hurriedly to open the door.

Qiao'er opened the gate and looked out. It was Old Yang who came back from the town driving a ox cart.

"Daya's mother, your Daya is in trouble!"

Aunt Lu came out cursing angrily. Before she even opened the door, Old Yang said anxiously, "Oh, Daya's mother, go to the town and take a look. Your Daya can't have a baby and is going to have her caesarean section!"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Lu's eyes went dark, and she did not fall down only because of the support of Yulan who followed her.

Yulan asked repeatedly: "Uncle Yang, what's going on? Why do you need to have a cesarean section when you can't have a baby?"