Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Unknowingly fell asleep, woke up early in the morning and was awakened by the blanket of animal skins, Li Ji sat up to take the dust off his body, turned around and saw Er Gouzi squatting beside him, tilting his head to look at him, and then listened I heard the sound of Er Gouzi's stomach barking.

Li Ji smiled unnaturally, sat up and stretched: "Should we go find something to eat first, or pack up and go down the mountain to go home?"

"Are you hungry?" Er Gouzi asked.

Li Ji shook his head: "It's your stomach growling, then let's pack up and go back, let's cook more food when we go back."

Er Gouzi nodded in agreement, and the two of them sorted out all the furs inside and outside the cave. In addition, there were more than a dozen rabbit skins last night, but most of them were very dirty. Whether it is worth it or not depends on what happens after washing. Sample.

Use the largest piece of leather to hug the rest, which is quite heavy, Er Gouzi took the initiative to carry it on his back, and walked back quickly.

Obviously it was Er Gouzi who was carrying something on his back, Li Ji was only able to keep up by trotting all the way, Li Ji couldn't help wondering if it was because his sentence "Let's go back and cook more food" stimulated Er Gouzi's bottomless stomach, so he That's why I'm so active.

The two returned to the village on an empty stomach until noon. The hungry two went home and went straight to the kitchen. Li Ji cooked a large pot of rice porridge with three bowls of rice. The porridge is clean.

After eating and drinking, Li Ji touched his swollen stomach. He had never felt so satisfied before. It was also because Er Gouzi was sitting opposite.

When they were full, they sat on the kang and digested for half an hour.I don’t know who passed down a saying that work is boring when you are full, and it is true. After eating, you feel a kind of exhaustion from the bottom of your body, just like falling on the kang to sleep well.

Li Ji forced himself to stand up: "Okay, let's go wash the leather out, and go to the mountain tomorrow to look for some firewood, at least burn a kiln of charcoal."

Even if they stopped selling charcoal, there was indeed little firewood at home, because Li Ji was a lazy person, so the things he prepared were about the same. With that firewood, he only burned fireworks three times a day in the morning, noon, and evening in winter, and the rest had to wear more clothes to go through.Now that there are many Ergouzi, as an elder, he can't be wronged.

So this year, Li Ji made an exception and prepared more charcoal. In winter, the stove will be warm, and the water on it can be drunk anytime, anywhere.

There was only one washboard in the house, and the two of them went to the lower reaches of the river with the leather, the washboard and saponin powder, washed the leather, and gave the washboard to Er Gouzi, and Li Ji found a stick to knock on.

He didn't have much experience in washing clothes, so it took several hours to wash the leather out of its original color, take it back and hang it on the clothesline to dry, so Li Ji could tell what kind of leather it was.

Among them are eight rabbit skins, two squirrel skins and one fox skin.The remaining two pieces belong to residual leather, nothing can be seen. Fortunately, the quality seems to be pretty good, and the wear is not particularly severe. I bought enough for at least one winter.

The smile on Li Ji's face was undisguised, and he almost hugged Er Gouzi and kissed him. This is a burden, and he is clearly a big lucky star.With these leathers, I can eat rice every winter, and I can also buy two decent leather jackets and a new set of quilts.

At this time, the weather is cool, and the leather dries slowly, and it is not completely dry when the sun sets.The two of them were not in a hurry, and made another big pot of porridge at night, and the skin was completely dry the next morning, so they chose a good-looking rabbit skin to go to Gao Orion.

No matter how good the market is, the leather can't be sold. Li Ji is really too lazy to find a buyer. It's better to ask Gao Orion in the village to buy it. When the time comes, how much you sell will give Gao Orion some commission. There are few prey in Gao Orion's house. Will not refuse this door-to-door sale.

At the gate of Gao Orion's house, Gao Orion's son Shuan Zhu was squatting at the gate to play with the ants. He looked up and saw Li Ji, and called fourth grandpa.

Li Ji is not surprised at all. The people in the village who are in the same generation as Li Ji are basically in their fifties, and there is only one elder in the village who is older than Li Ji. , this year is 72 years old.

Entering the house, Gao Liehu's daughter-in-law was washing clothes again. Seeing Li Ji in a daze, she put down her clothes and wiped her hands, and asked a little nervously, "Fourth Uncle is here, is there something wrong with that dog?"

Look at this, I'm afraid Er Gouzi will send it back if there is any problem.Er Gouzi also understood his feelings, and said, "It's nothing, what about your man? I'll ask him to do something."

Hearing that it was not sent back, Gao Liehu's daughter-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, and yelled to the back room: "Damn ghost, the fourth uncle is here, I need you for something, don't sleep."

Soon there was movement from the back room, and Gao Orion came out sleepily, and saw Li Ji calling for his second uncle.

The two entered the back room, and Li Ji straight to the point handed the rabbit skin to Gao Orion: "Help me to see how much this skin can sell."

Gao Orion's eyes lit up, and he said it was Orion, but the lessons from his ancestors made Gao Orion very afraid of deep mountains, so he only hunted at the edge of the forest.There are very few prey that can be hunted in this period of time, and it is not bad to be able to hunt one or two pheasants and hares a month.

"I met it when I was chopping firewood on the mountain? It's not like, this leather looks like it's been a few months old."

Li Ji chuckled, and didn't hide it: "It belongs to Er Gouzi. His mother taught him how to live in the woods a lot when he was around. He remembered it after he got lost. She took me to his house in the mountains yesterday to see it. He can also make a fire. He eats meat in the mountains by himself. He has saved skins and picks and picks. He has a few complete skins. You also know that my family is struggling, and Er Gouzi can eat again. It's easy to live through the winter with all the skins, and after much deliberation, you have a way."

Hearing this, Gao Orion was taken aback for a while, and he didn't realize it for a long time. After he finished speaking immediately, Gao Orion said: "You mean... Er Gouzi can hunt, and he has saved a lot of leather?"

Li Ji nodded, not hiding it: "It's just that he doesn't know that leather is valuable, so when he came back, he picked unworn leather and brought it back. Otherwise, if he kept it well, there would be a lot of it now."

Hearing from Er Gouzi that he found that cave to settle down later, he didn't know how many leathers he had thrown away before. Just thinking about it is enough to make Li Ji feel distressed.

Gao Liehu slapped his thigh and didn't say anything, but the remorse on his face couldn't be concealed. Thanks to God who let him save Er Gouzi, he went from house to house crying and begging Er Gouzi to save him. The God of Wealth sent it away.

When Gao Orion finished regretting, Li Ji said: "You can help me see how much I can sell, quote a price and give you [-]% of it, one is your hard work, and the other is thank you for saving Er Gouzi .”

[-]% is already a lot, but it's just an errand to help buy, [-]% is a lot.

What else can Orion say?Fortunately, Li Ji and Ergouzi are willing to give [-]% of the leather money, but it's just running errands, it's better than looking for prey all over the mountain.

"Then, give me all the furs you have left. Your rabbit fur is quite intact, but the fur color is a bit mixed. Four renminbi is worth it."

Li Ji went back and brought Er Gouzi to bring all the skins that had been washed yesterday. When he came back again, he smelled the fragrance of tea in the room, so he poured the tea as a high-ranking hunter's wife on the kang.

Poor families don’t have much tea, and their own family members are usually reluctant to drink it, so they wait for guests to come.Usually, when the mind is not addicted, I pinch the tips of various leaves and dry them in spring when the leaves just come out. In fact, it has a different taste, but maybe there are few tea leaves, which sets off the goodness of tea leaves. Poor people drink leaves. Rich people drink tea, which is also something that everyone recognizes.

Gao Liehu's family is not rich, and he can entertain with tea, but he doesn't know whether it is for Li Ji or Er Gouzi.

They used a rough pottery bowl. Li Ji passed the leather over and drank tea from the bowl. As a vulgar person, he couldn't tell whether the tea was good or bad.

Gao Orion looked left and looked again, only to feel hot-eyed, regretting it even more, and being more polite to Er Gouzi: "The fur in the rabbit fur is the least, and it is also the most valuable. It can be worth six coins. This fox fur is It’s a rare thing, but it’s very worn out, and there’s only one piece, I’m so useless, I should be able to buy it for eight renminbi.”

The total value of these has almost caught up with the money saved in a year from farming and grocery shopping.

I have quoted prices for all the leathers, and the flowers that are sold can earn at least four or five taels of silver. This place is barren, and these silver savings are enough for ordinary people to live a good life for a few years.It's just that Er Gouzi can eat too much, so these are enough for Li Ji and Er Gouzi to eat for a whole winter.

Coming out of Gao Liehu's house, Li Ji almost burst into laughter, and reached out to pat Er Gouzi on the shoulder: "You are too powerful."

How does Er Gouzi know what Li Ji is thinking?He didn't speak, just looked at Li Ji and smiled, and Er Gouzi laughed too.

With those skins, you don’t have to worry about eating this winter. When you go home, Li Ji has a luxury, cooks a pot of dry rice, buys some peanuts and half a catty of wine with the only copper coins left in his pocket, and goes home with Ergou. The son ate and drank, went to bed with a full belch, and the smile on his face did not fade.

When the temperature dropped the next day, Li Ji shivered when he got up in the morning. He put on his cotton coat and looked at Er Gouzi who was sleeping soundly on the kang, and folded the half of his cover over Er Gouzi's body.There is only one quilt at home, which is not very thick.Last winter Li Ji put on all his clothes and wrapped himself in a quilt to spend the winter, and this year he finally doesn't have to continue to suffer from the cold.

With such a junior around, Li Ji couldn't be lazy anymore.I didn't go to the mountain to cut firewood yesterday, so I think it's better to burn the half of the kiln firewood into charcoal first. The current quantity should be enough for one winter, and it's not the time to start the kiln yet.

Li Ji went to stuff the rice again. With Ergouzi here, there is nothing left in the house. If the small pot at home is stuffed with a pot of rice, Li Ji will be full after eating two or three bowls, and the remaining Ergouzi will clean up. The small eyes looked at Li Ji as if they were still shining, as if they were looking forward to Li Ji's cooking again.

It's also fortunate that Er Gouzi has leather, otherwise they would really starve all winter.

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