Celestial grabs dog food

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General Ding explained some more words, but Gou Sheng didn't notice it. He didn't gather his mind until the mountain official sent the man out, and carefully put away the contract.

"Since it's been decided, it's settled. For a manly man...Although life and death are determined by fate and wealth, but no matter what, there is life first before we can talk about anything else." Gou Sheng said, holding his limp body to go The kitchen went.

Shan Guan followed into the kitchen.

"Which day do you want to leave?"

"Gather at the barracks the day after tomorrow and leave at noon." The mountain official replied.

Gou Sheng nodded, turned on the stove, and added half a pot of water to the pot.

The mountain official took over the job of lighting the fire.

Gou Sheng took out the remaining dried rabbits and dried fish, put a partition in the pot and steamed it, and there were also a few large pieces of lean meat marinated yesterday, which couldn't fit in one pot at all.

Open the flat pot on the donkey and put it on a clean iron shelf. When the rabbit meat is steamed to half-cooked, put enough firewood in the stove to smoke the rabbit meat completely. In this way, although the meat is very hard , but it can last for a long time.

After the first pot was steamed, Hua Ya came back and came in to help with the eggs.

Gou Sheng freed up his hands to knead most of the noodles in the basin, and patted them into palm-sized thin noodle cakes. After the meat was steamed, he burned the pot, wiped it with a piece of fat meat, and put the unfermented noodle cakes in. Let the mountain official use a small fire to heat the kang carefully, and make dozens of dry noodle cakes in one go. After cooling, they are neatly stacked, wrapped tightly with clean cloth, and tied with a slipknot.

"I don't know what will happen to you when you go to Beijing. It's always more at ease to bring some food with you."

Shanguan even said that it would not take that much.

Gou Shengru retorted.

The whole family has been busy until the afternoon, and the meat has not been smoked yet.

Both Huaya and Dandan had teary eyes because they stayed by the stove.

Gou Sheng tried to fix the few pieces of lean meat.

"Come on, let's go out together."

"Brother and elder brother, let's go together. Brother Dan and I will take care of the stove in the house." Hua Ya said, blinking her eyes.

Egg is also nodding beside him.

There is no briquette now, and you can’t use coal for smoking. The high-quality charcoal has some stamina, but it can’t be used to burn the stove, so this earthen stove must pay attention to adding charcoal burned by oneself from time to time.

The eyes of the two little guys were red, and their faces were flushed from the smoke.

"Don't worry, how much is there? Let's go buy some clothes with your elder brother. I'm afraid it will take a long time to settle down there. I don't know when I can go shopping. I'm not familiar with the place, so I can figure it out. !"

Hua Ya finally responded, and led the egg to fetch water to wash her hands and face.

Gou Sheng picked up two durable gowns, cotton underwear, boots...

When it was dark, I happened to pick up Xiao Jiuyi and go home together.

"After your eldest brother left, we are going to go back to Liushutun to live. Xiaojiu has to study. I will entrust you to take care of Brother Darong tomorrow. We will pick you up and go back to the village during the holidays. Huaya wants to learn needlework. Let me see where the family is. I can't learn anything real. When I go back to the village and find Wu San's sister-in-law, her family will definitely be willing to spend some money. Let's collect the things in this yard and rent it out for the time being, so that no one lives there. Dead, how about it?" Gou Sheng said at the dinner table.

"It's all up to you." The mountain official also suppressed his smile and said in a muffled voice.

Xiaojiu and the others naturally had no answer.

"How soon will the eldest brother be back?" Hua Ya asked in a low voice.

"At least three years." Gousheng replied in a slow tone.

Both Hua Ya and Xiao Jiu showed consternation and reluctance on their faces.

"Brother is going to do something big, and I will give you a big surprise when he comes back!" Shan Guan said with a smile while putting down the bowl and chopsticks.

No matter what, separation is always a sad thing.

Everyone was a little bored the next day.

At night, the two lay on the kang.

"When you go to the capital, you have to be extra careful in what you say and do, especially the musket I told you, you keep it in your heart, don't talk nonsense, you must be careful with that thing, and let go if you think the barrel is too hot..."

The mountain officials responded repeatedly.

"... There is money left at home. I sewed a 50 tael and a few ten tael silver bills in the blue gown and navy blue jacket for you respectively. Don't be reluctant if you have anything to do. , if you are injured, no matter how much money you spend, you have to treat it well, and don't waste your military salary..."

"I know, don't worry, you are the same at home, take everything slowly, don't tire yourself..."

The two of them explained to each other in the quilt in the middle of the night before they had finished talking.

Gou Shenglao felt panicked in his heart, gritted his teeth, and under the faint night light, kissed the mouth with clear lip line in front of him.

Tomorrow the mountain official will have to go on his way. Before leaving, he didn't know how many things he had to be busy with, so he finally stopped at the door.

The mountain official gasped heavily, trying not to bother about the restless little brother beneath him.

It took a while for Gou Sheng to calm down.

"You manage, manage the following, remember?"

The mountain official laughed lowly, "Hey, you want to suffocate your man to death!"

"Hmph, the most, the most, rely on the Five Fingers girl!" Gou Sheng said, his face bursting with fever.

Shan Guan felt relieved, and hugged him in his arms, "It's not too bad!"

"Go to sleep, you will be tired tomorrow!" The book buyer turned over and said angrily with his back to the mountain official.

The corner of Shan Guan's mouth became higher and higher, he hugged Gou Sheng tightly, his eyelids slowly sank...

Xiaojiu School has a break at noon.

Gou Sheng led Hua Ya and Egg together, let Xiao Jiu pick them up, and went to the gate of the city to see them off.

Today, the government government dispatched several teams of government servants to patrol the city gate as usual.

When the team of hundreds of people trotted out neatly from the city gate, many old and young women and children who came to see them off burst into tears.

The leader, Centurion Sun, turned his head and said a few words to the special envoy from the capital.

Seeing the special envoy nodded, Centurion Sun turned back and shouted loudly, "Xu rest for a quarter of an hour, listen to the order and assemble!"

After all, it was the soldiers who had been trained seriously, dispersed in an orderly manner, and quickly appeased their relatives, only the slight sobs remained.

Gou Sheng had already said what he wanted to say last night, and the two of them held hands tightly only through the cover of their sleeves.

On the contrary, Xiaojiu and Huaya competed with the mountain official for a while to talk.

"Boom-thump-"

The long drum beat soon sounded.

The well-trained soldiers broke free or let go of their families, but in a few breaths they formed neat four rows and trotted away.

Gou Sheng blinked his swollen eyes vigorously, and walked back slowly while leading Egg and Hua Ya.

First, he packed up Xiao Jiu's things, and took a donkey cart to Dayong's house.

Li Qingyuan was dancing sword in the courtyard.

Da Rongzi stood by and occasionally gave pointers.

"Qingyuan has a bad temper. Don't mess with him. Let go of any conflicts. Your Brother Darong is a fair person, but after all, you are staying at someone else's house, so you can be more considerate. In the future, you won't be in trouble. To become an official in a ignorant way..."

Several people waited for Li Qingyuan to finish dancing, walked around the yard a few times, relaxed their muscles, washed off the sweat from their faces and hands, and leaned over to Darong.

"It's a trivial matter, Xiao Jiu can do whatever he wants here." Da Rong said gently.

Xiao Jiu responded.

"I have to go back and pack my things. I'll hire a carriage and leave tomorrow. There's a lot going on in the village." Gou Sheng got up and said.

Darong nodded, hugged Li Qingyuan and sent him out of the courtyard.

The courtyard of Dayong is much closer to the academy, so I can come back for a lunch break even at noon.

Take all the valuable small items at home with you, put away the big ones, and wait for loading in the car tomorrow morning.

The yard was rented to Li Dahua’s family next door who relied on a soldier’s son for a living. There were more than ten members of that family alone, and there were also country relatives who came to the door from time to time. The place to live was really tight, listen. He said that Gou Sheng wanted to rent a small yard, so he came over to talk immediately.

Such a fully furnished yard, according to the market, requires 20 taels of silver a year, because it is a neighbor, the dog leftover didn’t care too much, it only counts as one tael a month, and pays off the remaining seven months of this year first, Let alone the last days of May.

Looking at the cumbersome things, if you don't worry about it, it will take only a day or two to get it all sorted out. At noon on the third day after the Shanguan left, Gousheng and his party set off on the road.

Li Dahua and Liu Datie were busy in the field as usual, and hurried back from the field after hearing that Gou Sheng had moved all their belongings back.

"What's going on?" Li Dahua didn't care to wipe off his sweat, and asked bluffing.

This is evident in the lack of information in this era.

"Move things in first before we talk!"

Liu Datie was already silently helping the coachman move some exquisite furniture to the yard.

Zhutou and Damai also came out to help, and if there were more people, it would be faster.

After paying the fare and tidying up the furniture, Gou Sheng only mentioned that the mountain official was dispatched to a faraway country, and it would take several years to return, but he didn't elaborate on the rest.

"What's the matter! The couple have only been together for a few days, oops..." Li Dahua yelled angrily.

"Since I'm back, I don't have anything to worry about, and I have a lot of room and board." Liu Datie cut off Li Dahua's chatter.

"Father said so!" Gou Sheng replied with a smile.

With the few hundred taels of silver he just got, and the dozens of taels he took away with the mountain officials, Gou Sheng still has more than 300 taels in his hand, so he immediately started planning to develop the barren mountain to the east.

Because of the memory of his previous life, Gousheng felt very insecure. First, he planned to hit the courtyard wall. First, he drew a clear line of boundaries, and then he asked someone to help. At least it was a step on the mountain, and if there were any large beasts, he could drive them away.

In the field, weeding, fertilizing and catching insects are the trivial things, and Liu Datie also comes to help.

Gou Sheng also specially found the extremely cold-resistant thorns here and planted them densely in a circle half a meter away from the courtyard wall.

In the villages, all those who have the ability to work come to work, and even in the nearby villages, many people have entrusted acquaintances to talk about the wages and come to help.

That is to build walls, not like building a house. After more than a month, before entering the hottest summer heat, a spectacular wall has already wrapped up the second barren mountain.

The mountains here in Qingpu Town are all small hills, and the vegetation on the mountains is quite sparse. There are no large beasts, and the ones to be careful of are all kinds of poisonous snakes.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Gou Sheng has already studied the mountain thoroughly, and has a rough plan in mind, but there is still one thing to do right now.

This time, while building the wall, Gousheng bought a lot of extra materials and planned to build another warehouse and cellar.

"You are so busy, you don't know what you are thinking all day long!"

After hearing Gou Sheng's words, Li Dahua shouted angrily.

Of course, it’s hard to say that the rulers of the dynasty attach so much importance to weapons with powerful lethality. I’m afraid they are also ambitious.

Liu Datie has helped a lot of helpers, and he can build houses himself. Because Gousheng didn't want to make troubles, everyone in the village knew about it, and everyone in the family, big and small, helped.

"Oh, it's Mrs. Liu, you are really lucky..."

In the past, when the news that Shanguangang became a military household came back, someone complimented Li Dahua so much, and Li Dahua seemed to be overjoyed.

"What a blessing, the prodigal son of my family can't keep a little bit of money in his hand, so he will gossip, he won't buy a good top-notch field, he was deceived into buying a hill, and spent a lot of money to build a fence, What are you talking about, I'm afraid it's filled in with all the foundations of the past few years..."

"You say to enjoy the blessings, to enjoy the blessings, I am also like the wives and wives in the city. I go out and ask someone to carry it in a sedan chair. What else do I have to do? I am still busy working in the fields every day..."

Li Dahua said this outside for a few days, and the people in the village also saw what Gousheng did a few days ago, so they all believed it, and Gousheng really didn't buy a few acres of fertile land!

The large sunny warehouse on the edge of the yard already has a shape. While repairing upwards, we chose a location near the door as the entrance, and dug down the cellar.

Around the hot spring on the mountain over there, Gousheng led Barley to work for more than a month, and built four thatched sheds around the hot spring. One of them was small, and built a half-meter-deep pool with stone slabs, and put the thin hot spring The water is brought in, and when the weather is cooler, there will be beautiful hot springs.

Among the other three sheds, one has been paved with rotten wood, rotten grass or black mud collected from outside to grow edible mushrooms.

Gou Sheng only heard that there are people who specialize in growing mushrooms, but he doesn’t understand it. He only knows to keep it moist. The rest of the temperature depends on hot springs. He doesn’t know what the result will be. One is going to save some vegetables produced in the first half of the year in autumn.

"Brother, the deserted mountains over there are also deserted. Why don't we tear down the partition wall in the middle and put some breeding rabbits in there, so we can raise the rabbits too!" Said.

"It's not impossible, I'm afraid it's too tiring." Gou Sheng drank slowly with a bowl of soup, and answered after swallowing what was in his mouth.

"It doesn't matter, the fifth brother can help now, and Damai, brother is also at home." Zhutou raised his head and said.

"It's not a big deal. If you think it's feasible, just do it." Gou Sheng nodded and said.

"Brother! Dad discussed it with me..." Zhutou said hesitantly.

"Huh?" Gou Sheng looked over suspiciously.

"It's nothing!"

After all, Zhutou lowered his head and began to eat.

Gou Sheng didn't care, his younger brother is grown up and it's time for him to be his own family, so there is no reason to take care of everything!

The courtyard at the foot of the mountain is larger than the residence in Jiaxing City, and it will not be enough to live in in the future, so it can be rebuilt. After returning, Huaya lives in a single room, with eggs on the stigma, and the one on the far side is near the kitchen. Damai has been living in the small house.

Damai was still as taciturn as ever. After dinner, with the remaining twilight in the sky, he "boomed" in the yard to chop the firewood he picked up during the day.

The shrubs around the hot springs on the other side of the Hot Spring Mountain have all been cut back, and the semi-open firewood room has long been unable to pile up, and a barley shed has been built behind it, and it has been piled up to the brim. There will be no shortage of firewood.

The second day after Hua Ya came back, Gou Sheng sealed two strings of copper coins with red paper, took two fat rabbits, and led Hua Ya to Wu San's sister-in-law.

Two strings of copper coins is not a small amount in Liushutun. A man in his prime earns only eight to twelve copper coins for a day's work. Children learn to stop.

Mrs. Wu first fell in love with Wu San's sister-in-law, the daughter-in-law, because her family's embroidery work can subsidize the family. After all, there is no land property, and food and clothing cost money. They are considered inferior in the village, and they inevitably lack confidence in front of Mrs. Wu.

The first two daughter-in-laws picked by Mrs. Wu are both powerful, and they control the men to death. Mrs. Wu is not a very shrewd person, so naturally she is not very happy. The two eldest sons are watching The old lady didn't make a big noise when she was angry, so after the three brothers of the Wu family separated, the old lady Wu didn't follow the elder brother but lived in the third son's house.

After hearing Gou Sheng's intentions, Mrs. Wu was not happy. Of course, this embroidery work is reserved for her granddaughter. How can Hua Ya, an outsider, learn it? Besides, the family usually counts on this idea to subsidize it. !

Wu San's sister-in-law was not stupid either, she answered without waiting for Mrs. Wu to speak.

"In an upright military household, no tax is paid on any number of fields. How can the little girl learn the craft to pick up the work and come back to do it, but it's just for the sake of finding a husband's family in the future..." Wu San's sister-in-law took the money she got I took fifty of them and handed them to my mother-in-law, and patiently broke them apart and talked about them.

I don't know if it's the effect of these fifty coppers, or if Mrs. Wu really understands, in short, when Hua Ya went back the next day, she didn't feel cold-faced anymore.

In the past, Hua Ya only learned how to catch needles and suture, but this time it was a genuine embroidery method. The little girl became more and more addicted. In addition to helping the family, she had to spend half an hour practicing her hands every day. I made an appointment to study for more than half an hour. After eating now, I quickly cleaned up the dishes and went into the room.

"Stop playing under the oil lamp for a while, don't damage your eyes!" Gou Sheng confessed in the yard.

Stigma, barley, and eggs tended the breeding rabbits and young rabbits in the cage together, and when they finished their work, it was already dark.

At night, after washing, Zhutou knocked on the door of Gousheng's room.

"Come in, I'm not asleep yet." Gou Shengjiao said.

The head of the column gently opened the door, followed by the egg, and the two sat down on the kang leaning against the dog.

"Brother, Dad told me yesterday that there is a bigger place to raise rabbits now, and the income will be more in the future. This must have been put down with the money of Brother Na and Brother Shanguan, but in the past two years, it has only been called Brother Na Xiao Head, Sister Huaya and Brother Xiaojiu are growing up too, it’s not good, and it doesn’t make sense, tell me and Egg to share [-]%, and you should keep the rest..."

"It's nothing, don't think too much!" Gou Sheng said indifferently, and did not agree.

"Father is right. When I grow up, there is no reason why I should let my brother take care of me!" Zhu Tou insisted.

In fact, in this regard, Gousheng really doesn't care, how to divide the money is just empty, in the future if the stigma or eggs have a place to make money, Gousheng will still be stingy!

"Then it's up to you, and then the [-]% is with the parents, and the parents have spent a lot of time." Gou Sheng said casually.

How can the stigma and the egg object!

"What am I doing, go back to sleep, tomorrow is another day's work." Gou Sheng said with a smile.

"Brother, go to bed early too!" Dandan said each word with a clear smile on his face.

Gou Sheng patted the egg's head, sent the two younger brothers out of the room, put the door latch behind his back, and wrote down today's accounts under the oil lamp before going to bed...

Time always flies when there is something to do.

When Gousheng came to his senses, it had been more than 100 days since the iron sweet potatoes and iron potatoes were planted. According to the normal growth period, the iron sweet potatoes could be harvested.

Gou Sheng could only put down the mess at home and go to a few uncles' houses to arrange this matter...