Mountain People

    "Yo! This mill is not cheap. We have never heard of anyone buying mills in the ten-mile-and-eight townships, but there is a mill in Panlong Town. People who need to grind grain go there early. It is scheduled to be ground for six copper plates at a time. Most of the villagers in the mountains use dustpans after drying at home, and few people go to the town to grind. If you want to buy it, let Chenghu go to the town and ask. "

    Because Gu Shuixiu agreed to invite them to help with threshing, Mr. Hao was in such a good mood that he couldn't stop chatting, seeing that several children were not around them, he asked in a low voice, "Auntie I want to ask you, when will you have two more children in your family?"

    Gu Shuixiu had long been ready to wait for outsiders to ask questions, and Hao was not flustered when she asked, and said casually: "Those two children were rescued when we went to town, The family was in trouble, and they fled all the way to us with their parents, but the child’s parents didn’t endure it in the end, and we just happened to meet, thinking of accumulating virtue for the child in the womb so that the family could afford it, so we brought the child back.”

    Hao looked sympathetic, "You said what happened in the past few years? It's either natural disasters or man-made disasters. Last time our boss went to town to sell prey, and I heard that some people escaped. Refugees robbed their homes because they didn't have food. Fortunately, this happened in the county seat. Our town is relatively remote, so the refugees must not look down on it. You said that these good people are suffering like this!"

    "Auntie, let's talk about this here, don't talk about it in front of two children, the children are smart and understand!"

    Gu Shuixiu deliberately told Hao Shi with a serious face, what doubt would Hao Shi have now.

     murmured in a low voice: "The older one is only four or five years old, and the younger one is not even one year old! I am so young and have no father or mother. Fortunately, I met you guys. live?"

    Gu Shuixiu frowned and nodded, agreeing with Hao's words very much, the two chatted and talked about the uneasy things outside, and in the end they talked about whose parents-in-law abused their daughter-in-law, whose daughter-in-law was stealing, etc. .

    For the first time, Gu Shuixiu felt that the Hao family was such a gossip person, and she was so well informed that she almost thought that the Hao family lived in some densely populated village.

    The more this is the case, the more inconceivable it is to everyone. With this tool, they can directly save manual threshing, which can save a lot of effort.

    Qin Shan was so excited that he could not wait to replace Dong Chenghu. Dong Chenghu replaced Gu Shuixiu and let him put the rice.

    A machine ran for one day and released more than a dozen sacks of rice, and it continued to run the next day.

    This sack of rice is about 200 catties, and more than 50 bags are more than 10,000 catties, which is equivalent to more than 800 buckets.

    Uncle Qin made a calculation, and he jumped up with excitement, "Chenghu, the rice grown in your paddy field is almost five or six times that of other people, and the rice you grow like this The millet is full and crystal clear, and the millet sold outside is not as good as the one grown at your home.

    Uncle has the cheek to ask you for some rice to make it? "

    "Head of the family, you are stupid, people don't use seeds to grow rice, but seedlings cultivated by Shuixiu." Hao looked helplessly at the hot-headed Uncle Qin, although she I also really want to grow such a high-yield grain, but now the problem is that it is not enough to have seeds!

    Gu Shuixiu saw that Uncle Qin's expression changed, and said with a smile: "It's just for raising seedlings. Tell me in advance how much you want to plant, and I'll help you raise the seedlings."

    Their family harvested more than 10,000 catties of rice this year, enough for their family to eat every day for four or five years, so Gu Shuixiu does not plan to plant so much rice next year, just There are not many fields for the Qin family and Zuo Qingsong to raise seedlings.

    "Thank you so much, you can say how much money you want, uncle can't take advantage of you every time."

    "Uncle didn't take advantage of us, it's really not a big deal, as long as uncle comes back to help us next time." Dong Chenghu said cheerfully.

    Gu Shuixiu also smiled and nodded, agreeing with Dong Chenghu.

    Uncle Qin quickly patted his chest and assured, "Let me know if you have something next time, and Uncle will be the first to arrive."

    Everyone laughed.

    A few days later, Uncle Qin spontaneously brought the Qin family over to help Dong Chenghu. After the wheat was harvested, it was left to dry. Gu Shuixiu directed Dong Chenghu to make a simple tool for rolling out wheat, which required two The individual turns the bamboo reasonably, crushes the ears of wheat, and then sieves and shakes it.

    This work is enough for the Qin family to cooperate with Dong Chenghu. The group of people worked for two or three days and finally crushed all the wheat. The total amount was about 3,000 catties, because Gu Shuixiu did not grow too much. There is a lot of wheat, so the harvest of three thousand catties is already a bumper harvest.

    Have finished the work of wheat and the threshing of corn.

    Zuo Qingsong, who disappeared for seven or eight days, finally appeared and brought a big roe deer to the Dong family.

    "I went out hunting a few days ago, this time I was lucky, I got a stag, I thought it could be sold at a good price when I sent it to the county, so I rushed over overnight, when I came back I found this roe deer in the trap again, just in time to give everyone a meal."

    Zuo Qingsong carried the roe deer directly to the kitchen, where Dong Yunmei was cooking food.

    Seeing Zuo Qingsong coming in, I was a little overwhelmed, and my eyes didn't know where to look.

    "Is there water?" Zuo Qingsong said suddenly.

    Dong Yunmei whispered, "Yes, wait." She turned around and poured a large bowl of warm water on the edge of the stove. For some reason, Dong Yunmei always felt that she was walking towards Zuo Qingsong with the water. It's a little far, just a few steps away, but it's very wrong.

    Zuo Qingsong took the warm boiled water handed over by Dong Yunmei, said thank you in a low voice, and then inserted a silver hairpin into Dong Yunmei's head, "I saw it in the county town, and I think it is quite suitable. yours."

    Without waiting for Dong Yunmei to speak, Zuo Qingsong went out of the kitchen to help.

    The voice of Zuo Qingsong resounded in the yard, mainly because Dong Chenghu was asking about the stone mill, and Zuo Qingsong answered.

    Dong Yunmei wanted to return the silver hairpin, but there were so many people in the yard, and she didn't want others to know about it. Thinking about it, Dong Yunmei's heart was messed up.

    It is undeniable that when she received the silver hairpin, her heartbeat was indeed several times faster.

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