Chapter 006: Hunting in the Mountains
So when Ji Wan and Miao came back with a lot of things on their backs, they saw Li with a swollen face, sitting in the yard in a relatively embarrassed manner, picking vegetables.
That look... If there is a camera, Ji Wan especially wants to take a picture for her to remember.
"elder sister."
As soon as Ji Rong saw her, she immediately greeted her happily and helped her get things.
Zhou also came out of the house and said gratefully to Miao: "Sister-in-law, please give me some trouble."
Miao smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. Why are you polite to me? Okay, you can do it, I have to go back to cook."
Ji Wan returned home with a lot of loads. Seeing Li, who was in a mess, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
That money should have been hers!
"I'm lazy again! I've picked so long, go and cook, do you think I'm starving to death, right?"
Liu jumped out from somewhere and saw her sitting there and still being moved, and she scolded again.
Li swallowed his anger and went in with the food.
In the past, Liu was partial to the third room because the third room was the youngest son. In addition, Ji Yuan was smart and studious, he would definitely make a fortune in the future. Li was sweet-mouthed and could coax people, and Liu was very comfortable to listen to, so he treated her particularly well.
But since the separation of Li's family yesterday, she didn't want to support her for money, she has recognized Li's true face and beat and scolded him when she saw the opportunity.
In less than a day, Li deeply felt what it means to regret it!
The third room was in chaos, and the second room, Ji Wan put down her things and pulled her sister to speak alone.
"Is anyone here to our house this morning?"
Ji Rong said: "Sister, you are really right. Not long after you left in the morning, Aunt Ding, who was at the west end of the village, came to borrow money from her mother, saying that she wanted to marry her eldest grandson."
She curled her lips. Aunt Ding's third daughter, Chen, married to the Wang family on the west side of the Ji family. The Wang family was the richest family in the village, but unfortunately, Mrs. Wang and his wife died early. Chen urged Wang Dashan to split up the family and drove out several younger brothers without even giving them a penny. In anger, several brothers from the Wang family found Li Zheng Ju. In the end, they had to share a tael of silver and twenty eggs with the family.
Unfortunately, Wang Dashan is a idle person. He only knows how to eat, drink, play and do not manage his business every day, and he lost all his family. In the winter three years ago, he went out to drink and came back drunk. As a result, he encountered heavy snow, accidentally slipped and fell down, and was buried by heavy snow.
Chen guarded a row of earthen houses and seven children, and lived a miserable life.
However, the Chen family seemed to have forgotten this daughter. They were less than half a mile away from each other and didn't come to see each other during festivals.
The Chen family also has a large population. Aunt Ding has four sons and has given birth to more than ten grandchildren. The eldest grandson is as old as Ji Ping. He has already made a marriage and will marry him next year.
"My mother is soft-hearted. Seeing Aunt Ding crying so much, she has to pay. Fortunately, I stopped her in time. According to your previous advice, she said that our family's money would be left to Ah Heng for school and would not be borrowed from her."
Ji Wan nodded, and she knew that Zhou was kind-hearted and could not bear to see others suffer. When others cried and were poor, they would definitely pay. If they took out the money, they would not be taken back, and they might become evil. So when she went out, she specifically told Ji Rong to stop her mother.
"You are doing the right thing. In the future, someone will come to borrow money. As long as you don't have a very good relationship with us and have a trustworthy character, no matter how poor you cry, don't borrow a single child."
Ji Rong nodded obediently and said, "Sister, you didn't see it. Aunt Ding looked very ugly when she left, and she seemed to be eating people. She started to curse and say bad things about our family. Humph, her heart was so bad."
"We don't know her villain's heart as much as her." Ji Wan patted her shoulder and smiled, "Mom asked me to buy cloth and quilts. We can cover it with a hot new quilt tonight. In a few days, my mother will make a new set of clothes for us, all of which are newly bought cotton, which is so warm. This year, we can wear new clothes for the Chinese New Year."
Ji Rong was still a child after all, and he immediately cheered when he heard this.
Ji Heng also smirked.
"Awan, why did you buy so much iron?" Zhou walked out of the kitchen and frowned slightly, "Didn't I tell you that four pounds are enough."
"Mom, don't worry, I will earn back the extra money sooner or later."
Ji Wan blinked playfully and continued to keep an eye on her.
Zhou didn't take it seriously and said helplessly: "Although we have money now, if we continue to spend this, we will spend it sooner or later, and we will save money..."
"I know, mom, I will pay attention in the future."
Ji Wan acted coquettishly and exposed the matter.
The country she traveled through was called Dayan, which was an overarching dynasty. The place she stayed now was a small village in Yancheng, north, called Yicun, with its back against Xiushan. There were fifty or sixty families, most of whom were poor and had no food to eat, and most of them only had two meals a day.
The Ji family is the best, but unfortunately they can't manage it. Otherwise, they would have developed a lot by relying on her mother's dowry to do some food business.
But now that she is here, she will inevitably change the status quo.
A pan is an important tool she uses to make a fortune.
In this era, there were no greenhouse vegetables and they didn’t know how to grow greenhouses. There were basically no fresh vegetables to eat in winter. Most northerners store vegetables that can be stored in summer in the cellar for eating in winter, such as potatoes and carrots.
Ji Wan knew that some wild vegetables can be eaten by the roadside in the fields.
For example, shepherd's purse and winter cold dishes. There is no wok at home for the time being, and she doesn't dig it. Instead, she makes crossbows at home, preparing to go up the mountain to hit a few pheasants or rabbits to eat. Without steel and bronze, she can only use wood to make a simple crossbow. As for arrows, she can just sharpen it with wood. Anyway, she is not used for war, so it is more than enough to fight rabbit pheasants.
Moreover, the crossbow she made can be folded with both wings and carried with her, which is small and convenient.
Ji Rong and Ji Heng had never seen this thing and thought it was fresh, "Sister, can this really hit rabbits and pheasants?"
"able."
Ji Wan smiled at her sister, "I'll bring it back to satisfy your cravings."
Ji Heng still remembered the chicken and fish he ate that day. He heard this and his eyes were bright, "Meat, I want to eat meat."
Ji Wan touched his head, "Aheng will be able to eat meat soon."
Ji Heng smiled stupidly.
"But Ah Heng must remember that you must not tell others that my sister made this thing." Ji Wanyang gave Yang Yang a crossbow and told him seriously, "Otherwise others will learn from it and go to the mountain to beat rabbits and pheasants, so we will have nothing to eat."
When Ji Heng heard that he had no meat to eat, he immediately became nervous, nodded repeatedly, and promised, "Don't say it."
Ji Rong also said: "Don't worry, sister, I won't tell anyone."
Both sisters and brothers are very obedient, and Ji Wan is very pleased.
Zhou took a thick cotton coat and came out. The clothes were from the past, very old, and had patches, but they could still keep the cold.
"It's cold on the mountain, put on your clothes." Zhou looked at his thin daughter and sighed, "If it weren't for the sunny days these days, I wouldn't let you go up the mountain alone, no matter what I said."
"Don't worry, mom, I'll take a look on the shallow hillside, not to go to the deep mountains." Ji Wan promised repeatedly, "Arong, take good care of my mother and brother at home. It's cold outside, don't let Aheng go out alone."
"Um."
Ji Rong nodded vigorously, "Sister, you have to pay attention to safety, don't go far, there are many forks on the mountain."
"good."
Zhou had no choice but to say, "Come back early."
"Well, I will definitely go home before noon."
Chapter completed!