AWB Chapter 19 Leaving the Village for the First Time
Chapter 19 Leaving the Village for the First Time
At night, a group of four set out to catch shrimps, oh no, long-bearded worms.
Cutting the moon through the stars.
It's so uncomfortable.
Lin Xiaoman was careful today. She took a small basket with her when she left home at night.
Even after filling her backpack, she was still driven ashore by her father.
She quietly grabbed a few handfuls of shrimps from her backpack and filled the basket.
Thoughts together.
The basket in his hand disappeared instantly.
Hehehe, she started looking forward to cooking a big dinner in the evening!
But even if you make it, you can’t take it out.
There still has to be income at home, only with income can you buy seasonings.
Only after buying the seasonings can she cook all kinds of delicious dishes openly.
Can you sell the shrimp?
No one here eats it.
Even if I accept it, I won’t buy it. There are plenty of them in the river.
After finishing this river, there is still the next one to go.
I wonder if it can be sold at a good price if sent to a town or even a county?
Maybe, she could follow the example of the protagonists in those novels and sell recipes in restaurants?
No, she has never been out of Shanglin Village.
I have no idea what the situation is like in the town or the county.
If you are completely in the dark and get targeted by bad guys, it will be more trouble than it is worth.
You have to make money, but you have to ensure safety first.
Lin Jingzhe brought a second full backpack.
When he turned around, he glanced at Lin Xiaoman's backpack immersed in the water and shouted, "Xiaoman, why don't you hold on to the hemp rope? The long-bearded worms on it have all run away!"
Lin Xiaoman glanced at his noisy brother.
hi~
What a good brother.
Originally, she was thinking about how to explain the missing long-bearded insects.
Look, someone handed me a pillow when I fell asleep.
"I know, brother, just grab more. I didn't mean it."
Lin Xiaoman smiled flatteringly. As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Lin Jingzhe grinned and turned away.
The not very tall figure blended into the night, and soon the sound of water was heard not far away.
For three or four consecutive days, we cleared the land and planted vegetables in the yard during the day.
Catch long-bearded insects secretly at night.
Every late night, Lin Dajiang and Li Taohua start cooking meat.
Both Lin Dajiang and Li Erli’s yards are almost full of drying space.
Fortunately, the sun is bright and strong.
The long-bearded worms from the first two days are almost done.
But Xiaoman said that the moisture must be completely dried, otherwise it will not be stored for long and will easily go bad.
After eating boiled long-bearded worms for four or five days in a row, the whole family gained some weight.
Xiao Guyu is the most obvious, but still thin.
Lin Dajiang looked at a pile of hard shells of long-bearded insects, and then glanced at Xiao Lidong in Taohua's arms.
Made a decision.
"Taohua, go to town to buy some rice tomorrow."
"Well, take Jingzhe and Xiaoman with you tomorrow!" Li Taohua said with tenderness, "Xiaoman has never been to the town, take her to have a look."
"Well, I will keep an eye on Xiaoman." Lin Dajiang promised.
Li Taohua took out a string of copper coins from the wooden box and said, "Spend sparingly."
"Mom, can you sell me a few rabbits?" Lin Xiaoman always felt that the female rabbit was about to give birth, and her movements had slowed down a lot recently.
When the rabbits are born, the nest is not big enough.
Now that the family has no income, and given my mother's stingy nature, spending money to build a rabbit hive is a no-brainer.
The look of reluctance in my eyes when I gave the string of copper coins to my father just now was as if I had almost snatched the money back.
"Sure. Tomorrow you can quietly put a few in the backpack, so no one can see them."
"Mother, I know!"
Lin Xiaoman believes that money should be earned secretly behind closed doors.
Otherwise, if you don’t make much money, you don’t know whether you will have the life to spend it.
Unless you are already strong enough, you should not test human nature.
Li Taohua pulled back Xiao Lidong, who was holding onto the corner of the table and preparing to run away, and looked up and said, "Xiao Man is really smart."
"I'll buy a rabbit tomorrow and go to my third brother's place and ask him to borrow a few copper coins," Lin Dajiang added.
This made Lin Jingzhe squint his eyes, and his eyeballs rolled around.
"Uncle San will definitely not lend it to me. He will say that the money has been given to Master Zhong."
"It's his business whether to lend or not, and it's our business whether to go or not." Lin Dajiang touched his chin.
"I know."
Lin Xiaoman looked at his father and said, "Dad is going to cry poor!"
Lin Dajiang pretended to have a stern face: "I'm not crying poor, we are really poor! Not only do we have to go to your third uncle's place, but we also have to go to your second uncle and grandma's place."
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Early the next morning.
The hens from Li Erli's house next door held their heads high.
Cluck.
Cluck.
Lin Xiaoman knew that the hen next door had laid eggs.
There was a hint of pride in his voice.
It would be nice if she had chickens at home too.
Another dog.
When Xiao Lidong was a little older, he would run around the yard, chasing them and making a mess.
It’s not lively.
When Xiao Lidong grows up, you can eat delicious and tender egg custard.
After breakfast, Lin Dajiang took Lin Jingzhe and Lin Xiaoman out.
Lin Guyu looked on anxiously.
She wants to go too.
Lin Dajiang squatted down and said, "Guyu, next time we go back to town, Dad will take you there, okay?"
Lin Guyu knew that his father and his brothers and sisters had gone to the town to do something, so after feeling aggrieved, he quickly calmed down and nodded obediently.
Lin Xiaoman pinched Guyu's cheek and said, "Be good, I'll bring you some food."
"Ah."
Lin Dajiang took the two of them to the entrance of the village.
The rabbit was hiding in Lin Jingzhe's backpack.
It was Lin Xiaoman’s first time out of the village and he was a little curious.
Look left and right.
Lin Jingzhe was concentrating on protecting the rabbit in his basket, keeping his eyes and ears open.
There is a big locust tree at the entrance of the village. The trunk is so thick that it takes two Lin Xiaomans to surround it.
There were two old ladies under the big locust tree, carrying backpacks like them.
It takes more than an hour to walk from Shanglin Village to the town.
In the past, Lin Dajiang always walked when he went out, but today Lin Xiaoman was there with him.
It was her first time going on a long journey, and she was worried that she would be unable to walk halfway.
There is an old man named Lin in Shanglin Village who transports goods. He goes to the town every few days.
Lin Dajiang was afraid that he would miss Uncle Lin's ox cart, so he came early to wait.
"Is this Xiaoman? Oh, she looks so rare. Dajiang, you and Taohua will have good fortune in the future."
"Aunt Wang, I am grateful for your good wishes." Lin Dajiang smiled and took the initiative to explain, "I don't know whether I will enjoy happiness in the future. My third brother is in town. I will send him some gray vegetables."
As he said this, he pulled the backpack a few times.
Aunt Wang stretched her neck and looked hard, and saw only a few old, yellow, gray vegetables in the basket.
I'm afraid this lazy guy is going to get something for free?
Is it necessary for each person to carry a basket to deliver wild vegetables?
Look at what Xiaoman is carrying on his back, it is also empty.
"Xiao Man, are you okay now? You are such a poor kid. You never left the village. Your father loves children very much, so he will take you to the town to play."
Aunt Wang spoke in a sarcastic tone, her eyes fixed on the backpack on Lin Jingzhe's back.
I saw that the backpack was padded with rags, I wonder if there was anything good in it.
Aunt Wang was about to walk forward with a gleam in her eyes, but Lin Xiaoman grabbed her by the corner of her clothes.
"Grandma Wang, our father said he would take us to see our uncle and have some delicious food."
Aunt Wang paused and looked at Lin Xiaoman with a smile: "Everyone is poor these days, only your third uncle has a rich father-in-law."
"Yes, Dad also brought some wheat bran, saying that people in town are tired of eating white flour and would like to eat some wheat bran."
Aunt Wang was amazed.
This lazy guy always does such bluffing things, and even leads the little kid astray.
From now on, the little grandson in the family must stay away from the people in the Lin family and not learn bad things from them.
Thinking of this, she no longer had the heart to continue to inquire.
What's so good about a little wheat bran? I guess this lazy guy doesn't have anything good to offer at home.
Lin Xiaoman and Lin Jingzhe looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.