It's just that this eating, every day more and more thin corn paste, wild boar meat boiled wild vegetable soup, really let Mingyue some food can not swallow, drank half a bowl, then can not drink.
After eating, Ming Wenli and Ming Yao carried the prey and prepared to send it to the pan butcher's house in the town, Mingyue did not plan to go, so he secretly called Ming Wenli, "Fourth uncle, you sold the prey and remember to buy some grain to come back, there is nothing to eat at home, it is best to buy some rice and vegetables." ”
Ming Wenli smiled and rubbed Mingyue's head, saying, Hungry. ”
Mingyue rubbed her face with a look of grievance and said, "Fourth Uncle, look at my yellow muscles and thin appearance." ”
Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue like this, but also a little distressed, and then looked at the few children outside the door who helped to drag the branches, they were also so thin, sighed and replied, "Well, I'll buy some rice and vegetables in a moment." ”
When he left, Ming Wenli also took a pheasant from the prey, and went over to Xu Jinniang, saying, "The second sister-in-law stewed at noon, and supplemented the children's bodies." ”
Xu Jinniang hesitated, "Let's sell it first." ”
Ming Wenli said, "There are many pheasants on the mountain, there is no shortage, the second sister-in-law looks at these children, they are all thin like this when they are grown up..."
Listening to what Ming Wenli said, Xu Jinniang was also a little distressed, so she nodded and took the pheasant in Ming Wenli's hand.
Mingyue followed to help clean up the surrounding miscellaneous trees, and when it was almost noon, the sun was bigger, and Mingyue called a few half-grown children, carrying buckets to the lake, saying that they were going to fetch water.
Boss Ming was not at ease to greet several people not to fall into the water, there was a bright moon, and the others were not worried.
But where mingyue went to fetch water, when he reached the water's edge, he let a few children guard the shore and went into the water himself.
Several children watched with a worried face as Mingyue jumped into the lake, and when they saw Mingyue swimming around in the water, they finally let go of their hearts.
Mingyue plunged headlong into the water, frightened a few children on the shore anxiously looking at the surface of Mingyue's disappearance, Mingyang was scared and was about to cry out, but saw her sister emerge from the water, still holding a fish in her hand.
Mingyang slapped his hand happily and smiled, "Sister is so powerful, she is catching a fish." ”
Mingyue threw the fish into the bucket she had brought, continued to dive into the water, and caught three more, almost before coming out of the water.
Ming Kang looked at Mingyue with a look of admiration and said, "Sister Yue'er, you are so good at paddling, can you teach me?" ”
Minghui and Mingyang also said, "I also want to learn (teach us). ”
Mingyue thought about it, this teaches them to learn to paddle is also very good, if they accidentally fall into the water in the future, there will be no danger, so they nodded, "Well, starting tomorrow at noon, let's come here to learn paddling, go back today first, send the fish back to let the mother make fish for us to eat." ”
Mingyang clapped his hands excitedly, "Well, there are fish to eat." Minghui Mingkang was also happy, Minghui consciously carried a bucket of water, Mingkang carried the fish, and the four of them happily returned to the cave.
Just near the cave, Ming Yang excitedly ran to the house to show off with his mother," and When Boss Ming looked up, he saw that Ming Yue was covered in water, and couldn't help but frown worriedly, "Yue'er fell into the water?" How did I get soaked? ”
Ming Kang said excitedly, "Uncle, Sister Yue'er can paddle and catch several fish, we have fish to eat at night?" ”
Elder Ming looked at Mingyue doubtfully and said, "When did Yue'er learn to paddle?" ”
Mingyue casually made up two sentences, "I used to run to this lake to play, but I learned it slowly." ”
There are more unexpected things like this, and I don't feel surprised, Mingyue gave everyone too much surprise, and then heard something unexpected, and then accepted it of course.
Just after listening to Mingyang's show off, Xu Jinniang, who went out, looked at Mingyue with water, frowned, and said, "Yue'er, hurry up and change your wet clothes, don't get cold." ”
Now the weather is warm, the water does not feel cold, but the body is soaked by the wind on the mountain, Mingyue also feels a little cold on the body, obediently should go down, while walking to the house and saying, "Mother, make us fish at noon." ”
Xu Jinniang smiled and replied, "Good. ”
Thinking about today's days, Xu Jinniang feels more satisfied in her heart than when she once had a house and land, and her own moon seems to have grown up overnight, making her life that used to feel desperate seem to be full of hope.
At noon, Ming Wenli and Ming Yao also returned from going to town, carrying two cloth bags, half bags of rice, half bags of white noodles, about twenty pounds.
As soon as he entered the door, Ming Wenli said helplessly, "This grain is now more and more expensive, several times more than the original price, rice is already one or two silver and one stone, and white noodles are even more expensive, one or two halves and one stone." ”
Mingyue had seen the stone where grain was measured here, a square box made of wood for things, without a lid, called stone, mingyue estimated that a stone was about three or four pounds.
Boss Ming frowned and said, "Why is it so expensive?" ”
Mingyue said, "Does Uncle Da remember the group of businessmen we met when we went to the county seat?" They said that Xianbei was experiencing famine, and in this case, I was afraid that the grain would become more and more expensive, and that it was our border that there might be no grain to sell in the end. ”
Ming Yao said worriedly, "Now that we have no land, if we don't have any grain to sell, how will we live?" ”
Mingyue frowned and said, "I can only stock up on grain." "And my heart has also begun to calculate, in the near future, I have to find a way to make more money."
Liu Shi came over and broke the heavy faces of the crowd, "Let's eat first." ”
As he spoke, he put a large plate of braised fish on the table, and several of the children were already hungry and began to drool.
Mingyue looked at the heavy expressions on the faces of the people and said calmly, "Starting tomorrow, we will hunt more prey and more grain, and we will definitely survive." ”
Ming Wenli took out ten years of silver from his arms and handed it to Mingyue, who said in a lost way, "The price of the prey has also been reduced, and only fifteen taels of silver have been sold in total, and it cost six taels to buy grain, and the remaining nine taels." "The prey is basically hit by Mingyue, so Mingwenli plans to give the silver to Mingyue for his disposal."
Mingyue didn't answer, and said, "Or leave it to Grandpa for safekeeping." ”
She could find a way to persuade her grandfather how to dispose of the silver, but she took it herself, and if she let the milk know, she would not be able to make another fuss, or forget it.
The dinner table was quiet, because of the news brought back by Mingwenli, everyone was in a heavy mood, silently eating, and it seemed that even fish and pheasants were not so delicious in their mouths.
However, it did not affect a few children, and they still had a good time.
Mingyue absentmindedly drank the corn paste in the bowl, but her mind kept thinking.
Generally speaking, the consumer groups of this kind of prey are afraid that they are some rich people, and the price of the prey has been reduced, indicating that the business in the restaurant has faded, is it those people who have heard what wind has left?
If there is really war on the border, Liangshan Town, which is so close to the border, is afraid that it will definitely be affected, so how can it be good? Get out of here? Where can I go? This family is old and young, and it is impossible to leave.
Since you can only choose to stay, it seems that you have to be prepared for everything.
With an idea, after Mingyue had eaten, he locked himself in the room of the Chase Shop, found the two pieces of rice paper left before, took a piece of charcoal and began to write and draw, and stayed for an hour.
Everyone was busy outside the cave, and when Ming Wenli found that Mingyue had not been seen, he asked curiously, "Second sister-in-law, why did Yue'er go?" ”
Xu Jinniang said, "I took two pieces of paper to write and draw in the hiding room, and I don't know what I want to do." ”
"I'll take a look." Ming Wenli was really curious, put down the work in his hand, got up and went to the house.
Mingyue was still immersed in her own world, only until Ming Wenli came to her side and asked in a loud voice, "What are you painting here?" Mingyue looked back and found someone on the side.
After thinking about his own plan, the implementation will definitely encounter obstacles, such as the opposition of the grandmother, but if you can get the support of the fourth uncle, the opposition of the grandmother will not be a problem, and the influence of the fourth uncle on the grandmother, Mingyue can clearly know.
However, the things in Mingyue's hands were not planned to be taken out for the time being.
Mingyue threw away the charcoal in his hand and said to the fourth uncle Ming Wenli, "Fourth uncle, the price of grain is crazy, and the price of prey is decreasing, what do you think?" ”
Ming Wenli sighed lightly, "I'm afraid there will be war on the border." ”
Mingyue nodded and agreed, "I also think so, our Liangshan Town is so close to the border, if there is really war on the border, it will definitely be affected, so I think we should prepare in advance." ”
Ming Wenli knew that Mingyue had many ghost ideas, and he had long stopped treating Mingyue as a little girl, and asked seriously, "What can you do?" ”
Mingyue sighed lightly, "We certainly can't stop the war, we can only find a way to make some preparations." ”
Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue expectantly and said, "Talk about it." ”
"Well, if there is a war, the trigger must be a famine in the humble, they are short of food, so they want to start a war, now we have no land, the first task is to stock up grain, there is enough grain, in order to survive, if the war breaks out, in our border, I am afraid that no amount of silver can buy grain."
Ming Wenli nodded in agreement, and Mingyue continued, "And we can't rush to buy the foundation to repair the house first, this big Liangshan is a natural barrier for us." ”
MingWenli disagreed with this point, frowning and saying, "This is not okay, I have read from the book, as long as there is a famine in a place, the beast iron will definitely follow the riot, the more dangerous it is for us to live on this mountain, I am still thinking today, we don't need to repair the courtyard outside this cave, we have to find a way to move down the mountain as soon as possible." ”
Mingyue said, "We want to hoard grain again, and we want to buy a house to build a house, first of all, silver money is a problem, and secondly, has the fourth uncle ever thought that this beast riot is a threat to us living in the mountains, but it is also a guarantee." ”
Ming Wenli looked at Mingyue incomprehensibly, "How can it be a guarantee?" ”