Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

Winter is coming soon after autumn, and the saponaria trees in the mountains are also ripe.

Early in the morning, the three of them went up the mountain carrying baskets.

The Japonica tree is far away from the river. You don't need to go higher up the mountain. You need to go deeper to the edge of the forest.

The road up the mountain was difficult and it took half an hour to get there.

Mao Xiaosui finally understood why they brought the big basket.

Because there are many trees, I can pick up a lot.

Li Yunqiang was afraid that she wouldn't know, so he specifically reminded her, "Just pick it up on the ground."

Li Yunshan saw her looking up and staring blankly, and also reminded him, "You can sell the saponins for money. You can sell them for meat during the Chinese New Year."

Mao Xiaosui was still talking about it yesterday, and the thought of buying meat also made him energetic.

As soon as he put the basket away, he squatted on the ground and started picking them up one by one.

She asked Li Yunshan, "Why don't people in the village come to pick it up if it can be sold for money?"

"They don't dare to come."

After walking such a long way, she began to feel anxious, "There can't be wolves, right?" "

"Generally not."

"What about the second type?"

The two of them didn't understand. Seeing that her face turned pale with fright, they comforted her by saying, "There are many prey in the deep mountains. Unless they can't find food in the depth of winter, they won't come to a place where humans live."

She was still worried and picked it up much faster.

There were a lot of soap nuts falling on the ground, and the three of us filled our backpacks throughout the morning.

After coming down from the mountain, the Qi family was threshing millet. Qi Yuzhen said with some envy, "It's better for you, there are soap fruits for use."

"Then what do you use?"

"Most of the time it's plant ash."

She immediately grabbed a large handful for her, and when she wanted to grab another large handful, Qi Yuzhen waved her hand in a hurry, "Enough, enough, these are worth a lot of money."

"It doesn't matter, I have plenty."

The Qi family was nice to her, it was just some soap nuts they picked up, so naturally she couldn't be stingy.

The soap nuts still needed to be dried, so Mao Xiaosui took out a few sacks and spread them on the ground.

The fruits they picked were big, and Li Yunshan said that five of them could be sold for a copper plate.

There was a lot of drying in the two baskets. In addition to the ones for home use, she made a rough estimate and estimated that there were several hundred copper plates.

"Are you still going tomorrow?"

"No need for now, wait for it to fall for a few days, and we will go to the mountains in the afternoon."

She hasn't eaten river crabs and shrimps for a few days, and now she's hungry again, but now the river water is cold and she can't go into the water again.

The chickens at home had no grass to eat today. Li Yunshan walked out with the basket on his back and said, "You go and cook, and I will bring back some chicken grass."

She agreed and blocked the door after Li Yunshan left.

Li Yunshan saw it halfway and didn't say anything, and continued walking.

There were a lot of eggs at home. She poured the millet into the pot and boiled it, made steamed eggs, and fried two fish.

Li Yunshan came back quickly, and Mao Xiaosui listened to the noise and opened the door.

After dinner, the two of them slept as usual. When they walked up the mountain in the afternoon, they found that several women from the elder's family were also there.

A few people knew this, and as soon as they approached, they heard Hong Mei, the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law, ask, "Are you going to fish?"

"What are you doing?" Li Yunqiang stared at them closely.

Liang Xuefang made him very unhappy last time, and he didn't look good now.

A few people didn't care, and asked shamelessly, "Take my aunt with you, and we'll get some rations for the winter."

"It's not like you don't know where the river is."

"There are no fish there, and I couldn't catch one for a long time."

Li Yunqiang was not happy either, "Then you go today, we will go another day."

Several people quit, "How dare we go to that place? Just take the aunts there this time."

Li Yunshan was not as easy to talk to as Li Yunqiang, so he refused directly, "I took you there last time, but you were blocked directly upstream. You can go if you want, but we won't take you."

"That time it was Auntie's problem." Liang Xuefang said shamelessly, "Auntie saw that you had done a lot... That was not a misunderstanding."

Li Yunshan was unmoved. After a stalemate for a while, Hong Mei became annoyed and cursed, "The river doesn't belong to him. They can go and we can go too." After saying this, he greeted a few people and left.

Li Yunshan immediately turned around and wanted to go back. Mao Xiaosui followed him and asked in a low voice, "You really don't want to go?"

"Take it once today, and I will go there again next time, and it won't be over in the future."

"I'm going to harvest some chicken grass today and sell soap nuts the day after tomorrow. Let's talk about the fish later."

Li Yunqiang was also angry and said, "I'll go back to chop wood." Then he left.

There was also a pile of uncut firewood in the yard at home. Seeing that Li Yunshan seemed to be ignoring it, she wondered, "Aren't you going to sell firewood?"

"It's for the winter. It doesn't matter whether you sell it or not. Anyway, the firewood is dry. It won't be too late to chop it when the weather gets colder in a few days and you have more free time.

Compared with the men in the village who sit idle all day long, the Li Yunshan brothers are very busy every day.

People in the village would not go far to cut grass, so the two went to the river as usual.

Lin Hong and Li Ye were washing clothes, and when they saw her, Lin Hong took the initiative to say hello.

Mao Xiaosui had some grudges about what happened before, so he walked directly past them.

When they were far away, Li Yunshan asked, "What's wrong?"

She shook her head, not wanting to mention what happened before.

Li Yunshan's cold face is still fresh in her memory.

Li Yunshan saw that she was mumbling but couldn't hear the words, so he kept staring at her.

Mao Xiaosui had no choice but to tell what happened before.

After listening to this, Li Yunshan was silent for a while and said, "You are very powerful. Others would have been able to endure what happened before. You...did a great job."

"Then you're still angry?"

"...That's not why I am."

"What's that for?" She muttered, "Do you know that you are fierce?"

He didn't want to mention it again, but just said, "Try not to do this again in the future. People in the village will be disgusted if it happens too often, and it won't be good for you."

"understood."

Mao Xiaosui actually wanted to ask him something, but he didn't have the courage.

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There are not many stalls selling soap nuts in the market. At first glance, they are all selling fish.

Probably knowing that she was afraid of Ding Wenxiu, Li Yunshan didn't wait for them today and waited in the market for a while before seeing them come.

Mao Xiaosui turned away without looking at her face, but Li Yunqiang greeted her as usual.

She was cursing secretly in her mind when a woman who looked like she was quite wealthy came to the stall.

The material of her clothes is brand new and looks very soft, and the color is aqua green that is not found in this market.

The woman looked young, in her mid-twenties.

"Young lady, do you want to buy soap nuts? Five copper coins each."

Saving a piece of soap nut would last at least two or three days, and she felt heartbroken when she thought of how she used soap nuts to wash clothes.

The woman reached for one, put it to her nose, smelled it, and asked, "Can it be cheaper?"

"How much do you want?"

The woman thought for a while and said, "Half of what you have here."

That would be several hundred. She turned to look at Li Yunshan behind her.

"How about seven?"

"Eight for sale?"

Li Yunshan shook his head, "Seven is the most. You may not be able to buy such a big one in the town."

This is not nonsense. Most of the products sold in the town are made of soap locust and the like. The taste is naturally better than this, but the price is also high. A small piece costs a penny.

Soapnuts are also sold, not to mention their small size and expensive price.

Of course the woman knew this too, so she opened the small cloth bag in her hand and said, "I'll choose it myself."

Of course they had no objection.

Mao Xiaosui stared closely, and when she had taken enough, he smiled and reminded, "Sixty-eight copper coins."

The woman didn't bother and gave him the money neatly.

After they left, Mao Xiaosui handed him the money and said, "Why did she buy so much? Are her clothes expensive?"

"It should be." Li Yunshan didn't know. "Rich people are very particular, and the rich people in the town are even more particular."