She is not short of money now, so there is no need to eat this kind of meat.

Yan Xia removed the tiger's patella bones from the tiger penis. These two are the most valuable parts of the tiger's body.

She would take it back to make wine, then put it in a restaurant and sell it at a high price.

Then he cut off the edible meat from the insect and put it into Yan Hecheng's backpack. Fortunately, his backpack was big enough and full.

She tossed aside the remaining bones, along with the entrails and remnants of flesh.

Leave it to the little animals in the mountains.

"Don't go into the mountains next time. I have bought this mountain. If you go into the mountains again, you are trespassing on my territory. If you take this meat back and sell it and pickle it, it will be enough for you to survive this winter. Also, don't talk to the village. People mentioned that you encountered a big insect, so as not to scare away my helpers, let’s go down the mountain.”

After doing all this, Yan Xia warned her father carefully, then picked up the bamboo basket and prepared to go down the mountain with a shovel and machete.

She didn't bring the whole insect down the mountain because she was afraid of scaring the workers. What if they ran away in fear? The corvee would be collected in the spring. She couldn't waste time in case Yan Hecheng spilled the beans. Yan Xia had warned her several times. It's not finished until it's over.

Because she was used to walking fast, she was afraid that Yan Hecheng would not keep up, so she would always stop for a while.

It wasn't until I saw the workers working at the foot of the mountain that I felt relieved and left without looking back.

The basket behind her was covered with some weeds, making it difficult to see what was inside.

When he met an acquaintance and asked a few questions, Yan Xia said that he had hunted a few pheasants.

After returning home, she cleaned the tiger skin and dried it in the backyard.

After cleaning the tiger penis and tiger bones, soak them in the remaining wine at home.

Yan Hecheng then returned to his ruined temple.

Instead of leaving the meat behind, he picked up the bamboo basket and went to the town.

Sell ​​all the meat and get back two and a half taels of silver.

When anyone asked, he said it was wild venison.

He also used the money to buy some food for the winter, which were all cheap brown rice, potatoes and sweet potatoes. He also bought a jar of salt and a small piece of suet. If he didn't eat oil and water, how would he have the strength to work.

This pork suet can be boiled in one bowl.

Save it, it'll be enough for him to last all winter.

As for the remaining silver, it was saved.

He can't live in a ruined temple all his life. When spring comes, he plans to go to the foot of the mountain to open up wasteland, or rent two acres of land for farming.

Passing by a shop selling preserved fruits, Yan Hecheng's whole body seemed to freeze. He remembered that when Yan Xia was little, she loved to eat dried apricots.

But the family was poor, and Sun Yingyun was in charge of his money.

He could only work part-time jobs to save some private money, and secretly buy a few pieces for his daughter Tiantianzui.

This is their little secret between father and daughter.

Then I thought of the way my daughter cried to her before she got married.

Yan Hecheng felt very uncomfortable.

After all, he bought an expensive bag of dried apricots. It was so expensive that it was enough to buy food, which was enough to extend his life for more than half a month.

He bought so much stuff that his old bones couldn't carry it.

It weighed several hundred kilograms, so I simply found a bullock cart to take him back, which cost several coins.

Fortunately, there were two people from the neighboring village on the bullock cart.

It would be fine if the three of us spread it out evenly.

It was already dark when we returned to the village.

The man who drives the bullock cart is also from the neighboring village.

He was easy to talk to, so he sent Yan Hecheng directly to the gate of the ruined temple and helped carry the sack.

"Thank you big brother."

Yan Hecheng paid the copper coins, watched the bullock cart leave, and then entered the house.

He packed up the things and without even eating, he took a bag of dried apricots and quietly placed them at the door of Yan Xia's house.

He left without even knocking on the door.

Yan Xia was not at home. After dinner in the afternoon, she went to Sister Zhao's house to chat. It was already dark when she came out, and she happened to run into Yan Hecheng again.

Father and daughter didn't say a word, didn't even look at each other.

Just passed by.

When Yan Xia walked to the door of her house, she saw a bag on the ground.

She took it home and opened it.

It's dried apricots.

Suddenly, memories emerged from the depths of my mind.

The original owner likes to eat dried apricots.

so.....

It must have been bought by the original owner's father.

Yan Xia smiled softly.

"What a pity. Your daughter has already passed away. Just let me eat in her stead."

After saying that, she picked up a piece of dried apricot and bit it.

It's sweet, sour, and overpowering.

It was still sticky to the teeth, and Yan Xia didn't like to eat it, but she never wasted food, so she could only finish the piece with a frown, then tie the bag tightly and never touch it again.

Sure enough, even though they used the same body, the original owner was thousands of miles apart from her, so she couldn't replace the original owner.

Fortunately, the original owner had a bad relationship with her natal family.

Otherwise, some of her little habits will expose herself.

Yan Xia stayed in Baihua Village for three days and then left.

Just leave the supervision of the fence to Brother Qian.

The people in the village knew that she had bought Gaoshan, and they all scolded her behind her back for being stupid, saying that she had nothing to spend her money on.

Yan Xia didn't care.

She returned to the town to work on her small shop and restaurant, and lived a very fulfilling life.

Winter is always long and darkness dominates the day.

Ordinary people should be staying at home, warming themselves by the fire and chatting leisurely.

But the news that corvee recruitment was about to begin in the spring made everyone feel cold.

The corvee is hard, but the work is in vain.

Not enough to eat and tired till late.

It is simply giving your life to the government in vain.

Most families don't want their children to do this hard work, so they can only pay for it with money, one tael per family.

For the rich, it means one less trip to a restaurant.

But for farmers, this is bad news from heaven.

The already small savings shrank again.

It also caused a phenomenon.

That's when families who were separated suddenly reconciled, huh? No more distinction!

This saves you several taels of silver.

This operation was so outrageous that the county magistrate turned a blind eye and let them live together.

Mid-January.

An ordinary day.

Yan Xia woke up at home in Baihua Village.

The daughter-in-law has come back, and the shop is not suitable for raising a baby with so many people coming and going. The restaurant and pastry shop are also in charge of the two sons.

The two daughters also stayed in the pastry shop.

There are only three people in the family.

She, her daughter-in-law and Xiaoji.

Yan Xia goes to town every three days.

On weekdays, I would sit around the quilt at home, leaning on the bed with the book I just bought, reading, or chatting with my daughter-in-law Xiaoji.

Occasionally, he would also tell ghost stories to scare them.

It makes them afraid to sleep on their own.

The three of them had to squeeze into a room.

It's quite warm.

The mountain wall has been built.

The left and right sides are like two long dragons coiled at the foot of the mountain. The green brick barriers a few meters high are tightly connected. Even if you know Qinggong, you have to climb over them. There is also a gate in the middle.

Directly opposite the door of Yan Xia's house.

The gate is extremely heavy, cut from a century-old tree.

The deadbolt faces outward.

There is also a small house outside.

Similar to a modern security booth.

Used to guard people coming in and out.

Just in case someone breaks in.

Yan Xia plans to hire four people to guard him, alternating day and night shifts.

The salary offered was one and a half taels of silver a month.

After the news was released, the threshold was almost broken. Who in Baihua Village didn't want to have a relationship with her.

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