Joe's Farming

Gu Feng was stunned, with a hint of confusion in his eyes. His young husband had always been gentle, and this was the first time he heard him speak loudly to him.

"Qiao'er, do you know how much fox fur can be exchanged for?" Gu Feng tried to reason with Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu was even more confused: "No matter how much money it can get, can it be compared with your safety? And Brother Gu, I don't want you to stay in the mountains for so long. I can't sleep if you are not at home."

Qiao Yu tried to act coquettishly and show weakness to dissuade Gu Feng from going up the mountain to hunt.

Who knew that Gu Feng smiled and said, "Qiao'er, you look down on your husband too much. I said there will be no danger, believe me, okay?"

Qiao Yu wanted to follow her husband's wishes and say: "Okay, come back early, I'll wait for you at home." But he felt that if he didn't make it clear this time, would Gu Feng ignore his safety next time in exchange for greater benefits?

"I don't understand, Brother Gu. Our family is really not short of money now, and I promise that we will never be short of money in the future. There are so many wild animals in the mountains. What if you encounter a black bear? Think about it, if I said I was going to stay in the mountains for a few days, wouldn't you be worried?" Qiao Yu's eyes were red. He really didn't dare to think about it. If something really happened, how could he go up the mountain to save people with the current level of technology.

"Qiao'er, I'm a hunter. Before you came, I often lived in the mountains. Be good and obedient, okay?" Gu Feng hugged his husband in his arms and let him lean his head on him.

Qiao Yu asked helplessly, "Husband, tell me the truth. Is there a reason behind this? Is it because you feel that the money from the shop and the soap factory is not earned by you?"

Gu Feng paused and sighed: "Qiao'er, I won't hide it from you. I know you will be angry. But I want to make some money for you before winter so that you can be happy. But I didn't know you would be so worried, I'm sorry." Then he gently kissed Qiao Yu's forehead again.

After hearing Gu Feng's admission, Qiao Yu was relieved and her tone softened: "Then you have to promise me that five days is too long, I can't stand it. Three days at most. If you don't hunt a fox in three days, you have to come down. Also, you can't spend the night in the mountains in the future. If you really like to live in the mountains, wait until the beginning of next spring and we will hire someone to build a house in the mountains. When I read books before, the hunters in the books would build houses in the mountains to live temporarily. Okay?"

Gu Feng hugged the person in his arms tighter: "Okay, I'll listen to you. Don't be angry, okay?"

Qiao Yu felt her husband's strong heartbeat: "Yeah."

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On the second day, Gu Feng went to find Zhang Shan, who had helped build the house before, and a man he and Qiao Yu thought was good. He also asked Wen Ge'er's father, uncle and others. In the end, he found ten people, and after lunch, they came to his family's field to open up wasteland. Wang Dali screened the rest of the people, and finally called ten men.

Qiao Yuze went to the town to buy farm tools early in the morning. Qiao Xing was worried and went with him.

This time they didn't provide meals, because it only started this afternoon, so they only gave 12 wen, and then 30 wen a day. Because clearing land is more tiring than building a house.

After lunch, except for Uncle Wang, the whole family went to open up the fields.

Fortunately, although there were stones in the wasteland, there were not many, but there was a lot of dead grass. Some people started to cut the grass, collect it into a pile, and burn it together later.

The children were picking up pebbles in a basket, and when they were picking, they discovered a field mouse.

Gu Xiaoxue shouted in surprise: "Vole, vole, what a fat one!"

Qiao Xing immediately picked up a stick and chased after it. The field mouse ran fast and disappeared in a moment.

Gu Xiaoyan said regretfully, "What a pity! I still remember that when my father first picked me up, he roasted a field mouse for me and my sister. It was delicious."

At that time, Gu Feng had just picked up Xiaoxue and was halfway back. When passing a mass grave, Gu Xiaoxue said she heard a child crying. Gu Feng dug Gu Xiaoyan out of the soil with one hand exposed. The child was as thin as a little monkey. When Gu Feng saw the mole on him, he knew that he was probably thrown away because there were too many children in the family and they couldn't sell him.

Xiaoxue cried and asked him to bring his brother along. Gu Xiaoyan looked like he should be able to speak, but he could not speak except crying. Finally, Gu Feng named him Xiaoyan, hoping that he would be able to speak well when he grew up. There was a section of the road that took a long time to walk, and there was no place to get supplies. That was when Gu Feng caught a field mouse for them, peeled it and roasted it for the two children to eat. At that time, Gu Xiaoyan was in better health, so Gu Feng fed him meat. That was the first time he had eaten meat in the true sense, and he thought it was delicious.

So it’s a bit of a pity to see the voles gone now.

Qiao Xing couldn't bear to see his brother's lost expression, so he searched around where the field mouse disappeared. Sure enough, he saw a hole next to a small mound of earth.

His intuition told him that this was a vole hole.

Qiao Xing ran towards Qiao Yu: "Little Daddy, give me a shovel. I found a vole hole. Dig out the vole for Yan Bao."

Qiao Yu was in the field, and in fact, she couldn't help much, and was bored. She told Gu Feng that she was going to dig field mice with the children. Gu Feng smiled and said, "Go ahead, but don't grab them with your hands, because field mice will bite you when they get angry."

Qiao Yu said loudly: "Don't worry, I will just hit him with a hammer and kill him when the time comes."

Someone nearby said, "Mr. Gu, dig more. You might find the food that the field mice stole."

"Okay! Thanks for the reminder, big brother."

"Boss, your husband and children have a really good relationship."

Gu Feng couldn't stop smiling: "He is just a child himself."

Qiao Yu and Qiao Xing each took a hoe and went to the place where they found the voles. They dug along the hole and found several forks. Qiao Yu and Qiao Xing then dug separately.

Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan each picked up a large stone, ready to smash the vole to death if they saw it pop up.

In the end, no rats were found, but Qiao Xing did find some peanuts. Qiao Yu thought of what the man had just said, and followed Qiao Xing to dig. As a result, more and more peanuts were found, and corn and rice appeared later. My goodness, this field mouse has a rich family! He must be the richest man among the field mice in this area.

Qiao Yu and her three children ruthlessly raided the field mouse's house and obtained 50 kilograms of food, which was just enough to improve the diet of the chickens and ducks.

Everyone said that the four of them were lucky as they could find so much food just by digging a hole. The four of them were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

As a result, the four of them stopped picking up stones and started looking for voles and digging voles holes. Unfortunately, even though they found the holes later, they didn't dig out any food, but they did dig out a nest of baby voles.

Looking at this nest of pink vole cubs, Qiao Yu and the other kids looked at each other in surprise.

"What should we do? It looks disgusting." said Qiao Yu.

Gu Xiaoyan touched it with a small stick, causing the vole cub to squeak. "I think it's pretty cute. Why not raise it and roast it?"

Oh my god! It was the first time that Qiao Yu saw that Yan Bao was still a bit scary.

"Well, if you want to raise them, you can. I don't want to raise these stinky things." Gu Xiaoxue said with disgust.

Qiao Xing did not express any opinion. He stood on the side of his little daddy unconditionally.

Finally, an old man saw it and went back to make some wine.

Gu Xiaoyan was disappointed for a while, then happily suggested: "Little Daddy, let's catch voles again tomorrow!"

Qiao Yu:......