The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

Zhou Yue had heard of this kind of thing. Merchants often bought those goods from the mountains and then took them outside the mountains to sell them and make a fortune.

Sometimes the price is deceptively low from the seller, and when the market is good, you can even make ten acres of profit in one go.

Therefore, people often take risks.

The reason why it is said to be a risky move is that there are many variables along the way from going to the village to buy and then taking it out.

Moreover, this business often requires you to carry a lot of money with you when you go to buy. If you buy too little, it will not be worth the hard work.

If you bring too much money, you can imagine how dangerous the journey will be.

You don't need professional bandits to steal the loot; ordinary villagers can grab some.

If the imperial power did not reach the countryside, people would be robbed or even killed, and the government would not be able to go deep into the mountains to capture them.

Even if the government sent people to capture him, the terrain in the mountains is complicated, the mountains are high and the forests are dense. If he hides in the deep mountains and old forests, it will be difficult to find him no matter how many people look for him.

There is no shortage of wild vegetables and spring water in the mountains, so the determined villagers can easily stay in the mountains for a month or so.

It is difficult for people in government offices to persist for so long.

Therefore, most people don't dare to venture into these deep mountains.

As for Wang the butcher, his ancestors had been in this business, so he was familiar with the terrain and the human relationships in the mountain village.

Secondly, he was big and strong, and had a fierce aura from working as a butcher for many years, so most people didn't dare to get close to him.

Zhou Yue inquired about some things, took note of them silently, and analyzed them.

He paid ten cents, put the solidified mutton fat in a basket, and wanted to carry it home with Yuan Mo.

Just as he was about to go out, Wang the butcher caught up with him, holding a wooden basin full of lamb shanks.

He grinned and said, "No one wanted the lamb legs, so I cooked them all and only added some salt. You can take them home and eat them. Remember to return the bones to me."

It turns out that the lamb shanks here have little meat, only a little skin, so no one buys them, but there are people who buy lamb bones.

Butchers sell mutton by shaving the meat off the bones and selling it in rolls.

Sheep bones are sold to merchants who make mutton soup, but no one wants lamb shanks.

Butcher Wang cooked the lamb shanks for himself and his neighbors to eat. There wasn't much meat in them, but he made a lot of money by selling the bones.

Zhou Yue and Yuan Mo, one holding a basin of lamb legs and the other carrying a basket of lamb oil, slowly walked back home.

When villagers on the road saw what they were carrying, some of them covered their noses. Butcher Wang was so filthy that no one dared to eat what he cooked. Only people from other villages bought some of his mutton. People in the same village either couldn't afford it or despised him.

This smells strong enough.

When Zhou Yue returned home, he saw Chunniang making clothes for the child in the yard. The child was due to be born in a few months.

Qian was making shoe soles. There were many people in her family and the shoes were expensive.

Old man Ning sat on a low stool with a backrest, carefully carving patterns on a bow and arrow with a small carving knife.

Qingmo sat at the table in the yard, writing and drawing on paper.

Yang Mo was sorting some wood. Recently, when his family went to work on the dry land, they chopped some wood on the way back.

Yang Mo made a pair of crutches for Old Man Ning using elm wood, and she was also planning to make a wheelchair for him.

Old Man Ning and Yang Mo also planned to make a donkey cart frame by themselves. As Qing Mo wanted to do business, he had to buy a piece of dry land far away, so it was imperative for the family to buy a donkey.

A donkey is good, a mule is fine too.

It can be ridden, pulled carts, and hauled things. It is a donkey with multiple uses.

Donkeys don’t eat much, rarely get sick, are easy to raise, but they are stubborn.

Mules are better than donkeys. Not only do they have the advantages of donkeys, but they are also easy-going and docile, and have the advantages of horses.

There is a carpenter at home and there is wood on the mountain, so we definitely can’t go out and buy this car frame.

At this moment, what Old Man Ning was doing was making a bow and arrow.

Jun Mo already had a ready-made bow and arrow in his hand.

Seeing Zhou Yue and his elder brother coming back, he ran up and held up the small bow and arrow to show them.

Brother Dao also ran and jumped behind Jun Mo, wagging his tail hard.

Brother Dao is a little strange. He never barks and it is very difficult for him to wag his tail.

Zhou Yue guessed that it must have some physical or psychological problems.

Jun Mo's bow and arrow is very small. If you look closely, you can see that the bow body is made of mulberry wood and the bowstring is hemp rope.

The arrow is just an ordinary stick of poplar wood that has been cut straight and smooth.

However, the details are also very attentive, for example, there is a picture of auspicious clouds engraved on the bow, and a small word "Jun" engraved next to it.

The bow body is also coated with tung oil to prevent corrosion.

No wonder Jun Mo couldn't let it go and kept shooting Dao Ge with the wooden stick and arrows.

Brother Dao was very cooperative. He would jump up every time to catch the arrow, return it to his master flatteringly and take credit for it.

Smelling the bones in Zhou Yue's hand, Brother Dao immediately dropped the wooden stick arrow in his mouth and ran towards Yuan Mo.

Zhou Yue hurriedly said, "Go to the kitchen and pick the meat off the bones, and give the bones to Brother Dao."

Lamb leg meat is good meat. As for Wang the butcher being sloppy, he turned a blind eye to it. They were all cooked in the pot. Even if they were not clean, they had been sterilized at high temperature.

Although we now have a lot of wild boar meat bacon at home, we can also eat a rooster every day.

But who would complain about having too much meat? This was in ancient times when people could only eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

Zhou Yue put the mutton fat in the kitchen, took Brother Dao out and closed the door.

After a while, Yuan Mo took a few bones and threw them to Dao Ge who was lying in the nest. He also sat next to everyone and helped Qian Shi to straighten the hemp rope.

No one went out to work today, it was a rare leisure time.

Zhou Yue took a large earthenware bowl, poured out a bowl of coarse tea from the large teapot hanging next to it, and drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing this, Yuan Mo also went forward to pour some tea.

At this time, Mr. Ning finished carving the words on the bow, and Yuan Mo leaned over to take a look.

There were two auspicious cloud images and the word "Xuan" engraved on it.

It seems that this bow is Xuan Mo's.

Only boys this young would like to play with such childish things.

Zhou Yue sat down, took the small clothes made by Chunniang, and discussed with her which piece of cloth and color to use.

Old Master Ning clapped his hands and waved at Zhou Yue: "Old man, come here."

He was used to being called that and it was difficult for him to change the name, so Zhou Yue didn't keep correcting him.

"Dad, what's the matter?"

"Look at my legs. Have you seen any improvement?"

As he said this, he took the crutches, pushed away the hand of his eldest grandson who was trying to support him, and struggled to stand up.

what?

Everyone opened their eyes wide, feeling incredible.

Grandpa actually stood up.

He hasn't stood like this in more than a year.

Old Man Ning himself was also surprised.

Originally he felt that he had enough strength and told Qian that he wanted to try to stand up.

Qian told him to try again when Zhou Yue was around to avoid any accidents.

This was his first time using the crutches and his first time trying to stand up on his own.

There was some water on his face.