Waste Wood Farming Notes

After dinner in the evening, Li Tianfu was busy watering the leeks at home. There were not enough leeks in their home, so for this, they specially took grain and went to exchange some with other families.

Busy with watering, the matter of finding the village chief fell on He Anle, but he went out for a longer time, and when he came back, Li Tianfu had already poured water and had a shower.

The leeks in the backyard were indeed sunburnt, but they were not dead. It seemed that they could continue to grow. It seemed that the thatch they brought back had a good effect. At least when he checked at night, the bottom layer of the thatch Soil, still wet.

The family uses bamboo tubes to draw water, and they specially found a wooden bucket to pack it. In addition to the water in the backyard, the leeks grown in the house also want water, but they don’t need so much.Although they were not exposed to direct sunlight, they were worried that the heat in the house would suffocate them, so the doors and windows were all open.

The water evaporates quickly, but at least not as fast as the ones planted outside.

"Brother He, where have you been?" Li Tianfu asked strangely. He went to the village chief's house and he should be back soon. Are they at home?

He Anle replied while looking for his clothes: "I went to the mountain. Isn't there a spring where we cut bamboo today? There are quite a lot of footprints around it, so I dug a few around it. Trap, don't you like fresh meat? There will be some soon."

He also inadvertently remembered the matter of going to the mountain to dig traps. Other traps on his mountain could hardly catch other prey. Because of the lack of water, those wild animals did not follow the previous path, so those It is useless to dig traps in their frequented places.

"Call me when you go next time." Li Tianfu said, "It's very dangerous on the mountain when it's dark. If you want to go, you can also go during the day. At least two people are safer together."

He Anle nodded indifferently, "I see."

He would be distracted if he took Fu Geer with him, so it would be better not to take Fu Geer to the mountain than to go like this.

"I've put your clothes in the bathroom, go take a shower!" Li Tianfu waited maliciously for him to find the clothes, and then reminded him that Li already had a set of clothes in the bathroom.

Who let him go to the mountain secretly?

He Anle paused, put his things aside, and walked towards the kitchen, thinking in his heart, now he can make trouble if he likes, and just don't ask for mercy in bed later.

I went to the mountain and sweated a lot, and I washed it in cold water, because of the hot weather, it also brought a warm temperature.

Fu Geer likes to wash in hot water, and he only needs to burn a few firewood. He Anle likes to wash in cold water. He still feels warm in cold water of this temperature.

Serving the leeks at home and raising them quietly, it only took half a month before they finally harvested the first pile of leeks, and the combined weight of the two families was quite a lot.

Ever since they knew that leeks could be sold for money, the family started to eat sauerkraut unanimously. The leeks at home were basically not eaten, and they were kept for money.

In the past half a month, nothing major has happened. The most important thing is probably that He Anle used traps to catch a lot of prey near the spring. In the cage, when a certain amount of prey is collected, He Anle will bring it to the town to sell.

Li Tianfu went with him once, but many shops in the town were closed, and there were far fewer people, and there was nothing interesting to go to the town, and the buttocks of the bullock cart were bumped and uncomfortable, so he was too lazy for the rest of the time went.

Every ten days, He Anle would go to the town, one to sell prey, and the other to inquire about news.

Such natural disasters are usually followed by man-made disasters.

After chatting with the village chief a few times, He Anle felt that something big would happen in the future, such as a rebellion or military disaster.

Those with evil intentions will use the excuse of natural disasters to attack the superiors.

Once someone rebels, it means that a war needs to start, and soldiers are needed to fight a war, and civilians like them need to serve in the military.

Of course, if they have money, they can hand it over. He Anle still knows how much money they have to pay, 20 taels of silver.

Like most of the families in their village, they can't make so much money by selling pots and irons.

He Anle only hoped that all of this was just his imagination.

He often went to the town and got a lot of news. There were already more and more refugees fleeing from other places.

The situation in the north is more difficult than they imagined.

Otherwise, these people would not have left their homes.

It's just that these people come here to take refuge, and they usually live in the villages. The villages close to the town have many more people who come to take refuge.

Their village is remote and far away from the town, but no one came here for the time being.

He Anle sold the prey he brought to the town for the second time. He was the only one in his family, 20 taels of silver, plus the money he earned during this period, finally made up 20 taels of silver. These are Because of the current drought, food can always be sold quickly, and the price given is not low.

When he was selling prey, he asked his customers, do they need vegetables?The replies I got were all in the affirmative.

Although the only vegetables in their house are leeks, other people's houses must have other vegetables, so he can just buy them directly.

In terms of price, they gave a satisfactory price, after all, rare things are expensive!

It is convenient to know the price. In this way, they can at least know what price to buy the vegetables of the villagers.

People in the town who can afford to buy vegetables are either rich or powerful, and they don’t lack that kind of money at all. The price they offer is the same as the current price of rice, 35 Wen a catty.

The price of rice is now lower than before, because the government has begun to intervene in the price of rice on the market, and has imposed restrictions on the amount of food purchased by everyone, so the price of rice has dropped. Even so, the price of rice is still the same About three times.

Most people really can't afford such an expensive price, but the price of plants like sweet potatoes has not changed, at least on the surface, the price of sweet potatoes is four yuan a catty.

"Fu Geer, let's cut off the vegetables at home tomorrow, and then take them to the town to buy them?" He Anle returned home, the first time they harvested leeks, because there were not many, so they gave them away. Some of them went to the town to sell, and the rest were eaten by their own family.

This time the leeks grew much better, and they were able to take them to the town to sell them.

Li Tianfu glanced at the open room, and then said, "No problem, did they notify you?"

He Anle nodded, "I have told them to cut off the leeks the next morning and wash them. I will take them together and sell them."

The leeks in their room seemed to be a lot, but in fact, they weighed only seven or eight catties. Adding the leeks in the yard, it was about ten catties. It seemed like a lot of piles, but the weight was not very much.

After dinner, He Anle found out the family's money, went to the place where everyone was enjoying the shade, and directly bought various vegetables at the price of fifteen yuan a catty.

The crowd suddenly exploded.

"Boy of the He family, is what you said true?"

"You won't tease us, will you?"

He Anle, who swallowed most of the money unceremoniously, said calmly: "If you have it at home, you can bring it directly to my house and give it to you directly."

Although he swallowed most of their money, it was all due to his contacts, and he had to take care of the other party's stewards from time to time, which cost them a lot.

Thinking of this, He Anle said, "I'm going to sell it in the town. The price the other party offered was 35 Wen, but I also have to spend a lot of money to manage the other party's affairs. Otherwise, it would be so good. Why did things happen to us?"

"Ugly words are up front, if you want, you can bring the vegetables to my house!"

After finishing speaking, He Anle left. As for whether they believed his words or not, he didn't care. Anyway, those who believed would bring food from their home. When they got the money, others would believe it!

Every household basically has a small vegetable garden.

Several old sisters of the Li Liu family heard the news and went home without hesitation, asking their daughter-in-law to collect all the vegetables in the field, and planted a cucumber at home, because it was well taken care of, it was already full of fruit Cucumber.

After thinking about it, my family has been thinking about eating them for a long time, and finally I took out three ugly cucumbers, called my son, and went over with the things.

Their movements were swift, so they were the first ones to come to He's house. When they entered, they were worried, but when they came out, they were full of smiles.

Other people who came to see the excitement quickly surrounded the two of them.

"Is what he said true?"

"Have you got the silver yet?"

They directly showed the money, looked at the envious eyes of others, and wanted to help them deliberately, "Hurry up and go home and get the food, in case they collect enough later, it won't be your turn Already!"

The people around them disappeared immediately.

Cucumbers are heavy, so the price is not calculated according to the vegetables. Seeing that they can really be exchanged for money, and the villagers who can eat a few meals without vegetables, they walked home without saying a word.

Li Tianfu is in charge of counting the money for them, while He Anle is on the side, helping to weigh the vegetables and arrange them by category. Every family likes to eat different vegetables, so there are many types, but most of them are one or two catties. See if there are still people. Pulling out the vegetables that hadn’t grown up, I felt distressed immediately, and then said to the visitor: “We don’t just harvest it this time, we will harvest it again in ten days, if the vegetables are old, or if they are long If it doesn’t look good, we won’t calculate it according to this price. But it also fluctuates around this price, whether you sell it or not is up to you.”

There are so many people in the village, they don't need to worry at all, they will not receive vegetables, even if their own village doesn't have them, people in other villages must be very happy.

Even though Li Tianfu said his ugly words first, someone still secretly put some bad dishes among the good ones.

Those rich people who buy vegetables are more willing to buy their good-looking vegetables, after all, they are rich and self-willed!

They don't mind whether the vegetables are ugly or have a lot of bug bites on them, as long as the vegetables are not bad, they can eat.

They are very enthusiastic. After taking back the dishes, the two of them had to soak them in water. This was the first time. They were worried that it would be too late the next day, so the two of them put them away at night and early in the next morning. Will be leaving soon.

Next time, you can tell them to get up earlier the next morning and deliver them to their home, so that it will not affect their appearance and look fresh.

"Okay, it's been cleaned." Li Tianfu stood up, stretched his waist, and squatted down to work for so long, his back was sore.

Looking at the vegetables piled up in the pot, I was very happy. I took these to the town, and I got money in exchange!

The price of 35 Wen per catty is of course sold to those in the town who are not short of money.

Li Tianfu didn't want to go at first, but with so many things on the bullock cart, he had to come and look at them personally, so he finally accompanied He Anle to the town.

The ox cart was rickety, and after Li Tianfu got used to it, he didn’t feel uncomfortable. Now that the sun hadn’t come out, it was very cool. Li Tianfu sat on the ox cart and felt sleepy while sitting. He yawned and said, “Brother He , I’ll sleep for a while, and call me when I get to the town.”

The vegetables that have not been taken out of the water for a long time still look quite fresh, but there are still a lot of withered and yellow leaves. For this, they can only throw away those withered, yellow and rotten leaves.

"Are you in town?" Li Tianfu rubbed his eyes, sat up, the surroundings were a bit noisy, and he didn't react for a while.

"Did it bother you? There is still some distance to the town." He Anle said steadily, and took a few glances at the big baskets on their ox cart.

In order not to let other people know what is inside, a circle of rice stalks was deliberately placed in the surrounding area.

"What's the matter with those people in front?" Li Tianfu asked, and several people in front sat on the ground and cried loudly.

He Anle said succinctly, "Their things were robbed."

"Ah? I was robbed, what's going on?" Li Tianfu asked quickly.

"How did they want to transport their family's food to the town to give to their son's family before the sun came out, but it was just the two of them guarding the ox cart, and someone robbed their things."

Li Tianfu frowned, "I'm afraid the town is about to become chaotic. They can do things like roadblocking and robbery, it's simply lawless."

He Anle was driving the ox cart, ready to change the road, and explained: "It's almost impossible to survive, how can they care so much? And they ran up the mountain, and they didn't know that they were refugees from other places. Or did the nearby villagers do it?"

"Oh, it's so pitiful." Li Tianfu sighed, and he was helpless, so he asked, "Brother He, from now on, go to town every ten days, and ask my father or uncle to go together, the bullock cart or Big enough, we have a lot of people, they dare not snatch ours.”

But what if there are more people on the other side?

Li Tianfu deeply felt that it was really not easy for them to make some money!

If they go with four or five big men, and bring all the hoes or sickles at home, if someone really doesn't have eyes and wants to rob them, they will come and eat black people!

Although his father and uncle were a little cowardly, they seemed to be able to scare people.

Li Tianfu thought for a while, and suddenly remembered the Chen family. It would be great if the Chen family joined the ranks of selling vegetables. The Chen family not only looks fierce, but more importantly, they are almost twice the size of other people, a small mountain. Same!

"Okay, next time we come to the town, let's bring more people. There should be a lot of people in the village who want to go to the town to buy things. Then we can take them for a ride. It's best to bring the ox cart. The vegetables on top are blocked." He Anle said, if this is the case, they have to find some other baskets that are not so tall.

As for the others, let them figure out a way!

At this time, vegetables are also very valuable, who knows if they will steal their things?

"Go back and ask our grandma to see what she has to say?" Li Tianfu said, his grandma has a lot of experience, so he will definitely find a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Hmm." He Anle drove the ox cart to a house, parked the ox cart aside, knocked on the door, and took out a special wooden sign made of dried fish.

Not long after, a man in charge came out, and He Anle said succinctly, "The dishes are here, do you still need them? Some of them were picked at other nights, and the other part was picked this morning. It's very fresh."

The person in charge came over to have a look, and then he asked for all their cucumbers, and the price was still the same. In this hot weather, cold cucumbers are more appetizing. As for other vegetables, he also picked a lot.

I bought some vegetables that cost about one or two taels of silver, "Take these things back to the kitchen and let them watch the cooking at night!"

The middle-aged man with the appearance of a housekeeper nodded in satisfaction. He knew that this vegetable was the first to be sent to their house for picking, and the appearance was good. Before leaving, he also said, "He Orion , if you catch any prey, you can also send it to us, and the price will not treat you badly. Vegetables will continue to be sent, I have already agreed with the concierge, and I will be notified directly when the time comes."

Judging from his face, it seemed that he was quite satisfied with their vegetables, and the two looked at each other with a faint smile.

He Anle coughed twice, "Let's go, let's go to the next place."

The houses they went to were in the order of their generosity. After all, the more money they could earn, the better. After walking around, the vegetables left were all vegetables that were not very good-looking, but they were still pretty good. Fresh ones, people don't want them, and they can't force them to come.

They walked around five or six places, and now there were only a few handfuls of vegetables left. It was getting late, and after thinking about it for a while, they lowered the price to fifteen cents a catty.The price of vegetables on the market now is [-] yuan a catty. Not long after they put them out, an old lady walked over with a basket on her arm.

"How much is a catty of these dishes?"

Li Tianfu smiled and said: "Ma'am, we haven't picked these vegetables for a long time. We rushed back, and they were dealt with cheaply, fifteen yuan a catty."

The aunt picked it up and took a look. It was indeed fresh, and the price was quite cheap. Considering that the family hadn’t eaten green vegetables for more than a month, the aunt bought them cruelly, "I want them all. Can it be cheaper?"

The aunt lowered her voice and asked. She wanted to talk about the price, but she was afraid of attracting other people. If she didn't want to buy it, many others would want to buy it.

"All of these add up to three catties and one tael. See if this is okay, we will charge you three catties, and the one tael will be regarded as a gift for you."

The aunt immediately smiled, "Oh, how can you be so embarrassing? This is 45 Wen, you take it. This is the first time for you to sell vegetables in the town?"

Li Tianfu nodded, "Yes, this is the first time we have sold vegetables in the town."

The aunt continued: "I'm right, you two look so raw, it's the first time I've seen you. What are you going to do next time? I'll introduce a few more guests to you!"

"Then thank you aunt first, we will come to the town again in ten days. It is still the time now, aunt, you can come and wait for us a little earlier, and I will give you a discount next time." Li Tianfu said with a smile .

This kind of horrible weather is going to tan people's skin. He doesn't want to stand under the sun for a penny or two.

Of course, he would be very happy if he could find a buyer in advance. They have earned a lot of money. If they sell these vegetables that don't look good for fifteen cents, they won't lose money.

It was the first time he made so much money, Li Tianfu wanted to buy something to give them an extra meal.

The money was earned quickly and spent quickly, so I went directly to the only steamed bun shop in the town that was still open, and bought a lot of meaty steamed stuffed buns, ten yuan a piece, and Li Tianfu bought some, feeling very distressed.

This bun is really expensive!

Although expensive, the meat inside is still delicious, and the buns are big and soft. Li Tianfu eats three of them in one go, and he is full.

After the two of them ate, they packed up the rest and took it home for the family to taste.

The first time Li Tianfu went back, he found his grandma.

Li Liushi also asked with concern: "How much silver did you sell?"

When they collected the vegetables last night, she also knew about it, and secretly calculated that the He family boy spent almost three taels of silver, right?

If the vegetables sold do not have three taels of silver, they will lose a lot!

Li Tianfu proudly took out the silver, and ten gleaming taels of silver were placed in front of her.

This is not only profitable, but very profitable!