reborn as a brother

The lively New Year has just passed, and in the first month, there is joy and laughter everywhere.

The villagers of Hexi Village happily started to work together, making various preparations for earning money in the new year.

Ji Anyi and the others are no exception.

It has been discussed a long time ago that we will raise [-] chickens this year, and the shed behind the house will have to be expanded.Landlubbers raise ten ducks, which are kept for their own food.

The nest for the ewe and the two dogs had to be rebuilt.

The main problem is sanitation. Free-range chickens and ducks are very good, but it is easy to make the surrounding area dirty, and there will be a smell, especially the little fat man's eyes are getting bigger. He is a playful and playful person. Poking here and there, I could see how much feces might be stained on that suit of clothes.

Furthermore, there are too many chickens and ducks, and if they are not kept in captivity, cleaning is also a hassle.

So I decided to set up a chicken coop around the shed, so that the chickens and ducks would not run around, and it would save a lot of worry and effort to raise them.

The three of Wang Xiaoer and the others went into the mountain early in the morning to look for shrubs. The shrub fence is the best for chicken coops, with tenacious vitality.

Ji Anyi and Brother Zhang were cleaning the front and back of the house.

Wang Baoer took the little fat man to clean in his own house.This year, the two of them plan to raise [-] chickens, and they have a lot of family affairs, and they have to take care of the little fat man, and they have to take care of the old couple of Ji's family.

He made an agreement with Ah Qiang that he would raise twenty chickens and ten ducks, and then raise two piglets. The pigsty that was set up before is still there, and after a little tidying up, he can continue to raise pigs.

You may be a bit busy at the beginning, but when things are settled and orderly becomes a habit, you will naturally be less busy.

The two wastelands at home were not suitable for vegetable fields without well water, so they went directly to the fruit forest of my younger brother's house, and planted some saplings.

The vegetable field in front of the house is enough for the vegetables that I eat on weekdays.

The rest is the paddy fields and dry land of Ji's family. During the busy farming season, the time is a bit tight, but it will not be too tired.

I have thought it through and figured it out, and I have a charter in my heart, no, just after the new year, I started to act neatly.

Things come one by one, properly arranged.The days had to go by slowly.

The arrangements of Xie Qi and Zhang San are not much different. The most important thing is to save up the money first, and try to build the third house in the second half of the year.

Although, living and boarding at Wang's house is very good now, everyone lives like a family.

But after all, it's not my own home, so I feel a little less.

Also, the days will be long in the future, and we can't just live like this forever, we still have to make plans as early as possible.

When their own small home is built, they can operate it bit by bit according to the ideas in their hearts. When their lives are stable, the two of them are going to have dolls. Dolls are born to enjoy blessings. Suffering comes with age.

With some background in hand, the family of three will live happily ever after.

Regardless of how rough the past year was, at the beginning of the new year, the atmosphere in Hexi Village is particularly good, everyone is full of energy, and when they meet on the road, they will greet each other with a smile.

"Ji Geer." Tie Geer carried a load of shrubs and walked over excitedly, with a loud voice and a particularly good spirit.

Ji Anyi was busy working in the vegetable field in front of the house. Hearing the loud voice, he was stunned for a while before he realized it. He turned his head and smiled. "Brother Iron."

"I just came out of the mountain and saw Xiaoer and the others. I should be back in a while." Putting the burden on his shoulders, Brother Tie stood closer and said something, and the two of them looked at Ji Anyi with piercing eyes , obviously have something to say.

"It's almost noon, it's almost time to come back." Putting the hoe aside, Ji Anyi clapped his hands and said as he walked out of the vegetable garden. "Sit down and drink a glass of water. You've been busy in the mountains all morning."

Brother Tie waved his hand and said hurriedly. "I don't drink water anymore. I'm not thirsty. There are still a lot of things at home. I, I came here to talk to Ji Geer, and I have to trouble you again."

"What's the matter?" Although Brother Tie said he didn't want to drink water, Ji Anyi didn't feel relieved, went into the kitchen to wash his hands, and poured him a glass of water.

"It's hard to find wild fruit trees in the mountains now. I was wondering if I could go to your fruit grove and distribute some young saplings." Brother Tie took the water, drank a couple of sips, and said the words at once.

This matter.Ji Anyi listened and replied. "I don't know if there are enough saplings. My brother just distributed some saplings two days ago. Let's go up the mountain together in the afternoon to have a look? Some are relatively small and may take about two years to grow."

"That's fine. I'll come to see you in the afternoon." Unexpectedly, he agreed so quickly, Brother Tie looked very happy.

Seeing that he had put the cup down, Ji Anyi picked up the burden and walked back neatly, and replied behind him with a smile. "Okay. I'll wait for you in the afternoon."

"Brother Tie came to talk to you?" The shed behind the house was finally tidied up. Brother Zhang San heard the movement in front of the house, came over to take a look, only saw Brother Tie's back, and asked casually.

"Yeah. I want to distribute some saplings in the orchard." After a pause, Ji Anyi said again. "The mountains around us, the wild saplings in the mountains, are hard to find now."

Brother Zhang San looked at the mountain in front of the house. "The snow in the mountains has just melted, and many villagers have entered the mountains together. It is estimated that the inside and outside are almost cleared. There may be some in the deep mountains, but it is too dangerous. Why don't you spend some copper money and buy a few seedlings in the town. return."

"Second Brother He and Fourth Brother Li, the saplings they brought back yesterday look really nice. We'll see how they will bear fruit next year." At that time, they also asked if his family still wanted saplings. , He has a way in his hand, and the seedlings are all the best.Ji Anyi thought for a while, then shook his head and replied.

A small hill is enough, and they will be too busy to plant too many fruit trees.

Thinking of this, Ji Anyi looked at Brother Zhang and said again. "Brother Tie came to look for me in the afternoon. There are no good seedlings on the mountain. Would you like to tell him to go to Brother He?"

"It depends on what he thinks. The second brother He doesn't know what the price is for the seedlings. However, seeing that Brother Tie is running the family well, he shouldn't be too tight. This kind of tree It’s not like growing vegetables, the seedlings can only grow fast if you find them well.” Now, Sange Zhang has really let go, and when it comes to Brother Tie and the Li family, he is also very calm.

"I don't know if the dried bamboo shoots in Brother Tie's hand are still there." Thinking that I was thinking about braised pork, I could work out the stewed bamboo shoots together.

Brother Zhang San looked at him and asked. "Do you want to make stewed bamboo shoots? This is delicious. It should be done long ago. But when will Boss Su come over? You have to ask his opinion."

"Yeah. I said a few words to Xiaoer a few years ago. I wanted to open a shop in the town, but I didn't say anything about it. Let's talk about it later in the evening." Speaking of this, Ji Anyi kept it in his heart thoughts together.

"Open a shop?" Brother Zhang San was obviously taken aback, then smiled. "OK."

After lunch, they rested for a while. The three of Wang Xiaoer and the others continued to go into the mountain to find good shrubs. They had to surround two chicken pens, and the shrubs needed a lot.

Brother Zhang San went to Amo Liu's house to learn scriptures. He knew nothing about hens brooding, so he had to learn from it.

Ji Anyi packed up the house, and seeing that Brother Tie hadn't come over, he closed the door and walked to the next door.

"Uncle." The little fat man saw it with sharp eyes, and started yelling, with such excitement, I don't know how he thought he had seen so much delicious food.

Wang Baoer was busy working inside and outside the house, so she couldn't carry the little fat man back in and out, so she asked a carpenter to make a wooden railing chair, which was square and not big in space. Order snacks and water.Putting it on the flattest open space in front of the house, Wang Baoer looked sideways at the situation while busy with work.

The little fat man is well-behaved, and he can play happily by himself. If something happens, he starts to yell and laugh happily.

Ji Anyi walked over with a smile, touched his round belly, rubbed his face, it was a little cold, but the chubby hands were warm and tight. "I just had lunch, and I started to get hungry again."

The little fat man laughed and laughed, buried his face in Ji Anyi's neck, and acted coquettishly.

"Ji Ge'er give him some urine, it's almost enough." Wang Bao'er heard the movement and said without raising his head.

"Good." Ji Anyi moved a chair, carried the little fat man out, and urinated for him.

As soon as the little fat man was put on the ground, he pinched Ji Anyi's little finger and ran around, smiling happily.

"Brother, the little fat man is walking more and more smoothly." Ji Anyi hurriedly stood up, bending over to protect him.

This little guy was probably suffocated in the wooden railing chair. If someone came to take him, he would have enough energy.

"Yes. In a few months, the chair won't be able to hold him anymore." Wang Baoer straightened up, took a look, and took a drink from the cup. "Is everything in the house settled?"

Ji Anyi listened and replied. "It's almost done for Zhang Luo. Third brother Zhang has gone to Ama Liu's house. After a while, brother Tie will come over and go with him to the fruit forest to see if we can distribute some better saplings."

"Don't let him come over. He's been thinking about digging mud in the vegetable field all day long, and he's all dirty." Wang Baoer looked at the little fat man in the wrong direction, and his big round eyes were shining brightly. Knowing what was going on in the child's mind, she hurriedly asked Ji Anyi to take him away.

"Don't look at his short legs, he's quite vigorous when tossing around." Ji Anyi hugged the little fat man directly. "Brother, I'll take him up the mountain to play later."

Wang Baoer continued to work the vegetable field. "Success. Pay attention, he is curious about everything now, and wants to make a fuss over there."

The little fat man didn't know that the two adults were talking about him. He glanced left and right, and kept laughing cheerfully with his mouth open.

Every household has a lot of business, Brother Tie said he would come to see him in the afternoon, Ji Anyi thought he would come over after lunch, but unexpectedly, it was half past the end of the waiting time, and no one came.

This time, the little fat man was exhausted and fell asleep in his arms.Even Wang Baoer's work is almost clear, and she is finishing up and preparing to leave the vegetable garden.

"I guess something has delayed it." After closing the vegetable garden door, Wang Baoer put the hoe into the kitchen, washed his hands and face, and came out with two glasses of water in his hand.

Ji Anyi carefully looked at the little fat man's sleeping face, couldn't help pinching and rubbing, listening to Wang Baoer's words, turned his head and smiled at him. "Although it's thinner, it's still soft when pinched."

"Children are not soft." After giving the cup to Ji Anyi, Wang Baoer took the little fat man. "Are you tired? This guy looks thinner, but he's actually a bit heavier. He's growing fast."

After learning the scriptures, Brother Zhang San, who came back happily, raised his voice and shouted. "Has Ji Geer been to the mountains?" After finishing speaking, he said something cheerfully. "I've already learned how to make a hen cuddle. Brother Wang, how about we do it together sometime?"

"Okay." Wang Bao'er replied, stood up and carried the little fat man into the house, took off his little coat and let him sleep on the bed, and carefully blocked the surroundings of the bed.

When he came out again, Brother Zhang San and Ji Anyi had already spoken.

"When I first came here, I saw Brother Tie enter the house. I thought you had been to the mountains." Brother Zhang San replied and said again. "I should be busy with other things. I will go home now, and I will come to see you in a while."

Just as he was talking, he saw Brother Tie walking towards him from a distance. He looked like a big man with a thick back and waist, and he walked very neatly.

"Ji Geer, I went to town." When he got closer, Tie Geer said loudly, and then passed the basket in his hand. "It's said that Ji Ge'er loves stewed bone soup, so I brought them all."

Ji Anyi looked at the basket in front of him, and took it with a natural smile. "It's so heavy. You have assembled a lot of good things for me. Shall we go up the mountain now?"

"Okay." Looking at Ji Anyi's expression and seeing his reaction, Brother Tie heaved a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face increased a bit.

"Brother Tie and I will go up the mountain to have a look." Turning his head and saying something, Ji Anyi carried the basket and walked to his house, put the basket in the kitchen, and then followed him up the mountain to see the fruit forest.

The better seedlings have been separated two days ago, and the remaining saplings are a bit small.

Ji Anyi told Brother Tie about the saplings in Brother He's hand.

"It's okay to be late, you can keep an eye on the chickens and ducks at home for the past two years." Brother Tie replied with a smile after hearing this.

"How many more dried bamboo shoots did you dry last year?" After hesitating for a while, Ji Anyi asked this question.

Brother Tie listened, stunned for a while, and smiled embarrassedly. "It's all on hold. Last year was not smooth, and it didn't sell."

Of course he doesn't have time to spend in the town. If he has something to sell, he puts it in Ah Mo's shop and sells it. Other vegetables, dried eggs, etc. can still make some money, just the dried bamboo shoots. There may be other reasons for the difference in sales. It has been in the store for so long, so it sold a little bit.

When I went to the town in the morning, Ah Ma told him that this thing might as well be used as firewood. It is as hard as a piece of wood, and it takes up space when it is placed. Let him not be a fool this year.

I just thought, it was a pity that I worked so hard to clean it up last year and just used it as firewood. Let Ah Mo look at it again, and it really didn’t work, so I had to take it home and figure out how to make some dishes by myself eat.

Unexpectedly, Ji Ge'er would ask about dried bamboo shoots. Tie Ge'er was a little bored, but he still said something. "Ji Ge'er wants to try something new, so I'll bring some later. The village says that Ji Ge'er has a flexible head, and his cooking skills are among the best in the village."

"I'm going to figure out some tricks. If you don't need the dried bamboo shoots, sell them to me. The price... two copper coins per catty." After making a rough estimate, Ji Anyi said something.

ah.Brother Tie obviously didn't react, he stared blankly at Ji Anyi, unable to recover for a long time.

"I've recovered." Ji Anyi smiled and raised his hand in front of him.

"Really, can it be sold? Two, two copper coins per catty?" Brother Tie swallowed, and asked with difficulty.

I counted it in my heart. At that time, for the convenience of storage, the bamboo shoots at home were very dry and hard, about 200 catties, two copper coins per catty, hundreds of copper coins.

"Yes." Ji Anyi replied seriously.

Brother Tie couldn't stay still. "Well, I'll get you dried bamboo shoots when I go home." He didn't even care about the saplings.

Watching Brother Tie running down the mountain in a hurry, Ji Anyi suddenly remembered how happy he was when he first came to this world to earn money from selling vegetables and counting the hundreds of copper coins, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

Looking back, the days went by so fast.

It's been a few years at a time.

"No saplings?" Just now seeing Brother Tie rushing over like a gust of wind, and now seeing Ji Anyi walking home slowly, Third Brother Zhang asked dully.

Ji Anyi nodded. "I told him about the dried bamboo shoots, Brother Tie thought about it and forgot about the saplings."

"Dried bamboo shoots? Are you really going to collect them? How?" Brother Zhang San asked casually.

I was a little surprised in my heart, Ji Geer is really here this time, is he really going to open a shop?

"Two copper coins per catty. I guess it's about the same." Ji Anyi moved a chair and sat under the eaves. "In the first half of this year, there is no need to ship hot and sour bamboo shoots. You can dry all the bamboo shoots into dried bamboo shoots and use them to make marinated dried bamboo shoots."

Brother Zhang San listened and felt very good. "That's fine too. I think Boss Su would prefer braised dried bamboo shoots."

"That's right." Ji Anyi was stunned for a while, and then said to Brother Zhang San with a smile. "You can also make marinated tofu. Anyway, the marinade is the same, there is no difference."

"Dried braised tofu?" Zhang San was taken aback when he heard that. "Dried tofu? We don't have the skills to make tofu."

Ji Anyi touched his chin and looked at the ground. "Ah Zhong San seems to be able to, then ask Ah Mo Liu, they should know more."

"Yeah. That's okay. Are you going now?" Looking at the sky, Brother Zhang San asked.

"Tomorrow, Brother Tie will be here later, he said to show me the dried bamboo shoots." Ji Anyi replied after putting his thoughts away.

The two of them were busy with their affairs, and saw Brother Tie running over in a hurry with dried bamboo shoots in his hand.

He probably didn't even take a breather, and he was still sweating profusely in this slightly cold weather.

"Ji Geer, take a look at these dried bamboo shoots, if you think it's good, I'll bring all the things I have saved at home later." Walking in front of Ji Anyi, Tie Geer handed over the dried bamboo shoots in his hand, his eyes revealing A few strands of tension.

This is hundreds of copper coins. If it fails, the money will be wasted.

Ji Anyi looked through it a few times, reached out to pat it, and said something amusing. "It's really dry, no problem. It's all done. Find a time to weigh it and settle the account."

"Okay. I'll do it again when I get home, and I'll take care of it tomorrow morning." It's done.Brother Tie rubbed his hands together and laughed cheerfully.

Brother Zhang San watched from the side and asked a question. "Brother Tie, do you want more saplings? It's getting late."

"Hey, I'll go to Brother He's house for a while. Brother Ji said that Brother He has a way." Brother Tie scratched his head with his hand. He had money in his hand, so he bought some better ones. Saplings are what they should be.

"Yes. This sapling is good, and the harvest is fast." Brother Zhang San agreed with him.

The three of them talked again, Brother Tie saw that the time was almost up, and happily went to Brother He's house.

After dinner, Ji Anyi specially called Wang Baoer and his wife over, and they sat down and talked about opening a shop in the town.

"The well water is wasteful. The dried stewed radish and dried garlic radish at home may not be easy to do business in Wanjing. I thought, this cost is low, and it is still possible to do business in our town. You also eat dried stewed bamboo shoots. I've done it. Besides, I have been thinking about some snacks at home on weekdays, and I can also gather them up and put them in the shops in the town. In this way, the shops in the town will open up, and the business should go somewhere." Ji Anyi Talk about your own thoughts.

Wang Baoer was the first to nod while listening. "I think this method is good. The small snacks you are thinking about on weekdays are so good in variety and taste. They are easy to make and low in cost. The business should be easy to do."

They are all snacks made of flour, some of them are made casually for a fresh taste, and some are specially made for the little fat man.

"It's pastry and braised meat. It's not right to eat at all. Let's put it together?" Brother Zhang San was thinking about this issue.

Xie Qi listened and smiled. "It tastes good, so there's nothing right or wrong. I think it's a waste of Ji Ge'er's craftsmanship if he doesn't open a shop."

"Daughter-in-law, do you also buy stewed pork at the shop?" Wang Xiaoer asked.

"Yes. Putting it all in one shop will save trouble. At the beginning, let's do less and take our time. Let's see what the prospects are." Ji Anyi replied smoothly.

Brother Zhang San said with a smile. "In the afternoon, Brother Ji also said that he wanted to figure out a dried braised tofu. I haven't tasted this before. I was greedy, so I looked at tomorrow and asked who in our village can make tofu."

"According to this calculation, there are quite a lot of patterns in the shop." Wang Bao'er counted them carefully, and there were almost ten patterns.

Ji Aqiang has been listening by the side, and now he can't help but say something. "Just name it directly, Omnifood Shop. Hahaha."

"It's too vulgar. It doesn't sound good at all." Wang Baoer dismissed it without hesitation.

"Weiweizhai. How is it?" Thinking of the name of the shop he had seen in the town, Brother Zhang San also came up with a shop name at his fingertips.

Wang Baoer nodded straight after listening. "This sounds a bit decent."

"I haven't even started making arrangements yet. When the preparations are almost done, we will go to the town to look at the shop and think about the signboard. We will make a unique shop that will make everyone's eyes shine." Ji Anyi was quite excited. .

All he could think about in his mind was the modern shop format, and he was also thinking about whether he wanted to add some modern elements to his shop.

"Yes. This is easy to say, and there are piles of things that have not been sorted out." Speaking of this, Wang Baoer laughed again. "Take your time, time is not very tight now."