Ji Yu

When I arrived at Shanlenduo, the mountain people who knew me came out to lead the horse-drawn cart for me. When I returned to the house, I found that it was almost the same as when I left. It was spotless, and even the books I read at that time were still on the desk. Bookmark the page I read before I left.

"It's the student dolls who come to clean up every day. Why does it take so long, sir?"

"There is something at home. This is my second brother, and this is my son. I will disturb you for a while," I introduced with a smile.

"What's the trouble, sir's business is our business," the patriarch laughed.

Qiyu asked to live in my room instead of a nominally own room, so I agreed to him.When I settled down with A Fang and Lin Han, those who knew me brought pheasant, wild mushrooms, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice...

It saved us a lot of trouble. There are fixed days for going to the market here, and the journey is quite long.Although the ingredients are easy to get, salt and seasoning are not easy to buy.

"They... are really enthusiastic," Qi Yu said unaccustomed to it.

I nod.Even when our status is low, we are still rich and well-fed, and it is rare to get along with the people around us so simply.For example, my standard of living is very high, but I envy A Ping to be self-reliant. Although A Ping serves me, he also looks down on the male favorite of Israel who serves others from the bottom of his heart.

At that time, we were distorted and lived the life of a master. Apart from losing our freedom, we could even learn literature and martial arts and be arty.But our identities have been so lowly that they have fallen into the mud.That's a huge shame as a man.

Here I found the peace and equality I longed for.I have forgotten my own origin.Perhaps at that time, I was also such a commoner, relying on my own hands to live, neither a master, a scholar, nor a male servant.I am used to this kind of life, surrounded by kind neighbors, everyone is equal to each other.Maybe because I can read and write, they will respect me a little bit, but it is not the fear of officials and jailers, nor the kind of admiration for scholars.

I asked Ah Fang to give them the money, and they accepted it.They can dig mountain goods and hunt in the mountains, but the price they sell is very low. They don't have much money, and they have to buy necessities such as salt, so life is very difficult.They also know that I am not short of money, so they will not refuse to accept my money.

For dinner we had chicken stew with mushrooms.

"This chicken is more delicious than we usually eat." Qiyu held pancakes in one hand and chicken nuggets in the other, eating like a commoner.

I laughed, the exhaustion of the journey had already made him lose his fine eating habits, "then eat more", I put one chicken leg into his bowl, and put the other into A Fang's bowl.

Ah Fang grinned at me, eating no slower than Qi Yu.This girl is easy to feed, eats a lot, and has great strength.No matter what kind of food it is, it can be eaten with relish.Eating with her is delicious, and I can eat half a bowl more than usual.

"I want to take a bath, but there seems to be no wooden bucket at home?" Qiyu asked me.

"Is today a single day or a double day?"

"Seventeen, today is a single day", Ah Fang looked up and answered me.

"Everyone here bathes in the river. The men wash on a single day, and the women also bathe and wash clothes in the river on two days. We will take a bath in a while. You must remember that on two days, you must not go to the river," I told Qiyu road.

"In the river?" Qi Yu's eyes widened.

I nodded, "A Fang, if you want to take a bath, you can ask those sister-in-laws to go tomorrow." I told A Fang again, "Don't go to the river on a single day, I'm afraid some men will go down to the river to take a bath during the day. .”

Ah Fang blushed rarely and nodded.

The seasons here are like spring, and the river is never cold at any time, so everyone bathes in the river, which saves firewood for boiling water.

"If you are not used to it, next time I go to the market, I will buy a wooden barrel and come back, and I will endure it for a few days," I said to Qiyu again.

"Then go wash in the river," Qi Yu pouted.He is a very clean person, and he can't stand not taking a bath for a few days.

We bathed in the river at night, helping each other to wash their hair and wipe their backs. Qiyu's skin was shining brightly in the moonlight.After washing, the smell of the bath changed. Qiyu climbed on top of me, rubbing against my body lightly and heavily, panting unbearably...

After I was done, I carried Qiyu across the wall and jumped back into the room through the window.

There was still some residual blush on Qiyu's face, and she watched with a smile as I took off his clothes again and stuffed him into the bed.

"Do you like it here?"

"With you here, I can barely bear it," he said with a smile.

This guy, I hugged him into my arms, "Sleep, in a carriage or in an inn, there is no place where you can sleep comfortably and peacefully."

"Well", he put his arms around my neck, sighed comfortably, and soon fell asleep.

===========================

"Ji Yu, they are going hunting in the mountains, can I go?" Qi Yu asked with his arms around my neck behind me.

I put down the brush in my hand, "Why do you want to hunt? Can you shoot arrows?"

"You can learn it. I want to play. It seems very interesting."

"But the hunt will take several days, and I can't leave for the time being." I said sorry, the plan has just started, and the matter of buying the mountain is also being explored and negotiated.

"I'll go with Ah Gang and the others, no problem. I heard it's very interesting."

"Okay. But you have to follow them and don't allow yourself to mess around, lest you step on a trap or get lost or something."

"Got it", he kissed me on the cheek and went away with a smile.

Qiyu had a lot of fun recently, like a child.Go fishing in the water, go to the market with others to buy and sell things, or go to the foot of the mountain to pick mushrooms and yams.I never knew he would have so much fun with these little things.In the past, even if he was drinking flower wine and taking a cruise, he would just smile like that, and he didn't seem to be very happy when he said it was just for fun.It's not like now, vigorously following others to work.Other people's work for a living has become quite interesting when it comes to him.

Maybe he, like me, was infected by these simple and simple people.Life here, even carrying water home with a pole from the river, makes him feel interesting.

There is very little land here, and the mountain people rely on the mountains to eat, hunt, dig ginseng and wild vegetables from the mountains.Originally, such a day was not bad, but the local government surrounded the mountain and asked them to pay the mountain tax, saying that unless they bought the mountain, they would have to pay the tax.You can't go up the mountain without paying taxes.

This makes their life more difficult.

This hill actually cost close to 1 taels of silver, they definitely couldn't afford it.Those who can afford it will never come to this southwestern mountainous area to buy a hill. There are no shortage of poisonous snakes and beasts in it. The trees are also worthless species, and it is not suitable for building any manor. It only depends on the prey inside and the rare ginseng. I don't know when and what month the 1 taels of silver will be recovered.

I used to be weak, but now I'm fine.If you want to do good deeds, you just need to help yourself first, and help the people of this family.

But the official is greedy, if I rush to buy it, I'm afraid he will raise the price again, causing disputes.So I planned to let him come and beg me to buy it.How much can the mountain tax be collected in a year?What's more, if they change places to become officials in a few years, he will only have to smoke for a few years.If he sells the mountain to me, how much benefit can he get from it?

When Qiyu was still hunting in the mountains, I finished this matter.

"Old patriarch, there will be no need to pay the mountain tax in the future. Everyone can live a more relaxed life."

"It's good. It's just that you spent so much money, sir, this kindness is too great, we..."

"If it wasn't for you to take me in and treat me, I would have lost my life, so why should I give money?"

"That can't make the gentleman waste money. Since we go to the mountains to make a living, we should hand over the money to the gentleman."

"No need to do that," I smiled and waved my hand, "I'm planning to open a store for mountain products. If you buy any good things, just sell them to us first. I bought this mountain to save the life of the clan. better."

"This...then I would like to thank Mr. Benevolence." He bowed deeply to me.

While talking, several people walked in with Qiyu hugging and laughing.They are back from hunting.

"The patriarch is also here, sir? Patriarch, sir is capable, and his brother is also good. This time we met a tiger. Brother Qiyu rescued Ah Gang from the tiger's mouth, and even killed the tiger with one punch. Martial arts It's awesome."

Several people talked about what happened, even experienced hunters would not be easy to get away from the tiger.But with Qiyu and I's current martial arts skills, killing a tiger is naturally not a problem.

Qiyu, who was supposed to be the most proud, blushed and looked embarrassed after being praised by everyone, which made me laugh out loud.This person is the most ostentatious, and he likes to show off. He never expected to be so shy when he really should show off.

The tiger was also carried in. It was a full-grown tiger, and even I was shocked when I saw it.I couldn't help looking at Qiyu with some fear, he understood what I meant, smiled softly at me, and lowered his head with a blushing face.

"Old patriarch, this tiger skin and tiger penis can be sold for money, so the clan can sell it for money. How about eating this tiger meat with the whole clan?" I asked, this clan has always been communist, What kind of prey, what valuable medicinal materials are dug up, are the property of the whole clan.The whole family's young and old, as well as young adults in their prime, take care of them together.

"Is this tiger skin a robe for little brother Qiyu? It has always been like this in the past, and this tiger is not easy to come across."

I looked at Qiyu, "What do you think?"

He shook his head, "No need, I have a robe to wear, the patriarch should sell it."

I also said: "Just do as he said, everyone will eat tiger meat at night, and have fun."

"That's okay," the patriarch nodded, and everyone cheered.

At the bonfire party at night, we ate rare tiger meat.Everyone drank wine and danced around the campfire.Qiyu's eyes were bright, she smiled and drank from a big bowl.Sitting next to me, secretly holding my hand, seems to be indescribably happy.

I looked at him with joy in my heart.The joy I had hoped for him, he seemed to have had.