Earn money to support your family in ancient times

The stream is not deep, and the place near the shore is only as deep as an adult's knee. Tang Yuan smelled the smell on his body with disgust. Pulled a few leaves to wipe off the dirt on his body.

His body was so dirty that the stream under him was quite muddy. Tang Yuan felt lighter after taking a bath. When he turned his head and saw the tattered and dirty clothes on the bank, he was silent for a moment, and then resigned himself to fishing. The clothes are scrubbed.

There is no way, he only has this suit of clothes, so he can't be asked to be naked.

He didn't dare to use his strength yet, the clothes were really "fragile", and he couldn't afford clothes for the time being, so he had to be careful.

By the time Tang Yuan finished his work, the sun was about to set, and the two sweet potatoes he ate had already been digested, and his stomach started to growl again.

He put on the clothes that had been hung to dry on the branches and walked back. Originally, he was planning to catch some fish and grill them, but when he thought about how many people were in the wooden house, he didn’t bring a fire bag or any seasoning. Had to give up.

When Tang Yuan returned to the wooden house, everyone had already started eating sweet potatoes. Seeing him coming back, no one looked up at him except Mr. Tang.

"San'er, where have you been?!" Seeing Tang Yuan coming back, Second Master Tang quickly swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth and handed him a sweet potato in his arms, "Why did you come back so late, are you hungry? Here you go stay."

Tang Yuan took the sweet potatoes, and took out one from the pile of sweet potatoes he had allocated to Second Master Tang: "I'll go out and wander around, thank you Second Master."

"Hey, it's just a sweet potato. Why are you being polite to me?" Second Master Tang refused to pick it up, and pulled Tang Yuan to a corner to sit down. "San'er, we discussed it just now, and we plan to go to the village to ask someone tomorrow. How to get to the town, you can go with us tomorrow."

"In the town?" Tang Yuan was a little surprised, and his hand to peel the sweet potato stopped.

"San'er, do you really plan to reclaim land here?" Second Master Tang looked at him like a fool, and persuaded him earnestly, "San'er, don't be stupid, this wasteland is so easy to reclaim, easy to reclaim The land has already been taken by others, and even if we work hard for ten days and a half months, we will not be able to reclaim an acre of land, so we might as well go to the town to find work."

Tang Yuan thought it would be better to go to the town to have a look first before making any plans, so he complied with the words.

But... Tang Yuan looked at Second Master Tang hesitantly: "Second Master, you are not young anymore, I'm afraid—"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the back by Tang Erye, so strong that he almost made Tang Yuan fall to the ground.

Second Master Tang's tone was very unhappy, thinking that Tang Yuan was looking down on him: "San'er, what are you talking about! Your second master, I am only 32! I used to carry two bags of goods alone at the pier in our town. Breathe!"

"You're only 32?!" Tang Yuan looked at Second Master Tang in disbelief. He really couldn't believe that Second Master Tang was only 32. How can anyone be so sloppy at the age of 32!

Wait, Tang Yuan thought of what Tang Erye said just now, and felt that it was not impossible.

Because I move goods at the pier all the year round, my back is more curved than people of the same age. In addition to the flood and the hardships along the way, my face is even more vicissitudes. As for the 32-year-old Tang Yuan, he has to call him the second master. So strange, seniority has always been amazing.

Second Master Tang glared at him: "That's not right!"

Tang Yuan misunderstood Second Master Tang, and was quite embarrassed: "My eyesight is not very good, Second Master, don't be as fussy as me."

Second Master Tang snorted, lowered his head and continued to eat sweet potatoes.

Seeing this, Tang Yuan also bowed his head and started to eat, but frowned as soon as he took his mouth.

The taste of boiled sweet potatoes is really not as good as roasted sweet potatoes, but now is not the time for him to dislike it. There are not many firewood here. If he relights firewood for roasted sweet potatoes, I am afraid that those people will have objections.

Fortunately, the sweet potato itself tastes good, so it is not difficult to swallow, but this strengthens Tang Yuan's desire to make money.

One sweet potato was not enough to eat, so Tang Yuan had to eat another raw one, and took a few mouthfuls of water before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, everyone went to the village, and Tang Yuan naturally followed.

There was a big locust tree at the entrance of the village. Several children were playing around under the tree. When they saw them coming, they all looked at them curiously.

"Little baby, where is your village chief's house?"

A few children look at me, I look at you, a little boy sucks his finger and points in one direction.

Everyone followed the direction to find the village head's house, and explained their intentions to the village head.

I don't know if it was Tang Yuan's illusion, but he always felt that after they explained their intentions to the village chief, the village chief's attitude towards them was a little better than before.

"That's it," the village chief said with a smile, "Qingyang Town is the closest to our village, you can walk along the road at the entrance of the village for two hours."

Two hours? !

Tang Yuan felt that his legs were already aching, but there was nothing he could do. Who told him to be penniless and poor now, he still had to make money as soon as possible, and when he had money, he could solve everything.

Others didn't react too much. It would take so long for a village to go to the town, unless it took a penny to take a bullock cart, but the average farmer would not be willing to pay for this money.

After leaving the village chief's house, Tang Yuan grabbed Second Master Tang: "Second Master, I won't go with you, you also know my body, I can't do those manual jobs, I'm going to go to the mountains to find Do you have any wild goods, no matter how much, take them to the town and sell them, at least you can exchange them for some money."

Tang Erye disagreed at first, thinking that mountain goods are not easy to find, how can you earn more by carrying goods at the wharf, at least 180 yuan a month, if you are not in good health, even if you carry a little less for a month, you can earn a hundred yuan, which is more cost-effective than selling mountain goods too much.

It was still Tang Yuan who insisted on not going, Second Master Tang had no choice but to leave by himself, and the look in Tang Yuan's eyes when he left could be described as hatred.

After everyone left, Tang Yuan cheekily knocked on the door of the village chief's house again.

"Why, you didn't go with them?" The village chief frowned as he watched him go and return.

Unfortunately, their village was selected to resettle these refugees. The villagers were also very worried. They were afraid that these people would mess up, so they specially took out food and resettled them far away from the village. Today these people said they would go to the town to find work. Qian Qian looked like a man of duty, but this young man with good hands and feet didn't follow him to the town, but ran to his house again. Could it be that he had some bad ideas?

Thinking of this, the village chief's eyes became unfriendly.

"It's like this. I want to go to the mountains to gather some herbs, and I will take it with me to exchange money when I go to the town tomorrow, but I don't have anything to hold the herbs, so I want to borrow a basket from you."

The two-hour journey is really far away. He knows himself, those jobs of carrying goods are not suitable for him at all, and it is easy to hurt his body. If the two-hour journey is useless to go to the town, it is better to have the ability Change things for money.

And his previous company was engaged in self-media, and there were many Internet celebrities under him, all kinds of types. In order to better understand the market, he personally did a lot of research and dabbled in various fields. Of course, his most He is still interested in food, but now he doesn't even have the money to set up a small stall, so let's honestly earn the first pot of gold first.

The reason why this village is called Xiaoqing Village is because it is next to a mountain, and that mountain is called Xiaoqingshan. Not to mention ginseng and ganoderma, at least some commonly used herbs can be found.

As for the fact that he told Second Master Tang that he was going to the mountains to look for wild goods, he didn't know whether the original body knew the herbs, and he didn't want to make Second Master Tang suspicious.

"Are you a doctor?!" The village head widened his eyes when he heard Tang Yuan's words.

Tang Yuan shook his head: "No, I just recognize some herbs."

In some villages on the back of the mountain, the villagers would go to the mountain to collect herbs to exchange for money, but people in Xiaoqing Village rarely knew this, so the village chief didn't have any doubts about Tang Yuan's words.

"That's it, okay, I'll lend you the basket," the village head nodded knowingly, and said to his wife, "Go get him a basket."

The village chief's wife didn't say anything, she turned around and went to get a back basket for Tang Yuan. Almost every farmer can make up these things, and there are plenty of them at home.

The basket was very clean, and Tang Yuan didn't need to clean it anymore. He sincerely thanked the village chief: "Thank you, I will send it back to you after I go to town tomorrow."

The village chief waved his hand indifferently: "Hey, it's not worth anything, you can use it."

Tang Yuan first went back to the wooden house, cooked seven or eight sweet potatoes and took them with him before setting off for the mountain.

He picked up a stick and beat on the grass all the way. There are many snakes and insects in the forest, so the snakes and insects will not be so dangerous if they are alarmed.

While recalling the appearance of those common herbs in his mind, Tang Yuan searched closely with his eyes.

Fortunately, not many people picked herbs in this mountain, and he found a lot of plantain, perilla, and black nightshade in a short while.

These herbal medicines are commonly used, and they are used in large quantities in pharmacies, so they can always be exchanged for some money.

Tang Yuan didn't go down the mountain when it was time for lunch, he just put down his basket, sat under the tree, took out three cold sweet potatoes from his arms, and ate them.

The taste of boiled sweet potatoes is much worse than that of roasted sweet potatoes, and the taste of cold sweet potatoes is also much better than that of hot sweet potatoes. When the two phases are superimposed, sweet potatoes can only wrap the stomach, and there is no good taste.

After eating the sweet potatoes, Tang Yuan got up again and started looking for herbs.

Walking on the mountain is a strenuous task. Beads of sweat gradually appeared on Tang Yuan's forehead, and his back was wet, but he still gritted his teeth and held on until he filled the basket before going down the mountain.

When going down the mountain, it was already dark, Tang Yuan walked with a sway, his face was pale, his hands were dirty, faintly stained with blood.

Originally, when he asked the village chief to borrow a basket, he wanted to borrow a small hoe along the way, but the farmers were not rich, and they valued these agricultural tools. However, when picking herbs, we had to use thicker branches and dig by hand.

Tang Yuan walked slowly, he was so tired that his eyes almost closed, with only a gap left to watch the road.

"what!"

With a soft exclamation, Tang Yuan felt as if he had bumped into something, but when he looked up, he saw nothing.

He thought it might be because he was too tired and had hallucinations, so he ignored it and continued walking back.

Back in the cabin, he slowly and carefully put down the basket, and then - he fell down on the ground covered with withered grass and fell into a deep sleep.

The author has something to say: Remember to watch the road when it gets dark~