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Chapter 158 So Expensive
"I bought it. How could I forget something so important?"
Two machetes, four sickles, two hoes, plus what he had at home, made four large hoes, a set of plows, a set of harrows, an axe, and a saw, totaling three strings of cash and two hundred coins.
She calculated the expenses for buying cloth, cotton and farm tools today, "Today's total cost is fifteen taels and four cents. It's really expensive!" She couldn't help but be amazed. She spent so much on clothes, bedding and farm tools alone, and they still had to renovate the house.
Zhou Dacang said, "It's not expensive. We haven't spent the most expensive money yet. Food is the biggest expense. We also have to build a house as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it rains, we won't have anywhere to store the things we bought. If they get wet, they will be wasted."
Zhou Guo looked up and around. The wall was full of holes, and debris was falling down from time to time. The corners of the wall were all over the floor. She had just swept the floor yesterday, and now it was all over the floor. It felt like she would never be able to sweep it clean.
I couldn't help but think of the benefits of a blue brick and tile house. "Uncle, when can we build a blue brick and tile house? The house will be paved with blue bricks, and the yard will be paved with stone slabs. It would be better to dig a well and plant two fruit trees..."
As they talked, their voices became lower and lower. Isn't the layout of this house similar to when they were in the village? Blue brick and tile houses, stone slabs in the yard, and a big apricot tree. Every year when the season comes, the Zhou family looks forward to it.
Zhou Dacang was stunned for a moment. Thinking about the home in the village where he had lived since he was a child, he didn't know when he could go back to visit it.
It was almost dark at this time and there was no light in the house. After cleaning up casually, the family went to bed in the dark.
After a tiring day, Zhou Guo fell asleep soon after closing her eyes. Before falling asleep, she was still thinking in her mind that she must get up early tomorrow to practice martial arts. Although her life has settled down, she must practice this martial arts. She still wants to walk briskly and climb walls.
When I woke up the next day, it was still daybreak and there was no movement at home or outside.
She sat up from the bed, put on her straw sandals, quietly got out of bed, went out the door and came to the yard.
Just after finishing a set of warm-up exercises, two more people came out, the old man and Zhou Dacang also came out.
The three of them practiced their skills in the yard.
As the night gradually faded away and the sun slowly rose, the Zhou family members also got up one after another, and voices began to be heard in the small courtyard.
Some were busy washing, making breakfast, cleaning, cleaning the fence and yard, and some were taking machetes to clear the land next to the house.
Zhou Guo withdrew his hand, his whole body covered in sweat, full of energy, and feeling as if he had endless energy.
Breakfast was still porridge, made with the leftover rabbit meat from last night, and some juicy wild vegetables added to it. The whole pot was a rare delicacy.
Zhou Guo dug out a piece of rabbit meat from last night from the bottom of the porridge bowl. The surface of the rabbit meat was covered with porridge grains, and it was glutinous. The aroma of the meat mixed with the aroma of the porridge and the salty aroma of the leftovers made her appetite open. She ate three bowls in one go.
"Sanlang, after dinner, take Damao to the village. Our house needs to be repaired. Among all the houses, ours is the most dilapidated. Go and ask if anyone has any free hands. We will start repairing the house tomorrow." Li said to Zhou Dacang while eating.
Zhou Dacang nodded, "If no one can spare the money, we can do it ourselves."
"You have never done this kind of work, how could you do it? After dinner, I will go for a walk and see if there is any help in the local village. We have just arrived, and if we want to take root here, we have to hang out with people more. We will get familiar with the place as we walk around, and then we will have no problem finding help if something happens." Li continued.
Zhou Xing held the bowl and frowned, "Second Aunt, we don't have any vegetables at home. If you hire someone to work, you have to prepare meals for them. You can't just skip a meal."
Zhou Guo waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, sister. I'll go to the forest to catch some rabbits and stew them with dried mushrooms. I'll dig some wild vegetables and fry them in a big pot. With porridge and rice, it will be a meal with meat and vegetables. But," she looked at the big hole in the wall, "Mom, this hole needs to be repaired. Do we need to dry the bricks?"
These holes are too big. The mud walls in some places are crumbling and it looks like they will fall down soon. If we want to fill them up, we have to use mud bricks, right?
"After dinner, let's go dig mud. I've made mud bricks with my father and others. It's not difficult. It will dry after a few days of drying. It doesn't take many bricks to make these holes. We can make them in half a day." After Zhou Gu finished speaking, he gulped down another mouthful of porridge.
"We have to go into the mountains to cut trees and re-lay the beams." Zhou Guo continued, "We can go into the forest to cut trees ourselves, but we don't know which forests around here are owned by others. Mother, we have to ask in the village, ask Aunt Chen. We don't know if other families want to exchange trees, but if they do, we can cut trees together."
"Well, I'll ask after I finish my meal."
After the meal, everyone started to get busy.
Zhou Guo looked at the old man who was processing rabbit skins and said, "Master, please come with us into the mountains. It would be great if we can bring back a big prey. I wonder if there are any wild boars in this forest."
The old man glanced at her and said, "You bought so many big carts of things yesterday, and you still think it's not ostentatious enough? You want to hunt wild boars? Just catch some pheasants and rabbits."
Zhou Guo thought about it and realized that everything was covered with cloth and it didn’t seem to be exposed, so not many people should have seen it.
As he was thinking, he squatted down and watched the old man nitre-making rabbit skin. It looked like he was doing it, but a closer look revealed that he was not so skilled. "Master, do you also have this skill?"
"I haven't done this job for many years. I learned it from a hunter in the mountains when I was your age. At that time, I thought that learning a skill would give me an extra way to support myself. Later, I learned kung fu and became a bodyguard, so I gave up this skill. Now I'm picking it up again, but I've forgotten a lot of things. I have to learn them bit by bit." The old man stopped and looked at Zhou Guo with confused eyes.
I didn't expect so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Then I have to learn from you. I can't lose this skill." Zhou Guo was very happy. If she learned this skill, she would be able to saltpeter the skin of the prey she hunted. When she had mastered this skill, she could go into the mountains to hunt a tiger. The whole body of a tiger is a treasure. She could give the skin to her mother and the bones to her grandfather to make wine.
The old man smiled and said, "Okay, come, I'll teach you. If you are out of money someday, and you are lucky enough to kill a big one in the mountains, you can scrape off the skin, make saltpeter and sell it, and you will have enough to eat for many years."
Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely make sure you...make sure you...make sure you have enough food every day in the future!"