Wen Family Has a Wife

  Chapter 37 Preparations before the trip

For this reason, Wen Yuanliang didn't even go to the village, and stayed in the yard all day long. Fortunately, it was a good day. It was sunny for several days. The autumn harvest in the village was not over yet. Now, just wait for the taxes to be paid, and the rest can be moved into Zhang's house.

   After busy with the autumn harvest, Chen Ningya seemed to have unloaded a worry, and she could finally calm down and think about Haitian. Because Wen Youshan was busy, she had to go down the mountain alone to look for Mrs. Li.

   When Mrs. Li saw Chen Ningya coming over with a basket, her eyes straightened. At that moment, she looked at the sky suspiciously, thinking that the sun came out from the west, and this auntie would come to the door alone?

   No matter how upset his heart was, Mrs. Li didn't show any sign on her face. She poured a bowl of warm water for Chen Ningya and asked enthusiastically, "Daughter-in-law of Youshan, are you all busy with the work at home?"

  Chen Ningya nodded with a smile, showing a dignified smile, and handed the basket to Mrs. Li, "Auntie, these are the two hares that Youshan just called back. They are still fresh."

   "What are you doing here? You come to the door as soon as you come, and what do you do with such a valuable thing? Isn't it an outlander!" Mrs. Li said with a stern face, a little unhappy.

  Chen Ningya hurriedly said: "My aunt misunderstood, I have something to ask for."

   "Just say anything and take it back." Li Shi decisively stuffed the basket into Chen Ningya's arms.

Chen Ningya didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Auntie, listen to me first, it's like this, I want to ask you to help me make a few big bamboo baskets, which should be denser, bigger, and firm, I need more. I'm in a hurry, so I can only ask you for help, because I don't have any cash at home, so I'll give you two rabbits first, and you can tell me how much I need."

"Why do you need so many bamboo baskets?" Li Shi's eyes were full of puzzlement, but she didn't expect Chen Ningya to answer. After all, she was not from the Wen family, so she couldn't get to the bottom of it. : "How many specifically?"

  Chen Ningya gestured, "Twenty or thirty, the more the better."

"Hey!" Mrs. Li gasped, and in the end didn't ask anything. After thinking about it, she said, "In this way, I estimate that you can sell two hares for more than one hundred cents. It is three cents to make a bamboo basket in the village. Money, I'll make forty for you first, okay?"

  Chen Ningya hurriedly nodded, thanked her repeatedly, and left the Sun house only after the matter was done.

   As soon as Chen Ningya left, Mrs. Li, who was hiding in the stove, came out and asked in a low voice, "Mother, why does Mrs. Deng need so many bamboo baskets, does she have a place to put them in her house?"

   Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at her, "What do you care about? They don't do anything shameful. Besides, they've even given you wages, so hurry up and chop bamboo to work."

   Mr. Li pointed at the two hares and motioned Mrs. Li to take it in together. While the meat was still fresh, it would be a good price to send to the town.

   In the evening, when Wen Youshan returned home, Chen Ningya brought the food and asked him, "Are you free tomorrow, make me a mud sled."

   When Wen Youshan heard this, he put down the tableware and chopsticks silently, full of question marks, "Ma'am, what is a single wooden mud sled?"

Chen Ningya couldn't explain it for a while, so she simply took the sand table that the children used to practice calligraphy to explain to him, "When the "Historical Records Xia Benji" recorded the flood control of Dayu, there was such a record: 'Lu Xingcheng Vehicles, boats on water, sleds on mud, and sleds on mountains.' This single wooden mud sled is used in the mud.

You didn't say before that the beach is impossible to walk at all, and you can't see the end if you go down. If we step in directly, we will be afraid that we will not be able to walk an inch. The best way is to use a single wooden mud sled. OK, you can also catch seafood. "

Following Chen Ningya's explanation, the family was stunned for a while, until Chen Ningya finished speaking, Wen Youshan was still a little bit lost, but Wen Yuanliang was relatively easy to accept new things when he was young, and immediately became excited. He pulled Wen Youshan and said, "Dad, what mother said is so amazing. It looks like a boat, but it doesn't look like a boat. Let's try it out. If it does, won't it be able to catch fish in the sea."

Wen Youshan laughed dryly, keeping a skeptical attitude towards this single wooden mud sled, but because it was Chen Ningya's order, he still did it seriously. , I have already found some wood, and there are ready-made materials for this single-log mud sled.

That night, there was a sound of beating and beating in the yard of Wen's house. Chen Ningya didn't sleep, she worked with Wen Youshan. After four or five days of work, Wen Youshan finally got the single tree that Chen Ningya wanted. The mud sled came out, and at the same time, Li asked Sun Laifu to carry 40 large bamboo baskets to Wen's house.

   When Sun Laifu came to the door, Wen Youshan was not there. He always felt embarrassed towards Chen Ningya, and it was not easy to talk to her. He put down his things and went down the mountain with a belly full of doubts.

   When Wen Youshan returned home that day, he saw the pile of bamboo baskets in the yard and thought he was dazzled, "Ma'am, where did this come from? Do we want to sell bamboo baskets?"

   said, he approached and took a closer look, his brows were almost tied, "Why is this so big? It's almost as high as my chest, and it's inconvenient to carry it out!"

  Chen Ningya heard the sound and gave him a roll of eyes, "Who said this thing should be carried out, I asked you to carry these things to the beach these days, I'll be useful."

   "What's the use?" Wen Youshan asked in a hurry.

  Chen Ningya waved her hand, "Don't worry about it, listen to me, it's true, in addition to these things, you have to chop down some long bamboos, try as many as possible, then I'll be with you, let's see if we can catch something."

   This is also her own idea. She doesn't know whether it will work or not. She has to give it a try.

Wen Youshan heard the words, and honestly stopped talking. The next morning, he really folded the bamboo baskets as Chen Ningya said, and carried ten at once. According to his speed, Chen Ning will have a few days. Ya can go to sea, so she has made some preparations for this.

Until everything got to the beach, Chen Ningya also followed Wen Youshan with her bamboo basket on her back. When she went out, she looked at a few children and urged Yin Yin: "You guys stay at home and stay alert at night, I'll talk to you. Your father may have to stay outside for two days, shouting if something happens, you can hear it at the foot of the mountain, if you are worried, let your father go to your Uncle Huang to borrow a dog and come back, at least you can report something."

The uncle Huang that Chen Ningya mentioned is Huang Ergou. In addition to farm work, Huang Ergou also works as a mason. He often has to go up the mountain to lift stones. He is not a hunter and has no skills, so he raised two local dogs for this purpose. , The farm family has nothing good for the dogs to eat. These two dogs grew up in the mountains since they were young. They obtained food by hunting, and they were very ferocious. The people in the village usually did not dare to provoke them. Fortunately, the dogs were obedient and would not bite people.

   (end of this chapter)