Tie Kui Extra Story (6)

The moon is hanging in the sky, and the moonlight shines on the house through the narrow windows.

Tie Hu felt that the room was too bright, and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Tie Kui hesitated and said, "Father, people from the Jin family should have instilled in A Niang that everything should be for her natal family when she was a child." This is to hope that after her daughter gets married, she can always help her natal family. Nine times out of ten, the girls in this country do not live well after they get married. Speaking of which, the Jin family is lucky, and Tiehu who has no parents-in-law is not a stingy one. If not, then life must be worse than that of Huang Lian.

Tie Hu said: "Once you marry into the Tie family, you are a member of the Tie family. Naturally, you should put your own family first, but she..." She didn't regard herself as a member of the Tie family at all, and even her own daughter was more important than her own. Not her brother and nephew. This woman is absolutely heartless.

Tie Kui didn't know how to comfort him, the Ning family brothers didn't have such bad things: "Father, I think it's fine as long as A Niang is not allowed to contact the Jin family." As long as the Jin family is not involved, the Jin family is quite normal .

Tiehu was silent for a while and said: "Kuizi, I would like to give some money to buy some fields at the foot of the mountain, and then the family will move out. But once they live at the foot of the mountain, people from the Jin family will probably come to the door frequently." He can stop it. Let the Jin family go back, but what if the Jin family comes to the door. Even if he moved to the village in the future, he would take Tie Kui up the mountain to hunt. Farming is not as fast as hunting. Moreover, the three children need money for marriage. Relying on farming, how can we buy a good dowry gift. While you are young and in good health, save more money.

It is also because Tie Kui is precocious and knows a lot, so Tie Hu will discuss some things with him.

Tie Kui was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's also simple. When the day comes, let the second sister be in charge of the house. We have nothing to do with the Jin family. If we dare to come to the door, let the second sister beat them out." Chunxiang is not soft-tempered. She is suitable to be the head of the family, and Chunni is hot-tempered and not afraid of getting into trouble, so it is just right for her to be the head of the house.

Tie Hu smiled and said, "You're right. Let Chunni run the house if you really move out. When she gets married, you should marry a wife." When the daughter-in-law comes in, let the daughter-in-law run the house.

Tie Kui opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't tell Tie Hu what was in his heart. Now Tie Hu is suffering, you know he plans to join the army at the age of fifteen, he is afraid that he will not be able to bear the blow. Forget it, let's talk about it when the time is right!

After getting rid of his worries, Tiehu soon fell asleep.

The next day, after finishing all the things at home, Tie Hu took Tie Kui down the mountain.

In the middle of the walk, the father and son met the three bosses. After two days of walking and only half of the way, it is really a waste.

Boss Jin and the other two showed vigilance when they saw Tie Hu and the other two. Unfortunately, the father and son ignored them and continued on their way.

Just these few trash, they are not afraid of them turning back to the mountain at all.

Because I didn't know the situation, I didn't bring any prey down the mountain this time. As a result, when we arrived in the town, we heard good news that the Donghu people were stopped outside Chuncheng by General Zhang Enting, and did not call.

Tie Hu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the Donghu people really come to call, I'm afraid there will be corpses all over the field again.

Although the Donghu people did not call, the grain store was out of grain. There is a war ahead, and there is no food in the army. All grain merchants must hand over the grain in their hands. If you dare to hide it privately, once you catch it, your house will be ransacked and your head will be chopped off. Except for a few who want money but don't want their lives, others dare not gamble with their lives.

Tie Kui was a little strange: "The Donghu people didn't come in again, so why did the Jin family run out of food. Dad, let's go and find out what's going on?"

Tie Hu felt it was a waste of time, and said, "Whether they live or die has nothing to do with us."

Tie Kui said: "Father, I just want to know if the Jin family is out of food, or every family is out of food." It was also Tie Hu who said that he wanted the family to move down the mountain, so it is necessary to know their details. The so-called know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Only by understanding the virtues of these people can we take precautions.

Tiehu disdains to talk about the Jin family, but in Jin's mouth, the Jin family are all good people. Therefore, we can only know about the Jin family through other people.

Tie Hu took Tie Kui to a village. After entering the village, I met a few elderly people on the road and greeted Tiehu when they saw him.

Tie Kui was a little strange, but it was not easy to ask on the road.

Tie Hu brought Tie Kui to a house familiarly, and knocked on the door of the family.

The door was opened by a young daughter-in-law.

As soon as Tiehu saw her, he asked with a smile: "Your daughter-in-law, is your eldest brother and sister-in-law Guier at home?" If he wasn't at home, it would be inconvenient for him to go in.

The young woman was very vigilant when she opened the door, but she smiled when she saw Tiehu: "Uncle Tie, my father-in-law went up the mountain with Agui, and my mother-in-law is at home."

After speaking, he greeted the two of them into the house.

Walking in, Tie Kui found that the family's yard was very clean. Everything in the yard is also neatly placed. It can be seen from this that the family is very diligent.

After a while, a neat-looking woman in her fifties came out. Seeing Tie Kui beside Tie Hu, the woman was surprised: "Da Hu, is this Kui Zi?"

Tie Hu nodded and said, "Well, this is Kui Zi. Kui Zi, quickly call Auntie."

Kuizi called out respectfully, "Hello, Auntie."

Aunt Li took a closer look at Tie Kui, and saw that his complexion was ruddy and his eyes were bright, she was even more delighted: "Kui Zi is well, this is really a great joy."

Tie Kui glanced at Tie Hu, and saw that he didn't explain, so he didn't say anything.

The noble daughter-in-law brought two bowls of water, and when Tie Kui drank the water, it turned out to be sweet. No need to ask, he knew there was sugar in the water. With just such a small detail, Tie Kui is full of affection for the family: "Thank you sister-in-law, this water is really sweet."

Your daughter-in-law thinks that Tie Kui is really a smart and talking child.

Tiehu is a big bastard, he didn't even notice that there was sugar in the water. After drinking a bowl of sugar water, he asked, "Where did Big Brother and Gui'er go?"

"Father and son followed the people from the village into the mountains to find some food." After finishing speaking, Aunt Li said, "It's also because your daughter-in-law is pregnant, otherwise we will go too."

Tie Hu said immediately after hearing the words: "Is there not enough food at home? Then I will bring some food next time."

Aunt Li smiled and said: "No, the food stored at home is enough to last until next autumn. It's just that many people in the village are short of food. If we let them know that our family has stored so much food, they will definitely come to borrow it. So, my child His father and his father followed the villagers to the mountains to look for food." It is also because the two families are familiar with each other's character, otherwise they would not have revealed the truth.

Tie Hu felt relieved.

Aunt Li asked: "Dahu, is there something wrong here this time?"

Tie Hu said: "The Jin family went up to the mountain two days ago and said that they had not been cooking for three days. I was not at home at that time, but the Jin family and Sister Chunxiang were at home. They beat the two children and took away three bags of food."

The noble daughter-in-law was worried when she saw her mother-in-law taking out her family's wealth, but she was relieved when she heard this.

Aunt Li was very angry when she heard the words: "They took three bags of grain? This Jin family is really shameless. Dahu, you don't know that in the mountains, there is no grain to sell in the city, and many people live in poverty and have nothing to save. There is a lot of grain, and this grain is very expensive. In the next village, one bag of grain was exchanged for a big girl with yellow flowers to go home.” Compared with three bags of grain, two children being beaten is nothing.

After finishing speaking, Aunt Li stood up and said, "Dahu, I will go with you to get the food back."

Tie Hu shook his head and said, "I've already got all the food back. I just want to know, has the Jin family really been without cooking for three days?" The village where Aunt Li lives is only three villages away from the Jin family. He believed that Aunt Li should know about the Jin family.

Speaking of the Jin family, Aunt Li had a look of disdain: "It shouldn't be possible to stop cooking now, but the family definitely doesn't have much food."

"Today's harvest is not bad! Jin's family has nine acres of land, and it's only been a long time since they ran out of food." Compared with last year, the production has been reduced, but it will be no problem to live a finer life until the beginning of spring next year.

Aunt Li said: "The Jin family sold more than half of the grain when the grain was harvested and the tax was paid. They said that the Donghu people would come in anyway, so the grain could not be kept and sold for money. I guess they wanted to wait for the weather to get colder." , the whole family went to join you in the mountains. Duo, you have to take care of your wife. The Jin family is a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.”

Tie Hu sneered and said: "If they dare to come to my house, I will break their legs." If the Jin family still dares to give food to the Jin family, he will kill them and send them back to the Jin family.

With these words, Aunt Li is relieved.

Seeing that the father and son were about to leave, Aunt Li scolded: "It's getting dark today, why are you going? You have to leave, so don't come to the door again in the future."

Only then did Tie Hu stay.

After about a quarter of an hour, Father Li came back with Li Gui. Seeing Tie Kui alive and well, Father Li was overjoyed: "It's such a big happy event, I want to have a drink tonight."

Tiehu's hunting skills are so good, if it is not because his son is dragging his life, he will definitely be better than his family. Now that Kuizi is healed, life will definitely get better and better with Tiehu's ability.

Aunt Li made some appetizers, and the two brothers drank until the end of Haishi. In fact, both of them only drank two bowls of wine, but they talked a lot since they hadn't had a meal for a long time.

The father and son simply took a shower and got clean before going to bed.

Lying on the bed, Tie Kui asked, "Father, why do so many people in this village know you?" From the conversation between the two of them just now, Tie Kui already knew that Li's family used to be mountain people, and they only left the mountain five years ago. So it's no surprise that the two are close. But it is surprising that the villagers are so familiar with Tiehu.

Tie Hu was silent for a while and said: "This is Tie Family Village, and the village chief here is my cousin."

Tie Kui was stunned, but soon realized that his adoptive father must have had a sad past. In order to prevent Tie Hu from recalling those bad things, Tie Kui changed the subject: "Father, why did the Li family go down the mountain?" The fact that the Li family was able to move to Tiejia Village must be due to his adoptive father.

Tie Hu said: "Originally there were three children in the Li family, and Agui was second. Agui had an elder sister who was killed by a leopard. Agui's younger brother was playful and ran out alone, but was eaten by a big bug. Your aunt almost went crazy at the time, and told your uncle that she would move out even if she was begging for food." Children in the mountains have a very high mortality rate. In addition to the fact that there is no doctor who is sick and cannot be treated in time, there are also wild beast attacks.

No wonder he has been here for three years, and he has never seen anyone from the Li family on the mountain. With such a miserable experience, Uncle Li and his wife would dare to bring the only Li Gui into the mountain.

After thinking for a while, Tie Kui said, "Father, if the Donghu people are defeated by General Zhang, let's sell some of the grain and meat we have stored!"

Now people are short of food, both food and meat are in short supply. The price, of course, is not cheap.

Tie Hu hesitated for a while and said, "I'm afraid that someone will think about it, and it will bring trouble to the family."

This is simple, Tie Kui said: "We can hire someone to sell it on behalf of us, and give the other party a part of the commission. I think the shopkeeper of the wild animal shop before is pretty good."

"We'll talk about this matter at that time." I don't know if the Donghu people will retreat. If Donghu people invaded, not a grain of grain could be sold. If the Donghu people withdraw their troops, Tie Kuiti's suggestion is quite good.

Back on the mountain, the family was busy again. In mid-October, Tiehu took Tiekui down the mountain again.

As soon as they arrived in town this time, the two heard good news that the Donghu people had withdrawn their troops.

Tie Kui asked, "Father, what did you think about what I told you earlier?"

Let's go to Chen's shop and ask. "In recent years, the prey and furs he hunted are basically sold in this shop. The price given by Chen's shop is relatively fair.

The shop was open, but deserted. In mid-October, the weather has turned cold, and wild animals are not easy to hunt. Even if it is hit, it can be marinated into bacon or frozen to eat slowly. Few people will take it out and sell it.

When the shopkeeper heard that Tiehu wanted to sell some mountain products and wild animals, he agreed. When he heard that they were just giving a commission, the shopkeeper disagreed.

Tie Kui said: "If you don't agree, then forget it." If it wasn't for fear of causing danger, he wouldn't let someone sell it on his behalf.

It is also a headache to open a shop with nothing to sell. Seeing that Tie Kui was very firm and unwilling to back down, the shopkeeper had no choice but to take a step back. In the end, the shop took 15% of the commission, and the rest went to Tie Hu and Tie Kui.

Two days later, Tie Hu brought fifty catties of wild boar bacon and chestnuts and half a bag of grain.

When I settled the bill, I received twenty taels of silver. Among them, bacon and chestnuts and other mountain products were sold for a total of twelve taels of silver, and half a bag of grain was sold for eight taels of silver. You know, these things used to be sold for less than two taels of silver.

Back in the mountains, Tie Kui went hunting. Every time I go there, I basically don’t have empty hands, and then I take it down the mountain to sell it the next day. Because the weather is getting colder, I am not afraid that the meat will go bad.

Tiehu's move made Jin very uneasy. She took a moment to ask Tie Kui, "Why did your father bring so many things down the mountain?"

Tie Kui didn't hide anything, and said, "Meat and food at the foot of the mountain are very expensive now, two or three times more expensive than usual. Dad and I will exchange the meat and food for money."

Jin was a little confused, and said after a while, "It's all sold, what shall we eat in the future?"

"I will keep the grain to eat until next spring." There will be plenty of food in the mountains in the spring, and people will not starve to death.

ps: O(∩_∩)O~, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, dear friends.