Chapter 240(1/2)
When she got home, Sang Ye was still a little unhappy. She was really disgusted by Niu's hypocritical appearance.
He was framed by that woman, but before he could get back to revenge, the woman became pregnant. He thought that the woman did something bad and did not dare to come to him again, but he didn't expect that he would come out again after just a few days.
If she hadn't been concerned about the child in the woman's belly, she would have been able to scratch the woman's face on the spot.
Mulberry leaves were well covered up, but Meng saw the clues. Meng took her hand and came to the chicken coop. While putting eggs under the old hen, she smiled and said, "More than 40 eggs are just enough for these two old hens to hold two nests. When you take care of the hens to hold the nest in the future, remember not to hold too many eggs in one nest, otherwise the old hens will not be able to hatch the chickens. Twenty pieces like this are just right."
Amid Meng's nagging voice, Mangye unexpectedly calmed down. Seeing the old hen holding the nest honestly letting her mother-in-law stuff an egg into her belly, she couldn't help but pick up one and stuff it under her belly. Meng didn't have time to stop it.
"Oh!" Sang Yehu's mouth hurt and hurriedly retracted his hand. The egg in his hand almost fell down, but the moment her hand approached the old hen, the old hen pecked hard.
"Xiao Ye, is it okay? Is there any broken skin?" Meng didn't bother to put the eggs and hurried to look at her daughter-in-law's hand. Seeing that there was a red seal on the place where she was pecked, it was just a little bit skinny, so she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's fine if it's fine if it's fine if it's fine."
Mangye's fingertips pressed the place where the old hen was pecking. Seeing that the feathers on the old hen's neck stood up, staring at him fiercely, he couldn't help but say depressedly: "Look at me honestly, even you bullied me, right?"
Meng was amused by the childish words of his daughter-in-law, and raised her hand to pat the old hen's long neck back: "You can't wrongly accuse it of this. It's not familiar with you and thought you took its eggs and pecked it. In the past two days, you will feed it some grains, water, etc., and it will not be like this when it is familiar with you."
Mangye was a little afraid of the old hen protecting the eggs, and shook his head suddenly: "Forget it, I'm afraid it will fly up and peck at me."
When Meng heard this, she did not force herself to put the eggs in the basket into the old hen's nest. It was also a phantom. The old hen ignored Meng's hand and stared at Mangye alone with a pair of round and shiny corns.
After almost twenty of them were placed, Meng came to another old hen holding a nest and put the remaining twenty eggs into its nest.
The old hen was also as obedient as a little puppy. At the moment the egg was put down, he stretched the chicken's neck and arched the eggs to the side with his head, so that Meng could put more eggs and let it hatch more little chickens.
Mangye looked straight and felt that the old hen was more humane, so he eagerly picked up the last egg in the basket and tentatively put it into the old hen's nest.
Fortunately, the old hen just looked vigilantly and did not move. When Mangye confidently thought that this time it would be successful, the old hen stretched her neck and pecked her hand with lightning speed.
Fortunately, Mangye still remembered the lesson he had just learned and was always alert to the old hen. He quickly took his hand back a second before being pecked, and the old hen's beak brushed against her fingers.
"Huh, it's so scary!" Sang Ye patted his chest with a look of fear and honestly handed the egg to his mother-in-law: "It's better for me, I don't match the word "**" with these two old mothers."
"Puff!" Meng couldn't help but laughed out loud, reached out and took the egg and placed it under the old hen's belly: "Okay, okay, don't be angry. When these little chickens hatch, the eggs and meat they lay will still enter your stomach."
Sang Ye was speechless. She was not so stingy, okay? She was really just depressed that the old hen was targeting her alone.
After putting the eggs, Meng found two broken bowls from the corner, put some water and grains in, and put them in the middle of the two old hens. In this way, they can eat them when they are hungry and thirsty, and they can stretch their necks, which is convenient for feeding for the next twenty days.
After doing all this, Meng finally had time to ask about tiger-head shoes: "It's too much trouble to make a pair of tiger-head shoes. Just how much do you and your third aunt have to make money?"
In fact, Meng wants to say that his family is not short of this little money, and he doesn't need to worry about selling tiger-head shoes, and he is afraid of blows.
The mulberry leaves didn't say it directly.
Sang Ye heard what her mother-in-law said, but she was not hit. She explained patiently: "Mom, as long as you push out the title of "Tiger-headed shoes to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, you will definitely make money. Of course, it is really impossible to rely on my two pairs of hands, but if the women in the whole village make shoes, we will calculate the money for them every pair of shoes, are you still worried that no one will help you with it?"
Meng opened her mouth wide in surprise and asked stammered: "The whole village is made? What should I do if I can't sell it so much?"
Sang Ye smiled and said, "I haven't tried it, how can I know I can't sell it? Mom, don't worry, I know this in my mind and I won't do anything randomly."
Meng wanted to persuade him a few more words. Looking at his daughter-in-law's smiling face, he suddenly couldn't say what he persuaded, so he had to wave his hand helplessly: "You can know what you know in your heart, just have a little bit. Don't get tired of yourself. You are not alone now."
Mangye touched his slightly raised belly, his eyebrows and eyes softened: "Just for this little thing, I won't be tired of myself, so don't worry, mom!"
Seeing that she was not perfunctory, Meng completely gave up the idea of persuasion and planned to wait for her eldest son to come back to remind him to help him, and it would be better to run errands.
Back in the room, Mangye did not lean on the bed for a nap as usual. She sat at the desk grinding ink and began to write down her plan of tiger-head shoes one by one.
There are many kinds of tiger-head shoes. If you really want to make one of them for children to wear, you will probably not repeat them for a month. Of course, once fresh items appear, they will be easily imitated. It is difficult to make tiger-head shoes. Once there is a market, others will definitely learn it. Mangye never thought of making all the styles in one go.
In fact, when she had the idea of doing a tiger-toe shoe business, she thought about whether to sell these styles directly to the shoe shop, so that she could probably have a good income and was very easy to deal with, but it was not as cost-effective as it was in a long run.
Besides, she is not short of money for the time being, and she doesn't have to worry about someone jealous and looking for trouble after she gets on the Fang family. The most important thing is that she is not short of manpower. There are few women in the four villages who can't make shoes. If she can make a salary in her spare time, she will only be willing to do it. With such a good time, place and people, she can do the business of tiger-head shoes.
"Finish!"
It took nearly an hour to write down the implementation plan. She put down her pen and blew it on the paper where the ink was still dry, with indescribable joy on her face.
Twisting her sore neck, she slowly stood up and walked around the room, read the plan again, and now she could be more perfect. But she didn't have a clear idea for a while, so she temporarily put down her plans and waited for the thought to make changes.
She picked up her pen and passed the style of the tiger-head shoes in her mind, and painted them vividly on the paper. Fortunately, a friend who liked to collect tiger-head shoes in his previous life, freed up a room in the imperial capital where housing prices rose and specially built a shoe cabinet. She placed the tiger-head shoes collected over the years, and the room of 20 square meters was full.
Sang Ye herself is also interested in these beautiful and cute shoes. Every time she goes to a friend’s house, she will go and see them. As time goes by, most of the styles are clearly printed in her mind. It is not too difficult to draw on paper when she thinks about it.
Moreover, the general appearance of the tiger-head shoes is there, even if some details are recorded, it is not a big deal. I drew seven or eight pictures in a row, but one of them was a new style she accidentally drew. I am afraid that it is not worse than the others when I make the samples.
That night, Zheng Lin and others did not come back, and the fat group did not come back. Sang Ye had prepared for this, so he was not very worried about the people entering the mountain. But there were fewer people around her. She lay on the bed and tossed and turned, and it took a long time to fall asleep in a daze.
The next day, Mangye got up very early. She stayed at her desk to continue painting tiger-head shoes all day long except for eating, drinking, defecation and sensation. When she was tired of painting, she would improve the implementation plan of tiger-head shoes, or lay in the bed for a nap. After a day, almost all the tiger-head shoes she remembered were drawn.
If she has time and energy, she can also draw some new ones based on the appearance of these tiger-headed shoes. However, these twenty or so tricks have been enough for a long time, so she has not yet thought about new ones.
But this day, the family had supper and waited in the front hall for a long time.
Until one by one could not hold on to go back to the room to rest, Zheng Lin and others still did not come back. That night, Mang Ye lay down and slept very uneasy, and the dream was strange and 6 left at all uneasy.
When she finally broke out from her sleep, it was already bright.
"Auntie, have you gotten up? Uncle, uncle and the others are back. There are so many succulents. Uncle has beaten so many succulents!" Before the mulberry leaves were dressed neatly, Duohua heard the sound of slapping the door excitedly from outside.
Sang Ye was happy and didn't care that his head had not been combed yet, so he hurriedly ran to open the door.
"Auntie, hurry up, go to the front yard, there are so many meats, so many meats!" Duohua ran too fast and said to his aunt in a panting breath. Her red face was filled with indescribable joy.
"Really? Your uncle is really back?" Sang Ye didn't care whether her man had caught prey. As long as the person came back safely, she would be satisfied.
"I'm back, I'm back. Go and have a look. There's so much meat!" Duohua didn't notice that her aunt's head had not been combed yet, so she pulled the person to the front yard.
Sang Ye was about to follow him, looking at the black hanging on his chest, he stopped again and said to Duohua: "You go first, aunt will comb her hair and come."
If there were only family members, it would be fine if you went out like this. The problem is that there are outsiders and they are all men, so it would be really not decent to rush out like this.
Duohua then noticed her aunt's head, so she let go of her hand and said with a smile: "Auntie, go quickly. I'll ask my uncle to keep more meat and let grandma stew for you so that my sister can grow up quickly and come out to play with me as soon as possible."
Sang Ye smiled and waved his hand to signal Duohua to go quickly. He immediately returned to the room, combed the simplest bun, and fixed it with a hairpin. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he hurried to the front yard.
At this time, many early villagers had gathered in the front yard, all of whom saw a large number of prey brought back by Zheng Lin and others and came to watch the fun.
"Tsk tsk, Jingzi is really capable. He has brought back such a big wild sheep and roe deer."
"What are the wild sheep and roe deer? This big wild boar and the few wild boars that were just locked in the backyard are worth the money. Just these two things are taken to the town, and the money you can exchange for is enough for your family to chew for a year."
"Oh, if I had known this, I would have to join in the fun no matter what I said before. Even if I couldn't catch these big ones, it would be good to follow me to pick up a few pheasants and hares to make a tooth sacrifice." Some people were jealous of these prey and unconsciously told them out their little calculations.
Zheng Lin and others were washing their faces, and they couldn't help but feel a little funny when they heard these words. So many of them went to the mountains, just for the wild sheep, roe deer and other big guys. They did encounter many pheasants and hares, but they didn't even have the interest to pull the bow.
Mangye hurried to the front yard and saw the people surrounding the yard. He glanced at it and was startled by the prey piled up like a hill.
No wonder this girl Duohua kept yelling about a lot of meat. There are indeed a lot of meat. There are four or five wild sheep alone?
To suppress the shock in her heart, she hurriedly walked towards the man who had washed his hands and faces and waited for the meal. She looked up and down carefully, and after confirming that the man was not injured, her heart that had been hanging for two days and two nights finally let go.
Looking at his wife who was breathing slightly, Zheng Lin frowned: "Have you run over?"
Sang Ye was stunned and dodged the man's disapproving eyes with guilt: "No, no, just, just walk faster." As she said that, she felt unconvincing again, and her tone became fierce the next moment: "You don't know that I was just panting with my stomach and just walking for two steps, so what else can I ask?"
Zheng Lin was speechless and didn't want to worry about this issue in public. Seeing that his wife was in good spirits and didn't look uncomfortable, she decided to wait until there was no one else to calculate the account carefully.
So he pointed to the pile of prey on the ground and said, "Go and pick it up quickly. Stay there any kind of food you like. I will slaughter you later and let my mother make it for you to eat."
Mangye smelled the fishy smell from the prey from afar. Hearing him, he shook his head in disgust: "I don't eat it, you can sell it all!"
Zheng Lin did not listen to her and said to herself: "That red muntjac is good. Brother Zhang said that it is good for pregnant women to eat it."
Mulberry leaves did not object, so many preys must be kept
Some, the red deer can be eaten by the family: "Just make the decision, just so much prey, can you sell it in the town?"
Zheng Lin shook his head: "I can't catch up with the market in the town now, and I can't eat or sell it at several restaurants. Brother Zhang and I plan to take it to the city after dinner."
Sang Ye looked at the fatigue in the man's eyes and was about to ask Brother Zhang and the others to sell it. You stay at home to rest, but suddenly he thought that he was working hard, so he couldn't say such words.
"Okay, I'll get a carriage later, so it's faster to go back and forth."
Zheng Lin's nodded, obviously that's the same plan.
Before the villagers who watched the fun disperse, Zheng Lin, Zhang Niuyi and others began to eat the noodles and egg cakes that Meng had prepared for them first. Although they brought enough dry food into the mountains, the white rice porridge at home seemed particularly delicious compared to the hard, tasteless dry food.
Perhaps he was so hungry that the four of them ate a pot of noodles soon, and even a dozen egg cakes were eaten. After eating, Zheng Lin went to the backyard to set up a carriage, and together with Zhang Niuyi and others, he moved the prey to the carriage.
Zheng Lin kept the deer she had mentioned before, and left a wild sheep and wild deer, saying that she would show off her skills at night, so she would cook roasted lamb in the yard and eat it, and then she would take all the people from the Sang family to gather.
Sang Ye was naturally happy when her husband was hunting good things and still remembered his parents' family. He had already planned to go back to his parents' house in person and talked to his parents and sister-in-law.
As for the few wild boars I caught, it was a pity that they were still small and sold. So I stayed to see if they could be raised like domestic pigs. If they could be raised, they could be sold for money by the end of the year.
There were no four people to go to the city, and Monkey and Dabao stayed, and Zheng Lin and Zhang Niuyi went there. After all, the Zhang family had certain connections in the county town, so it was easy to take action so much prey, and it would not be easily suppressed by others.
Zheng Lin and Zhang Niuyi said hello and drove the carriage to the city. Monkey and Dabao didn't sleep for two days and two nights. They were already very tired. They were sweating and uncomfortable. They took a hot shower and then returned to the guest room to rest.
Before the rest of the people had breakfast, Mangye helped Meng, baked a few cakes and cooked a pot of white rice porridge, which was the breakfast for the family. Meng specially steamed a bowl of egg custard for Mangye. After only half of the mulberry leaves, the rest was all put into the stomachs of Duohua siblings.
However, this time, the fat group that had a strong force was particularly honest. They lay under the eaves and basked lazily in the sun, not trying to eat with people's legs like before.
Mangye thought it was tired and had a bad appetite. After the monkey explained, she realized that before the guy came back, he ate the whole wild deer that Zheng Lin rewarded him, and now he can't eat it no matter what.
It is said that this guy has extremely good hunting ability. From the beginning, he could only chase chickens and rabbits, and later he could cooperate with Zheng Lin and others to drive his prey to the encirclement. Otherwise, in just two days, the four people would not have been able to successfully hunt so many preys.
Zheng Lin and the others returned earlier than Sang Ye expected. Not long after Shen Shi arrived, he drove an empty carriage. The batch of prey was quite fresh, and it was bought by a large restaurant familiar to Zhang Niuyi and sold it for a good price.
Just this trip, I earned a total of forty taels of silver.
However, in Zheng Lin's eyes, these forty taels of silver were nothing, and Zhang Niuyi and the other two were even more interested in hunting. Now they had the fun, and they refused to ask for the forty taels of silver, just said that it was a wedding gift for Zheng Lin and Sang Ye.
To be continued...