Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 122 Baiyun Mountain

The person who was speaking, Shen Qingyang and Shen Zhong were all about the same age.

"It's open, but I don't know when the kids will come."

It is not easy to open a private school. All the methods needed to do it before are already available. It is just a matter of a word.

"Li Gen, are you going to send your grandson to school?" Shen Zhong asked.

Shen Ligen, Zheng Liutao's father-in-law and Huang Guihua's husband.

He shook his head: "I want to send it, but my family can hardly afford to eat, and I can't pay the tuition."

"Besides, he is already eleven years old. Let him go to town and find a job to earn money. It will be time for him to look for a marriage partner in two years."

His grandson doesn't have the ability to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, so studying is just a waste of money.

Ji Wenhe was looking for wild vegetables on the southern hill and vaguely heard their conversation.

"Sister-in-law, here are two wild vegetables, one for each of us." Shen Guyan's voice came from behind.

The two met at the foot of the mountain in the west and agreed to come to the south.

"I don't want it. There's enough in the basket. You can take it all."

For every two the little girl finds, one will be given to her.

"Gu Yan, I've almost finished my search and I'm going back now. What about you? Do you want to continue looking?"

She was carrying a backpack, which was half full.

Shen Guyan nodded: "Grandma said she would have to find a basket before she could go back, so sister-in-law, go back first."

Ji Wenhe thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll look for it for a while."

I walked a few steps up the mountain, found some wild vegetables and dug them up for her.

Suddenly, the little girl asked out of nowhere: "Sister-in-law, is it good to get married?"

Turning around, she saw him sitting on a rock, looking at her quietly.

"Guyan, why do you ask? Is your family planning to arrange a marriage for you?"

Shen Guyan nodded: "Yes, I heard grandma and mother say that sister Ruoyan's marriage has been decided. I am fourteen this year and can see the marriage."

Ji Wenhe sat not far from her and said, "Guyan, whether it's good or bad depends on what kind of person the other person is, and also on your own efforts."

"You can't say getting married is completely bad, nor can you say getting married is good. Managing a family is very hard work."

When she tilted her head in confusion, I realized that I had gone too far.

"I don't know how to tell you."

Shen Guyan asked: "Is Brother Rongshan good to you?"

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yes."

She asked again: "What is good?"

"He..." He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Everyone has different ideas about what is good, and she is afraid that what she conveys will make her feel that it is definitely good.

After all, men are very good at pretending, and she may not be able to tell whether the man's kindness to her is acting or sincere.

"Guyan, have you ever thought about what kind of husband you want to find?"

"I thought about it."

"Tell my sister-in-law about it. She'll promise not to tell anyone. This is a secret between the two of us."

Shen Guyan held his chin with his hand, a look of longing on his face: "Grandma would protect me when she hit me, she wouldn't hit me, she would buy meat for me to eat, she would take care of me when I was sick, and she would buy me new clothes."

She also said a lot...

"Guyan, you will find someone who treats you well."

Ji Wenhe walked up to her, touched her head, and looked at her softly.

"Come to my house in the mornings, and I'll go find wild vegetables with you."

She looked up and smiled widely, "Yeah."

When I got home, I chopped the wild vegetables, then took out the jar and cut the meat into small pieces that could fit into the jar.

Shen Rongshan grinds the coarse salt with stone. Although it doesn't taste as good as fine salt, my family can't afford it at the moment, so we just use coarse salt.

Spread the meat evenly with crushed salt, marinate it for about five to seven days, wash it and hang it up to dry.

If you add star anise, laurel leaves, etc., it will taste better when pickled.

In fact, there are many ways to marinate meat, but the conditions at home are not met, so I can only choose the simplest one.

After finishing, scoop a basin of clean water to wash your hands.

At this time, Zhu Danian's voice came from outside: "Wen He."

"Hey, Uncle Da Nian, I'm in the kitchen."

"Wen He, someone is looking for your Rongshan."

Ji Wenhe stuck his head out and saw that the people coming were two men. Judging from their attire, they looked like hunters and they were not very old.

One of the men said, "Sister-in-law, I heard that your husband is a good hunter and has been on the battlefield. He must be quite skilled. We would like to ask him for a favor."

"Help?" she asked in confusion. "What help?"

Zhu Danian took over the conversation: "It's like this, a few wolves appeared in the mountains where they live, and they caused trouble in the village."

"Now the villagers don't dare to enter the village, so they found many hunters and went to the mountains to kill wolves together. It's not a free trip, they give rewards, and whoever kills the wolf gets it."

He walked up to her and lowered his voice: "The villagers pay, whoever kills the wolf will be given thirty coins, and wolf meat can be sold for a lot of money."

"Sister-in-law, several of us hunters have failed to catch the wolf. The wolf is too cunning. We have no way to deal with it."

Not only were they not caught, several people were injured on the mountain, although not seriously.

There were eight wolves, and they had a leader who was very smart. He could always avoid the traps they set and play hide-and-seek with them.

They spent several days trying to catch only one.

Ji Wenhe was worried about the danger and did not agree: "Sorry, I can't make the decision for him. It's up to him to decide whether to go or not."

There was disappointment on their faces.

After a long silence, he said, "Sister-in-law, please let us know. We won't force you to go if you don't want to. We are in Baiyun Mountain, southeast."

"it is good."

After they went down the mountain, she asked, "Uncle Da Nian, how did they find Shenjia Village?"

Then he thought of the previous rumors in the village. Shen Rongshan had just returned from the battlefield, and the news must have spread to the surrounding villages.

"A girl from Zhaojia Village married in Baiyun Mountain. When they heard that Rongshan had returned, they asked them to come find him."

Zhu Danian thought that with his ability, he could definitely kill the wolf, but when he saw her worried look, he didn't persuade anyone to go.

"Uncle Da Nian, have dinner at my house tonight."

"No, I have to go back. I'll come back next time."

After saying that, he walked down the mountain.

Ji Wenhe did not force him to stay: "Uncle Da Nian, take care."

Before evening, Shen Rongshan returned.

When he got to the courtyard, he saw her coming out of the house. He looked her up and down and said, "Wen He, I heard from Uncle Ping that Master brought two strange men to our house. What happened?"

His tone was concerned.

"I'm here to find you. Do you know Baiyun Mountain?"

"I know, but I've never been there. It takes an hour to walk there."

"Their village was attacked by wolves, and they asked you to help kill the wolves. I didn't agree. It depends on your opinion."

Shen Rongshan took the bowl from her hand, drank half of it in one breath, and looked at her: "Do you want me to go?"

Ji Wenhe shook his head and nodded: "I don't want you to go because I'm afraid you'll get hurt, but they came all the way here to invite you..."

"It's really strange, why don't they go to the government and ask them to send people to surround and kill them?"

"The government won't care."

"why."