[Chapter 2081 Tie Kui Fanwai (5)]
After leaving the game shop, Tie Kui and Tie Hu said, “Dad, let’s exchange this money for something! Before winter, we don’t want to go down the mountain.” Tie Hu is the backbone of the family, if he has an accident , this family simply cannot survive in the mountains. As for going out of the mountains, there is not even a place to stay if there are no houses or fields outside.
As for driving the Donghu people out of Liaodong, that is the matter of the imperial court. For Tie Kui, the most important thing now is to survive.
Iron Tiger nodded and said, “Well, I won’t go down the mountain again before winter.” Anyway, there is food everywhere on the mountain, as long as you work hard and don’t worry about not eating.
The father and son went to the salt shop again, exchanged their money for salt and a little sugar, and then went back to the mountains.
Knowing that the situation outside was getting more and more tense, Jin became more worried about her family. But no one in the family supported her to return to her parents’ home. No matter how worried she was, she didn’t dare to go down the mountain alone.
After finally making it to August, Mrs. Jin and Tiehu said, “My child’s father, I want to go back to my parents’ house to see.” At this time of year, Mrs. Jin will go back to her parents’ home to give gifts.
It is a traditional custom for a married girl to send a boxing gift to her mother’s family during the Chinese New Year. It’s just that Jin’s situation is special. She goes back by herself every year, and Tiehu never follows her.
Tie Hu said impatiently: “There are so many things at home, I don’t have time to go down the mountain.” When the weather gets hot, Tie Hu doesn’t go hunting very much. At most, he just walks around or digs traps to see. The rest of the time, stay home and help out.
The vegetable field at home has been expanded by another third. The seasonal vegetables like beans, eggplant, etc. can’t be eaten at all, and those that can’t be eaten are dried in the sun. When it rains, the whole family has to go to pick up mushrooms after the rain. If you can’t finish eating it, you can also dry it and save it for winter. The five members of the family were all so busy that their feet touched the ground, and no one was idle.
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tie Kui looked at the trap he dug and found a wild boar inside. This wild boar is not big, weighing about 70 pounds.
After cleaning up, there are more than 50 kilograms of meat. Some of these meats are kept for eating, and the rest are marinated and dried for a day and then smoked and dried by fire. Although the taste is not as good as that of bacon, and some even have a little taste when they are not cooked, but some are good and not so much. And this is why Iron Tiger buys so much salt.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Kim brought her two daughters to cook. Tie Hu took Tie Kui to the mountains and went around and brought back a bag of pears and wild grapes.
The lunch dishes were particularly delicious, and Chun Ni accidentally ate too much. Touching her slightly stretched stomach, Chun Ni said, “Eldest sister’s cooking skills are much better than my mother’s.” Since last year, the Tie family has been in charge of Chunxiang’s chef.
Jin’s craftsmanship is actually good, but she is reluctant to put oil, salt and seasoning. And Chunxiang listened to Tie Kui’s words the most, and he did what he told him to do.
Tie Kui glanced at her and said, “Second sister, don’t eat too much. If you eat too much, it will hurt your stomach.” Only big families say that seven or eight minutes of fullness is good for health. Ordinary people have to work, and if they don’t get enough to eat, they can easily get hungry. If you are hungry and have no energy, you can’t do anything.
Chunni was a little embarrassed.
After a day off on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tiehu took his wife and children to the mountains to pick up mountain goods.
After Tie Kui came, he felt that it was a big loss when he saw that there was no storage of mountain goods at home. Know that things like chestnuts and walnuts are all good stuff. Especially the chestnut stewed pork ribs, especially delicious. However, there were patients at home before, and Jin couldn’t walk away, and he didn’t have time to pick up mountain goods. In the second year of Tiekui Mountain, when the chestnuts and walnuts were ripe, Tiehu took his mother and son to the mountain to pick them up.
After three days of work, more than half of the chestnuts on the tree were hit. The rest of the iron tigers are not ready to fight, and have to be kept for the animals in the mountains for the winter.
The next day, the chestnut ball was left to the mother and son to handle. Tie Hu took Tie Kui to the mountain. Autumn is not the season for reproduction, but also the season for plump animals and the best season for hunting. I’m just going for a walk today, I don’t plan to go very far. Otherwise, he would not have taken Tie Kui with him.
It was also because Tie Kui was still young, and he was going to wait for Tie Kui to start hunting when he was ten years old.
After walking around in the mountains, Iron Tiger beat two hares. After all, it is autumn, and the hare eats extra fat. The largest one weighs six pounds.
The father and son were very happy, but when they got home, Chunxiang’s eyes were swollen from crying, while Chunni’s eyes and face were swollen, and there were even scars on her arms.
Tie Kui was stunned and asked, “Eldest sister, second sister, what’s the matter with you?” Chun Ni looked like she was fighting with someone. But Chunxiang has a soft temper, and it is impossible to fight her.
Chun Ni rushed over and hugged Tie Hu, crying so much, “Father, three people came from the Jin family and emptied all the food in the house. My eldest sister and I stopped me, and the three thieves beat me up. Can’t get up.”
When Mr. Jin heard this, he walked out of the room and scolded Chunni, “Damn girl, who do you think is a thief? Those are your uncle and cousin.”
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Jin said to Tiehu: “My father, my mother’s family can’t open the pot, and the people in the family have been hungry for three days. There is really no way, otherwise my elder brother would not bring my nephew into the mountains to ask me for help. The child’s father, the family has more than a year of food, so I gave them three bags of food.” I have food at home, how can I watch my mother’s family starve.
Tie Kui looked at Jin Shi speechlessly. They are working so hard these days that they just want to store more food. There is food everywhere in the mountains, and now their family will not be hungry as long as they are willing to work. But the problem is that if there is no food outside, those people will dig into the mountains! At that time, how can you find so much food.
Looking at Chun Ni’s red and swollen face, Jin’s body was not injured at all. Tie Hu looked at the Jin family and asked coldly, “The Jin family beat Chunxiang and Chunni, what were you doing at the time?”
In fact, the Jin family only beat Chun Ni, not Chun Xiang. However, Iron Tiger doesn’t care about that.
Jin felt that Tie Hu’s eyes were a little penetrating, and he felt a little panic: “My son, my mother has been hungry for three days. If there is nothing else, I will starve to death, my son is my father, I can’t watch my mother. She is starving alive. dead?”
“Let me ask you, what were you doing when the Jin family fought Chunxiang and Chunni?”
Before the Jin family could speak, Chun Ni said: “When the animals of the Jin family beat me and my eldest sister, my mother scolded us by the side. She said that we were cold-blooded and ruthless, and we were able to watch the dead old woman of the Jin family starve to death… “Kim’s words, not to mention Chunni, even Chunxiang, who has always been filial, is chilling.
Hearing this, Jin looked at Chun Ni with resentment in his eyes.
When Tie Kui heard this, he asked Chunxiang, “Big sister, is your mother really scolding you like that?” It wasn’t that he didn’t believe Chunni, but Chunxiang was honest. Her words are more credible.
Chunxiang nodded lightly.
When Tiehu heard this, he slapped him. Jin’s eyes flashed with gold, and he fell to the ground.
Married to Iron Tiger for more than ten years, it was the first time Jin was beaten. Covering his face, Jin Shi said incredulously, “You hit me, and you hit me.”
Tie Hu said with a blank face: “Beasts still know how to protect their cubs, you are not as good as animals.” Outsiders beat their children, not only for not protecting them, but also scolding them. This woman has no heart at all.
Seeing this, Tie Kui was afraid that he would rush forward and said, “Dad, they shouldn’t have gone very far. Let’s catch up and get the grain back.” The three bags of grain, although they are coarse grains, can be mixed with wild vegetables or pumpkins. The light is enough for them to eat for two months.
Since knowing the Donghu people came in, the whole family has been eating dumplings, and never had a meal of noodles or dumplings. The white noodles at home are also made into vegetable cakes, in order to save food. Of course, they don’t eat less meat, so the days are not difficult.
When Mr. Jin heard this, he grabbed Tie Kui’s hand and said, “Kuizi, how can you be so cruel? Those are your grandmother and uncle.”
Tie Kui said lightly: “They have nothing to do with me.” Not to mention that he is just the adopted son of the Tie family, even if the Jin family is really such a shameless thing as his relatives, he will not recognize it.
Seeing that the father and son were going down the mountain, Mrs. Jin got up and stopped them and said, “The child’s father, Kuizi, you can’t go. This food is the life-saving food for the Jin family.”
Iron Tiger threw it hard, and Jin fell to the ground again. It’s a pity that all three of the children were standing, and none of them helped her.
Tie Hu stared at the Jin family and said coldly, “Since you miss the Jin family so much, I will send you back now. How you want to be a bull or a horse for the Jin family is up to you.”
Jin’s head is all wood: “child her father, what do you mean by that?”
Tie Kui couldn’t bear it, but he knew that if Jin’s temperament didn’t make her afraid, he didn’t know what outrageous things he would do: “Dad meant to divorce you and let you go back to Jin’s house. Whether it is dead or alive, it has nothing to do with the Tie family.”
When Mr. Jin heard this, there was no blood on his face: “Dad, my son, I was born from the Tie family and died as a ghost of the Tie family. If you divorce me, I will hang myself on the tree outside. ”
Chun Ni glanced at Tie Kui, and when she saw his calm expression, she knew that his father wasn’t here for real, just to scare her mother.
Chunxiang didn’t know, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and cried and said, “Daddy, please don’t break up with Mommy.” No matter how bad Mommy is, she is also their biological mother.
Iron Tiger didn’t really want to break up the Jin family, and for the sake of three children, he couldn’t break up with her. With these words, Tie Hu also stepped down: “Since you know that you are a member of the Tie family, you should protect the people of the Tie family. If you let outsiders bully the children next time, don’t blame me for not cherishing the long-term relationship between husband and wife. ”
After he finished speaking, he hurried down the mountain with Tie Kui.
Chunxiang stepped forward and helped Jinshi up, while Chunni stood still, remembering what happened just now.
After Jin got up, he glared at Chun Ni fiercely, but in the end, he didn’t dare to scold Chun Ni again because of what Tie Hu said just now.
The father and son walked for more than an hour when they saw three people standing under the tree resting.
The people of the Jin family were a little scared when they saw the black-faced Tiehu. Boss Jin could only bite the bullet and shout, “Brother-in-law.”
Tie Hu said with a sneer, “I said that when I paid the money that day, the two families will not move around in the future. This is evidenced in black and white.” Normally, mountain people can’t marry a wife, but some people are greedy for money and are willing to sell their daughters. Therefore, most of the mountain people are daughters-in-law who paid for it. The Jin family asked for fifty taels of silver that day, but Iron Tiger saw that the Jin family did not agree to give so much, and finally bargained for thirty taels of silver. However, when he gave the money, he also said that after the Jin family severed ties with the Jin family, they would not communicate with each other.
Later, after giving birth to Chunxiang and Chunni, Kim said that she wanted to go back to her parents’ home. Tiehu disagreed, and she cried every day, making herself sick. In desperation, Tie Hu could only let her go back to her parents’ house, but Tie Hu himself had never been to the Jin family’s door. The attitude is obvious, he does not recognize this family.
Boss Jin said with a strong smile, “Brother-in-law, you are the son-in-law of the Jin family. This is an unchangeable fact.”
The second son of the Jin family turned his head faster, looked at Tie Kui and said, “Is this Kui Zi? Kui Zi, you and your grandfather look like they were printed out of a mold.”
Tie Kui smiled and said, “Father, don’t talk nonsense with them, take the food back! Otherwise, we won’t be able to go back before it gets dark.”
The Jin family really had no food to eat, or they would not have risked their lives to go to the mountains to ask for food from the Jin family.
Hearing this, Boss Jin scolded, “How can you be so unconscionable. Your grandmother is dying of starvation. Your family’s food room can’t hold enough food. What’s wrong with giving some food?” Too much, but not only three bags of grain.
Tie Kui chuckled lightly: “If old lady Jin starves to death, then it’s her fault for raising a bunch of waste children and grandchildren.”
Not to mention Boss Jin, even the faces of Boss Jin and Dalang of the Jin family have changed.
Tie Hu didn’t want to talk nonsense at all, he walked over to get food. Boss Jin and Dalang Jin stopped him and were beaten to the ground by Iron Tiger, unable to get up.
When the father and son returned, Tie Kui said worriedly: “Dad, I don’t know what’s going on outside. If the people really don’t have food to eat, they know that we have hidden so much food, and someone will definitely take the risk to come to my house. Grab the food.” In that way, their family would not have a peaceful life.
Tie Hu hummed and said, “The day after tomorrow, come down the mountain with me and see what’s going on outside.”
Tie Kui nodded. Knowing what’s going on outside makes it easier for them to deal with it.
When the father and son came home, it was just dark.
Seeing the three big bags of grain, Jin’s tears couldn’t help falling down. The food has been brought back, how can the family of her mother and brother live! But she looked at Tie Hu’s expression and didn’t dare to say a word.
While eating, Kim was still crying. Tie Hu threw his chopsticks away and scolded angrily, “Why are you crying, I’m so reluctant to part with the Jin family and I will send you back tomorrow.” If it wasn’t for the sake of the three children, he would have really sent the Jin family back.
Jin was too scared to cry anymore.
After dinner, Tie Hu returned to the house and picked up the quilt.
Jin Shi dared to grab Tie Hu’s arm and said, “My child, where are you going? My child’s father, I know I’m wrong. You can rest assured that I will change it in the future.” mouth. And sleeping separately, it will become rusty after a long time.
Tie Hu shook off Jin’s hand, hugged the quilt and went to Tie Kui’s room.
Tie Kui’s room has the best location and the largest area, but there are a lot of things in the room. Fortunately, he slept in a double bed, so Tiehu would not be too crowded when he came to sleep.
