[Chapter 2084 Tie Kui Fanwai (8)]
In the mountains and forests in May, birds and flowers are fragrant. While walking and enjoying the scenery, you don’t feel tired.
Halfway up the mountain, Tie Hu said, “Kuizi, don’t tell your mother about us moving down the mountain for the time being!”
Tie Kui understood Tie Hu’s scruples and said, “What about the second sister? You should be able to tell me?” He planned to ask Chunni to recruit a husband, naturally hoping that she would stand up. Otherwise, the temperament is too gentle and soft to be pinched by the other party, and the adoptive father and adoptive mother will have a hard time in the rest of their lives.
Tie Hu hesitated and said, “Then tell Chunni not to tell her mother.”
“Okay.” After the Jin family went up the mountain to grab food, the Jin family ignored Chunni for three months. And Chunni had long been cold to her, and she didn’t take Jin’s indifference to heart.
Seeing that the two of them didn’t bring anything, Chunni said to Tie Kui in private, “Kuizi, next time you follow Dad down the mountain, you must bring back two pounds of suet!” Not even meat. She was thinking about lard, even if it was a wild vegetable, it would not taste good with lard. Even without cooking, the bibimbap is delicious.
Tie Kui shook his head and said, “Second sister, our wild boar costs only fifteen cents a pound, and suet costs thirty-six cents a pound.”
Chun Ni was a little dumbfounded and asked, “Why is it so expensive? I remember buying it for 13 cents a pound last year!” After discovering that the Chunxiang sisters knew very little about the outside world, he would detail every time he came back down the mountain. Talk to the two sisters about the outside world. For example, the price of pork and the amount of grain per pound, etc.
“That’s a special situation.” After explaining the reason, Tie Kui said, “But when winter comes, there will definitely be suet for sale.” This spring, many people will definitely raise piglets, and they will be in the winter. Kill pigs. But come to think of it, the price will not be cheap.
Chunni snorted and said, “Kuizi, can you tell me what the town looks like?” She was so big that she went down the mountain twice. One is to Jin’s house, and the other is to Tiejia Village. And both times, it gave her a bad impression.
Tie Kui smiled and said, “Second sister, I’ll take you when you want to go to town in two years. I’m sure you don’t want to go there.”
“There is so much work at home, how can I always go down the mountain with you.” She is satisfied with going there once a year.
Tie Kui said in a low voice, “Father is going to take us back to Tiejia Village. He told the village chief about this today. The village chief has promised to help us choose a homestead for us to build a house.”
Chun Ni’s eyes widened: “You didn’t lie to me?”
“Second sister, don’t tell the eldest sister about this for the time being. Otherwise, Niang should know about it.” After speaking, Tie Kui sold the food from the Jin family last year, and went up the mountain to go to them without eating anything. said.
Chunni blushed with anger: “If they dare to come, I have to kill them.”
Tie Kui said, “Second sister, Jin’s family will run out of food when winter begins. They exchanged food for all four girls in the family to survive the cold winter.”
“All changed food? What do you mean?”
Tie Kui said: “If you are older, you will sell it to others as a daughter-in-law. When you are younger, you will sell it to someone as a child bride. The people who buy people are poor families, and they can’t afford the money, so they can only exchange food.” The girls in the family are not very good-looking, otherwise they are afraid that the Jin family will sell them in the building for two extra money.
Chun Ni shuddered, and then said with a happy face, “Fortunately, I’m not a girl from the Jin family.”
“Second sister, the Jin family has four men of the same age as us. After going down the mountain, you tell the eldest sister not to have any contact with the Jin family. These people can do everything. You can’t talk about other people’s family.” The girl’s family’s famous festival is so important, you can’t make the slightest mistake. Otherwise, the marriage will have to wait a little longer.
It’s not that Tie Kui thinks too much, but that the people of the Jin family have no bottom line. In fact, the two sisters are not bad looking, but they are tanned and rough skinned by working outside every day. When the family gets better in the future, the two sisters will definitely look good if they don’t bask in the sun. Of course, even if the sisters don’t look good, as long as the Tie family is in good condition, the Jin family will definitely make up their minds.
Chunni snorted coldly, “Don’t worry, Kuizi, if they dare to approach me and eldest sister, I will break their legs.”
Tie Kui didn’t worry about Chun Ni, because Chun Ni was aggressive and she hated the Jin family. Tie-kui is worried about Chun-hyang, because she is soft-hearted and listens to Jin’s words.
Chun Ni heard the words and said with a smile: “Kuizi, the eldest sister is soft, but she knows the good and the bad.” After the last incident, Chunxiang was also cold to the Jin family, and now she will not listen to the Jin family.
Having said this, Tie Kui felt relieved.
A month later, Tie Hu took Tie Kui to Tiejia Village again. This time, I didn’t buy anything extra, but directly mentioned chestnuts and other mountain goods and a rabbit.
Seeing the things, the village chief said with a stern face: “The things will be taken back later. If you don’t take them back, don’t mention the foundation.”
Tiehu is carrying something, and it is not to put it, and it is not to let it go.
Seeing this, Tie Kui smiled and said, “Master, we are going to eat at your house at noon. This rabbit is our food bill. As for the chestnuts and walnuts, they are snacks for my brothers and sisters.”
The village chief glanced at Tie Kui in surprise. The child responded quickly enough: “Don’t bring any more things when you come to dinner next time, otherwise don’t enter my house.”
Tie Hu breathed a sigh of relief: “Okay.”
The village chief called Tong Shi and asked her to take down the rabbit: “Two good dishes, I will eat two cups with Huzi at noon.” In fact, Huzi’s original name was Xiaochun, but the hunter asked for a meaning to give him Renamed Tiger.
Not to mention that Tong Shi was originally a generous and straightforward person, even her two daughters-in-law had no opinion. Although the rabbit is not big, it is meat after all, and it is still three or four kilograms of meat!
After instructing Tong, the village chief took Tiehu and his son to see the homestead he had chosen. One is in the village and the other is at the end of the village. The plot of land in the village is only enough to build four houses, but there is no limit at the end of the village.
It is safe to live in the village. In the future, their father and son will go hunting in the mountains and the three women will stay at home. When they call the neighbors, they will hear. But this foundation is really small.
After hesitating, Tie Hu asked Tie Kui, “Kuizi, what do you think?”
“Dad, just choose the homestead in the village!” Living in the village is not only safe, but also quickly integrated into the village.
Tie Hu immediately made a decision: “Grandpa Jiu, just choose the homestead in the village!”
The village chief was a little surprised, but thinking about Tie Kui’s performance just now, he nodded and said, “Okay, when I notify the villagers, you can go down the mountain to lay the foundation.”
Thinking that Tie Hu would live on the mountain after he was six years old, the village chief reminded him: “It’s okay to build the house next year, but the foundation should be laid before the summer harvest.” Before the summer harvest, the labor costs are relatively cheap.
It is also Tie Kui who has been living in the mountains and does not live in the village. Otherwise, he can ask people he knows to help, which can save wages. Of course, you have to help when they build a house.
Iron Tiger nodded and said, “I will go down the mountain in a few days to decide the day to lay the foundation.” The money to buy the land may not be enough, but there is still money to build a house.
For lunch, the father and son ate at the village chief’s house. Because of the food shortage now, Tie Kui stopped eating when he was half full. As for Iron Tiger, he couldn’t eat much after drinking.
After eating, I didn’t go back immediately, but went to Li’s house to tell them about their chosen homestead.
Father Li was overjoyed: “Okay, after you go down the mountain, I will have someone to chat with.” He gets along well with the people in the village, but it’s hard to make friends.
“When I’m laying the foundation, I’ll have to trouble my eldest brother and nephew to help me.” No one else in the village is familiar with it, so he will definitely be talking about Father Li’s family.
Father Li patted him on the shoulder and said, “My brother just needs to wear a coat after saying this.” When the Li family built the house, although Tiehu didn’t come to help, he packed a red envelope of 2 taels of silver. This gift is very thick. At that time, the Tie family had a child whom he wanted every day, and the Li family confiscated the gift. But this intention, he accepted.
After half a month, Tie Hu took Tie Kui down the mountain again. I haven’t caught big game these days, only small game such as rabbits and pheasants. These things go into their own belly.
When we got to the village, we went to the village chief’s house first. This time Tie Kui brought a bag of wild fruits, and seeing this, the village chief felt more and more that the child was clever.
The village chief and Tiehu said: “The foundation has been settled. When do you think the foundation will be laid?”
While the iron was hot, Tie Hu said: “Ninth grandpa, I want to invite people today. When the day for laying the foundation is determined, I will bring Kuizi down the mountain to do it.” No matter what he does, he takes Tie Kui with him. It is not to rely on Tie Kui, but to make him familiar with these things.
Hearing the words, the village chief said, “What kind of house are you going to build? Is it an earthen house or a thatched hut?” Different houses have different requirements for foundations.
Tie Hu said: “Ninth grandpa, I’m going to build four large brick houses.”
The village chief was stunned for a moment, glanced at Tie Hu and said, “For four tile-roofed houses, even if you prepare the stone and wood by yourself, it will cost more than twenty taels of silver.”
“Ninth grandpa, I’m going to buy the stone material; if the wood is to be cut, I’ll wait until the summer. I just don’t know if I can cut the wood in the village.” Some things should be said in advance. Save the last rant.
Seeing that Tiehu had a plan, the village chief said, “You are a member of the village, and you can cut down the wood on the mountain.” It seems that the child has saved a lot of money, otherwise he would not dare to say that he would build four rooms of blue bricks. Big tile house.
On this day, not only the stone material was finalized, but also the candidates for laying the foundation were hired, which was very efficient.
Money is easy to do, and the foundation will be laid soon. The left and right halls of the main hall plus the east and west wing rooms, and then there are the bathrooms and thatched huts. The last two rooms were added at Tie Kui’s request.
As soon as the foundation was laid, Tiehu paid everyone wages and materials.
Seeing that Tiehu gave money so readily, everyone was very happy. Among them, the two brothers who sold stones to Tie Kui said, “Brother Tiehu, if you want more stones and sand, let us know that it is better and cheaper than others.” Generally, people build houses by themselves to get stones and sand. have bought.
Seeing this, Tiehu said that he needed wood. Originally, I planned to chop wood myself, but it was very time-consuming. Moreover, the Jin family and Chunxiang sisters were on the mountain, and it was okay not to go back for three or five days. He doesn’t worry if he doesn’t go back for a long time.
Because there is no need to buy wood, just go up the mountain and chop it. So he just asked the two brothers to chop wood, and then dry the wood and carry it out for use.
The two brothers are also from the village, and they are both honest people. Otherwise, the village chief would not recommend the two.
Hearing this, the two brothers were overjoyed: “Of course this is good.”
Tie Kui suggested that wages should be calculated according to the cancellation of each wood, so that everyone would not suffer.
The two brothers were also very satisfied with this proposal: “Don’t worry, I’m sure to pick you a good one that is big and strong.” They have a small farm and many people, and often go to the town or county to take part-time jobs. These jobs are not only hard work, but also often angry, and the money is not much. Now that I can make money at my doorstep, I am naturally happy.
Seeing this, the village chief reminded Tiehu to settle the matter of bricks: “Blue bricks have to be bought outside, usually two or three months in advance. If you don’t buy them when you build a house, the price will be higher. One or two percent.”
When ordering the bricks, Tie Kui asked to sign a contract. The two brothers were from Tiejia Village before, and they were recommended by the village chief. But this blue brick is from the outer village, and they are not familiar with it. It is safer to make a contract.
Since it is a business, it is common to make contracts. The only thing that surprised the boss was not the head of the family, but the children in the family.
The main materials for building the house must be good, so Tie Hu took Tie Kui back to the mountains in a hurry.
As soon as the two approached the house, Tiehu realized something was wrong, “Kuizi, squat down…”
Tie Kui responded quickly, and when he heard the words, he squatted down with his head in his arms. Then, he felt something fly over his head.
When he turned his head, he saw a leopard throwing the iron tiger to the ground. Fortunately, Tiehu responded very quickly, grabbing its neck with both hands, not letting him bite.
Seeing this, Tie Kui took out a sharpened butchering knife from the basket, ran over and stabbed the leopard in the neck. As soon as the knife was drawn, the blood spurted out. Afraid that the leopard would not die, Tie Kui stabbed him five times in a row.
Seeing that he was going to stab him, Tie Hu hurriedly said, “Don’t stab him, he’s already dead.” If he stabs him any more, the leopard skin will be completely destroyed.
After hearing this, Tie Kui stopped. But seeing the leopard lying in a pool of blood, Tie Kui sat on the ground. I didn’t think much about it just now, I just wanted to kill this leopard. But this time, it was terrifying. Almost, almost killed.
Although I knew the danger in the mountains before, I had never encountered a large beast after all. But at this time, he really realized the danger of living in the mountains, it was really precarious.
Tie Hu picked up the leopard and said to Tie Kui, “Go home!” Fortunately, his son’s strength not only saved the danger, but also got a leopard.
Arriving at the door of the house and seeing the door closed, Tie Hu shouted loudly, “Chunxiang, Chunni, open the door.”
The mother and son had been hiding in the stone house for several days, and they were looking forward to the father and son coming back but were afraid of them coming back. Hearing Iron Tiger’s voice at this moment, Jin’s ran to open the door. Chun Ni shouted loudly in the room: “Dad, there are leopards outside, you have to be careful!” Leopards like to do sneak attacks the most, which makes it hard to guard against.
Seeing that the father and son were covered in blood, Mrs. Jin was so frightened that his face was pale: “Kuizi, what’s wrong with you, Kuizi? You must not be in trouble. You won’t be able to live if you have three long and two short mothers.”
Chun Ni was speechless. Adi stood there steadily, what could happen. As for her father, the leopard, who has carried a hundred pounds, will be fine without frowning.
