Chapter 18: Busy with Food
In busy days, time always passes quickly.
Finally everyone took their crops home and after drying them, it was time to hand in the public grain.
Every year in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, Hongyan Town gathers grain payments. It is also at this time that everyone harvests the grain and dries it in the sun.
The three members of Zhang An’s family were required to pay one hundred and fifty kilograms of rice per person in proportion to their paddy fields.
Fortunately, there are horses here this year, so it is not so difficult to carry them to the town.
Zhang An followed his father Zhang Jianguo on the big horse loaded with food and set out for the town.
I saw many people walking towards the town along the way.
Some families joined together and used horse-drawn carriages to pull them there, while others like Zhang An’s family used oxen and horses to carry them.
Most of them are carried on poles, and a few people can be seen pushing them on rooster carts.
A cock cart is a wheelbarrow, and this guy is very popular with everyone.
But it’s a bit painful when going up and down steep slopes.
When you walk to Shiyakou, you can already see that the road construction team has dug the road through here.
Coming off the old road, you can go directly to the newly repaired main road.
Zhang An has seen many four-lane highways before, but this is the first one in the mountains in this era.
The top has been paved with asphalt. Everyone was chatting and laughing. You can walk on the main road when you go to the market.
When we arrived in the town, the place for loading grain was at the grain station.
In order to supply grain every year, the grain station built a large cement dam, which can accommodate many people.
Due to the long distance, there are already many people queuing at the grain station, and Zhang An and his son can only queue at the back.
When it was almost noon, it was finally the turn of Zhang An’s family.
The father and son unloaded the four large bags of rice on horseback and showed it to the people at the grain station for inspection. If there was no problem, they put it on the scale.
In the end, there were more than ten kilograms more. This was because I was afraid that the quantity would be different when the scale came, so I added an extra part. After all, the scale may have errors, well, that's it.
After finally taking the receipt, the father and son walked out of the grain station.
I have been waiting for a long time, and it is already past 12 noon.
Originally, they were going back for dinner, but Zhang Jianguo was fooled by Zhang An, and the two of them had a meal of rice noodles on the street.
Of course it was Zhang An who paid in the end, and now Zhang An can be considered a wealthy man.
This made Zhang Jianguo very greedy. Because Wang Fang was the housekeeper and had a criminal record when he was young, Wang Fang rarely put money into Zhang Jianguo's hands.
But when it comes to business matters, Wang Fang is never careless, and she also gives face to her men outside.
This is the reason why the two of them have never had a red eye for so many years.
Seeing his father staring at his pocket, Zhang An generously took out twenty yuan and handed it to his father for personal use.
The main reason is that he doesn't dare to give more. If his old man goes to play cards again, there will be trouble in the family.
I also kept telling my dad that you can use it to buy food and eat, but don’t use it to play cards or mahjong, otherwise it will be gone next time.
When Zhang Jianguo heard Zhang An say that there would be another time, he immediately said that he had given up these bad habits long ago, and blamed Wang Fang for talking nonsense in front of the children.
Zhang An didn't refute, he just snickered. This was a way to make a scene by saying some harsh words. If he had said it in front of his mother, he would definitely not dare to say it.
The father and son were about to go home and met Zhou Lan at the street corner.
Zhou Lan also saw Zhang An, so she greeted him from a distance.
He kept saying that the fruit Zhang An sold last time was delicious. Zhang An also chatted with Zhou Lan and introduced the father next to him.
"Are Xiao An and uncle here to serve food today?" Looking at the two of them leading the horses, the streets in the town became even busier than usual because of the food supply day. lively.
“Yes, I came here in the morning, and I’ve been waiting in line until now, and I’m ready to go home.”
"Come to my house and sit for a while. It just so happens that I have something to ask you for help."
Zhou Lan seemed to really have something to do, but Zhang An was holding the horse, and it was not convenient to visit other people's homes. .
"Sister Lan, we are also acquaintances. If you have any questions, just tell me. It's not convenient for me to go to your house with an animal like this. I'll come back next time."
It turns out to be Zhou Lan's parents came to Hongyan Town, but Lao Zhou likes to eat something from the mountains, and Zhou Lan and his wife must satisfy their old man.
Sure enough, why not eat minced meat? Many people in the mountains are still struggling to have enough to eat. They have begun to pick and choose, and they have to eat mountain delicacies. Zhang An could only say to himself, young man, work hard, there is still a long way to go
I don’t meet at this time, I don’t usually come into contact with this field, and I have no place to buy. If not, we have to go to the countryside to receive the goods.
I happened to meet Zhang An when I came out today, so I mentioned this matter and asked Zhang An if he could help me get some mountain goods.
“It doesn’t have to be very good. Pheasants in the mountains, hares, fish, etc. will do. It doesn’t have to be hard to catch.”
Zhang An thought for a while and saw that his old man was giving With a wink, he agreed.
And the fine-scaled fish in his own space must meet the opponent's requirements. If it is not possible, he can catch two silver roosters and give them to the other party. The number of silver roosters in the space has been multiplied and Zhang An wants to find them. If you have the opportunity to put some into the mountains, you should give back to nature.
"Okay, Sister Lan, my brother has taken care of this for you. I'll find a way to solve it for you in the next two days. Do you think it's okay?"
Zhou Lan was also very happy to hear Zhang An's promise, and Zhang An agreed. , then there is no need to go and collect it yourself. I am really an outsider in this matter.
"Then it's troublesome, Xiao An. No matter how much we can get, we will take it. Please worry about it."
"It's nothing. Sister Lan, you are busy. We will go back first." . ”
Finally, Zhou Lan left Zhang An’s home phone number and asked for Zhang An’s home address, saying that as long as the goods were available, they could drive to the countryside to pick them up.
On the way home, Zhang An told his father about his acquaintance with Zhou Lan and introduced the situation of Zhou Lan's family.
"Well, in the evening I will go to the mountains to set up some traps to see if I can catch anything. You go to the river to get some fish. You can't let go of the money, but don't give it all to your mother then. You two can keep some for yourself.”
Because Zhang An often brought fish home during this period, Zhang Jianguo felt that his son was very good at catching fish.
But he didn’t expect that Zhang An’s fish were actually in space.
But this does not affect Zhang An's ability to get fish.
The more Zhang Jianguo thought about it, the happier he became, as if he was about to get the money.
Back home, Wang Fang prepared a meal and waited for the two men to go back to eat. Unexpectedly, the two of them spent money on eating on the street. This approach was simply a waste.
Just when she was about to start nagging the two of them, Zhang An told Zhou Lan what happened, and Wang Fang stopped talking about the father and son, and kept urging Zhang Jianguo to go to the mountain to set up a trap.
I originally urged Zhang An, but Zhang An said it would be better to go offline at night, and no one would see him.
Wang Fang trusted what his son said, so he let Zhang An make his own arrangements.
After Zhang Jianguo found something for his trap, the father and son walked towards the mountains.
But because of so many years of hunting, nothing can be caught outside the back mountain, and even hares no longer move around the outside.
So if you want to catch something, you have to go into the mountains. There are still many animals there, including wild boars and deer.
Zhang An also wanted to follow his father and learn the techniques of trapping.
And when the time comes, I will secretly use space spring water to cheat my father, and the probability of catching something will be much higher.
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(End of this chapter)