Chapter 65 The Ke family’s first pot of gold
Su Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile at the corner of her mouth gradually widened, "That cousin is resting at my house for two days. After I get married, let my father take you to the county to find your uncle. , will definitely help you find a good doctor to cure your cough.”
"Yeah." Ke Yunyun's eyes were shining with expectation.
After settling Ke Yunyun, Su Tai got the cart into the yard.
At this time, another wave of villagers came to buy sheep. Most of these people wanted to buy rams, which were jointly owned by several families, so that they could be slaughtered and eaten during the Chinese New Year.
There are still several months before the Chinese New Year. They don't need to buy fat and strong rams. They only need to buy smaller rams and spend less money.
Just when everyone was picking and making noises, the Su Changxi brothers came.
It was probably Huang and Tao who informed the two of them about the situation in advance.
As soon as they entered the house, they each asked for a pair of sheep, a male and a female. The villagers who were watching saw that both the village chief and the township chief had bought the sheep, so they no longer hesitated and went back to get the money.
When it was getting dark, there were only eight of the thirty-six sheep that the Ke family had arrived, including three ewes and five rams.
The Han family directly bought three ewes and three rams. Their family would keep one pair, the Han family would give one pair, and Su Tai would take the remaining pair to the Shen family.
As a result, the Ke family had only two sheep left that could not be sold.
This result surprised Ke Dasong so much that the corner of his mouth had not moved all day long, and his two sons even laughed like idiots.
Sun Nizi kept thanking Su Chunlin and her family.
When Mrs. Han was busy in the kitchen, she followed behind and helped carefully.
Han persuaded: "Sister, you must be exhausted after traveling for so many days. Just leave this place to me and Xiaoyu."
Sun Nizi glanced at Ruan Xiaoyu, her eyes a little more probing, "Is this your little girl?"
She remembered that Su Chunlin told her about the eldest daughter in the family, but did not mention the younger daughter.
Han shook his head and explained openly: "This is A Zhan's little daughter-in-law, and they will get married in two years.
Afterwards, Mrs. Han briefly told Ruan Xiaoyu's life experience, which made Su Nizi envious and couldn't help but say: "How come our family has never encountered such a good thing?"
Han's hands stopped for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Sister, are you talking about the marriage of two nephews?"
Sun Nizi nodded, her eyebrows full of sorrow, "The bitter cold in the ice field is really not suitable for girls, and no one is willing to marry us. We don't dare to think about girls from well-off families, so we are wondering if we can find one." If your family is poor, if you are willing to marry, you must be willing to endure hardships, otherwise you will not be able to keep her. "
"What do you mean?" Han's Earrings and Ruan Xiaoyu looked at Sun Nizi one after another.
Sun Nizi looked gloomy and sighed softly, "I won't hide it from you. Many girls who marry in the ice field can't hold on and run away. Even if they give birth to children, they can ignore it. What do you think we can do in this situation? "
"Can you even ignore your children? Is there such a cruel mother in this world?" Han couldn't believe her ears. Ruan Xiaoyu hurriedly persuaded: "Auntie, you sold the sheep this time and made money, so you can move out of the ice field. The people who fled to Dongmen Village with me have all settled here. I think their lives have also eased. ”
She also helped the Ke family sell sheep today. She witnessed the whole process and could roughly guess how much money the Ke family made from this trip. The money was more than enough to buy a land, build a yard, and marry two daughters-in-law.
Sun Nizi smiled bitterly and shook her head, "No, there are only a few people in the ice plain. The state officials will not allow us to leave. Only girls are freer and can escape from the sea of misery through marriage. Men are born on the ice plain and must die. Die on the ice sheet.
Cattle and sheep are worthless on the ice sheet. We have livestock husbandry tasks assigned by the government every year, such as how many sheep we need to raise this year and how many we need to hand over before winter. These are all fixed, and often we don’t get much of the tasks after they are handed in. However, I can't sell it at a good price, I can't bear to eat it, and my life is difficult.
If it hadn't been for the food that my younger brother sent to our family, my family wouldn't have dared to take the risk of driving the sheep out. "
Food is a scarce and precious commodity on the ice sheet, and is more valuable than cattle and sheep. The family used food to exchange sheep with other herders for tasks, and this was how they were able to get the sheep out of the ice sheet.
Ruan Xiaoyu asked curiously: "Uncle, never thought of selling the sheep out of the ice field before?"
Sun Nizi sighed, "I have, but I haven't sold much of it. We have traveled thousands of miles to get it, so naturally we are reluctant to sell it at a low price, but ordinary people can't afford it, so they often only sell two or three after being out for half a month, and there are still many people on the road. You have to take risks, you also need money for food and accommodation, and there are many problems, so it won't work.
This time, my younger brother also promised us that we would be able to sell it. Seeing that my younger brother gave us so much food, my family thought that my younger brother would be able to give us a guarantee when he became rich, so they dared to take the risk.
Unexpectedly, not only the younger brother became prosperous, but also the whole village. "
This surprised Sunnizi the most. The Dongmen Village in her memory was dilapidated and backward, and the villagers were all dusty and numb.
Today, there are more people in Dongmen Village, and the houses are much better than in memory. There are also villagers who spend money to buy sheep without blinking. They laugh and curse, and speak with great enthusiasm. Everything is different. .
Ruan Xiaoyu suddenly realized.
Han understood the reason and wanted to help. She immediately looked at Ruan Xiaoyu and asked, "I remember that there were five siblings who escaped with you, two sisters and three brothers, right? ?”
Ruan Xiaoyu nodded, "Auntie is talking about Sister Chunhua and Xiahua, right."
"Yes, that's right, it's them! I remember they are quite young, and they haven't said we're going to kiss each other yet, right?"
Ruan Xiaoyu nodded again and said thoughtfully: "Sister Chunhua is eighteen this year, sister Xiahua is seventeen, their eldest brother is sixteen this year, and the other two are fourteen and twelve years old respectively."
Han murmured: "It's time for men to marry."
Ruan Xiaoyu pursed her lips helplessly, "That's right, so the siblings have been living in the fields almost this year, just to get some food for the autumn harvest and pay back some money.
This time they got more than eighty taels from selling grain. Sister Chunhua asked the village chief to buy three acres of wasteland, asked someone to help build a yard for each of her three brothers, and bought nine acres of good land and twelve acres of bad land to divide among the three. Brother, the remaining silver is divided among the three brothers. Each of them only has three or four taels. It is enough to buy some furniture, pots, pans, quilts and coats.
Sister Chunhua and Sister Xiahua are now only thinking about finding wives for their three younger brothers, and they don't even care about their own life-long affairs. "
Hearing this, Sunizi seemed to have seen her former self, but the two sisters were luckier than her and caught up with the good times. At that time, it was difficult for everyone, and no one could help her, so she had to marry herself to the ice field.