The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 1879

[Chapter 1879 Qi Xuan Fanwai (37)]

Since he gave Niti bows and arrows, this guy has been going up the mountain to hunt every day. It is not a pheasant or a hare, or a roe deer. Qi Xuan also benefited, and he had fresh meat to eat every day.

Now that the weather is hot, the meat can last up to two days. Qixuan’s daily practice consumes a lot of energy, so he simply let go of eating.

On this day, Nitti and Nig went up the mountain to hunt a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms. The two split half, and the village chief gave the other half to the villagers.

Niti gave Qi Xuan a pig’s hind leg. Seeing that he refused, Niti said, “If it wasn’t for the bow and arrow you sent me, I wouldn’t go hunting with Nig in the mountains.” The fastest time to familiarize yourself with using this set of bows and arrows.

Qi Xuan said, “I want to follow you up the mountain when the food in the fields is harvested.” Autumn is the peak season for hunting. Now that the weather is hot, many men do not go up the mountain.

Nitty nodded in agreement.

The crops in the fields grow well because they are carefully served. Qi Xuan picked up his hoe to dig, and was overjoyed when he saw the sweet potatoes on a vine.

It took three days to collect all the food in the fields. Then, the second round of cultivation begins.

After a tiring day, Qi Xuan washed up and lay down on the bed, wanting to sleep. But Concubine Dou was very interested: “After our buds are harvested, they will definitely ask us for seeds.” The day after the seeds were bought, Concubine Dou planted them on the slope behind the house. Almost half of them survived, and now the seedlings are growing very well.

Hearing this, Qi Xuan said, “I want to eat dumplings, and I also want to eat rice.” There are also white rice and noodles in town, but the price is ridiculous. The polished rice in Beijing only needs more than ten cents per pound, and ordinary rice here needs more than twenty cents per pound.

The main reason is that this area is full of mountains, and there is no fertile land. In the past, the people here used corn, sorghum, millet and beans as their staple food. Later, potato and sweet potato were introduced, and these two types have also become common food for the common people.

As for the buds, they have not been planted on a large scale, so some people still take a wait-and-see attitude.

Concubine Dou said softly, “After you go back, you can eat as much as you want.” Now, don’t think about it anymore.

To prevent Qi Xuan from continuing to think about this issue, Concubine Dou said: “Last time I used the golden Buddha, now only the gold necklace is left. There is no income, and when the gold necklace is used up, we will have no money to buy salt in the future. already.”

“It’s good to get through this year.”

Concubine Dou heard the meaning of the words: “If the queen mother wants you to stay here for three or five years, what will you do then? We are lucky this time, and Niti will send us meat. Otherwise, we will starve early. Now, how can we endure until now. But lord, we can’t always rely on others for help.”

She didn’t think that the queen mother took a lot of work to send Qixuan here, and if he stayed for a year, he would return to Beijing. So, some things are still planned.

Qi Xuan was silent for a while, and said: “You are right, we have to plan ahead. This gold necklace must be used on the blade.”

Concubine Dou had already made up her mind: “For things like mushrooms and fungus on the mountain, I’ll dry them and sell them. I can make some money for my family.”

Qi Xuan shook his head and said, “The people at the grocery store know that we are from the mountains, and they won’t bring them back to the mountains, so they will keep the price very low.” Selling mountain treasures is hard and not profitable. He felt that these things might as well be kept for himself.

Aunt Dou felt that Qi Xuan was right.

Qi Xuan said: “Don’t worry, I will ask Niti tomorrow to see what the villagers rely on to make money?”

The villagers of Ajia Village are self-sufficient except for a few things such as salt and iron pots and pans that they need to buy. The food to eat is planted or obtained from the mountains; for the clothes, the hemp weaving is grown by himself, and then cotton is grown to make cotton-padded clothes and trousers. There are very few places where money is needed.

Knowing the specific situation, Qi Xuan knew that it would be difficult to make money here.

After thinking about it for a long time, Qi Xuan and Concubine Dou said, “When I go to town next time, I will pawn your gold necklace off and buy paintbrushes and paints. When the time comes, I will paint and sell them in the county town.”

Concubine Dou immediately poured cold water: “What if I can’t sell it?” Qi Xuan’s painting skills are good, but whether it can be sold for money is unknown.

Qi Xuan said confidently, “Don’t worry, you can definitely sell it for money.” When he was kicked out of the capital, he saw a painting by Pang Jinglun sold for hundreds of taels on the road, which shocked Qi Xuan greatly.

In recent years, he has not only spent a large part of his energy on painting, not only in the mountains and waters to write. However, Qi Xuan has always regarded it as a skill to make money, so everyone who saw it felt that his paintings were too crafty. In layman’s terms, it’s just too cheesy.

It was the first time Aunt Dou saw Qi Xuan’s confidence, so she hesitated and said, “You allow me to think about it.”

In the evening, after Qi Xuan fell asleep, Concubine Dou went out. When she got to the house, she meowed three times. Seeing that there was no movement, he meowed twice, three times each time.

This is what the two of them agreed, and if they encounter a major event that is difficult to decide, they will meow three times in a row.

Gu Jiu then appeared: “What’s the matter?”

Aunt Dou explained that Qi Xuan wanted to sell his paintings for money: “He told me that he had a painting that sold for 60 taels of silver before.”

This number was obtained by Oak Hee. Many people have never seen a person before, and they think it is a woman just by looking at this name. Therefore, many people reject him. In this regard, Qi Xuan is very resentful. It’s a pity that there is no other way, Oak Xi gave him a number and he didn’t dare to use it.

Without signing his real name, he just sold the painting for 60 taels under a name unknown to outsiders. This shows that his paintings are indeed very good.

Gu Jiu nodded and said, “I promise.”

Concubine Dou hesitated and said, “If this money goes to waste, there will be no winter supplies.” All their cotton-padded clothes and trousers were taken away. In addition, two thick quilts should be purchased. These all cost money.

Gu Jiu never thought of giving money to the two of them, otherwise he would not have taken away their money and jewelry: “Padded clothes and cotton pants, you can go and get them back. Quilts, you let him find a way. If this I can’t afford it if I don’t have the money, so I’ll cut more wood, and when it’s cold, I’ll just cook the fire.”

Concubine Dou almost vomited out a mouthful of blood in anger, and the earth embryo room was about to be set on fire, so she set the house on fire: “Your Highness already knows it’s wrong, why do you still torture him like this?”

Gu Jiu looked at Aunt Dou as if he were looking at a dead person. If Yu Xi hadn’t told him to bring Aunt Dou back to the police car intact, he would definitely have ended the dragging Aunt Dou.

“It’s not your turn to teach me what to do. You do your job well, and the rest is not your responsibility.” Therefore, women are soft-hearted. He disliked King Xuan before, but he felt distressed after only a few months.

Thinking of this, Gu Jiu felt that the Queen Mother was a hard-hearted person. At least, he is willing to throw King Xuan in such a place to practice.

Aunt Dou was so frightened that her whole body froze, and she didn’t even know when Gu Jiu left.

It’s too hot in August. Even in this big mountain, it’s just as hot and sweaty. But Qi Xuan didn’t back down this time. He got up every day before dawn and tied sandbags to practice the exercises. After practicing gong, a person is like being pulled out of the water.

Carrying water from head to toe, not to mention how cool it is.

Get dressed, it’s time to eat. Seeing that the breakfast consisted of sweet potatoes and cold vegetables, Qi Xuan said, “I’ll go to the mountain to see it later.” The daily practice consumes too much, and eating these things will make you hungry soon. You have to eat meat, and you will be hungry if you eat meat.

He set up several traps on the mountain, hoping that some prey would fall into the traps.

Concubine Dou said with a sigh: “The weather will get cooler in mid-September, and then you can go hunting in the mountains.”

In the past, Qi Xuan only ate the peeled and roasted sweet potatoes, but now, in order not to waste the meat, he eats it.

Eating cold vegetables, Qi Xuan suddenly said, “I used to eat braised pork at home. Dad and sister both like to eat it.”

Aunt Dou said without thinking, “When we hunt a wild animal next time, we will braise it and eat it.”

Qi Xuan shook his head and said, “No, I’m just…” Just homesick, especially homesick.

In the past, if you wanted to see Yunqing and Yuxi in the capital, you could see them, but he didn’t see them if they could. But now I want to see it, but I can’t see it.

These words aroused Aunt Dou’s melancholy: “I also think about it, I think my parents think about Yikang.” I often think about it, and I can’t sleep at night.

As she spoke, Aunt Dou’s tears fell.

Qixuan blamed himself, and blamed him for his lack of words. Otherwise, Aunt Dou wouldn’t cry.

Concubine Dou wiped her tears and said, “If you change it, we can go back to the capital.”

After having breakfast, Qi Xuan first went to Niti’s house, and then went to the mountain with Niti to see the traps laid out.

The last time he took the water and fell into a coma, he returned to the village and told the village chief about it. But the man refused to admit it and said that Qi Xuan was slandering. Because there was no evidence, the matter was finally settled. But since then, Qi Xuan has not dared to leave the village alone.

Seeing a hare in the trap, Qi Xuan was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth, which meant that he ate meat again today.

Niti glanced at Qi Xuan, who was there when the trap was set up. The arrangement of Qixuan’s traps was different from what he taught. He did not agree at that time, but Ke Qixuan insisted, and said that it was taught by his eldest sister. Unexpectedly, there are really wild things hooked.

In the end, unable to hold back, Ni asked, “What does your eldest sister do? Is she really not a hunter?”

Qi Xuan sneered: “What is a hunter? My eldest sister is a big…” She wanted to say that the first female marshal of the Ming Dynasty, but her identity would be revealed when she said this.

When the words came to his lips, Qi Xuan changed his words stiffly: “My eldest sister is very powerful, but the most powerful is my eldest brother.”

“Why?”

Qi Xuan smiled and said, “My eldest brother has a great brain, and my eldest sister has to listen to him in everything.”

Gu Jiu pouted in secret, who in the world dares not to listen to the emperor’s words, it is not the old birthday star who hangs himself and seeks death.

ps: The second update is around 9:30.