Chapter 356 Opening of the Market
With a "poof" sound, the crack in the middle of the copper cauldron, which had just been barely repaired, finally couldn''t bear the burning of the flames, and it cracked again in anger. All the water in the cauldron fell down with a splash, and the little one was immediately wiped out. The small bonfire was put out.
Ah Da angrily pulled the cracked copper cauldron off the shelf, raised his hand and wanted to smash the cauldron to the ground, but immediately withdrew his hand abruptly, looking at the copper cauldron, his eyebrows and beard on his face They were almost twisted together.
The copper kettle is very old and stained with oil. It seems that it has never been properly cleaned. The ash and oil on the edge of the copper kettle combine to form a thick layer. However, the problem is that the rim of the copper kettle is broken. But the bottom of the cauldron is leaking.
The copper cauldron was probably not ready when it was poured. There was a trachoma bubble left at the bottom of the cauldron. As it was used for a long time, no matter how careful you were, the trachoma bubble got bigger and bigger, and finally cracked into a gap...
Yesterday, Ah Da spent a whole day carefully putting the crack back together, and then tied the edge of the cauldron several times with hemp rope, trying to use pressure to restore the copper cauldron, but this repair, which he thought was perfect, failed. But today''s experiment proved to be ineffective and futile.
The cracks on the copper cauldron are like a mocking mouth.
Hu people mainly eat meat, but eating meat also brings some problems, such as constipation easily...
The human body is naturally equipped with proteases to digest animal fiber, so eating meat can theoretically be completely digested. However, human intestinal peristalsis requires the help of plant fiber. Similarly, a meat-based diet will also cause vitamin deficiencies.
Therefore, on the grassland, if you get sick, most of them will either have constipation, bloating, or various complications caused by lack of vitamins...
Adayou originally had four children, but two of them died in infancy, but now the remaining eldest one is also sick, with a distended abdomen and cannot eat even the deliciously roasted lamb meat. Several older tribesmen looked at it and said that it was abdominal distension and that they would be cured by making some tea soup.
But where is the tea in this area?
There is not even any foam on the tea leaves!
?Ata and his mother-in-law had no choice but to find some shallots and scallions on the grass to see if they could boil some soup and make a living to try...
Ada is a very ordinary Hu man, with more than a dozen sheep, sometimes three or four horses, a tent bag, a woman with rough hands and feet, and two and a half-year-old children. That''s all. Unlike those who have There is no comparison with the handsome men who often carry dozens or hundreds of cattle and sheep. The copper cauldron is the only appliance in the house that can cook food, but it is a pity that it cannot be used.
??The copper cauldron has been leaking for a long time, but Ada has been reluctant to throw it away, so he kept it like that. This time he took it out because of his son''s illness. After all the efforts, it was still in vain...
?The soup extinguished the bonfire at the entrance of the tent, and the rising smoke also entered the tent. A woman with a beard was choked and coughed repeatedly. When she walked out and saw the mess at the entrance of the tent, she was also stunned.
"How about... go to Bada and see if you can borrow a cauldron?"
Ah Da said dullly: "I just went there two days ago. Did you forget?"
The Hu people live by water and grass, so they do not live as close together as the Han people. Even if the neighbors live close to each other, sometimes it takes an hour or two to ride a horse, and it can even take half a day or a whole day to travel far away.
"What about... what about Zhagu? He seems to be further away..." "He has moved. It was said a few days ago that he moved south..."
“…Then…what should we do?” Hu Nu murmured.
"What to do! What to do! How do I know what to do!" Ah Da suddenly roared, then threw the copper cauldron into Hu Nu''s arms and kicked the remains of the extinguished bonfire in front of her to scatter.
Hu Nu was staggered by the copper cauldron, and then she yelled back holding the cracked copper cauldron: "You are a man! Of course you have to know what to do!"
?Ada was already annoyed, but his mother-in-law blindly contradicted him, and he suddenly became angry, so he grabbed a piece of firewood and started to fight.
Hu Nu hugged the copper cauldron and dodged left and right, running and shouting: "Ah...who broke the cauldron last time! You want to hit me again this time! You might as well beat me and the child to death!" "
Ah Da was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, waving the firewood and chasing his mother-in-law. However, the firewood was raised high, but it did not fall down a few times. Even the position where he hit was aimed at rough skin and thick flesh. place under the hand.
Just when the two people were having a heated argument, a horse came running from a distance. Before the horse arrived, the voice came first: "Ada... there is help... there is help..."
“It’s Bada who’s coming!” Ata threw down the firewood and strode forward to greet him.
Bada slowed down his horse a little, and then without waiting for the horse to stop completely, he dismounted and trotted forward two steps to eliminate the inertia. Then he hugged Ata and said excitedly: "We are saved. ! It’s saved! Your little Chollima is saved!”
Bada took a few breaths and then said: "The Han people... The Han people have opened a new market in the south! It is the official market of the Han people! Hahaha, there must be copper cauldrons! Maybe there are tea bricks! Now... now your home The little pony is saved!"
“Really?!” Ata also became excited when he heard this, but soon became depressed again, “The Han people are all cheating, and good sheepskin is always said to be poor leather…”
Bada was silent for a while, and then said: "There is no way around this... I have to give it a try..."
Since six years ago, Shangjun, no, the entire Bingzhou has closed the official market to the Hu people. Since then, these Hu people in Bingzhou have basically cut off the source of some daily necessities. The leathers accumulated at home have become old. Those that were not taken care of were already infested with insects, and those that were really unusable had to be thrown away...
Ah Da dug out some sheepskins from home and threw them on the horse''s back. After thinking about it, he ran to the sheepfold and grabbed a sheep. He also tied it to the horse''s back. Then he shouted to Hu Nu: "Take good care of the house." ! I’ll take care of you when I get back!”
Hu Nu muttered a few words, then suddenly rushed into the tent again, took out a water bag, chased it out and threw it to Ata.
Ada and Bada rode their horses all the way south, crossed the ravine, ran across the meadow, and crossed the river. Suddenly, as if they were jumping out of the ground, they suddenly appeared on the bank of the Xinshui River. A huge camp was built, and three rows of straw sheds were built not far from the camp. There were many things placed under the straw sheds, which made Ata''s eyes dizzy...
When it rains, the ground becomes a huge bowl of yellow mud soup. When it doesn’t rain, it becomes Teppanyaki. Other workers rest, play cards, watch TV, sleep, and look for Vietnamese girls. But I code words, code words, code words, and continue. Code words... Suddenly something happened and my train of thought was interrupted. I can''t be annoyed, and then I have to think about it again... so, if I want to add more... Saori, at least there won''t be until the end of this project... I grit my teeth and persevere in two updates every day. ’ s... make a complaint, then go back and code... all the debts are recorded in the notebook...
(End of this chapter)