In mid-February, Wang Dang and the others finally came back, drove a group of goats back from Dinghu County to Lishi County.

With the coming of spring, the price of cashmere in their area has dropped, and the price of goats has basically returned to the previous level. In particular, the price in Dinghu County is lower than that in Lishi County. Wang Dang went there this time, and after comparing the price difference between the two places, he used the money and grain he earned recently to buy a batch of goats from there.

They drove the little goats to visit Lishi County. They sold them for less than two, and the rest were all back.

You can't sell goats for a while and you won't have to worry about the night. You can raise them by yourself. You can't sell them in spring. You'll keep them until winter this year. When winter comes, the price will definitely rise again. Moreover, the batch of goats they recycled here are not very big, and they can continue to grow once they are raised.

"...I have agreed with the people over there, and after digging the 60,000 tree pits, I will go to collect the dates." This time, I didn't bring the dates to Luo Sanlang, and Wang Dang felt embarrassed.

"Don't worry about dates. There are still many at home." The dates are the same when they collect them. Their recycled batch of goats is good, and the price is also appropriate. After passing this village, there is probably no store. Needless to say, they naturally have to collect goats first.

"These sheep have started to lose hair. Look, I have sorted it out for them on the way, and so much has been sorted out." Yang Dalang took out a ball of wool from his pocket and handed it to Luo Yong to see. There were slightly thick wool on it and there were fine and soft cashmere, mixed together. If you want to spin the cashmere thread, you have to pick it carefully.

"Which brush with an iron-toothed brush may be faster." Luo Yong seemed to have heard someone talk about this before.

"I think it's also necessary to use iron teeth. Their hair is soft and thick, so the wooden comb is probably not good." A villager next to him said the same.

Today, when Wang Dang and they came back from Dinghu County, many villagers heard the news and took a break from their busy schedule to watch the fun. Luo Yong also came to join in the fun. Nowadays, information is blocked and if you don’t come out to chat, you won’t be able to listen to anything.

According to Yang Dalang and others, there is Mengmen Pass in Dinghu County. Mengmen Pass is on the beach of the Yellow River, with large areas of mulberry trees and jujube trees. The locals planted many mulberry trees and jujube trees there.

"Is it even planted mulberry trees?" Luo Yong thought that raising silkworms was all about the south.

"Those who want to plant mulberry trees have been warmer recently, and locals have begun to prepare for raising silkworms." Yang Dalang said.

"I'm afraid that the silkworm can't stand the cold in winter, right?" Luo Yong was curious.

"Originally, I only raised spring silkworms for one season, but there was no kang anymore. Some of them were brave. I wanted to start raising them earlier this year. As soon as the mulberry leaves grew, I immediately got the silkworms back to raise them. They raised them early and harvested them early. Maybe there was enough time to raise them for another season." When it comes to making money, all the men of the decisive Hu were very energetic.

"Then Dinghu also produces silk?" Luo Yong asked.

"It's not to produce. Every year when the silk is released, merchants come to the north. Some buy money from here, and some drive large groups of cattle and sheep to exchange." Wang Dang held a bowl of fried noodles made by his wife and squatted in the yard and ate with relish.

"I'm afraid it's not enough to sell it?" Luo Yong also felt quite interesting when he heard these things.

"That's not necessarily the case. Many merchants from the north don't come to us and buy goods directly on the Guannei Road. Isn't there silk in the Guannei Road?" Yang Dalang also brought a bowl of fried noodles from the house at this time.

"We Dinghu's silk cloth is still cheaper," said Wang Dang.

"That's not necessarily true." Yang Dalang said again: "When there are fewer merchants in the north, the prices will naturally be cheaper. If they come too much, the prices will naturally increase. Sometimes they are not enough, so they can transfer goods to Fenzhou and Taiyuan Prefecture."

"That large tidal flat is so fertile."

"It's a pity that we are all people without land."

"It's not easy. Sometimes there are fewer merchants. The silk cloths were not sold at a good price, and they had to pay taxes and have to eat."

"That's better than no land."

As these people talked, Luo Yong probably had some idea about the place Mengmen Pass. Dinghu County is mainly based on mountains, but because it is next to the Yellow River, it has large tidal flats and merchants from north to south. Logically speaking, the geographical conditions are better than those on Lishi.

However, the word "Guan" alone has a lot of bloody smell. When war comes, these places with "Guan" will suffer. Military fortresses are not so easy to be.

Luo Yong was ignorant about silk. He heard these Dinghu men give him popular science. In ancient times, when Lazu raised silkworms on their Hedong Road, it was normal for people from Hedong Road to raise silkworms.

Many people in Lishi County also call their Yongye fields mulberry fields? It is because the fields have been distributed to their families from generation to generation, so they can plant mulberry trees on them. So they are called mulberry fields. If the fields are divided into the mouth, they are not called mulberry fields.

Luo Yong searched the original owner's memory for a long time, and it seemed that this was indeed true.

However, in Lishi County, I have never heard of anyone who raises silkworms. It may be because the altitude is too high and the temperature is too low, and it may be that it is not suitable for raising silkworms, or it may be that it is not suitable for planting mulberry trees.

"Brother, I'm going back to have lunch." Si Niang also ran over to call Luo Yong to go home for lunch.

"Oh, here we come." Luo Sanlang responded, but the man still did not move. He asked the men of the decisive Hu, "There are not many mulberries on Mengmenguan every year in late spring and early summer."

"That's all, I have never heard of the Mengmenguan starving to death at that time," Yang Dalang and others boasted.

"Brother, hurry up." Si Niang urged again.

"Oh, here we are here." Luo Yong agreed repeatedly.

"Wool!" Mai Qing Doulier was also anxious. They couldn't eat even if Luo didn't go home.

"Here's here." Luo Yong finally couldn't drag it down anymore. While getting up and walking outside the yard, he also made an agreement with Wang Dang and others: "When the mulberries are ripe this year, I will go to Mengmenguan with you for a walk."

He must collect a lot of mulberries and put them in the space to consume them slowly. Since he came here, the things in his space have been in a state of being invaded. After all, his family has several pairs of eyes staring at him, which is really hard to fool him. Especially for the food, the few extra breads in the house can be remembered clearly at the house, let alone those more expensive and delicious foods.

The Luo family had a good lunch. The main food was corn porridge and mixed noodles, the dishes were fried tofu with eggs and sautéed liver tips, and a small plate of fermented bean curd was added to make a plate.

Si Niang is greedy and loves to eat, and is quite enthusiastic about cooking. Now, she is basically in charge of the three meals of the Luo family this day. Sometimes the second wife Peng Er and the others will also help. Luo Yong basically doesn't care much, just waiting to eat ready-made food.

"This pork liver is fried well." As soon as the rice started, Luo Yong praised the pork liver for being fried well.

He was praising him three times a day, and his second wife and the others were almost calling him, but his fourth wife was still very helpful. This girl looked smart, but she just couldn't stand the praise.

"Pig liver is delicious. If someone kills pigs tomorrow, I will buy them again." Erniang also said.

Recently, people in their village have slaughtered pigs almost every day. If they kill pigs, they will naturally have internal organs and other things. The villagers took the food to exchange for it, and the price is relatively affordable.

At this time, the pigs were not fed this medicine or that medicine, so they were very relieved to eat it. There were no residual toxins in the internal organs. They were also good pigs raised by hot meals every day. The pig liver tasted so fragrant.

A group of older children ate around the dining table. Although they were not big, they were all very good at growing up. They were all very good at eating, even Liulang and Qiniang's two young ones.

Peng Er was not very relaxed when he first came. Luo Yong saw that she didn't seem to be full, so he often asked her to open her stomach and eat hard. Over time, she let go a little. At least she wouldn't be ruthless when she took the cakes and could eat several of them at a time. Even though she still had fewer dishes than others.

After lunch, the brother and sister cleaned up the dining table, and kept the unfinished food to continue eating after hot at night. After collecting the dishes, Erniang and Peng Er took them to wash. They both worked quickly. The two of them started working together, poured hot water into the wooden basin, and washed it in a few seconds.

Goro used an old linen cloth to clean the tabletop. When the guests arrived, they had to do business on this table. The brother and sister were used to eating at the grocery store and didn't like to go to the hall. If the guests came while eating, they had to run here again, it would be a problem.

After eating, Luo Yong saw that nothing was wrong. The stove was empty, so he took the waste oil accumulated over the past few days and boiled soap.

Since the first time I had been stolen all night, Luo Yong has never made soap at night again. A few days ago, he cooked it at the grocery store. Si Niang and Wuro immediately knew that the sugar cake was a scam. It was made of lard, not white rice, and there was no sugar left.

"Brother, can this thing be eaten?" The boy Goro was not giving up at that time.

"No." Luo Yong told him this cruel reality.

"Why can't you eat it?" It's obviously made of lard, so why can't you eat it?

"I have something amazing here, and your stomach will be broken if I eat it." Huo alkali is too dangerous. Luo Yong directly put them in the space. He was not worried that Si Niang and Wulang were moving around. These two big ones have already known the matter and are obedient, because they are afraid that the two small ones below will accidentally eat.

Today, Luo Yong set up the guys and started cooking soap. The young people at home surrounded him again. It seemed that he was still obsessed with the legendary southern sugar cake.

"When my brother sells these smelly soaps, I will buy rice and come back to steam southern sugar cakes for you." Luo Sanlang said to his children.

"Brother, is the southern candy cake delicious?" What these children are most concerned about is eating it. They don't care much about this stinky soap that cannot be eaten.

"Delicious, sweet and glutinous, and sticky." Luo Yong said with a smile.

When those little ones heard that the cake was sweet and sticky, they were so beautiful that they were very delicious. Sweet foods are still rare these days, and even in the Luo family, they were not able to eat them every day.

"Brother, I'll help you make stinky soap." The girl from Si Niang volunteered.

"No, you can't do this." The process of making this soap requires chemical reactions anyway. How can Luo Yong hand it over to a child with confidence? If something happens to happen again?

"How about I do it." Peng Er also came in from outside at this time.

Peng Er is mainly responsible for feeding pigs. The Luo family killed several big pigs a few days ago. Now there are only two big pigs left in the pigpen. There are also about a dozen pigs I just bought. The pigs eat less and it is easy to feed them.

Peng Er got up this morning and fed it again. He just fed it again before lunch. He fed it again before dark in the afternoon. He fed it three times a day. It was considered very meticulous.

As for the Dongpo pork, she made it this morning. It was easy. Just process the pork collected that day and simmer it on the stove.

"Okay, come and see." Luo Yong didn't like to always stay on the stove, so it would be good if someone took the handle.

"The fire must be small. If the heat is added here, it will be fried if it is too high. Look at the location of the water and oil. It is so high now. As you cook, there is less water in the jar. You can add a little more. It's better to add too much. Don't add too much. Remember to stir it, don't put it there and forget it."

Luo Yong carefully told her how to make this smelly soap. He was quite relieved about Peng Er. On the one hand, Peng Er's current identity is a servant of the Luo family. On the other hand, Luo used this period of observation and had a good impression of Peng Er. Although he was not old, he was already quite steady in his behavior and was meticulous in his work. He was also very concerned about the children of the Luo family.

"There is no velvet at home, so I'll go to my sister to take a look." Erniang also watched the production process of the smelly soap for a while, and then said.

"If you don't have velvet, just take a break for two days. You have to find something for yourself." Luo Yong advised.

"You can rest anywhere." Er Niang smiled. She had suffered and was poor. She told her not to work and sit at home all day long, so she could feel at ease.

"When the snow outside melts, let's go out to burn dirt together?" Luo Yong suggested.

"Okay." Erniang also knew that their family's dirt was not enough. Although she saved a lot last autumn, she had to plant seedlings and grain this year, so she had to plant seedlings and food. How could she have enough?

Erniang was going to the Xu family's guesthouse, but Luo Yong asked her to go alone, handed over the soap cooking work to Peng Er, got up and left the yard with Erniang.

Peng Er was more careful in his work than Luo, and he had nothing to worry about when he handed over this work to her.

In the Xu family's hotel, there are often locals or outsiders who have brought dyed wool to find people from Xipo Village to knit sweaters and socks.

The first person I found was a local landlord from Lishi County. The other party was worried that the people in Xipo Village would not accept this job, or that Luo Sanlang would block it in the middle, but as soon as he brought it over, there was nothing wrong. It just so happened that the village had almost no work done in those days. Even if someone came out to take it off, it costed the few dozen cents, which was much cheaper than he expected.

As for Luo Sanlang, he didn't say anything, just let everyone trade fairly and no one cheated on anyone. If you are really worried, you will find someone from the Xu family's house as an intermediary to make a contract. Of course, this is not a free service. After all, they have to take the trouble and risk. If there is any problem with this transaction, the intermediary will not be able to escape.

However, those who have been here several times know that the young ladies in Xipo Village are still very decent in their work. You say that they can knit as big as they knit. There is basically no error. The amount of wool left will be returned with the knitted sweaters. I haven't heard of anyone having the problem of being short of weight.

People nowadays value reputation, and people in Xipo Village also value reputation. Before, the villagers were very angry because the Tian Sheng and his wife ruined the reputation of making tofu in the village.

Now that this sweater knitting business is done, everyone is naturally very careful. If anyone ruins the reputation of the village, it will not be good. A sweater earns dozens of cents, even a slow-handed girl can finish knitting in about half a month. What a good business, she naturally needs to manage it carefully.

When Luo Yong and Er Niang passed by, the aunt was looking at the wool. This time, she was a stranger, so when checking the materials, the aunt was very careful.

She didn't make this wool by herself, but usually she took it home to make it for her sister-in-law and sister-in-law. Lin and sister-in-law Lin also benefited from the aunt's wealth. In other people's families, the unmarried young lady learned this craft, and they also learned it as daughter-in-law.

Speaking of which, these two are also diligent. Recently, they knit sweaters at home without leaving home. A few days ago, Lin's mother finally let go. Apart from the work at home, whoever earns some extra money would be willing to give them some filial piety, and they asked them to take the rest.

This is also a common way in this era. If a child wants to split up, the elders refuse to do so, and the two sides are in a stalemate, but the family cannot always make trouble, so they compromise with each other. When parents agree to let them save some private money on their own, generally speaking, the conflict can be temporarily calmed down.

Recently, the two families in the Lin family were saving money for private money. Lin's mother saw it and was a little confused. Why didn't they be so diligent when they were working for the family? But thinking about it, they were always their own sons and daughters-in-law. Diligence is always better than laziness. If you really want to think of Tian Sheng and his wife, the elderly at home would not be fucked.

A few days ago, Aunt Luo, Lin Wulang and his two men did a month-long job for Luo Yong. They took two hundred cents from here and went back. Lin's mother held the two hundred cents in her hand and touched them again and again. She didn't know how reluctant she was to put them in her heart. After all, she stuffed one hundred cents into Wulang's hand: "You two keep this money yourself, don't let those two houses know."

When Aunt Luo learned this for Luo Yong, she laughed and said that the couple had liked them recently. If they hadn't seen the two rooms above, they would have thought of the couple's good things.

Luo Yong knew that when she saw the aunt like this, she was also happy. She always wanted to live in the same yard. Regardless of whether the elders in the family were good or not, and if they had a good relationship, life would definitely be better.

"Sister." Luo Yong and Er Niang walked into the hall one by one and the other.

"The velvet thread at Erniang's house has been used up, right? There is a job here. This man is anxious and is willing to give more prices. Two sets of sweaters for half a month. Can you do it?" The aunt said happily when she saw Luo Yong and Erniang coming.

Luo Yong looked over from the door and saw that in the slightly dim hall, the 18/9-year-old girl was wearing an undyed coarse cloth dress and black hair was tied in a fallen bun behind her head. At this time, she looked particularly happy because she had taken on a good job for her sister.
Chapter completed!