Don't panic, the family boss is busy farming

Chapter 20

Xu Yue directed her elder brother to cut down a smaller mulberry tree, and asked her stronger elder brother to carry it back to the pond, with herself and her sister following behind.

The three brothers and sisters came down from the hillside, and the huge canopy of the mulberry tree spread out in the forest. There was a lot of movement, which startled countless birds.

Xu Yue reminded her brother to pay attention to the road under her feet, and at the same time looked at the surrounding bushes to see if she could find any more taro.

However, the villagers of Dawang Village had swept it up yesterday. They didn't see the taro, but they saw a lot of pits and scattered leaves left after excavation.

In fact, the stems of taro are also edible, but the taste is a bit anti-human. If there is no cooking conditions, Xu Yue does not recommend eating them.

In addition, there is now a mountain full of prey, so there is no need to worry about food for the time being, and taro stems are not easy to preserve, so I didn't mention this matter.

The three brothers and sisters carried the tree back to the pond, attracting the attention of Tong and others.

Aunt Wang was holding her thin younger brother, standing not far away, watching curiously with wide eyes that the three brothers and sisters were tidying up the tree, peeling off the bark, with her small mouth slightly open, as if she never thought that the bark could be peeled off like this for use. .

Xu Yue tore the peeled bark into small strips, and then handed a handful to Xu Da who was making straw sandals.

"Father, see if you can use this."

The best material for making straw sandals is rice stalks, which are twisted into thin ropes and then woven into shoes, which are the most commonly worn shoes by the common people.

Didn’t see Uncle Liu Huang started selling straw sandals before?
That's because straw sandals are just what ordinary people need in their homes, and the durability of straw sandals is not high, the frequency of replacement is high, and the repurchase rate is also high.

However, most farmers here in Changyi can also weave straw sandals, and Xu Yue doesn't know if the straw sandal business can be done here.

However, learn the craft first, and be prepared, maybe it is also a way to make a fortune.

Xu Dazheng was having a headache facing the fragile and easy-to-break grass stems. When he saw the thin strips of bark sent by Xu Yue, he pulled it with his hands. After feeling its strong toughness and durability, he was overwhelmed with inspiration and threw away those who didn't hit. The grass stems that are useless to look at are excitedly weaving.

The three Xu Yue brothers and sisters looked at each other and acted tacitly.

Xu Dalang stripped the tree, Xu Erniang tore the bark, and Xu Yue weaved the bark into a thin rope and handed it to Xu Da.

Half an hour later, a flip-flop-like sandal appeared in Xu Da's hand.

With the shape of shoes, two more straw ropes are added to pass through the reserved holes to become a pair of shoes that can be tied to the feet without falling off.

But at first glance, the seam of the shoe is a bit big, and maybe a little sharper stone can penetrate it.

But the father and son were still very excited.

After Xu Da put it on and took a few steps, his brows raised, but he could still feel a dull pain when he accidentally stepped on a stone.

Xu Erniang suggested: "How about making the soles double-layered and adding a straw mat?"

"Anyway, it's easier to make than straw weaving. If it's not strong, just make two more pairs and change it."

When Xu Da heard this, he was so blessed that he took off his new shoes and started to study again.

Xu Dalang peeled off all the bark of a big mulberry tree, and piled it up on the grass to form a hill.

Xu Yue was afraid that it would not be enough, so she left her sister and cheap father who were very interested in straw sandals, and led her elder brother to cut a mulberry tree.

But this time, there are two more followers behind the brother and sister.

It was the aunt of the Wang family, and Wang Youliang, the motherless nine-year-old son of Wang Dahai's family.

The two radish heads didn't seem to be as strong as Xu Yue's, but each of them held a heavy hatchet in his hand.

The level of forging in the Daqing Kingdom was low, and the ironware contained a lot of impurities, which were far heavier than the ironware of later generations.

Anyway, Xu Yue couldn't swing the hatchet, so she couldn't help but look at the two of them more.

Aunt Wang's family is young, and it seems a little difficult to carry the hatchet.Wang Youliang was older, so he looked quite relaxed.

Moreover, the two of them were barefoot, and Xu Yue didn't know how they acted like they were walking on flat ground in the rocky mountain forest.

Seeing her looking over, the two shrank nervously, fearing that she would drive them away.

Fortunately, she only glanced at it, then looked away, and the two of them followed behind her, watching her cut down the mulberry tree, and followed to find one.

The trunk was too big to cut down, and the two little Douding couldn't resist after cutting them down, so they got off the branches, dragged them with a big hug, and brought them to the pond.

Mrs. Tong glanced at her daughter in surprise. Aunt Wang pointed to Xu Da who was weaving bark shoes not far away, then pointed to her badly worn feet, and said in a childish voice:

"Aniang makes shoes, and it doesn't hurt to wear new shoes."

After finishing speaking, he added expectantly: "My aunt also wears shoes, and so does my younger brother."

Shock flashed in Tong's eyes. Her daughter didn't like to play with her peers or talk since she was born, and she always liked to stare at something in a daze.

The neighbor said that the child might have some brain problems. As a mother, although she didn't want to think so, she couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with her daughter when she saw her froze from time to time.

As for the word Conghui, Tong never thought that it would belong to her daughter.

But now, looking at the daughter who brought back the branch to make shoes for herself, and was the first daughter who led her to find taro, Tong can be sure that her aunt's brain is not a problem at all!
Not only is it okay, it's smart!

Tong patted her daughter's little head happily, nodded heavily, "Okay, make shoes for auntie and brother."

"But Auntie doesn't know how to do it. When Dad comes back, can I ask Dad to do it for you?"

"Yeah!" Aunt Wang smiled contentedly, then turned around and ran to Xu Yue's residence, watched their movements, silently wrote down the order of making shoes, and waited for Dad to come back to make shoes for herself.

Wang Youliang was not so patient, his father was away hunting, he thought about it by himself and messed up the bark.

Xu Yue watched the Coke secretly, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility very much.

At noon, before Wang Shi and the others came back, Xu Da, whose stomach was growling, left a separate portion for Wang Shi, and led the children to have lunch first.

I ate stewed rabbits and stewed two.

This is tasteless, although she is full, Xu Erniang still wants to eat taro.

Thinking that taro is plentiful and cheap, but my father doesn't make it for himself, the father and daughter who were studying straw sandals with He Qi before, the boat of friendship capsized at any time.

Xu Daxin said that it is good to have something to eat, you are still picky!

But I still held back my temper and explained: "Taros are durable, so they should be kept as a reserve. These wild animals are not durable, and they will be wasted if you don't hurry up and eat them."

Reasonable and well-founded, Xu Erniang's face was so downcast that she had no choice but to pick up the rabbit's leg and gnaw viciously, muttering: "Damn God"

Xu Yue silently handed the uneaten rabbit meat to Xu Dalang, then turned her back, took out the taro left over from the morning, chewed it slowly, and tasted it slowly.

Xu Erniang: The dog is still your dog!
(End of this chapter)