EBE Chapter 281: The Golden Hairpin
Chapter 281: The Golden Hairpin
Everyone stood up, wiping their tears. They turned around and saw the horses that had not yet run away. They were a little tempted and could not help but look at Zhou Guo and the other man.
The two shook their heads. "None of us can take these horses. They may be military horses. We may not be able to tell, but others may be able to recognize them. We can't take this risk. We can't lose our family's lives for these horses. Don't you agree?"
Everyone nodded. A family member had just died, and at this moment they felt that nothing was more important than keeping their family alive. So if they didn’t want it, then they didn’t want it. They had money anyway.
After these two or three horses were sold, there wasn't much left for them to share among so many people, so they turned around and walked away, each supporting the other.
Zhou Guo turned his head and glanced at Zhou Dacang's chest, then smiled and said, "Uncle, this trip was quite rewarding. Why don't you tell me how much you earned?"
Zhou Dacang smiled and took out all the things he had found. "I looted some silver bills, silver copper coins, and gold hairpins from them. The total amount of silver copper coins was more than 100 taels, which I distributed. I have 200 taels of silver bills and four gold hairpins. Look, they are quite nice. Take one back for each of you."
Zhou Guo took it and looked at it, and found that it was really beautiful, with fine workmanship. The gold thread was as thin as a hair, and it was inlaid with gems and pearls. These things alone were worth a lot of money, and no one knew where they came from.
Zhou Dacang said, "How about it? They look good, don't they? I can't bear to share these things with others. Besides, there won't be enough to share. So, take them back. You and your elder and second sister-in-law Zhou Xing each have one. Don't you women like these things? Put them in your hair and all the girls in the village will envy you."
Then he looked at Zhou Guo's head, "Uh..."
Zhou Guo followed his gaze and touched her head. Very good, it wasn't prickly anymore. If she tried harder she could tie her hair into small buns. If it grew longer, no one would mistake her for a man.
Zhou Dacang tried to comfort her, "It's okay, it will grow longer. Anyway, this hairpin is not suitable for a little girl like you. Ask your mother to keep it for you and give it to you when you get married. You can use it as jewelry and exchange it for money when you need money urgently."
What little girl doesn't love to be alone? Although Zhou Guo is carefree on weekdays, she has no resistance to beautiful things. She happily put the hairpin into her bag.
He said to Zhou Dacang, "Uncle, I will keep what you gave me."
Zhou Dacang waved his hand and said, "I'll give it to you. Keep it all. It's not convenient to keep it with me. If you lose it later, I will be heartbroken."
Zhou Guo put everything into her bag. Fortunately, this bag was big and had several partitions inside, some big and some small. It was much more convenient to use than the previous one.
There was a lot of blood on it. "I'll go wash it."
Zhou Dacang looked down at himself and said, "I'll go too."
Both of them were covered in blood.
Especially Zhou Guo, his face and body were all wet. He ran to the water to wash, and his clothes were all wet after washing.
"No, uncle, I need to change my clothes. They are all wet."
Zhou Dacang twisted his clothes and said without raising his head, "Change, I'll change too, I'll change, wash and leave."
The two ran to the dense forest and changed into clean clothes from head to toe.
When she went out, she wore the same bamboo green clothes as Zhou Dacang, which were clean, fresh and inconspicuous.
This dress belongs to Zhou Mai. Her second dress is also made of Su Fang-colored material. It looks very cute when she wears it, and it is obvious that it is worn by a female player. With her hair like that, it is a bit out of place to wear such a dress. It is better for her to wear a green dress.
I rinsed the clothes I took off in the stream, wrung them out, and hung them on the horse. When I ran, the wind blew them away, and they were dry in half a day.
When leaving, Zhou Guo whipped several horses hard on their buttocks. The horses neighed, raised their front hooves and ran away like arrows.
The two men jumped onto the horses and squeezed their legs against the horses' bellies. The horses started running without even a whip. The clothes hanging on the horses' backs fluttered up like cloaks, making a whirring sound.
He ran until dark, covering a distance of sixty or seventy miles, before he stopped to rest.
We happened to find a large protruding rock with a concave inside, like a small cave, which was just enough to shelter us from the wind and rain. The space was also enough, not to mention for two people, even for six.
Zhou Guo swept the inside clean, cut some branches and spread them on the floor, then cut some hay in the dark and spread a thick layer on the branches.
Zhou Dacang picked up two large piles of branches in the woods, took the opportunity to shoot a pheasant, made a fire, and boiled a pot of water.
Burn off the feathers of the pheasant, gut it, chop it into pieces and wash it clean.
Throw it into the pot, add some dried wild mushrooms and dried chestnuts given by the old lady, cover it with a lid and stew it.
Zhou Guo took out the dough, propped it up with two branches, dug out some charcoal, and put it on top to bake.
The bread is hot, but the dishes are not ready yet.
The two men had been running for the whole afternoon and were already hungry. Zhou Guo divided the baked pancake into two, gave half to Zhou Dacang and ate the other half himself. The two men ate the pancakes while waiting for the soup and meat.
Eat one while it is roasting, and when one is finished the other one will be done.
After eating seven or eight pieces, the meat in the pot was almost done.
Zhou Guo took out a bowl and each person scooped a bowl of soup, which was filled with meat, wild mushrooms, and dried chestnuts.
Zhou Dacang closed his eyes and took a deep sniff, then said with a smile: "This pot of meat should be the most fragrant one we have cooked on this journey. The dried wild mushrooms that the old lady dried are different, much more fragrant than the raw ones."
Zhou Guo took a sip of the soup from the bowl, smacked his lips twice, and nodded repeatedly, "I don't know what kind of mushroom it is, but it tastes no worse than pine mushrooms. It should be able to sell for a lot of money."
The old lady gave them half a bag, which weighed two or three pounds. At thirty cents a pound, it could be sold for more than a hundred cents.
Zhou Dacang shook his head. "That depends on the local price. If it's not good, it won't sell for much money."
Zhou Guo thought about it and it made sense, "The old lady is so old, it's not easy to find so many."
On second thought, there weren't many houses around them, and there were only their few families on those hills. No one would compete with them for the spoils, so they could still pick up some.
The chestnuts were newly picked this year. They were cooked for half a day and were already cooked. I ate one and it was sweet and sticky. "These chestnuts are delicious, uncle. Try one."
Zhou Dacang ate one and said nostalgically, "In the past, when autumn came and there was nothing to do in the fields, I would take your older brother, older sister, second brother, and third brother to the mountains to pick wild mushrooms and chestnuts. There were two old chestnut trees in the mountains, a little far away, and they produced a lot of chestnuts every year."