Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 66 I don't feel sorry for her at all
"Know it!"

Shen Heng picked up a bow and arrow and was immediately fascinated by its peculiar shape.

Shen Zhao found the instruction manual and read it to his second brother intermittently.

But Shen Heng couldn't wait to finish listening and took it out to demonstrate immediately.

The young men who were gathered in the kitchen to warm themselves by the fire also followed them out, and some of them urged them to go out and hunt rabbits.

Shen Heng immediately shook his head: "How far do I have to run to hunt it? My bow and crossbow are very useful, and I can't waste them on rabbits."

What he wanted to do now was to practice his shooting skills so that if he met the man named Gao again, he could strike first.

This time, the younger sister scratched Gao Yingwei's sister's hand, which can be regarded as revenge for her brother's palm. Next time they meet, they can only compete in hand speed.

"How much is this? Where did you buy it?" a teenager asked.

Shen Heng said calmly, "My father brought it back from outside. I didn't ask where he bought it from."

Anyway, we can just put the blame on Dad, since he often goes out on business trips, so it's understandable that he brings back some rare things.

A young man asked, "Brother Ah Heng, did your father bring back all the cotton coats and trousers?" He was more concerned about the supply of goods.

Shen Heng blinked quickly and shook his head: "Not yet, it's probably too cold, so Hu Shang won't come."

The young people were a little disappointed.

The weather is cold now. If you have cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton shoes, you can probably sell them for a sky-high price.

Suddenly, Shen Zhao opened the curtain of the wing room and poked his head out: "I still have some stock here, do you want to sell it?"

"Yes!" Several young men ran over in unison, staring at Shen Zhao with their eyes wide open.

Shen Zhao dragged a bundle out of the house: "Here are sixty cotton clothes, sixty cotton pants, and sixty pairs of cotton shoes. Let's sign the contract quickly."

"Okay!" The young men excitedly pulled Shen Heng over and asked him to go to the main house to write the deed.

Shen Heng was confused. He glared at his sister and asked with his mouth: Didn’t you say you would wait a few days before shipping the goods?
Shen Zhao pretended not to see it and let go of the curtain.

The first snow of winter is colder than the deep winter. Many people freeze to death at this time every year. The poor people in the northwest, far away from the Central Plains, cannot buy warm clothes even if they have money and food.

The reason why she worked so hard to buy cotton clothes was, firstly, to make more money, and secondly, to make more money so that she could buy a title for her father.

It’s a pity that I can’t take out quilts or something, otherwise if every household had a quilt, it would at least allow them to survive until next spring.

After a while, several young men came out carrying large bags. They divided the goods among themselves, put them on their backs in backpacks, and ran out excitedly.

They came here today just to get the goods for the market, but Brother Heng said the goods were sold out and they had to wait a few days.

Now that the goods were received, no one cared about Shen Heng's bow and crossbow, and everyone hurried to the market.

Even Ah Zhu followed, leaving Shen Heng alone, looking at his sister with resentment: "Why don't you give me the goods?"

Shen Zhao sat on the kang sewing a large backpack. Without even raising his head, he said, "You should stay at home for the next few days and learn to read from your elder brother."

"Humph!" Shen Heng glanced at his elder brother who was writing on the table on the kang. "I don't want to be a clerk, why should I learn so many characters? Besides, I already know a lot of characters, so there's no need to learn more."

Shen Zhao: "Even if you don't want to be a clerk, you have to learn. If you go to the border one day, at least you can be a minor official."

Zhang Shanyue also agreed: "Yes, even if you do business in the future, you don't have to ask others for help to settle accounts."

The corners of Shen Heng's mouth twitched, and he had to move in front of his elder brother and pretended to pick up a book and read it.

This was incredible, he didn't recognize any of them. Shen Heng blinked hard, a little unbelievable: "Huh? What kind of book is this? Why are the words so strange?"

"It will be good for you to learn more about foreign languages." If my brothers can recognize all the characters in the Bronze Mirror World, I will buy more books for them to read so that they can learn more about the civilization and technology of another world.

Shen Heng scratched his head, his brows furrowed in a frown.

He didn't want to study, but his brothers had no complaints, so there was no reason for him to admit defeat.

"I'll learn it! Big brother, please teach me." Shen Heng looked at his elder brother sincerely.

Shen Xun threw two cards to him: "You can learn if you want, but first learn all the pinyin on the cards."

Two days passed in a flash, the temperature rose slightly, and a lot of snow on the ground melted.

Shen Zhao and his mother went to visit his cousin's wife. Seeing that the baby was getting better and better, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

My cousin has been building a stove at home these past two days. He chiseled a smoke outlet in the wall, imitating the one in Shen Zhao's house.

Now there is firewood burning in the stove, making the cold room warm.

My cousin's wife looks much better and has gained a lot of weight. Sometimes she gets up and walks around the house, adding some firewood to the stove.

Every time she added a stick, the aunt felt so painful that she wanted to curse, but when she looked at her eldest grandson lying on the bed, she held back her anger.

Zhaodi and Yingdi also like to stay in the warm house, sometimes teasing their younger brother, and the family is very happy.

The eldest aunt asked her sisters-in-law and niece to sit down by the stove and whispered, "Let me tell you something that will make you feel better."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shanyue asked.

"That Cao Qianjun has returned to her parents' home again, and half of her face is swollen." The eldest aunt chuckled and said, "I was wondering what good marriage would be for the Cao family. It turns out they are waiting here."

"How to say?"

"Hey! I heard that Gao's ex-wife was beaten to death by him. Who doesn't know about the fish leaving the village?" The eldest aunt laughed gloatingly: "That's why that matchmaker came to our village to look for a beautiful sister-in-law, and she lied to people without knowing the background of the Gao family."

Zhang Shanyue sneered: "That's what Cao Qianjun deserves! I don't feel sorry for her at all!"

"That old lady Cao came to my house again yesterday." The eldest aunt pouted in the direction of her daughter-in-law: "She said she came to visit her grandson's mother, but I chased her away."

"That old lady Cao even brought her daughter with her. I really can't bear to watch her!" The eldest aunt said with disdain, "Who can't see what she's thinking? She just wanted to be nice to me and reminisce about the old times with A Xun."

Zhang Shanyue burst out laughing: "The Cao family is really bold." Not to mention that Cao Qianjun has become a second-hand commodity, even if she was still a virgin, her family would never want her again!
Shen Zhao:.
When I returned home from my aunt's house, my father also came back.

He still brought back two big bags, full of weeds.

Shen Zhao piled the large bag of weeds on the wooden board above the large water tank, and then asked his father: "Have you found the land?"

"I've found it. It's not far from Tingyi. But that place is farmland, so the price they ask is a bit high." Shen Ang sat in front of the stove, warmed himself by the fire, took off his leather boots, and stretched his wet feet into the stove.

Shen Zhao: "How much?"

"Twenty acres of land, and they want twenty thousand coins." Shen Ang rubbed his hands and turned them over and over to warm them.

"I only want five acres, why twenty acres?"

"I said so too, but they won't sell it in small lots." Shen Ang said helplessly, "I would like to buy a piece of sandy land or Gobi Desert. Twenty acres is only two thousand coins, but that place is a bit far from our post station, and it's not safe to build a house there."

(End of this chapter)