Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 231: Picking up grass on the ground

Zhou Guo said, "It's going to rain. Take them out to eat some grass and cut some grass for them."

The roe deer and other animals we brought back yesterday also need to eat grass, and the rabbits and chickens at home are also indispensable.

Li didn't know what to say, so she just told him, "Come back if it rains, there's still some grass at home."

After hearing this, Zhou Guo just nodded and drove the ox cart out. Zhou Mai led the horse and Zhou Mi drove the cart. The three of them went away in a mighty manner.

The old man followed slowly behind with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Guo turned around and saw him, and quickly jumped down, "Master, please get in the car and sit down."

The old man waved his hand and said, "I don't want to sit. It's just a short distance. You can sit by yourself."

Zhou Guo asked, "You really don't want to sit down?"

The old man glared and said, "How can it be fake? I just want to take a walk."

Zhou Guo nodded, got back into the car, and said to Zhou Mi who was also driving in front of him, "Third brother, let's go."

"Go!" Zhou Mi raised the whip and hit the cow's butt with a snap, and the ox cart started to move.

Zhou Guo followed closely behind, "Hurry~~"

Wherever the two cars passed, a cloud of dust was raised.

The old man was thrown all over the face before he could react, "Ahem..."

Pointing at Zhou Guo, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, what an unfilial son.

Zhou Mai was walking at the back, leading the horse. Seeing the old man in such a mess, he hurried forward, patting his back and wiping his face, apologizing repeatedly, "I'm sorry, sir. It's all Guoguo's fault. You can beat her up later."

The old man glanced at him sideways, "Do you really want me to beat her up? You won't secretly scold me behind my back?"

Zhou Mai said quickly, "No, no, how could I dare? You are a master, and it is natural for you to teach your disciples. Although we are not your disciples, we are all your disciples outside the sect, so it is your responsibility to teach anyone."

"Humph!" Although he said so, the old man was still not very happy, "I only have one sister in my family, and as a brother, don't you know how to protect her? If you don't protect her, who else can you expect to protect her? Me? I am a person who is half buried in the ground, how many years can I live?"

Zhou Mai: "...Yes, sir, that's what you said. Even if you don't say it, I will definitely take care of my sister in the future. Don't worry."

Although I felt bitter in my heart, I was also really touched. The gentleman was so good to Guoguo.

Zhou Guo and his companion drove forward and stopped the car at a place with lush grass on both sides of the road. They got out of the car, cut a pile of grass and put it in front of the cows and horses. Then they each chose a piece of land to cut grass.

Zhou Guo is not picky. He will cut anything that looks green and is not poisonous, no matter how old it is. He will start from the bottom. There are so many animals in the house anyway, if they don’t eat one, another will. If they all don’t eat it, they will eat it when they are hungry.

After cutting a large handful, put them on the ground. Cut them one by one and soon there will be a big pile.

But the places she mowed were like a swarm of locusts, sweeping away everything without leaving even a leaf on a tree. She even mowed the grass on the ground. But she did not forget that in addition to the cows and horses, she also had rabbits and chickens at home.

This way you don't have to be picky about anything and cutting will be quicker.

When she came out carrying two large bundles of fresh grass, she saw that Zhou Mi on the other side of the road had only cut half a bundle.

But when she looked, she saw that it was full of fresh and tender green grass. All kinds of animals like to eat this kind of grass. It seemed that the grass was picked and cut. Almost all the grass drying at home was this kind of grass. After drying, it would become feed for cattle and horses in winter.

He put down the two bundles of grass, turned around and went inside again.

When the old man and Zhou Mai slowly came over with their horses, Zhou Guo's third bundle of grass had already been tied.

At this time, the first bundle of Zhou rice was tied.

The two men looked at the fodder on the ground, one in the sky and the other below, and they knew without thinking which one belonged to whom.

It's nothing. Zhou Guo picked wild vegetables in the same way when he was fleeing. He didn't pick out anything and put everything together. He cut grass for cattle and horses in the same way. It was really fast, but would the cattle and horses really eat this grass? It seemed that there were also dead branches and leaves in it.

Zhou Guo came out holding half a bundle of grass. She had finished mowing the area inside and wanted to move to another place. As soon as she came out, she saw the old man and Zhou Mai.

He smiled and said, "Master, brother, look, I have cut so much in just a short while, is it fast?"

The old man looked at the grass in her arms, nodded and smiled, "Well, picking it up all over the ground, how can it not be fast?"

Zhou Mai just laughed.

Zhou Guo looked down at the grass he had cut. Although it looked a bit dirty, there was a lot of it. "Master, don't just think my grass doesn't look good. It has an absolute advantage in quantity. Besides, after cutting it back, we spread it out to feed them. No matter how fancy it is, it's useless. It's still useful to fill their stomachs."

The old man was stunned, it seemed that there was some truth in it.

Zhou Guo continued, "It's going to rain soon. If I don't cut more fruits quickly, will I go out in the rain? We don't have any rain gear at home."

makes sense.

Later, when Zhou Mai was cutting grass, although he didn't take everything like Zhou Guo, he still took away everything he saw. After all, there were more animals raised at home, and they consumed a lot of grass and fodder.

Zhou Mi was even more amazing. Seeing that Zhou Guo's method required him to pick and choose before cutting one bundle out of three, he stopped picking and followed her example, taking away both the old and tender bundles, including the tender leaves. He even saved the trouble of tying them up and cut a large bunch and loaded them onto the truck in his arms.

Even the old man is not so particular when cutting grass anymore. In the past, he not only had to pick the grass one by one, but also had to arrange it neatly so that it could be seen as good grass at a glance. But now, he is lucky enough to be able to cut the grass that horses like to eat the most, so why be so picky?

The four men were not picky and choose, and in more than half an hour, the two carts were full and the fodder was piled high.

Zhou Guo looked up at the neatly stacked bundles of grass and breathed a sigh of relief. This would be enough for them to eat for three or four days, right?

"Let's go." Zhou Mai walked in front, leading the carriage. Horses walk faster than cows.

Zhou Mi walked behind, pulling the ox cart.

Zhou Guo originally wanted to ask the old man to go with her, but when she turned around, she saw the old man riding a horse and preparing to go in the opposite direction. She was shocked, "Master, where are you going?"

The old man rode on the horse, holding the reins and turning around a few times, and replied: "I'm riding it around, you go back first, I'll be back after a ride."

After saying that, he slapped the horse on the butt. The horse neighed and rushed out like an arrow, letting go of its hooves and running. Zhou Guo looked at it carefully and muttered uncertainly, "It seems that it is holding it in?"

It seems I should go ride the other one out for a ride later.

When they got home, Li saw from afar that they had cut two large carts of fodder in such a short time. She was very happy, but when she got closer and took a look, her face froze.

Looking at Zhou Guo, "Did you cut all these?"