And Daddy Gu and three or four male villagers were helping to put down the prey while explaining the current situation to Gu Zheng.

Sure enough, out of Gu Zheng's judgment, this second wave of forced labor for canal repair was dispatched again.

This time, it was a conscription that even the higher-level chiefs and local governors could not stand up, and if it were according to the frequency of the imperial court, this second time, nearly half of the people in the village would have been dragged to the forefront of the embankment.

Most of the people who went up in the first wave had already died, and the tears of countless widows were about to merge into a stream, and the second tragedy was dispatched.

As a county lord with a conscience, he instructed those who were sent out to serve on an errand to first let the people in the village who had some energy go to their relatives or big families to seek refuge.

Even if he migrated into the mountains, it was better than ten households and nine emptiness under his rule, and mourning was everywhere.

This is a conscientious official, knowing that if the imperial court's requisition is not completed, it will be punished for dereliction of duty, but this county official still did so.

Therefore, the villagers in the ten miles and eight villages under his rule, who had received these reminders in advance, began to move.

Those who know their relatives run away, and if they are familiar with the farms under the big households, they will go away with their property.

It is better to be their tenant farmer and private tenant than to die on the embankment and his wife to be separated.

At this time, how could Daddy Gu, who happened to go down the mountain into the town to buy some groceries, not hear the rumors?

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he turned his head and went headlong into the house of the village chief, whose hair was gray.

After hearing that Father Gu didn't go far, he built a village in the mountains behind their village, and the old village chief's heart was alive.

He pointed out that the most difficult families in the village were not that their lives were not good enough, but that at this time, several families who had no connections and relationships and were about to be ruined did not hesitate to let Father Gu evacuate with them without a moment.

"Let's go and let you families go into the mountains to explore the way, although there are not enough fields in the mountains for us to cultivate, but there are enough products for us to survive. ”

"Not only you families, but when I evacuate in the middle of today, I will also follow you into the mountains to have a look. ”

"If it's really feasible, not only you, but also the other dozen or so families in this village who don't want to leave their homes and don't want to send people under the fence will eventually follow you into the mountains. ”

"You know, as long as our old Gu family's clan is not dispersed, this village will not be scattered. ”

"The barren land outside can be replanted when we return, and the houses that have not been inhabited for a long time can be rebuilt, but only the people in the village are the most precious. ”

"If there are no more people in the village, what is the use of the rest of the things that are desperately protected?"

Hearing the old village chief say this, Gu Zheng's father thought all the words of consolation all the way back into his stomach.

And in a village, the prestige of the village head, and the terrifying news of the imperial court, under the blessing of the two, these four or five of the thinnest families, naturally one of them nodded their heads.

They touched the darkness, carried torches, packed up the simplest softness, and went up the mountain overnight.

After that, under the cover of the village chief, he packed up the remaining things one after another and slowly moved them to the mountain.

After seeing the scene of the cottage like a paradise, the village chief who followed the back of the moving army, his heart fell suddenly.

And this old village chief, whose spirit was different in an instant, also brought good news to the villagers who were wandering in the village, which belonged to Gujia Village.

When I had no choice but to do so, I also had someone in the rear.

A clan surnamed Gu will not face the danger of dissolution.

That's why, when Gu Zheng returned a few days later, there were so many fresh faces in the cottage.

And when Gu Zheng looked at the strong male villagers behind Father Gu and Second Uncle Gu, he also felt very satisfied.

Although there are still many old and weak, as long as there are these basic laborers, the life of the big guys will definitely get better and better, and the mountains and forests will be more affluent.

Thinking of this, Gu Zheng patted his head, and quickly took out a bag of kudzu roots, handed them to Daddy Gu, who was more able to clean up crops, and asked: "Dad, you see what I found, there is a small piece not far from the cottage." ”

"Do you think you can transplant it?"

And Father Gu and Second Uncle separated these tubers with some trembling, and after looking at them one by one, they nodded vigorously and asked: "Good thing, can't you let that group of piglets be ruined, where is that piece of land, give the two Zhuang in the village a point, I will let them bring the shovel and dig it out." ”

"Hey!"

Just when Gu Zheng was about to say when, he felt that his buttocks were kicked by something, and when he turned his head to look back, he found that a group of children in the village, under the leadership of Gu Bao, were holding small wooden sticks one by one, and were struggling to hang on Gu Zheng's waist, forming a circle of little piglets.

While poking, I didn't forget to discuss with each other.

"Hey, isn't the piglet your brother bringing back dead? ”

"I don't know, my big brother's big black pig has been killed, so these little cubs must be unable to escape the poison. If you want to know, it's not easy, why don't we just poke it?"

This is a very good proposal.

The children of these villagers picked up the small wooden sticks they were accustomed to in their hands one after another, and stabbed them when they found the most momentary piglet.

That Gu Bei's attack was particularly tricky, and he poked at the position of the little piglet who had not yet matured.

The little piglet who was in pain, I don't know if it was because Gu Zheng's stone hit him too hard and fainted deeply, or because of the bumps along the way, he staggered and slept too soundly.

Suddenly, the groggy state was shattered by the strength of the outside world, and the little piglets who woke up let out a miserable snort.

"Chirp!!"

And it was this flutter that made Gu Zheng discover the existence of these leather monkeys.

He glared at the tail behind him and said, "There's a monkey skin!"

"Go, go, the adults are discussing things, don't come over and make trouble. ”

After saying this, Gu Zheng took out a handful of schisandra berries from his arms that had not yet had time to be hot, and stuffed a large handful into Gu Bao's arms.

He instructed: "Go, share with the friends in the village, and go over there to play by yourself." ”

"Wait a while, I'll hand over the piglets to our aunt, make a wooden pigsty, and when the time comes, you will take care of it, at that time, how do you want to play, can't you?"

After hearing this, and seeing the delicious fruit of the red tongtong, what else is there to discuss?

The group of children scattered around Gu Bao, and they ran away without a trace in an instant.

At this time, Gu Zheng could say a few words to the people in the village.

He instructed them to dig up the gifts of nature, to build a hand on the beams of the new houses in the village, and then to squat in the empty space between the long simple stoves like a large collective kitchen, and watched as the most skilled pig killer in the village bled the rough and thick boars, emptied the inner cavities, and cramped the skins until the flesh and bones were finally separated, and finally turned into pieces of red fresh meat on the board.

The two reluctant pig's hind legs, after a simple tidying up, were carried back by the most skillful woman in the village.

With ancestral craftsmanship, it is smoked into bacon as a meat reserve for the old and young masters in the village.

Today, this incomparably fresh pig-killing dish will be the first feast for their village to officially settle down.

Because of the return of a man who started a cottage, but also because of the prey he caught.

The 'crackling' bonfire burned into it, and as more and more firewood was added to it, it formed a huge bonfire.