Let's say that this day is not known to teach people to be restless. Usually, even if it is hot at noon, it is still cooler in the evening. Take the straw mat and mat (the persimmon bay area is called the hard reed mat spread on the kang called the pad), lie on the edge of the ditch, the cool breeze is blowing, count the stars in the sky, and tell the legend of the cowherd and the weaver girl.

But today, it was hot and sweaty early in the morning, and at noon, even sitting under the thick and big poplar tree in the pond, I still felt hot, and after dinner, the pu fan still couldn't stop stirring up. The house was so hot that people couldn't stop it, so everyone hugged the mats, and the whole family came out of the courtyard, and came to the mouth of the alley or the edge of the ditch, some sat on the stones, and some lay on the ground, chatting and playing, and the adults and children slowly fell asleep.

When I got up the next day, everyone went back and looked, oops, it's terrible, more than a dozen houses in IKEA have been turned into a mess, and all the savings accumulated over the years are empty. This IKEA is on the side of Liuwan Nangou, at the bottom of Songling, and there are more than 30 households. The courtyard is built along the ridge and there is no wall around the village.

Something so big happened that more than a dozen households were ransacked. Hearing the news, and even hearing that the same thing had happened in several villages in the distance, and that there were dead people burning houses, the villagers became nervous. No, in the second half of the day, there was nothing to do, and there were many people gathered in the Xingjia temple in Liuwan Village.

The Xingjia Temple is on the east end of the north bank of the pond. The high brick wall and wide door frame climb the stairs, push open the two wooden doors and enter the courtyard, and there are two brick houses in the south and north buildings. The south building and the courtyard gate are connected together, that is to say, the courtyard gate occupies one of the south buildings, one on each side forms two ear rooms, the west one puts things, and the east one puts some chairs and stools.

As for the three North Xiamen, they are naturally the main houses of the family temple. In front of the windows on both sides of the north building, there is a tree, an osmanthus, and a plum.

The house to the east of the door was sitting with a lot of people, talking about it. A younger one said: "It's been all over the years, it's all good, why did this suddenly happen." ”

A Zhigui wearing a melon skin hat and a long white beard smoked a dry cigarette unhurriedly and said, "Hehe, dare you know? I have long heard that there are bandits in Nanshan." "Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, I didn't expect to turn it over this time, I can't think of it, you say." ”

"Hey, have you heard of the four children in Qingxi? I heard that the bastard has something to do with bandits. "Ah, bastards aren't people. If you are close to Lin'er, as long as you can hear that you can marry a daughter-in-law, all the foreign mongrels will go, eat and drink for nothing, and if you can't get it right, you will have to sleep with someone's new daughter-in-law first. ”

"Shame on the forehead. Hit his forehead and see if he doesn't kill him. "Xing Haifan is also the fan who can hunt. "Who doesn't hate. Alien mongrels have guns, if you don't go outside, if the alien mongrels shoot and die a few people, then how can you get it? What's the way, you. ”

"Ah, don't put a box gun in your waist at a sky-high price, and those who show their teeth and claws are either smoking big cigarettes or harming their little daughter-in-law. "If you dare to do so, the government will not care. "Someone has already reported to the official, who cares?"

"Oh, this is still on the surface, it's better to be precautionary. I haven't heard of it, that Beicun mile, by the river beach, there is a call for something, a group of people who are sky-high, mysterious and secretive, saying that the red sun, the green sun, the white sun, people say that the catastrophe is coming. Sounds amazing. ”

"Hey, people say that's through. "Yes, that's it. "Isn't that disturbing. "Who's to say it isn't. "It won't be a long time, and no dynasty or generation will allow this, and the official family will definitely take care of it." "Nobody cares, who cares." "It's doggy, it's messy, it's hard to put it down. ”

"Well, we've got to figure out a way. Fanwa said again. "What can you do? The government can't control it, so we can manage it. "Hey, if you don't want to do it, the village won't be at ease." "Then you say, what's the solution?"

"Well, these three sides of our village are so deep ditches, as long as they are guarded, they are a good nest. "Hehe, these days, I often go around in this ditch near Lin'er, and I feel that our village is different from other villages." "What's the difference?"

"Look, there is a city gate tower in our village, and which other village has it? "You still say, it's a mile. "And. "What?" "You look at our village, there are intermittent walls all around, even Nantou Dog, Houtou Ditch, and the slope have earthen gates. ”

"Really. The wall in front of the gate tower was even higher, and it is still there today. "Right. I thought, I'm afraid that there was a wall in the previous circle, which was to prevent backup. "Ah, now it looks like it's collapsed one by one, but the bottom of the house is still there. ”

"That's not right, put up a circle of this wall, make it taller, and make it stronger. "Oh, yes. "...... again" "What?" "Isn't there still us who hunt, haha." "Hey, yes, yes, that's it. ”

"It doesn't sound crooked. You can build walls outside, win people, and get money. It's easy. "Oh, boiling, a few alleys, no, the whole village will discuss it, everyone's business will be done." If you have money, you can make a powerful contribution, there is always a way, for everyone. ”

"Yes, but who else is in charge?" "Isn't there a few patriarchs, a few patriarchs to discuss. "Yes, go to our patriarch first, let him come forward, find the village chief, and call the chief and the patriarch together to talk about this." "Yes, that's it, let's go, go to our patriarch." In this way, everyone talked about it, and then they left the family temple, and two or three of them led the way to the west end of the pond bank.

The head of the Xing family is called Xing Qingyun, who is Xing Qinglin's eldest brother, and he is also in his seventies at this time, but his health is quite good. Maybe it's because of the longevity of the ancestors, and the physique of the family is not crooked.

After listening to everyone's thoughts, the old man took a sip of tea, stroked his beard and said: "I also heard that there has been a city wall in our village for a long time, and there is a kiln inside the city gate. Someone responded: "Oh, I can't remember it, but listening to what my hometown said, it's true." ”

"Guess, I'm afraid that the city wall of our village was there before the Ming Dynasty. "How do you say it?" "Hey, outside your eyes, the front of the city gate tower is shining on the wall, which was set up in the Ming Dynasty." "Oh, what does the wall have to do with the city wall?" "You still don't believe it, if the outer city wall is not built, where will the city gate tower come from?" With the city gate tower, you have to set up a wall. "Oh, that's, oh. "Therefore, the construction of the city wall and the construction of the city gate, the ancestors did this, and these are all grounded. "Oh, yes. ”

"Oh, then there must have been some big officials in our village in the past, otherwise, who can do this, and it will cost so much money. "Oh, the more you talk about it, the farther it goes, what kind of big officials have you ever had, I haven't heard of it." "It doesn't have to be a big official, who has the money to take a fancy to the terrain of our village, maybe it doesn't have to be moved here." ”

"Haha, oops, you can really imagine, like that storyteller, a few words will be 108,000 miles, and a few words will be a thousand children and 800 years, just find a talent, write a novel in our village, and write a few of you into it, haha, that's more interesting. ”

"Okay, okay, no more gossiping. I was worried about this discord. "Hey, everyone's business, if you don't want to, you have to be willing. "Haha, just like you said, that's easy. "Ah, not yet. "I'm afraid the first one who lives in the kiln below will have an opinion. "Oh, too, the walls have been repaired, the gates have been closed, but the kiln is still outside the village. "Yes, that's a problem. ”

"That won't mobilize them to live in the village. "Who lives in someone's house?" "Hey, who will live in it for nothing?" ”

"That's right, isn't that old fairy selling a house? "People already have a home. "Who are you selling it to?" "Dare you not hear about it?" "Ah, I didn't bother with that idleness." ”

"Hey, I heard that Yun Sheng's father bought the best one. "Doesn't he have two in his house, why did he buy them?" "One is rich, the other is rich, and the other is three children, and there is always one less yard." "Oh, aren't there two more? ”

"Haha, I won't hide it from you, the second child of the Ejia family bought one. The old man couldn't help but say. "Your brother, dare Haidan father?" "Ahh "Isn't there another one?" One yard can accommodate four families, just squeeze some, huh. ”

"It's long gone," another interjected, "I heard that Daddy bought it." "Hey, doesn't he have a nest in his house? "The yard is small, two babies. "Damn, Dongwa isn't in the house. "Oh, people buy it, they buy it, what do you care about so much." "Hey, the one who lives in the kiln finds a way to go by himself, how can we manage so much." "Ah, too. ”

In the end, the old man said: "Then let's go to the village chief, and call the patriarch, the Lu chief, and the people in the alley who can take care of things together to discuss." This is a big deal, and we have to do it. Pull down this old face, do something good for the village, and accumulate some virtue, haha. In this way, the head of the Xing family took over the matter, and the big guys went back separately.

The people of this village are careful, although the situation is not easy, but the little bit of their own family can be regarded as a matter of miles, after several patriarchs and the alley can manage things several times, this Liuwan Village really began to repair the city wall in full swing. When the neighboring villages heard about it, they came to visit it and were very envious, because other villages lacked the terrain of Liuwan.

It takes money to repair the city wall and secure the city gate, and the villagers have made it together, but it is not enough. I heard that after the old fairy learned about it, he sold another five acres of the ten acres of land left to his old couple and gave the money to the village. In this way, after a few months, the city walls and city gates of Liuwan Village have been repaired, and at night there are young people who carry earthen guns on their backs and look at the city gates, and everyone is much more at ease.

I heard that those who lived in the kiln courtyard also had their own ideas and moved up one after another. No, Yongwa's family, who lived in the courtyard along the kiln in Longwanggou, moved to the top of Po'er, that is, a courtyard opposite the high gate building of Sheng'er's house.

That place was originally a small courtyard on the west side of the high-rise building gate, Yongwa discussed it with his father, found a middleman to talk about it, and bought it. The small three east buildings in the kiln courtyard were demolished and covered, and five north buildings were built. The space in the courtyard is a little smaller, but it is also compact. Of course, that's another story.

In this way, Liuwan Village has been busy with everyone, but it is unknown whether it can resist the bandits.