The rest of the story was a natural one. Although the sisters of the You family are not able to eat enough, at least they can eat meat regularly, their nutrition is balanced, they are all very healthy, their figures are also very good, and their facial features are delicate. At that moment, the four brothers wrapped up the four sisters, which became a local rarity and a good story that has been circulated for a long time.

This is also the first time I have seen the two sisters of the You family, except for the three girls of the You family who stayed in the north with Peng Yundong to manage the grazing there, the eldest girl, the second girl, and the fourth girl I saw today all seem to be more refreshing on the surface. When he smiled, he showed a mouthful of glutinous rice and white teeth, which was very sunny, and he had the rare cheerfulness of a woman without looking rude, no wonder he would be favored by the grandmother of the Peng family.

"I've seen the lady of the proprietor!" The third sister (the third concubine) gave Erya a more solemn blessing, and Erya hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out her hand to block it.

"Don't, don't! We don't have to be so solemn! I've heard that you've been tired from this time, and I'm thinking about thanking you! ”

The two in the back straightened up with the eldest sister in front, their eyes were black and bright, and they only stared at Erya with admiration, but they looked at Erya a little blindly.

The boss of the You family looked at the lady of the owner family with a stiff face and looked at his sister behind him, so he also looked back. Looking at the adoring look of the two sisters with starry eyes, "Poof! A laugh broke out. While holding back a smile, he explained to Erya: "Don't blame my sister for being rude!" Let's say that my three younger sisters admire you, and even I can't wait to meet you soon. ”

Erya turned her face to look at the boss of the You family in surprise: "Oh! Have an allusion? ”

The boss of the You family felt close to the lady of the owner at first sight. It's not the kind of unattainable posture, when the lady of the owner stands up to greet them, she feels that the lady of the owner is as approachable as the sister-in-law next door. At this time, the speech is smoother: "Sort of! My sisters and I also hunted with my father. But there is no guarantee that the family will be fed. I heard my man say that the lady of the proprietor family can solve the difficulties of the family by just taking her family into the mountains a few times, and we all want to know how you did it? ”

So that's it! The second girl's face was relieved, and he smiled: "Come!" Sit first! Speaking of the past, we are also a bit of a fluke. The first time I picked up the very valuable thing of white fungus, then I dug up gastrodia, and then I picked up a tiger and two wolves. Rabbits and pheasants though they got quite a bit. But I didn't use it much, but I cut the rabbit skin and made a few rabbit fur coats, which sold for a lot of money. Wild boar skin made into bags also makes a lot of money. If it weren't for such processing and selling, just by selling meat for food, it is estimated that he would not be able to turn over in his lifetime. ”

The three sisters suddenly opened their mouths slightly, "Oh! That's how it came about! Speaking of which, the owner lady is smart. My sisters and my dad have been busy for so many years. It's really just enough to make ends meet. ”

The women have to really talk together, even if the two are not good at talking, they can talk for a few days and nights. Fortunately, Xiaohu interrupted their conversation in time, he wanted to take Erya to see the newly opened land, whether to plant cotton or potatoes first, if he waited until the beginning of spring to decide.

The other is to see how much water is stored in the water col that often causes mudslides. If it is to be cultivated in large quantities like the northland, it is necessary to build water conservancy projects.

This piece has been weeded, turned over and ploughed, and is simple. After looking at the location, I decided to plant potatoes, and since I planted potatoes, I had to make a row by ridge according to the needs of planting potatoes. It's going to be a while busy at the beginning of spring.

A few people came to the foot of Shui'ao Mountain in Quli Town, and then dismounted and climbed the mountain. Such a mountain is not too steep, but because there are no people, thorns, rattans, and wild grass are everywhere, this mountain is not easy to climb. They walked while cutting grass and removing thorns, a short halfway up the mountain, but it took them most of the day. However, looking at the water col in front of him with no end in sight, Erya said that it was worth climbing for half a day.

Actually, what kind of water col is this? It's clearly a big reservoir shown in the album! With this large reservoir as an irrigation source, there is enough water for millions of acres of land. It's just that if such a large reservoir is built for water conservancy, the project will be too big, so big that even if Erya exerts all his own financial and material resources, there will be no way to build it successfully. If you rely on the imperial court's appropriation, I'm afraid that you won't be able to apply for it for a while. Unless the land is cultivated to a certain extent that the imperial court can see long-term benefits, it is likely to be willing to spend the huge amount of money required to build the embankment. However, there should be no major problem for her to build a small aqueduct to irrigate more than 100,000 acres of land.

"I think that even if it is a small project like an aqueduct, it is better to ask someone who knows a lot about water conservancy in this area to do it. What do you think? "Er Ya doesn't understand the water conservancy situation here, and he doesn't dare to be arrogant to think that as long as he asks someone to come and dig a few canals, he can complete the project of the diversion canal. She was still cautious and wanted to invite a professional to come and preside over the matter.

Xiaohu did not object to his daughter-in-law's approach, he nodded: "Okay!" You say I'll do it, you take the big idea. However, go back and talk to Xiaolong about this, and ask the people who invited them to the government workshop? If you can, ask them to do it directly, and it will also ease the impasse between them and Xiaolong. ”

"That's a good idea! I'm in favor. ”

It was much more convenient to have ready-made paths when I went back, and I went down the mountain before dark. After a night's rest in the new house, the next day I went to visit the veterans who had come. Erya entered a long and large courtyard, and found that the main house was exactly the same layout as the house she had designed for Feng Liangshan's family. The three rooms are one unit, with one in the middle being a hall and one on each side being a bedroom. The advantage of such a layout is that you can divide it into a small yard at any time as needed, and add wings on the left and right sides to set up a small family. It is most suitable for these single veterans, who may find a woman to marry at any time and live a small family life separately from the large group.

At present, these veterans still live in a bedroom with seven or eight people, and there is a dining table and benches in the middle hall as a place for everyone to eat, chat and talk. When Xiaohu and his wife passed, the big guy was walking from the kitchen with a bowl of porridge and four steamed buns to his residence, and when he saw the two of them coming, they all gathered around to say hello.

Xiaohu saw that almost everyone came to greet him, so he told them by the way that a batch of grain, salted duck, salted goose, salted meat, air-dried rabbit meat, dried vegetables, etc. would be sent from the south before the year, and the cheers of hundreds of people were really scary. Those who had not yet come out of the kitchen, who had already entered the hall and started to eat breakfast, ran out to see what was going on because of the loud cheers. When I heard that a batch of grain and a lot of salty goods had been sent to them a year ago, and they were going to have a fat year, there was another cheerful sound of screaming.

Seeing them so excited, Erya was happy in her heart. The last time I bought something in this Fucheng, I found that everything here is expensive, and some are even a small amount more expensive than their things, so if you buy them in large quantities, it is better to send them from home. Originally, General Qin's grain convoy helped bring more than a dozen truckloads of grain over, but later I heard Xiaohu's message that there were so many veterans who wanted to spend the winter here, and a dozen trucks were completely unproblematic. Before leaving, Erya arranged for someone to send dozens of truckloads of grain with salted meat, dried rabbit meat, dried vegetables, soybeans and mung beans for bean sprouts before leaving, so that thousands of people could eat in a winter and the spring of the next year.

A day with everyone, that is, chatting, talking about the general plan of land reclamation, building a simple water conservancy, imagining what kind of future prospects, the time passed quickly. Erya felt that it was a normal move to come over and talk to these people, but in the hearts of these people, she was very moved, thinking that the owner and the lady of the owner did not treat them as subordinates. If Er Ya knew what they thought, he would definitely feel funny, they weren't subordinates in the first place, right?!

Xiaohu, who returned to Fucheng, was busy purchasing things and was going to visit the exiled Zhao leader in the place where it was handed over to Western Xinjiang.

The anxious leader Zhao followed the officials who had come to call him back to his "home", and before he reached the place where they lived, he saw a large carriage stopped in an open space in front of the house, beside which stood seven or eight young men pulling horses, and a young man with a heel-length fur coat standing in the lead. When he saw that this man with an extraordinary temperament was the brother Wang he had never forgotten, he suddenly cried like a lost child seeing his mother.

Xiaohu looked at the rough man in front of him, who was obviously five big and three thick, but he was crying like a woman, his face was full of tears and snot, and he was so entangled. However, the official next to him had a look, and saw that this one seemed to be a little overwhelmed, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Leader Zhao and said, "Don't you patronize and cry, don't hurry up and bring the distinguished guests into the house to rest!" ”

"Oops!" Leader Zhao reacted at this time, Brother Wang and everyone were still standing outside, and this cold day was not pleasant.

Entering the house where Leader Zhao's family lived, Xiaohu was sad. There was nothing at all, it was as empty as a ruined temple that no one had ever lived in.

"Brother Zhao! Why don't you have anything in this place? ”

Leader Zhao was lowering his head and wiping the eyes and snot on his face with the sleeve of his padded jacket, and when he heard Xiaohu's surprised question, he raised his head to look at the official next to him, and then replied with a bitter face: "Everything here is very expensive, I can't afford it." ”

Xiaohu also wanted to ask: Didn't he give him a few hundred taels of silver tickets! However, he was not stupid, and when he saw someone else beside him, he nodded noncommittally and did not ask again.

The official knew that he was a bit of an eyesore here, so he happily took the two salted ducks and a small bag of white and translucent fine rice handed to him by Xiaohu, and quickly said goodbye and left. (To be continued.) )