Chapter 10 Understanding the Situation
Zhang Yue'er felt a lot in her heart, they grew up stronger, smarter, precocious, and brave than she imagined. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
After they all calmed down, they sighed: "Actually, I really admire you, it's good to be able to do this in such an environment." Of course, I'm happier to have your assurances, and I'm more relieved that you can try to let go! ”
Yes, I really admire it, there are very few people in this world who can admire her, and those who grow up like them will almost all go astray, and they will never be as good as them. They will listen carefully to the opinions of others and face up to their own mistakes, which is very precious, many people often make such mistakes, knowing that they are wrong but always not admitting it, and always thinking of ways to escape.
And they can guarantee and are willing to try to let go, and she is also satisfied. If they say let it go, she'll be worried! Seeing that they had regained their spirits, he reminded them again: "You must remember what you just said to me, and know that if anything happens to you, I will be helpless!" After pretending to be pitiful, he finally made the atmosphere less heavy. Alas! Poor Lori again! Fortunately, she is thick-skinned enough.
Seeing them cautiously respond again, she felt much more at ease. However, she also felt sorry for them. The more they know, the more they know, and how can they not be honed in life! The more you fall, the more you will perceive life and the more you will understand human nature!
I slept late yesterday, and I had to postpone the matter of going into the mountains. She has to sleep enough every day, and if she doesn't wake up, she will be unenergetic all day, and she will easily get dizzy. By the time she woke up, they were already out the door.
There is no toothpaste and toothbrush here, and the locals follow the customs, and all they use are willow branches. The towels were cut from a piece of soft cotton cloth, one for each person, and they looked old after a long time but were clean.
After washing, she went to the kitchen and gave her a fine hot meal in a small pot. Then get up and look at the home where you are going to stay in the future.
After settling at the foot of the fierce mountain, most of the silver money was used on the house and foundation, not to mention the help of Qi Bo and Zhao Bo, the family also took out most of the silver money, and the mother (later called as the original owner) also used most of the dowry jewelry here. Of course, this house was not built all at once, but took several years to continuously expand and expand. After it was built, the house was renovated every year, and although it was not built with green bricks, the adobe bricks used to build the house were fired.
The front and back yards of the house are very large, and the courtyard walls are built with hard stones, about two meters high, and only the front and back courtyard gates are left to prevent wild animals from entering the house. If you don't open the door, it's hard for people outside to see inside the yard unless they climb up. That's why they agreed to let her stay at home alone, anyway, whether it's the village or the so-called relatives, they won't come to the door easily. If someone really comes, she won't open the door.
The roof is made of straw, which is already a little old, and this year's roof has not been replaced with new straw. If you have silver, it's better to cover it with green tiles, and you don't have to change it every year.
There was a large open space in the front yard with some bushes and rattan piled up in the corner. Then we entered the hall, in which hung two hunting bows, old and new, the old one was broken, and there was an empty cubicle at the back of the hall.
Then there is the main house and two wings in the east and west. The main house was where my father and mother used to live, and now it is empty and no one lives, and the room is equipped with a large kang, two old long tables, and a large box containing the family's clothes; The two wings of the east room are divided into one, which is occupied by the three elder brothers, and there are two beds in the room, and two old tables are placed under the beds, which the brothers usually use to read and write. Under the table was a box containing a lot of old books, most of which belonged to the body's grandfather, Li Xiucai.
Several children in the family can read and write, and the characters in the book are modern traditional characters, and she will not have to learn to read and write in the future. One of the wings in the west room belongs to the two sisters Zhang Yue'er, the room has a bed, a low stool, and a basket hanging on the wall, in which some scattered embroidery threads and weaving cloths are placed, which are usually used by the eldest sister to make embroidery. The remaining room was empty, with nothing but a kang on it, and this wing room was generally used for guests.
And then there's the backyard. There was a barn in the backyard, and there was a chicken coop in the corner, which was empty and should have not been fed for a long time. Not far away is the bathhouse and thatched house, and then two meters above the back is two large vegetable fields, planted some radish, wead, a small canal below the vegetable field, the water is flowing down along the back mountain, it is very convenient to use water.
To the left of the house is a utility room and kitchen connected to each other. In the utility room there was a small stone mill, an old fishing net, two machetes, and the most stored was firewood from the mountains. There are only less than ten days of coarse grain left in the rice tank in the kitchen, and it can't last for half a month to save food. There is also a large bag of sweet potatoes and a small bag of white rice next to it.
That's all there is to the family. The family still owes dozens of taels of silver, in addition to the 16 taels of Brother Yongping's family, there are 10 taels of the village chief's family and 5 taels of Jishan's family. The currency here is in copper plates and patterned silver. One tael of silver = 1,000 yuan = 1 guan (hanging) money = 666 yuan, and one penny can be exchanged for two shepherd's cabbage buns.
There is no good land at home, only the wasteland outside the courtyard occupies almost half of the foot of the fierce mountain. These are also bought back by the family one after another. A small half of it was bought by the eldest brother after he was admitted to Xiucai, because the more you buy, the cheaper the price, and the first three years of the wasteland are tax-free. And the eldest brother is a famous talent, he can get three taels of silver and 20 catties of white rice every year, and he can also be exempted from taxes and forced labor, and he does not kneel when he sees officials.
Therefore, even if the wasteland is harvested less, as long as you are willing to work, you will collect as much grain as you want. Moreover, the three elder brothers in the family will have a family in the future, and these lands are also prepared for them in the future. It's just that later things happen at home one after another, breaking the plan. Up to now, the family's wasteland has only opened five acres, but because they often go into the mountains and don't take care of it, they are still barren with the remaining uncultivated land.
Looking at the busy people in Zhangjiazhuang in the distance, she thought of an idea, that is, scavenging! Although the autumn harvest is still in progress, some families have already finished harvesting, and they can first conduct a large-scale search of the fields that have been harvested, and the small amount will add up. I remember when she was seven years old, she and her mother accompanied her grandfather to the countryside for two years, and during that time she used to follow the children in the village up the mountains and down the river, laughing and playing, playing with everything, she was a wild boy, and scavenging was one of them.
I really miss those days, which were the most peaceful and harmonious days in her last life. After that, the mother divorced and took her abroad until she came back again. After that, there was no innocence or peace in her life. I don't know if her relatives and friends in that world are okay, she misses them very much! I want to tell them that she is alive and well in another world, and she has a family again; Tell them that she is doing well and that there is no need to be sad or worried about her.