Every year when winter comes, Chang Xile likes to squat next to the fire and not move.

The winter in Taoyuan Village is very cold, and Chang Xile has been injured before, and every time at this time, if he is slightly frozen, he feels a piercing pain in his bones, and only when he sits by the fire can he feel relieved. So even if he sits by the fire, it is easy to get disgraced because of the firewood, and he is willing to squat all the time.

He also tried to burn charcoal for heating, but found that it was still not as comfortable as the red fire. He was now accustomed to the smell of smoke, and as long as he didn't sit on the opposite side of the wind, he didn't feel anything. It's just that the carpentry workshop made a taller chair, and he can't get used to the straw mound.

"Lele, the taro is cooked."

Chang Yu turned out the taro buried in the firewood ash with a wooden stick, peeled off the taro scalp very quickly, and then handed the still steaming taro to Chang Xile.

The fragrance of taro enters Chang Xile's nose, and people can't help but swallow their saliva. The taro in Taoyuan Village is very fragrant and sweet and glutinous, and the taste is very good. Shen Baili and Pei Qingyun also brought a lot of taro from Taoyuan Village on this voyage.

Chang Xile wanted to take it, but he was suddenly scalded and retracted his hand, seeing Chang Yu's inexplicable face, he was a little speechless and said: "Little meow, you said that you have fine skin and tender meat, why are you so not afraid of being hot?" ”

Chang Yu hurriedly grabbed Chang Xile's hand and put it to his mouth and sighed, "Lele, are you hot?" I'm sorry, I thought it would be more comfortable to eat it while it's hot, and I forgot that you're afraid of getting hot. ”

"I'm fine...... What are you doing! ”

Chang Yu sighed, and suddenly put Chang Xile's fingers into his mouth, and the warm and moist feeling spread from his fingers to his whole body, making people feel numb, which startled Chang Xile.

"Help you heal your burns, saliva is useful." Chang Yu blinked, his face was pure.

Chang Xile couldn't cry or laugh a little, and withdrew his hand, "Don't listen to those nonsense words, besides, how can I be so squeamish, I will be hurt after touching it for a while." ”

Chang Yu didn't say anything, he blew on the peeled taro, and when he saw that the heat was not so bad, he handed it to Chang Xile, "It's not hot now, Lele, eat it while it's hot." ”

Chang Xile took it and finished it in two bites, and Chang Yu was already waiting for the second one.

"Fortunately, I don't eat fat, otherwise a winter will pass, I'm afraid I will be too fat to see people, and I feel a lot more meat on my stomach during this time."

It's boring to do something around the fire, so every time Chang Xile gets something to eat, although he doesn't eat much at a time, he keeps his mouth on and off. And when it comes to winter, he doesn't like to move, except for the morning routine exercise, basically he doesn't move. It was too cold outside, and unless he went out for a walk when the sun was shining, he could squat in the fire pit the day before, and now he even had a table moved over.

But it starts to rain here after the Spring Festival, and Chang Xile will not go out for a month.

"I'm not fat, I still had a handful of bones when I touched it yesterday." Chang Yu tilted his head slightly and said seriously.

Chang Xile hurriedly looked out and saw that there was no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Why do you say everything!" Chang Xile was a little displeased.

Although he had already figured out something, he didn't want anyone else to know about it yet. mainly thinks that Chang Yu is still young now, he hooks up with a child as an adult, and he always feels a sense of guilt and is ashamed to make it public. Even if the people here have never regarded Chang Yu as a child, Chang Xile still can't ignore Chang Yu's age.

This is a child raised by himself, and no matter how he thinks about it, he feels a little obscene.

Chang Yu's eyes dimmed a little, and Chang Xile hurriedly said: "This is a private matter between the two of us, and only the two of us can know." ”

Chang Yu was happy when he heard this.

At this time, Li Zheng walked in in a hurry, "You are all here, it just so happens that I have something to look for you." ”

"Lizheng, is something wrong? Why do you look so flustered? ”

Li Zheng grabbed a straw mound and sat down, "Something is wrong, someone from the county just came to deliver the news just now, saying that there is a village in Linxian County that has been slaughtered by bandits!" ”

Chang Xile was taken aback, "What?!" How so? Although there have been constant troubles in our house, we have robbed some property and rarely caused deaths. ”

"Isn't it, I couldn't believe it at first glance. Over the years, our house has been quite peaceful, and at most there are always bandits on the road who like to rob passers-by, but I never thought that such a conscientious thing would happen. Although the village was not large, there were more than a dozen families, and all of them were killed, not to mention, and they were all burned by a fire, and there was nothing left. ”

Chang Xile suddenly felt a little dizzy, he came from the era of peace, although there has been some horror on the news, but in the end he felt that he was still far away. But now this kind of thing is so close to him, because he has dealt with the people of that village because of the collection of dogwoods and other things, and now the whole village is gone.

He had an impression of the village because there was a widow in the village who came to sell dogwood and tea and avocado with a child on her chest and back. The two children are the dragon and phoenix fetus, which was originally a very happy thing. Unexpectedly, not long after giving birth, the father of the child went to the mountains to get some pheasants and hares in order to get something to make up for the widow's body, but he happened to encounter a wild beast and was bitten to death.

It is precisely because of this that the man's family thinks that the widow and the two children are broom stars, and directly blasts them out of the house, and the mother's family also dislikes her as unlucky and does not let her enter the house, so the widow is completely dependent on herself to support herself and the two children. This is enough to make people indignant, but although this kind of thing is rare, it is not unusual.

It's not easy to live these days, the average life expectancy is not long, and it's easy to lose your life because of one thing or another.

But the people of Taoyuan Village have never seen a village people so vicious, orphans and widows don't want to take care of one or two, this widow is self-reliant but still wants to stumble.

The widow sent the things over, but the people in this village actually instigated the people who received the goods in Taoyuan Village not to accept them, saying that the mother and son were broom stars, and they would not live long if they contacted them and received their things.

Maybe these people are also well-intentioned, because there are still many superstitious people in this world, and they believe these things from the bottom of their hearts. That's why I don't want the people of Taoyuan Village to be infected with such bad luck, so I will talk a lot. But no matter what, for the people of Taoyuan Village, this is very disgusting, what is not restrained is false, the man took risks to go to the mountains to hunt for his wife and children, which shows that he is a good husband and father who loves his wife and children very much. But after he died, his wife and children were treated like this, and it was really not reassuring to die.

Thinking about yourself, no one dares to guarantee that they will not encounter such unfortunate things. Natural disasters* have occurred from time to time in these years, and I hope that this day will be fine, but suddenly a plague will kill a large number of people. But if you die, your family is treated like this, or if you or your family members are treated like this and are treated as a scourge, wouldn't it be very troublesome?

Moreover, because of Chang Xile's intentional indoctrination, I dare not say that Taoyuan Village has completely realized equality between men and women, but it has indeed greatly improved the status of women. In particular, the establishment of the workshop allows women to have financial ability at the same time, more self-esteem and self-improvement, will not feel that they are a vassal of men, and more self-confidence and autonomy. Originally, the atmosphere in Taoyuan Village was good, and with Chang Xile's intentional guidance, there would be no obvious discrimination against women.

Seeing the widow who worked so hard to live, everyone admired it in their hearts, but it turned out that the people in this village even had to cut off this road, how can it not be disgusting. Isn't this to force the mother and son to death alive!

It is also because of this incident that the people of Taoyuan Village have no good impression of the people in this village. Chang Jinhua, who is in charge of collecting things, didn't even want to collect things from this village for a while, and always felt that it was too disgusting.

Or her husband Zhao Heizhu said that if he didn't receive it, he would put the blame on the widow, and then it would only make the life of the mother and son even more difficult.

No, Chang Jinhua can only accept it, and deliberately see who helps the widow when she collects it, and the scale will loosen a lot, and the original eight or nine taels of things are regarded as a catty. The people in this village are not stupid, especially they care most about these for their livelihood, and it doesn't take long for them to understand. In this way, the life of the widow, mother and son has become better.

Even if you don't want to mess with it, you won't take the opportunity to step on it.

The widow is also a transparent person, and she is a grateful person, and every time she comes to give something away, she always thinks of a favor to show her gratitude. Those two children are now five or six years old, and they go to the ground to help every time, which makes everyone like it very much, but I didn't expect them to be all gone.

Although this matter is not a big deal, it has become the talk of Taoyuan Village for a while, and Chang Xile also wrote down this village.

Unexpectedly, this village was slaughtered, and no one was left.

Although he hated the group of people at first, he didn't want to see them die like this, and there were many innocent children in them.

"Didn't anyone escape?"

Li Zheng shook his head and sighed, "It's been four or five days since this happened, and there are few people in that village, and it's far away from other villages, so everyone didn't know about it when the accident happened." There were still people who went to visit relatives, only to find that the whole village was gone. ”

"Where did the bandits come from, and why are they so vicious?"

"I heard that the catcher from the county said that he came from outside, and it was the bad luck of this village that happened to bump into it. The people of the government have been chasing and beating this group of bandits, and they have killed most of them, and the rest are outlaws. It is estimated that they also stumbled into the village by mistake in order to find food, probably because they were afraid that someone would report the news, so they all died directly. ”

Chang Xile frowned, "Then have this group of people found it now?" ”

"Nope!" Li Zheng said indignantly, "But fortunately, it is no longer in our area, I heard that I have gone down the canal to the seafood mansion, and I guess I want to go to sea and escape to other countries." Hey, I don't know if we can bring these people to justice, otherwise the people of this village will die too unjustly. ”

Although Chang Xile was very indignant in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

It's good that this group of people isn't here, otherwise it would be too dangerous. The business and construction site of the dock had to be stopped first, and he didn't dare to let everyone continue until the group was arrested.

"What is Uncle Lizheng looking for me for? But what are the county's orders? ”

Chang Xile has an official status, and while enjoying the prestige and benefits it brings, he also has to fulfill certain responsibilities. If there is any major matter in the county, he will also be asked to discuss how to solve it, and if necessary, he will have to make a contribution or money.

"That's not it, the county just sent someone to tell us to be careful in the future. When the canal is opened, it is easy to attract bandits, so you have to be cautious in everything. I came here to ask, didn't you want to get a security team before, so that our tiger master could teach the strong men of our village, I just wanted to ask when it started? ”

At the same time as the construction of Chang's compound and commercial street began, the training of the village's security team was also put on the agenda, and Chang Xile originally planned to start after spring ploughing.

Life in Taoyuan Village is getting better and better, and its reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and safety and security have become the first priority.

Although the monarch of the good country is quite virtuous, the places are still not peaceful, and the plague of bandits has not ended. Although the government is also trying its best to strangle, it can never break the roots. A remote place like Daoxiang County is a place where bandits are infested. It's just that Daoxiang County has always been known for its poverty before, so although there are bandits, it is not large-scale.

But now with the promotion of the Taoyuan Village brand, more and more people know whether such a place is still as peaceful as before, but it is difficult to say. The government will not garrison guards, so it can only rely on itself to be strong to avoid coveting. Otherwise, it will only become fat meat to be slaughtered, and it will be a blessing or a curse.

Not to mention that I still hear such news, so I pay more attention to it.

What Chang Xile wants to do is to let everyone in the entire Taoyuan Village be soldiers, and if there is an invasion from other places, regardless of men, women and children, they can rise bravely. To be famous for its fierceness, you can't make people think that it is a good bone to gnaw, so as to avoid more trouble.

Most of the bandits here are thugs who are sluggish in production and want to take shortcuts to get rich. Most of them bully the weak and fear the hard, and their favorite thing is to rob those unarmed people, while those who are powerful do not dare to provoke, for fear of retaliation, or the gains outweigh the losses.

The first step in realizing this idea is to train the strong men and children in the village.

Zhuangding's training was taught by Chang Yu himself, which is also the main force of the village, and the children's training was carried out by Chang Xile and Xing'er, and Chang Yu occasionally came to guide.

After several years of training, Apricot now has a good variety of movements, and she often teaches her 'subordinates'. Although Chang Xile can't apply it in practice, the theory is good, and it is enough for the two to cooperate to teach a group of children.

And the security team in the village is selected from these trained strong men. He is mainly responsible for the safety of the village and the docks, and he can also get a salary.

"I'm going to be after the spring ploughing, and everyone will be able to free up their hands at that time."

Li Zheng waved his hand, "This farmer doesn't have time to say this, especially now that we have a lot of work to do, just every idle time." If you want me to say that it is better to practice one day earlier, everyone will feel at ease one day earlier. If we weren't in such a hurry before, but now that everyone is living a good life and our reputation has spread, our hearts are not steady. ”

Chang Xile pondered for a moment, "If not, after the New Year, Lian Wugui is insisting, you can't fish for three days and dry your nets for two days." Those who visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year must stop. ”

Li Zheng thought for a moment, "Cheng, let's leave it at that." If there is not enough manpower during spring ploughing, we can hire people from other villages. Now our village has no worries about food and clothing, and the important thing is to save our lives. ”

Although the training has not officially begun, Li Zheng has already begun to select the first group of people.

At the beginning of the training, you need to put your heart and soul into it in order to achieve results. When you have a look, you can practice for another hour or two every day. In this way, it is necessary to make reasonable arrangements, and it is impossible to all of them all at once, after all, they are not professional soldiers, and their main job is peasants.

Li Zheng still adopts the method of voluntary registration, and now everyone has experience, and everyone knows what to do as soon as Li Zheng announces. I also know that you can't sign up indiscriminately, and you have to come according to your own conditions.

Otherwise, as at the beginning, because of trust in Chang Xile, as long as he felt that what he got was good, he signed up regardless of whether he was suitable or not, and he was really selected, only to find that he couldn't do it. In this way, he was directly pulled into the blacklist, and if the same thing happens next time, unless there are not enough people, he must be excluded as a warning.

This is also to let everyone not blindly follow, but have a reasonable assessment of themselves and this matter, and not follow the crowd.

Everyone heard about the bandits' massacre of the village, although it was just an accident, but everyone was still very afraid, and they all hoped that they could have Chang Yu's ability even if it was only two or three percent, so that they could resist one or two, so that they would not be slaughtered directly. So the registration is very positive, and even some women are very unconvinced, because Li Zheng directly asks for a male gender.

"Lizheng, we women are also members of the village, why can we only be allowed by the old men, and we can't be it?"

A sister-in-law who looks five big and three thick shouted, everyone called her Dayingzi when she was not married, and now that she has a baby, many people still call her the same as before.

Dayingzi has been powerful since he was a child, he is five big and three thick, and his eyebrows are dark and thick, and he is not easy to mess with. The strength is greater than that of a man, and his personality is also very aggressive, and his voice is like a broken gong. Every time she went to work in the field more than a man, everyone laughed and said that she ran over, and the ground was shaking.

Later, because there was a carpentry workshop in the village, a lot of wood was needed. Dayingzi went to cut down trees, and in terms of strength, there are really few people in Taoyuan Village who can compare.

Originally, her mother's family felt that she would not be able to marry in the future, and the brothers and brothers in the family were ready to support their sisters and sisters for a lifetime, anyway, it was a matter of more rations, and Dayingzi's ability did not need them to take care of it at all, but she had to let her own children help her when she was old.

Unexpectedly, the most delicate and shy guy named Ding Ning in the village fell in love, Ding Ning is just the opposite of Dayingzi, obviously a man but has fine skin and tender meat, he has been more beautiful than a little girl since he was a child, and he is recognized as the only one who looks better than Chang Xile.

However, Chang Xile is called Wenqi, and Ding Ning is a little feminine. And the personality is also easy to be shy like a big girl.,It's very meticulous.,Weaving is better and faster than a woman.。

Many people thought that he was afraid that he would find a man to marry in the future, but he didn't expect to marry Dayingzi in the end. And in the second year, Dayingzi had a child and gave birth to a particularly delicate little girl, as if Ding Ning had a mold printed out.

And this little girl has been raised by Ding Ning with a handful of and urine since she was a child, and she has done everything except for not breastfeeding. On the other hand, Dayingzi was like an ordinary woman when she was confined, which was still pressed by Ding Ning, otherwise she would have to get out of bed to work the next day after giving birth.

Other women have a child, especially the first child, which is very difficult, and they want to hit the wall in pain. If it weren't for the amniotic water breaking and letting Ding Ning see it, she hurriedly pulled her back, otherwise the child would have been born in the toilet.

As soon as the confinement was out, Dayingzi went to cut down trees as usual, and complained to others that she had been holding back for a month, which was about to drive her crazy, and she would not give birth if she knew that there were so many troubles to give birth to a child, and she would leave the housework with the child to Ding Ning.

Everyone said that these two people were born in the wrong car, so they lost one of them. God, this is to make up for it, so let them make a pair, and this is just the right time.

Li Zheng saw that Dayingzi had a headache, this woman is rougher than a man, one said that she could shake your ears down, but in the end she was still a woman, and it was not good to really pull her ears and let her roll.

"This is just the first batch, and there will be more to come. There is a difference between men and women, they have to be separated, and they can't always practice together, because it's not the same thing but a mistake. ”

Dayingzi felt a little more comfortable when he heard this, "Listen to what you mean, the next group is our woman?" ”

Li Zheng choked, where did he dare to respond to this, men didn't finish training to train women, if something really happened, really let a group of women run ahead? He is not drowned by spittle.

"Well...... this"

Dayingzi is not stupid, so he naturally sees Li Zheng's perfunctory, "Li Zheng, this is your mistake, this is looking down on us women!" Why don't you find someone to compare with me and see who is better? ”

As soon as Dayingzi's words fell, a group of men took a step back. It's not that they coax it, it's this female overlord that they really can't afford to provoke. I can't mess with her as a woman, and I can't afford to mess with her if I don't treat her as a woman.

"Uncle knows you're powerful, but other women don't have your strength......"

"Lizheng, I don't agree with that! We also have a lot of strength, and we are no worse than men when we practice. Not to mention anything else, seeing that Xing'er is young, she can subdue a boy who is a few years older than her, which shows that it is not that we women can't do it, but that we haven't practiced well. ”

A woman in the crowd shouted, which attracted many women to echo and compete to sign up.

Li Zheng was very speechless in his heart, why didn't this group of women die, he just made it clear, this is not just a matter of practice. As long as you are chosen, you have to rush to the first place in everything in the future, and you have to protect others. Especially if you are selected to join the security team, don't think that the salary is easy to get, if something happens, you will definitely lose your life in the first group.

Of course, the women of Taoyuan Village understand, but they don't want to be the weak to be protected. Status and face are earned on their own, and they also want to be an indispensable member of the village, no matter what aspect they are.

Li Zheng was very helpless, so he could only ask Chang Xile's opinion.

Chang Xile was also stunned when he heard this, although he also had a plan to train women to have the ability to protect themselves, but due to the gap in the natural body, and the filthiness of some gangsters, he definitely didn't want to dispatch the women's army as a last resort. But since they brought it up themselves, Chang Xile felt that he shouldn't fight it.

"Little meow, what do you think about this?"

Chang Yu didn't think about it, "Then let's come together." ”

Chang Xile is still a little hesitant, he thinks that women should be self-respecting and self-reliant, but this does not mean that men have to do what women have to do, and it is more reasonable to divide labor according to their strengths. In this kind of physical matter, he prefers to put men first.

Chang Yu saw his hesitation, and said confidently: "Practicing together, you can also cultivate tacit understanding." I know how to teach, don't worry. ”

Chang Xi was happy to see this, and he no longer hindered him, and Li Zheng finally selected thirty people from the people who signed up, half men and half women.