The next day, Wu Jin and the bolt went to the school field, Situ Yan took the snow wolf, and went to the piece of land selected last night to take a look, it was too dark last night, and she didn't look carefully, and she could rest assured that she had seen it during the day. I tried to make forty or fifty small holes in the ground and checked the soil condition, it was not saline-alkali soil, but it was somewhat sandy.

It seems that the people of Tunli are not here to cut firewood and dig wild vegetables, in fact, I want to know that although this hill is slightly better than the stone mountain before, there is a small wood, but there are very few wild vegetables on the ground, and even the traces of animals in the forest are difficult to find. But you can let the snow wolf play to his heart's content, "Snow wolf, go play!" But don't run far, there must be a lot of hunting in this tun! "Yesterday was a busy day, except for taking some rabbits from the ring and feeding the snow wolf, I really didn't let it go out.

Snow wolves are wild animals, of course, they prefer such a natural environment, and they will run away as soon as they turn around. Situ Yan turned the whole hill around, behind the mountain were some bushes, and then there was a stone mountain behind it, which was higher than the mountain she fancied, Situ Yan tried to climb the stone mountain, behind the stone mountain was a small wood, and then there were some shrubs, and then there was the desert. It seems that the whole Tunzi is on the edge of the desert, and if the desertification is not prevented in time, I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be buried by sand.

This kind of environment is a little different from what Situ Yan originally thought, so she has to discuss it with Wu Jin again before making a decision. Called back to the snow wolf, and then went down the mountain and walked back.

At noon, Wu Jin and Bolt came back from the school field together. The two seemed to be in a good mood, talking and laughing along the way, Situ Yan asked curiously. It turns out that today's school is teaching riding and archery, these Wu Jin has learned before, but at that time it was to hunt with some rich children, which is different from marching and fighting, but at least it is not as good as farming.

Situ Yan felt that Wu Jin would slowly adapt to such a life. At least he's willing to learn, so that's fine. Of course, I will not forget to encourage him more.

After lunch, Situ Yan discussed what she saw today with Wu Jin. If it was with the four brothers of the Li family, she would have said it as early as the meal, but Wu Jin was used to eating without saying a word, so she had to endure it until now. "In the morning. I went to the field I had chosen last night and saw a small grove behind the hill, and behind the grove there was a rocky hill, behind which were some low bushes, and further north was the desert. ”

Wu Jin listened to Situ Yan's introduction, thought for a while and said, "When I was in the old house in Lu'an, I read a notebook. Among them, Yumen Pass was mentioned, but at that time, I never thought that I would one day come here to live. So I didn't remember it in detail, I just remember that the book wrote that the wind and sand here are very big, I just came to the day, but I have seen it, covering the sky and the sun, the yellow sand in the sky, blowing people's eyes can't open, but these days are not common! ”

"I also read what my brother said in the book, and I remember that the book said that the weather was called a sandstorm, especially in spring and autumn, and the book also said that the winter here is very cold, and there will be a lot of snow. So we still according to the previous plan, build a small courtyard, in addition to the main house and the ear room, and then build the east and west wings, and the backyard should also be covered with a livestock shed, so that there will be no problem with raising horses in winter! ”

"Yan'er, today Brother Lu also mentioned the matter of raising horses, this Wu Shao's man was punished by military law because of his negligence when raising horses, he lost a war horse, and he was sentenced to military law, he was afraid that I would not raise it well, so our horses were temporarily fed by him, and when the house was built, it was handed over to me to raise. In the afternoon, the bolt and I had to go along to learn how to raise horses! ”

"Brother Lu can help him like this, he should thank others!" For Lu Mingken helping Wu Jin so much, Situ Yan was grateful from the bottom of her heart.

"yes!" Unlike Situ Yan, this Lu Ming was too attentive, which made Wu Jin a little uneasy. couldn't help but glance at Situ Yan. The little sister is already nine years old, and she will reach the age of discussing relatives in another year, but now his identity will only drag down the little sister, although it doesn't matter if she is a year or two at night, but if he can't change her household, then the little sister really wants to marry these military families in this life, thinking of this, Wu Jin couldn't help but clench his fists, and his heart ached.

Situ Yan was thinking about how to thank Lu Ming, but she didn't notice the change in Wu Jin. The two discussed for a while, and saw that it was almost time to go to Lu Ming's house to learn how to raise horses, and Situ Yan still had to discuss building a house with Lu Ming, so they went to Lu Ming's house with Wu Jinzi.

Lu Ming's home is in the most central position of the first army, the fence courtyard wall, there is a main room inside, an east wing room, and there is a thatched house next to the main house, which should be a stove room. I didn't see any horses.

"Is Brother Lu at home? I'm Wu Jin! Wu Jin knocked on the courtyard door, shouted, and waited for another quarter of an hour before seeing Lu Ming turn out from the back of the room.

"Brother Wu, bolt, you are here, come in. Oh! Xiao Wu also came, just right, I just fed the horses in the backyard, go and go with me to see! Lu Ming led the way in front and motioned for Wu Jin and Situ Yan to follow.

"Brother Lu!" Situ Yan saluted first, and then followed Wu Jin to the backyard.

"So many horses!" Situ Yan has a special love for animals, especially dogs and horses. So it was very kind to see the horse in Lu Ming's backyard.

Lu Ming thought that Situ Yan would be afraid, ordinary girls don't like horses, first, because they think it smells bad, and secondly, they can't ride for fear of falling. But he could see that Situ Yan liked horses from the bottom of his heart, not pretending. I have a good impression of her again.

"Little Wu, can you ride a horse?"

"My sister left home at the age of six, and she didn't study before she left home, but I don't know if she has dabbled in the past three years?" Before Situ Yan could answer, Wu Jin helped back first.

"Brother, Brother Lu, I rode a mule when I was in Lijia Village, this horse is just taller than a mule, it shouldn't be difficult to learn?" Situ Yan originally wanted to say that she could ride, because riding a horse in her previous life was also one of the compulsory courses for special forces, but Wu Jin said that she wouldn't, where would she dare to talk nonsense, but she was afraid that she would accidentally ride in the future. I couldn't explain it, so I had to say that I could ride a mule. It can be regarded as paving the way for future actions.

"That's different, horses aren't just taller than mules. Speed, endurance, and riding posture are not the same, if Xiao Wu likes it, when will I teach you? Wu Jin couldn't help frowning when he heard Lu Ming's words, because he was standing right behind Lu Ming, so Lu Ming didn't see it. But Situ Yan looked at it carefully and knew that Wu Jin didn't like her to have more contact with foreign men, after all, she was her eldest brother. I still treat her as a daughter.

Only vaguely responded, "Okay! When I have time in the future, Xiao Wu will definitely come to ask for advice. It's just that Brother Lu shouldn't be stupid? ”

"You're not stupid, I've never seen a clever little girl when I'm so big!" Lu Ming's words treated Situ Yan as an ordinary little girl. It made Wu Jin's frowning brows loosen a little.

Situ Yan didn't have any way to Wu Jin. After all, he is very familiar with the original owner, and once Situ Yan makes a mistake, it may arouse Wu Jin's suspicion, so Situ Yan not only pays more attention to what he says and acts, but even takes out his skills when he was an undercover spy to deal with this big brother, which is really tiring.

Lu Ming taught Wu Jin how to feed the horses, including paying attention to whether the horses were sick and how to fill the feed. Cleaning up the barn is a matter of detail. I have been talking for more than an hour, and I can't get enough of it.

"Brother Wu, this horse breeding is not something that can be learned overnight, and there will always be such and such situations when raising it, so these days you will come over to feed the horses with me in the afternoon, practice makes perfect, and when you build your own livestock shed, you will almost learn!"

"Brother Lu is kind, little brother understands! What a bother! ”

"Brother Wu, it's good for you to call me Brother Lu like Xiao Wu, this Brother Lu, Brother Lu, it makes me uncomfortable, and if you want to stay in this barracks, you still have to change this habit, otherwise you will suffer!" Lu Ming also wanted to help Situ Yan, so he told Wu Jin a few more words, and he could see that when Situ Yan was alone with them, he was more casual, but he followed Wu Jin's side, a little restrained.

"Brother Lu!" Wu Jin responded, the two of them have to continue, Situ Yan can't wait, she has already learned this, and now that she hears it again, she feels a little bored.

"Brother Lu, I just remembered when you mentioned the house, I came here to discuss with you about building a house?"

"Have you found the land? You're fast enough! Lu Ming didn't expect Situ Yan to choose the land so quickly, and looked at her with some surprise.

"Where can you not be happy, seeing that this winter is coming, if it snows, I am afraid that I can't cover it even if I want to!"

"Well, let's talk about it! Which piece of land do you like? What kind of house do you want to build? ”

"Walk two quarters of an hour east along the courtyard of Brother He's house, and there is a small hillside, which is the piece of land in front of the hillside!"

"I talked to Brother Ding this morning, and we think you'll like that piece of land, it's as quiet as the one you chose earlier. Yes! That's it, what kind of house are you going to build? ”

Although Lu Ming only regarded Situ Yan as a female baby, Wu Jin still felt that men and women should abide by the big defense, and without waiting for Situ Yan to reply, he interjected first, "We want to build a small courtyard to enter, one in the main room, and one in the east and west compartments!" ”

"That's fine, your family has a large population, so you need to build a few more rooms." Lu Ming thought that Youzhu and Cui Ping also lived together, and felt that it was normal to build so many rooms. Building another house is a man's business, so Lu Ming didn't see Wu Jin's protection of Situ Yan.

Situ Yan understood in her heart, but she also knew that Wu Jin had no malicious intent, so she didn't care, took out the sketch to build the house from her arms, and handed it to Lu Ming, "Brother Lu, this is the sketch to be used to build the house, you can calculate, how many people will be asked to help and how much money will be needed to build such a few rooms?" ”

"This person is enough for us in the army, all of them are strong laborers and can also make adobe bricks, and the bearded uncle can also build a stove and a pankang, and there is no need to hire people to build a house, but this door and window have to be ordered from the outside, and no one in the army can do carpenter work!"

Lu Ming thought for a while, and then continued, "In this way, you give me this sketch, and I will find a way to help you inquire about it, see how much it costs to make these doors and windows, and then tell you when I can get the accurate number." As for when it will start, it will start tomorrow, and I can't stop in the morning, and after feeding the horses in the afternoon, I'll call someone to help? ”

Situ Yan originally thought that it would be good to find someone to help, but listening to Lu Ming's meaning, they had to be honest in the morning, and they had to feed the horses in the afternoon, and after a busy day, they would go to build a house, where could this body eat, and the progress was too slow, according to Situ Yan's calculations, it was best to build this house within ten days, so that Youzhu and Cui Ping could leave for Beijing before the snow.

"That's not good, Uncle Bearded and Brother Lu are tired enough during the day, and then help our brothers and sisters build a house, and it's not a day or two, how can people afford it?" Lu Ming didn't expect Situ Yan to object, and generally Wu Li built a house with the help of his own people.

And although he promised to help, he was muttering in his heart, "Feeding horses with integrity can't be delayed, but Wu Jin has to help with this favor, so he is also in a dilemma!" Now that I hear that Situ Yan can think about them, I am even happier in my heart, working with reasonable people, no one will take advantage of anyone's good, and there are few contradictions.

"Are you tired or not, but you're afraid of delaying the day?"

"Brother Lu, you think this is feasible, you can help us find some craftsmen who specialize in building houses, and then we will pay the wages?"

"Xiao Wu, have you thought about it, this yard, to build a house, to say the least, it will cost about five taels, plus the food of the door and window craftsmen, I'm afraid that ten taels may not be enough?"

"Brother Lu will help me ask first, right? If that's not enough, we'll think again! "When it comes to the money, of course Situ Yan won't accept it all at once, she will inquire first, and then it will be very appropriate to pretend to force the money together.

After discussing with Lu Ming again, Situ Yan went back first, and Wu Jin and Bolt stayed to continue learning to raise horses.

Finally, early in the morning of September 14, Lu Ming personally replied to the letter, and there was news from the craftsman that there was a craftsman in the county town who was willing to lead people into the tunli to build a house, but he had to pay first, and the craftsman was also afraid of losing money, and once the house was built, if these officers and soldiers did not give money, he would not dare to ask for it. If it weren't for the lack of work this year, he would not have taken such a big risk to build a house in the military cantonment.

Situ Yan felt that this was also reasonable, and asked the price, the craftsmen built a house with adobe and built a yard, and asked for six taels of silver, and if they made adobe by themselves, they would need five taels. With only one or two more, you don't have to suffer by yourself, of course Situ Yan chose the former. Just ask Lu Ming to help invite someone over, so that we can discuss it in detail. The matter of building a new house has finally come to an eyebrow. (To be continued......)