Qing Shu was puzzled, "What is this?" ”

Xiao Juan didn't dare to speak loudly, "Shoes, men's shoes, new." ”

Qing Shu was stunned, unable to imagine the honest little fish secretly making shoes for men. However, after being stunned, she patted Xiaojuan on the back, "Stinky girl, you actually turned over her things, hurry up and put them back." ”

Xiaojuan was about to explain, but when she saw Xiaoyu going and returning, she hugged the things in her arms tightly in fright, and stammered a little, "That, that, the slave is going." Then he didn't dare to look at the little fish, and ran out with his head down.

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Juan's slightly flustered back suspiciously, "Miss, what's wrong with Xiao Juan?" ”

"What can she do for it, she said she wanted to eat meat early in the morning, and I scolded her." Qing Shu gave such a reason, and in order to ensure Xiaojuan's "safety", he put down the half-combed bun, "I'm too lazy to comb it myself today, you can comb it." ”

Xiaoyu did not doubt that he had it, and after a short time, he combed Qingshu's hair.

I was going out today, Qingshu didn't go to practice, Qingyang didn't practice either, they just had breakfast, and then everyone went to the front.

The carriages and horses have been prepared, and the accompanying family members and guards have also arrived.

Mr. Lu sat in the first carriage with Shengge. Qingshu took Xiaojuan, Xiaoyu, and Lily of the Valley, as well as Xiaoya and Maizi, the two little guys, to sit in the second carriage. Chen Qiaojiang, Hao, Qingyang and Luo Xiaorong sat in the third carriage. Behind them were the carriages of Chen Mansion and Luo Mansion, one of which was a scholar with Chen Qiaojiang Qingyang and other four people, and there was no one in the other car, just some things needed for travel. Behind them was a bullock cart laden with tarpaulin.

With the car, there were Ding Steward and four family members, four eagle guards led by Du Guard, and one guard each from Chen Mansion and Luo Mansion. The guards were all on horseback. Steward Ding and the others would walk before leaving the town, and when they left the town, they could take turns to sit on the edge of the car in front of them.

The ancient housekeeper who stayed in the town house took all the family Ding, and Su's mother took Ding Jiamei and others to see them off. When the group was gone, the ancient housekeeper asked everyone to go back on an errand, and asked Cai Tieniu to close the door of the house.

Qingshu and his team went out of the town, and the cattle and horses kept a certain speed on the way. Maizi was very excited at first, and kept talking to the little girl, but when he was about to get to the grange, he began to feel sleepy when he volunteered to get up early to follow him. He sat next to the little girl, and his sleepy little head was little by little.

Qingshu didn't let him sleep, and teased him all the time.

After a while, the carriage and horse stopped at Zhuangzi. Everyone got out of the carriage, some went to relieve their hands, some moved their muscles, some drank water......

After a short rest, the group set off again. Steward Wu took Zhang Da and ten other people from Zhuangzi, set up a board cart, and pulled wood cutters and other farm tools on the board cart, as well as dry food, and followed at the end of the team.

This time, Qingshu made a slight adjustment.

Mr. Lu was transferred to the carriage where Chen Qiao, Jiang Qingyang and the other four people were sitting. Along the way, he told the four disciples a lot of what he had seen during the study tour.

Shengge, Maizi and Xiaoya sat together, the three of them were not only sleepy because they got up early, but also the long journey was really boring for children. Therefore, put the three of them together, for nothing else, just to let the three of them lie down and sleep. Afraid that they would lie down uncomfortably, Qingshu not only asked people to put thick cushions, but also sent careful Xiaoyu and Lily of the Valley to guard them.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when the time came, they finally arrived at a thousand acres of wasteland. Here, there are dead grass, and in some places there are small bushes on the left and on the right.

To build a thatched house, you have to choose a good place and then clear the place. Therefore, Master Liu brought someone over yesterday. They live in a farmer's house in Sunjia Village, get up early to work, eat some dry food they bring with them at noon, and return to Sunjia Village at the end of the day. Yesterday, after a long day's work, Master Liu led people to select a location in the middle of a thousand miles of wasteland, and enough places have been cleared. Today, their main task is to dig a simple foundation for the construction of a thatched hut and to prepare as much hay and soil as possible with (huo) mud. When the thatch, wood, tarpaulin, and other materials arrived, they could build a sturdy thatched hut. The tarpaulin was specially named by Qingshu, because the thatched hut is easy to leak rain when it rains, and the use of tarpaulin can solve this problem.

The carriage and horses stopped where Master Liu and the others were working, and everyone got out of the car one after another.

Chen Qiaojiang was the first to go to see Master Liu and them working, and then they all went over to Qingyang. They were very curious, and kept asking questions, and Master Liu, who was good-tempered, laughed from time to time.

Mr. Lu looked around, stroked his beard and said, "It will take a lot of work to open up all this place." Then he pointed in the direction of the mountain to the north, "Shu girl, are you going to plant your fruit trees over there?" ”

Qing Shu looked in that direction, "That's what I planned." Although the mountain is small, it is always a mountain, and the land under your feet is always indispensable to stones, and you are afraid that there is no harvest for planting vegetables and food. Trees, on the other hand, are not afraid of gravel, and can live as long as there is soil and water where they have taken root. Pushing forward from the foot of the small hill, three or four hundred acres of land are used to plant trees or fruit trees. Naturally, this is not something that can be done in a year, it is estimated that it will take three or four years. The remaining land has no gravel, and if it is cleared, there will always be some harvest when planting vegetables and grain, and there will be no harvest. ”

Mr. Lu looked around again, "Why is there no water source in this place!" It's good to have plenty of rain, but what if it's a dry year? ”

Water sources are indeed important, and Qingshu understands it. "The water source is indeed a big problem, and the spring on the other side of the hill is too small, and although it flows all year round, it can't solve anything. The master who drilled the well will come tomorrow to look for the water vein, and he will look at the location of the well, and first dig two wells to use. I've been thinking lately that if there is a river around, it would be okay to be far away, whether it was to dig a ditch or dig a river, if I could bring water from the river, the irrigation problem would be solved. ”

Mr. Lu suddenly thought of something, but opened his mouth slightly, but did not say it, just stroked his beard and looked thoughtfully in the direction of Liangzhou.

At this time, Maizi suddenly clapped her hands and shouted excitedly, "Birds, fly, there are so many birds." ”

Chen Qiaojiang and Qingyang all gathered around, and kept asking where they were.

Maizi pointed to the quivering dead grass in front of her, "There, fly in." ”

Qingyang and the others looked at the dead grass in front of them, and something seemed to be moving, and it was moving into the distance, and they all stretched their necks curiously to look. Sadly, nothing can be seen. The height of the dead grass was almost up to their waists, and the small animals were running in it, except for the slightly swaying dead grass, it was impossible to see what was running.

The Du guard seemed to know what was escaping in the dead grass, and summoned an eagle guard, "Take a bow and arrow." He glanced at Qingyang, who kept jumping up and looking at the other side, and instructed, "Try to catch them alive." ”

The eagle guard said yes, took his bow and arrows, and walked into the dead grass that had calmed down.

Chen Qiaojiang excitedly wanted to follow, but the guards stopped him, saying that it was dangerous.

Qing Shu walked over, "What's the matter?" ”

Chen Qiaojiang and the four of them rushed to report, saying that Maizi had seen a lot of birds, and the guards had gone to catch them.

Qing Shu asked Du Escort with his eyes.

Du Huwei replied, "Miss, there are six or seven pheasants that came out to feed. "Pheasants are not like domestic chickens, they are relatively small, their tails are longer than those of chickens, their feathers are better than those of chickens, they can fly, and they can fly for a short distance. It was probably these characteristics that made the wheat who saw the pheasant flying away misunderstood and said that it was a bird.

When Qingyang heard this, they cheered, and they chattered around Qingshu and made demands, saying that they were going to catch pheasants.

Qingshu couldn't say it. Unexpectedly, even Maizi and Shengge joined in, surrounding Qingshu in the middle, and the noisy Qingshu had a headache and dizziness.

Escort Du watched from the side, and while he was a little sympathetic, he looked around and asked the other guards around him, "What do you think?" ”

The guards pondered for a moment and said that as long as the young masters didn't run around, it wasn't impossible. Du Escort pondered, there are a lot of people in the house and Zhuangzi here, and one guard was left behind, and the other guards escorted the young master to hunt a pheasant and hare, but it was okay. So, he nodded to the young lady.

Qingshu was surprised, asked Qingyang and them not to argue, and then asked, "Are you sure it's okay?" ”

Guard Du looked at the back of the guard who had already walked away, and said, "If the young masters are obedient, don't run around, and don't startle the prey, it's not impossible." ”

Now Qingyang and they were excited, and they shouted that they would be obedient, full of promises.

Qing Shu looked at the withered grass everywhere, and then looked at the silk and satin clothes worn by Chen Qiaojiang and the four of them, and hesitated. But to meet their expectant and excited eyes, she was ruthless, "Cheng." However, when they shouted excitedly, immediately silence them and make three chapters with them. Fortunately, she knew that the boys were very wild to play, so she prepared clothes of ordinary materials and brought them over before leaving. So, she gave an order and asked them to hurry back to the car and change out of their good clothes.

After a little preparation, Du Guards took the lead, three Eagle Guards plus one Chen Mansion Guard, and one Luo Mansion Guard, a total of six guards, took Chen Qiaojiang, Hao, Qingyang, Luo Xiaorong, Shengge, Maizi and Xiaoya, and set off to hunt.

Qing Shu watched them go away, a little uneasy, and muttered, "Is it okay?" I wonder if there are any dangerous beasts in this place? I didn't think there would be wild animals before. ”

"Don't worry, even pheasants and hares, there aren't many here, let alone dangerous prey," said Mr. Lu. The guards can take them with confidence, they know this, and they want to coax them to play. ”

Qing Shu listened, relieved, and had an idea, "Since there are only some pheasants and hares, there is no danger, I can walk around and take a look at it with confidence." ”

"What do you think, girl?"

"I can have any idea, I just want to walk around." Qing Shu said this, and asked Xiaojuan to talk to Steward Ding, and asked Steward Ding to arrange a few people for her.

"Sir has come and gone, and it's boring to just stand like this. Okay, Mr. accompanied Shu Yatou to walk around. ”

Qing Shu had no problem with this, returned to the carriage and changed into a pair of shoes, came out, met Mr. Lu, and began to walk around. Steward Ding himself walked ahead with two family members, and from time to time cut off dry plants with thick rhizomes that were in the way. Qing Shu was accompanied by the maid, and while talking to Mr. Lu without a word, he looked around. Behind, two other family members and one of the eagle guards who had been left behind to protect her followed.

They were walking farther and farther away when the faint cheers of the boys were heard on the other side.

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "I'm glad to be like that, I guess I hunted a pheasant or a hare,......" he said halfway, stopped, and looked sideways, "What is it?" ”

Qing Shu stopped, "Sir, what's wrong with you?" ”

"What kind of grass is this, with thorns? He hooked the corner of the gentleman's robe. ”

A family member has stepped forward to rescue Mr. Lu from the corner of his robe.

Qing Shu walked over and saw that a thin seedling stood tall in the withered grass, no taller than her knees, and there were a lot of thorns growing on it. She said, "It doesn't look like grass, maybe it's a seedling of some kind of tree?" ”

When Mr. Lu heard this, he sighed, looked carefully, and then looked at Qing Shu with a happy face, "Girl, Mr. has found something good for you." ”

Qing Shu was puzzled, "Good thing? Do you mean it's good stuff? ”

"Nature is a good thing. If Mr. guesses correctly, this is the jujube sapling. ”

"Jujube saplings?" Qing Shu was surprised, she had only seen jujube trees in the farmhouse yard that grew very tall and fruitful, but she had never seen seedlings, so she really didn't think about it.

At this time, the family members also said that it looked like a jujube tree.

Qing Shu was excited, "Hurry up, hurry up and take a look, is there anything around?" ”

Except for the Eagle Guard, who did not move, the family members scattered in all directions to look for it. Because it's mixed in withered grass, it's not tall and it's really hard to find. However, there are still around, but there are not many, and two trees have been found at a distance.

Qing Shu thought, such a large wasteland, if you look for it carefully, you may be able to find something good. It was this jujube sapling, and they found three of them at this moment. No, you can't burn the wasteland. This set on fire, and although it was easy to dispose of a large area of dead grass, in the end there was nothing left. It seems that her plans to burn the land have been put on hold. "Hurry up and cut down the dead grass in front of the jujube saplings you found. With markings, it's easy to look back. ”

Everyone quickly moved, and cut down the dead grass around the jujube saplings they found.

Xiao Juan, who walked out alone at some point, waved her hand and shouted, "Miss, Miss, here, here, there are a lot of them here." ”

Qing Shu didn't care about scolding her for running around, and hurriedly took someone over. At this time, whether or not to scratch the clothes was no longer within her consideration, and she didn't need the family to cut the way out in front of her, and stumbled over.

When I went to the place, I didn't, in this wasteland that Xiaojuan found, there were many jujube saplings growing densely.

Steward Ding didn't need anyone to say, he took a woodcutter and stepped forward, looked at it for a while, bent down to cut the dead grass around the seedling, and the other family members also moved.

When they cut out the rough outline of the area occupied by the seedlings, Mr. Lu said, "I guess there must be about 100 trees, to say the least." Then the conversation changed, "Don't be too happy, girl, I don't know if it has grown enough, and what the fruit will taste like after flowering and fruiting." If the fruit is too small and the taste is not good, it will be a waste of time to plant it. ”

Qing Shu was in a good mood, "Sir, even if it's not a good jujube, there are so many seedlings growing here." In this way, the land is indeed suitable for planting fruit trees. Knowing this, I was no longer apprehensive and had more confidence in planting fruit trees. For me, this is also a big bonus. ”

"That's right." Mr. Lu laughed out loud.

No, Mr. Lu's laughter startled a few pheasants flying out of the dead grass in front of him.

Mr. Lu was stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted without any image, "What are you doing standing stupidly?" Hurry up and grab it back and give it to Mr. Stew. ”

However, before the family members could move, bows and arrows rang out, and a few swishing sounds, and then Qingyang's cheers came from the other side.

Now that the mark has been made, Qingshu beckoned Steward Ding and the others and walked in the direction of Qingyang.

When the two sides met, Xiao Yaxiao blushed and looked up at Qing Shu, and then carefully handed the handkerchief with something in her pocket forward, "Miss, it's an egg, it's an egg, we picked it up." ”

Qing Shu took it and took a look, there were five or six eggs wrapped in the handkerchief, which were not much bigger than bird eggs.

Maizi shouted from the side, "It's a wild egg, a wild egg, my brother picked it up." ”

Qing Shu praised them a few words, and learned that the guards had caught a total of four pheasants and a hare, so he said that it was not good to go too far, and it was time to go back.

Chen Qiaojiang and the others were a little reluctant, but after all, they were still young, and they were very tired when they came out so far. Maizi and Shengge were still alive because the guards would carry them for a distance from time to time.

Escort Du quickly made arrangements and sent two eagle guards to continue hunting, and together with other guards, he escorted Qingshu Qingyang and them back.

When they returned to the carriage and horses, the adult men were fine, Chen Qiaojiang and the others were a little tired, and Qingshu was also tired from walking.

The little ones got into the carriage to rest, and Qingshu beckoned everyone to take down the big iron pot on the ox cart and set up the pot stove where the dead grass was cleaned.

The last thing that is lacking in this place is dry grass for fire, and there is no shortage of dry firewood. There was also water, and when Qingshu and the others were walking around, a family member had already mounted a horse and went to the spring on the other side of the mountain to carry four buckets of water and came back.

On this trip, Qingshu brought Qingyang and them to see the wasteland and have a picnic, so the things were very complete. A few maids were busy cooking porridge, laying mats, setting tables, and setting up snacks and jerky in the open air.

Pheasants and hares are a windfall. A family member took it to the side and cleaned it up, washed it with water, and sent it over.

Qingshu didn't feel dirty, took the cleaned pheasant, and did it himself, and kept stuffing the seasoning he took out into the pheasant's stomach. Two of them had chili peppers stuffed into their stomachs, and the other two didn't. But she didn't go out with lotus leaves or the like, what should she do?