Chapter Eighty-Nine: Settlement
The villagers of Chenjia Village were very satisfied with the current hiding place, and soon began to find a place to cut down trees and build a straw hut to prepare a place for each family to stay. And Bao's family is really a little dumbfounded now, whether it is a man or a woman in the family, let alone building a grass shed, even if they go to cut down the trees that build a grass shed, they can't cut it at the same time. If you weren't in Nanyang, you wouldn't have been nesting in that shelter.
Old man Jiang looked at the faces of every villager with a smile, not only caring for each other but also working together to build a temporary residence for the family, and his heart suddenly felt sour and lonely.
Think about Xiao Ju's family again, the little one is sensible, and the adults are honest and willing to work, and then look at these people in their own family, the old woman is sitting there complaining non-stop, and the daughter-in-law only cares about holding her son, and she doesn't know what to arrange! It seems that it is still my own fault, taking a wife not only depends on the character and family, but also on the ability of the person, otherwise it will be all scattered if there is a slight change.
Thinking about this, Old Man Jiang could only sigh after all, resigned himself to finding something, and was ready to build a shelter to survive this time.
Not to mention the current situation of Bao's family, Xiaoju and his party walked for more than three days with Chen Aiguo and his party before they came to a mountain recess with a large piece of land, and the winter wheat in the mountain recess fields had already been harvested.
The wooden houses built at the foot of the surrounding mountains or halfway up the mountain, as well as the people who come and go from the houses from time to time, and the laughter and laughter that come from time to time in the wind, make this recess full of vitality.
Xiao Ju liked it at a glance. And the expressions on the faces of Xiao Ju Niang, Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang also show a yearning for this kind of life.
Chen Aiguo was not in the mood to greet Xiaoju's family at this time, he hurriedly whispered a few words to Huzi, and then asked people to help him go to the place where the captain and instructor lived. And Huzi shouted at Xiaoju's family: "This is our station!" Don't wander around, there are places where people are guarding, don't trespass! Save yourself from getting into trouble. ”
"Got it! Thank you, Brother Huzi! Xiao Ju replied with a sweet smile. As the saying goes, 'don't hit the smiling person', here their family belongs to outsiders, and they are outsiders who have not been recognized by most people, so of course they should be careful. Laughing when you see people will definitely make people feel more good and less guarded.
"Hmm. If you're okay. You can first go around the foot of the mountain around the hollow and find a place to build your own home! We are self-reliant here! I have other things to do, and I'll see you later! After Huzi said these words, he hurriedly commanded the people who were injured in his team to carry the wounded people in his team and ran towards the medical room in the station.
Xiao Ju looked at it in a blink of an eye, and Chen Aiguo's group of people were gone, leaving only a few of them standing alone and pitiful. My heart is full of taste. But after thinking about it, the Japanese soldiers were now searching the mountain everywhere in the mountain, and the whereabouts of the villagers in Chenjia Village were unknown.
From the words of Chen Aiguo and Huzi, Xiao Ju can guess that this guerrilla force can hide its activities in this area for a long time, and every sweep by the Japanese soldiers is almost fruitless. It should be inseparable from the support of the villagers in the surrounding villages.
Since this is the case, then this guerrilla force must not stand idly by and watch the suffering of Chenjia Village. At this time, Chen Aiguo left in a hurry, he should have found someone to report the situation and discuss countermeasures!
Xiaoju feels that there is nothing to complain about, people are doing the right thing, and their own family is not the kind of person who can't do anything, so he can only sit back and enjoy his success. Since Huzi said it before leaving, you can find a place here to get a place for your family to stay. Of course, let's go find the right place first.
Xiaoju and Niangyi said. Xiao Ju Niang immediately agreed, while Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang had already fallen into Xiao Ju's voice. And he rushed forward.
It took an hour or two for the Xiaoju family to circle around the foot of the mountain recess and the places where houses could be built on the mountainside, and finally the family chose to be on the halfway point of the mountain not far from the entrance of the mountain recess.
Not only is there a relatively flat area of nearly two acres of land, but the most important thing is that not far from the flat land, there is also a mountain spring water that goes down the mountain, and if you build a house there, even the problem of domestic water will be solved. And it's not easy for others to come up, and the security is very high.
The flat place of nearly two acres is actually less than half an acre, and Xiao Juniang and Liu Zhu did not agree to build a house here, after all, it is not convenient to come up here, and there is not much place to build a house. But after all, he couldn't twist Xiaoju, and finally agreed. As for Zhuangzhuang, he blindly believes in his sister, no matter what Sister does is absolutely right, he is unconditionally in favor.
In Xiao Ju's opinion, the uneven place of one and a half acres is not difficult for her at all. After sending Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang to cut down trees, they refused her mother's help and asked her to sit aside and rest for a while.
Xiao Ju took out a shovel from the small space, condensed the strange qi in her body into her hand, and quickly shoveled up the ground with the shovel.
It was only half a day, and the one and a half acres of uneven mountain land were shoveled flat by Xiao Ju, and the soil shoveled out was received by her in a small space, anyway, only the mother was here, and the place she chose was very hidden, and it was difficult for others to notice the movement here through the cover of the layers of branches.
Xiao Ju straightened her waist and looked at the flat two acres of mountainous land in front of her with a smile, and although Xiao Ju Niang has always known Xiao Ju's power, except for Xiao Ju's ability to hurt people in order to save her in Nanyang, she really hasn't seen Xiao Ju doing farm work.
Xiaoju smiled smugly at her mother, "Mother, how is it?" Your daughter is amazing, isn't she? There was a kind of ostentatiousness in the words.
"Wow, Xiaoju, my mother didn't expect you to shovel the ground so quickly! Then if our family returns to Huzhuang in the future, we can go to open up some wasteland to plant! Xiao Juniang thought that after returning to Huzhuang in the future, she could let her daughter open more than ten or twenty acres of wasteland, so that her family in Huzhuang would not be regarded as a landless family, and the people in the village would not look down on her family. On his face, he couldn't help but show that he looked like he was daydreaming and smiling silly.
Fortunately, Xiao Ju didn't know what Xiao Ju Niang was thinking at this time, otherwise, she would really be angry. Her ability only made Xiao Ju Niang think of having a good labor force to open up the wasteland from now on, and had no other ideas!
After leveling the land to be built, Xiao Ju took Xiao Ju Niang to see the mountain spring flowing down the mountain. This mountain spring is less than ten meters away from the place where Xiaoju is preparing to build a house, and the spring water is very clear, but there is very little that has been accumulated, and it has flowed down the mountain.
Xiao Ju looked at it for a while, and decided to dig a pit two meters wide, three meters long, and one meter deep where the mountain spring passed through her own mountainside, so that the spring water would flow down, and the mountain spring accumulated in this pit was enough for her family. After the pit is full, the spring water will naturally flow down the mountain from its original position, so that the spring water in the pit will not be stagnant, and naturally there is no need to worry about whether it is clean or not.
Xiao Ju, who had an idea in her heart, immediately began to dig the place where the spring water flowed with the shovel she had been holding in her hand, and in less than half an hour, a pit she had envisioned was completed. Patting the edge of the pit tightly with the back of the shovel, Xiao Ju and Xiao Ju Niang watched with joy as the spring water slowly filled the pit.
At this time, Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang came back from cutting trees, and Xiao Ju and Xiao Ju Niang reluctantly left the spring and returned to their newly built homestead. Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang were smiling from ear to ear when they saw this flat place with two acres of land at this time.
But Xiao Ju's face darkened when he saw the bundle of trees that Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang had cut back. These cut down trees do not meet the requirements of Xiao Ju's heart at all, such a small one, there is no way to build a wooden house. Yes, Xiao Ju imagined the appearance of other people in the mountain recess and built a few wooden houses, so that it would be drier and more comfortable to live in.
But these small trees that Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang got back are almost the same as building grass sheds, and if they build wooden houses, they are too thin-rooted.
Xiao Ju Niang was still careful, and soon found Xiao Ju, who was not happy, and asked a little worriedly: "Xiao Ju, are you okay?" Is there something uncomfortable? It was fine just now! As he spoke, he reached out to probe Xiao Ju's forehead.
"Mother, I'm fine! It's just that I'm a little depressed looking at these trees that my uncle cut back! Xiao Ju tilted her head slightly, avoided her mother's hand, and said a little cowardly.
"What? Xiaoju, these trees are very sturdy in grass sheds! I also specially chose the one that is very straight, and I didn't even want the slightly curved one! Liu Zhu looked at Xiaoju with a puzzled expression.
"I plan to build a few sturdy wooden houses like other people's homes, so that the family can live more comfortably." Xiao Ju told her plan, and then looked at the bundle of small trees that were not big but not a small number, "Uncle, these you cut today will be used to make wooden fences!" Tomorrow you don't have to go up the hill to cut down trees, I'll go! You take your mother and Zhuang Zhuang to fence these two acres of land with a one-and-a-half-person high wooden fence at home, and then divide them into front and back yards when the house is built, which can be regarded as our new home! ”
"Build a wooden house? Xiaoju, is it possible that we plan to live here for a long time? Liu Zhu asked with some surprise,
Although he liked this place a lot, he still thought that after the famine was over, he still had to go back to Liujiazhuang. He was still very worried about his father and mother who fled the famine with his brothers. After all, before parting, the attitude of several brothers towards the second sister made him have to be more careful. He was afraid that when he didn't eat, his brothers and sisters-in-law would treat his father and mother with that attitude.
"It's hard to leave this place in the last year or two anyway! Although it is not convenient to go out here, it is better to be safe! The Japanese devils can't find this place, and you can grow grain here, so you don't have to worry about the food noodles you don't have to eat, and if you want to eat meat, you can also go into the mountains to hunt wild animals, I think this is a good place to stay! Xiao Ju looked at Liu Zhu with bright eyes, and Xiao Ju Niang and Zhuang Zhuang listened to Xiao Ju's explanation, how could they disagree?
Liu Zhu was silent for a while, feeling that it was indeed an impossible idea to go back to Liujiazhuang now, since the second sister's family wanted to settle here, let's settle down first. (To be continued......)