After Xiao Ju and the four of them hurriedly ate lunch, they prepared to build a grass shed. In fact, according to Xiaoju's meaning, you don't need to build it too well, as long as it is a little more spacious, it is best to divide it into two rooms, so that the mother and her share a room, after all, the two of them are women, and Zhuang Zhuang shares a room with Liu Zhu.

In the past, when fleeing the famine, four people slept together, but there was no way and the conditions were limited. Now there is no need to run around, naturally there will be a difference between men and women, it doesn't matter if you are strong, Liu Zhu is a man in the prime of life.

Although he and his mother are sisters and brothers, they must also pay attention to these details, otherwise they will be misunderstood, and if there are any unpleasant words, it will be bad for both his mother and Liu Zhu.

As for the place to cook, just set up a stove in the room where Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang lived. After getting familiar with Nanyang City, I will find a way to see if I can buy a small courtyard, and the family can settle down here.

Liu Zhu's idea is different from Xiaoju's, he thinks the same as all the escapees, he wants to build this straw shed to be strong and durable, maybe this grass shed will be the second sister's family and his long-term home in Nanyang in the future. Not to mention the extravagant hope that he has the luxury to buy a small courtyard in Nanyang City, how to find a job to support himself and his second sister's family, all of which made him toss and turn at night. You know, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees here, and the number is increasing.

Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Zhu's ideas are relatively close, although she knows that Xiao Ju still has some silver dollars there, but how many are not very clear, plus she has already taken out 200 yuan to buy a small courtyard in Huaxian County, how much can Xiao Ju dig up the small pot of silver dollars left?

In order to build a sturdy grass shed, Xiao Ju and Liu Zhu insisted on cutting down some small trees to make supports. You know, the small trees in the vicinity have already been cut down, and in a while, even the firewood and grass may be cut down by the victims who have gathered here. If Liu Zhu wants to cut down a small tree, he will have to go to a distant place to find it, and tonight, the family of four can only sleep in the open.

It's a cold winter now, if you really sleep in the open, a few people in the family will definitely freeze the next day, don't lose your life when you run away, but when you want to settle down, you have such a business trip, isn't it asking for guilt? Alas, my mother and brother-in-law won't even think of this question, right?

Seeing the scene where Liu Zhu was holding a machete and preparing to leave, while Zhuang Zhuang was pulling his clothes and making trouble to follow, Xiao Ju had a headache, so he had to remind, "Uncle, when will you go back to cut down trees?" My mother and I don't know how to build a shelter! ”

"Xiaoju, what kind of shelter do you build? When I come back from cutting down the tree, I will directly build a sturdy grass hut, how good! Liu Zhu asked a little puzzled.

"Oh? Uncle, are you sure that the grass shed can be built today? If the cover is not good, then where do we sleep tonight? Looking at the snowflakes that kept falling around, Xiao Ju was a little angry, and the tone of her voice was a little high.

Xiao Ju Niang listened to Xiao Ju's words, and then looked at the small bodies of her children, thinking that if everyone stayed outside for a night without even a shelter, she couldn't help but shudder in her heart, it seemed that she had not thought it through. "Pillars, let's build the shelter first, and then you go to cut down the trees, and it doesn't matter if you live in the grass shed a few days later!"

Liu Zhu also felt that he was not thoughtful at this time, and he was too anxious! Busy with the second sister, the two quickly set up the shelter, and then went to cut down the tree. As for Zhuang Zhuang, he didn't go with him after all, because this time neither his mother nor Sister Ah supported, and assigned him another task, which was to get some firewood and grass to come back to make dinner with Sister A.

When Xiaoju and Zhuang Zhuang came back with a large bundle of firewood and grass, they found that three more families had escaped near their shelter, and they were already building sheds.

In the house to the left of Xiao Ju's house, there is a couple with two children, just like their family, a boy and a girl. He is not very old, probably less than ten years old. The house on the right is an old couple with a young daughter-in-law, a young girl, and a small baby. And the family in the back seems to be a couple with two sons and an old lady. These two sons are not young, and they should look like they are fourteen or fifteen years old.

Looking at the appearance, these people are fat, but Xiao Ju knows that this is not because of obesity caused by overnutrition, but because of severe malnutrition, or obesity caused by eating wild grass that cannot be eaten.

After Xiao Ju scanned the members of these families clearly, she didn't make a sound, just buried her head and dragged the bundle of firewood and grass in her hand towards her own shelter.

Xiao Ju Niang had already set up a simple stove outside her shed, and at this time, seeing that Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang were struggling to drag the bundle of firewood and grass over, they hurriedly stepped forward, and said with some disgust while taking over: "Why do you fight so much at once?" Play less next time! ”

"Mother, aren't you thinking about making time tomorrow to help my uncle build a straw shed?" Xiaoju let go and asked her mother to take the firewood and grass.

"What's the hurry? Cover slowly! Anyway, looking at the current situation, it will definitely be difficult to find a job in Nanyang City! Originally, my mother still thought, after coming here, your uncle and I will go to find a job, and you and Zhuang Zhuang will go to school as you said at home! But now it doesn't seem to be working! Xiao Ju Niang's face was a little gloomy.

"Mother, this matter is in a hurry! Wait until we figure out the situation in Nanyang City, and then make plans! Xiao Ju comforted.

However, seeing the more and more fugitives gathered, she was also a little worried in her heart, you know, no matter which dynasty, if the disaster victims are gathered together, if they are not appeased, they are prone to accidents.

What's more, looking at the current gathering area of the disaster victims, there is no government organization and arrangement, and the living conditions and sanitary conditions must be very poor, and it is winter now, so it's okay! Once spring begins, everything grows, bacteria and viruses also grow, and this gathering place for disaster victims is a hotbed of plague, what will happen to their family?

But these Xiaoju didn't tell her mother, first, she didn't want her mother to worry, and second, she thought that maybe their family would have left this disaster gathering area and bought a small courtyard in Nanyang City! The third is that she is so young, and she has a lot of things that make her mother have doubts, and she doesn't want to find excuses to explain to her mother why she knows so much.

"Alas, Xiaoju, have you seen the families who have set up sheds near us?" Xiao Ju Niang has some gossip in the bottom voice.

"Mother, there are so many people, so much movement, why can't I see it?" Xiaoju looked at the gossip mother with some amusement.

"Just now I heard from the people on our left that the old couple with their daughter-in-law, girl and baby were big landlords before they fled the famine!" Xiao Ju Niang's mysterious way.

"Mother, what's so strange about this? Now it's so chaotic, there are bandits everywhere, the imperial army and the puppet army are secretly robbing and robbing, it's good to be able to escape with a life, and you still want to protect your family wealth? Could it be that the wealthy Hu of our village went to make dog legs for the imperial army and sold their ancestors? What's the use of the little money you have? Xiao Ju glanced at her mother.

"That's right, you can't sell your ancestors! At that time, future generations will not be able to raise their heads in the village! Xiao Ju Niang agreed with Xiao Ju's words.

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Xiao Ju and Niang were muttering and gossiping there, but Zhuang Zhuang opened him to Sister Ah and Niang, only caring about the two of them talking there, he was a little dissatisfied, pouted, and came between the two and said, "Mother, why are you talking to Sister Ah so quietly?" I'm going to hear it too! ”

Xiao Ju Niang looked at Zhuangzhuang's high little mouth and said with a smile, "Zhuangzhuang, what do you eat?" Your sister and I are discussing what to eat tonight? ”

As soon as Zhuang Zhuang heard about eating, he immediately put aside the unhappiness just now, and shouted: "Sister, you can do it!" Even the wild vegetables you make are better than your mother's! As soon as Xiao Ju Niang heard this, her face darkened, and she muttered a few words in her heart, 'no conscience', but she also knew in her heart that her son was right, so Xiao Ju went to busy dinner.