Seeing that there was someone in the middle of the road in front of him, Li Yunhe stopped the car and was about to go over to take a look, but at this time, Saihu rushed over. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly shouted: "Saihu, come back!" ”

Saihu stopped his steps and came back. Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe looked over and saw that kneeling in the middle of the road was a woman in her thirties and a pair of twelve or thirteen-year-old children, the girl was slightly older. Seeing someone coming, the three of them kowtowed together, and the woman said, "It's good to be good, take my sons and daughters." The children can work, as long as they have food and don't starve to death, I beg you. After speaking, the mother and son kept kowtowing.

"Get up and speak first." Zhang Zhimu couldn't stand this, although he knew that during the great drought, such a person couldn't save himself.

The mother and son just can't get up. Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to say, "Tell me, what's going on with you." ”

The woman simply talked about her life experience.

The mother and son are from Shaanxi, and their families live in a place called Gaojiabaozi on the south bank of Weishui in the north of Chang'an City. The family has thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is irrigated by Weishui, and is rich in products. But at the beginning of this year, a rebel army surrounded the fort, and her husband Zhuang Ding resisted and died in battle. The Ming army only cared about guarding Chang'an and did not send a single soldier to help. As a result, three days later, the fort was breached.

Seeing the enemy rushing in, the father-in-law led a few people to run home, raced a small bag, pushed the mother into a cellar and left. The thieves slaughtered and plundered the fort for a day. At night, the thieves all slept, and the mother escaped. Thinking that there is also a relative in Jinyang, Shanxi. He used a golden hairpin as the passage fee, and the shipman who begged for delivery was brought to Jinyang. But Jinyang didn't have that relative at all. The two of them followed the homeless people here, and all the valuable things on their bodies were sold, and they had not eaten for three days. I wanted to ask someone to save the child, but I saw that there were too many homeless people near the city gate. I don't think anyone can manage it. For as soon as they open their mouths, the outcasts will gather around them. So, just wait here. Seeing that the people in the car were all good, they boldly knelt down and begged each other.

Zhang Zhimu took a look at it and felt that it should be said that it was good, because although the three of them were very dirty, the clothes and fabrics were not bad. Zhang Zhimu was in trouble. Looking back at Chen Yufeng, Chen Yufeng was noncommittal. I can't ignore it, so I gritted my teeth and thought, take it. Before he could speak, Xiaoqing said, "Uncle, help them!" It's pathetic. ”

"Okay, listen to Xiaoqing, just accept them"

"Thank you, miss." The mother is kowtowing again.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let's get up this time." The child is still young, so you can go together. ”

Looking at the mother and son, their faces were haggard. said to Li Yunhe: "The car is too heavy, this cow has walked such a long way and has not stopped." Let's both come down and go. Let this get in the car. ”

"No, no. We can go. Childe, get in the car. ”

"Just listen to me. It's not easy for you mothers, look at your faces, come up and rest. ”

The woman's tears flowed out, the hardships along the way, when did anyone ever take pity, if it weren't for the two children, she would never have survived now. He knelt down again and said, "Thank you, child, go on, I can go." ”

"Hurry up. Don't do that again. Your surname, sister-in-law. ”

"Don't dare, my maiden name is Xu. The eldest daughter's name is Gao Yinfeng, who is twelve years old, and his son's eleventh name is Gao Guixiang. ”

"Then I'll call you Sister-in-law Xu. Let's set a rule, in the future, in our family, those who are older than me will be called 'Zhimu', those younger than me will be called 'brother', and those who are younger will be called 'uncle' and 'uncle'. You can't call Xiaoqing Miss, just call Xiaoqing, and the little tiger at home can't be called 'Young Master', Xiaoqing will call you Aunt Xu. If you can agree, come with us, and if you can't, stay. ”

"I promise."

That's good to get in the car. The girl got into the car. Zhang Zhimu looked at Xiaoqing with his eyes: "Xiaoqing." ”

"Hey!" Xiaoqing agreed, reached out and took out three buns, and handed one to each person. Sister-in-law Xu glanced at Zhang Zhimu. Zhang Zhimu said: "Eat it!" ”

"Let's eat!" Sister-in-law Xu said to the two children.

Seeing that the mother ate the buns in tears, Zhang Zhimu said: "There are still buns, but you have been hungry for too long, so you can't eat too much at once, otherwise it will be broken." Sister-in-law Xu nodded. During this period, Chen Yufeng didn't speak, looked at Zhang Zhimu, and nodded in his heart. This person is not an ordinary person, atmospheric, this measure will make great things, but being too kind is not all good things for people who do great things.

Seeing Huang Yukun looking over the sun with his forehand in the distance, Xiaoqing shouted at the top of his voice: "Mom! ”。 It was the first time I went out so far away, and I missed my mother so much, and I wanted to tell my mother what I saw and heard along the way.

Before the car reached the slope, Huang Yukun was already waiting at the bottom of the slope. Seeing Chen Yufeng's feet wrapped in white cloth, he couldn't hold back his tears. Zhang Zhimu stepped forward and said: "It's no big deal, 'God Hand Zhang' said, it's good to rest for a month." "Huang Yukun is getting better. He also introduced Li Yunhe and Sister-in-law Xu. Sister-in-law Xu and Huang Yukun were in sympathy with each other, and they sighed for a while.

Except for Chen Yufeng, who couldn't move, everyone else got out of the car and led the ox cart up.

When I entered the yard, I let the lady wash herself, take off her dirty clothes, and put on her old clothes. Zhang Zhimu saw that the two ewes had bulging nipples, so Huang Yukun burst the milk and milked it, and Li Yunhe rushed to milk it. Now the yard is lively, Xiaohu has long been familiar with Saihu, holding a windmill and running all over the yard. Zhang Zhimu said to Huang Yukun: "Look, I brought everyone back without asking." ”

"Brother, you did the right thing, don't be so polite in the future."

"Sister-in-law Xu has been hungry for a long time, so she has to eat less at a time, otherwise she won't be able to bear it. Give them and Uncle Chen's milk, boil and drink it, and give them a supplement. ”

"Okay."

This time there are more people, and the house is not enough to live in. Because of the tiger race, the chickens and pigs don't have to be kept in the house. In the evening, I arranged for Sister-in-law Xu to live in a side building. Zhang Zhimu, Li Yunhe and Uncle Chen formed a nest with grain grass to sleep.

Saihu was very conscientious, and rushed out several times at night with a roar to drive away the invaders.

Zhang Zhimu felt that this head was not bad, there were a few people, and the money was a little. But now the strength is still very weak, and we still have to lie down and try the courage, calm down, and lay a good foundation. After dinner, he said to Huang Yukun: "There are too many people, I have to build a few houses." ”

"Okay, brother, you can make up your mind."

"In addition, we have to learn from the experience of Sister-in-law Xu's family and build a cellar. In this troubled world, there may not be changes from time to time, so prepare early. The house still needs to be built with adobe houses, and we can afford to build brick houses now, but they are too conspicuous to be good. Then he said: "I always feel that I am a little worried about letting Meng Si'er go that day." In case he goes to the government to sue us for money and murder, it will be troublesome. ”

"No, this Meng Si'er doesn't dare to go, even if he goes to the government, he won't believe it, everyone knows that he is a gangster."

"If he leads the thief, he still has to be careful, fortunately, Uncle Chen and Li Yunhe are here, and their skills are good."

"Okay." Huang Yukun nodded and said.

"In addition, when it is convenient, I told Uncle Chen about this matter alone, so that he can have a number in his heart. Tomorrow, Yunhe and I will go into the city to buy things, and we will build a shed first. Zhang Zhimu instructed.

"Brother, you really didn't buy so many delicious foods for these chickens in vain, and you laid ten eggs a day today." Huang Yukun said with joy on his face.

"Feed according to that method, don't be stingy with feed, you can buy more feed if you lay more eggs, and you can lay more eggs if you buy more feed, which is called a virtuous circle. I'll get some bone meal in a few days. "Knowing that Huang Yukun doesn't understand what a "virtuous circle" is, it's strange to be able to understand it, but the truth can still be understood.

The next day, on the way to Xiurong City. Zhang Zhimu asked Li Yunhe: "Yunhe, Uncle Chen said that you have good iron-making skills, do you go back to the stove pasted in Dalian?" ”

"The iron-making stove, I watched my father build it, it's not too difficult, it's not a big problem compared to it. Just need fire-resistant bricks. ”

"Just bricks."

"Okay. This iron-making furnace can be particular, if you have less iron, you can get a small sitting furnace, and if you refine more, you can build a blast furnace. In fact, any furnace is the same, the key is to be optimistic about the fire, otherwise the iron will not be good for you, and the furnace will have to be rebuilt. Li Yunhe talked about his old business, and it was eloquent.

On the way back and forth, Zhang Zhimu was discussing ironmaking with Li Yunhe. Li Yunhe couldn't help but ask: "Big brother, don't you want to open a blacksmith shop?"

"No, but I'm interested in ironmaking. I also want to make steel. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Steelmaking is very troublesome, you have to fry steel. Swords are forged hundreds of times before they become steel knives. Li Yunhe said.

They drove the car back before noon. I bought a lot of wooden poles and bamboo poles, a few rolls of mats, and some ropes. There were also two large wooden barrels, a couple of shovels,

A few people first made a large wicker row out of wicker. Then dig a pit and erect a few poles, build a few thick bamboo poles, put the wicker rows on them, spread the mats on the willow rows, tie them with ropes, and press a few stones. And they enclosed it with mats on three sides, and a large shed was built. When the house is not built, people can live in it, and it is usually a livestock shed and a sheepfold.

In the afternoon, he was about to go to the river to hunt adobe, but Uncle Chen couldn't stay at home, so he helped him into the car, took his four children, and led the four sheep to the river together. Before he got to the side, Xiaohu shouted, "I want to drink fish soup." ”

"Haha, you have to drink fish soup at night." Zhang Zhimu said with a smile.

Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe cut some grass first and chopped it with a knife. Then, he took up a large pile of soil by the river, which contained a lot of sand, poured water and soaked it for a while, and then mixed the chopped grass together, poured it with water, and then piled it together, sprinkled some soil, and left it alone. Looking at a large pile of soil, Zhang Zhimu thought that it was enough for a while.

Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe were lying flat on the sun-soaked beach, sore and soft. I think of the few tired words in my previous life, what is "big billet, (XXX) to be a husband and wife" ......"

It's really tiring. The four children are already very acquainted, and they take the tiger to drive the sheep together and play there. Zhang Zhimu suddenly remembered that he hadn't done anything about reading to Xiaoban. Don't let your child bring it up on their own. The two children of the Gao family also have to study, and the modern knowledge in my head will be passed on to them first. The two children of the Gao family have been asking Mr. for several years to teach them. What made Zhang Zhimu uncomfortable was that the twelve-year-old Gao Yinfeng, a good-looking child, had little feet, which made Zhang Zhimu feel awkward. I wanted to find a chance to persuade them to let go of their feet, it might be difficult, even harder than not letting Xiaoqing wrap their feet.

After lying down for a while, I got up and saw that Li Yunhe was gone, so I ran to play with a few children. Zhang Zhimu thought: "This physical strength is really incomparable." ”

Chen Yufeng was lying down and said: "Zhimu, don't compare yourself with Yunhe, when you look at you, you don't often do physical activities, you have to take your time." ”

"Got it, Uncle Chen." Zhang Zhimu got up and took out the rod and line, tied a few fish hooks, dug up some earthworms to hang on, tied a pendant, and threw them into the river.

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu started fishing, the children all ran over.

"Any of you will go back and get some salt, and there will be a reward." Zhang Zhimu said. The kids want to go. Zhang Zhimu asked the older boy Gao Guixiang to go back. Tell him to bring some more oil.

The fish soon came up, Zhang Zhimu picked the fish, and the children helped to check it in the frame. After a while, they ran a few hooks, and the children also switched fishing. Huang Yukun and Gao Guixiang came over together, and the bowl in Huang Yukun's hand was filled with some oil. It turned out that I didn't know what to do with oil and salt, so I didn't worry about it.

"Haha, don't leave when you're here, see me show you my hand." Zhang Zhimu said.

Let the children check some sticks, light the fire with a fire sickle, thread the processed crucian carp with a stick, first bake the water on the fire, smear it with salt and then put some oil on it, and turn it around on the fire. After a while, the fragrance will attract everyone. Zhang Zhimu said: "The first fish will be rewarded to Guixiang who went back to get salt." ”

Guixiang was still a little embarrassed to eat first, and Zhang Zhimu motioned for him to eat with his eyes. Guixiang took a bite and said, "It's too fragrant." ”

Zhang Zhimu put on a few more fish together, and Li Yunhe also helped roast them on the fire, and everyone ate fish after a while. Zhang Zhimu was so happy in his heart, and said exaggeratedly: "Who said that Shanxi people don't eat fish, it's Shanxi people who can't make fish, how can you not enjoy the most beautiful thing in the world?" ”

Several people were eating grilled fish with smiles on their faces, and at this time, Sister-in-law Xu waved her hands on the shore and shouted something to everyone!