Chapter 45: Preparing for the Winter
Since the food problem was resolved, the focus of Mujia Village's work has shifted to building houses, but the work process has been slow.
There is no other reason, this place is poor in materials, and everything can only be done by Mu Chenghu and others.
Mu Chenghu looked at the crumbling thatched roof, and was worried about everyone going to spend the long winter here.
"Dad, what are you thinking?" Mu Yao looked at Mu Chenghu, who was full of sorrow, and asked with some concern.
"It's nothing, I just don't think it's going to be a good winter." Mu Chenghu said that there was nothing wrong.
"Dad, I have something more troublesome for you here." Mu Yao thought about it, and told Mu Chenghu about what she found during her investigation.
Mu Chenghu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then quickly asked, "Yaoyao, but what's the big deal?" ”
"Dad, during this time, I took a look at the soil of these nearby hills, and found that these mountains are not suitable for growing any grain, not even vegetables." Mu Yao said affirmatively.
Mu Yao's news is undoubtedly a major blow to Mu Chenghu, and even a major blow to Mujia Village.
Mu Yao's words made Mu Chenghu fall into a long thought.
"Third child, let's go over there." Mu Chengru's words brought Mu Chenghu back to reality.
Mu Yao saw that his second uncle was looking for his father, so he stood up and said goodbye to the two of them, and went back to the tent.
Mu Chenghu was a little curious about what his second brother was looking for him? It can't be the soil! If that's the case, the second brother of his own family is too rebellious.
Mu Chengru said as he walked, "Third child, it has been so many days since we robbed grain, and the other party may have begun to investigate, after all, losing grain is not a trivial matter." We need to plan ahead. ”
At this time, Mu Chenghu was also completely stunned, this wave of unevenness rose again and again, and his little heart couldn't stand it.
Mu Chengru saw that Mu Chenghu's face was not very good, and then said, "You don't have to worry too much, they won't suspect this in a short time." ”
Mu Chenghu felt a little better in his heart when he heard this.
"Second brother, do you have any good ideas?" Mu Chenghu looked at Mu Chengru and said.
Mu Chengru shook his head and said that he could only take one step at a time now.
The two walked to the back of the mountain, Mu Chenghu looked at the mountain formed by a few boulders, patted his head, and said, "I'm afraid that he is a fart, we can't beat them when they come, can't we hide?" ”
Mu Chengru looked at Mu Chenghu, who was a little convulsive, and thought to himself that the third child was afraid that he was dizzy with joy, and this was not quite the same as usual.
If Liu Fu and Mu Yao were here, they would definitely tell him that this was Mu Chengru's nature.
"Second brother, wait for a few days when the house is built and let the big guy dig a tunnel to the outside of the valley, if they really attack, we will escape from the tunnel." Mu Chenghu said happily.
Who knew that before Mu Chenghu's words were finished, Mu Chengru frowned.
"Third child, your method is really good, but have you thought about it, these mountains are full of stones, and this tunnel is probably not easy to dig." Mu Chengru raised the infeasibility of the operation.
Mu Chenghu was also stunned when he heard this, yes, there was no explosives in ancient times. If only I could make explosives myself. Hey! If it's explosives, why should I run away? No, this thing must not be here again, or it will not be a ...... of life.
"Don't think about this, the top priority is how to let everyone survive this winter." Mu Chengru's words brought back Mu Chenghu's thoughts that had drifted for 108,000 miles.
Mu Chenghu frowned and said, "This is indeed a big problem, the thatched house is not cold resistant no matter how you look at it, and the problem is that none of us can burn tiles." ”
"Huh! Third, I don't remember how many miscellaneous books you have on folk skills? We can check it out, and if there is, let Mu Jiu try to see if it works. Mu Chengru suddenly remembered the straw hat.
"It must be possible, there should be no problem for him to burn bricks and research." Mu Chenghu smiled when he thought of this.
Mu Chenghu returned to the tent and began to look for books everywhere.
"Mu Chenghu, you are quite fat! What good things do you do? Liu Fu entered the tent and saw the messy clothes on the ground, and he was instantly angry.
Mu Chenghu rescued his ears from his daughter-in-law, and told Liu Wu about finding books.
Liu Wu let Mu Chenghu go, and fortunately, everyone wanted to stay here for a long time, so they set up their own tents, otherwise people outside would not say what kind of system these two people had become.
Liu Wu said while helping Mu Chenghu find a book, "It would be nice to be able to build a kang, are you still afraid of winter?" ”
Liu Wu said this casually, but Mu Chenghu was relieved.
With the help of catkins, Mu Chenghu quickly found a way to burn tiles.
Mu Chenghu found Mu Jiu, who was burning bricks, and told him how to burn tiles.
After Mu Jiu burned out two kiln tiles, he finally burned a batch of tiles.
This made everyone in Mujia Village very happy, and in the evening, Han made an exception to take out some of the horse meat that had been marinated before to celebrate.
This horse meat is still the horse that Mu Chenghu got from the grain robbery last time, although everyone was reluctant to kill, but when Mu Chenghu said that the old horse knew the way, if one day the horse accidentally ran back, it would attract the officers and soldiers, and the people in Mujia Village killed a few horses without saying a word.
After the matter of tiles was resolved, Mu Chenghu found Mu Nan, the master of the stove in Mujia Village.
Mu Nan looked at Mu Chenghu who came over and was a little nervous, after all, he was notoriously timid in the village.
"Village chief, you, you are looking for me, me, is there something, what is the matter?" Mu Nan stammered.
Seeing this, Mu Chenghu had to say softly: "Don't be afraid, I just asked if you can fight such a kang." ”
Mu Nan rubbed his hands and said carefully, "Village chief, I, I, I don't know, no, I have to try, I know." ”
Mu Chenghu took out the drawings that he had drawn with a lot of effort and explained them to Mu Nan in detail.
After a long time, Mu Nan said that he understood the principle of operation and could try it.
Finally finished, Mu Chenghu wiped the unnecessary sweat on his forehead, it was too difficult, and it was too difficult to communicate with Mu Nan.
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and after failing again and again, Mu Nan finally built the kang.
As soon as the people of the village heard about it, the stove was very warm in winter, and they could sleep and eat on it.
"This thing is really amazing, Mu Nan has done this beautifully, everyone is no longer afraid that this winter will not pass." Mu Qingliu praised while feeling the temperature on the kang with his hands.
Next, many people in the village gave Mu Nan a big finger.
Mu Nan has never been as happy as he is now, after all, everyone looked down on him more or less in the past, or sympathized with him, but no one has ever respected him as much as he does today.
Of course, all this is thanks to Mu Chenghu, if it weren't for Mu Chenghu's patience to guide him, how could he have been able to build a kang. Mu Chenghu said that he didn't have that ability, if it weren't for Mu Nan, he might still be worried about the winter!
Mu Chenghu solved the heating problem and remembered the words of Mu Yao and Mu Chengru. The happy mood flew all at once.