After the New Year, the Shen family's small courtyard was piled up with various colors of wood. The people around know that a new wilderness is going to be opened again. Zheng Zhi took the clerk as his staff, and took a group of children to build adobe bricks every day, so tired that he couldn't do it, and he didn't work.

The neighbors saw that capable women and half-grown children also came to help, and contributed their modest efforts to a greater or lesser extent. From everyone's mouth, it was learned that because the land had not completely dissolved, the spring plowing had not yet begun, and in fact, the men were idle in the place.

In a hurry, Zheng Zhi and Gu Yao discussed and invited the men of each family to help build the house, and he paid for the food.

The people in this area know that Zheng Zhi and his family are not the Shen family, but the relatives of the Shen family in Taikang, but this does not prevent them from liking these two people. Although Zheng Zhi doesn't like to laugh, he is handsome and eye-catching; Gu Yao is also good-looking, she is the most beautiful little daughter-in-law in this area except for her men, and the most important thing is that this little daughter-in-law is soft, always smiling, and treats the children of each family well, I don't say anything.

When they heard Zheng Zhi's words, they thought that they didn't know that food was more valuable than money. Jin Zongqi's house in the east, persuaded Zheng Zhi through the fence: "This wasteland is cultivated, maybe one day there will be a stutter, you should be frugal with this ration."

Zheng Zhi was like a second ancestor, full of indifference and said: "I have written home and asked my father and brother to collect food for me."

Jin Zongqi's family couldn't make sense with Zheng Zhi, so he changed the rules and persuaded Gu Yao: "Zheng family lady, when you are hungry, food is more expensive than silver, you can persuade you to be a man." ”

Gu Yao looked at Zheng Zhi silently, not to mention how cute his pitiful appearance was.

Jin Zongqi's family thought that she was not at home at home, and it was useless to persuade Zheng Zhi, so he sighed: "You are not at home, you don't know firewood, rice, oil and salt, you can't be so used to him because he looks good."

Gu Yao's old face turned red and opened his mouth, embarrassed to tell the truth.

She was embarrassed, Zheng Zhi was embarrassed, and revealed Gu Yao's old bottom: "Sister-in-law, don't just talk about me, she won't be much better." I still learned from her, and she wrote to her mother's family to ask for food a few years ago. ”

Jin Zongqi's open mouth couldn't close for a long time, and she didn't find her voice until she poured it into her stomach and felt so painful that she found her voice. Gu Yao defended himself: "I have two brothers and two sisters above me, one of them helps me with one stone, isn't it four stones?" ”

Jin Zongqi's family, who was about to give up, couldn't help but answer again: "Who hasn't ordered food yet?" It's a long way to go, send a hundred stone of grain over, and you have to eat half of it on the way, you know? ”

The simple woman used exaggerated techniques and gave an example of a hundred stones. However, she knew that if someone's family had a hundred stone of surplus grain to supplement their daughter, the family must not only have a little "food".

Gu Yao didn't know what she was thinking, and when he saw that she had brought up a hundred stones, he said: "One hundred is not enough, send a thousand, can't you have five hundred left, enough to eat for a long time, right?" ”

Jin Zongqi's family almost suffocated their saliva.

Well, the world of the rich, these poor people of the Jin Zongqi family do not understand. All in all, under the defeat of Gu Yao and his family, before Xinding arrived, the so-called Chaihe Fort was already on a small scale.

There are 20 single rooms and 10 small courtyards.

The small courtyard is not big, with two rooms, a kitchen and a multi-functional bedroom. The largest courtyard in the whole castle is not where Zheng Zhi and his family are, but the residence of Yu Niang. Yu Niang's residence is a small three, her bedroom, a common kitchen, and a public dining room. The house is also heated by a fire wall, which is the best condition of the residence.

For the comfort of not one person, but the comfort of many bachelors.

Gu Yao took Yu Niang's hand and said, "I have wronged you."

Yu Niang said: "Grievances are trivial matters, and I can bear it by cooking for more than a dozen people." If there are also new people who can't cook, how can they get it? ”

Not to mention, it's possible.

Until then, though, one thing is even worse is that the grain has bottomed out. The grain of the Hou Mansion was gone, and there was no news from the Gu family. After another three days, someone finally came on the new road that he had just stepped on.

It is not the giver of the grain, but the eater of the grain.

According to the request of the emperor's grandson, the officials degraded the officials from poor backgrounds to ten households. On the second day of the first month of March, the group arrived at the Chai River. There are sixty-seven people in ten households, among them, two out of thirty adult men, plus the manpower on Zheng Zhi's side, they can barely get together a minimum of 100 households.

Jin Zongqi and the others were about to leave, so they said to the comer: "You are the luckiest." ”

People in their sixties, regardless of age or gender, looked at the mud houses one after another, not knowing how to express their inner collapse.

There were nine women in this line, which was a very large number. Before an accident, everyone who can marry their daughters is married; Those who can't get married, travel for two months, and half of those who can live to the end can't reach it.

Gu Yao wore the most ordinary blue cloth clothes, commanded nine women, and made an opening speech: "No matter what you did before, now that you are in this place, put away all your squeamishness." What can be done, what can be done, nothing will be learned. So, report what you can do first. ”

Basic skills for women, needlework. Of the nine women, eight have done it, and the remaining one is eight years old, named Zhanlan, with two older sisters and a mother. Therefore, there was something at home, and it took four turns to reach her.

Zhan Lan jumped in front of Gu Yao and begged: "I'm smart, I can learn anything, I listen to you, can you protect my sisters?" ”

Gu Yao was puzzled, and looked at Zhan's mother, who was ragged and still in spirit.

Zhan's mother looked resolute, neither humble nor arrogant: "Our couple is protecting the three daughters in exile, and they can still protect people now, not to mention the hardships, a few children see it in their eyes and know it in their hearts." On the road, I met a lady from a thousand households, and she said that in Tieling, women are more difficult than other places. The only one who can save us is the lady of the hundred households. The little girl is not sensible, so she makes trouble with hundreds of ladies, and I hope to forgive me. ”

The lady of a thousand households, is it Cai Erni? What is she going to do? Gu Yao was suspicious, so he didn't talk to Zhan's mother, and asked Aunt Wen and Jin Zongqi's family: "Here, does the woman have anything to say?" ”

Aunt Wen followed her husband, although it was hard, but she had not been sinned, she shook her head. Seeing this, Jin Zongqi's family smiled chic and stepped forward and said, "Then let me tell you, after all, I am from here." ”

The eldest lady of the Zhan family is thirteen, and the parents who are particular about finding a way to marry their daughters are; If you don't pay attention to it, you can sell your daughter, exchange food, and exchange it for easy work-just hearing this, Gu Yao said: "If this is the case, Chaihe Fort does not exist." Everyone has to work in order to have food and clothing. ”

Jin Zongqi's family smiled, smiled, and said, "Yes, so, my man said, they are the luckiest people." Don't mention the three daughters of the Zhan family, a beauty like Miss Zou-"

The pretty woman who was named immediately said: "I am not as good as a hundred ladies." ”

Having said that, the woman was still slightly proud. She has taken excellent care of this way, and her complexion is fairer and cleaner than Gu Yao's at this time. is at the age of fourteen or fifteen again, and compared with a little woman like Gu Yao, who is twenty years younger, has given birth to children, and has a super old mental age, she has three more points of innocence, and three points of temptation of secret fruits.

Gu Yao followed everyone to eat and get tired this paragraph, it was rare to be a little free, and the children would write and draw, and Jin Zongqi's family didn't know how much they liked her. At this moment, Miss Zou interrupted her speech, and what she said was so insincere, and immediately sneered: "What good thing should you look good at?" Don't say anything else, Lord Qianhu asked you to be a concubine by name, how are you doing? ”

Miss Zou glanced at Zheng Zhi in the pile of men with a red face, and said, "I beg the mercy of the hundred households." ”

Gu Yao has a good temperament, so it depends on something. didn't want to think about it, she used the famous saying: "Miss Zou, you are already very beautiful, don't think about being so beautiful." ”