Chapter 331: Improving Living Conditions
With a sturdy sorghum meal, Qi Shan naturally sat firmly in the position of the head of the family.
Zhu Chongba's nature is unruly, although he respects his family, sometimes he will inevitably make some petty temperament.
He was the youngest, his parents and several brothers were very fond of him, when he was young, he herded cattle for others, and after he ate the cow, he stuck the tail of the cow in the crack of the stone, and went back to lie to the steward of the landlord's house, saying that the cow itself went crazy and crashed into the mountain and could not pull it out.
Naturally, no one would believe such a childish lie, so Zhu Chongba was beaten up and then kicked out.
After that, the family lost money, the parents complained, and the landlord's family did not forgive the bloody plot.
Anyway, they are also villagers, and the old Zhu family is considered to be a lot of people, so the landlord's family does not dare to bully too much.
It was because of this incident that Zhu Chongba became the head of the children of his generation, especially the ones who ate beef with him, and they were the ones who bowed to and called the eldest brother.
Among these little bastards are Zhou Dexing and Tang He.
If you really count it, these two people are even older than Zhu Chongba.
"Can you fix that's all you can fix?"
Zhu Chongba just asked a bunch of guys on the ground.
Zhu Dexing looked at it twice, "As long as there is good wood, it will take a day or two of work, but it will take some work to grind the stone mill, but half a month's work is enough to get it right." ”
"You go find two guys to help you, it's best to get it done in a few days, the second brother wants to use it. If you are capable, come to our house to take care of your sorghum rice for three days, dry and thin. ”
Zhou Dexing's eyes lit up: "There is such a good thing, you still have sorghum rice at home?" ”
"That's not to see who my second brother is! In this way, I won't hide it from you, brothers, you will come to my door early tomorrow morning and wait, and I will take you up the mountain to open your eyes. ”
Zhu Chongba's chin was slightly raised, and his face was proud.
Qi Shan listened to the conversation between the two not far away, he shook his head lightly, too lazy to pay attention.
Before the ass decided that his head was not in that position, he was not him, and the people around him were naturally not him.
All the struggles did during the famine years were just for two meals, and there was nothing to say.
Early in the morning of the second day, Zhou Dexing was waiting at the door early.
When the sky was just hazy, when Qi Shan's group of 4 people gathered at the door, Zhou Dexing was already standing there.
That's right, this time it was 4 people who were stimulated by yesterday's sorghum rice, and Aunt Wang also strongly asked to join the team, and she didn't want to miss the thrill of harvesting grain.
didn't talk much, and the 5 people went directly to the back mountain.
"Wen Zheng, did you bring the little vole you left with you yesterday?"
"Here, here!"
Hearing the second uncle speak, Wen Zheng hurriedly took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it and saw that there was a curled up little vole inside.
The vole is clearly not yet unfolded, belonging to the category of being an adult but not yet a minor.
Pinched by the palm of his hand, his limbs are naturally curled up together, and he looks strange and pitiful.
However, this cute thing in later generations obviously has no market in this era.
Qi Shan and a few people are okay, they ate a solid meal of meat yesterday, which can be regarded as a little relief, Zhou Dexing is miserable, the moment the vole appeared in sight, his saliva was secreted frantically, and his eyes were about to glow green.
No one paid attention to him, and Qi Shan looked back and stretched out to Aunt Wang.
"Sister-in-law, line!"
Aunt Wang handed over a ball of twine in her hand, Qi Shan turned her hand and put it in Wen Zheng's palm, Wen Zheng carefully took out a thread, tied it firmly to the tail of the vole, and then picked out the other end of the thread and wrapped it around his wrist.
"Put!"
With an order, Wen Zheng threw the vole in his hand far away.
The weeds swayed, and the voles instantly sank into the grass.
Zhou Dexing almost didn't scream, this is meat, just throw it away, it's a pity.
A flash of reluctance flashed in the eyes of the rest of the people, and they didn't speak anyway.
Under normal circumstances, there is a good chance that a vole will fall if it is thrown out like this, and it is not surprising even if it dies.
But who called this vole special.
Under the control of the central nervous system charged there, the vole quickly regained his vitality as soon as he turned over, only to see the tip of his nose move and quickly rush in one direction.
The hemp rope ball continued to spread out, and it stretched rapidly as the vole moved.
Wen Zheng stared closely at the direction of the hemp rope and walked over quickly.
Zhu Chongba and the others hurriedly followed.
Qi Shan unhurriedly grabbed a handful of straw from the strip and followed slowly behind.
Everyone ran for a while, and sure enough, they heard Wen Zheng's cheers.
"Second Uncle has found it, found it!"
Before Qi Shan could speak, Zhu Chongba shouted.
"Hurry up, prepare the straw to light the fire, Dexing, the stone you reported is next to it, and as soon as you see smoke coming from other holes, plug it immediately.
All the holes are left with only one smoking. ”
Zhou Dexing nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly looked around for the big stone.
Qi Shan took the straw over, and Aunt Wang hurriedly took out the ignition and directly lit the straw.
In the end, according to yesterday's procedure, everyone divided labor and cooperated, and Qi Shan personally blocked the exit with a big bag this time.
The smoke kept rolling, and everyone waited nervously.
After about a quarter of an hour, there was a trembling sound from the ground, and the vole squeaked and rushed out of the hole and plunged into its pocket.
"With a lot of fat mice, this time it's a lot!"
Looking at the expanding volume outside the pocket, Wen Zheng shouted excitedly.
After waiting for a few minutes to see that there was no vole conflict at the entrance of the cave, Qi Shan tied the mouth up.
Throwing a bag full of voles to Zhou Dexing, who was drooling like a waterfall next to him, he turned around the ground twice with his hands behind his back, pointed to a flat ground and spit out a word: "Dig!" ”
Zhu Chongba, who had been waiting next to him, didn't say a word and planed up, in Zhou Dexing's stunned, the earth and stones kept flying, and after a while, he dug more than one person deep, and then heard a cheer.
Zhu Chongba shouted: "Second brother, big harvest, big harvest!" ”
Aunt Wang's excited face trembled, and she hurriedly took out two or three sacks from behind her and threw them to Zhu Chongba, who was so excited that she was almost speechless.
The two words that people don't hear the most in these years are food.
"Second uncle, that little vole is still alive!"
Wen Zheng pulled the hemp rope and pointed to one end of the bag.
Qi Shan said: "Wait a while to jump out and find some food, so that you can feed it, this is a rare food-seeking rat, don't slack off!" ”
"I see!" Wen Zheng nodded vigorously, as if he had received some glorious task.
After working for half an hour, Zhu Chongba brought grain with soil and two bags of marijuana, a total of 100 catties.
Looking at the two hemp bags, Mrs. Wang was about to close her mouth.
I don't dare to say anything else, this year's famine year can be regarded as over.
In the following days, anyone with a discerning eye in the village could see that the old Zhu family was up again.
A few days ago, I begged my grandfather and grandmother everywhere, and wanted others to give me a cemetery, but at this time, I have long disappeared.
Now not only is everyone's food slippery, but the spirit is also obviously up, and even the two boys who follow Zhu Chongba's mess are eating with round stomachs every day.
Every morning before dawn, these people ran to the door of Lao Zhu's house and waited, and then the group went up the mountain in a mighty way.
I don't know what they're tinkering with, and they don't need to come back happily with sacks in the morning.
At noon, smoke will come out of the chimney of Lao Zhu's house on time, and the aroma of sorghum rice cannot be stopped.
The people in the village are not stupid, and someone has noticed such an obvious action a long time ago.
Many people secretly followed behind to pick up some cheap, and even directly intercepted the old Zhu family's Hu.
It's a pity that I don't get the point every time.
Except for all the people in the old Zhu family, they returned empty-handed, and they couldn't eat enough in the past few years, and they consumed physical strength by climbing mountains every day, and they couldn't stand it at anyone's house.
Coupled with Zhu Chongba of the old Zhu family, there are more than a dozen young men gathered around him, and he himself is a well-known unruly man in Shili Eight Villages.
Therefore, the red eyes are red, and no one dares to touch them easily.
Half a month has passed, and the old Zhu family has been prosperous in this half month.
Food is no longer a problem to worry about, and the little vole has also become the guest of honor of the Zhu family.
Everyone's eyes were wrong when they looked at Qi Shan.
It felt like watching a fairy.
But isn't it, don't farm, don't work, the little mouse throws it on the ground, and digs down casually to find food, isn't this a fairy?
The problem of eating was solved, and the house that Qi Shan had been looking at was bulldozed by more than a dozen guys at his suggestion.
The house that was originally made of yellow mud mixed with straw embryos, when it rained a little heavier, it was dangerous to be busy, and the dew point and dew point wind were even more pediatric, and there was no time to not contact with the open air all year round.
It just so happened that Zhou Dexing would order a carpenter, and after packing up those tools, Qi Shan gave him hand-in-hand instructions on how to build a house.
He greeted the village with sorghum rice, and within an hour, more than 100 strong laborers came.
A group of people with explosive physical fitness, going up the mountain to cut down trees, ramming the ground, cultivating soil, and building houses, their speed made Qi Shan stunned.
Trees with waist thickness, these people hold a small axe, and they can be cut down in three or two strokes, and the cutting surface is smooth and flat like a chainsaw.
Whether it's cutting boards, strips, or squares, a small axe will do it all.
When they need to drill their eyes, they don't need iron tools at all, and when they poke their fingers up, there is an extra hole in the wood.
So with the assistance of more than 100 humanoid dragons, a small courtyard with three entrances and three exits was built in just two weeks.
The pure wooden structure of Yishui, even under the corridor from the front hall to the backyard, has a palm-thick floor.
Coupled with the carving and exposure carefully made by Zhou Dexing's generation, it looks quite exquisite.
After a month, the family's life has improved greatly, and the initial plan has been achieved.