There is a two-acre garden at home that has been barren, only to see a cobblestone road in the middle of a small pond with a radius of more than ten steps, now the spring cold has gone, there have been a few lotus leaves leisurely floated up.

Yukimi picked up a dead branch and plucked the lotus leaf from a distance.

Zhou Bo said lightly: "When I was young, summer was also full of lotuses. ”

"Pick up the lotus leaves infinitely," Yukimi blurted out, biting her lip immediately after speaking, eager to whip herself.

Fortunately, Zhou Bo didn't hear it, and he was still immersed in his own memories.

No one takes care of the garden, and this kind of garden is purely the stuff of the rich.

"What did you just say?" Zhou Bo asked blankly.

"I say," Yukimi said slowly, "the lotus leaves are connected to the lotus roots." ”

Zhou Bo glared at her viciously, and the sentimentality that finally got up made this foodie run away.

The lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the small pond are connected, and Yukimi hummed a song while dialing the water, refusing to admit that what he actually wanted most was the ---- lotus root that could eat delicious.

Looking at the empty garden, Xue Jian suddenly said quickly: "Da Lang, it's a pity that this garden is deserted, why don't we plant some gourds." ”

Zhou Bo nodded, "The small garden gourd is also a landscape. Elegant pigment and yellow, humble and light. ”

Xue Jian smiled and said, "What you said, Da Lang, Xue Jian doesn't understand, but, the gourd person, Fu Lu also!" Dalang, you have encountered a bear for no reason this year, it is a natural and man-made disaster, I want to plant a gourd and pray for Dalang. ”

The ancients have always believed that the gourd can drive away disasters and ward off evil spirits, pray for happiness, and make the descendants prosperous.

Zhou Bo said with a smile: "You have so many strange tricks, you say that you plant a gourd, and say that you are praying for me." ”

"What gourd?" Erniang happened to come over to find Zhou Bo and asked hurriedly.

Xue saw that she had saluted, and was busy telling Erniang the reason why she wanted to plant a gourd, and when Erniang heard it, her eyes couldn't help but light up.

Since the gourd sprouts, it is a green landscape, spring, summer and autumn, looking at it makes people feel happy. What's more, this is a prayer for my brother, but also for my parents!

Everyone in the family supported this matter, and Xu Cong'an also talked about asking Xue Jian to leave a corner for him, and he wanted to plant some medicinal herbs.

Just do it, but in two or three days, the small garden has been neatly set up with a gourd stand, and there is also ready-made pond mud to accumulate fertilizer.

Xue Jian was full of spirit to be the commander-in-chief of the small garden greening project, two lifetimes, the first time to get such an important title, not to mention how proud.

This is a prayer for the eldest young master and the elders outside the family, everyone is very concerned, as long as there is time, everyone will take care of it.

Xue Jian is the same, often pushing Zhou Bo to the small garden, while breathing fresh air, while following everyone to weed, water or something, I feel that this kind of peasant women's spring is a little field, although it is bitter, but it is as sweet.

Zhou Bo hated that his injured leg couldn't contribute to this family, looking at Xue Jian's happy little face and mud-stained little hands, his heart slowly calmed down, the days have to go by day by day, the days to come are still long, this family will eventually depend on him to support!

Looking at Xiaoyuan's quick spring, Erniang nodded and sighed: "Xue Jian, you are good, my brother is good to have you by my side, it's so good to ......"

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "What did you say?" It's Yukimi who follows your brother and me, and it's her blessing! ”

"You are used to bullying me......" Xue Jiancai said this, Zhou Jinsheng did not run into the small garden, hurriedly leaned into Zhou Bo's ear and whispered: "Young master, the sheep of the Wanhuai Mountain family was taken away by a wolf last night. ”

This is the third incident of wolves entering the village in the spring.

Zhou Bo hurriedly asked: "Can you hurt someone?" ”

Zhou Jinsheng shook his head and said, "That's not true, at this time of year, there will always be wolves coming down at night to steal sheep." ”

There are only three or two households in this village that can afford to raise sheep, and there have been no casualties, although the village often organizes hunting in winter, but there is only Zhang Dashan who can really be called a hunter, so there has been no good preventive measures.

Zhou Bo asked Zhou Jinsheng to invite Li Zheng over, and then briefly said his thoughts: "Uncle Wang, since the little nephew is from Pingshan Village, he must do his best for Pingshan Village, although only the sheep have been taken away, but what if the wolf is vicious and takes away the unguarded child during the day?" ”

Looking at the young man sitting on the chair in front of him with a broken leg, for some reason, there was always a sense of oppression in Lizheng.

He nodded worriedly, this situation had happened in a neighboring village.

"Young Master Zhou, you are from a big place, you have a wider range of knowledge, according to you, is there any good way?" Rizheng asked.

Zhou Boluo thought for a moment and said: "If you want the little nephew to say, the first thing is to set up a patrol self-defense force. ”

Li Zheng sighed: "The people in the village live on these farm work, if you give up the farm work and don't do it, no one will agree." ”

Zhou Bo smiled slightly and said, "If Li Zheng is at ease, leave this matter to the little nephew!" ”

In the name of justice, Zhou Bo must have his own connections.

In fact, what Zhou Bo did was very simple, let Zhang Dashan first gather all the young and middle-aged people in the village, and then said: "Since you are a native of Pingshan Village, then you must contribute to the safety of Pingshan Village!" This self-defense force was established to prevent wolves, to prevent theft, and to assist Li Zheng in managing our Pingshan Village. ”

So someone asked: "We are also willing to contribute to the village, but what about the farm work at home?" My family can be just one laborer. ”

Erhu hurriedly came over and whispered to Zhou Bo: "This person's name is Song Shandong, there is only one widow in the family, guarding two acres of land to live, the most filial piety, willing to work hard, and love to help others, but the family is poor, and he didn't say that he was a daughter-in-law when he was twenty." ”

Zhou Bo whispered, "Sounds good." ”

Erhu said: "Absolutely honest people." ”

Zhou Bo nodded at him and said: "Brother Dongzi asked well, the purpose of our Self-Defense Force is to protect the family and the village, but there is no need to turn around every day, there are people in the field during the day, if the wolf comes down from the mountain, it will definitely be discovered." At night, bonfires are lit all over the village, and the Self-Defense Forces are on duty in turn. ”

Pingshan Village is surrounded by fields to the north and west, the Daqing River to the east, and only the south leads to the outside of the village. If the wolf comes down the mountain, it will only come from the back or from the west.

This is a good idea, not only does not delay their own farm work, but also can contribute to the village, and everyone is very supportive. But there are still people who put forward it in a weird way, there are no strong people in this village, and they are neither human nor contributive, which is unfair!

There will always be dishes that don't belong in your pot and take the initiative to jump out.

Zhou Bo glanced sideways at the person who spoke, and said slowly: "This self-defense force, in line with the principle of voluntariness, no one forces anyone. ”

Hearing that it was not a mandatory task in the village, someone asked, "Then if we don't want to participate, can we go?" ”

"What humanity!" Song Shandong couldn't help but spit on it, and then patted his chest and said, "Young master of the Zhou family, I Dongzi is definitely not this kind of person, I join everyone!" ”

Seeing that more than a dozen people had left, and a few others were also hesitating, Zhou Bo said seemingly casually: "My Zhou family is willing to do their part for the Self-Defense Forces, and each member of the Self-Defense Force will send five catties of good pork every month!" ”

Five catties of good pork is 100 yuan, although it is not a lot, but for a poor mountain village like Pingshan Village, in addition to the New Year's Festival, there are very few people who can eat pork, and those who are more shrewd can calculate how many more people in their own family, if they replace pork with rice or white flour, this year, they can also mix ninety percent full in winter.

"And such a good thing?" Everyone looked at Zhou Bo eagerly, and everyone couldn't help but discuss.

Zhou Bo said gently: "It's nothing, the brothers patrol and defend the village, and my Zhou family should give some food to supplement some nutrition for everyone." ”

This made everyone's hearts warm, and they all felt that they were doing things for the village, and their image was lofty.

Song Shandong wanted to say that he didn't want it, but five catties of good pork! My wife hasn't seen flesh for years, so how can I say no.

At the moment, everyone wants to participate, but Zhou Bo said seriously: "However, there are rules for everything, and this Self-Defense Force is the same, and those who break my rules need to be expelled from the Self-Defense Force!" ”

So he quickly set up Zhang Dashan as the captain, and the two tigers helped to count the number of people, and the few who left regretted it would not be accepted when they came back.

"Look at the young master of the Zhou family, he is really the master of everyone, it must be right to follow him." Everyone thinks.

Zhou Bo set a few rules unhurriedly, naturally everything he said was right, and everyone only nodded yes.

In the past few days, the number of applicants in the small Pingshan Village, which has a total of more than 50 households, has reached more than 100 people, and then the bad character, the frail and sick people are persuaded to retire, and then a simple physical fitness assessment is carried out, leaving only 30 people, divided into three groups, each group has a group leader, two groups patrol every night, everyone in the Self-Defense Forces is very satisfied, and they are a little unhappy about the five catties of pork they have obtained for nothing.

There are also some people who heard the news late, or who wanted to look forward to the wind at the beginning, and now regret jumping straight to their feet.

For those who still want to contribute to the village, Zhou Bo also said that if the Self-Defense Forces are to be expanded in the future, they will continue to recruit people.

When Erniang heard that she was going to pay three taels of silver for nothing every month, she was so angry that her face turned green, but the eldest brother has always said that he is the same, so he can only vomit blood secretly.

The uncles and brothers of the Zhou family participated in it from the beginning, and they were also selected as many as five people, and now they are even more glad that they have done so, which not only saves Zhou Bo's face, but also benefits.

Xue Jian listened to the admiration, just three taels of silver, Zhou Bo has won the hearts of more than 30 households, this business, if you put Taobao, it is definitely a gold medal seller who has not brushed the credibility of the goods!

Before going to bed at night, I heard Xue Jian babbling and patting his ass, Zhou Bo Yile, I didn't expect that the one who knew himself best was actually this little girl, Xue Jian, you are really my treasure!

I couldn't help but hug her tightly and kiss her deeply.

Yukimi's lips are soft and sweet, making him more and more addicted and can't stop.