Judging from these two families, there are many women in the family of Uncle Shiwu, two men, and four small babies, which are also worrying, and at the same time, there is some distance from the stone cave, even if you have to run a bag of cigarettes at the earliest, you can't take care of each other when you encounter something.

Originally, these were not a big deal, after all, they have come over in the past few years, but thinking of the suffering and pain of the family this year, it is necessary to make the place where the family live safer.

If you think about it in this way, you can only give up the stone house, just temporarily store some sundries or work tools or something, or use it as a spare house, and move to the stone cave above, learn the appearance of the castle, and then build a place outside the stone cave, and wrap the stone cave inside, so that it is much safer to stand guard at night, and it is easy to defend.

They also agreed to live together in the old castle, and to use the wooden house for a while as a place for some of the grain, sundries, tools, and fodder for the livestock, and after a while, when the babies were older, or the strange things were gone, and the families were separated again.

Uncle and the others will stay here for a while, hurry up and help build a new castle here before leaving, as for going back to the old castle to report the news, just send ten dogs and little wolves to bring a letter, and tell the mother that they will go back as soon as they are busy here, and leave six dogs and little wolves.

The next morning, my father discussed with my uncle and his family again, and everyone was very happy, and they lived together so as not to be frightened at night, and it was more convenient to work during the day.

The two dogs and the two little wolves who had been sent out to report to the old castle returned the next day, bringing back the letters.

The mother said that they didn't believe it was true, and wanted to come and see it for themselves, but they stopped knowing that they were busy with something big here. Just wait.

Uncle knows that they must be both happy and worried now, but the matter here is big, and they must be busy first, so they can only tell them to pay attention to safety, and ask them to let the dog come over at any time to report if they have something there.

And so, the next day. Construction began on the new castle. As usual, the people were divided into several groups, one group to shoot stones, one group to cook, watch the children, and deliver food, one group to herd livestock, mow grass, and threak pigweed, and one group to chop wood and wood.

After a few groups of people got busy, the new castle was also in full swing all day long, and at night they were lit up with translucent fir manuscripts, or a few piles of skyrocketing fires were burned, and people stopped at the construction site. When I was really tired, I went to sleep in the cave and rested for a while.

In the first few days, everyone could still hold on to working day and night, but then they gradually couldn't keep up, so they could only work during the day and rest at night, at most they would finish later during the day. Some people live in stone caves, and some people live in stone houses. At night, except for the dog and the little wolf standing guard, only two people are arranged in each place to guard, and the rest of the people are resting, otherwise they will not be able to do the next day's work.

Needless to say, the food must have been arranged very richly, and now it is not the year or two since I first entered the mountain. If you want vegetables and vegetables, you want meat and meat, you want to eat fish and fish, there are mussel shells, loaches and yellow eels in the pond, and there are small snails in the stream next to it. There are also some fruits, such as agong fruits, persimmons, pears and wild apples, which are enough for people to eat.

Even so, everyone's physical exertion was still very large, and when the castle was halfway through, my father and uncle were all emaciated, and their faces were obviously blue.

As soon as the eldest son saw that it was not possible to cover it up, he took it upon himself to let a few old men do only some simple things, and on the old castle, the eldest son also wrote a letter every once in a while, telling them about the progress of the castle here, and asking them what they needed.

At this time, he especially wanted to build a simple road and connect the two sides, so that the two sides would be convenient.

But the castle here has not been repaired, those things can only be said later, not to mention that I have not thought of a good route now, if it is to take the current route, there is no way to build the road, after all, both sides are too steep, and the road is far away, it is very unsafe to have fewer people, even one or two dogs are afraid to walk.

He is still a little worried, just like now, the road connecting the two sides is hidden under the layers of deep forests, if you don't go to the front, you can't find it at all, in fact, this is also a kind of protection and hiding of this road, on the other hand, if the route is built very big and obvious, it can be found in a very high place or a long distance, which is not a good thing for people on both sides.

Obviously, if you want to build such a road, you need to think carefully, and it is best to find a good route.

After being busy for almost 30 days, everyone, both physically and mentally, was like having a serious illness, just persisting in doing it, but obviously the strength could not keep up.

The father didn't want to make everyone tired out of illness because of the castle, and the family couldn't afford to get any one of them sick, so he simply let everyone rest for a few days, first, to play with the baby, and secondly, everyone also took the opportunity to discuss the idea of the eldest son's road repair.

The little baby who grew up slowly saw so many people competing to play with them, of course, he was so happy, the uncle, the father and the eldest son made a few small carts for the little babies, so that they could sit in it, let the adults push and walk, and they themselves could also push each other to play. They were also given a few small beds, each of which could sleep four babies.

The cousin gave them a few small wooden people and bowls with a killing knife and axe.

My aunt made a few cricket cages for the children out of corduroy, so that when the spring flowers bloomed, they could catch some small insects and put them in to play.

These children who have grown up in the mountains since they were children, there have never been so many people to play with them, nor have they had so many small toys, chasing the big children all day long, and feeling that the world is like this, the sky has been blue, the trees have been green, and people have been good.

But how can the children who can just walk know the bitterness of the world and the difficulties of life. As for the matter of building roads on both sides, everyone discussed the past and discussed, but there was always no good way, and the second son even jokingly said that if you really want to achieve that effect, there is only one way, and that is to pass through this mountain.

But at that time, under that conditions. This can only be a rhetoric or a joke, and it cannot be taken seriously, but the eldest son is still serious, and mutters that maybe he can find a way through the old castle from the mountain, just like the cave in the cave at the bottom of the mountain.

But this is basically the same as not saying. Where to find such a hole now, not to mention who may have made the hole below, maybe a wild man, maybe something else, as for whether it is dangerous or not, I still can't say for sure.

In the later work, the eldest son was immersed in work, and his mind was flying to find holes and build roads, because it was in his mind. As soon as the castle was repaired, the two sides immediately faced the problem of interconnection.

But if you think about it, you can't think of an eyebrow, not to mention that you are busy repairing the castle now, how can you have the time to find it, let it go first, and then talk about it slowly, sooner or later it will be solved.

This time after the break. Everyone is much better, both physically and mentally. Everyone's faces reappeared rosy, while working and laughing and laughing, talking about the past and the present, the pastime has not stopped, and the work has the strength, there is also happiness, and the work is still fast, and the next ten days of hard work. A brand new castle has been repaired.

When the work was done, my father arranged for the uncle to rest for a day and then go to the old castle, where the people had waited too long and must have encountered many difficulties in life. They still have a lot of work to do when they get back. After a few months, it will be changed to the beginning of spring, and the hard work of the year will begin again, so it is called a busy.

The father, the eldest son, the son, and the uncle sent them to the top of the opposite mountain, watched their figures disappear under the vast Gobi, and then turned around and went home.

After so many hardships and exercises, whether in an emergency, or arranging a general work life, as well as thinking of the long-term plans for the future, the eldest son has the ability to take charge of the family, and now is the time when the eldest son is strong, just to contribute to the family, so the father decided to completely hand over the affairs of the whole family to the eldest son, the whole family listens to his arrangement, and they should also enjoy the blessings, rest and rest, look at the fish pond, make the vegetable garden, hug the grandson, it is a good thing.

After listening to his father's arrangement, the eldest son should have been glad that he had grown up and could take on heavier responsibilities for the family, but when he thought that his father, who had been able to work all his life, would have to hold the child in the future--doing this thing that a woman's family did-, the eldest son felt sour, he knew that his father's generation was old, and in any case, their generation should take on the burden of the family as soon as possible, and let the old people not worry about it, so that they can enjoy more blessings.

On the way home from the mountain, the eldest son was thinking about the affairs of the family while thinking about the road construction on both sides. The uncle saw his thoughts, and said that we would take a look around in the neighborhood in a few days, and then discuss how to repair this road, and he also thought that if there was a road, it would be easier and safer for the two sides to connect. He didn't think it through here, and everyone had already walked home.

The mother and aunt had already prepared the supper and waited for the few of them to come back, and the second son had already driven all the cattle back and enclosed them in the barn.

Although the sun was still half an hour away, the valley was slowly dimming, and the dim red sun shone obliquely on the stone hill behind the castle, giving off a dazzling light.

By this time, the cousin and the third son had set up a fire on top of the castle and began to arrange for the evening guard, and the light of the fire next to it added to the quiet atmosphere of the valley farmhouse.

On the first day of living in the new castle, my father was still a little unaccustomed, so before dinner, he specially asked the eldest son and the second son to accompany him to the stone house below with a few dogs and little wolves, and made the surrounding thorn trees stronger, and carefully checked the stones of the top door, especially the cover of the basement where the grain was placed, and also saw whether the fire in the stove house had been extinguished.

When the door of the stone house was finally closed, the father turned around again and again, and looked at the place where he had lived for several years, where there were children's laughter, the figure of the mother sewing and mending clothes for everyone day and night, spinning and weaving, the impression of the eldest son, the second son, and the third son standing guard at night, and the scene of the busy sister in the stove house.

As they walked towards the new castle, their father's eyes seemed to moisten, and the children could clearly feel their father's steps becoming heavy, and although it was about to get dark, the eldest son did not want to urge his father to go faster.

The dog and the wolf run around and don't seem to feel uncomfortable leaving this place where they have lived for a long time, and going to a new home, for them, where the owner is, the home is there.

For their owners, why is this not the case, where the people are, the home is there, because of the troubled times, the hometown has been completely destroyed, can not live at all, and several families into this deep mountain to open up wasteland, start a new stove, multiply, and now finally settle down, this is the hope of the home, as long as the people are there, the home is complete, their life is hopeful.

When they were halfway there, the uncle and his cousin stood in front and waited for them, probably bringing a few bamboo manuscripts to prevent it from getting dark. Seeing this, my father couldn't help but speed up his pace, he couldn't bring this sadness to everyone.

He knows that from today onwards, it is another life, and this life is their own choice, and only by choosing this life can their life be safe.

Probably in order to let everyone get used to the life of the new castle as soon as possible, my mother specially arranged for today's dinner to be eaten in the courtyard of the castle. Now the new castle is inhabited by twenty people, large and small, and it is very lively.

Although it was the first night dinner, everyone was not only very happy, but also looked forward to it, but the rules can not be changed, vigilance can not be reduced, while eating, but also to arrange people to stand guard, and can not be less, the eldest son arranged for the second son, cousin and full sister three people to stand guard together, and checked the tools they brought, and specially handed over their father's bow and arrows to them, the three cousins are busy feeding the children, some are busy serving food, only the father, the uncle, the eldest son and the mother, the aunt and the five of them really go to the table to eat.

Eight children chased and played in the yard for a while, or ran to their cousin to have a bite to eat, or let their cousin chase and feed them all over the yard, making the yard scream, I don't know whether it was lively or noisy - at this time, this place looked like a home. (To be continued.) )