Chapter XVIII. I think I can farm.
The village received good news early in the morning, and everyone was busy preparing for everyone.
Gu Laosan took people up the mountain, and in less than two hours, he pulled back a lot of prey from the mountain. As soon as they arrived in the stockade, more than a dozen people dealt with a few wild boars and roe deer hares.
Aunt Liu took more than a dozen mothers-in-law to clean up the meat.
The seasoning that Su Yan bought also came in handy. In the afternoon, the big kitchen was busy, Su Yan took out some spices, and found some wild ginger and wild onions on the mountains near the village, and came to the big kitchen to teach Aunt Liu how to use these spices.
Who hasn't come through a hard life? It's good to eat some usually, but who will spend money on seasonings? It's all for the rich and noble. Therefore, Aunt Liu, they really don't use these things.
Su Yan and the others helped on the side, trying not to spoil every piece of meat.
Sure enough, the meat with the condiments added to it soon gave off an attractive aroma.
"Miss Su, your method is really good! The meat is fragrant! Aunt Liu couldn't help but praise, she picked up the chopsticks and was about to clip them.
"Aunt Liu, this is not ripe yet, and it will be simmered for a while." Su Yan hurriedly reminded.
"It's okay, I just can't help but want to taste it." Aunt Liu was a little embarrassed.
Su Yan didn't stop it anymore, and after she sandwiched a piece of meat, she covered it with a disaster cover.
"Hiss ~ really fragrant...... It tastes amazing! Aunt Liu's mouth was so hot that she couldn't stop suffocating, but she was reluctant to spit out the meat in her mouth.
When the sun set, the second master finally returned to the stockade with dozens of captives.
The captives were put in the firewood room, and everyone ate in full swing. It was lively until late at night.
Su Yan helped with the cooking, she was busy all afternoon, she was too tired, she ate and went back to the house to sleep.
When Su Yan got up at dawn, Zhang didn't know where she had gone, and there were newly made clothes next to the bed, which were full-breasted skirts made by Tang.
Breakfast is also warm in the pot, and the new stove has dried out, and Zhang's breakfast is made in this stove today.
Su Yan put on a new dress and casually braided a loose centipede braid hanging down the back of her head.
After breakfast, Su Yan planned to say thank you, and met Aunt Liu who came back from digging wild vegetables.
"Miss Su, why did your mother go down the mountain?"
"Maybe I'm going to see the wasteland, I'm going to see it too." Su Yan waved goodbye to Aunt Liu.
Before he had taken two steps, he heard the commotion in the chamber.
The captives they pulled up yesterday were sitting on the ground with their hands and feet tied.
"Hey! What do you think these people should do? We can't keep them, can we? ”
"Yes! But we can't kill them all, can we? ”
"Why don't you drive them down?"
Many people were arguing at the entrance of the council hall, and many people gathered around to watch the excitement.
Su Yan stood in the crowd, looked at it for a while, she thought of the ground under the mountain, her eyes lit up, and she walked to the side of Wu Jin, the fourth master, "The four masters, is the big boss inside?" ”
"Miss Su, what is the matter with your boss?" Before Su Yan could speak, he patted his head, "Oops! Look at my brain, I'm going to get the boss. After that, he squeezed his eyes ambiguously at Su Yan.
Su Yan had no choice but to wait, she was dressed in a two-color full-breasted skirt, standing slim on the side, with her delicate face was very eye-catching, and some men secretly looked at her.
After a while, Pei Jing walked out of the council hall, and he saw Su Yan standing aside at a glance, and strode towards her.
Seeing this, the people on the side hurriedly vacated an open space for the boss so that the two could talk.
"Something?"
"Well, thank you for the hairpin, I like it very much." Su Yan touched her head and found that she didn't wear it today.
"Why didn't you wear it?" Pei Jing saw that her head was bare, and couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know how to comb my hair in a bun." Su Yan lowered her head a little embarrassed. "By the way, come here, I have something to tell you."
The two walked out of the crowd and came under a large tree.
"What's the matter?" He looked like he was listening.
"What are you going to do with those people?" Su Yan pointed to the captives at the door of the council hall.
Pei Jing followed her hand and looked at those people, falling into deep thought.
"What do you propose?"
"I think these people can stay and farm." Su Yan looked at him with a pair of bright eyes.
It's not bad, it's just... He frowned, "Raising so many people, I'm afraid the village can't afford it." ”
Su Yan's voice was eager, "It's okay, I have silver, I don't need to break the bank, but you have to help me take care of these people." ”
Pei Jing frowned, but he was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
Su Yan was afraid that he would not agree, so she hurriedly continued, "When the land below is planted, I can provide thirty percent of the grain to the village at that time." ”
"No, the people in the stockade are idle."
"That's not good, if you really want to open up the land under the mountain, you will inevitably need the help of the people in the village, and the brothers will also settle the accounts, the village raises so many people, you can't let everyone work in vain, right?" Su Yan looked at Pei Jing seriously.
Pei Jing frowned and didn't say a word.
Lu Rong walked over, "Miss Su is reasonable, just do what Miss Su said!" ”
After speaking, he turned to look at Pei Jing.
Pei Jing had no choice but to nod. "Hmm."
"Miss Su, these people are prisoners, for everyone's safety, they can't stay in the village, how do you plan to arrange these people?"
Su Yan thought for a moment, "That's it!" Let them build some houses at the foot of the mountain first, so that they can cultivate the land. ”
Pei Jingyi raised his head and saw Wu Jin probing his brain here, "Fourth, come here." ”
"Boss, what do you command?" He immediately ran over.
"You find a few experienced people to go down the hill and build a house."
Wu Jin moved quickly, put the captives back into the firewood house, and informed a few people in the village who could build houses to prepare to go down the mountain to choose a site.
Su Yan also followed down the mountain, and the group walked for more than an hour before reaching the bottom of the mountain.
The men walked around the base of the hill for a while, and finally built a house not far from the water. The time was short, and it was unanimously decided to build a few chase shops and a kitchen first.
After lunch, Wu Jin released the people in the firewood room.
"Listen, we don't raise idlers in Panlong Village, if you want to eat well, give me a good job, otherwise, my knife is unreasonable." Wu Jin raised his eyebrows high, with a fierce look.
Dozens of captives were stunned when they heard this, and Wu Jin locked them in the firewood room in the morning, and shouted that they would all be cut down, so as not to waste food. At this time, I pulled them out again, thinking that I was going to see Hades, but I didn't expect them to do things. They don't have anything to do, and they all nod their heads like pounding garlic.
"I do, I do!"
"The boss is in charge, as long as you don't kill us, you can tell me to do anything!"
The people who were caught up in the mountain were all stunned young people who had just become bandits, and they fled everywhere when the two sides were fighting, and they did not dare to kill people with knives. The stockade of nearly 200 people only caught 20 or 30 people.
Those who were the most vicious were either killed or fled.
"That's it! Come down the mountain with me! Wu Jin didn't talk to them, and led his men to dig the foundation of more than 20 captives down the mountain.