Early the next morning, Wu Yong was woken up by the sound of cutting down trees, and when he was dressed neatly, he went outside to see that it was Zhu Lidian who took the people in Fuwang to help him level the foundation.

Seeing Wu Yong appear, everyone showed a kind smile.

In the Han Dynasty, as long as the Qi people were registered, they could get the government's grant of land and residence. As for the number of granted fields, according to the law, the public servants, the servants and the concubines, each of them has a field, and the house is thirty steps.

Ordinary people are basically similar to Wu Yong's family, with two courtyards in front and back, "one hall and two rooms", that is, "two rooms and one hall". Therefore, there will be a lot of surplus homestead land for ordinary people with a small population, and most of these extra homesteads will be planted with trees.

One can be left for later use, and when the family population increases, you can slowly build a house next to the original house until all the homestead is used up.

Second, the planted trees can be cut down and sold after they become timber, which is also an additional income.

Third, this extra homestead land can also be sold to households with a large population in Lizhong.

At first, Wu Yong also didn't understand why there was a inner door, and it was closed every night. Later, I sorted out the memories of my predecessor and learned everything.

At this time, the population was not as dense as in later generations, and it can be summarized as vast and sparsely populated, and most of the area was still covered by primeval forests, which not only often encountered fierce beasts, but also bandits.

As a grassroots social organization in the Han Dynasty, the township can be said to have a certain protective force and will also be protected by the government. The lower villages are not registered, and the people who live in the villages are either driven out of the village or have been exiled from the village.

Therefore, it is very fortunate to have a homestead in the township, otherwise there would not be so many people who voluntarily sold themselves into slavery and did not want to be left behind. The reason is that it is too dangerous outside, and if you are not careful, you will be in a different place.

Take Fuwangli as an example, within a radius of 20 miles, there are basically no other households. It is very dangerous to go out at night, and some people have even been attacked and killed by fierce beasts while working in the fields during the day.

Like Wu Hui a few days ago, why did he rob the Wu family's homestead, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was for safety.

Wu Yong looked at the busy crowd and unconsciously thought a little too much.

At this time, Zhu Yun walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I have asked people to buy green bricks, the beams and rafters have also been arranged, the foundation is laid in the next few days, and the construction can start. ”

Wu Yong came back to his senses and thought about it seriously, he did have some ideas of his own for the new house to be built. So he smiled and said: "Uncle is here to build a house, so I have nothing to worry about." It's just that I have two plans, and I need to discuss them with my uncle. ”

"What a plan, uncle's side is soft-spoken, don't embarrass me too much."

"I don't dare to make it difficult for my uncle, it's just two small changes."

Zhu Yun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's hear it?" ”

Wu Yong was also not polite, and said directly: "First, my nephew wants to dig a well in the courtyard; Second, my nephew wants to remodel the toilet. ”

Zhu Yu was a little puzzled, "Isn't there a well in the middle?" Why do you need to dig a well at home? It is important to know that this well is not only taking up space, but it is also dangerous. ”

Wu Yong immediately understood Zhu Yu's thoughts, and couldn't help laughing: "The pressurized water well that my nephew said is only an inch wide, and the water is brought up from the ground through an iron pipe, which is different from the well that my uncle said. ”

Zhu Yun suddenly became interested, and asked with some surprise: "There is also such a well, and I will also build one for my family then." ”

Wu Yong shook his head, "It's just an idea, this is what I saw in the realm of the void, whether it can be done or not remains to be verified." ”

Zhu Yun was a little disappointed, "Okay, I'll let them leave a place then." ”

Then he asked, "What about renovating the toilet?" ”

Wu Yong pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Uncle knows that my nephew can make farm fertilizer, I want to separate the toilet and use it for fertilizer in the future." In addition, a separate pigsty was built to raise pigs. ”

Zhu Yun frowned, "Raising pigs alone? This is not a small cost, and if the food is wasted, it may even go to the government. ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Thank you uncle for reminding me, my nephew knows greatly, my nephew can make a simple pig feed, which is specially used for raising pigs, the cost is relatively small, and it will not let people catch the handle." ”

As the two were talking, they had just come to the vicinity of the pigsty when they saw two men pressing a white dog to the ground and preparing to slaughter it.

Wu Yongleng paused, walked to his mother Guo's side, and asked suspiciously: "Mother, what did you do to kill the dog today?" ”

Guo Shi greeted Zhu Lidian, and then explained: "It is a big deal to start the house, and your grandmother asked me to find someone to kill the white dog in the family, and wait for the sacrifice when the house starts construction in two days." It just so happened that it was time to combine the medicine, so my mother asked your two uncles to come over to help, and they were all responsible for the slaughter of the livestock in our house. ”

Wu Yong then remembered that at this time, people believed that the white dog could communicate with the gods and was the best sacrifice during the sacrifice. And the medical books are recorded: white dogs, bones, liver and blood, can be injected together.

Therefore, at this time, people would raise white dogs every year, take blood for medicine, and take meat for sacrifice. Even if you don't have a white dog at home, when you encounter an important event that requires sacrifice, you will buy it from another family at a high price.

Wu Yong looked at the white dog curiously, showing pity, such a good-looking white dog, left in the future generations, will be snatched and raised. In the Han Dynasty, Nai could only be bled and eaten meat.

Wu Yong sighed and was about to turn away, but the white dog suddenly raised his head, looked at him with dark eyes, and kept whining, as if asking for help.

Wu Yong felt that this white dog seemed to be very human, so he walked straight to the white dog and wanted to stroke it with his hand.

At this time, a man kindly reminded: "Don't touch it, this animal has a premonition that when it dies, it is the most crazy, and it is easy to hurt people." ”

Wu Yong smiled at him, saying that he would be careful, then squatted down and said to the white dog: "If you really understand human nature, close your eyes, don't struggle, let me touch it." ”

Something surprising happened, only to see that the white dog in front of him really closed his eyes and did not move.

The two men who were originally pressing the white dog also showed surprised faces, and tried to let go of their tightly pressed hands, but the white dog did not move. The two were shocked, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so they could only watch Wu Yong.

Wu Yong touched the white dog, then stood up, thought for a while, and said to Guo: "Mother, this white dog is quite human, I want to keep it by my side, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"This ......" Guo Shi was a little uncertain, this sacrifice is a big deal, and besides, she doesn't count it.

Wu Yong knew what Guo was worried about, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Mother, don't worry, I told my grandmother about this, the pig in the pigsty was used for the sacrifice, and it happened that our family held a pig killing banquet, which will definitely convince everyone at that time, even God will not blame us for changing sacrifices." ”

With such a son, Guo couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

Wu Yong asked the two men to loosen the rope that bound the white dog, and then smiled: "Okay, you are free." ”

Unexpectedly, this white dog actually jumped up with a loud voice, and then shook his head, circled around Wu Yong, and kept wagging his tail.

Wu Yong looked at it, couldn't help squatting down, touching the dog's head, and said with a smile: "It's okay to call you prosperous in the future?" ”

"Wang," the white dog stopped, Wangwang twice, as if replying to Wu Yong to say 'yes', and then stretched out its big drooling tongue to lick Wu Yong's face.

Wu Yong hurriedly pushed the dog's head away, touched his face, looked at the slimy liquid in his hand, couldn't help but feel a little chilly, looked at the white dog who still wanted to pounce, quickly stood up, kicked the white dog away, and scolded: "Don't use your big tongue to lick people casually in the future." ”

The white dog took a kick and didn't dare to come to Wu Yong's side anymore, lying on his stomach not far from Wu Yong, whining a few times, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Everyone watched Wu Yong keep wiping the saliva on his face and began to laugh.

"Nephew, don't you like white dogs? After being licked by it a few times, how can I hate it again! ”

"Haha. If you want me to say, this white dog is dirty, I don't know how many fleas it has hidden, so it is better to kill and eat meat. ”

Hearing this, Wu Yong suddenly remembered that the clothes worn by the people of the Han Dynasty were more cumbersome, and if a flea came in and put it into the clothes, it was a great event, and it was a big deal, and it was possible to be bitten all over the body, and in serious cases, it could also be infected with diseases, which is also the reason why ancient people rarely kept pets.

Wu Yong's predecessor once played with a white dog and entered the house with some fleas, but it made a mess of the house, and in the end, it was the grandmother who pulled the family's clothes and bedding into the sun, smoked and washed, and solved this disaster. After that, the grandmother forbade Wu Yong to be exposed to the white dog.

Wu Yong in later generations once saw a report that the word "flea" in "flea" was often used by the ancients to pretend to be "early" for "morning", because the ancients got up in the morning, and the first job was to catch fleas.

Thinking of this, Wu Yong couldn't help but feel a little big, but this was all saved, and he couldn't regret killing the white dog anymore.

Looking at the white dog lying on the ground not far away, perhaps because he was tied just now, the dog's hair was stuck together one by one, and his paws and fur were covered with muddy water, which looked ugly and pitiful.

"Come here," Wu Yong really couldn't calm down, beckoned, and called the white dog over, he planned to clean up the white dog.

I remember that in later generations, people used fresh orange peel juice to kill fleas for pets, and there were also smoked with wormwood leaves. At this time, fresh oranges are not easy to find, but there are many wormwood, and there are many rooms where the Wu family puts sundries.

So Wu Yong asked his mother Guo to go to the wing room to get some dried wormwood, and said to the butcher: "Uncle Lao helps my nephew cut off the hair of this white dog with scissors, and my nephew will wash it well later." ”