Chapter 10: Early Winter
In the early winter months, it continued not to rain, because there were mountains and rivers, and the two wells in the village were not dug deep, and the water from these two wells was not enough for the daily drinking water of the two hundred households in the village.
"Village chief, you came out to take care of it! I can't grab half a bucket of water every day, and it's not enough for a big family to cook. ”
"That's right, if you continue to grab it like this, you have to fight!"
"yes, yes, take care of it!" The villagers are gossiping and are more anxious than anyone else when it comes to their own interests.
In the end, the village arranged wheels for each family to fetch water, and each family could only take one bucket a day, enough to cook porridge. The water of the mountains and rivers is really bottoming out now, Cuihua turned out all the clothes for the change of season at home, since the old village chief said that this year is cold, then wait to get the warmth ready.
It is said that the kid is a waste of clothes, looking at the clothes left by the two troublemakers in the cabinet, none of them are complete, and the padded jacket seems to have been worn for a few years, and it has to be redone this year.
asked Ma, she said that there was no need to increase or decrease: "Your father's sheepskin jacket is very hot, and the money is not blowing in the wind, what kind of cotton jacket does the second child want to wear with iron?" I'll wash him for the third child, and then wear it! ”
Anyway, the wisdom of the old woman's life is that if you can not spend money, you will not spend money, you must spend it, and one is broken into two!
Hearing that my mother was going to the town to catch the market, I chased passers-by online. Compared with the original body, Cuihua, who has lived all her life, is obviously much gentler.
In the past, the original body had to fight a baby almost every day, let alone scolding, and the two cubs found out: Recently, mothers and parents like to be reasonable and don't do anything, and they beat snakes with sticks, and children are the most eye-catching people.
It's only half an hour's road from the downstream village to the nearest Qiaotou town, so let's go. When I arrived in the town, I finally had a sense of an ancient town, not to mention that Qiaotou Town was still a big town, and it was an hour away from Qingxian County.
The houses crowded next to each other in the town, the grain shop business is the most prosperous, listening to these people say that the price of rice is already 30 wen a catty, how long has it been in the autumn harvest!
There are three grocery stores, only one has cotton, and the price is very amazing, one hundred wen a catty.
The guy in the store said: "This is from the northwest, and the freight is not known how many miles, and they all say that it will be cold this year, and if you don't buy it now, you will have to increase the price!" ”
"But you're too expensive!"
"No matter how expensive it is, it can be as expensive as a decoction, who is it to freeze sick in winter?"
"How many years can a padded jacket be worn? Worn out, the cotton is taken out, bask him in the sun for a few days, and then use it when it is soft, without delay at all! ”
"A padded jacket, the eldest wears it after the second child wears it, and it is easy for your baby to take a turn!"
The women were obviously still moved, man, and the women were obviously moved.
I must buy it, Cuihua and Heiwa's family background plus the total amount of eight taels given by Daddy Hu, and more than 400 copper plates, I have to buy five catties at once, and I plan to continue to smuggle and dope.
Cuihua's smuggling work is still very good, and the food at home is digested very slowly, and everyone thinks it is the function of konjac vermicelli. Hey, hey, the noodles are sold in grocery stores, twenty cents a pound.
I asked a lot about the price, and I only bought five catties of cotton in the town with my children, mainly because I had little money in my pocket, and I looked at everything expensive, so we didn't lack anything.
After going home, it took two days to take out the cotton of the padded jacket at home, mixed with new cotton for the baby and his own cotton clothes and pants to sew and mend, the rest of the time began to hoard firewood, this year the two green mountains were wiped out, and the big guy had to climb another mountain to find firewood.
It was only half a month after early winter, and the weather suddenly changed its face, and when I woke up one night, it was white and shaking outside, and it was actually snowing. Unlike the kangs in the north, the southwest can only rely on roasting fires for heating.
Couples who meet again in the space in the evening begin to discuss the weather:
"Hey, husband, come and see! Stone it's changed! ”
"What's new here? Upgrade or what? It looks amazing! ”
The big stone that was originally placed in the courtyard of the space is a yin and yang gossip-shaped graphic, with ice mist on one side and dry on the other, it seems that because the geographical location and weather of the two masters of the space are very different, the stones have been divided, which is really humane.
"The situation at home is okay, as long as it rains and sow rice next spring, you can get through it, what's the situation on your side?"
"The territory of the eight mansions is basically divided, our King Shu only got the two mansions near the west, there is no big war, there are constant small wars, they all want to be the boss, there is money in the east, and the strength of the century-old family in the south is not weak, our recruits have been broken in half in two years, and your man is only mixed up now."
"Yo! It's finally not a bald soldier, it's okay! How? ”
"Well, if you are the only one left with this person's death, you will be upgraded on the spot!"
"This, this is too cruel! Husband, you have to live well! It doesn't matter if you get promoted or get rich, as long as you can come back alive. ”
The original domain of the king of Shu had 8 prefectures, 32 states and 160 counties, plus the robbed hinterland of 2 prefectures, and now the king of Shu has 10 prefectures, 40 prefectures and 170 counties (still the least); In the south, Ningwang has 13 prefectures, 48 prefectures and 190 counties, ranking second; The largest and richest is King Lu in the east, with 17 prefectures, 60 states and 220 counties.
At this time, the three vassal kings and the imperial court had already formed a trend of dividing the river and ruling the country, and the little emperor of the capital owned 40 provinces of land in the north. There were twice as many soldiers and horses as the three vassal kings combined.
"Then you say, when will this battle be fought?"
"The King of Shu has iron, the King of Lu is rich, and the King of Ning is powerful, and there is no big war to distinguish between the superior and the inferior!"
"What do you think of our King of Shu?"
"The barracks are still forbidden, I heard that he is only 26 years old, in addition to the tight logistics, the weapons can also be guaranteed, he is a calm one."
"What else can we do besides being a big soldier?"
"I don't know a single soldier, my predecessor was also doing odd jobs and farming in the county before, I don't have any technical background, I plan to enlighten while fighting, and strive to take off this illiterate hat."
"There is no one in the old Yuan family who is literate!"
"Can you send the two ends to the school?"
"Let's take a look at the spring, this can be arranged." It was another ten-minute space meeting for eating, drinking, and communicating.
Watching the black tiger and the black panther have fun in space, it has only been a month, and they have grown up visibly with the naked eye, the two dogs are very spiritual, and they can understand simple commands, especially shouting nainai, and running fast.