Chapter 52: The Village People Are Gone
The cassava stacked at home was completely squeezed into slag, and there was no container for the cassava water that could contain the sediment, Gu Lan demonstrated over and over again, and she didn't touch the grinding disc at home for two consecutive days.
I don't blame her, it's really that the people in the village are too curious.
Everyone who came to verify whether the tree kudzu could be eaten had to watch this process, and Gu Lan took the trouble to teach them.
The villagers in Xiaolongkanli were as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year.
They couldn't wait to try it out for themselves, and they couldn't wait to go up the mountain overnight to dig cassava.
The small courtyard of the Gu family was full of men who volunteered, "I've been up the mountain before, I know where there are the most kudzu, let's go quickly!" ”
"No, it's winter now, the beasts may all be at the foot of the mountain, there is no defense team, we can't easily enter the mountain!"
The strongest men in the village all went to the town to hand in food, and those who remained in the village were those who had not been into the mountains much, and even Old Man Shao went to the town.
Everyone could only look at the mountain and sigh, and there was some reluctance in their hearts.
Waiting for the people of the hunting team to come back, isn't that a two-day delay in vain? The kudzu tree is dug up and soaked in the river, and the snow may freeze the river one day.
The men argued, the women fried tapioca in the kitchen, and the children filled the kitchen with water.
This is all agreed by Gu Lan, the cassava flour that the villagers have helped her squeeze out in the past few days is almost 300 catties, if she is not even willing to take out this point, it will be too picky.
The abandoned house was renovated to store miscellaneous items, and it was filled with firewood brought by the villagers in the past few days, as well as cassava flour.
Standing on the stone at the door, with a basket around his neck full of fried tapioca cakes, Zhu'er commanded a group of children with a high spirit: "From now on, you will all be my soldiers, and I will make you the left and right army, and charge into battle for me!" ”
"General Zhu'er, we all listen to you!"
"Well, it's worthy of General Ben's soldiers! This piece of bread is for you! ”
"General! I want it too, I want it too! ”
"Good! It's all there! ”
Zhu'er laughed, Liang'er hugged her sister on the side, looking at her brother's stupid look and feeling helpless.
But listening to my sister tell a few stories, I really think of myself as the majestic general in the story.
On Gu Lan's side, the adults were still struggling, and she suddenly said: "I do know that there is a place where Grandpa Shao enters the mountain on weekdays, which is very safe, and I dug all these cassavas in that area, not far from the foot of the mountain." ”
Everyone was overjoyed: "Are you sure?" ”
Gu Lan couldn't cry or laugh, and before she could speak, someone glared at the person who spoke with dissatisfaction: "Look at what you asked, Lan Yatou even told us that Shu Ge could eat, will she lie to us about this?" ”
"That's it, if you want me to say, she can easily enter the mountain as a little girl, and she hasn't encountered any danger, we people go in with sticks, even if we encounter danger, we are not afraid!"
It was still the temptation of food, and everyone discussed for a long time, and finally decided to take Gu Lan's proposal.
It is urgent to go into the mountains, dig cassava, and soak cassava.
Once decided, everyone's actions were very fast, one to two people from each family, regardless of men and women, as long as they could work, under Gu Lan's suggestion, they would first send a few men to be the vanguard, to find the place Gu Lan said, and make sure that there was no danger.
Then go down the hill and inform the big team.
Unconsciously, the people in the village really followed what Gu Lan said, there were traces of Gu Lan digging cassava on the mountain, and it was easy to find a place, and there was indeed no danger in this place.
The men were in charge of chopping cassava leaves, digging and pulling, while the women were carrying the dug cassava to the foot of the mountain in baskets.
There are also people who specialize in transporting cassava to the village creek to soak it.
Because cassava can be soaked in poison, and even fish can be poisoned, Gu Lan has been cautious before, trying to avoid soaking in the upstream to avoid accidentally eating the poisonous stream water.
However, everyone in the village has to dig cassava and soak it, and how to ensure the safety of drinking water in the village has become a problem.
Gu Lan came up with the idea that she might have to dig cassava and soak it often in the future, since it was a long-term job, she had to pay attention to it from the beginning.
It is better to dig a few ponds directly by the wider river and bring water in, which is not only isolated from the river water, but also meets the demand for soaking cassava.
Trouble is trouble, but safety!
Finally, you don't have to starve to death, you can't be poisoned because of mistakes.
The people of the village adopted this suggestion, and almost the whole village, regardless of men, women, and children, divided up their labor and cooperated, and a special team was divided into a team to spend an afternoon digging four pools five meters long, three meters wide, and half a foot deep by the river.
This pool is also particular, first put and then put can not be placed indiscriminately, must be soaked for at least five days, this is the rule.
Gu Lan spoke of the Tao, she thought clearly, spoke in an orderly and reasonable manner, and everyone was convinced.
The pond was dug the day before, and seven or eight hundred catties of cassava were transported to the bottom of the mountain, and soaked in the pond overnight.
At dawn the next day, the village came alive again and continued to dig cassava up the hill.
Gu Lan's side, since she told the people in the village that cassava can be eaten, the system has not stopped, but it is a pity that there are not enough people in the village.
The bonus points of the system stopped at the spread of three hundred people.
She still owes 450 points.
I can only take my time.
Mrs. Gu's family has not gone out for a few days, and they don't have to work in the fields in winter, but they can't be idle, weaving, mowing grass, chopping wood, feeding chickens and ducks, these things have to be done.
Most crucially, they are escaping reality.
I don't know what happened to Gu Lan that day, and I don't dare to ask.
Mrs. Gu didn't come out of the door, the Chen family was spinning all day, Gu Xinghua was a little uncontrollable, she wanted to go out.
pleaded bitterly with Chen, and finally agreed, there is not much pigweed at home, and there is still a whole winter, so you have to go out to cut pigweed.
After three days, the door of the Gu family finally opened, Gu Xinghua went out with her younger brothers and sisters, and she went to find Zhao Fusheng as soon as possible.
But there was no one in Zhao Fusheng's family.
It's weird.
Maybe she went to the town to hand over the grain, Gu Xinghua didn't think much about it, but after a while, her younger brothers and sisters ran over, frightened as if they had seen a ghost: "Sister! There was no one in the village! I don't know where they went! ”
"What?" Gu Xinghua was a little surprised, how could it be that everyone in the village went to hand over the grain.
She hurriedly checked nearby, and sure enough, as her younger siblings said, the old man who usually sat at the root of the wall of the house and basked in the sun was gone.
What a hell of a life!
Gu Xinghua was so frightened that she hurriedly ran home and said this, and the family couldn't believe it.
Could it be that the whole village has run away?
But what are they running?
The Gu family fell into deep doubts.