Chapter 17 Clearing the Wasteland
The family had a happy breakfast, and then they got busy. Although there is barely a place to live now, the peasant families can't just wait for spring ploughing with their eyes open, right? Before, the village chief of Qingshui Village had already given them ten acres of land for the sake of Wushan, but they were all thin fields, and they were basically wild lands that no one wanted. There is no way, this Qingshui Village is close to the north, close to the Beiban, it is too desolate, and basically no one wants to live here. The villagers of Qingshui Village had no choice, after all, they were all military families, so they could only come along. Therefore, this place is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many fields, but most of them are uncultivated and barren.
Besides, you can't give the land you have worked so hard to to these new outsiders, right? Even if they have a relative like Wushan, they don't do it like this, not to mention that if they want to live in Qingshui Village for a long time, they can't have conflicts with everyone at the beginning.
So after eating early in the morning, the You family set off to the land allocated to their family. Fortunately, there is a lot of land here, and the ones who are given to them are also connected, but when they get to the place, they see, oh, the grass is taller than people! It was dense enough to make people imagine what it would be like to be here when spring begins. But the problem is that they want to plant the land and eat food, not these useless grasses!
The old man clicked on the dry tobacco stick that had no tobacco at all, and put down a loud sentence in front of his children and grandchildren.
"Cut!"
The You family nodded directly after a short period of astonishment and rushed forward energetically. You Sifang and the eldest brothers of You, as well as the strong men of the eldest aunt and the second aunt's family, rushed to the front, first cutting off the tall grass with a sickle that they were not willing to throw along the way, and Grandma You took the female dependents and children to bundle the cut grass neatly into bundles, waiting to be transported back to the ridge later.
Not to mention anything else, none of them are lazy and slippery, they are all working hard at this time, sweat beads fall and fall eight petals, and they are reluctant to take time to wipe them.
Ning Ning's little one also followed behind silently picking up grass roots. This hay cannot be wasted, and in winter, it can be used to set fire to the kang. For the current You family, every resource that can be used cannot be let go. But Ning Ning was too young, and Grandma You couldn't bear to let a little doll who was not yet four years old work with her, so they let her go to the side to play, but Ning Ning was not happy.
Everyone is working, she can't do nothing, isn't that just sitting back and enjoying it? Seon-seon said that she can't be a lazy person.
It's just that just when Grandma You and the others were persuading, Ning Ning suddenly raised her head to look at the location of her father in front of her, she seemed to have heard something just now?
"Ahh What is it?! ”
The next moment, a cry of surprise came from the front, it was the voice of the sixth brother.
Before Grandma You could react, a small figure rushed out.
"Sixth brother!"
Ning Ning ran fast, and soon followed the path opened up by the men of the You family to come to them, and then saw the sixth brother grabbing a giggling thing with one hand and a face full of surprise. I couldn't tell where the previous screams came from.
Seeing Ning Ning at this time, You Lao Liu happily raised the colorful pheasant in his hand, and his smiling teeth were exposed!
"Ning Ning! Look! Pheasant! I've caught pheasants again! It's time for a full meal! ”
"Huh? But Sixth Brother, don't you have a stomachache? You seem to have been having diarrhea last night......"
You Lao Liu's face suddenly froze. Then I want to cover the opening.
"What, the sixth brother is fine, the sixth brother is fine, don't worry about this. Doesn't Ning Ning like to eat meat? ”
Ning Ning kept a small face, looked at the big beads of sweat on everyone's faces, and finally shook her head.
"No, Ning Ning doesn't like to eat meat. We have already eaten yesterday, we can sell the pheasant, and when we buy the cow, we will not be so tired. ”
After cutting the grass, it is not nothing, it is now the depths of winter, and the farm work that can be done is limited after all, and when it comes to the next spring, not only must the cultivation be cultivated, but also the seedlings must be sown and weeded......
Which one should not tire people to death? If you can have more livestock, it will be easier. Of course, these are all learned when listening to the idle chats of the elders on weekdays, and Ning Ning will also use them now.
You Laoliu, who originally wanted to surprise Ning Ning, was stunned. He carried the poor pheasant, looked at Ning Ning with a small face, and then looked at the elders around him who showed expressions of approval, and his mouth gradually opened wide. When, when did Ning Ning know that she was going to save money?! Isn't that like a fool?
Then You Lao Liu got an elbow blow from his father's affection.
"You stinky boy, Bai is so old, it's better to be sensible than Ning Ning! Eat, eat, eat, what do you eat after you've eaten? Drink water to satisfy your hunger! ”
After knocking You Lao Liu away, You Sifang tied up the pheasant in his hand very smoothly and handed it to You Lao Han.
"Dad, you take Ning Ning to the back. It seems that there are still goods in this bush, so let's go through them first and get everything out. ”
Old Man You was actually a little worried about whether there would be any dangerous wild things in the grass, so he simply took Ning Ning to the back. Their old little legs are not very neat, so they still don't hold back here, and they will help when they get everything out.
At this time, Boss You took out the rope he had brought with him, and his father took one end of it, dragged the rope and ran forward. They were the first group, and a few of them followed behind. You Lao Liu and the others stayed aside, waiting to catch the wild things that ran out.
"Hula-la-"
As the rope moved quickly, it inevitably became entangled in some dead grass, so the movement became even louder, and the animals that had been nesting in the deep grass were frightened and immediately scattered and fled. Ning Ning was stopped by everyone behind her, and she could only see the situation outside through the small gap between Old Man You and Grandma You.
I saw all kinds of animals constantly pouring out of the grass, and the old man who couldn't intervene couldn't help but be shocked with emotion.
"Yikes! Mouse! ”
"And a litter of raccoon slaves! Look at that color, it's so beautiful! ”
"What's that? Why is the tail so big and fluffy? ”
"There's so much of a wild thing in there! Big brother, hurry up and catch it! Ran over there! ”
"Uncle, I'm running to your leg, hurry up and kick it!"
"Oh, that's a snake, right? Hurry back, get out of the way! ”
was originally a quiet land, but because of the addition of a large family, it was suddenly lively and lively, and there was a lot more popularity. The animals that had chosen this place as their hibernation place also left in a hurry. During this period, many of them were caught by the waiting tour family.