Jiaohua

Chapter 711 Man and Nature (Update 4.28)

The location Xia Zhaoyi chose was on the steep back hill farther than the tea garden.

It was a rare piece of flat land on the mountain, and the whole place was surrounded by Zhan Jiuye's men.

The staff hired by Xia Zhaoyi were clearing weeds and trees under the big rain-proof tent.

Xia Zhaoyi was looking at the list.

In the end, there were only 91 people selected by Lao Tong and Zhi Changle.

The village is too short of manpower, and refugees come here, so they can't allocate too many manpower for her.

It's just...these people want to ask everything.

Do you want to separate the clutter and trees? If you dig up a pile of wild matsutake, can you take it home? If the hare’s nest is accidentally smashed, what should you do?

Someone yelled that there was a snake, and the sound reached Xia Zhaoyi, and the snake was chiseled to death by the person next to him with a hoe.

Then Xia Zhaoyi watched helplessly as the two women grabbed the labor tools and ran to the place where the snake was chiseled to death, knelt down with a plop, knelt down and bowed to the twisted snake corpse, and murmured whether Xia Zhaoyi could not listen. Understand the local dialect.

In addition to the interaction between man and nature, there are also great contradictions between man and man.

Since they are all from other places, they don't understand the conflicts among these local people, so when Lao Tong and Zhi Changle selected their personnel, they selected all strong and tall people, and did not delve into the grievances and entanglements among these people.

There were small conflicts and frictions at the scene one after another, and some people quietly came to Xia Zhaoyi's side to talk to others, asking Xia Zhaoyi if he remembered the woman she threw into the river.

Xia Zhaoyi nodded.

So the man pointed his fingers at the field.

That so-and-so is the neighbor of the woman's sister-in-law.

That so-and-so is the niece of the woman's cousin's wife.

……

Xia Zhaoyi was silent for a long time without saying anything, and asked him to go back to work.

Zeng Jishi, sent by Zhan Jiuye, opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

Behind them, at least three miles away, Lin Shuanglan and Bai Wuniang passed the Taoist temple, passed through the big tea garden, and arrived at the big mountain stream deep in the valley of the back mountain.

The oncoming mountain rain became heavier, and the wind began to howl.

At the intersection beside the mountain stream, several militiamen stood.

The militiamen recognized Lin Shuanglan, but they still stopped her, and they couldn't pass through the back mountain.

"Don't be joking," Bai Wuniang said incredulously, "This is Da Lanzi, the daughter of Mr. Lin!"

"Master Zhan Jiu's death rule," the militiaman was perplexed, "Master Zhan Jiu said that this land belongs to Miss A Li for the time being."

"Then, Miss Ah Li would definitely like us to go there." Bai Wuniang said.

The militiaman scratched his head: "Miss Ali didn't say anything now."

"Then it's hard work for you to send someone up to ask."

The mountains are high and the rain is heavy, the roads are muddy, and it is really inconvenient to go up and down. The militiamen are actually reluctant to go.

Lin Shuanglan also saw it, she rolled her bright eyes and said, "No, there's no need to go, the strong man next to Ah Li will come over later, let him take us there."

"He," Bai Wuniang lowered her voice, "Da Lanzi, he's so fierce."

"Can you still scare us to death?"

Bai Wuniang helped the bamboo basket on her forearm, so she had to wait here with her.

Not long after, Zhi Changle was seen behind him.

Zhi Changle's steps are big and fast, and he is also carrying a bamboo basket in his hand.

His bamboo basket was stronger, and the whole thing was wrapped into a lump, airtight.

As they approached, the militiamen shouted, "Brother Zhi!"

"Brother Zhi!"

Zhi Changle originally came out of the barracks, and he was very popular in the barracks in his early years, and he is best at dealing with such relationships.

After greeting the militiamen, he headed up the hill.

Lin Shuanglan and Bai Wuniang were watching him from the side of the road, but found that he was not looking sideways, as if he didn't see them at all.

"Hey, Brother Zhi!" A militiaman of the same size shouted.

"What?" Zhi Changle looked.

Zhi Changle recognized this person. When Xia Zhaoyi threw the mother and son down by the river, the militiaman was the brother of the person whose money was stolen, named Liu Dongxin.

"Here, Lin Sanye's daughter!" Liu Dongxin said, "They want to go up the mountain to find Miss Ali, see if they can take them with them!"

"Isn't this a foot?" Zhi Changle pointed to their feet, "Why, do you want me to recite it? Try memorizing two of them. It's a stacked arhat."

Bai Wuniang was so annoyed that her face turned red.

Liu Dongxin was also speechless, so she hurried forward, pulled Zhi Changle aside, and explained to him in a low voice.

"Well," Zhi Changle nodded, "A Li mentioned to me that Mr. Lin's daughter would come to her to learn how to write."

"Look, is it convenient to take it with you?"

"Then let's go." Zhi Changle said.

Liu Dongxin said yes repeatedly, and turned around to let Lin Shuanglan and Bai Wuniang follow.

Both Lin Shuanglan and Bai Wuniang were not very happy, they walked towards Zhi Changle who didn't look back.

Although he went up the mountain, Zhi Changle walked steadily. When he arrived at Xia Zhaoyi's place, he opened the bamboo basket, and the noodle soup inside was separated and steaming.

Xia Zhaoyi's appetite has been bad these days, and Zhi Changle doesn't want to waste it, so he doesn't cook much.

Xia Zhaoyi picked up the chopsticks and asked Zhi Changle if he had eaten. Zhi Changle smiled honestly: "Not yet. I don't see you getting up early."

With that said, Zhi Changle looked towards the field and asked Xia Zhaoyi how it was.

"They are very capable, much faster than I thought." Xia Zhaoyi said.

Zhi Changle nodded, and looked at the weeds and trees that had been tidied up. These people were very agile.

"Oh, by the way," Zhi Changle said, "There are two girls looking for you, Mr. Lin's daughter and her friend should be arriving soon, and they are a little behind me."

"No, we're here!" Lin Shuanglan shouted, "We're here!"

The two girls supported each other, Lin Shuanglan gasped for breath, and Bai Wuniang was so tired that she almost fell down.

Although they grew up on the mountain and are used to doing farm work on weekdays, the journey this time is a bit far, and Zhi Changle's speed is too fast, and they don't want to be too far behind.

"Did you come to me to learn calligraphy?" Xia Zhaoyi said.

Lin Shuanglan nodded lightly: "Mmm..."

"Just to watch the excitement," Zhi Changle said, "Ali, you are busy with your work."

"It's okay, I still have time to teach," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "I'll eat something first, and you guys are ready to write ink, paper and inkstone."

Saying that, Xia Zhaoyi turned around and asked Zeng Jishi to help clean up a clean table and come out.

There were not enough stools, so I asked someone to carry a few stones, wipe them clean, and then set them down.

Lin Shuanglan and Bai Wuniang breathed calmly, and after sitting down, they took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the basket.

The rain was too heavy, and the two of them held an umbrella together, and the paper was quite wet by the wind and rain. Seeing them drying the paper, Xia Zhaoyi asked Zeng Jishi to take a few copies of his own paper.

As soon as the fine rice paper is touched, the soft and smooth surface makes people like it. Lin Shuanglan didn't dare to touch it too much, she withdrew her hand and said to Xia Zhaoyi: "Ali, we can't have this!"

"Take it!" Zhi Changle yelled, "We, A Li, can make paper ourselves!"

"Huh?" Lin Shuanglan was surprised, "Ali can make paper?"

Zeng Jishi also pricked up his ears to look.

　I finally finished chasing up the rewards of Husse, and started to make up updates. Come to think of it, I am still making up for 19 years...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)