Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 38 Buying a Donkey
Another year of winter.

The sky is slightly bright.

Lin Xiaoxiao reached out from under the quilt to press the alarm clock, rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed, stepped on the cotton shoes and turned off the energy storage electric heater.

After washing up, Lin Xiaoxiao put on her jacket and went out. The cold wind blowing her face made her close her eyes.

The charging lamp was placed on the stone mill beside her. Lin Xiaoxiao first did warm-up exercises, then punched a few times, and ran around the yard a few times before finishing her morning exercise.

Breakfast is a glass of goat milk, a boiled egg, and a bowl of porridge with vegetables, meat floss and millet.

Breakfast was prepared by Mrs. Jiang.Now she lives in the same courtyard as Lin Xiaoxiao, sleeps next door to Lin Xiaoxiao, and usually wakes up earlier than Lin Xiaoxiao.

This summer, the original rice flour and other ingredients in the warehouse have been eaten up.

Now the ingredients stored in Lin Xiaoxiao's warehouse are all locally produced.

It may be due to national instinct, Lin Xiaoxiao has a large amount of ingredients in the warehouse, enough to feed a whole village for a year.Among them, millet is the most, after all, it is a staple food.There are also a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Most of these ingredients are obtained through exchange.For example, when Lin Xiaoxiao sees a doctor, the patient uses items as payment for the consultation.

Just like when she was in Yeman Mountain, Lin Xiaoxiao's house is at the highest point in the whole village.

Coming out of the yard, Lin Xiaoxiao came across villagers who were going to "Taoyuan" for "infrastructure" on the road, and Lin Xiaoxiao greeted everyone one by one.

Before winter, all the villagers from the former Wuzhang Village came to Niushou Mountain.With the help of the villagers of Yangshou Mountain, everyone moved into their new home before the first snowfall.

The world behind the cave is only known to the villagers of Niu Shou Mountain. Everyone followed Lin Xiaoxiao to call it Taoyuan. The village chief ordered everyone to keep it a secret, even the people of Yang Shou Mountain could not tell.

There is no farm work in winter, so the village head and village elders organize everyone to go to "Taoyuan" for construction.

Lin Xiaoxiao's idea is to "dig deep holes and accumulate food widely".

No houses are built in Taoyuan, but caves, tunnels, and all kinds of digging are dug.

"Since you plan to live here often, you have to think long-term."

Once another war breaks out, the villagers will collectively move to Taoyuan.

In order to deceive people's eyes and ears, activities such as lighting a fire and burning wood cannot be blatant.In winter, if you can't burn charcoal, you may freeze to death.The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is more durable than living in a wooden house.

In addition, a passage from Taoyuan to other places must be dug.

Although Xanadu is good, it also has shortcomings. If the enemy sets fire to the mountain, it will become a deadlock.The answer to burning mountains and sieges is to have a way out.

Lin Xiaoxiao still remembers that tunnel battles were often shown on TV when she was a child.She and the villagers may not dare to fight back, but they must learn how to escape.

Now seems to be the initial stage of melee among countries, and there will only be more wars in the future. Only by learning to survive in wars can we survive to the end.

The amount of digging is not small, but fortunately there is no farm work throughout the winter.The villagers went to Taoyuan to work at dawn, ate there at noon, and did not return until it was almost dark.

All the way down the mountain, there is a relatively large wooden house near the bottom of the mountain. A plaque is hung on the door of the wooden house, and the plaque is engraved with "Lin's School".

Lin Xiaoxiao attaches great importance to education, and opened a school to teach children to read after settling down.

Lin Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen first, and sure enough, she saw Aunt Jiang busy there.She is making ginger soup for the children.

"Shannu is here. The ginger soup has just been cooked. Would you like a bowl?"

"No, I just drank goat's milk."

"The charcoal pots in the school are all ready. I think it's a bit cloudy today, so I added another pot."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Lin Xiaoxiao walked into the school, sat at the desk, practiced calligraphy first, and then carved bamboo slips.

For better lighting, the school has no walls on all sides, but is slightly covered with straw mats and sackcloth, so the house is not insulated.Usually there are four charcoal basins, but today I specially added one under the teaching table.

Originally, Lin Xiaoxiao could take out the rechargeable lamp for lighting, but since the children in the school are not only from the original Wuzhang Village, but also a few children from Yangshou Mountain next door also come to attend classes, so she is a lot more cautious.

The people in Yangshou Mountain also called her "Mountain Girl", but they didn't know the legend about the fairy of Little Kunlun Mountain in Wuzhang Village.Lin Xiaoxiao also told the villagers of Niu Shou Mountain not to explain it deliberately, so no one thought about it, and just called it a mountain girl.

The children arrived one after another.

It was cold and easy to freeze hands, so Lin Xiaoxiao changed the class content to recitation and storytelling.Running exercises and nutritious meals are also retained.

When it comes to nutritious meals, the children in Yangshou Mountain were afraid to eat them at first.Lin Xiaoxiao asked their family to send some jerky over, and then everyone let go.

The school is still only half a day, and the children go home from school at noon.

Lin Xiaoxiao now does two things: teaching and seeing a doctor.

Lin Xiaoxiao's clinic opened at the foot of the mountain.At first she wanted to open it next to the school for convenience, but later she thought it was not possible.In case of encountering an infectious patient in the summer, the children in the school will be in danger.

Lunch with Aunt Jiang in the school kitchen at noon.After dinner, Mrs. Jiang went back to the small courtyard on the mountain, while Lin Xiaoxiao went to the medical center down the mountain.

There are only two rooms in the medical hall, a consulting room and a lounge.

When Lin Xiaoxiao arrived at the clinic, Fang Meiya and Erya were already there.They were warming themselves by the fire in the lounge.

The public loser did not participate in the big relocation this time, but chose to stay in Jicheng.After all, their business in Jicheng is booming, and they have to start over when they move here, and they are reluctant to part with the income from franchise stores there.

In the business team that went to the capital, Gong Shugou's wooden bicycle was selected in the first round of selection.Gongshu Gou was quite disappointed, but Lin Xiaoxiao felt that it was normal.

Wooden bicycles, while convenient, also have significant limitations.The most important thing is that bicycles are not for noble people.

The nobles pay attention to pomp and identity when traveling.The nobles of this era have standard clothes, and their clothes can't ride a bicycle at all.

From the very beginning, Lin Xiaoxiao suggested that the bicycle should take the low-to-medium price route, because she considered the customer base.

Bicycles were not favored by the nobles, but they aroused the interest of business teams from other cities, and Gongshugou's franchise stores added a few more.

But although Gongshu Gou's family didn't move here, he sent Erya, Sanya and Xiaosi to Niu Shou Mountain.

"Where are Sanya and Xiaosi?"

"I asked Sanya to take Xiaosi to the mountain to find Aunt Jiang."

"Wu Yong hasn't come back yet?"

"No, I guess it should be soon."

Just as he was talking, he heard a voice from outside the medical hall, it was actually Wu Yong who came back.

Wu Yong just went to Yangshou Mountain, and he came back with two donkeys.

"Shannv, I got it, two, a pair of male and female."

Lin Xiaoxiao came out of the house and saw the two little donkeys, her eyes bursting with laughter.

A few days ago, A Xiu from Yangshou Mountain came to Lin Xiaoxiao and said that a caravan brought a batch of donkeys.

Originally, the caravan wanted to sell the donkey to the nobleman of Tancheng, but the nobleman turned his back on it.They wanted to sell the donkey to the city owner, but the city owner didn't want it either.

When Axiu's father heard about this, he asked Axiu to come over and ask Lin Xiaoxiao if she wanted to buy it.Lin Xiaoxiao gave Wu Yong a sum of money and asked him to handle the matter.

Lin Xiaoxiao originally thought that it would be good if she could buy a donkey, but she didn't expect to buy a pair of donkeys, both male and female can be mated.

The donkey is a good helper for the farm family, and there will be coolies in the village in the future.

(End of this chapter)