After evacuating the enemy's warehouse, carry supplies through the disaster year

Chapter 73 Snow in October
"It doesn't matter, let's settle down this winter first.

Brother Hong followed suit and came back with more needles and threads. "

Ziyu, who had confessed the matter, gave Hong Feiyang 200 taels of gold, and trotted back to the wooden house with Xiao Luo.

After nightfall, the mountains become more and more cool, and the temperature in the middle of the night is often as low as zero. When the sun comes out during the day, it is autumn and refreshing.

Half of the first batch of cotton purchased was used to make quilts, and a set of cotton clothes was added to each person, so there was not much cotton left.

The cotton that Hong Feiyang bought back in time happened to come in handy.

Ziyu didn't expect the low temperature in the mountains to come so early, and now that she has enough cloth and cotton, it's time for the embroiderer and maids to come in handy.

...

Ten days later, there was a light snowfall in the mountains, and when it fell, it melted into the ground and disappeared.

The attics of the twelve courtyards in the valley have all been completed, and the smell of tung oil has disappeared.

The fire pit and fireplace in the house were also built according to Ziyu's requirements.

Wisps of cooking smoke are constantly rising in this valley day and night.

Ziyu moved into the new courtyard with a group of servants.

Because there were only thirty houses in the outer circle, Ziyu took Xiao Luo to live in the back room.

The maid, mother-in-law, cook and embroiderer took Cheng Yuanshu and lived in the three side rooms on the right.

The servant Zhuzi lived with Cheng Yuanju, the left side room adjacent to the inverted room, and the men who had not returned to the valley were also assigned to the three left side rooms.

Sheng Xing and Mr. Chen lived in the inverted suite.

Each single room has a kang for heating, and iron chimneys for heating, from the two fireplaces in the inverted room, to the side rooms on both sides.

The temperature inside the house was not disturbed by the snowflakes outside the window at all, which made all the servants very happy.

Such a house, even servants from rich and noble families, would not be able to enjoy the treatment, but they enjoyed it in this isolated place.

A five-foot-wide corridor connects the courtyard.

The windows are bright and clean, and each room is equipped with four-pane glass windows. As for the furniture in the house, it is relatively simple and can only be used temporarily.

The things in the cave and the wooden house are sorted and stored in the left ear room of the back cover room.

Internal affairs are all in charge of Liu Ye, and Shengxing is only responsible for external affairs.

After moving into the new courtyard, Ziyu and Xiao Luo stopped eating big pot meals with everyone.

Since the cook cooks a small stove alone, the exquisite food whets the appetite of the two.

...

Those who went to Kaner Village to help all returned to the valley when the first snow fell, and Sha Dalang and four others came together.

The changes in the valley naturally aroused everyone's amazement, Tie Dan and Sha Dalang only had time to look at it, and then found Ziyu to report.

"Little brother, Sha Dalang and the others have settled down in Kan'er Village.

Half of those lands have been reclaimed, and we built a wall at the intersection of the mountain..."

As soon as Tie Dan saw Ziyu, he hurriedly told him what he had done during this time.

He was still wearing unlined clothing when he left, and it snowed in a blink of an eye, which was half a month earlier than the snowfall time he knew.

"Little brother, put on a cotton coat, it's too cold!" Tie Dan, who was wearing two single clothes, was so cold that his face was blue and his nose was red, rubbing his hands.

"Uncle Tie, the second yard behind you from here is the yard for you.

The clothes and quilts inside are all ready, and the key is taken to Butler Sheng. "

Just as Ziyu finished speaking, Tie Dan shouted at the top of his voice.

"Sheng Xing, Sheng Xing, Steward Sheng!"

Sha Dalang looked enviously at the sturdy and tall yard, thinking about the house they built.

Compared with the houses in the valley, the big kang with mud walls and grass roofs is not as good as mules and calves.

"Master, the house here is really nice!" Sha Dalang said enviously.

"The two families left in Kan'er Village are very poor, and they haven't been out of the mountains for five years.

They're willing to be sharecroppers, as long as they give stutters..."

"Sha Dalang, I only have one request for Kan'er Village.

After the spring of next year, the valley will provide the seeds of the first season, and you will need to solve the rations for the future by yourself.

Every year, [-]% of the rent is paid to the valley, and the daily necessities needed are also exchanged for grain or other things of corresponding value.

Daxia Castle does not support useless people! " Ziyu said seriously.

She can provide the daily necessities and food needed in the early stage.

But if you want her to keep it for nothing, it doesn't make any sense to buy these people.

Might as well let it fend for itself.

"Master, little one understands!
Not to mention slacking off, the current life is already a rich and peaceful life for the little one.

The young one will manage Kaner Village well and will never hold back the young master.

Please give the young master some time, they don't want to go back to their old life. "

Sha Dalang heard the meaning of the words, and quickly expressed his heart, the life now is far worse than when the dock was still there.

"Remember what you said, this young master will not say it a second time.

I will give you ten bolts of coarse cloth and two sacks of cotton, enough for you to spend the winter.

Dried fish and coarse salt, take as much as you can!If you have time, you can also come to catch the sea. Seeing Shanzi standing not far away, Ziyu beckoned to him.

"Shanzi, take Sha Dalang to find Steward Sheng to get something, do you hear me clearly?"

"Young master, I heard you clearly!" Shanzi said while holding back the chill.

"Go, Steward Sheng will make arrangements for you."

Seeing that the whole group was extremely cold, Ziyu asked them to find Liu Ye and Sheng Xing.

The general construction in the valley has been completed, and the construction of wooden buildings and furniture can only be done in the coming year.

The reclaimed land has been carefully turned a second time, and the grass roots that have been dug out are all dried and burned on the field.

Wang Xingwang's boat to Dujiang Mansion hadn't returned yet, and people who were idle for a while, under Ziyu's signal, went into the mountain in groups to pick up dead branches and broken trees.

After half a day, the dead branches in the valley piled up like hills, enough for one winter.

Seeing that the snow fell earlier than usual and Gu Zhong had no work for a while, old man Hu took the initiative to talk to Ziyu about it.

"Young master, it's been almost two months since we left, and everyone is worried about the family.

Snow will not stop in the mountains, I am afraid that the road will be difficult to walk when it is late.

There is no need to hire so many people next year, just carpenters and builders. "

"What the old Hu said is that after the spring of next year, you will still be in charge of building the house and making furniture.

When the purchased ships come back, I will send you back to Xin'an County.

In less than two months, it is still calculated as two months' wages, and the dried fish is still delivered! "

Ziyu understands the thoughts of these people too well, so she will definitely not slip up.

"Thanks to the young master's respect for the little old man's craftsmanship, then I will accept it.

See you next spring at the county government gate, the little old man will go there every day to wait for the son to arrive. "

The old man with a wrinkled smile said something full of affection, people who didn't know it thought it was a date or something.

Suddenly thinking of Ziyu on this point, rubbing the goosebumps on her arms.

The next day, the purchased ships returned to Daxia Bay, and those who were looking for fish in the bay waved excitedly.

After lunch, everyone on the boat carried a large rattan basket on their backs and carried small baskets of fresh fish in their hands.

The tops of the big rattan baskets are their clothes and bedding, and the bottom ones are dried fish or dried whales, and more people choose dried whales.

Because real meat is more attractive to them.

(End of this chapter)