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Chapter 34

"You don't need to drink until you've healed your injury." Zhou Shitang walked over, untied the wound on Zhou Shiye's leg, and changed the dressing.

She picked up the empty bowl and patted Zhou Shiye's shoulder gently, "Just think about your life here. Think about how you should live next and how to get supplies to feed your family."

Zhou Shiye sighed in his heart, pretending to be strong on his face, "I know, I won't let you worry."

Zhou Shitang went out to dig up the soil with Zhou Yancheng and others.

There is not much celery to grow, just a little vegetable plot is needed, the area is not large, a few people can turn the soil quickly.

There is still an open space that has not been plowed. I will plow the soil for other vegetables later.

Zhou Shimu came back with a bucket of water. He looked at his father and the others and continued to fetch water.

Zhou Shitang took out a kitchen knife and cut off a section of the thick stem of wild celery.

Then several people stuck the celery branches into the soil and watered them.

Zhou Yancheng, Zhou Shiruo and Zhou Shitang were too tired to move after planting vegetables. Each of them sat on a small stool to rest.

Zhou Shitang looked at the family's results and said, "Actually, there should be a layer of straw, but we can't find straw at this time. We can just find something else to replace it."

"After a while, you can harvest a bunch of celery, and then let some of the celery continue to grow, bloom and bear fruit, and then you can collect the seeds and continue planting next year."

Zhou Shiruo rested his chin with both hands, "It turns out that planting vegetables is so tiring. I've only been doing it for a while and I'm already so tired. I can't imagine how tired I will be when I have to work in the future."

Zhou Shitang sighed, "Yeah, I'm so tired."

Zhou Yancheng looked at his two daughters and said, "Adapt as soon as possible and have a good night's rest."

Zhou Shimu fetched several buckets of water, returned the buckets and returned home. He saw his father and two sisters sitting in a row, strode over and said to Zhou Yancheng: "Dad, I saw that there is not much firewood in the kitchen. , I will go to the mountain to pick up some and bring them back."

"Go, pay attention to safety, don't step into the trap, otherwise we will need to rescue you." Zhou Yancheng waved his hand.

Zhou Shimu: "I can see it."

He wouldn't be as careless as that idiot brother.

Shi Qingxiao put the bird feathers in a basin, covered with a layer of cloth, and folded the cloth under the basin to prevent the bird feathers from being blown away by the wind.

She put the pot where the sun could reach it.

After Shi Qingxiao finished all this, he turned around and said to the father and daughter: "After you have rested, you can go do whatever you want. I'm going out to work now."

Looking for something to eat and asking for news.

Zhou Shitang picked up the wooden barrel that was broken in half and went out.

Zhou Yancheng and Zhou Shiruo also went out one after another.

Zhou Shiye was recuperating at home alone.

He was bored, so he listened to Zhou Shitang's words to think about life.

Zhou Shitang found a cane to tie a wooden barrel and hang it on her body. She was afraid of encountering molluscs such as snakes, and she also held a thick wooden stick in her hand to embolden herself.

If a snake dares to come, she will kill it.

She plans to continue wandering in the mountains today, preferably to dig up some medicinal materials and food.

The house at home needed some repairs, and she saw that the roof was not very strong. She was afraid that the roof would be gone if it rained heavily.

Repairing the house requires manpower and material resources.

The family has no money now, so she needs to dig up a lot of medicinal materials. Maybe she can use the medicinal materials to ask others to help repair the house.

If possible, she would like to build more houses.

Their current status is as fugitives, and their range of activities can only be around this mountain forest.If you want to go to the town or city, you must have permission from the people above. They cannot contact those people for the time being.

Otherwise, she can go out to do business and make money, and the money comes quickly from business.

Zhou Shitang didn't know if Su Huaili would be at home now. She followed the road that Su Huaili took them home last night. She looked along the way and dug up some common medicinal materials.

I was in a hurry to go home last night and didn't see those medicinal materials.

Zhou Shitang came to the Su family.

The Su family is surrounded by a fence.

Zhou Shitang stood at the door and looked inside. She thought for a moment and shouted, "Su Huaili, are you at home?"

Su Huaili came out after hearing the sound and was surprised when he saw Zhou Shitang, "What do you want from me?"

Zhou Shitang pointed to the wooden barrel on his back, "This wooden barrel in my house is broken. My house is relatively close to your house, so I came to see you to ask if you can repair it."

"I know how to cultivate." Su Huaili nodded, "Put the barrel down and let me take a look."

Zhou Shitang untied the rattan and put down the fragments of the barrel.

Su Huaili saw how old the wooden barrel was, so he picked up half of it and tried to break it.

Click.

The half of the barrel shattered again.

Zhou Shitang was stunned, "Are you too strong or is this wood too bad?"

Su Huaili gave an accurate answer: "This wood is too rotten. Even if it is repaired, it won't take long. How about this, I will help you make a new barrel. I happen to be able to do this."

He didn't know how to do this before, and he learned it from others later.

Zhou Shitang looked grateful, "Thank you so much."

"These are the medicinal materials I just dug up. These are for you. You can dry them and store them. You can use them when you feel sick." Zhou Shitang took out some of the medicinal materials and handed them to Su Huaili.

Su Huaili was not polite. He used to work for others in exchange for something to improve his family's life.

He took the medicinal materials and said, "Come in with me and sit down for a while. I happen to still have some wood at home, and it will take me some time to make a wooden barrel."

Zhou Shitang followed Su Huaili in.

Only Su Huaili was at home in the Su family, everyone else had gone out.

Su Huaili took out a pile of wood and tools, sat on a small stool, and started making barrels.

Skilled action.

Zhou Shitang sat next to him, watching his movements, and then asked for information, "Based on your experience, when will the government officials come and call us to work?"

If they know the time, they won't be in a hurry when the officials come to call them.

Su Huaili thought for a moment, "Probably in half a month. Farming is a relatively easy job, but building city walls and dams is more tiring. The government usually arranges men to do the work of building city walls."

Zhou Shitang nodded, indicating that she understood, and then asked: "Then can you build a house?"

Su Huaili nodded, "Yes, but I can only build simple houses. Someone built a house before and asked us to come over and help. Then I followed along and learned a lesson. I built it with mud and several layers of straw on the roof."

"If there are tiles, it's better to use tiles. Are you building a house?"

"Yes." Surprise flashed in Zhou Shitang's eyes. He didn't expect Su Huaili to know everything. "I think Uncle Zeng's houses are all made of wood. Can you build those houses?"

"My father and my two brothers can both help from the sidelines, and they will do whatever you ask them to do."

(End of this chapter)