happy apocalypse

Chapter 42 Happy Life in the Mountains

We officially settled down in Tashan Village.The village head was invited to the first meal of the fire, and the old man and the village head had a happy chat.From the mouth of the village chief, we know that Tashan Village has also been affected by the drought. This year, the rice planted by the people in the village is not growing well, and their heads are drooping.It is estimated that production will be reduced by 20 to 30%.

The continuous high temperature has caused the water level of the small river on the edge of the village to drop significantly.Fortunately, almost every household in the village has a well, so life will basically not be affected.Our family finally took a hot bath again after more than 10 days of water shortage.

There are only 4 rooms in the house. Father Jiang and Mother Jiang live in the outer room on the right, we take Hanhan in the inner room on the right, Dad Qu Ma lives in the outer room on the left, and Liang Chen and Wang Qian live in the inner room on the left.

Han Han has a lot of opinions on this allocation, he wants to live with his brother and sister at night.I coaxed and pulled him back, because we wanted to take Hanhan into the space to practice together at night.

After the robbery incident last time, we decided to urge Hanhan to practice hard with us, and each of us should find a skill that we are interested in and can protect ourselves.

The kids do well here.Get up early every day, scrambling to feed the old hen and the little fluffy chickens at home.The simple tea and light meals on the breakfast table are also eaten with relish.

Every day, I would draw water from the well to wash by myself. My son was too young, so Liang Chen completed the work for him.

Children's understanding of water is "inexhaustible and inexhaustible" since childhood, and they never realized that water should be cherished.

Although they came to Tashan Village within a few days when they were short of water in City D, it was already a good educational process for them who never knew the preciousness of water resources before.

When they came to Tashan Village, they also experienced the hard work of fetching water from the well every morning, so now they can use water resources reasonably.In the past, the water left over from washing the face was readily available, but now they use it to feed the chickens and water the flowers.They have become much more sensible.

Their everyday lives are rich.Since we took them up the mountain once, they have been running up the mountain every day.

My son goes into the space with us every night to practice the exercises for 10 days, and the daytime is equivalent to a holiday.He just played wildly with his brothers and sisters all over the mountains and plains.

I thought that there was no danger on the mountain anyway, and maybe this was the last summer they could play so carefree and happy, so I turned a blind eye to their going out early and returning late every day.

So every morning, after the children clean themselves up, they will set off with their small water bottles on their backs and their small bamboo baskets in their hands.Every day, I would dig a basket of wild vegetables for the chicks before going out to play.

In addition to bringing back wild vegetables, they can also bring back something every day, sometimes a flower, sometimes a handful of grass.In fact, there are many of these on the mountain, but the children hold them back like holding treasures.

But then I saw that they always brought back these useless things, wild vegetables were also carried home in baskets, and those chickens couldn’t eat at all. It became dried wild vegetables.I think it's a waste of resources to let these three children play without organization and discipline. In fact, the children should not be underestimated, they are also very capable.

So I assigned tasks to several children, and each child handed in ten catties of firewood every day.Although my little uncle brought us a cart of wooden blocks when we first came, but these things are consumables, the more the better.A few children are also idle when they are idle, and they must help if they can help.

The children gladly accepted the tasks delivered by the organization and completed them with quality and quantity every day.Within a few days, there was a pile of firewood piled up in the yard of our house, and every child came back every day to overfulfill the task.

At the very beginning, Hanhan’s grandmother pulled Hanhan over distressedly, and said, “Are you your real mother? Hanhan is only 5 years old, and you let him carry such a heavy thing every day. Hanhan, we won’t do it tomorrow. What the hell, if your mother wants firewood, let her go up the mountain to pick it up."

My aunt also said: "Xiaoyi, isn't the firewood brought by your little uncle not enough? If not, just say a word and ask your little uncle to give you some more. Why bother to go to the mountains to pick up branches?" ah?"

Han Han spoke first: "Grandma, aunt, grandma, I am so strong, I can carry more, just look at mine." After speaking, he stepped forward and picked up his own and his brother's baskets, showing off I got frightened a few times in front of two loving old women.

It provoked a burst of praise from the two old women.

I hurriedly took advantage of the joy of the two grandparents and explained: "Auntie, the firewood brought by my uncle is enough for us to burn these days. I don't think these children are just playing around every day. Playing is better than playing with some purpose. And it can also help the family with some work, which is also a kind of education for the children. Besides, I think that the weather is too abnormal. Is there a severe cold? I want to prepare more firewood to be safe, and you should also prepare more, Auntie."

Qu's mother joked that I was uneducated, saying that after a severe cold, there must be a severe heat, and after a severe drought, there must be a severe flood.

I don't care if what I said is right or not, I just want to take this opportunity to remind my aunt that she didn't take what we said to the village chief last time like her.

After I comforted Mother Qu and my aunt, I Hanhan secretly told me that he even secretly hid some in his ring.After I heard it, I was very happy. My son's narrow-mindedness resembles me, and he looks more and more like a little hamster. I like it.

As for the four old people, the first thing they do when they are free is to look at the land allocated to our family and study what else can be planted now.In short, it cannot be wasted.

They discussed with their little uncle and decided to grow cabbage. Now is the time to plant cabbage. It is heat-resistant and has a short growth period.So they are like real villagers. Every day before the sun comes out, they go to the field with hoes on their shoulders, and when the sun comes out, they stroll back home.

After coming back for dinner at night, the weather was not so hot, so they took the small benches to the entrance of the village and had a short chat with the villagers, and they quickly integrated into the village.Don't mention how moist this little day is.

Every day at the dinner table, we talked about who’s little one and what happened to them. We also learned more about Tashan Village and the villagers in Tashan Village through their conversations.

These days we gave them the old and the young to drink the brook water and the goat's milk produced in the space.Their physique is also slowly improving, and now they are walking like flying in the mountains.

I am very happy to see that the elderly and children are so happy now. This house is worth buying.

(End of this chapter)