Hard work

Chapter 234 Tidy up
Work on the fencing outside the village continues.Although Lan Hua'er couldn't understand why she insisted on building that fence at all.Maybe the village feels that the people in the village are going to do something anyway, so let them unite to build the fence outside.

However, Gaihua told Lan Huaer in private that going out every day and seeing the fence that was almost demolished again made people no longer want to do it.

Except for Zang Lang, many villagers no longer go there to build fences.

Zang Lang also told Lan Hua'er when he turned around, saying that he saw many villagers on the other side of the field, and they went to the field together to tidy up the fields.He was worried that he would meet disaster victims, so he made an appointment with Yan Dalang and Lan Du in advance to go to Tian's side together, and he was prepared to have someone to take care of him if something happened.

Unexpectedly, when I went there, I saw that the villagers came in twos and threes.Especially those with more than one male in the family, all of them came out.

Those people smiled at each other when they met each other, and started to work silently with a tacit understanding.

"Didn't the village chief see it?" Lan Hua'er asked curiously.

"Look at it. Half of the people are gone, so I can't see it." Gaihua took a sip of porridge and said indifferently, "What can I do if I know it. At first, I thought I could stop the things outside. It won’t be repaired in a while, so why don’t we allow our families to sort it out? But I saw that it’s no longer possible to plant things in the ground at this time. If it’s not enough to plant today, it will be dug out and cooked tomorrow. At home Is the side seed enough? You have saved it, sister, and if the environment improves next year, let’s talk about it.”

Lan Huaer nodded, agreed "I know", and told Gaihua about the things kept at home.

Gaihua didn't care much about these things at first, he was always doing things outside, and he didn't interfere much with the farm work at home.Now when I heard Lan Huaer talk, I felt a little ashamed, scratched my head, and said:
"My sister, I'm tired, I often do this at home."

Lan Hua'er originally wanted to say it was nothing, but after thinking about it, she simply took the opportunity to say, "If you feel sorry for me, brother, you should come home quickly. It's just that Goudan has been going to school outside and needs someone to watch over you. Hey, no Worry, if there is a chance, I still want our family to live together. It’s just in the village, so what, it’s good to be together.”

Gaihua probably thought of the torrential rain and flood, and nodded accordingly.

But now is not the time.Unless Goudan never goes outside to go to school anymore, someone should be outside with him.

It's too early to think about that.The two looked at each other, and both felt that the biggest problem now was how to find enough food to support the next year's harvest.Even, it is possible that the next spring planting will be destroyed.If so, what should be done.

Lan Hua'er was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but whisper:
"Brother, tell me, do you still have to pay the land tax this year? Someone always said that the town has already provided disaster relief, but there is still no movement at all. If the court does not provide disaster relief, don't you think we are It’s a disaster. We’re going to collect land taxes again this year, so what should we do.”

In fact, ever since she started worrying about this problem, Lan Huaer has imagined the white-haired girl no less than [-] times in her mind. She always felt that if the Zhao family couldn't pay the land tax, would they run away to hide in the mountains like that? up.

Gaihua thought for a while, and said, "I'm not sure about this. But the current imperial court... looks pretty good. Let's wait and see, when the time comes, there is a solution after all."

He thought for a while, and then asked Lan Huaer how much money was still hidden in the house.

Because Changwu gave a large amount of food expenses when he lived in Zhao's house before, plus Lan Hua'er's previous hard work in business and selling things saved, it can be regarded as a big savings in the village.The two discussed for a while, and asked her to hide the money carefully first.It won't be of great use in the future.

These were originally reserved for Gaihua to marry a wife and for Goudan's exams, but now they can only be pressed first, planning when they may need to buy food.

"The road to the town is not easy now, and the road out of the town is even more difficult." Gaihua was a little worried, "When my brother and I went back to the village earlier, some people went to the city .It is that the road is already rotten. If you step on the wrong foot, you may be gone. If you want me to say, going out is not easier than going back to the village. It is time for us to come back. It has been raining for so long , I don’t know what’s wrong, when will it be fixed.”

Moreover, according to what Gaihua said, to go out from the town, you have to cross a fast-flowing river.A wooden bridge was built over the big river.Although it is not very dilapidated, but now that I think about it, it must not be able to withstand the impact of the flood.

If the wooden bridge has to be rebuilt, I really don't know how long it will take to connect the town and the outside world.

But these have nothing to do with them for the time being.The most urgent thing they need to solve now is the problem of food.

Because there is still food in the family, I am not very worried now.Zang Lang even thought about going to the mountains to hunt some wild animals with Yan Dalang.It can be regarded as adding stutter to the family, and it can also be regarded as doing a good deed for the village.

Lan Hua'er was stunned for a long time when she heard their plan, and then she realized it.She felt that she should persuade him, but after thinking about it, she felt that there was nothing to persuade her, so she could only tell Zang Lang to be careful.

Zang Lang agreed very seriously.Saying that they didn't decide to go up the mountain.The work at home is not done yet.Moreover, the beasts on the mountain are very hungry now, and it is not easy to fight. Those who are easy to get hurt themselves should look for another opportunity.

Lan Hua'er originally thought that if they got rid of those beasts earlier, the victims outside the village could also live in peace.But she didn't seem to have that meaning when she looked at Zang Lang.Probably in his heart, those disaster victims are not something to worry about.Lan Hua'er thought about it for a long time, and felt that the wolf was more important than the victims, and she really didn't want to drive the wolf out for the sake of the victims, so she didn't mention it again.

She felt that Zang Lang had his own sense of proportion in this matter.She has never hunted, and has never gone out after the rainstorm. She doesn't know what's going on in the mountains, so she shouldn't interrupt in such matters.She just pulled Zanglang's sleeve and said:

"You should discuss it with Ah Lin. If it's really dangerous, then don't go. If it's really a hunt, the village will give you a point, after all, they all belong to the villagers."

Zang Lang nodded, said he understood, and then smiled naively.

Lan Hua'er saw him smiling like that, and didn't even want to ask him why he smiled.He laughed to himself, but said it out on his own initiative, "Young lady is so kind."

"Bah." Lan Hua'er yelled at him, then quickly packed up and went out.

That night, I didn't hear any more beasts roaring and roaring near the village. I guess they had eaten enough in the past two days.Beasts like wolves and tigers don't need to hunt every day.Sometimes, if the situation does not permit, it is even possible to not eat for a week.After all, this made the people in the village a little more at ease.

Because of this, no one is willing to build fences.In the next two or three days, fewer and fewer people built the fence, and gradually almost no one went there, and all the labor went back to the fields to rearrange the fields that had been battered by the rain. again.

It's a pity that even after tidying up, it is no longer possible to sow seeds.

It's not that it's too late, but I'm worried that as soon as the seeds are sprinkled, disaster victims will come and dig them away.

And to be honest, the ground in the field is the same as the front of Lan Huaer's yard before, it has been beaten into mud by the rain, and it is estimated that there is nothing to grow for the time being.Sort it out now, just hoping to catch up with the next year's farming season.

When the sun really came out that day, the victims outside the village seemed to start to hesitate too.Some began to walk slowly in the direction of the town, planning to try to go to the town to see if there were warehouses opened for disaster relief, and some villagers had been wandering around the back hills, trying to store more food, and then returned to their own Go to the house and see if there is time to plant something in the field.

Although Gaihua said privately that the land in those villages had been soaked by water, and that there was no hope for this year, everyone still wanted to go back to their own homes.That is the homeland after all.

Those who wanted to go to the town quickly turned back.

They could not go outside the village at all.

The roads leading from the village to the town are all mountain roads. When Gaihua and Goudan came back, the road had been blocked by falling rocks for more than half, and it was very difficult for them to move back to the village.Later, because of the continuous torrential rain, the hills on both sides of the road were relatively barren, and now the road has been completely blocked by falling rocks.

The victims couldn't get out, so they had to go back to the village first, hoping to find another way to leave the village.

As for the detour to Outer Town, it is not the only way to Aozi Village.

Walking all the way down the mountain, there are still roads leading to the outside in other villages.It's just that even the roads in Aozi Village are blocked now, and no one can tell what happened to those places that were once flooded.

There is not much food in the first place, and the further down the mountain, the less food there is.Those disaster victims even wanted to go outside to have a look, but they didn't dare at all at this time.I'm afraid that if I can't find something to eat on the way, I won't be able to come back.

They are just too weak.

(End of this chapter)