Liu Hu nodded and said: "After you say that, it is true! There is also corn, which is also the seed she asked the county prince for, and she boldly issued a military order. Fortunately, the corn can be picked before the locust plague. Otherwise, what a surprise! Your little niece is smart and courageous, if you were a boy, you would definitely be able to make a career out of it!"
Yu Caifeng gave him a gouged look, and said, "What's wrong with the girl? Isn't she quite capable? Helped the family build five green brick and tile houses, and earned a considerable fortune!"
Liu Hu smiled and said: "It's not that girls are bad! Girls are going to marry after all when they grow up! That's your brother, who dotes on Xiaocao and lets her make troubles. If you marry someone else, you can still be like him." Now everything is up to her? Okay, let’s not talk about it. I’ll discuss something with you. How about we open a la carte field in the early spring of next year to grow early-maturing vegetables? Let’s sell them to surrounding towns or prefectural cities. It doesn’t count as grabbing business with the sea.”
Yu Caifeng thought for a while, and agreed: "Let's build the house quickly while everyone is idle, and learn from the old house, build the yard bigger, and grow more vegetables. If we grow a vegetable garden outside, I'm afraid I can't watch it at night!"
"Well! Just build a big yard and use stones!" Liu Hu made a decision immediately.
The next day, with the help of Yu Hai, a dozen young and middle-aged villagers were recruited to continue building Liu's house. Liu's house is also at the foot of the West Mountain, about 500 meters away from Yu's house. Their family decided to keep a low profile and built a house with a civil structure.
It’s already autumn, which should be the busiest time, because the locust plague can’t grow crops, the villagers are all idle at home, either digging sea sausages to pick up sea oysters, or go to the town or the wharf to do odd jobs.
Sea sausages and sea oysters have been dug by more people, and their daily income has dropped sharply compared to usual. In the past, they could get a hundred and ten yuan a day without talking, but now they can dig up a catty and sell for forty to fifty yuan. An enviable master.
However, there are too many people waiting for odd jobs in the docks and towns, and sometimes even after waiting for several days, no business may come to their door. If it wasn't for cheap food, I'm afraid he would have starved to death long ago.
The Liu family built the house for cash, thirty Wen a day, and a meal in between. Although the salary is not very high, Liu Hu is Yu Hai's relative by marriage, and Yu Hai has a good relationship with this sister, so the young people in the village are very happy to sell Brother Yu Hai for favors.
After working for two days, these younger students were full of praise for the food of Liu's family, and said that the business was worth it! The Liu family's meal consisted of big, firm Erhe noodles pancakes, with a lot of white flour, and meat in every meal. Either the marinated pork head meat is soft and fragrant, or the fried pork intestines are fragrant and fragrant, or the rotten fish with rotten bones...
The most pleasing thing is that in addition to dried vegetables, every meal will have a stir-fried vegetable. You must know that in this year, a plate of stir-fried vegetables can be sold at the price of roast chicken and roast duck at Zhenxiu Restaurant, which is very expensive! There is also the grasshopper sauce fried by Yu Xiaocao himself, which is full of praise from the younger generations. Even if there are no other dishes, you can eat two more pancakes with just the spicy grasshopper sauce!
With delicious meals, the younger generations are more motivated to work. Throwing mud, cutting wood, building stone walls... Everyone was willing to work hard, and no one was lazy.
In less than a month, the three adobe houses of the Liu family were built. They accepted Yu Xiaocao's suggestion and used gray tiles for the roof, which saved the time and effort of repairing the house every year. Moreover, the thatched roof is prone to rain leakage in summer, and cannot withstand the wind and snow in winter. With the Liu family's current financial resources, they could afford to build a house made of green bricks and tiles, so why live in an uncomfortable place just to save that little money
Liu's family is closer to Xishan than Yu's. Yu Hai suggested that his brother-in-law dig some traps near the fence, just in case.
In fact, their worries are not superfluous. At Liu's house, the vegetable plot in the yard had just been sorted out, and it had only been a few days since they were sprinkled with vegetable seeds. Several families at the foot of the West Mountain heard the howling of wolves from a distance when they were sleeping at night.
Yu Xiaocao was woken up, put on a small quilt and climbed up to her parents' kang, and asked in a low voice: "Father, listen! It sounds like wolves howling! Are the wolves going down the mountain?"
Before she could finish her sentence, a milky howl sounded from the yard, which sounded like a warning.
Yu Hai couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Cao'er, the two puppies you brought back have been more than two months old and still can't bark. They have learned how to hear wolves. Hurry up and get the two little guys Hug it in, be careful to attract the wolves!"
At this time, brothers Yu Hang and Xiao Shitou opened the door and came in, each holding a little wolf in his arms. Xiao Shitou smiled and said, "Xiaobai is so courageous. When he heard wolves howling, he dared to bark at them! But the howling is too naive and not threatening."
Little black and little white are descendants of gray wolves. They were not yet full moon when they came here, and they are only two months old now. They catch locusts to eat every day, and Yu Xiaocao catches fish and shrimps to feed them. They are small and strong. Perhaps because of drinking Lingshi water, the two little guys grew up relatively slowly, and after more than two months, they were about the same size as the two-month-old pups of Dahuang's family. However, it looks small and exquisite, very cute.
Listening to the continuous howling of the wolves, the two little guys burst into fury, grinning fiercely in Brother Yu Hang's arms. Yu Hai took Xiao Hei, stroked it on his lap, and said with a smile, "These two dogs must have the blood of the wolf family. They are not very big, and their temperament is not small. If you train them well, they will definitely be good hunting dogs in the future!"
Yu Xiaocao snickered in her heart, what is the blood of a wolf, this is a wolf, okay? However, I don't know the color of Xiaoheixiaobai's mother, why the two little wolves are completely opposite in color, and neither of them looks like Big Gray. "Big Hui" is the name Xiaocao just gave to that gray wolf. It used to be called Little Wolf, but now that he is a father, it is not appropriate to call him Little Wolf anymore.
As soon as the two little wolves were put on the kang, they immediately ran to Xiaocao's side, rubbed their heads affectionately against her, and rolled around beside her, begging to be stroked, showing no signs of viciousness at all.
The little roe deer, which has been raised for two years, has not changed much in size, and is still very small. It also followed the Yu brothers and squeezed into the bedroom of the main house. Seeing the two little wolves on the kang, it greedily pawed at the edge of the kang with its front legs, watching eagerly.
The three little pets of the Yu family take a bath almost every two days, and their bodies are very clean without any peculiar smell. Yu Xiaolian conveniently fished the little roe deer onto the kang, hugged her and stroked her. Xiaoheixiaobai only gets close to the younger sister, and ignores other people's touching and hugging. For this, Yu Xiaolian and Xiao Shitou expressed resentment. Fortunately, the little roe deer has a good temper and is very close to everyone in the family, which slightly makes up for the wounded hearts of the two siblings.
Yu Hang said worriedly: "It sounds like there are quite a lot of wolves! If we go down the mountain, our family will be the first to bear the brunt. The county prince lives on the mountain. Although there are guards to protect him, it is not safe after all. Otherwise, tomorrow The prince of the county, please come and live in the west courtyard of our house. Father, what do you think?"
Yu Hai nodded, and said: "I think it will work! Xiaocao, you are the best at talking to the county prince. You can mention it to him when you have breakfast tomorrow. The wolves can be heard far away. Tonight There should be no problem. After tonight, there is no guarantee. Judging from the sound, there are at least twenty or thirty wolves in this pack. Don't underestimate it!"
Experienced hunters can tell the number of wolves from howling wolves. Yu Hai has studied with Zhao Bufan for several years, so he shouldn't make mistakes.
Mrs. Liu said rather worriedly: "I don't know what's going on with Eldest Sister? They are closer to the West Mountain. If the wolves go down the mountain, their family will be the first to suffer. Except for the eldest brother-in-law, the rest of the elder sister's family are women and children. It is scary It’s frightening to death! I think they will be taken over tomorrow, and the East and West Wings in our yard are all empty, and they can be accommodated even if they are crowded.”
Yu Hai gave his daughter-in-law a look of approval, nodded and said, "Okay! Let the elder sister's family move in tomorrow. We can have a caregiver if we live together."
After worrying about Yu Caifeng's family, Liu began to worry about her natal family again: "His father! Xishan Village is not far from Xishan, so I don't know what's going on with my natal family!"
Yu Hai comforted his daughter-in-law and said, "Don't worry, Xishan Village is still two or three miles away from Xishan Village! My father-in-law's family lives in the village, and the wolves will only go to crowded places unless they are very hungry. Last time I went to Xishan Village , I told the village head of Xishan Village, let them set up more traps near the village, and arrange night watchmen, if the beasts come, they will beat the gongs and drums, and light the torches, which can also scare the beasts away."
Hearing what the man said, Liu's heart relaxed a little. That night, among the families living at the foot of the West Mountain, almost none of them slept well! Everyone is like the Yu family, the whole family is crowded into one room, with hoes and shovels at hand, ready to fight at any time.
As Yu Hai expected, the night was safe and sound. The people who came to buy vegetables the next day expressed surprise when they saw the panda eyes of the Yu family. Qian Xiaoduo asked a few words, and after learning the reason, he patted his chest and promised to bring some hunting forks, bows and arrows, and hunting knives to the Yu family in the afternoon.
During breakfast, Yu Xiaocao raised her mouth. Looking at the black eyes of the little girl, Zhu Junyang couldn't help but speak viciously: "But a few wolves howled all night, as for it! You are not as courageous as a sparrow! Well, the master will move here later. Yes Lord sits in town, let alone a pack of wolves, even if all the wolves, tigers and leopards come down the mountain, they won't be able to hurt you!"
Yu Xiaocao couldn't help yelling at him: "Don't be crowed, okay? My father said, there are at least twenty or thirty wolves in this pack, and it would be great to go down the mountain together! Even wolves, tigers and leopards all went down the mountain. Do you think it's filming?" What about The Beast?"
Although Zhu Junyang didn't know what "Beast Story" was, he could still hear Yu Xiaocao teasing him, so he snorted coldly and said, "Your guts are all on you! That's if you don't follow me!" You have average knowledge, otherwise you don’t know how many times you have died!”
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Due to her physical condition, she couldn't sit for a long time, and her energy couldn't keep up. So in August, the single update resumed. Oh, sorry!