In this era of low productivity, a strong man is undoubtedly the backbone of the family.
But as the civil uprising caused by the locust plague continued to grow, many people lost their lives for various reasons.
Xu Laoer was very sad.
He is not a person who likes to use his brain.
Ever since he was a child, he only had to do many things with his hands. Boss Xu is usually responsible for things that use his brain. As Xu Laosan grew up, there were more people using his brains.
Over time, Xu Laoer disliked using his brain even more.
But in the current situation, Xu Lao Er and Xu Lao San are not here, so Xu Lao Er can only figure out a way to solve this matter.
But the problem is, this kind of thing is not so easy to find a solution.
"Second brother, second brother!"
Just when Xu Laoer was struggling for several days and couldn't think of a solution, and the corners of his mouth were so anxious that he had blisters, he actually heard the shouts of his little sister.
"Did I hallucinate this?"
Xu Laoer raised his hand and rubbed his ears vigorously.
But soon, he discovered that this was not an auditory hallucination.
The fact is, Fubao is really here!
"Little sister, why are you here?"
Seeing his little sister appear, Xu Lao Er was shocked.
Fu Bao chuckled and said, "It's too boring to be in Fucheng, so I came to play with you, second brother!"
"Are you looking for me to play with?"
Xu Laoer rolled his eyes and said, "I don't have anything here, what's so fun?"
Qiping Mansion is really in a state of complete waste.
Although the civil uprising has been put down now, the previous civil uprisings destroyed all the houses in their path. As the weather is getting colder, the problems of the houses need to be solved as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when the weather gets cold and heavy snow falls, the cold can freeze people to death.
Xu Laoer has too many things to do now.
"Just have fun!"
Fu Bao would not tell his second brother that he was just hiding out.
"Okay, then don't run around. If you go out, remember to tell me!"
Xu Laoer didn't believe his little sister's lie that she was just having fun, but he was too lazy to expose it.
He needs to use his brain to do his own things, so where is the extra brain power to think about other things
The reason why Fu Bao came to Qiping Mansion was that she couldn't stand being pestered by her nephews and nieces. The two eldest nephews are pretty good, at least they are obedient.
As for the five little nephews and nieces, although they were obedient, they had so many problems.
If one little doll is a book of One Hundred Thousand Whys, then five little dolls are definitely a book of Ten Thousand Whys.
What's even worse is that sometimes, these five little nephews and nieces will turn into repeaters.
If Fu Bao were a real little baby, he might find it very funny. But the problem is, she is an adult soul inside.
Facing so many questions from five little kids, and the repeater talking from time to time, Fubao really couldn't accept it.
Helpless, she could only run to hide in peace.
And why she didn't go to Longxi Mansion to find her father and eldest brother? One was because it was a long distance, and the other was because it was cold there.
In Fubao's view, Longxi Mansion, which has already fallen into snow, is really not a fun place.
On the other hand, her second brother's side was full of waste, but the weather here was still much warmer. Of course, the most important point is that according to the mineral resources map she obtained, there should be hot springs in Qiping Mansion.
The most important thing for Fu Bao to come here is to find warmth.
In the cold winter, if you can find warmth and build a house there, your life will be quite nourishing.
After arranging a team of guards for Fubao, Xu Laoer continued to think about the placement of the people of Qiping Mansion. In order not to cause more trouble to his eldest brother and third brother, Xu Laoer did not ask them for help this time.
Fubao followed the mineral resource map marks on the map, found someone to be his guide, and started wandering around Qiping Mansion.
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Finding hot springs is not much different from prospecting, both are time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Fubao thought that her enthusiasm would last for a long time, but in fact, her enthusiasm only lasted for a few days, and she completely lost interest.
In fact, Fu Bao herself was not very sure that there must be hot springs in Qiping Mansion. She just saw the signs of several dormant volcanoes on the map, so she came here with luck.
But when she discovered that the so-called volcanoes were located among the continuous mountains, Fubao stopped interested in continuing to explore.
Although the mountains in Qiping Mansion are basically devoid of greenery, there are bound to be all kinds of ferocious beasts in these mountains, which are sparsely populated.
When he was in Lingshui Village before, a village of people went deep into the mountains to seek refuge. Fu Bao still clearly remembered the wolf attack they encountered.
Deep in the mountains, especially in inaccessible places, there must be some ferocious and powerful beasts hiding.
Although Fubao is a talented and bold person, and she is guarded by soldiers arranged by her second brother, she understands that some things really need to be done with caution.
If word spread that she led the soldiers of the town army into the mountains in search of hot springs, it would definitely be a very heavy blow to the reputation of the old Xu family.
As a person, you can’t be too selfish!
After giving up on looking for hot springs, Fu Bao wandered back to his second brother.
At this time, Xu Laoer had already thought of a pretty good way to solve the problem.
Why not make use of the town army on his side when there is no war
What's more, many people in the army are singles. If we can take this opportunity to resolve marriage matters, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds
So Xu Laoer issued new orders to his soldiers.
Go and help build houses for ordinary people who only have old, weak, women and children left.
When Fu Bao came back with his people, he saw his second brother and his bodyguards building a house.
"Second brother, second brother!"
Fu Bao waved fiercely at his second brother.
Xu Laoer was building a wall. When he heard Fubao's greeting, he told the people next to him a few words and then walked towards Fubao.
"What have you been doing these days?"
"I don't see anyone every day, what's the fun anymore?"
Xu Laoer looked at Fu Bao with a smile, raised his hand and messed up Fu Bao's hair.
"Second brother, you can't do this!"
Fu Bao was speechless as he watched his second brother arrange for people to build houses for those people.
"What's not working?"
Xu Laoer was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Fubao meant by this.
"Second brother, it's going to get cold soon. You're right to let people build houses. But the question is, according to your construction method, how many houses can be built when the weather gets cold?"
Fu Bao looked at his second brother with disgust. (End of chapter)