Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Yi Chi listened to the accusations of the 11 young men along the way and hurried back with great difficulty, his head buzzing.

After changing clothes and walking to the outskirts of the mountain.

"Bang! Swoosh--dong!" A pine tree with a diameter of 30cm fell to the ground in the distance.

The young men immediately became alert, either looking for cover or climbing trees to see what was happening. Although their movements were not very skilled, their reactions were still quick.

Only Yi Chi caught a glimpse of the blue-clad figure behind the tree from afar and smiled, "It's okay, it's an educated youth from the village."

"Shit, I see the broken ends are messy, was the tree broken by her kicking it?" A young man with good eyesight looked up from the tree and exclaimed.

The next second, Jiang Yu turned his gaze in their direction, looking at the shadows of the trees and seeing the shadowy green figure, as well as Yi Chi's ridiculously thin figure, who might be mistaken for a sapling if he was also wearing green.

It seems that he has come with helpers.

"Could this person have heard us talking?" A man with freckles on his face was stunned. Especially since the moment they finished talking, the man looked over and located the direction with great accuracy. Amazing! Super hearing and super vision?

Yi Chi also remembered a time before when he was going up the mountain, Jiang Yu and the others also went into the mountain. At that time, there was a tall and thin man who kept looking at his position. Could it be Jiang Yu?

"Let's go, let's go down the mountain. We still have to help Yi Chi carry stones. Don't dawdle." The orderly looked at his watch. It was already 9:3. It was getting dark early now. If they wanted to get back to the mountain before dark, they had to finish the work before o'clock. Time was indeed a bit tight.

The few people who were climbing up the tree quickly jumped down, picked up their things and quickened their pace.

Jiang Yu chopped off the pine tree branches and threw them aside, then peeled off the pine bark, and finally pushed the bare branches into the stream to soak in the water.

She was very strong and her hands were quick. After she finished working on one tree, she just happened to meet Yi Chi and the others coming down.

"I've dug a cellar for you. The soil layer on top is less than 1 meter thick. You can just pour small stones and mud on the soil. After I finish collecting firewood, I'll go back and ask Uncle Zhuang for some bricks to surround it for you." This way the foundation can be raised a little, and it can also keep out some snakes, insects, rats and ants.

"Cell?" Yi Chi was stunned. He did have this plan. After all, it was not suitable for him to put things outside. In order to avoid attracting attention, it was necessary to dig a cellar. But he did not expect Jiang Yu to act so quickly.

"It's not big. Go and take a look. If it's not big enough, just keep digging." After saying this, Jiang Yu continued to cut trees. These trees were not for burning.

Undried pine branches can be so suffocating that they can kill people, but they will have a fragrant smell when used to smoke meat. Jiangyu was originally planning to store meat, so the chopped pine branches came in handy.

Yi Chi nodded repeatedly, "Thank you." He looked at Jiang Yu with sincere gratitude in his eyes, and his mind was even full of thoughts of doing something to repay her.

Jiang Yu waved his hand and picked up the nearby firewood and put it in a pile.

The others looked at the two of them in confusion and exchanged glances with each other.

Yi Chi did not delay any longer and took them to see the place where they could carry mud and the place where they could shovel gravel on the river bank not far away. After determining the work location, everyone went to Yi Chi's house together.

No, there is no home anymore. After Jiang Yu’s demolition, all that is left is a pile of wooden boards and hay neatly placed aside. There is also a pile of fresh soil nearby, which looks like it has just been dug out.

The area that Jiang Yu had cleared was not large, just a 4X4 square, with a small hole next to it, pointing straight down, inside was the cellar she had dug, 2 meters high, half the length and width of the foundation above. Everyone put the things they brought into the basket, hid them in the cellar, and then divided into two groups, picked up the shoulder poles and started working.

The orderly and Yi Chi stayed behind, and they prepared to dig the cellar a little bigger.

People came and went on the ground, and the piles of stones and mud became more and more.

Jiang Yu came back carrying a little wild boar.

"Do you want it?" she asked Yi Chi who came out of the hole in the ground.

"How much?" Yi Chi smiled. This was just enough for lunch. He had wanted to go into the mountains where the wild animals lived to catch a roe deer. Now that he had a little wild boar, he could save some effort.

"Buy the whole thing, one dollar per pound. This little wild boar is about 60 pounds. Do you want to weigh it?" Jiang Yu weighed it and thought it was about this weight, but she was not a professional vegetable seller after all, so she was not sure how much it weighed.

"No need." Yi Chi directly took out money from his pocket, drew out 6 Great Unity tickets and handed them to Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu took it and put it in his pocket, then handed the knocked-out wild boar over, "It's not dead yet, you deal with it. I'm going to Uncle Zhuang's house."

"Then come over later and have dinner with us." Yi Chi said hurriedly. If you ask someone to work hard, you have to show some appreciation, right? And his cooking skills are still quite impressive. Seeing that the ginger fish porridge tasted delicious in the morning, she would definitely like the wild boar meat today.

Jiang Yu paused for a moment, but remembering the exceptionally fragrant porridge in the morning, he nodded in agreement from the bottom of his heart.

Zhuang Shouren was also cooking at home. When Jiang Yu came and knocked on the door, he, Zhuang Dashan and Zhuang Dahe were chopping wood.

"Master Jiang is here, come in quickly." Dashan's wife was strolling along the courtyard wall with her pregnant belly. When she heard a knock on the door, she opened it. When she saw it was Jiang Yu, she immediately smiled.

Jiang Yu carefully avoided her belly and said, "Be careful."

"Hey. Master Jiang, are you here to look for my father-in-law? He's chopping wood in the backyard. You can just go around that way." Dashan's wife pointed the way to her in a sweet voice.

Master Xiao Jiang is different from other educated youths. He is polite and warm-hearted. He is so nice~

Jiang Yu nodded and walked over as she said.

There was a bang of chopping firewood in the backyard. The father and his two sons divided the work together. Dashan used an axe, Dahe put the wood, and Zhuang Shouren stacked the chopped firewood neatly under the wall.

"Uncle Zhuang!" Jiang Yu shouted.

Zhuang Shouren turned his head immediately, "What the hell are you doing! You scared me... Oh, Master Jiang is here, come on, come inside and sit down."

Jiang Yu smiled, and followed him to the main room. Now the room was equipped with glass windows pulled back by Chen Jinghan, making it much brighter.

Cui Xiaofen poured a bowl of water for Jiang Yu and put dried flowers and mint leaves in it. The villagers learned this from the educated youth. She also grabbed a handful of fried melon seeds and put them on the kang table. "Master Jiang, when will your educated youth fry the pine nuts and peanuts?"

"I haven't mentioned it, but it should be in a few days." Jiang Yu entrusted the hazelnuts, walnuts and pine nuts she picked to Xue Li. The weather has been good recently, so she would take them out to dry from time to time.

"Tell me when the time comes and I'll help you." Cui Xiaofen reminded them and then gave up the main room for them to talk.

Jiang Yu only had time to agree before she disappeared at the door.