Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Song Shiwei smiled and nodded when he heard this: "I arrived 20 days earlier than you. The house has been built. What are the village chief's plans for the future?"

"Don't call me village chief anymore. Village chief Wei is our village chief now. I dare not call myself village chief anymore. If Xiao Song doesn't mind, just call me Uncle Huang in the future." Huang Changyuan looked at Song Shiwei with a kind look. "As for the next plan, we have to build a house first. With so many of us, we can build a house if every household contributes one or two people."

"You just arrived here and are unfamiliar with the place. You can go up the mountain to cut trees for the wood you need to build the house. As for bricks and tiles, you can only buy them in the city. Uncle Huang can find Village Chief Wei and ask him to help buy them. When I came here, I heard from Li An that Village Chief Wei of Xiahuang Village is a very good person. He is a relative of the village chief of Damao Village. When we built the house, we gave everything to the village chief of Damao Village to handle."

Huang Changyuan smiled and nodded after hearing this: "I think so too. I will discuss it with the villagers later to see what they think. Bricks are too expensive. Let's just do the same as this village and use mud walls."

Huang Changyuan pointed at the wasteland and said excitedly, "We have bought this large piece of land. Apart from the area for building houses, the rest is all used for reclaiming wasteland. I have seen the land here. Although it is a bit desolate, it can still grow a lot of crops if it is properly taken care of. We will fertilize it this year and plant crops next year."

Seeing that Huang Changyuan had a plan, Song Shiwei didn't say anything more. Anyway, there were a lot of people in Dahe Village and there was no shortage of people to build houses. There was no need to ask others to do the work. As for other things, they might as well wait until the houses were built before making plans.

"Xiao Song, have you bought any land? I heard from Village Chief Wei that the land in Damo Village is more fertile than ours, and if we plant crops there, we will definitely have a good harvest."

Song Shi nodded slightly: "We bought a few acres, and Zhang Wu plans to plant some fruits and vegetables next year. We also chose a homestead at the foot of the mountain. The land there is very fertile, and it is easy to get up the mountain. We can also go hunting in the mountains when we have nothing to do."

When Huang Changyuan first heard that they wanted to use several acres of land to grow vegetables, fruits and melons, he frowned immediately. Then he heard that the two were also building a house at the foot of the mountain. Thinking of Xiao Song and the other man's skills, they would have the same good harvest by hunting in the mountains. Their life would at least be better than that of most people. Only then did his brows relax.

"That's good. It's good that you know what to do. Although you and Xiao Zhang are very skilled, there are many dangers in the mountains. You should be fully prepared when you go hunting in the mountains. You should be more careful."

Song Shiwei nodded obediently: "I will listen to Uncle Huang. I think everyone will be busy for a few days. Zhang Wu and I will go back first. We will come back to bother you after you are done. You can also ask Zhang Wu to help the village chief on weekdays."

"Okay, come back when the house is built. Then you'll have a place to sit."

Song Shiwei took Zhang Wu away. They first went to Wei Xiong's house to call Li An, and then returned to Damao Village together.

After arriving at the Damo Village, Zhou Huai had not left yet, but sat in the carriage parked at the door of his house.

The two of them opened the car curtain and got out at the same time.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for what happened today."

Noticing that Song Shiwei's eyebrows were much softer than usual, Zhou Huai smiled calmly: "If the girl is really grateful, just remember the agreement the day after tomorrow. I will be waiting for good news in the city."

Song Shi raised his lips slightly: "Don't worry, I'll remember it."

"Then I won't disturb the young lady's rest. Goodbye," Zhou Huai nodded slightly to Song Shiwei, stepped into the carriage and left.

Song Shiwei watched the carriage go away, waved to Zhang Wu who was waiting on the side, and the two of them entered the door one after the other.

"Liu Daming and his team are busy building a house these days, so they should be short of manpower. We have nothing to do here anyway, so you can go over there and help more during this time."

Zhang Wu was overjoyed, his eyebrows and eyes flew up, and his voice was full of energy: "Yes."

Song Shiwei was at a loss for words: "Okay, hurry up and cook. I'm hungry after talking about that."

"I will go immediately!"

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There are a large number of people in Dahe Village. Even if Huang Changyuan is unwilling to ask others for help, Wei Xiong has privately contacted the villagers. Therefore, when Dahe Village just started to lay the foundation, the villagers of Xiahuang Village spontaneously took their tools to help. No matter how Huang Changyuan tried to persuade them, it was useless. He had to let Liu Daming and others go into the mountains to hunt. It was not easy to provide meals, but at least some meat could be distributed to the people of Xiahuang Village every day.

In just ten days, the farmyard of Huang Changyuan and others was built. Now they had a place to settle down. They got together to discuss and decided to hold a warm-house party together, which would save money.

Huang Changyuan specifically asked Huang Hai to go to Damao Village to invite Song Shiwei and Zhang Wu to dinner the next day.

At noon on the day of the Wenju dinner, one person from each household in Yuanxiahuang Village came. As Huang Changyuan had given notice in advance that those who came to dine did not need to bring gifts, no one prepared any gifts but only brought pickled vegetables or eggs from home. Liu Daming and others also greeted the guests, and it was quite lively for a while.

Song Shiwei heard a commotion before he arrived, and smiled at Zhang Wu, "It seems that other people from Xiahuang Village have also come to join in the fun today."

Zhang Wu looked through the open courtyard door and immediately saw the figures of Wei Xiong and others in the crowd: "Yes, they are here. I see there are many people inside. Master, do you want to go back earlier?"

"Go back earlier. It's giving me a headache because of all the noise and noise," said Song Shiwei, and then he stepped over the threshold and entered the yard.

Zhang Wu followed closely with a dozen snacks in his hands, and met Huang Ying standing under the eaves of the main hall welcoming guests. Seeing her bright smile and coming to accept the gifts, Zhang Wu weighed the snacks, silently stepped aside her hands, walked into the main hall with the things in his hands, and put them directly on the cabinet in the corner.

Huang Ying stared at Zhang Wu's actions in a daze, her face full of confusion.

Song Shiwei, who had entered the room earlier, saw it all and smiled without saying anything.

Wei Xiong, who was sitting at the head of the table, stood up immediately, and bowed to Song Shiwei as Huang Changyuan and the others were in doubt: "Miss Song is here too, please take a seat."

As he was about to give up his seat, Song Shiwei waved his hand to stop him: "Village Chief Wei is the head of Xiahuang Village, so he should take the seat. I'll just come in and say hello, you guys chat slowly."

After talking to Huang Changyuan for a few words, Song Shiwei asked him to go and greet Wei Xiong and the others. Now that Song Shiwei had regained her female body, it was not convenient for her to sit in the main room where men gathered. She simply went out to listen to the women who were cooking in the yard gossiping about the neighbors.

After pouring the tea, Huang Hai came out with Liu Daming. They looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

I'm surprised why Wei Xiong is so respectful and enthusiastic towards Song Shiwei. When he came to my house and talked to Huang Changyuan just now, he was at most kind, but not enthusiastic at all.

"Hey Brother Hai, what do you think is going on with Sister Song? Why did Village Chief Wei treat her like that?"

Huang Hai shook his head: "You don't know, how can I know? It is probably related to the man who came with me that day, but I don't know the identity of that man."

The man Huang Hai was talking about was Li An. Not long after Song Shiwei left that day, Li An came to Xiahuang Village again and specifically talked to Wei Xiong in private. Wei Xiong's respectful attitude towards him was seen by Huang Changyuan and Huang Hai, and the father and son also discussed it in private.