Traveling through ancient times to survive

"We old guys are here to help you." The elders all offered to help.

"That's right, what are you afraid of? If anyone dares not to listen to you, come to me." The elders in the clan all supported Zhao Chengchuan.

Feng Jun was anxious. Everyone here was from the Zhao clan. If their clan was considered a whole, wouldn't that exclude people with other surnames like them?

"How about we form a new village?"

The other five families were all interested. Including the Li family, there were only seven families here whose surname was not Zhao. They were like outsiders and did not dare to say much.

"Old Feng is right. Although our surname is not Zhao, our hearts are the same as yours. You can't just ignore us."

"We will not object to Zhao Chengchuan becoming the village chief of the newly built village."

The Zhao people looked at each other, as if they had forgotten about these six households. Since they were willing to be disciplined, it was not impossible to accept them.

"Okay, let's build a new village." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"What's the name of the village? Chengchuan, you choose it." said the patriarch.

Zhao Chengchuan tried hard for a long time before coming up with a new name: "Why not call it Xinyuan Village?"

"Okay! From now on we will be the villagers of Xinyuan Village."

"From today on, Zhao Chengchuan is the first generation village chief of Xinyuan Village and also the elder of our clan."

"We must celebrate today, not only for finding a new home, but also for congratulating the village chief!"

Every household took out food, and everyone had a big meal, then fell asleep using the sky as a blanket and the ground as a mat.

The sky brightened, the sun shone on people's faces, and the sleeping people opened their eyes. Everyone stretched and got up to wash up energetically.

There are many things to do to rebuild the village, and Zhao Chengchuan is a little overwhelmed.

Villager: "Village Chief, are we going to build houses? Where should we build them?"

Zhao Chengchuan: "Of course we will build it. I will allocate a piece of land for residential areas, and each piece will be the same size."

Villager: "Village head, it has been eight or nine months since the harvest last year. Everyone has very little food left. What should we do?"

Zhao Chengchuan: "I see the grass here is starting to sprout. We should be able to start growing crops. The soil here is also very good and suitable for farming. Are the seeds we didn't plant last year still there?"

Villager: “Yes.”

Zhao Chengchuan: "Then we will start to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land. Each family will reclaim one mu of land for the time being."

Villager: “Isn’t one mu too little? It’s not enough to eat.”

Zhao Chengchuan: "The weather is very abnormal now. I can't guarantee that the crops will grow after planting. We only have these seeds. We can't plant them all at once. We have to keep some as a guarantee. Each family will plant only one acre to try. Besides, this is deep in the mountains and old forests, and no one will come to collect taxes."

Villager: "Yes! We don't have to pay taxes. The grain we harvest is our own!"

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Zhao Chengchuan wiped his sweat and finally sent all the villagers away.

Wang Mei handed over a glass of water: "How is it? Is it impressive to be the village chief? Are you excited? You have to make the decisions on everything."

Zhao Chengchuan smiled bitterly: "What's so impressive? I just feel tired."

Zhao Deyan exposed him: "Dad, I don't believe it. I saw you pointing out Jiangshan today, and the smile on your face never fell, right? Big sister, little brother."

The brother and sister nodded in unison.

After lunch, Zhao Chengchuan became busy again. He had a lot of things to do, and the first problem he had to solve was where to live.

Zhao Chengchuan patrolled the entire valley and finally decided to use an area two miles away from the cave entrance as a residential area. For safety reasons, the village cannot be close to the mountain wall. If a mudslide occurs, the village will be destroyed. But it cannot be too far away, as it will be inconvenient to leave the valley. There is also another advantage: it is not far from the lake, so it is convenient to use water.

After choosing a residential area, everyone has more problems. There are many small conflicts, such as you don’t want to live next to me, I want to live next to him, etc.

"Stop arguing. There are 19 households here. Each household is allocated one acre of land. The location is determined by drawing lots."

It is indeed a fairer method. Everyone nodded in agreement, and after drawing the lots, some were happy and some were sad.

Zhao Qing's family has new neighbors. On the left is the clan leader, and on the right is Zhao Chengchuan's good brother in the village, as well as Zhao Degang's family. They are all easy people to get along with, and Wang Mei breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Wu came over with a disappointed look on his face and said goodbye: "Chengchuan, we are no longer neighbors in the future. Alas, I really can't bear to leave you. By the way, you are the village chief now, so don't forget me, your poor brother, and be sure to take good care of me!"

Zhao Chengchuan was speechless and choked: "Brother Li, you are exaggerating. Your house is right next to mine, just a few steps away."

Li Wu laughed: "You are so busy, so I told you a joke to help you relax."

After the residential land was allocated, farming could not be delayed, so Zhao Chengchuan started dividing the land without stopping.

The field is located one hundred meters west of the pond. Every person in every family is allocated half an acre of land, regardless of gender.

If you feel that there is not enough land, you can wait until everyone's land has been distributed and then choose a place to cultivate.

Anyway, the valley is very large and has no owner. You don't need to spend money to buy it. You can plant as much as you want.

They drew lots again to allocate the locations. After the locations were determined, Zhao Chengchuan reminded everyone that it would be best for each household to cultivate only one acre of land first. After the seeds planted first grew, it would not be too late to continue cultivating the remaining land.

When everyone was dividing the land in full swing, Zhao Lan quietly found Zhao Qing again.

"Cousin, I vaguely remember how to make bricks. Shall we try it?"

Zhao Qing was puzzled. Do college students still need to learn how to build houses before the end of the world?

"You can do this, too?"

Zhao Lan smiled embarrassedly. Of course, she had watched many videos about survival in the wilderness before. The masters built shelters in the wild with bare hands.

"I've seen it in the video. It's not difficult. The main materials are clay, grass residue, and sand. If we don't have sand, we can use stone powder. Add water and mix well. Then make it into cubes, dry it in the sun, and finally put it in the cave to burn. We built a kiln to burn charcoal last year, so building a cave is not a problem."

"Okay, let's try it first."

The two were digging in the mud by the pond. An adult who came to fetch water saw them and asked curiously, "What are you doing? You are such a grown-up girl, why are you still imitating a little kid to play in the mud?"

Zhao Lan's face flushed with embarrassment, but Zhao Qing remained calm and replied, "Aunt, we are going to build a house, so we want to see if we can make bricks."

The auntie looked skeptical: "Really? Is it that easy to make bricks?"

"Isn't it all soil? Give it a try, what if it works?"

The auntie looked as if she had realized what was going on, and then she loudly encouraged the two of them.

"You have great ambition! If you succeed, you two will be great heroes in the village! Work hard, I believe in you."