The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

Qin Zhengshan said there were no empty houses in the village, so he took Chang Wei directly to the village office to stay temporarily.

The village office is at the east end of the village and you have to pass through the entire village to get there.

After entering the village, the villagers were not surprised or surprised to see the unfamiliar faces around Qin Zhengshan. They seemed to be used to it and asked Qin Zhengshan a question casually when greeting him.

Qin Zhengshan did not hide it and told the truth. They were all from the same clan, so who doesn’t know who has relatives?

There is no way to hide it, and there is no need to hide it these days. There are so many people who have gone down the mountain after fleeing famine. As long as their background is clean, it's fine.

I have to say that modern people are very simple. After knowing Chang Wei's situation, they all greeted him with a smile.

Chang Wei also smiled politely and responded one by one.

On the way, Chang Wei observed Qinjia Village. All he saw were adobe, mud and thatched houses. Each house had a yard, two to three main rooms and a side room, which was in line with the current era characteristics of the village.

Qin Zhengshan's house is the first one in the east of the village, very close to the village office, only a dozen meters away. The reason why it takes more than 20 minutes to get clothes and shoes for Chang Wei is that he needs to cross the entire village. Although the village with hundreds of households is a small village, it still takes some time to cross the entire village.

The two men came to the village office, which was called the village office, but in fact it was... an abandoned old yard that had been converted into a cowshed.

The same classic house type, two main rooms with a yard, but no side rooms. A large cowshed was built in the east of the yard, with three large buffaloes in it, and a well was located in the south of the cowshed.

There should have been a side house on the west side of the yard, but it must have collapsed. Now there is a mud shed built along the remaining wall, where fodder for cattle is stored.

Fortunately, besides the fodder for cattle under the mud shed, there was also an earthen stove in the corner against the main room wall, with a pot and firewood...

Walking into the village courtyard, Qin Zhengshan introduced. "Awei, you don't have to worry about feeding the cows here. There are people who take turns to feed them. This stove is used to boil water at night when everyone is watching over the cows. It's just right for you to use it."

"Okay, Uncle Shan." Chang Wei nodded slightly.

I silently thought to myself that I had found a place to cook.

Following Qin Zhengshan into the main room, the living room was very empty. Apart from a long table and two long benches by the west window, there was only a kerosene lamp on the windowsill.

Said it was the base of the village office, Chang Wei estimated that it was just this table and two benches. This might be the office location of Village Chief Qin Zhengshan!

Sure enough, Qin Zhengshan’s introduction was confirmed the next second.

"Awei, this table is what I usually use to write letters of introduction to everyone. You can also use it as a dining table. But be careful, paper materials can be placed in the drawer and they cannot get wet."

Chang Wei nodded slightly.

Qin Zhengshan gave instructions and then took the lead to walk into the inner room and continued, "This is where everyone rests while watching the cattle. I'll tell them not to use it for the time being. You have to be more careful when you sleep at night in the future, and call for help if there's any noise."

"Okay! Thank you, Uncle Shan." Chang Wei looked at the simple kang bed and nodded.

There was only a straw mat and a pillow on the kang, with a few straw sticking out of one end. I knew it was a straw-filled pillow, and I was very familiar with it, and it was a feature of the era.

Although the conditions were simple, he did not mind it at all. He was not the kind of person who was pretentious. He was new to the place and was satisfied with having a place to stay that was sheltered from the wind and rain.

Even if you are being hypocritical, don't you see what era this is? It's good enough to have shoes to walk in. Do you still want a bicycle? Dream on!

"Okay, then you can rest first! I'll bring you some food later..."

After settling Chang Wei down, Qin Zhengshan said goodbye and prepared to go home.

Don't ask why Chang Wei didn't provide meals when he worked for him, because in those days people only ate two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and they didn't eat lunch on weekdays. Only during the busy farming season would they eat three meals, and only strong laborers could eat enough...

Chang Wei thanked him politely. "Okay, thank you Uncle Shan, thank you for your trouble."

Qin Zhengshan smiled, waved his hand and left the house.

Chang Wei thought about it and followed him out of the house.

"Uncle Shan, if you hadn't told me about food, I would have almost forgotten about it. When I came here, I shot two pheasants and a rabbit, but I didn't bring them back from the foot of the mountain! I'll go get them and ask Aunt to stew them for me tonight."

Hearing Chang Wei say this, Qin Zhengshan had already expected it and was not surprised at all.

How could an educated person be so stupid as to travel without food? He lived in the mountains, without any clothes, and it was not convenient to bring dry food. But he knew how to hunt, and he killed a few pheasants on the way for food, which was reasonable. Would he be stupid enough to always be hungry?

On the contrary, his attentiveness and honesty made Qin Zhengshan's favorability increase by 1 point.

"Okay, then I'll go back and ask your aunt to boil some water. I'll do half a day's work, and then I'll make a pot of chicken soup for you to replenish your energy."

Chang Wei responded and trotted out of the village quickly.

The level of distrust increased, and the treatment suddenly became much higher.

The villagers are simple, so he treats them with simplicity. This is his way of dealing with them.

Ten minutes later, Chang Wei came to Qin Zhengshan's house carrying two pheasants and a rabbit.

These pheasants and rabbits are just a part of what we have.

In the past few days in the mountains, I have not let go of any of the pheasants and rabbits I have seen. I was just too lazy to waste time getting fodder to feed them in the space farm, so they were all sent to see the Buddha one by one with hidden weapons (small stones), and they are all kept fresh in the portable space.

There are now more than a dozen pheasants and rabbits, as well as three wild boars weighing more than 100 kilograms in the personal space.

"Uncle Shan, I'm back!"

At the gate of the courtyard, Chang Weixian shouted.

Qin Zhengshan's family was in good condition in the village. It was a classic house with three main rooms made of adobe and mud and thatched roofs. There was a side room to the west with a chimney on the roof, which should be the kitchen. The mud wall more than one meter high could not block Chang Wei's sight at all. There was a well opposite the side room, a chicken coop against the south wall on the east side of the courtyard, and a pig pen outside the gate.

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged woman came out of the kitchen.

When she saw Chang Wei, Liu Cuilan was stunned for a moment. He had a young, unfamiliar face. He was tall and handsome, and was wearing clothes that were typical of a wealthy family. This must be the child she was talking about.

After a thought, she smiled and spoke.

"You must be Awei! You are so handsome. Come in quickly, your uncle has gone to the field to pick vegetables."

"Hello, Auntie." Chang Wei greeted her with a smile and said after entering the yard. "Auntie, do you have a knife at home? I'll skin the rabbit first."

"Yes, I'll get it for you."

Liu Cuilan smiled and nodded, then turned back to the kitchen to get a knife for Chang Wei.

Chang Wei skinned the rabbit and hung it up in the yard. While waiting for Liu Cuilan to boil the water, he rushed to pluck the feathers of the pheasant.

Chicken feathers can be good things. The two of them first plucked all the feathers that could be plucked, and then used water to scald the small feathers on the pheasant legs that were difficult to pluck. Liu Cuilan also picked up the shed feathers from the water and put them in the yard to dry.

When winter comes, you can make a woolen nest. You can use chicken feathers to make a wooden-soled woolen nest that can be worn for the whole winter. Not everyone in the countryside can afford cotton shoes.

Chang Wei kept working and talking, his lips were as sweet as honey as he chatted with Liu Cuilan about family matters.

Women are all emotional. Chang Wei is good-looking, sweet-mouthed, has a magnetic voice, speaks in a pleasant and friendly manner, and she knows his fabricated life story.

In just this moment, Liu Cuilan looked at Chang Wei like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, the more she looked, the more she liked him.

If we could see the intimacy level, Liu Cuilan's is definitely much higher than Qin Zhengshan's.

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