Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"really?"

Yang Youde didn't expect such a good thing to happen. Not to mention wages, he no longer has to worry about food and accommodation.

There is still more than a month until the beginning of winter, and the weather will become increasingly cold, especially in the mornings and evenings. The third child and I can still hold on, but the two younger ones can't. With the clothes the four of us are wearing, if no one takes us in, we will definitely not be able to survive this winter.

"How can this be false?"

Liu Guozheng is still willing to take in technical talents.

"Come on, I'll take you to wash up."

"You two come up, I'll take you away..."

The tricycle turned around and looked at the two children, and Liu Guozheng said.

Unexpectedly, the two did not take the car, but ran to the third brother first.

"Lao San, are you okay?"

"Third brother, does it hurt?"

Seeing the bad guys being beaten away, the two children hurried to the third child and asked worriedly.

"No. Nothing."

After a two-second pause, the third brother answered.

This time Liu Guozheng really listened carefully, and sure enough, the third brother was always a beat slow in speaking.

"Or two girls?"

I didn't notice it at first, but the voice is different from that of a boy.

Yang Youde replied: "Yes, the taller one is called Da Ni, and the shorter one is called Er Ni."

Well, Dani and Erni, the names are very retro.

This makes sense. In those days, most of the people who fled famine were old people and girls. Boys stayed at home to carry on the family line. Anyone with a stutter would not be allowed to leave. The same was true for the elderly. The elderly and girls were sacrificed, leaving behind the young and strong and boys. The life and death of those who fled famine depended entirely on luck.

"Erlang, ride your bike."

After shouting, Liu Guozheng came with two little girls, Yang Youde and the third brother followed behind.

"I don't want to ride anymore. My body hurts."

After falling several times and having a fight with others, Erlang is in pain all over, so he might as well be pushed away.

He brought people directly to the fish pond, asked Erlang to boil water, and asked them to wash one by one.

"I. I don't need hot water."

After saying that, before anyone could react, the third brother jumped into the fish pond without even taking off his clothes.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the third brother is thin, he has excellent physical fitness, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fight one against two and still hold his own.

"It's great to be young!"

Yang Youde sighed.

Well, the third brother is also a little bit stupid.

After not having eaten for a long time, you still dare to go into the water like this, aren't you just looking for excitement?

"Old Yang, keep an eye on it. If anything happens, let me know."

"Row."

Liu Guozheng went to get clothes. Fortunately, he exchanged pork for four sets of people's suits (similar to Mao's Zhongshan suit, without waist, so it can be worn when working. To put it bluntly, it is made according to the style of Zhongshan suit and is clothes worn by ordinary people) when he first entered the city. Otherwise, he would be naked after the third brother finished taking a shower.

"Erlang, just heat the water."

When passing by, I gave a special warning to prevent it from burning continuously, which would waste time.

"Dani, Erni, can you wash clothes?"

When he came back, he handed them a piece of putty and two tops. Given their height, the two tops only reached their ankles.

"meeting."

"I can..."

Not bad, the two of them are not too shy.

"Okay, after you finish your bath, go to the pond and wash your clothes."

"understood."

Children in rural areas have to grow up early, let alone children without parents.

"Erlang, boil the water, let them go to the cave to take a bath"

Although she is six or seven years old, she is a girl after all, so she should still be careful.

When Liu Guozheng returned to the pond, the third brother had already come out.

"Third brother, change your clothes quickly."

The third brother had no time to be polite and was trembling with his arms folded.

"Old Yang, you just have to make do with these clothes for now. I'll buy you some more clothes when I have time."

As he said this, he handed the other set to Yang Youde, so he didn't have to worry about whether it fit him or not.

When Lao Yang took the clothes, his eyes turned red and tears immediately came down.

On their way to escape famine, the four of them were like a lone boat drifting, swaying in the turbulent sea of ​​fate.

There have been cold looks from passers-by, and also a little help from strangers.

Separation between life and death is commonplace. Whenever night falls, there will always be helpless cries echoing in the cold wind.

However, despite this, they still hold on to that faint hope, support each other, and move forward with difficulty, because they know that only by keeping going can they find a place that is willing to take them in.

If there is a place to take them in, who would be willing to wander around?

Now it seems to have been found.

This village is in need of people.

At this moment, Yang Youde made up his mind.

Willing to contribute my meager strength to the construction of Hope New Village.

"Uncle Yang, why are you crying? We just need to do our job well here."

From the third brother's words, we can see that he is a real person.

"Ah."

Wiping away his tears, Yang Youde continued to ask tentatively: "Third brother, if it is possible, let's not leave, right?"

"well."

Although his head was injured, the third brother was not stupid, he just spoke a little slowly. The third brother also knew that he had to settle down before the weather got completely cold, otherwise the four of them would not be able to survive this winter.

Given their situation, even if they went to the city to look for work, they probably wouldn't be able to find one, except for Lao Yang of course.

No matter in what era, people with skills always have more opportunities than ordinary people.

"Brother Zheng, we want to stay."

The third brother knew that if he wanted to stay, he naturally needed Liu Guozheng's consent.

"You can stay, I don't keep idle people here."

Just stay if you want to. The village is short of people anyway. But there are some things we need to make clear first.

"Don't worry, I have the strength."

After saying that, the third brother tried to clench his fist, wanting to show off his muscles. Unfortunately, the third brother's physique was only slightly better than Yang Youde's, so he didn't have any muscles.

"Brother Zheng, I know carpentry."

Yang Youde called out "Brother Zheng" directly, and Liu Guozheng staggered and almost sprained his waist.

"Old Yang, don't joke, my name is Liu Guozheng."

We are not the king of the mountain. It's scary if you do this.

"Then I'll let Toda call you Guozheng."

Old Yang was a little embarrassed and his face turned red.

"Brother Zheng, the water is ready."

"Who else wants to wash?"

Erleng shouted, which just eased the awkward atmosphere.

"Old Yang, go wash up."

"Row."

Old Yang didn't act pretentiously. He just picked up his clothes and went over.

Just then, Da Ni and Er Ni came to the pond with dirty clothes.

"Da Ni, Er Ni, you two should be careful."

The depth of the water in the fish pond is still very dangerous for them.

"understood."

The two of them were really good at washing clothes. I guess they must have done this before at home. This was much better. After all, they were two little girls, and it was enough for them to wash their own clothes.

There is a temporary clothes drying rack made of wood next to the fish pond. After washing, you can hang the clothes directly on it. As long as the weather is good tomorrow, they will be dry in one day.

"Old Three, keep an eye on them."

Seeing that the third brother had finished washing, he gave him some instructions.

Look at the position of the sun, it’s almost overhead.

It's time to prepare lunch again.

There's a lot to prepare today, since there are eight more people.

"Erlang, start the fire and prepare to cook."

There are a lot of people today and the pot is small, so I can only make a pot of bone soup first.

The staple food is potatoes and wild goat meat.