Doomsday foresight

The snow melts immediately, unlike previous years, the weather seems to be warmer all of a sudden, and people seem to jump from wearing padded jackets to wearing shirts at once.

The old man got up early, and when he went out, he felt the warm wind blowing outside. He reacted immediately, ran to the yard next to him, lowered his head and dug his hands into the soil, and almost jumped up.

"Quick, get up and eat, let's go to the field." It's only five o'clock.After the old man finished speaking, he ran out of the yard with the basin in his hand, knocked vigorously, and yelled, "The snow has melted." There was a long-awaited light in his voice, and there was also a kind of urgency.Almost at the same time as him, the sixth uncle also called from door to door, and the old people had smiles on their faces.

Soon the whole village was in motion.

Around six o'clock, Jinxi's family and Zhang Zhong were all in the field. Today they are going to plow the land. The matter of planting the land has already been agreed. They will plant together. Zhang Zhong and the others are strong but can't work. Need someone to guide. Speaking of which, Cao Erxian used to go out all day to show palmistry and feng shui for others. The fields have been rented out a long time ago, and he has hardly planted the land a few times.

The two donkeys in the family have come in handy. The snow has just melted and the ground is wet. It is time to plow the ground. Now people don’t know what the weather will look like. It’s too late for planting now, and they just want to scatter the seeds early. in the field.

The weather quickly became hot. Since the meteorite landed last year, the sky has not been clear. It was caused by the smoke and dust from the ground floating into the sky. The smoke and dust were mixed in the air. In some places, snow fell, but there were too many places. , and finally made the sky look like foggy weather, but on the third morning after the snow melted, the sun came out, the sky was clear, the blue sky seemed to return to its original state, and the weather suddenly became hot, as if it was early summer .

After working hard for half a month, they planted the land. With their four acres of land, they planted two acres of sweet potatoes and two acres of potatoes. These four fields are very important, because the weather is different, even if the village has the best land. The old people can't tell what will happen in the future, so they have to prepare for the worst. If something really goes wrong, they will at least keep the four acres of land.

Half of the field is planted with corn and soybeans, the remaining half is planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the remaining seven acres are planted with buckwheat.

Not only do they choose this way, but almost everyone in the village grows it this way. Buckwheat is a plant that is not resistant to high temperature or cold. The temperature has reached the conditions for buckwheat to germinate when corn is grown, so the village decided to plant buckwheat, so that they have more time to clean up other fields. They are also afraid that the temperature will drop again in September, and soybeans and corn will not be ripe.If the buckwheat is harvested, cabbage and radishes can be planted in advance.

They used to grow buckwheat, but later they all changed to soybeans and corn, and buckwheat was rarely grown.At most, one acre of home-grown food can be eaten fresh, who made the yield too low.

The buckwheat seeds were exchanged by them in the city. Now various forces attach great importance to spring plowing, and there are places dedicated to exchanging seeds. Not to mention these people who have come down from the city, their seeds are provided by the higher-ups, but after the autumn harvest If you want to return it, you can also go to a village like Jinxi and the others to get it, but after you get it, you have to harvest a certain percentage of grain in the autumn harvest, otherwise you have to use grain in exchange.

No one is willing to exchange grain. They have eaten grain for a year, and there are not many lands left, but there is no way, why do they have no such seeds, and some people wait for the autumn harvest for nothing. Give food again.Can't tell which is good and which is bad.

After planting in the field, the family can rest for a day.These days are so tiring that I fell asleep on the kang from early morning to late at night.

After resting for a day, there is still work to do, and the yard has to be tidied up and started to grow vegetables. Jinxi attaches great importance to the vegetable garden, and their family relies on dried vegetables all winter. The nutrients in dried vegetables lose a lot, but they can replenish some.Especially the tomato sauce made last year, the tomato and egg soup from yesterday is no different from the fresh tomato and egg soup, or stewed with other dishes, the taste is also very good, Jinxi plans to make more this year.

There is also a vat of miso. The sauce blocks that have been prepared a long time ago will be put into the vat on the day of the eighth day of the lunar calendar. It is hot and it is best to send it out.There are still a lot of pickles left in the vat, but this year it will be ready. Carpenter Yao asked for some food for the work before. Jinxi and the others also gave a jar of pickles. Speaking of which, there are few pickles that have more pickles than theirs. These pickles can be low grain, hard currency.

On the second day after the vegetables were planted in Jinxi's family vegetable garden, it rained heavily for a whole day. The old man stood at the door and looked out, with a smile on his face all the time. This kind of rain is the best, not too heavy The seeds will be flushed out, and the time of planting is long, and the ground can be penetrated.The rain was over and the sun was shining. The old man went to the field and came back happily saying, "The buckwheat has sprouted."

"Why so fast?"

"It's hot, that thing is wild, and it will germinate when the temperature is enough."

Everyone is very happy to see this situation.However, this joy did not last long, because the germination rate of the seeds in the ground was too low.

"What's the matter, Master? The seeds are broken?" Jin Xi squatted on the ground with the old man, looking at the sparse buds in the field, worrying.

The old man shook his head, "No. Our seeds are all good." As he spoke, he went into the field and dunked out the seeds that hadn't germinated, and some sprouted halfway.Some didn't germinate at all.If it's about the seeds, it's not just their family, every household in the village is like this.And I saw a long bunch of buckwheat growing over there. When the buckwheat was planted, the seeds were scattered, so I didn't notice it when it germinated, and now it's sparse when I look closely.

After inspecting all the fields, the sweet potatoes and potatoes were transplanted into the field after raising seedlings. Now the seedlings on the ground look good. As for the growth condition, it depends on the future. The buckwheat sprouts one after another. One mu of land can It's not bad to have half the output of the previous one.Corn and soybean had the lowest germination rate.Jinxi and the others were busy replanting again, but the results were not very good.Even good farmers can't figure out why it doesn't germinate when the water is good and the temperature is sufficient tomorrow.

People from the city who have gone to the Dongshan side also come to them these days, asking why the sprouts are not sprouting. They are laymen in farming, so it is not as good as in the village. It is considered a quarter of an acre of land. ok.Based on this germination rate, there will be no disasters before the harvest, and the harvested grain will be enough for them to eat in the next spring.How can this work?

The vegetable garden that Jin Xi was in charge of was not very good, and the vegetables he planted rarely germinated, and those who got angry with him had a few blisters on their mouths.

"You too, this matter can't be resolved in a hurry, and now I don't even eat well." Jiang Chen distressedly took a cotton swab to apply medicine to Jin Xi.

"Can you not be in a hurry? Look at the land, and the weather is getting hot. I'm afraid that this year will be as severe as last year."

Jiang Chen was also worried, but he couldn't say dejected words, "Isn't that buckwheat growing well, it's all blooming."

"What's the good thing? They weren't very productive in the first place. Now that they haven't produced a lot, it's not bad to have one hundred catties per mu of land."

In fact, Jinxi is so anxious, mainly because in his dreams, the food crisis has almost always accompanied his nightmares. He has had an ominous premonition since he started farming in the spring. It seems that everything is going well, which is unreal. The premonition has been experienced, and this is just the beginning.

It is precisely because of the enlightenment given to him by the dream that he understands the seriousness of the matter better than others. The villagers are anxious, but they do not understand how things will develop like him. Those dreams are not as clear as the previous warning. There is no way to say.

The effect of supplementing the seedlings is not good, but fortunately, the ones that grow are still strong, and people are relieved. There are many people in the village, and even if the output per mu is reduced, the final harvest will be enough.Those in the city are in trouble. They plant less, and the final harvest may not be enough.But they also know the current situation, and they don't care about the fields assigned to them by the superiors, because there are no people in one town, and there are more fields over there.

At this time, there is no way to solve the germination rate, and we can only find a way to supplement it from other places.

No matter what happens in the fields, people are temporarily idle, and the village has started to organize people to build houses. Building houses is a major event in the village. It has been decided as early as when several houses collapsed in cold weather, and preparations have already begun.

Bricks are hard to come by now, so the village decided to use stones from the mountain to build houses. Several households have already found a place for rebuilding. The villagers divided them into several shares and went to help. The cement bought before the foundation was made of stones also came in handy. , the lower part of the house is made of stone, and the upper part is made of bricks that fell from the original house. It is enough to clean it up, because it is cold in winter, and the gables on both sides of the newly built house have fire walls.

The house was built very quickly, and the whole village was mobilized together. There are basically three houses, mainly for strength and insulation, because adding a basement is a little troublesome, but it was completed in a week with more people. You have to take your time to clean up.

The house was built for those who did not have a house, and the Jinxi family also started construction. Although their house did not build a house, it was still a big project. According to the design, the beams of their house should be raised, and corridors should be added on the north, south, and west sides of the house. It is also connected to the lower room, which has also been rebuilt. The walls are thickened and separated in the middle. The two rooms at the back are connected through the back door of the kitchen. stove.

Everyone had a hard time last winter. The most unbearable thing was the problem of going to the toilet, which made people collapse. So when we talk about building a house, the first thing that comes to mind is the toilet. It doesn’t mean that we must build a more advanced toilet. It's fine if you don't worry about freezing in the toilet.

The appearance of a bathroom is also necessary. Last year, they hardly took a good shower. The room was cold and there was no way to wash it. Of course, it is unrealistic to have an advanced bathroom in the house. The water cannot flow out by itself, and the weather is below zero. Forty or fifty degrees, or even sixty or seventy degrees, it would freeze and crack within a few days after being put into the water, so the bathroom was made in a relatively simple way. A bathtub was built against the west wall, and the water pipe was connected to the bottom of the bathtub. One end was connected to a faucet, and a deep pit was dug there to put a bucket in. When taking a bath, I used the stove in the house to boil water. After washing, I put the water out and carried it out with a bucket, because the temperature in the room was high enough. It is not afraid of water freezing, and it is covered with a board when not in use, but it is troublesome to boil and pour water.

The lower house was almost demolished and rebuilt, the walls were thickened, the heating wall was added to the west, and the kang was burned together when the kang was burned. Even the east room of the big house was warmed, and the kang was rebuilt in the house. living people.

The girders of the house are heightened, the closed front and rear porches are added, and the lower house is directly covered. The width is 1.2 meters, supported by ten pillars, and the solid wood door leaves. This not only plays a role of insulation from the cold, but also plays a role of safety. , at least the last attack will never happen again. Whoever wants to come in must first break the door on the outer porch.All the buildings are made of very thick solid wood. It is really not easy to get in with a swipe of the door bolt inside.

The windows are all replaced with split windows, double-layered, which is safe enough to keep warm.

In addition, the waist house and Jinxi’s house were overhauled. A one-meter-wide narrow kang was added to the south, and a small stove was added from the door to make a fire. The heat preservation effect is even more effective than that of the kang. It is one meter wide and it is spacious for a person to lie on. A small table is placed on it and it is also comfortable to sit on.If there are many people in the family, you can also sleep here.Grandparents live in the waist house, and they usually gather in the waist house. There are many people in the family, and young people don’t go to the kang. Sometimes they just stand and talk or sit on the bench. appropriate.

The girders of the house are increased, the roof directly includes the front and rear porches, and two layers of insulation are added inside, so that the heat in the house is not easy to escape, and the slope of the roof is increased. It is hot, there is too much sunshine in summer, and with the insulation layer, the house will not be too hot.

After the house was repaired, Jiang Chen didn't know where to get the paint, and painted the solid wood doors and windows with yellow-brown paint, which looked thick and comfortable.The glass was also tempered glass from the city.Sometimes Jinxi feels that they are not only building a house, but also a fortress, and everything takes safety as the first consideration.

After the house was repaired, it looked thicker and taller. Jinxi felt very safe when he went in and out and touched the door of the verandah.

The lower house was used for other purposes. Jiang Chen and Zhang Zhong drove to the city and built a batch of simple houses. They dug the foundation directly against the south wall to fix the simple houses. This is still a steel structure, which is quite strong. The only problem The place is not warm, but it doesn't matter, they just put grass and the like in it, which is not afraid of freezing.

Doing this house is not their family.Those who hadn't planned to build a house at first were moved, and went to Dongshan to cut trees, and followed suit. Even if the beams were not raised, they could still build a corridor or build a warm wall.

Zhang Zhong and the others also rebuilt it, but Uncle Ye’s house is newer than Jinxi’s, so they didn’t build a corridor, they opened a door in the kitchen at the back, and took over a room like Jinxi’s for toilets and bathing There is a warm wall around the room, the windows have not been replaced, and the covers are welded with steel bars outside, which does not hinder the opening of the windows and cannot be opened by outsiders.

They dumped things from the city for nothing, and many places were desolate, with no one running them anymore.Disorder.

The time has entered the end of June, and the sun is getting more and more intense. Unlike last year when there was no dripping, this year's rain is not bad. It rains every three to five days, but the sun is enough, and the ground is dry in half a day.The sun was shining hard, and the crops in the field were all wilted, perhaps because they were not used to it, and they all looked malnourished.

On the contrary, the plants on the mountain, as well as the grass on the ground, are extremely luxuriant. Even the foxtail grass used to look like rice, with green and firm leaves.Not to mention the shrubs or vines that just grew on the mountain. It’s cold here and there are few vines. It’s just that this year the situation has changed. All the plants have grown lushly. The mountain grapes transplanted by Jinxi’s family have grown to more than 20 meters long. Yes, the growth limit of this kind of grapes is only so much, but there is still room for the grapes in their family to grow. At present, the two rare grapes have climbed a lot along the wall of their house and the trees next to them. There are more than nine branches.Not affected by strong light at all.

Seeing this situation, the old people in the village guessed that these plants had passed the winter.Is it that the plants that have survived the winter will grow well?This guess is absolutely true, the trees around Jinxi's house grew particularly lush this year, and the leaves on top covered the space below.The branches also look thicker.

In the evening, Jinxi helped Dabao tuck the quilt, and took his shoes back to Beikang. There was a new narrow kang at home, and Dabao insisted on going to sleep somewhere. He was still a child at heart.

"He slept fast enough, even snoring." Jiang Chen spread the mattress with a smile.

"It's nothing to worry about. It doesn't stop during the day, so you can sleep without lying down. I don't want this thick quilt, give me that thin one. The kang is so hot that I sweated last night." Jinxi arranged the pillows.

After hearing this, Jiang Chen changed the quilt for him, "I want to visit Beiyudian tomorrow."

"how?"

"Isn't it a wetland over there? I'm afraid that the snow will melt now and water will enter."

"Then I'll go with you."

"No, I drove Zhang Zhong's car and came back in a day."

"In that line, you take back the hand-painted pottery you brought back last time in a box. I'll pick and choose. The fifth uncle's family, Jinhang, will get married next week. Both of them have been delayed for a long time, and they can't pay now. According to In the previous example, we gave five catties of grain, and we couldn’t give more, I thought we’d give some more, and you pick the beautiful and practical ones.”

"Anyway, it's a box, so I'll bring back a box and you can just give it to me."

"Take a good look before taking it back, don't break half of the box like last time."

"Okay. Why don't you give him a carpet. It's also very festive." These things were all brought from Turkey, and those painted ceramics were really beautiful. At that time, he didn't know what it was when he got it back. , but because of carelessness, half of the box was broken when I brought it back last time. It’s a pity. Fortunately, the carpets are tied in bundles and will not be damaged.

"Farewell, the third uncle's third aunt saw that the second aunt was using it the day before yesterday, and she still wanted to come. The second aunt didn't agree. It's only been a few days. If it was given to Jinhang, she would have to come and grind it."

We built a corridor at home, and now that the weather is warm, the doors of the corridor are all open. The second aunt spread a carpet about one meter wide on the corridor, and watched Huzi while doing work. In fact, not only her, but grandma also likes to sit On the front porch, the porch is more than 30 centimeters higher than the ground. It is covered with a wide wooden floor. It is good to sit with legs crossed or cross-legged. It is carpeted and does not feel cold. Sitting there is bright and comfortable.

Not long after the house was repaired, the women in the village discovered this new meeting place. In winter, it was cold and everyone stayed in the house, because there were some grains in the house, and there were fewer people who didn’t want people to come in. Now everyone No need to go into the house anymore, just sit on the porch, talk and do work, which makes the women who have been holding back for a whole winter find new fun.

Jinxi's house is naturally also a very good meeting place, but in the early years, Jinxi's house had little contact with the village, and only some people who came here were very close, and their temperament was similar to that of the second aunt. I came here a few times and found no one. Bad thoughts, Jiang Chen and Jin Xi didn't pay attention, after all, women have to be social, otherwise it would be boring to be bored at home.

It's just that there are annoying people there. I didn't have much social contact with Jinxi's family. The third aunt suddenly came over the day before yesterday. At that time, the second aunt was talking to the eighth aunt over there about her son looking for a partner. When she came, the originally harmonious atmosphere They were all gone, and they asked Yingzi and sister-in-law to pour water and tea, and said that the blanket was beautiful or something, and they wanted the blanket that the second aunt was sitting on.The second aunt was not afraid of him, she didn't answer at all, and finally left with a gloomy face.

"Don't pay attention to her. No one knows about her. She loves to take advantage of her without talking. But she probably won't come in a while."

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Chen didn't say anything. In fact, the third aunt came again yesterday. At that time, the second aunt and grandma went into the house to get something. It happened that there was no one in the corridor, so the third aunt wanted to take the blanket that was spread. Let's go, he just came back and saw, in fact, he really didn't do anything, just looked at her for a while, who knew she ran away in fright, her face was as white as paper.Second Aunt and the others didn't know about this.

Jin Xi pulled the quilt up, "She hasn't changed in all these years, so Jin Fei couldn't lift his head up, because she was yellow after having two partners. Don't talk about her, you say this year What should I do if there is not much food?"

"Let's take a step and take a look. Our family can survive for two years, and people outside may not be sure. I'm afraid they will come to us to grab food, but maybe the south will be better. Tomorrow I will go to Beiyudian to take a look. See if there are animals or something over there, hunting is also a way out."

"Be careful, our donkeys and sheep are much stronger than before, so don't run into blind bears or anything else. Otherwise, don't go." Jinxi was worried again.

"Don't worry, I know what's in my heart, just take a look, and I'm not going to shoot now, besides, I still have a gun. Don't worry about my skill. And I feel that my strength will also increase my speed." Jiang Chen said, holding his hand Take it out and squeeze it.

"Really? I didn't pay attention, but I know that Dabao is strong. The old one played with me and almost threw me out. I wasn't that strong before. By the way, I think you seem to be taller than you are." I grew taller.

"Really." Jiang Chen didn't measure for a while.

Jin Xi sat up and turned on the light, took Jiang Chen's pillow away, "Put your feet against the wall." Jiang Chen obediently moved down a little, and put his feet against the wall, Jin Xi gestured the distance between the edge of the Kang and his head , "Look at it, it's two finger widths taller than when you came back."

Jiang Chen took the pillow back and grinned, "I never thought I could grow taller at such an old age. Let me measure it for you to see if I have grown taller."

Jinxi also lay down like Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen stretched out his hand and gestured, "It seems a little taller."

"It's like, you're fooling me again. If you're not tall, you're not tall." Jin Xi pulled his hand aside, pinched his arm again, and then looked at Jiang Chen's muscles, alas, forget it, don't compare with him up.

"Don't look, you are much stronger now than before, but you just don't like to gain weight." Jiang Chen knew that Jinxi looked much thinner than before the disaster, maybe he was thinking too much and was under a lot of mental pressure.

"Me too—" Before Jinxi finished speaking, he heard the dog bark, "What's the matter?" Not only their dog, but also the dogs in the village barked.

"I'll go out and have a look." Jiang Chen said and jumped out.

Jin Xi also hurriedly put on her clothes and went to the ground. Before she could put on her shoes, Jiang Chen came in, "There may be something wrong in the east, I see it's bright over there, I'll go and have a look."

"Wait for me to go with you." Jin Xi hurriedly put on her shoes.

"What's the matter?" The old man and the old lady in the waist house also sat up.In fact, it is better to let the old man and the old lady sleep in the Westinghouse, so as not to disturb the two of them when they go out, but the waist room is warmer than the Westinghouse, and the old couple sleeps less. The kang is only 1.8 meters wide. When Jiang Chen sleeps, his feet cannot reach his head, and he has to lie on his back. The West Room is a super big kang of [-] meters, so he can sleep no matter how he sleeps.

"It's okay, there's some movement in Dongtou, let's go and have a look." Jiang Chen replied that when the two left the house, the second uncle and Jin Yang also got up, "Second uncle, you two are at home, let's go and have a look."

"Well, let's go." The second uncle waved his hand and entered the waist room, accompanying the old man and the old lady.Now people have become frightened birds, whenever something happens, they are frightened.

From a long distance, the two of them saw a red torch shining on the east side of the village. They walked over and saw that it was the home of Zhao Quan's wife.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Chen asked Ye Cheng who came early because of the proximity.

"Their family is dead." Ye Cheng pouted.

"Dead? Who is it?" Jin Xi asked in surprise.

"Cao Sanhu from Caotun next door also has Zhao Quan's wife."

Jin Xi couldn't close his mouth, "Why did Cao Sanhu come to our village? How did he die?" Jin Xi didn't know what to say.

Ye Cheng shook his head, "I don't know either."

After a while, I watched several people carry out the bodies of Cao Sanhu and Zhao Quan's wife.Behind them followed Zhao Quan's eldest daughter, her body was covered in blood, and her eyes were a little dull.

The other two children had been carried aside long ago, neither crying nor fussing.

Cao Sanhu had no clothes on, and Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law was similar.

Jin Xi and Jiang Chen didn't know how the two of them died, but they were sure they weren't killed by outsiders, so they didn't care that it was so late, watching the excitement here might as well go home and sleep.It has nothing to do with them.

When I got home and told my family members, everyone felt uncomfortable. After all, someone died, but these two people had no intersection with them, and Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law's village was as if there was no such person.After sighing at most, he lay down and fell asleep.

The next morning, Jiang Chen packed up his things and was about to leave when he saw the sixth uncle, the third uncle, the fifth uncle, the uncle over there, the third uncle and the fourth uncle, and several elders of the Ye family.Followed by Zhao Quan's three children.

"Old Six, what are you doing here?" Mr. Ye asked in surprise.

"Oh, it's not for these three children." The sixth uncle sighed, also quite embarrassed.

Mr. Ye frowned, and said nothing, and neither did the others in the room.

The sixth uncle shook his head, "Yingzi, take the three children to play in the east room, let's talk about something."

Yingzi's sister-in-law looked at grandpa.The old man raised his head and motioned for her to pass.

"Second brother, you heard what happened yesterday, right?"

"I heard about it. What's going on? Why is Cao Sanhu still dead?"

"Oh, what a crime. It's all my fault that I shouldn't have accepted Zhao Quan's family in the first place." The sixth uncle regretted it very much.

"Okay, it's useless to say this now, let's talk about how to do things." The old man over there has a bit of a temper, and he is the oldest here, so he speaks with confidence.

"This Cao Sanhu used to be related to Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law. It is not convenient for him to come and go because our village has built a wall. Yesterday he said to visit his second aunt, who is the third daughter-in-law of the third family." The sixth uncle said and took a look. His third brother.

The third uncle's face was flushed with embarrassment.

"He used this excuse to come a few times before, because every time he came, he carried food on his back, and people from our village let him in."

"Last night, he went to Zhao Quan's house again. He probably drank a little wine and made a mess. He started to attack the big girl. Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law stopped her and was pushed by him, and her head hit the edge of the kang, and no one was there. Oh, and Da Ya was also frightened, she took the scissors on the kang and killed him in pain."

Jinxi and the others listened to the analysis of the case, and it was so simple, it looked like it was shown on TV.

"Is this true?" The old man really didn't believe it, "You mean Cao Sanhu was killed by Da Ya? No way."

"We didn't believe this at first. She said it herself when she came out to look for it yesterday. We didn't find it surprising after seeing the scene. By the way, Da Jiang served in the army and knows better. Why don't you go and see, If there's anything suspicious, we'll just follow Da Ya's instructions and investigate."

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, "Okay, I'll go now." Unexpectedly, this was the case, and he really wanted to take a look.

"I'll go with you." Jin Xi said and was about to go out.

"You don't need to come, I'll come back after I go and have a look." Jiang Chen still wanted to see the bodies of the two dead people, and didn't want Jin Xi to follow.

Jin Xi didn't go after hearing this. Most of the time, Jiang Chen seldom refused his proposal. If he refused, then there was nothing to say about this matter, and Jin Xi would not force it.

"Don't care how these two people died, these three children are a big problem now, the eldest is only nine years old, the second is only six years old, and the youngest is four years old, what to do, we can't just ignore it."

"Then what should we do? None of us have any relatives with them, and now each household can afford it." The uncle turned his head, very unhappy, "If you want me to say go to their village to find, their family can even have relatives Yes."

"What are you talking about, don't even talk about being married. You see, Cao Sanhu sent a letter last night, and no one has come to pick it up now. How many relatives does he have?"

"How about we ask who wants to adopt?" Fifth Uncle said.

"Who can adopt these three children." Uncle Six said and glanced at Old Master Ye.Mr. Ye lowered his head and smoked his pipe, wondering what he was thinking.

Jinxi listened for a while, but didn't hear what they said, so she just took the jar to milk the goats. The two ewes in the family gave birth a few days ago, and the ewe that gave birth to a sheep last year gave birth this year. Two, the other one gave birth to only one, and now there are seven sheep in total in the family.

Skillfully milking the sheep, a shadow suddenly appeared next to him, "I'm back."

"Yeah." Jiang Chen nodded seriously.

"What's the matter?" Jin Xi covered the milk jar and picked it up.

Jiang Chen took it and said in a low voice, "It's similar to what Uncle Six said, but I saw Cao Sanhu's wound, it was very deep, and it went straight to the heart."

"How to say?" Jin Xi didn't understand what this meant.

"According to the traces of the scene, I calculated it again, and the result was the same as what Da Ya said. Because of Cao Sanhu's situation at the time, if a person appeared, he could not be unprepared, not to mention that there was no sign of prying open the door, it could only be The people in the room did it. The only thing that people care about is that the murderer didn't hesitate at all when he did it, and he was merciless. She was accurate and she was very calm when she killed. I even suspect that this is a premeditation."

Jin Xi was extremely surprised, "How could it be possible that the child is only nine years old now."

Jiang Chen shook his head, "Nine-year-old children can shoot. I have participated in several wars before, and the most difficult enemies I encountered were women and children. I never underestimate a child, let alone she is still in that situation. Environment." Jiang Chen said with an expression of appreciation and interest on his face.

"What's wrong?" Jin Xi had never seen Jiang Chen's expression before.

"Sixth uncle, let's talk about the belonging of these children." Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes, there is nothing to do. They have no relatives, and they are children. No one in the village is willing to take them in."

"How about we take it in?" Jiang Chen said suddenly.

Jin Xi was stunned, "Why would you have such an idea." Although he felt a little sympathetic to the children, he really never thought about it. Although their family is better than others, there are quite a few older and younger ones in the family , These three children have personalities and tempers, they don't know, if they don't raise well, it will be bad for them and the children.What's more, I just heard Jiang Chen say something about Da Ya, this kid killed someone, how could he think so.

"It's nothing. I just think that the eldest girl can still be cultivated, and this girl can already take care of her younger siblings, and she doesn't have to worry about her grandma and second aunt. We just provide them with a place to live. With a little care at ordinary times, a few children can grow up again." How much food does it cost?" Jiang Chen just felt that he was ruthless, and if he trained it, it would probably be more useful than adults.Of course, he can't tell Jinxi his real purpose.

"But——" Jin Xi wanted to find an excuse, "But if we take in a few children, the villagers won't take us for a fool, right? Let us take care of everything in the future." It's not that he doesn't care, it's just that It's time to take trouble on yourself, but it's just looking for trouble.

Moreover, raising children is not like raising cats and dogs. He used to be soft-hearted when he saw Da Ya with his younger siblings. He was also willing to help a few children, but sympathy and help are different from adoption.There are too many things to consider.

"No, it might be better to have these three children. In fact, it seems that Uncle Six and the others came here today for these three children. Our family's situation is still too conspicuous, but we can't let them manipulate this matter, at least in the future We can't let us be big heads anymore." Jiang Chen thought clearly, what these elders are doing here today, isn't it just to let their family accept a few children, otherwise the people will not be so well-rounded, he knows how many people in the village do this Because their family is connected with Zhang Zhong and the others, driving to and fro, it is obvious that the situation of the two of them is much better than others, and everyone is somewhat unbalanced.He is not a fool. On the way back, he had already considered that accepting these three children would prevent some problems in the future.He was never a kind person.

Jinxi felt that Jiang Chen had thought about it so much, and he should have thought clearly, "Then you can tell grandpa. And the second uncle and aunt should also explain clearly. There is also brother Jinyang and sister-in-law, our family If they can't accept it, it can't be done, don't make the family unhappy."

"Don't worry." Jiang Chen entered the room and handed the milk jar to Jinxi.

Because someone in the family, Jinxi, didn't boil the milk, so he took it to the kitchen in the back.Watching Yingzi and sister-in-law are fishing for cornmeal in the kitchen.

"Is there more today than yesterday? The tiger is about to run away again." Yingzi looked at the milk jar that Jinxi put down and said with a smile. Their tiger can't bear to drink milk. Seeing the uncle holding the milk bottle, Just ran outside, yelling as he ran, as if he was doing something to him.

"It's quite a lot, no matter where he goes, he still has to drink in the end, is this?" Jin Xi watched her take out the noodles, then took the big plate next to it and put it on top of the basin.

"It's not that the three children didn't eat. The grandma asked me to order some noodles for them. Last night they asked the fifth grandma who lived next to them to take them home. As a result, their eldest daughter-in-law was always unhappy, and she made her own noodles in the morning Meal, Da Ya is quite rigid, you can see it, she took her younger siblings and left without eating anything, the fifth wife felt sorry, she heard that she came over here to have a look, these children didn't say anything. Alas, Really." Yingzi's sister-in-law felt uncomfortable when she said that, after a good family was ruined by their incomprehensible mother.I lost my life.

Jinxi felt pitiful when she heard it, but she really asked them to raise a few children, and the