Doomsday foresight

Jiang Chen and Jin Xi's questions were not answered. When the sky was about to dawn, there were beasts howling, and the people who had packed up began to turn around.

Although there were heavy losses due to the wolves attacking various bases, this trade fair was a success, and it became much easier after the initial communication.

It took Jinxi and the others half a month to return to their home base. They mainly exchanged salt for a lot of things this time. It was light when they didn’t come. They had to find a place to stay for a few days when they encountered a snowstorm on the way.

When the team came back, they were warmly welcomed by the village, and another party was held that night. Jinxi found that the villagers seemed to like this kind of party very much. As long as they had some reasons, they would gather together. This also had many benefits, and the villagers became more and more united as a result. .

The next day, the village began to distribute the goods brought back this time, but it was a pity that because the Jingxi base left early, they could not exchange horses with the Jingxi base, not to mention that both Jinxi and Jiang Chen suspected that the wolf attack had something to do with the Jingxi base. It's related, so they don't have any hope of exchanging horses, but it doesn't matter, there are already enough sled dogs in their village, and next year they will breed one year, and the hunting team in the village can almost have two sled dogs per person, two or three years Finally, their sled dogs can be used to make deals with the outside world.

In addition to sled dogs, there are also a lot of cattle in their village. In summer, cattle can be used to pull carts. The transportation is not a problem. The only disadvantage is that the speed of the cattle is not fast enough.

The amount of goods brought back this time is not too much, and each family in the cloth village can only share one piece, and only half of the people can wear new clothes, but there is no rush, they will rest for three days after returning, and Ye Qiu will take it with him. People and goods go to other bases to exchange for items, and they can come back a few years ago.

After returning home, Jinxi felt unspeakably relieved. After a year of hard work, he felt relaxed at this time. The relationship with Jiang Chen was basically forgiven by his family, which made his last worries disappear.

This time going out was not smooth, not to mention encountering wolves, so many people were injured, even the previous investigation of Jingxi base was anticlimactic, and the Jingxi base looked suspicious, Jinxi quickly threw all these troubles into his mind Later, when the weather warmed up, he went out. After some things happened, he came back because Dabao’s marriage was also busy, and then his leg was broken. All kinds of things made Jinxi not feel at ease. Now he just wants to stay at home honestly and accompany his grandparents .

Jiang Chen couldn't be idle and would lead the team out every few days, but the time of going out was not long, and he usually came back after a night outside, bringing some prey with him every time, with his skill, there were no prey in the forest. He can't catch it.Whether it's a huge brown bear or a fierce wild boar, he can always catch it alone, but now he is more training the young people in the village. The children in the village grow up, probably to store enough fat for the cold winter. The smaller the children, the bigger they are. It seems that when they grow up to be 20 years old, this group of [-]-year-old children will definitely surpass Jinxi and his group of young people. Although these children are young, their physical fitness has reached a certain standard and they can enter Mountain training is over, and Jiang Chen is leading these children.

Four children were born in the village last month. This is a new generation. These children are obviously stronger than the previous children. Not long after they were born, their arms and legs became very strong. This is the new generation and the hope for the future , the only depressing thing is that there is only one daughter among the four children. It seems that the curse of more boys than girls in their village has not been broken.In the past, people said that it was the water problem on their side. It seems that there are some substances in the groundwater on their side. Because they have used it for a long time, most women in the village give birth to boys.

No one has confirmed this statement, but since the snow is heavy here, the weather is cold, and all the wells are unusable in winter. Everyone goes outside to collect snow or go to the river to dig ice. Everyone thinks it will be better, but look Looking at the three big fat boys, everyone felt that hope was slim again.

When they went out this time, they learned something about the situation. The management of each base is different. Some base leaders are more authoritarian, and each base is managed by him alone. It is a bit like a self-reliant king in the past. Some bases are loosely managed and chaotic. The same Jinxi also knows that the situation of women in some bases is relatively bad, because it is more difficult to guarantee the safety of women in troubled times, many women are attached to others, and eventually only become subordinates of men, so their status is somewhat low, and some even The base also exchanged women for some supplies, and there was even more than one such base.

Women in Yejia Village are also weak. It is a matter of course for every man in Yejia Village to protect women. In this regard, Yejia Village is somewhat dogmatic and even old-fashioned, but they will never exchange women for things.The women in Yejia Village are very capable, just like Jinxi's second aunt, if she really works, she is no different from a man. Those women who were rescued later, except for some married women, the rest are self-reliant. Both winter and summer rely on their own ability to live.People in the village respect these women very much.

Jin Xi and Jiang Chen saw those bases where women were exchanged for supplies. Those women were all young women in their 20s. It was self-evident what they would do in exchange, and they didn't expect such a thing.But they can't stop these things, and even think that their village can go to other places to buy some young girls, raise them up, or marry people from their own village, or let them choose their own paths.But think about it, most of the girls raised in this way will marry into the village.

Jin Xi remembered that when she told Jiang Chen about this, she felt a little awkward. After all, this was a human trafficking, and the world seemed to go backwards.He felt uncomfortable, but he didn't need to go back to discuss this kind of decision, and he knew that most people in the village would agree. After all, if a village wants to develop, population reproduction is the most important thing. Sure enough, when he came back, he told the elders in the village that he would shoot This is one of the tasks Ye Qiu went out this time.

One day before the small year, Jinxi and a few brothers built a shed together. Now the people in the village are rich and well-fed, clothed and warm, and they want to live a prosperous year. The purpose of building the shed today is to kill some chickens and others. The hares and pheasants that Jiang Chen brought back from the forest were tidied up, waiting for the New Year to eat.

The shed was surrounded by curtains, and two large stoves were set up. The fire was very hot, and the large pots above were full of hot water.

The chickens at home have been bred for several times, and a certain number has been kept for laying eggs. Because the hens can no longer eat when they are old, the earlier chickens have long since disappeared. I have made a lot of contributions to the family, and I will simply support them until I am old.

Chicken feathers, duck feathers, and pheasant feathers are all kept. When grandma and second aunt clean up when they are free, they can also make a few down cushions, which are very warm. There is no shortage of supplies at home, but grandma still collects everything that can be used, and does not waste it at all.Fortunately, there is a lot of space at home, and I can put it down.

Jinxi was plucking chicken feathers, when he heard a bell ringing at the south gate, it was the sound of a person who had traveled far away returning.

A few people cleaned up the things at hand, and then went out to the south.The village made a few bells with different sounds to pass the news, and used different combinations to transmit the news. Hearing the bell just now, he knew that Ye Qiu and the others had returned. When the other hunting teams returned, it would only be a simple bell.

When they arrived at the south gate, Ye Qiu and the others hadn't arrived yet, and it wasn't too far from the high wall outside, but people could be seen from a distance.

After more than ten minutes, Ye Qiu's team entered the inner city. In front of them were some sled carts loaded with goods, pulled by more than a dozen sled dogs, and the goods were heavy.Three big sleds came over in a row, and there were people behind them. Jinxi was stunned when he saw this team. He originally said that Ye Qiu would go to see if he could bring back some women and children. Unexpectedly, he really brought back a lot. .The seven or eight sledges in the back were all unknown, most of them were women, and very few men.

The sleigh went all the way to the square, and all the villagers came over. The people on the sled came down. Jinxi visually estimated that there should be more than 40 people, including twenty children. Only three or four years old, the other dozen or so are almost ordinary women and half men.

After that, it was time to unload the car and resettle people. Ye Qiu also went to the assembly hall to report the situation of going out this time to the village elders.

He went out this time quite smoothly, except that there was a snowstorm when he went, and the return was relatively smooth. This time, they mainly went to Changyuan Base to exchange for cotton cloth. Let's see if we can exchange some people with Chang Yuan. This is what the old man in the village said in advance. He is just testing it out. After all, the Changyuan base didn't intend to use people to pay back the money before. Who would have thought that the Changyuan base was very willing. Their base Although it is under unified management, life is also based on the family unit. After the disaster, some orphans survived. These children are older, but they can always support themselves if they can do some work. Frozen to death a lot.So they are also willing to solve those children.What's more, some supplies can be exchanged.

In the end, Ye Qiu brought these people back. In fact, not many orphans survived in the Changyuan base, only more than 40, and half of the boys in the Changyuan base did not change. These boys will be labor force if they are raised again. Ye Qiu All the ones brought back were girls, and only two young ones were boys, so small that the base couldn't wait for them to grow up.

As for those women and men, they came here from the Changyuan base, probably because they had more sleighs and thick clothes, and they couldn’t get by in the Changyuan base, so they came here. There were a lot of people. There could be forty or fifty families. In the end, Ye Qiu chose these seven relatively normal families. Four of them were families of three, each with a girl, and the remaining three families were also families of two. Their village lacked people. The household members are relatively normal families, except that the males are weaker and it is not easy to live in the Changyuan base. However, they have a lot of work in the village, and they can always find suitable jobs for them.These people are easier to control and less likely to cause trouble than others.

Going out this time is also a tentative transaction.It can also be said that this is the first step in the expansion of Ye Village.

Ye Qiu came back this time with bad news. Several small bases were wiped out at the previous trade fair.