Bianshanhan [farming]

After resting for a day, they will go to dig stones tomorrow, and they will have to stay outside for several days. Chen and Jiang are preparing dry food in the back room.

After taking care of Tianma for a long time, and being pissed off by Jiang Cong again, Li Qingwen was about to die of exhaustion, so he took off his dirty clothes and lay face down on the kang.

The anger in his heart has not dissipated, and he has to quickly remember the essentials Jiang Cong said today, and he doesn't want to be taught a lesson again, especially Jiang Cong's.

During dinner, seeing Li Qingwen lying on his stomach, Mrs. Chen thought her younger son had fallen asleep, so she didn't have the heart to call him.

Li Qingwen was still awake at that time, but he was too lazy to move and closed his eyes thinking wildly.

When he was still awake, when he fell into that cycle of dreams, although he didn't see his face, Jiang Cong's arm blocked the knife edge again and again, and the sticky blood dripped on his face. He still remembers it so vividly now .

He even wondered if his soul was already in this body at that time, and he had personally experienced that thrilling scene, or why this memory was so profound.

It may be that the experience in the dream was too realistic. After seeing Jiang Cong again, he didn't feel unfamiliar, but felt inexplicable trust. After getting along with each other in the past few years, he really felt that the owner of that arm was just like in the dream. reliable.

After going through so many difficulties together, Li Qingwen really couldn't figure out why there was such a mess today because of such a trivial matter.

The kang was very hot, and the face was very comfortable to be ironed against it, and the body was soothed by the heat.After thinking about it, the anger in his heart slowly dissipated, and Li Qingwen really fell asleep.

In a trance, I seemed to hear the voice of the eldest brother, as if he was saying why he fell asleep like this, and then his body was moved to the mattress that had just been rolled out, face up, and the quilt was covered on his body.

There was no light in the room, only a little light peeked out from under the curtain of the door.

With his eyes closed, Li Qingwen felt his left hand being gently taken out of the bed, something seemed to be wiping the injured area, and then a cooling ointment was applied on it.

When the ointment touched the wound, there was a slight pain. Li Qingwen was somewhat awake, but he didn't move or open his eyes. He sucked his nose and called out "Brother".

No one responded, the quilt on the mouth was tucked under the chin, and an almost incomprehensible sigh came from the ear.

Li Qingwen closed his eyes, and said: "Brother Jiang is going out, you tell him to be careful, I will practice archery at home..."

The hands were bandaged, and after a while, the door curtain seemed to be pulled open, and the sound of washing pots outside was louder for a moment, and then quieter again soon.

After a long time, Li Qingwen opened his eyes, raised his left hand, saw the familiar binding technique through the faint light on the ground, and closed his eyes again.

The next day, at dinner in the morning, Li Qingrui and Li Maoxian were talking about Jiang Cong going out with officers and soldiers.

Li Qingwen's ears perked up. He heard that he went with [-] soldiers, and a deputy captain was in charge. General Lin Tan is now paying more and more attention to this matter. If there is trouble on the patrol road, he may be afraid that the camp in the border town will also be in danger...

After listening to them, Li Qingwen quickly took a bite of his meal, ran to the camp and practiced arrows for half an hour quietly.

This time with no other distractions, it really is better than yesterday's practice.

After the horse-drawn carriages and sledges were driven up in the camp, Li Qingwen ran home again, took his bags and rode sweet dates to dig stones with the big guys.

Lin Tan promised that after the city is built, the villagers can choose places to build houses in the city, and the land they open will be reported to the imperial court, with a special title deed, and they can even be naturalized in the border town in the future. Of course, the people who fled from the famine must follow Officers, soldiers and exiles worked together to build the city.

Although I have just arrived here, this vast and fertile land attracts all those who have fled from famine, and they are willing to contribute to their second home.

Tianzao ran very fast, Li Qingwen's head and face were tightly wrapped, he only heard the sound of the wind ringing in his ears, but he didn't feel cold.

Seeing Li Qingwen take the lead, Li Qingrui pushed Li Qingfeng to follow his younger brother.

Li Qingrui's intention was to let him watch Li Qingwen, nothing happened, Li Qingfeng was fine, he ran to the front, and started a horse race with Li Qingwen on the snow.

Running, passing the temporary resting place, the two turned their horses and ran back.

When looking back, they met Qi Min who came looking for them, and the three went to the resting place to live together, waiting for the sledge behind.

At night, everyone sleeps in the snow. Not everyone has warm sleeping bags. Many people are still covered with sackcloth quilts to resist the cold, and there are constant sneezes at night.

Li Qingwen read a book by the fire for a while, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep when he was tired.

Li Qingfeng waited impatiently, so he told his father and elder brother the next day that he and Li Qingwen went fishing by the river first.

Li Maoxian was worried about the two of them, so Qi Min came over and said that he and Lao Sun were following together.

With them both present, Li Maoxian nodded.

In this way, the four of them counted their things, broke away from the long line of sledges, and took a step ahead.

Li Qingwen came out with a bow and a book, and when he got up early and stopped late, he would take it out to practice. Li Qingfeng was shocked, and felt that he didn't recognize his younger brother's hard work.

Obviously it was so hard to get out of the bed in the winter before, but now outside, getting up and getting dressed without saying a word is really impressive.

Only Qi Min saw Zhipuyahuazi, and Jiang Cong asked him to look after him when he left, but he couldn't help him, and Li Qingwen even warmed up the dry food for him.

This road has been traversed many times by countless sledges, the snow is compacted, and it is easy to ride a horse. It took four people two days to run to the place.

It hasn't snowed recently, and when I get here, I can see the messy pits dug on the shore, and all kinds of stones scattered on the ground.

Stones are not easy to see for people inside and outside the border camps, but they are not particularly difficult. The stones here are different from other places. The stones here can be burned into lime, and the large pieces can be used as the foundation of the wall, so they are big. Digging all the way and pulling it back.

The broad surface of the river had been frozen to death long ago. The thick ice was half as high as half the length, and the thin ice had to be burned again and drilled for a long time to make holes.

Li Qingwen saw his little fourth brother put a small bench between two ice holes not far apart, sitting on the bench with his back to the wind, holding a wooden stick in one hand with circles of Hanging line, tie the small fish just out of the water to the hook, and then put the hanging line and bait into the ice hole.

After a while, the wooden stick in his left hand suddenly moved, with a large amplitude, Li Qingfeng pulled it up violently, and a long fish was pulled out of the ice hole, bouncing on the ice surface non-stop,

The long body of the fish that came out of the water was covered with black spots. It was the pike they had thought delicious before.

As soon as this stick came up, the stick in his right hand moved again, and this stick seemed to be bigger. Li Qingfeng couldn't use his strength while sitting, so he stood up and exerted strength with both hands.

Just as Li Qingwen was about to go up to help, a fish was dragged out, flicking its tail in the air, splashing the water on Li Qingwen's face.

It's no wonder that Li Qingfeng was struggling so much, the fish was very heavy, and it made a lot of noise when it hit the ground, attracting Qi Min and Lao Sun to come over to see it.

It was also the first time Li Qingwen had seen fishing like this, it was too simple and rude, he looked at more and more fish on the ground, and felt that it was not very interesting.

Whether it's interesting or not, he also has to help the fourth brother take the fish out of the hook and then move it to the shore.

It will take a day or two for the sledge behind to get here. It is useless for them to dig rocks now, and it will be frozen again when someone comes.

Li Qingwen didn't want to do nothing, so he rode a sweet date around the neighborhood, put the brush in hot water to thaw, and painted on the paper.

He didn't scribble casually, this is a map centered on the border town camp.

There is a forest for picking mushrooms in the south, a birch forest in the east, a river beach where you can dig pearls in the west, an endless forest in the northeast, and a big river with pike swimming here...

Although I don't know the exact distance, I can simply estimate it using the running time of sledges and horses. First make a rough map, and then gradually refine it a little bit later.

At first, Qi Min followed him step by step, but later saw that Li Qingwen was very good and didn't run around, so he went to the riverside to look for firewood for preparations.

As soon as he left, Li Qingwen drove his horse across the frozen river, all the way towards the distant green hills.

Having gone out with Qi Min many times, Li Qingwen had never noticed that he cared so much about him. This time was obviously different, so he naturally knew the reason.

It turns out that in Jiang Cong's heart, he is so worrying that people have to watch him when he goes out to dig stones...

Tianzao trotted all the way, the owner on its back was thinking about something absent-mindedly.

He didn't know how long he had been running, but when Li Qingwen came back to his senses, he had already arrived at the side of the mountain. Tianzao was gnawing on the dry grass on the mountain wall, and he seemed to like it quite a bit.

Li Qingwen was still observing the terrain. When he lowered his head, he noticed several stones rolled down from Tianzao's feet. Obviously, when he swept here just now, there were no stones except snow.

Li Qingwen paid attention to it, jumped off the horse, stood on the ground, and touched the mountain wall where the sweet dates had gnawed on the grass inch by inch. There was a place where several layers of dry vines hung down from the top of the mountain. One of the stones was really removed, leaving an obvious pit on the mountain wall.

Looking at the mud on the crevices of the stones, Li Qingwen took the pickaxe from his horse, which happened to be used for digging stones, he swung the pickaxe and smashed it, more and more stones fell off, and a hole was exposed on the side, which was actually empty .

This should be a cave entrance, a sealed cave entrance.

Knocking open the hole, Li Qingwen found that the hole seemed to be quite deep, and he couldn't see the bottom at a glance. He picked up a stone and threw it in, and soon heard a crisp sound. He didn't know if it hit the ground or the stone wall. up.

However, judging from the man-made imprints around the entrance of the cave, this is not the lair of wild beasts.

Li Qingwen was a little curious. Who would dig holes in this barren mountain where no living person could see it?