Bianshanhan [farming]

The weather was cold, and the fish was frozen hard when they were brought back. Li Qingrui took it and shook it, and said happily, "Hey, it's really heavy."

Jiang Liping and the others happily boiled water and ate it all in their stomachs when they were ready to clean it up.

Jiang Cong took the net rope to the fire to roast, Li Qingwen leaned over and said, "Brother Jiang, fishing is not dangerous, teach me next time."

Jiang Cong looked up and saw his eyes rolling, knowing that the child was worried about him, he smiled, "I'll take you there when it's baked."

Since he can bring himself, there shouldn't be too much danger.

Li Qingwen happily responded, "That's great. I was worried that we wouldn't have enough rations. If I could catch more fish, I would be able to eat."

"What?" Li Maoqun was stacking dry adobes by the wall one by one. Hearing this, he couldn't help straightening up, "Don't we still have three bags of grain, which can last for a long time."

Li Qingzhuo was wrapped in a quilt, with only half of his face exposed, and muffled: "Only one bag is sorghum rice, and the rest are seeds."

"Ah?" Li Maoqun was stunned, "What are you doing with the seeds so far away, the seeds can be eaten..."

"I'm afraid it won't work." Li Qingwen said with a frown, "There are fifty catties of sweet sorghum seeds inside, and the rest are rapeseed."

"What are you doing with so many rapeseeds?" Li Maoqun was very puzzled, "We will go back next year when the freeze is thawed, and you still want to use this kind of vegetables..."

After finishing speaking, Li Maoqun also understood, and said, "It's for Jiang Cong and the others."

Li Qingwen nodded. The border town is too far away, so we can't bring many things. We must bring seeds. As long as we have seeds, we can grow food and vegetables. Anyway, this place is vast, and the most important thing is land.

When mentioning rapeseed, Li Qingwen became energetic, untied the bag in the corner, took out a few oil-paper bags, and said happily: "I bought all the rapeseed in the county, onion, radish, cabbage, shepherd's purse... listen The shopkeeper said that the cabbage seeds in their shop can grow in as little as a month, and when we set up the kang, we will make a few baskets to plant the vegetables on.”

"Brother Jiang, do you have this kind of sweet sorghum in Hongzhou? This sorghum can be squeezed into syrup, which can be sweet or sweet. It can be used for cooking and snacks. If you grow this, you don't have to worry about running out of sugar in the future!!"

Li Qingwen showed off happily to Jiang Cong, and the rest of the room fell silent.

When they were sentenced to long-term imprisonment, although they were saved from death, they were really disheartened when they thought that they would spend the rest of their lives in such a barbaric place until their death. They just wanted to survive.

The 13-year-old Wazi didn't seem to feel how terrible the exile was, and he wanted to make their lives better in this severe cold.

Jiang Cong noticed the silence next to him, looked into the young man's bright eyes, and said, "I don't know how to grow vegetables..."

"I'll teach you!" Li Qingwen said happily, "It's very simple, anyway, it's much easier than fishing and hunting!!"

"Okay." Jiang Cong responded with a very serious face, as if he was about to do something important.

Whether they like it or not, the group of them will take root in this land, and a new life is about to begin, and every step they take is naturally important.

After the rope dried, Li Qingwen followed Jiang Cong to the river with a happy face. Li Qingrui followed Jiang Cong a little worried and curious.

On the river near the bank, the two ice holes that Jiang Cong smashed in the morning had already frozen. Li Qingwen held the net rope, put his hands into his sleeves, and stamped his feet on the spot.

It would freeze through after wearing cloth shoes this day, and his shoes were wrapped with a layer of rabbit skin, so he didn't dare to stay outside for too long.

Li Qingrui and Jiang Cong went to dig out the ice cave, and Li Qingwen didn't stay idle. He scraped the snow off the ground and pulled the dead grass underneath.

The weeds in the border town are tall and dense, the roots have long been frozen in the ground, but the stems and leaves are easy to pull out, Li Qingwen made a pile of grass in a short while.

When releasing the net, Li Qingwen stood and watched from a distance. He wanted to get close to the ice hole, but it was a pity that the two elder brothers were not allowed.

Holding one end of the net, Li Qingrui felt that the net was hit several times, and said pleasantly, "So many fish?"

Jiang Cong nodded, "The fish in this river haven't been caught much."

Li Qingrui understood that there are too few people here.

After the rope net was dragged up, the fish inside was still jumping non-stop. Li Qingwen thought, this fish was much more energetic than him, and he couldn't jump up even though he was wearing several layers of clothes.

The three of them walked back, and when they were about to reach the stable, Li Qingwen seemed to have stepped on something, and immediately fell to the ground.

The ground was covered with snow, and it didn't hurt at all. He was about to get up, but he found a man in sackcloth under his feet, and the scene of killing people and throwing corpses flashed through his head, causing goosebumps all over his body.

Jiang Cong pulled up Li Qingwen, who was stiff with fright.

The people on the ground had a snowy face and a strong smell of alcohol on their bodies. Jiang Cong said, "It's the old Xingtou who feeds the horses."

Li Qingwen took the fish, and Jiang Cong and Li Qingrui immediately carried him into the house, unbuttoned his clothes, and found that his chest hardly rose or fell.

Seeing this, Li Qingzhuo immediately stood up from the quilt, went outside to fill a basin of snow, and rubbed the old man's chest and limbs vigorously with the snow.

"How much wine did this old man drink? He died outside in this cold weather, and he would freeze to death within half an hour..."

Li Qingzhuo rubbed for a long time, his hands were exhausted, and the breath of the person lying on the ground was weak, as if he would die in the next breath.

Li Qingrui and Jiang Cong came up to help, their skin was almost peeled off, and the old man finally woke up faintly.

He didn't know that he walked around the gate of hell, trembling non-stop, and shouting "have a drink"!

The old man was still drunk, and the big guys didn't bother to talk to him, so someone brought him a quilt to cover him.

After all, it is a life, and they have to take care of the person until he sobers up.

The caught fish is soaked in boiling water, then disembowelled, cut into large pieces, and marinated with salt and wine.

He just poured half a bowl of wine, and old Xingtou woke up smelling the smell of wine. Hearing that he almost froze to death, he was not afraid at all. Drink two cups."

The old sun said with a smile: "Okay, where is the wine, I will get it."

The fierce fire licked the bottom of the pottery pot, two large pots of fish stewed into milky white, the rich aroma dispelled the cold, the two huts suddenly became lively, everyone divided into four or five piles, and began to eat around.

There was no wine on the table, only bowls of hot water, and Lao Xing was a little dazed, "I, I still have a jar under my bed."

Old Sun smiled and pointed at the fish soup in the basin: "It's all here, if you want to drink, I'll scoop some for you!"

Almost drank to death, but still drank!

The big guy tacitly took back the wine, and from now on, the old man will not touch a drop.

The old man came to his senses, drank two bowls of fish soup, sighed, and didn't ask for more wine.

Ever since this meal began, the old man has come over to eat with them, not empty-handed, sometimes with some cakes, sometimes with two baskets of dried cow dung.

The border town here is a wilderness plain. There are no tall trees, many weeds and shrubs in a radius of tens of miles. Okay baby.

Li Qingwen and the others came late, covered by thick snow, it was very difficult to collect firewood, and many people went out to search for it every day.

Li Maoqun and Li Qingrui rolled up their sleeves to build the heated kang, and the old man wanted one too. Jiang Liping readily agreed, and put a few people in the old man's room without hesitation.

There is a kang in the hut, and a half-person-high fire wall is built at the door. Once the fire is lit on the stove, the fire kang and the fire wall will heat up. If you lie on it, you will be hot in a while, and you will be extremely comfortable.

When the stove is burning, the inside and outside of the house become a different world.

People like Jiang Liping seem to be glued to the kang when they get on the kang, and they never get off the kang except for eating and going to the toilet.

The big guy lay on the kang and rubbed his teeth, "I heard that it still snows here in April, I thought I wouldn't survive next spring, this kang really saved my life!"

Li Maoqun also had a face full of survivors, "I thought the winter in our village would be tough, but I didn't expect it to be even colder. It's frighteningly cold here. My elder nephew told me before, but I still don't believe it..."

Old Xing was lying on the kang, his eyelids started to fight, he just woke up from a short sleep, and said: "This is really a ghost place, the two of them froze their ears off a few days ago, and the blood froze before it came out. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.”

"However..." Old Xingtou changed his voice, and said again: "Hiding in the house in winter can make it through, and it will be even more sad when the weather gets warmer."

"How did you say that?" Everyone asked curiously.

"The weather is warm, and the snakes and insects are alive. The mosquitoes here are very poisonous. One bite will turn into a big bag. If you are unlucky, you may die. When we first came, we would bring out several dead people every day. "The old man sighed and said: "The soil in this place is really rich, and it's really hard for people to live."

"If you don't have your head chopped off, you've saved your life!" Someone said carelessly, "If we're in this situation, we'll earn money if we live one more day."

As soon as these words were uttered, many people echoed them repeatedly. They had no choice but to make up their minds if they wanted to live.

Li Qingwen also likes the kang, but the skin is not as thick as others. The too hot kang will burn me soon, so I move my buttocks that are afraid of being scalded to Jiang Cong.

So, when he woke up, Li Qingwen's lower body was on Jiang Cong's body.

The others laughed when they saw it, "Why don't you just make a nest on your brother Jiang."

Li Qingwen was familiar with them, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all, so he went down to the ground with a smile, and poured water into the basket filled with soil.

After the kang and flue wall were burned, the room became hot, so Li Qingwen started to plant vegetables, and within a few days, small green shoots appeared.

In fact, these baskets of vegetables are not enough for a meal, but the green that thrives in such a cold winter will inevitably make everyone feel that the future life is full of hope.

No matter how human beings are stronger than a small seed, such seeds can take root in the border town, and they will live well in this land.