Bianshanhan [farming]

I don't know whether to be lucky or a pity, but the third day after the rain finally cleared up. Old Xingtou stretched his wrist and said, "Don't pick it up, take a rest, there will be rain in a while."

Li Qingfeng couldn't listen at all, and drove the sheep out to graze before dawn, and plunged into the weeds by himself.

Li Qingwen took over the digging job of the third brother and listened to the adults talking about building the house.

During the time when Li Qingwen left, Jiang Liping and the others patrolled for more than two months. When they came back, they planted the land, mowed the grass, built the outer city wall, and were chased by Lu Gang to hunt bears. , No time to build a house at all.

Now that the helper is back, it can be regarded as starting work.

Old Xingtou and the others went to borrow tools, 67 and ten young men worked really fast, whether it was digging foundations or making mud, it was almost done in a few days.

After all the wood was moved out, Li Maoxian and Li Maoqun began to choose the beams of the house.

They were working in full swing, attracting many people to come to see, most of them were officers and soldiers, exiles don't have such leisure time.

Zhou Fengnian also brought his guards over to watch the fun. Hearing what they said about the lack of wood, he even asked the guards to ask someone to come over.

Because of that letter of recommendation, Li Maoxian brought Li Qingwen and the others over to thank Zhou Fengnian, Zhou Fengnian still looked lazy, "It's just a small effort, there are merits and rewards, and there are punishments, you deserve it."

Li Qingwen also thanked him for awarding him with sweet dates, Zhou Fengnian was taken aback for a moment, "You thanked the wrong person for this, this horse is not my property."

Li Qingwen was also stunned. The horse and the letter of recommendation arrived one after another. He thought it was Zhou Fengnian who rewarded him. At that time, he talked to Jiang Cong, but Jiang Cong didn't refute. Who knew it was not like this...

Looking back, Li Qingwen ran to Jiang Cong's side and asked straightforwardly, "Where did the sweet dates come from?"

Jiang Cong said: "I traded it with someone in the army. I think it suits you very well, and you take care of it very well."

Only then did Li Qingwen realize that he was grateful to the wrong person, so he pouted and said, "Why don't you tell me, thankfully I'm still thanking him in my heart."

"As long as you like it." Jiang Cong wanted to reach out and touch his head, but when he found that his hand was dirty, he put it back.

In order to build the house as soon as possible, the big guys lit up at night and built it one by one with adobe, just thinking about building it early so that they don’t have to squeeze on the kang of a small house in the future.

There were no tiles here, and they were going to the birch forest, where they were going to peel off the bark of the birch trees and put them on the roof to keep out the rain.

Li Qinghong and Li Qingfeng had heard from their eldest and second brothers a long time ago that they knew that Ganoderma lucidum grew there, so they went there as soon as they heard about it.

Li Maoxian wanted to stay here and watch over the beam, but he didn't leave, Jiang Cong and Lao Sun drove away.

Now the officers and soldiers didn't treat Jiang Cong and the others like they used to. Not only did they not ask them when they went out, but they also said that if they got good things, they would invite them to share a bowl.

The change in attitude was too obvious, Li Qingwen asked, "What's wrong with them?"

"We encountered some troubles during the patrol, and we saved their lives. Since then, we have never made things difficult for us again." Lao Sun said while driving the car.

"Are you still in danger?" Li Qingwen looked surprised, "Why didn't I hear from you?"

"They are the ones who are in danger, not us." Jiang Cong said: "They are not familiar with the terrain in the north. They accidentally got stuck in the snow hole, and we shoveled the snow to pull them up."

"Everything you Brother Jiang said is as tasteless as boiled water!" Hu Lichuan took over the words and said: "We were walking ahead, only heard a scream, turned around, and watched those people fall into the snow hole. We Hurry down to save people, shovel out an unknown amount of snow, and then pull them up one by one, but you didn’t see that they all passed out at the time, their faces were bruised, and they would have died a little later.”

"Hmph, why did those people let us go ahead? They didn't want us to explore the way. As a result, we were fine in the past and they fell. They deserved it." Hu Lichuan said: "Well, they still have a conscience. After being rescued, he also said good things to us, and we will live here from now on, so we shouldn’t be so arrogant earlier! Just like anyone who has never been in the army, when we were soldiers in the government, we rarely criticized anyone. Who is easy in this world..."

In all honesty, Hu Lichuan's speech was very exciting, but Li Qingwen felt that what Brother Jiang said was concise and capable! !

In the vast wilderness, not only is it pure green, but there are flowers of various colors in the middle, and shadows of different sizes flash across the wild grass.

Ever since Jiang Cong shot the wild goat soaring on all fours, Li Qingfeng's face was filled with the word "submit".

When they dug a hole and buried the stove to eat mutton, Li Qinghong and others finally understood why Li Qingwen would drive the goat over regardless of the thousands of miles away.

This thing tastes too strong!

Everyone likes to eat meat, but when they eat wild goat, their expressions are different, which is really hard to describe.

"The sky does not produce useless people, and the earth does not grow nameless grass." Li Qingwen put down his chopsticks and said, "As long as we find the right cooking method, this wild goat must be delicious."

The old grandson looked over, "I heard that the little boy has gone back to study, listen, the way he speaks is different."

Thinking of the words he had left behind for a few months, Li Qingwen's muscles and bones were stretched out, and he collapsed on Jiang Cong's body.

Jiang Cong helped him up with a silent smile, pinched his earlobe, and said, "You're so smart that you're afraid of reading?"

"If you really want to be smart, you don't need to learn anything." Li Qingwen said angrily.

"Jade can't be cut, it can't be used, people don't learn, don't know..." Hu Lichuan shook his head and muttered non-stop.

Li Qingwen just wanted to call him master, and begged him not to read any more.

So many people didn't finish eating a sheep, of course it wouldn't be wasted, and the rest was loaded into the car.

Because this trip is not hunting, the most important thing is to build the house, so I will not stop except for a rest, and soon I arrived at the birch forest that I visited last year.

Lin Zi at this time was completely different from the last time he saw it, and everyone was still amazed.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the boundless leaves paint the green land with warm and fresh yellow. The white trees are straight and elegant, and the fallen leaves are flying in front of the eyes. There are faint clouds and mist in the distance. , Frost filled the air.

Even after seeing the birch forest in the snow, Li Qingwen felt that it was still picturesque in autumn.

Just when everyone was fascinated by the scene in front of them, Li Qingfeng had already rushed down.

What's the use of looking good? !

Everyone came to their senses and followed downhill.

At this time, in the border town camp, Jiang Liping led a few strong people to shout the chant, and put the beams on the house little by little. The ground next to it was full of dried weeds, and the roof was about to be capped after the bark came back. .

Hurry up to the edge of the birch forest. After stopping, Jiang Cong cut the bark with a knife for a circle, and then raised the knife to cut it down. Li Qingwen grabbed a corner of the bark and slowly tore it off.

Other trees can't survive if they peel off their bark like this. Birch is different. It still has a layer of tender bark inside. After peeling off the outer bark, new bark will grow again later.

This is very easy, everyone will do it together, and a few cars will be filled in a short while.

Li Qingfeng got his wish and found the Ganoderma lucidum on the tree. Although it was not big, it was in very good shape.

Hu Lichuan said that it was time to take it back to make soup, and Li Qingfeng's eyes widened immediately.

After hearing that they had eaten a lot of ganoderma lucidum stew, Li Qingwen looked at his little fourth brother with a flicker of eyes.

Thinking about the house being built and waiting for the bark to make the roof, everyone did not go deep into the woods, so they drove back immediately.

After going up the slope, Li Qinghong was still looking back. The birch forest was no longer visible here, but the shock in his heart seemed to have not subsided.

On the way back, I obviously felt that it was getting colder. It was okay during the day, but I would shiver suddenly in the morning and evening.

What's more, when I came here, all I saw was green. It's only been a few days, and the tops of the grass have turned yellow. When I approached the camp, my eyes were even more pale yellow, as if it had entered autumn overnight.

This speed can really be said to be visible to the naked eye.

When Li Qingwen and the others left, the walls of the three houses were only as high as one person. When they came back, not only the beams were erected, but the inside of the adobe was almost dry, and the stove and kang had been fired several times after they were built.

A layer of soil and dry grass is spread on the roof, birch bark is covered on the bedding, and the house is built.

It was too late to celebrate the completion of the new home, and everyone rushed to the field with sickles and started to harvest.

When Li Qingwen woke up from the cold in the middle of the night, he suddenly realized that winter was coming.

At that moment, he understood that autumn in the border town was shorter than he thought.

Li Qingwen wrapped his head and neck with old clothes, took a sickle, and cut sorghum tassels one by one. The sorghum tassels filled with sacks would be carried to the cart and then pulled back.

At this time, not only Tianzao was busy, but also the stables and cowsheds were empty, and the animals were no more idle than people.

Every day and every night, the crops in the field were taken back. Before the sorghum stalks were cut, snowflakes fell from the sky.

Even Li Maoxian, who had been planting the land for decades, was stunned. Why did it snow when it was only frost? !

No matter what, everyone still took the straw back against the snow, and counted on this thing to burn the kang for warmth in winter.

The piles of soybeans were buried under the snow, and the tassels of sorghum were so unburied that there was no redness to be seen.

Seeing that the day of grain delivery was approaching, everyone dared not delay. They sat in the house, each holding a wooden board, and vigorously scraped the dry pine ears, so that the sorghum particles fell into the basin.

Using this manual threshing method, a group of them managed to count enough for more than two days, and handed it in immediately.

Before taking a breather, Sun Yonghao begged to come to the door. Not only did they confiscate all the food, but they also didn't have enough food to pay.

Jiang Liping didn't even sigh, and took people out to cut the land in the snow, while Li Qingwen and Li Qingfeng helped threshing.

The Sun family had less land, less land, and less food to pay. Although it was a bit late, they paid it.

But after the payment was over, there was not much food left in their family. Fortunately, his family dug a lot of wild vegetables and saved a lot of dried mushrooms. Sun Yonghao also learned to fish, so he would not starve to death if he saved a little.