Defeat natural disasters with farming

At the banquet, apart from Father Ye and General Chu, there were also their families, Shen Fu, Ye Zhong and the others. The table was full of dishes used to entertain distinguished guests, such as pork knuckle, braised pork, stewed ribs with beans, and stewed in an iron pot. Class of large meat dishes.

General Chu said with emotion: "The last time I saw you and your wife were in Jingbian City. The doctor accompanying the army said that your injury made it difficult to have offspring. I think he was exaggerating. Your son is born well everywhere."

Father Ye smiled and nodded, "This child was born prematurely. When he was young, he was not half the size of my arm. It is because he has been raised well these years that he is no different from ordinary people."

Mother Ye also looked at General Chu excitedly. Her parents died early, and she grew up eating a lot of food in Jingbian City. Later, when she was older, General Chu sent someone to start raising her. To put it bluntly, She actually regards General Chu as half of her father.

"It's good to be able to raise him back." General Chu said with relief.

When Ye Yu heard them discussing, he could only pretend that he didn't hear it. After all, it was really embarrassing.

Fortunately, their topic soon changed from family matters to serious matters, and Ye Yu didn't have to listen to all kinds of compliments.

Father Ye was the first to speak, and he asked, "Where are you going to settle down in the future?"

At this moment, General Chu finally looked serious, and he replied truthfully: "I originally wanted to find a nearby county town that was not too dilapidated and rebuild it, but along the way, there were ruins everywhere, especially the Heihe county town, which collapsed to the ground. It was too serious, and the scouts sent out said that the situation in other nearby counties was similar, which made me give up my original idea."

Hearing these words, Shen Fu agreed: "Heihe County was indeed the place where the earthquake was the most severe. The cracks have not been completely eliminated until now, let alone no one has lived there for many years, and the inside is very deserted."

Ye Yu has also been there before, and now it has become a paradise for plants and animals. The collapsed ruins are covered with various green vegetation, trees and vines, and even many animals are hidden in it. It can almost be called a paradise everywhere. They are all dangerous and indeed not suitable for living.

General Chu nodded, "If it really doesn't work, I'll just find a nearby waterfront plain to build a settlement. Anyway, I have a lot of soldiers under my command, and I have enough manpower to build it."

Father Ye heard the words and said: "Then you have to wait for the weather to warm up and the ground to thaw, or the ground is frozen hard now, you can dig a hole hard, and it will be re-frozen for you in a blink of an eye." , it is really inconvenient."

Although the weather is not as cold as in previous years, it is still dripping into ice, about 30 degrees below zero. Don’t look at them as usual, it’s because they are basically used to it. If a person who has never experienced severe cold comes here , I'm afraid they will be terribly frozen by the temperature on their side.

However, General Chu and the others have all experienced it. Although the temperature in Jingbian City is not as good as here in winter, the wind is strong!The biting cold wind blew past, and sometimes it even made people unable to stand still. The faces of the group of them were almost chapped. The main reason was that the wind was too strong.

So General Chu thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I will trouble you during this period of time."

Father Ye waved his hand when he heard the words, "It's not troublesome. We have a large land here and few people. Even if we double the number of people, we can accommodate it. Besides, if you bring your own food, we are just providing a space."

And if they can cooperate, they will be regarded as a helper in the future. If they encounter difficulties, they can help each other. Father Ye thinks this is a good thing that serves multiple purposes.

General Chu smiled, "OK, then we will not be polite."

"When the weather is better, the workshop in the back mountain will be able to start. Then we can provide blue bricks or red bricks, and a material called cement, which is especially suitable for building houses." Father Ye told him again.

"I've heard about that cement from Axu, is it really so miraculous?" General Chu asked in amazement.

Ye Zhong answered, pointing to the soles of his feet, he said, "The ground we are stepping on is made of cement. Although it is not as good-looking as ceramic tiles, it is convenient and strong. The color of stone is also refreshing, and the road outside is basically made of cement." The poured ones are clean and hygienic, and you won’t be afraid of falling when you walk.”

After hearing this, General Chu immediately said, "It really is a good thing."

After Ye Yu heard them finish their business, she asked her own doubts, "Uncle Chu, didn't you bring the flock over?"

He heard from Chu Xufeng that the flock of sheep in Jingbian City has been multiplied for several generations, and now it has a scale of seven to eight hundred. Sometimes they are supplied to Wangsi City and some nearby small cities, and the sheep are exchanged for other supplies. After all, Jingbian City does not have enough land. Fertile, the grain harvested every year is actually not much, at least not enough to satisfy everyone's appetite.

General Chu quickly replied: "I brought dozens of breeding sheep, but because the situation on the road is unknown, the people responsible for driving the sheep and the sheep are slower, and it may take some time to come here."

"I see." Ye Yu suddenly realized.

I don't know if they have trained shepherd dogs. If they have, they can learn from them. The sheep in Jiwang City are all driven by people. The number of sheep is still small, and they can drive them for the time being, but if the number increases in the future Well, we can't transfer more people to herd the sheep. After all, they don't have a lot of labor here, and everyone has something to do.

Except for the adults in the lead, most of the others are children who have just come out of school. Parents all think that herding sheep and pigs can earn points and calm the children down, which is really a good thing.

After talking about business, a group of people began to eat and drink, and the atmosphere on the table became lively in vain.

General Chu looked in with the pottery cup, "Is this rice wine?"

Father Ye nodded and said, "You're right, the taste is mediocre, and the taste of wine is not strong, so it can only be used as a pastime."

General Chu took another sip, and then said with emotion: "It's good to drink some in this world, and besides, I can't drink strong alcohol."

Chu Xufeng served Ye Yu a bowl of bone soup, and then said to his father: "You should also drink less rice wine, but the doctor said, you must not drink any more."

Father Ye was taken aback when he heard this, and quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

"Sigh." General Chu waved his hand, "It's a long story, the doctor said that my internal organs are out of tune and I'm not suitable for drinking."

"This is a serious illness, and you really shouldn't drink until it's taken care of." Father Ye moved the jug in front of him, and filled him with a bowl of glutinous rice balls fermented with wine. "Try this bowl of glutinous rice balls, it tastes especially good."

All kinds of sweet balls mixed with jam floated up and down in the fermented rice. Because the temperature in the room was not high, the sweet soup in the bowl was no longer steaming, but it was still delicious, which attracted everyone's praise.

When the banquet was over, the moon was already high in the sky. Jia Yi and others helped General Chu to the house where they lived. The house had been cleaned up a long time ago, and the inside was very clean, and the bedding was all new.

Ye Yu stopped at the door and said to Chu Xufeng: "Then I won't go in. The house has been tidied up, so there should be no shortage of things."

Chu Xufeng responded, and said warmly: "Go home and sleep, it's very late now."

After speaking, he took the woolen scarf off his neck and wrapped it around Ye Yu. The light gray scarf was extra warm.

Ye Yu nodded, rubbing his chin against the scarf, the static electricity made his face a little numb, "You should also go to bed earlier."

"Okay, good night." Chu Xufeng watched his back disappear before going in.

As soon as he came in, he saw General Chu sitting in the middle of the main room waiting for him. There was no one around him, and he didn't know where the housekeeper Jia Cheng and the others had gone.

General Chu put down his teacup and said solemnly, "Don't bring in bad people."

Chu Xufeng's expression didn't change at all, he knew that today's movement could not be hidden from his father.

"Father, I believe that one person will not change."

General Chu paused while holding the tea bowl, "Are you serious?"

"Yes." Chu Xufeng looked at him and answered firmly.

He lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground, "This life is my son's unfilial piety, I beg you to make it happen."

General Chu sighed deeply when he heard the words, "You child has your own ideas since you were a child. After all, I am incompetent as a father, so I have no face to hinder you, but Brother Yu is the only child of your Aunt Ye Shu Ye , you have to think clearly about the next thing."

Chu Xufeng looked up at him, and said firmly, "Since I've confessed to you, I'm naturally ready."

General Chu couldn't understand that it was his son. He had always been very indifferent, and nothing could cause waves. Only this time, he could feel the firmness in his heart.

"Just think it over." General Chu sighed again, as if he was several years old. If his son dares to let Brother Yu down in the future, he will clean up the house.

Chu Xufeng said in a low voice, "Thank you."

"It's getting late, go and rest." General Chu didn't say anything, just stood up and walked to the back room.

On the other hand, Ye Yu is also worried. Now brother Xu is no longer covering up. Even though they grew up together, it is reasonable to be closer, but if this continues, sooner or later someone will find out, especially his father. Mom, I really don't know what to do when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Ye Yu turned over, pressed his face on the pillow, and thought in his heart, or else he should confess earlier, but he didn't know how to confess, could it be possible to tell his parents directly that he likes men? ?Will this scare them sick?

He has been struggling with this problem in his mind, and he doesn't know when he fell asleep. Anyway, he was trapped in a strange dream all night, and it was already bright when he woke up the next day.

Ye Yu yawned and got up, pulled warm clothes from the bed and changed into them.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw the flying snow all over the sky, and the snowflakes as big as a bowl fell on the window lattice, which looked extraordinarily fresh and elegant.

Mother Ye saw him coming out, and immediately waved: "Don't be stunned, it's cold outside, come here."

Ye Yu trotted two steps to the main room, and patted off the snowflakes on her body. Fortunately, these snowflakes were all dry and did not leave any wet marks on them.

"Did you not sleep well at night?" Mother Ye's question surprised him.

He froze for a moment before replying, "It's okay, what's the matter?"

"Look at your eyes, they are so swollen and protruding, like a kitten, and the underside of the eyes is black and blue." Ye Mu said.

Hearing this, Ye Yu hurriedly looked over the water basin, a very tired face was reflected in the water, the dark circles under the eyes were very conspicuous on the jade white skin.

He was just about to go to the kitchen to find an egg for his eyes when he saw his mother holding the wrapped egg and handing it to him.

"Give."

After taking it, Ye Yu put it on his eyes, and the warm touch made him heave a sigh of relief.

Mother Ye brought the breakfast and said: "Don't keep everything in your heart, you can talk to me sometimes, maybe it can ease your mood."

Today's breakfast is salted tofu nao and a plate of shredded cabbage fried pancakes. Hearing this, Ye Yu put his hands on his eyes and laughed for a long time: "It's nothing, but I didn't sleep well last night. Maybe it was because I was sleeping. Past the usual point."

The worry in Ye Mu's eyes was faintly visible, but he didn't let him see it, but said in a gentle voice: "Then hurry up and eat."

Ye Yu lowered his head to avoid her gaze, peeled off the egg that had been applied to his eyes, and ate it in one bite, and then began to eat tofu nao.

He felt very guilty for keeping something from his parents all the time, and he was afraid that he would disappoint them.