A few people thought the same thing. Ji Qingyao was not afraid of people talking, but she just didn't want to cause trouble, so as not to make people famous.
Ji Qingyao is a woman who fights big bugs, and the cover itself is very eye-catching. If she goes among a bunch of men all day long, I am afraid that the whole village will be full of rumors about her.
Ji Qingyao discussed some details with Mr. Fan, and finally decided to start construction two days later.
Ji Qingyao paid one hundred taels of silver in advance and told Mr. Fan how much difference there was in the follow-up period and told her to make up for it.
The few of them finally went to the hillside bought by Ji Qingyao, decided on the location of the house, and built a wall first according to her requirements. In her words, it would be difficult for people outside to find out the information inside after the wall was built, and she didn't want to. The house is exposed to the public early.
The wall was built as she requested, five meters high, and made of good materials. The outer wall was made of adobe and the inner wall was made of blue bricks. Anyway, the entire hillside belonged to Ji Qingyao, and the person who paid for it was the uncle. Ji Qingyao also asked that the top of the wall be paved with gravel. Bowls and other sharp objects prevent thieves from climbing over the wall.
Except this time, Ji Qingyao has already seen thorny creeping plant seeds in the space. The price is not expensive and can be bought for a hundred coins. One bag can be planted to cover the entire courtyard wall. There are still leftovers.
She also plans to plant some Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees and bitter thorn flower trees in the backyard, one of which can be used as medicine and seasoning. The bitter flower is not only a rare mountain treasure, but also a pure natural medicine. In the dry early spring, boil it into herbal tea, which has excellent antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects; you can also make dried flowers into a medicinal pillow, which is of good value for reducing internal heat and lowering blood pressure.
The villagers saw the village chief leading an old man and the girl who had shot a tiger towards the south hillside. Some people wanted to come forward to inquire about the news, but when they thought of the village chief's non-pretentious appearance, everyone had to back down. .
After discussing the matter of building the house, Mr. Fan and Pei Sanlang left first, leaving only the village chief, Mr. Jiang, and Ji Qingyao. Ji Qingyao asked the village chief to help find a few people to clear out a few acres of wasteland in the north. The village chief readily agreed to this trivial matter. He did not ask Ji Qingyao what he wanted to plant. He would wait until he saw the two high-yielding crops to eat in a few months. , the village chief was very grateful to Ji Qingyao for giving him the seeds, and he was also grateful for his original choice.
After discussing this, Ji Qingyao thought of the refugees he saw in the town and the county seat, and said, "Uncle, have you seen more refugees in the town and county these days than in the past few days?"
Pei Ningyuan heard Ji Qingyao mentioning refugees, and recalled what Pei Xiaozi had said to him this morning, saying that the number of refugees pouring in from the north would only be more than now, and Xiaoxi Village had better take precautions in advance. The simplest way is to A strong wall was built at the entrance to the village.
Xiaoxi Village was originally surrounded by mountains on all sides. Later, roads were built, and now it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but it is still a natural barrier. Unless someone is not afraid of death and goes all the way to the mountains before coming back down.
Before Ji Qingyao came, the villagers in Xiaoxi Village only went to the mountains to hunt or collect firewood and dig wild vegetables. No one dared to go deep into the mountains. The most tragic thing was that a few years ago, the men in the village went to the mountains together. At the end of the hunt, all five people were gone. In recent years, people in the village have only been active on the outskirts of the mountain.
"Girl Qingyao, do you have any suggestions?" Pei Ningyuan wanted to hear if Ji Qingyao had any solutions, so he asked directly, completely forgetting that the girl in front of him was not yet sixteen years old.
Jiang originally accompanied Ji Qingyao to see the land, but now that there were no outsiders around, and hearing Ji Qingyao say this, alarm bells started ringing in her heart. Her parents were fought over by refugees who broke into the village many years ago. Died for food.
"If it were me, I would surround the entire village, build the walls high and strong, and use thick wooden boards for the gate in the middle. Secondly, I would choose strong men in the village to form a patrol team. We don't need too many manpower during the day. , it is enough to have two people guarding the gate. At least three teams of people must cross and keep watch at night, each team having no less than eight people. Third, build two high towers at the entrance of the village and in the middle of the village, so that you can prepare in advance when someone comes. The two towers can notify each other, so they can prepare in advance if an enemy attacks."
Pei Ningyuan was shocked by what the woman in front of him said. Although what Ji Qingyao said was simple, the general meaning was similar to what Pei Mingche said. He was shocked that the girl in front of him still had such knowledge and insights after being ignored by the Ji family for so many years. .
Although Mrs. Jiang didn't understand what they were saying, on the one hand she felt that the matter was very serious, and on the other hand she felt that Ji Qingyao was so powerful that a little girl knew so much. Thinking of the troubled fourth daughter-in-law at home, there is no harm in people without comparison. The one at home is still worrying about little gains and losses.
