The three masters and servants stayed up all night in fear. The sound of the wooden barn in the middle of the night last night scared them so much that they dared not sleep at all for the first half of the night. When the sound of the wooden barn finally stopped and the street became quiet, they leaned on each other and fell asleep. They passed by, but they slept very restlessly, so they waited until dawn and the streets slowly became lively. When they woke up, they all had two big dark circles on their faces, and their faces were still very haggard.
"No matter what, I have to find a place to stay today. I can't sleep on the street anymore." Wan Dingjun said with a depressed expression.
"Yes, yes, if you sleep on the street again, you will be killed at some point." Lao Zhou said with lingering fear.
The three of them no longer dared to take any chances. As expected, Lao Zhou and Lao Wang went to the pier to carry bags. However, they had done easy work in Wanjia before, and their bodies had long been pampered. They didn't sleep well last night. Now they have to do such heavy physical work all of a sudden. They can't bear it. After carrying a few bags, their hands and feet started to shake, and their shoulders swelled and hurt. However, they were scared last night. They were earning money. The urgency overcame the panic of sleeping on the street, so no matter how uncomfortable it was, they gritted their teeth and endured it.
Wan Dingjun is too young to do any work, so he can only wait in a corner. Now he has no choice but to act like a young master. He is looking after the packages of several people, for fear that all the things in the packages will be snatched away. No money, but still their clothes and shoes, and some of his books.
He thought that the life of leaving his hometown and living anonymously in other places would definitely not be as good as at home, but he never expected that his life would be so difficult. All the money he had on him was stolen as soon as he got off the train, and he had to sleep on the street. He also encountered a midnight fight and almost All lives are lost.
The most important thing before them now is to find a place to live. Wan Dingjun no longer wants to live in a better place. He only hopes to have tiles to cover the roof, walls to keep out thieves, and protection from wind and rain.
As for continuing to study, that was already impossible. Lao Wang and Lao Zhou tried their best to make a living in Shanghai, but it was impossible for him to study.
At this time, Wan Dingjun thought of his cowardly sister who disappeared with a large amount of property. If she were here, would his current situation be better?
But when he thought of her leaving him and running away, Wan Dingjun felt extremely resentful in his heart. How could she have the courage to leave him and run away? Shouldn't she stay by her side and pay for herself without regrets? If she hadn't run away, how could he be in this situation now? It's all her fault!
Little did she know at the beginning that her ungrateful and cheap brother resented her for refusing to sacrifice for him. After she settled in Huangshi Village, she lived a very stable and peaceful life.
"Xiaochu, are you going hunting in the mountains again? You are really good at it. You are better than some of the thirty or forty year old hunters in our village!"
The sixty-year-old village chief sighed with emotion when he saw Shichu dragging a small wild boar back from the mountain.
At first, in order to have less trouble in life, she appeared in front of others as a boy. Now she is only twelve years old and her body is not developed. Anyone who sees her will think that she is just a more handsome boy. In addition, she is also Since she could catch prey from the mountains from time to time, no one would doubt her gender.
"Village chief, I can't finish this wild boar by myself. If left for a long time in this weather, the meat will smell bad. Please help me go to each house and ask if you want to exchange money and grain for meat with me?" Shichu said with a smile. The old village chief said.
When the old village chief heard this, he smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll go and ask for you right now." Then he went to ask the person very neatly.
In fact, this wild boar can be completely digested by itself. Even if she can't finish it, she can dry it into bacon or throw it into the refrigerator in space to preserve it. But she doesn't think it's necessary because she uses the meat to exchange materials with the villagers of Huangshi Village. , it is more important to deal with them. After all, only by being kind to people can she live a better life in this village.
It didn't take long for the old village chief to bring a lot of people, so in the end she didn't even have to deal with the wild boar herself. The villagers just slaughtered it for her, and everyone could do it with a little money or a little food and vegetables. After exchanging a piece of meat with Shi Chu, everyone was very happy and praised Shi Chu profusely, saying that she was kind-hearted and kind, so everyone was happy and everyone got what they wanted.
"At the beginning, in a few days, when everyone is not so busy, let them help you repair the house again. Although your house can be lived in now, if it rains harder, it will collapse. It will not collapse. It will also leak..." The old village chief said to Shichu while smoking a bamboo cigarette.
He was very satisfied with Shichu. After all, she was generous and kind. It was amazing for people nowadays to be able to barely fill their stomachs. It was even more unthinkable to eat meat. All year round, the only way to get some meat was during the Chinese New Year. But when Shichu hunted a wild boar, he Who wouldn't like her if she can generously give her teeth to the villagers as a gift, half in exchange?
The old village chief felt that everyone had taken advantage of her and had to reciprocate, so he decided to help her repair the house.
"I'm really grateful to the village chief. I'm young and don't know how to build a house. I have to rely on the village chief and my uncles and aunts for everything." Shichu said happily. Of course she would welcome someone who could take the initiative to help her build a house. .
In order not to act too outrageous, she didn't build the house well, but now the village chief offered to help her improve it. Could she be unhappy? Finally, she no longer had to live in a leaky house to maintain her character. Although she could sleep in the space at night, it was not very convenient. After all, if a thief broke into her house in the middle of the night and found no one there, wouldn't it be annoying? Suspect?
"It's easy to talk about, but you have to prepare some good wood in advance. A thatched house is not as strong as a mud-brick house. Now that you have built the house, you don't have to worry about marrying a wife and having children in the future. It's okay to have a mud-brick house. Dear. Speaking of Xiaochu, you are twelve or thirteen years old, right? You will have to marry a wife in a few years. What kind of wife do you want to marry?" As the old village chief spoke, he began to worry about her from the house. marriage.
Shichu had no choice but to look shy and said, "Village chief, I'm still young. It's too early to marry a wife."
The old village chief suddenly laughed and said, "It's getting late. We can get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen. How many more years do you have? It's time to see each other. After all, good girls are in high demand..."
At the beginning, I thought: Good girls are indeed in demand, but I am just a girl.
"You are still shy. You can't find a wife if you are shy." The old village chief continued to tease her. The old man liked to see the shy look of young people when talking about marriage. "Although you don't have any land in our village, you hunt by yourself." No one can match his ability, and he can always eat meat, which gives him an advantage over other young men..."
