Nowadays, apart from looking for weeds and cutting wood, no one can enter or leave the village easily. Once the food is grown, strangers will not be allowed to enter the village.
Especially since their village was not far from the official road, it was so eye-catching.
Changle Village was originally a middle village with more than 200 households, but now there are only about 40 people left. Except for the blind old man who had to stay at the entrance of the village, the Jiang family was used to living in that tile-roofed house, and the rest of the people were concentrated in the middle of the village.
Jiang Yue estimated that after mid-April, there would be less rain.
She touched Jiang Nian's arm. After all, he was not a doctor, so she didn't dare to make a conclusion. She just asked him to continue to care for it and try not to move.
Today, they will take the villagers to Tianxia Mountain to cut down big trees and make big wooden barrels to store water.
We found a lot of jars and buckets from the unoccupied houses, and there were three wells in the village. However, the drought scared everyone out of the shadows, so we should try to save as much water as possible.
Almost all the yellow mud behind the village has been excavated, and at most it can only be used to burn small bowls and clay pots to hold things. When it comes to storing water, you still have to use wooden barrels.
From the official road, it takes two days to reach Tianxia Mountain. If you take a detour from the small road in Changle Village, it will only take four or five hours.
The distance was not short, but all the usable wood near the village had been cut down, so they had no choice. It was the Jiang family who took the initiative to take them up the mountain that made them interested.
The village chief wanted to take charge in the village, so he recruited eight strong men from among the trap diggers. They followed the Jiang family with hatchets in their hands.
They trust the Jiang family.
Taking advantage of the dim light of the sky, the ten people set off amidst the farewell eyes of the villagers. After this trip, they would definitely not be able to come back that day, and they would probably have to come back the next day.
Jiang Nian ignored everyone's opinions and carried Jiang Yue on his back.
Jiang Yue's ears turned red, and she could feel the teasing glances behind her.
She leaned close to her ear and said, "Zai, please put me down. I'm not tired now."
Jiang Nian shook his head and lifted her up, "I can only hold you with my right hand. You can hold her steady. If you don't let your back go, I can hold you."
Hold it like a child? That's even more shameful! Jiang Yue buried her face on his back and stopped talking. Pull up the mask and act like you are shameless.
When they were halfway there, the sun rose high into the sky. The weather was still slightly cool, but I felt hot all over after walking all the way.
They switched to the other side and went up the mountain.
That end was far away from Fucheng, and no other people were seen going up the mountain. As soon as we reached the foot of the mountain, we saw many big trees.
Due to the previous earthquake, many trees fell down, and they were completely dry in the sun for two days, making ready-made firewood.
The villagers were overjoyed. After taking a short rest, they took out their hatchets and began to select wood. Now you have to find wood to make barrels first, and then you can find firewood later.
Jiang Yue and the others said that they would go to the top of the mountain and come down before dark. It's already mid-afternoon and not early.
No one in the village said anything, they only reminded them to pay attention to safety. The Jiang family had a special status in the village, and everyone knew that these two couples were capable. Not to mention Jiang Nian's hand was still injured, no one would want them to help with work even if it was normal.
Jiang Nian took one step at a time, even if he was carrying her with one hand on his back on the mountain road, he was still stable. Jiang Yue hugged Jiang Nian's shoulders, "Do you think those ones are still on the mountain?"
Jiang Nian shook his head, "I don't know."
They went directly to the cave before, but the entrance was blocked by fallen rocks.
Jiang Yue looked in through the cracks in the rocks. It was dark and she heard no movement.
Fortunately, Jiang Nian didn't smell their scent here, which meant they had left.
Suddenly, there was a "whooshing" sound, and the two men turned their heads suddenly, and a mule rushed towards them!
Jiang Nian stood in front of her.
The mule ran up to it, stopped, lowered its head and hissed softly.
Jiang Nian touched its head.
It's their mules that are back!
Jiang Yue stepped forward and happily smoothed the hair on its back. As expected of the mule she raised, she knew how to wait for them back where she was! clever!
There is no shortage of grass to eat in the mountains, but its belly is still a little smaller. I wonder if it is because there are many ferocious beasts in the mountains, which makes it thin.
Jiang Yue hugged its neck and hummed, "You know how good we are to you this time, right? Do you dare to run around next time? If you encounter a tiger again, I will definitely eat you!"
The mule snorted a few times and puffed out air from his nostrils. I don’t know if I’m unconvinced or scared.
The two men and one mule turned around and headed to the bamboo forest.
Jiang Yue found a dozen young bamboo shoots among the old spring bamboo shoots. Enough to put together a plate.
The mule stretched his neck to drink water, while Jiang Nian stared at the fish in the lake. After a few months, the fish in the lake grew a lot and looked very plump.
"Don't look, you can't use that arm. Let's go down the mountain and find the villagers to come up to catch fish. We'll catch a few and go back to make grilled fish."
Jiang Nian nodded. He had a heavy mouth and thought grilled fish was more delicious than fish soup.
They moved quickly and returned to the mountainside. The villagers had already planted several big trees and were sitting and eating dried beans. Afraid of accidentally breaking the jar, they didn't bring the jar with them. They planned to cut down some bamboo in the mountains to hold water.
"Ho--mule!" Several people were shocked! They stood up one after another.
What a big mule! When times were good, only a few families in their village could afford mules, which were expensive items.
"This is our mule. It was scattered in the earthquake before. It has been waiting for us on the mountain. Let's bring it back this time."
"Oh, he is a good mule who understands human nature!"
Jiang Yue smiled, touched the mule's head, and then said, "Brothers, there is a lake up there with fish in it. Why don't two of us go up there to fish for fish? We used to live in the mountains and we also hid a fishing net. , you can use it to catch fish.”
"Fish! There are fish!"
The eyes of several people who were so tired that they were breathing heavily brightened up and they were so excited. They swallowed their saliva thinking about the taste of fish.
Several people discussed it and came to the result.
"I wanna go!"
"Okay! Let's go Tiezi and Zhuzhu, you are strong!"
"OK!"
The two of them were quite tall, in their early twenties, a time when they were hungry and brave. As soon as they saw the movement of mountain rats running by, they felt itchy in their hearts and wished they could hunt and eat meat in the mountains.
