"Child, come here."
The fourth uncle waved Xu Tianxin over. After carefully reading his first reaction, he was puzzled and wondered why he didn't follow the good looks of his parents.
Needless to say, Arita is a handsome man, tall and tall.
As for this child's mother, if she wants Fourth Uncle to tell the truth, she has no other merits except good looks.
Because Arita's daughter-in-law's mother-in-law's family was poor, and it was clear that she would be better off living in the town than in the village, but her father, a gambler, offered to sell her daughter for fifteen taels of silver. Just like that, the girl committed suicide by jumping into the river and was saved by Arita. Arita gave her fifteen taels of silver and took her home as his wife.
It had only been two good years, but after giving birth to Tian Xin, she suffered a massive hemorrhage and died before the first month of confinement.
The fourth uncle thought to himself: The child's grandma and uncle's family should still be in the town. I heard that although the gambler's grandpa is dead, he has nothing to do with the family. The life is incomparable to the Xu family, so they can't live with nothing. I rarely see my granddaughter.
That's why the fourth uncle looked at Xu Tianxin carefully and wondered. Let's just say that this girl's mother also has an appearance that can make young boys look at her. Otherwise Tian wouldn't have lost his wife for so many years, but why does this girl look so dark? It's weird, and my hair is a mess. It's not ugly anyway, it just feels very sloppy.
"Tell Grandpa, if you can lead your younger brothers and sisters to finish it this way."
There will certainly be adults at the back.
For example, they, the old guys, and some of the strong laborers will make boats at the entrance of the village, ensuring the safety of the children while working.
But when children fight, they always need someone to take them with them.
Xu Tianxin whispered slowly: "Yes, I just need to prepare in advance."
The fourth uncle looked at the seventh uncle beside him: "It doesn't sound like she's doing something serious, but I don't know what's going on. I believe her when she says she can."
"Steady, there is that sense of stability in him."
"Okay, then my great-grandpa will ask you to give me your milk to calculate your work points. No matter what, I will give you seven points."
Xu Tianxin's expression finally showed something strange: "No need."
She doesn't know how to do anything else. She has tried pushing rocks and moving earth, but she can't earn a cent. If anyone really gives her work points, she will feel that she is grandma's relative.
The Seventh Master said: "If you do, you will have to settle accounts with everyone in the future."
That Liu Jingdong, you know without asking that he is a sloppy student, so don't expect him to settle the score.
But the boy is also good. The children in our village are very simple, and they are better than his father anyway.
The Fourth Master has already announced, "Everyone, please be quiet. Tian Xin missed the seven-pointer."
"That's great." Emma, I really didn't expect this girl to know how to do everything.
The little daughter-in-law also whispered: "No wonder the boss's family is so good at catching up. I finally understand what's going on."
I heard that the son of the catcher's family is learning to be a shopkeeper. If the family marries a daughter-in-law who knows how to settle accounts, the young couple will be able to do any business in the future.
There is also a mother-in-law who is telling her daughter, "Did you see that a girl's brains are worth a lot of money? You will get seven cents if you come up."
The scores for the eldest girls and young wives in the village usually range from 2 to 5 points. Only Yingzi, the bald daughter of Guan, has a score of 7 because she is the leader of the eldest girls and young wives team.
When Mai Miao heard everyone praising Tian Xin while working, she thought not to mention how beautiful she was. The whole village knew that she and Xu Tianxin were close. Her mother also took a look at her last night. Unlike usual, she was the second daughter in the family, with the eldest sister above her and the bottom sister below. She has two younger sisters who are inconspicuous.
But Mai Miao has also wondered when Tian Xin learned these skills, and why he feels like he has been talking less recently. However, Tian Xin should be very happy now, because just now she saw Liu Jingdong staring at Tian Xin, which made her look straight.
Not only Mai Miao was stupidly happy, but there was also Yu Qiniang who arrived belatedly.
"Why are you here? It was just announced that your niece has scored seven points. Your niece is also so capable."
"As for the designated ones, it's up to my mother-in-law and my eldest uncle."
Look at this guy, he doesn’t even ask for a reason, he just gives a conclusion, that’s why he’s excellent.
When Yu Qiniang replied, she did not forget to ask the women: "Madam, do you want to keep the fertile land for the firewood pile ashes in your house?"
"If you don't have those things, your family already has a lot of savings. What are you going to do?" Why are you mentioning such a sad thing?
Yu Qinniang remembered that her mother-in-law had mentioned that she should save more plant ashes when her son was eating chicken, so as not to throw them away and save them for growing vegetables.
She thought that she didn't have any work points anyway, so after finishing the work, she would use a bag to collect the ashes from the burnt firewood pile, and she would go home with quite a few bags of dust.
Mrs. Xu turned around and saw her silly daughter-in-law asking around: "Auntie, do you still want the ashes from the firewood pile that was burned at your house?"
Mrs. Xu grabbed Yu Qinniang and said, "Let's eat, you are gray and gray. Come on, you can also eat from my bowl."
"But, mother, I don't have any work points." Yu Qinniang felt that as a "dailizheng" family member, she should set an example so as not to cause trouble to her mother-in-law and lose authority in front of the villagers.
"You can eat as much as you want, and you'll come to work on the dam soon. Behave well, and your work points will be calculated starting tomorrow."
Mrs. Xu wanted to work for the whole dam under her nose, so Yu Qinniang could feel more relaxed if she couldn't be prepared.
Otherwise, you all don’t know. Yesterday, her stupid daughter-in-law brought home four big baskets of mushrooms with a sling on her arms and her head on her head. There were also bags of wild vegetables as big as those in the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy hanging on the front. The family members in the live broadcast room were I watched helplessly as he entered the hospital sideways.
The women who paid attention here sighed and said: "If you don't want to eat, let your daughter-in-law eat first. Otherwise, this person will have nowhere to look. He will change his mind after sleeping overnight."
She really can't say in her conscience that Tian Xin milk was good to her daughter-in-law in the past.
"It used to be the past. Look at the rest of us. Two days ago, we were still fighting over some rotten cabbage leaves. Now I'm carrying a big bag for everyone to eat. We just looked at the river and it was bright. You still care about the fragrant flowers. As for my son, her mind will only become more open-minded. Who is still focusing on things at home? Changes are normal."
The woman who was talking kept scooping up the fish with a spoonful to help Sanmengzi catch more fish.
Sanmengzi smiled and said, "Auntie is generous. She scoops more for me than for your Qingzi."
"Of course, my Qingzi won't be able to win a fight with you, so he should eat less."
The entire village of Erdaohe stood or squatted by the river, eating mouthfuls of dry food and fish soup.
Even though the people who were tying up the big tree were quite far away, they could still hear the sound of slurping soup, which made them hungry.
I also heard people from Erdaohe Village saying:
"Mom, this fish soup is so delicious. It's the first time I drink it."
"Is it fresh? We have fish this time. Stepmother will cook more soup for you."
Even the fourth uncle slurped his tongue when he ate the braised fish head in soy sauce, and the old men like the seventh uncle had their hands full of sauce, and even the fish pickles were chewed deliciously.
When will this river surface be completely occupied, he will sit on the Kang, eat fish jelly and drink wine.
Even Liu Jingdong felt that eating in Dam was better than at home.
Wang Yusheng squatted by the river and ate, and he was so happy that he almost got a fishbone stuck in his throat: "Look, those people on the other side have returned from putting out the fire."
His face was black, with white streaks and black streaks, and his hair was also bristle.
These words made everyone look over, and sure enough, there were many Wangjiagou villagers standing on the other side, and Wang Laobao seemed to be jumping around and cursing.
"Are you scolding us? Give them a few words in reply."
Then Mrs. Xu heard the boys in the village shouting to the other side:
"Have you eaten? Are you tired?"
"Should!!"
"What? If you want people, bring fish, eight ships!"
"What do you want fish for? I'll beat you up when I'm full!!"
The older people all started laughing too, and the rice tasted even better.
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Someone came from the other side that afternoon, a coder.
It is said that all the people from other villages who are related to Wangjiagou by marriage have come, especially the in-laws of the eight prisoners who were captured.
And Wang Laoba is under Lai Zi in the nearby Shiliba Village.
At this time, the boys from the Sun family in Erdaohe Village were in the dense forest, carefully removing birch bark with professional tools used to crack pine nuts.
Only birch bark is extremely flexible, and with a large amount of oil, it is not easy to penetrate water and rot.
The boys of the Sun family took the Fourth Grandpa's words to heart, not to damage the root of the tree during the peeling process, so that the birch bark can still grow next year, and they must consider the future generations.
There was another group of men cutting down pine trees in the forest, shouting slogans and carrying them down.
They would use pine planks as a skeleton to support the hull.
This is in the woods.
The village is even more orderly.
Among the old men in their fifties and the first group of injured men, some were throwing putty, while others were sitting at the entrance of the village boiling fish maw glue, rolling hemp, cutting wooden wedges, assembling fish baskets and making fish nets.
Even Lao Zhai Tou brought out a few tiles and placed them on the firewood. He sat tremblingly at the entrance of the village and fried fish oil for everyone.
Select the oily fish from the fish, cut the fish into pieces, and a little bit of the roasted fish oil will flow into the earthen pot under the tiles. Yu Zazizi mixed some salt with dry food for the boys to eat.
The fish oil accumulated in this way can be distributed to various families in the village as lamp oil.
It can also be used when fishing in the dark on rainy or snowy days. This kind of fish oil can be applied on the torch to prevent it from being extinguished easily.
This idea was suggested by Guan Ertu.
There is one thing that Guan Ertu did not say, that is, using mermaid ointment as a candle and adding fish oil is more powerful. It is said to be an eternal lamp for a thousand years, and it is generally used in tombs. His knowledge has long been mixed.
On the other side of the dam, the thin little wives were carrying soil under the dam, while the older girls were stuffing stones for plugging pipes into bags.
There were forty wheelbarrows on the dam taking turns pushing large stones and soil, piling the dam with no pipe surge forward. They never forgot the distance requirements Liu Laozhu left before leaving.
It's just that the old ladies always don't work hard because they are more concerned about repairing a river channel with stones. If you want to fish more often in the future, you must have a road to transport fish.
And where there was a loophole, on the river were three large boats belonging to the Liu family and two small broken boats from the village, and there were swimming warriors jumping into the river to block the holes.
They took turns to take a breath and drink hot fish soup before jumping down. The strong women on the dam were pulling on the ropes to pull them down.
At this time, Mrs. Xu and Yu Qiniang were pulling up the marked rope by the river, patrolling the foot of the embankment during high and low tides, and the three of them moved slowly in a row.
Encircle all the problems on the dam, and check to see if everything is okay after the repairs are completed.
Behind Mrs. Xu were the archers patrolling the river and the village entrance.
The people guarding the river were afraid that the ferry boat from the opposite village would come and cause trouble. In that case, they would immediately throw big rocks down.
The archers are not fixed. Mainly, everyone has about the same level of archery, and they just take turns pushing rocks and patrolling.
Doesn’t this scream: “Changing of the guard.”
You take the bag of arrows from me, and I take the cart from your hands and continue working.
Yu Qiniang looked at all this and thought that her mother-in-law was so powerful. It felt like the whole village had been turned upside down in just two days.
She will be very happy when Uncle Li Zheng comes back, and will ask her mother-in-law to take care of her next time she goes out.
From now on, she will not worship anyone but her mother-in-law.
At this moment, the gong sound suddenly sounded, and Lao Zhaitou was removed from the heavy task of beating the gong, and now he was using a cloth bag that ran extremely fast.
An eight-year-old child made a trumpet with his hands: "There's something going on!"
After shouting, he was afraid that the dam would not hear him, so he pushed down the crooked neck tree in the middle of the village that had loosened the soil and spread red cloth, and then ran to Xu Tianxin banging the gong all the way.
The bag returns to its place.
When Mrs. Xu heard the gong, she was afraid that her granddaughter would suffer a loss. After all, it was the first time for her child to lead a group, so she hurriedly led people to the entrance of the village.
When they arrived, children ranging from seven to fourteen years old were already fighting with the other village.
One by one, they charged forward bravely, burning bags of quicklime in their hands and throwing them at Wang Laoba.
Wang Laoba came here specially on a bull today, just to teach Erdaohe Village a lesson and show off his momentum. He thought there was a mount that was more powerful.
As a result, it blew up for him, and he was so shocked that he immediately dumped it. The cow didn't want to mess with him anymore, and turned around and ran away.
"What the hell? What kind of harm did you do again? Ah ah ah, I'm blind, I'm blind."
More and more people were rolling around on the ground, reaching out to grab the people next to them, falling down and getting up again.
Then the gang of kids only threw burning explosive packets. There were five boys with black scarves on their heads, carrying a bag of quicklime and shouting: "Come on!"
When the cloth in the hand was raised, it was filled with natural lime. After the cloth was raised, it was withdrawn.
At the same time, the children who were waiting for the lime to fall and covering their little faces and hands tightly rushed forward to play the Water Splashing Festival with ladles of water.
Xu Tianxin only regretted that she was not well prepared. If she had been given two more days to purchase and sew the water bladders from ancient times, she would have made water guns for her brothers and sisters, so she wouldn't have to go to such trouble.
"You're going to burn me to death, run away." The scoundrels Wang Laoba was looking for ran away first.
After running for a few steps, I remembered that Wang Laoba would give them drink money if nothing happened, and cursed Wang Laoba in my heart. I endured the burns on my arms from the rain and came back to carry this deceitful product away. I regretted entering the Erdao River in this life.
The villagers in Wangjiagou Village did not dare to step forward at all.
Oh my god, this is so evil.
Seeing that the people in front were in chaos, they were even more happy. They turned around and ran back with panic on their faces, shouting: "Escape quickly, the Erdaohe people are crazy!"
Want to run?
Xu Tianxin waved the green flag in his hand.
Suddenly, a group of children appeared in the woods on both sides of the road. They sat on the trees and started throwing stones.
What frightened Wang Laoba the most was the arrival of the strong laborers from Erdaohe Village.
And this time is obviously different from last time, which makes it feel very scary.
Because the men were chasing us in formation, the first row of men held hoes horizontally, the second row carried sickles, and the third row of wooden sticks shouted: "Protect my village and fight to the end!"
The fourth uncle gestured: "shoot an arrow."
This time, the arrows were not dipped in gold and they were not shot at the body. They were only shot at the feet of those people as a warning, so that a cool breeze could be felt on Wangjiagou's back. Of course, if the arrows were inaccurate, then ignore them.
Dozens of people were injured in our village, but if you don’t injure a few, you won’t be able to remember.
Next to the fourth uncle's hand, there was a long stick with a big red cloth fluttering in the wind.
This was his wife's wedding dress back then. Although it's a little faded, it can't be pulled too hard. It's too old and the fabric is a little weak, but it will be their village flag from now on.
After running away, Wang Laoba was horrified when he saw Erdaohe Village, which could not be attacked, and ordered Lai Zi's men: "Send me to the county seat to find my brother quickly."
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