Chapter 414: Life is meaningless
"Sister, look, this is daddy, this is big brother, this is mom, this is you, and this is me. We are a family together." Xiao Jiayuan pointed at the snowmen he had made. His hands were red, but he still couldn't hide his excitement.
Xiao Jiayuan even found some clothes to put on the snowman.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the snowman representing her, dressed in red and wearing a hat. "Jia Yuan, why am I so fat? Why is my head so big?"
Among the five members of the family, Xiao Jiuyue's snowman is the roundest.
"Hehe." Xiao Jiayuan grinned, rubbed his hands embarrassedly and said, "Sister, don't be angry. This snowman has a big body, so it is stable. This snowman's head is not big either. Look, mine is this big. Sister can't be smaller than mine, right?"
Xiao Jiayuan gestured seriously, the truth was, when he was rolling the snowman's head, it wouldn't be round no matter what he did. Finally, after patching it up here and there, the snowman's head just kept getting bigger and bigger.
"Yes, you are right!" Xiao Jiuyue took a piece of crushed charcoal, broke it off, and used it to make eyes for Xiao Jiayuan.
"Sister, my eyes are too big!" Xiao Jiayuan's eyes were bulging.
Xiao Jiuyue curled her lips and smiled faintly: "Lianxin, look, are Jiayuan's eyes as big as the snowman's? Exactly the same?"
"Yeah." Lianxin stood aside and compared, almost unable to hold back her laughter.
Xiao Jiayuan said with a bitter face: "Sister, but the snowman is shorter than me, its head is even smaller than mine, and its eyes are only this big..."
"This is called restoration." Xiao Jiuyue took another carrot and stuck it into the snowman's head. Suddenly, the snowman's big nose came out, and Xiao Jiayuan wanted to cover his eyes and not want to look at the big mouth smiling!
This, this is too outrageous, this snowman's clothes...
"Sister, can you change my clothes?" When Xiao Jiayuan saw Xiao Jiuyue was about to put clothes on the snowman, Xiao Jiayuan excitedly stepped forward to grab the clothes.
Why is this dress still made of blue floral cloth?
"I can't really take your clothes, right? Isn't this floral dress just right?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the snowman wearing floral cloth and a floral hat with admiration, then looked at Xiao Jiayuan with a bitter face beside him, and wished she could take a camera to record it.
"Suitable." Xiao Jiayuan nodded with despair. What a sin! Why on earth did he have to come and build a snowman with his sister?
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After Xiao Jiuyue had teased her brother, she felt particularly happy. Even the heavy snow in winter seemed so beautiful.
"Miss, we have refugees in Fu'an Village as well." Lian Xin's report made Xiao Jiuyue pause. Lian Xin continued, "Fighting broke out in Jincheng, and many people chose to flee to Hongdu. We have quite a few in Lancang County as well. Lord Rong has resettled these refugees in batches to various villages."
"This time, it's the turn of our Fu'an Village." Luo Kui added. Even in the snow and ice, Luo Kui was a person who couldn't sit still. He liked to wander around the village. When he saw the refugees being sent in, Luo Kui immediately came over to report.
"Well, Shi Lizheng should have settled the villagers at the outermost part of the village. However, it's so snowy and icy now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even build houses." Xiao Jiuyue knew the difficulties faced by the refugees without going outside.
"Luo Kui, go ask Shi Lizheng about these refugees!" Xiao Jiuyue said.
"Ah..." Luo Kui was puzzled and went to find Shi Lizheng. Shi Lizheng had an idea and said, "Miss Luo Kui, I will go with you to see the eldest lady."
"Okay." Luo Kui also didn't understand why Shi Lizheng came to see the eldest lady just for a single sentence.
In the front hall, Xiao Jiuyue walked through the corridor without even getting his feet wet, and arrived at the front hall. It was a room with a charcoal fire and a thin curtain hanging above the door. The room was warm.
"Miss, this door curtain can't block the wind, right?" Shi Li was staring at the thin door curtain. The transparent curtain, like gauze, did not affect the brightness in the room and it looked very beautiful!
"I used two layers of gauze. Although it can't prevent strong winds, it can retain a lot of warmth in the house." Xiao Jiuyue explained with a smile. In the entire Xiao family mansion, everyone's house has door curtains, which not only does not affect the lighting, but also keeps the house warm.
"If Shi Lizheng wants to do it, he can ask Aunt Shi to come and take a look." Xiao Jiuyue took the initiative to speak.
Shi Lizheng smiled and thought: I can't even bear to use this yarn for bed curtains, so using it for door curtains would be a waste. I might as well find a piece of cloth that's a little more transparent. Shi Lizheng remembered the seriousness with which he came and said, "Miss Xiao, there are a total of thirty-six refugees from seven families assigned to our Fu'an Village this time."
"I will temporarily relocate them outside the village and ask the strong laborers in the village to help build cold-proof houses first." Shi Lizheng knew that every village had to resettle refugees, and their village had the fewest refugees resettled.
"Well, man, what do you think?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.
Shi Lizheng put on a serious expression and said, "They all look like decent people, Miss. Do you want to employ them?"
"Don't be in a hurry, let's take a look first." Xiao Jiuyue smiled.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Let's see if he's the kind of guy who steals girls and tries to be cunning. If he's an honest guy who just wants to have a bite to eat, then it's okay to have more people come." Shi Lizheng likes the village now. Everyone works together, and the village has grown a lot!
With the Xiao family as the center, the village radiates outward in a fan shape. Hua Qing, who is beside Miss Xiao, found some seeds from somewhere. These poisonous flowers are planted all around the village. As a result, there are fewer poisonous insects, snakes and ants in the village.
"Later, I will have someone deliver porridge over and ask them if they are willing to go to the fields to pick radishes and cabbages for a day, and they will get the same price as the villagers." Xiao Jiuyue spoke directly. Now there are still fewer people in the Xiao family. As the Xiao family's fields become smaller, the fields in the farm are no longer able to be cultivated by people.
After the autumn harvest, there are countless radishes and cabbages planted, and many people are needed to help harvest them.
Now, when someone comes to his door, Xiao Jiuyue is still happy to pay some money.
"Miss, they don't know whether this is a good idea or not. What if the cabbages and radishes are ruined?" Shi Lizheng asked worriedly.
Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow: "How does Shi Lizheng know that when they are starving and have nothing to eat, they won't steal or rob?"
Shi Lizheng was shocked.
Xiao Jiuyue continued, "There aren't that many refugees right now. There are only about thirty people in our village. If the war continues, there will be even more refugees. By then, with such a vast territory, can we defend it with just the people in our village?"
Xiao Jiuyue's question made Shi Lizheng even more worried. They had land where they lived, but most of the land was outside the residence. They couldn't guard so much land day and night, right?
There is also an orange grove, which also needs patrolling guards. This year's reward has come down, and a memorial archway has been erected with the big words "Fu'an Orange" at the entrance of the village!
"Miss, I will tell the government office later to send all those refugees to our place." Shi Li was thinking, as long as there are enough people, why should we be afraid of being robbed by others?
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