Chapter 17 Chapter 17 It's hard to be reborn
The years of training in martial arts were not in vain. Although Shen Moli's appearance had changed after coming to this world and she looked pale and thin, her body was still her own and her strength had not diminished at all.
He kicked the man and knocked him to the ground.
In the silent night, the man let out a cry of pain, but he reacted quickly, almost immediately getting up and running away.
Shen Moer chased for a while. The man was obviously very familiar with the terrain. He jumped here and there in the fields and soon ran into the back mountain along the path. Seeing that she could not catch up, Shen Moer had to turn back.
I didn't see the man clearly, I just vaguely saw his back. He was a tall and thin man.
But these days, there are no fat people in the village. Everyone is thin, just taller or shorter. It is impossible to catch that person based on this feature.
When he returned to the door of his house, Shen Shaoyuan, who had heard the noise, had already come out. He did not dare to go far, so he stood at the door and waited. When he saw Shen Moer coming back, he looked her up and down for a few times, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his precious daughter was safe and sound, and said, "Don't chase after a desperate enemy. It's late at night, what if there are accomplices ambushing ahead?"
Her father only has her as a daughter. He has never cared about her since she was a child, but he is particularly concerned about her safety. Shen Moer felt warm in her heart. Fortunately, they came to this world together. If it was only her or only her father, they would probably cry to death.
In fact, Shen Moer also reacted just now, but she quickly admitted her mistake: "I didn't react just now, I must pay attention next time. But I'm afraid that we are..."
Shen Moer was about to say that she might not be able to sleep in the treasure house at night. She glanced at the bushes beside her, raised her foot and kicked a stone over: "Come out!"
There was a rustling sound in the bushes, and after a while a skinny teenager emerged. He stood there awkwardly, stammering, "I, I heard some noise, so I came over to check it out."
Shen Moer recognized that it was Lin Kaicheng who lived behind the brigade headquarters. Because his father was a landlord, he was chased by the naughty children in the village all day long and was called the little landlord. The more excessive ones would even throw clods of earth at him.
The mother and son rarely went out except when they went to work. Although the two families lived very close to each other, Shen Moer had been here for so many days, and she only saw the boy drawing water from the well from afar one morning.
Shen Moer nodded: "A thief broke into my house, but he ran away. You should be more alert when you go home and lock the doors and windows."
Lin Kaicheng looked at her in surprise. He had been here a long time ago, so he naturally knew there was a thief. He even saw with his own eyes that Shen Moer kicked the thief away. However, before he left, Shen Shaoyuan came out. He was afraid of being misunderstood as being in cahoots with the thief, so he hid in the bushes and did not dare to come out.
Unexpectedly, Shen Moer not only did not misunderstand him, but also reminded him to lock the doors and windows.
Lin Kaicheng responded sullenly, turned around and ran away.
Shen Moer didn't dare to say anything more outside. She went straight into the house, locked the doors and windows, and moved a chair behind the door. Then she returned to the treasure house with Shen Shaoyuan.
Both of them lost their sleepiness at once, so they talked for a while through the screen.
Shen Moer mentioned again that she could no longer sleep in the treasure house.
If it wasn't by chance that she got up in the middle of the night and a thief really broke in, and found their house empty with no one sleeping there, or if they didn't close the door of the treasure house properly and someone discovered the existence of the treasure house, then what would be waiting for them would probably be endless trouble.
To be on the safe side, it is better not to open the treasury if possible in the future.
Shen Shaoyuan was busy at the moment, and he didn't think the mat issue was that urgent, so he didn't go to find Luo Bei Hu. After what happened tonight, he decided to go to Luo Bei Hu to buy another bamboo mat tomorrow. Tomorrow night they would collect the bedding in the treasure house and sleep outside.
Also, they had originally planned to build a wall around the new house when they built it, but now it seems that the wall will have to be built a little higher than expected.
The father and daughter discussed it in a disjointed manner, and soon, Shen Shaoyuan fell silent.
Shen Moer listened attentively for a while, and indeed heard her father's breathing become slow and long, and he had fallen asleep.
Well, her father had lived a life of luxury since he was born, with servants galore. How could he have ever lived like he has been doing recently, walking more than ten miles back and forth every day and getting up early to work in the dark?
Shen Moer curled her lips, thinking about what good things she should get to nourish her father. She fell asleep soon after thinking about it.
When I woke up the next day, I found that it had rained in the second half of the night. The ground was wet and the sky was still a little gray.
After Shen Shaoyuan went to the commune, Shen Moer went to Zhou Mancang's house and told him what happened last night.
Zhou Mancang was very shocked and angry. Not long ago, there was an incident of soap theft at the educated youth site, and now someone was prying open the door of Shen Laoqi's house in the middle of the night. It was obvious that they heard that his family had received 300 yuan and were thinking about it... If this goes on, what will happen to the atmosphere in their Yangliu Brigade!
Because he was busy going to work, Zhou Mancang asked Shen Moer to go back first, saying that the team would discuss it later and organize a meeting of all members to tighten everyone's belt. Of course, they would also organize militia teams to strengthen night patrols and resolutely not give lazy thieves any opportunity to take advantage.
Hearing him say this, Shen Moer felt a little relieved. Even though she was good at fighting, she didn't want to be on guard against thieves all day long, right?
After leaving Zhou Mancang's house, Shen Moer stopped by to take a look at her private plot. With the enthusiastic help of Aunt Chen and others, the vegetables in her private plot have grown up. They are green and growing vigorously. However, the weather is hot and there are many insects. Small insect holes have appeared on the leaves of the vegetables.
Aunt Chen and the others said that they could just get some 66% hexachloride to treat the insect pests. But Shen Moer heard that this thing was poisonous, so she didn't dare to use it and politely refused at that time.
But she couldn't just leave it like that, otherwise the vegetables would be eaten by bugs. She would have to find a way to exchange vegetables with others.
Shen Moer walked home with a frown on her face. When she was almost at the door, she looked up and saw a person standing in front of her house. He was tall and had long legs, a straight back, and eyebrows and eyes that looked like they were drawn. Who else could it be but Fu Mingze?
As soon as she saw the person, Shen Moer couldn’t help but smile: “Fu Zhiqing.”
Fu Mingze also smiled: "Comrade Shen Moer."
He handed over the paper he was holding and said, "The drawings are ready, see if they can be used."
During this period, Fu Mingze also went to the commune to ask Qiaojie for help, and carefully considered some vague details, striving to make sure that there were no mistakes in every link.
"Thank you for troubling Fu Zhiqing." Shen Moer took the blueprint with a smile and found that although it was only a small space of a few feet in the room, there were several blueprints, and they were drawn in great detail. "There are three plans?"
Fu Mingze nodded and explained, "There is no running water in the village, so flushing and drainage are a problem. Your home is close to the well, so you can install a water pump and connect some pipes, and it will be almost the same as running water. However, this solution is expensive and not very practical. It is better to carry water yourself. It is a bit troublesome, but it saves money."
"There is also the issue of drainage pipes. Currently, grey cast iron pipes are widely used in cities, and they are not cheap. Another solution is to build them with bricks and then seal them with cement."
After hesitating for two seconds, Fu Mingze said, "No matter which plan you choose, the cost may be higher than you think."
Shen Moer also heard it. Not to mention whether the cost is high or not, first of all, the water pump, gray cast iron pipes and cement are probably nowhere to be bought even if you have money.
The plan certainly cannot be decided in one go, and it will have to be carefully considered later. However, it is obvious that people have spent a lot of time and energy on this matter. Shen Moer thanked him repeatedly, and was thinking about what to thank him with when she suddenly heard someone calling her: "Moer, hurry up, go up the mountain to pick mushrooms!"
It turned out to be Aunt Chen and her group, a group of old ladies, followed by a few half-grown children. Each of them carried a basket on their backs or in their hands, and looked like they were going to go into the mountains to do some hard work.
Before Shen Moer could respond, Aunt Chen, who had come closer, saw Fu Mingze and greeted him familiarly: "Fu Zhiqing is here too, hurry up, borrow a basket from Moer and go up the mountain with us!"
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A trace of confusion appeared on Fu Mingze's handsome face. Before he could refuse, the other aunts started to persuade him:
"Yes, yes, yes, come with us up the mountain. It has just rained, and the mushrooms and wild vegetables are all fresh and tender."
"That's right. You educated youth are not good at farm work. Why don't you come with us to the mountains to pick mushrooms and dig wild vegetables? It's much easier. If you're lucky, you might even catch a rabbit!"
"Some of you educated youth have gone up the mountain, but you educated youth are not as knowledgeable as us old sparrows. We know best where mushrooms grow and where wild vegetables grow well in the back mountain. If you follow us, I guarantee you will harvest more than other educated youth!"
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The aunties really tried their best to trick Fu Zhiqing into joining them. Shen Moer saw with her own eyes how popular Fu Zhiqing was. She smiled secretly and went to get the bamboo basket and the basket. She carried the basket herself and handed it directly to Fu Mingze: "It's better to meet by chance than to invite someone. It's better to obey than to be respectful. Let's go, Fu Zhiqing."
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Fu Mingze didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still took the basket.
What the aunties said was right. He had originally planned to go up the mountain for a walk after delivering the drawings. Since he was going up the mountain anyway, he might gain more by going up the mountain with the locals.
A group of people marched towards the back mountain in a mighty procession.
Several middle-aged women had heard from Shen Moer that she had asked Fu Mingze for help in building the house. Now, as they walked, they listened to Shen Moer introducing the plan that Fu Mingze had helped to think of, such as the water pump and the gray cast iron pipes. They were stunned by what they heard.
In fact, most of them didn't understand, but that didn't affect their feeling that Fu Mingze was amazing. They lavished praise on Fu Mingze. Fu Mingze, who had such a high opinion of himself, was praised so much that his ears turned red.
Fortunately, we entered the mountains soon and the old ladies' attention was quickly diverted.
"Let's go to Pine Bay. I'm sure there will be a lot of mushrooms there."
"Okay, let's go to Pine Bay first, then turn back and go to the bamboo forest. We can get some mushrooms, wild vegetables and bamboo shoots."
Several old sparrows from Dongting Lake quickly agreed to go to Songshu Bay near Songshu Brigade first.
The old ladies walked briskly, leading the way, and the children followed closely behind, cheering and jumping for joy. Shen Moer and Fu Mingze looked at each other and also quickened their pace.
Although Songshuwan is closer to Songshu Brigade, the road from Songshu Brigade is difficult to walk. In addition, there are more mountains and forests on the Songshu Brigade side, and people are not willing to walk here, so this area is more visited by people from Yangliu Brigade. Of course, the mountain road is winding, and if you are not a local "old sparrow", you dare not walk so far.
However, this area does have lush vegetation and moist soil, which is very suitable for fungus growth.
After arriving at the place, the group of people quickly dispersed.
The others were either elderly or children. Shen Moer and Fu Mingze chose to give the flatter terrain to them and took the initiative to climb the steeper terrain, and then unknowingly they were getting farther and farther away from the main group.
"What the hell? I finally got reborn, but I can't even find a wild ginseng. Zhu Quezi found it near here in his previous life. How come it's gone?"
A voice suddenly sounded.
Rebirth.
Previous life.
Shen Moer noticed these two words keenly, and subconsciously slowed down her movements and quietly hid behind a rock.
As a result, when I raised my eyes, I met Fu Mingze's dark and clear eyes.
"Shh!"
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