At the hour of You, the servants went to the public kitchen to bring back dinner.
In order to prevent people from taking advantage of loopholes to steal food from the public kitchen, Mingjingtang has a rule that all food cannot be taken out of the public kitchen and must be eaten in the public kitchen.
Of course, these rules do not apply to elders.
This was in their own fortress. The clan leader and the three elders were the most senior people in the clan and the backbone of the family. Naturally, the younger generations did not dare to include them in the rules set by them.
Especially since the patriarch and the three elders had just recovered from their illness not long ago, the tribesmen were concerned about the health of the two elders. Their meals were cooked by special chefs, and they used the best fine grains.
Thanks to their grandfather, Wei Xiyin and Wei Lang had dinner at home. After several months, they finally saw green vegetables on the table.
Bamboo shoots fried with pickled meat, shepherd's purse fried with eggs, and stir-fried fern.
This meal was very sumptuous. The dishes were fried with soybean oil, and they were shiny and looked very appetizing.
This soybean oil was made by Wei Xiyin when she was a child because she couldn't get used to eating watery meals.
It was then that Wei Xiyin realized someone was missing, and couldn't help but ask, "Why isn't Wen Kang here?"
Wei Ji said, "He was playing with the children of the fort. I just sent someone to look for him, and they said he had already eaten in the public kitchen."
Wei Lang ate his rice voraciously, and while adding more rice, he took the time to say, "Sister, this is so delicious."
Wei Xiyin looked a little sad and picked up some food for him, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Not talking while eating is basic etiquette.
Wei Ji saw this but didn't blame her. He sighed and put the last few bamboo shoots into his granddaughter's bowl. The world was difficult these days. As a noble family, the Wei family's grandchildren were born into a life of luxury. How could they be so happy even to eat a meal of wild vegetables?
After the meal, thinking that the brother and sister were tired from the journey, Wei Ji asked them to go down and rest without having to stay in the main courtyard.
Wei Xiyin did not refuse and returned to her Chaoxi Courtyard.
A dreamless night.
Early the next morning, Wei Xiyin paid her respects to her grandfather and then left.
The dock is now full of life and very busy. As soon as the sun rises, the guards are the first to walk out of the dock to clean up the zombies that wander around at night.
After it was safe outside, people began to walk out of the dock one after another and continued to dig the earth and build high walls.
When building a wall with earth, you must first wet the earth with water, use wooden boards or rafters on both sides of the wall as retaining boards to retain the earth, and then use a rammer to pound the earth to make it solid. Two people lift the rammer and pound the earth, which is called ramming the earth.
The advantage of this construction method is that local materials can be used, the process is simple, and the construction speed is very fast.
As for why it is necessary to go up the mountain to quarry stones, the stones are used for dry-laying at the foot of the wall to prevent it from being soaked and collapsed by floods on rainy days.
As for the area around the dock, the wall must be built first, extending from the entrance to the foot of the mountain, forming a safe passage up the mountain in the future. If more survivors are to be accommodated at that time and the dock cannot accommodate them, sheds can be built outside.
Wei Xiyin got up late after all. When she went over, she was told that her husbands had already gone up the mountain.
The young men have been following their tribesmen to open up new fields in the mountains these days. After a month, they have only opened up dozens of acres. In addition, the terrain on the mountain is uneven and there are various problems with the soil quality, so they need the help of the old farmers to find suitable land.
But after Wei Xiyin came back yesterday, Mingjingtang arranged the grain transportation and informed them that they didn't need to go up the mountain today.
She was slightly surprised and asked, "Didn't we agree to go out and transport food today? Why are we going up the mountain again?"
The transportation of grain cannot be delayed. Only when the grain is transported as soon as possible can all manpower be concentrated on the construction of the high wall.
"My lady, I don't know either." The servant replied hurriedly.
Wei Xiyin had no choice but to go out with a team of guards, intending to go to the mountains to check the situation and to soothe Chu Yinyangguiqiyu.
It is less than two miles from the fort to the foot of the mountain.
The single-sided high wall along the way has been built, which is six meters high. It is just waiting for the high wall on the other side to be built and enclosed to form a closed safe passage.
It is equivalent to building walls on all sides with the fort as the center, enclosing hundreds of acres of ancestral land. A main gate is set up in the wall, and high walls are erected on both sides of the path outside the gate, leading to the path up the mountain.
This way it will be very safe to go up the mountain in the future.
Wei Xiyin quickly reached Shangjiao and walked straight up the mountain.
The interior of Crow Mountain is extremely large.
She wandered around in the mountains for a long time but couldn't find anyone, and when she asked the guards beside her, they didn't know either.
The group wandered around but didn't find anyone. However, they found a lot of wild vegetables and bamboo shoots along the way. Wei Xiyin simply took the guards to dig wild vegetables.
"Wei He, why are you running? Stop him!"
"Whoa whoa whoa! This one's butting me, come help!"
"Hurry up, don't let them get away!"
Even from a distance, I could hear the noisy voices of the gentlemen.
When Wei Xiyin heard the noise, she hurried over with her guards. After turning around the jungle that blocked her view, she saw a group of people in a miserable state surrounding a flock of sheep.
The sheep's eyes were filled with panic, and they ran away in fear.
Wei Xiyin: “…”
God is so unfair!
Why did she encounter zombie sheep?
There were about dozens of sheep in the flock, and the gentlemen were short of manpower, so the guards rushed over to help.
A group of people surrounded and intercepted the flock of sheep, and it took a lot of effort to pin them to the ground.
Wei Li took a rope from the wooden ox and flowing horse that was loaded with farm tools and tied the sheep together to prevent them from running away.
Only then did the gentlemen have time to pay attention to Wei Xiyin.
Wei Li asked breathlessly, "Fifth cousin, why are you here?" He had just rolled twice on the ground, and his clothes were covered in mud, but he was completely unaware of it.
Wei Xiyin twitched her lips. "Let me take a look. The road for transporting grain has been cleared. The guards will be ready to set off soon."
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