Zhao Wei's return naturally made his family feel a lot more at ease.
The family sorted out the things he bought and found that most of them were food.
For example, melon seeds, sugar, tea leaves, loose cigarettes, etc.
These things are mainly used to entertain people who help build the house. This is the custom in their village. The host just needs to give some hot tea to those who help from morning to night.
If you meet a generous host who occasionally gives you some sweet snacks, that would be a wonderful thing.
As for eating and drinking, one would have to wait until the house was completed before one could enjoy them.
After all, we are all poor, and we can only survive these days by relying on the mutual help of neighbors.
If we ask for money for everything like we do in the future, it would lack human touch.
That night, Zhao Wei did not go up the mountain to hunt again. He was busy giving himself the third injection.
This time, Yunxiu had already learned her lesson and would not yell foolishly again.
He just turned his back to Zhao Wei, curled up in the quilt, and didn't dare to look any more.
Zhao Wei's body was covered with red spots at this time, and it was very painful to treat them with a sewing needle.
After the acupuncture, he did not stop. The medicine jar on the stove began to swell with gas.
This was the medicine he got from a barefoot doctor at the market. It only cost him one dollar to get it. The dose was large enough to last for seven days, and it was much cheaper than the pills prescribed by the doctor in the clinic.
As for the efficacy of the medicine, we will have to wait until he drinks it to know.
Medicine always tastes bad, but compared to being a loser, the bitterness is nothing.
When he came onto the bed with a smell of drugs all over his body, Yunxiu was quite nervous, mainly because she was afraid that Zhao Wei was not serious.
However, nothing happened as expected. Zhao Wei was very well behaved and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Yunxiu was led by his rhythm and soon fell into a dream.
However, this time, her frown relaxed for a rare moment.
The next day, Zhao Wei got up while it was still dark as usual.
He picked up a tin kettle and put it on the fire to boil water, and he himself had already started to get busy.
Because there were so many people and the weather was cold, a lot of firewood was needed, so he went to the mountain and chopped a lot of firewood.
These firewoods are specially found dry firewood and cannot be left in the open air, otherwise they will be difficult to ignite.
They hurriedly built a temporary wooden shed for storage.
There are so many things to do that I wish I could split myself in two.
By the time he had lit four or five bonfires in the yard, the villagers began to arrive one after another.
Yunxiu had already gotten up, picked up a tea bowl and some tea, and poured hot water for everyone one by one.
Some drank it, some didn't.
After everyone gathered around the fire to warm their hands and feet and chatted about some meaningless nonsense for a while, the day dawned and they started to work.
On a snowy day like this, the soil is frozen, and it takes a lot of manpower to break it open.
But there is no other way. Where can we find an excavator in the countryside?
Just do it. We are all farmers and we usually do this hard labor.
Zhao Wei was not idle either. He picked up a hoe and rushed to the front.
He used to make a living by hunting with his grandfather, and had never done farm work. When he first started swinging the hoe, he felt a little awkward and was often laughed at by the villagers.
"Brother Wei, can you do it? This hoe is not played like that! You need more practice!"
"Tsk tsk... How can a grown man not even catch up with a woman? You look so awkward... Even my 70-year-old mother can beat you!"
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Zhao Wei didn't say much, he just observed the men's actions, then imitated them and continued to do what they did.
After working a lot, I found several blisters on my hands.
After all, the original owner was a lazy person who only cared about eating and doing nothing. His body had never been polished, and his hands were more delicate and tender than a woman's.
However, he did not stop. He just tore off a piece of cloth, wrapped the wound, and continued to work.
Halfway through, when everyone else was warming themselves by the fire, he was still working.
When others go home for dinner, he is still working.
Villagers came and went, but he kept working like a tireless robot.
Inspired by his enthusiasm, everyone felt reluctant to slack off and started working hard.
When I really can't bear it anymore, I'll just smoke a cigarette while warming myself by the fire and say a few obscure dirty words to relax.
As a result, the progress of the project was greatly improved.
In the evening, when the villagers left, Zhao Wei felt a little sorry and specifically told them that he would make some broth tomorrow to nourish everyone and asked them to come earlier.
When everyone heard that there was something delicious to eat, their originally listless bodies instantly perked up and they all said they would bring their own bowls.
A few enthusiastic ones were even willing to send their own large iron pots.
After all, feeding dozens of people is not enough with just one pot.
These men would be fine if they didn't eat, but once they do, they are like bottomless pits and their appetite is astonishing.
Zhao Wei wasn't afraid of them eating it, because it was all soupy food. He just replaced the sugar water with meat soup, which was enough to fill them up.
That night, he went to the forest and continued hunting.
This time I wasn’t so lucky. I encountered some large wild animals but no humans.
The mountain was so empty and desolate, as if he was the only person left in the world.
Fortunately, he had set a lot of traps and caught a wild rabbit and a somewhat ugly pheasant. People say that roosters are beautiful, but this one looks like a female.
Apart from that, after wandering around for a long time, I didn't gain anything.
Zhao Wei walked around again with his hunting rifle in hand, somewhat unwilling to give up. When he was hesitating whether to go deeper into the mountain, he suddenly heard the sound of gravel rolling down from the rocks nearby.
Zhao Wei subconsciously looked for cover and hid himself in a safe place, then looked towards the scene of the incident.
There was only a dark shadow there, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a human or an animal.
The thick snow in the mountains can reflect light, but you can only see about 60% to 70% of objects.
He was very patient, just waiting for the shadow to move.
But some wild animals could not remain calm any longer, and in the silent forest, a slight snoring sound was heard.
Just when Zhao Wei thought that the two were going to fight, he saw the black shadow jumping down from the rock and making a shrill human voice.
It turned out to be a person, a woman who was cornered by a wild beast.
Looking at the height, it is about seven or eight meters.
Fortunately, there was deep snow below, so if you fell down you wouldn’t die, at most you would be disabled.
The beast above growled a few times, but finally gave up and left.
The woman who fell down lay there quietly, and there was no movement for a long while.
Zhao Wei approached cautiously and pushed with the butt of his gun.
"Hey...are you dead? Breathe!"
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