The reason they escaped unscathed last time was mainly because they caught the enemy unawares, and also because the mandrill was too arrogant. That method only worked once, not twice. I'm afraid Hulu Mountain will now have to tighten its control over the food in the kitchen.
Su Qi said she also wanted to go to Hulu Mountain. "Bei Heng, take me with you. You know how convenient it is for me to go."
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Gu Beiheng: ...It is indeed very convenient.
"Someone needs to keep an eye on this mess at home."
"Don't worry about what Yingyi and the others are doing. I have given instructions as well as everything they should have, and the kang in our yard has been built. The next step is for the villagers to build kangs for the villagers. I have already told Yingyi to set up a Mengjiazhuang kang-building team.
From now on, you will be charged for setting up a kang in other places.
It would be a considerable profit. Sixty percent of the money would go to the kang owner, twenty percent would go to us, and the remaining twenty percent would go to the public office of Mengjia Village.
Later, we will use the money to build a school in the village and improve the living environment of the villagers. ” Su Qi told Gu Beiheng her decision. She had already discussed it with the Meng clan leader and Meng Lizheng.
This public money is supervised by three parties, and the money is also kept by Su Qi. The other party is a few other surnames in the village and Qian Daru's family.
"Okay. I'll let Zeng Wuming put aside other things for the time being and focus on taking care of Dabao and Erbao." Gu Beiheng thought for a while and made a decision quickly.
After discussing, the two decided to set off tomorrow.
Gu Beiheng hurried to the front yard to find Yingyi and the others to discuss the deployment of defense while he was away from home and the progress of the project.
Two caves have been dug in the back mountain.
The cellar in the backyard is even connected to the back mountain. In the future, it will not only be a cellar but also their secret base.
The charcoal is also being burned in an orderly manner.
No one seemed to be affected by the fact that the charcoal could not be sold. Meng Dachui was completely focused on making charcoal. After being influenced by Meng Dagui's thoughts, he believed that any decision made by Su Qi was correct.
Su Qi came to the small kitchen, and Xia He had just made some dried meat. Ever since Xia He was asked by Su Qi to make dried meat once, she fell in love with making these foods.
"I can try this dried meat with this spice. It tastes pretty good." Xia He said to herself. She cut the dried meat into small pieces with scissors and placed them on a plate.
I excitedly picked up the plate and went out to find someone to try it.
"Madam, why didn't you tell me? I was almost scared by you." Xia He took the initiative to bring the new flavor of jerky to Su Qi and smiled. "Madam, please try the new jerky."
Su Qi picked up a small piece and chewed it carefully. "This is the goat meat that Yingba went hunting in the mountains two days ago."
"Well, I removed the meat from the bones and made it into dried meat. Madam, this kind of dried meat is easy to carry. But it cannot be preserved for a long time." Xia He couldn't help but eat another piece.
"Don't worry. I have a way to preserve it longer."
"Bei Heng and I will be going on a long trip tomorrow. We'll jerky-coat all the game Mu Guang and the others brought back. You can give the bones to the villagers who went hunting. Then give them some brown rice, coarse flour, and beans."
"I understand. Will Dabao and Erbao go with us?" Xia He asked after thinking for a while.
"They stay at home. Bei Jing and Bei Ting will take care of the affairs in the backyard. If you don't understand something, you can ask Aunt Gu." Everyone in the Gu family's courtyard called Gu Xiuming's mother Aunt Gu.
Gu Xiuming’s wife is called Sister-in-law Ming, and Gu Xiuting’s wife is called Sister-in-law Ting.
"I understand." Xia He bowed and walked out with the plate.
Su Qi went into the cellar.
Only she, Gu Beiheng, and Ying Yi knew about the cellar under the main house. After Su Qi went in, she put a lot of food and warm items in the space.
She wanted to clear out some items from the space.
Only when we get to Hulushan will we have a place to purchase more.
After all, they have more than thirty bandit dens. Thinking about the upcoming large-scale purchase, Su Qi felt a little headache. Could the space be bigger?
Unfortunately, the space ignored her.
The cellar was partitioned into three rooms, larger than the original one.
Su Qi placed a step-out bed, several wardrobes and cabinets in the innermost room.
A complete set of tables, chairs, and benches were also put out, as well as a desk and an antique display cabinet.
A beautiful big vase and a screen that looked very valuable were also taken out.
These were the items Su Qi had collected from the Duke of Ru's Mansion before.
There are also two step-out beds in the room next door, which are for the two little ones, Dabao and Erbao, as well as Zeng Wuming and others.
Tables, chairs, benches, desks, wardrobes and large cabinets are all neatly arranged.
Even quilts, sweaters, and cotton-padded jackets, as well as basins for washing faces and buckets for washing feet, were taken out in large quantities.
Su Qi looked at all this and clapped his hands in satisfaction, "Even if the snow outside is heavy, it won't be a problem to live in this cellar." He took out two more night pearls and embedded them in the wooden grooves left on the cellar wall.
Su Qi turned off the flashlight in his hand, and the cellar was as bright as day.
After arranging everything neatly, Su Qi made sure that nothing was left out before leaving the cellar and returning to the house.
The yard next door was temporarily unoccupied, so Su Qi took the key and went to the yard next door. There were some sundries piled up in the house inside, and Su Qi came to the last row of houses.
The last row of houses is similar to a warehouse, with rectangular rooms inside and a particularly large space.
She brought out many of the servants' ordinary wooden beds, tables, chairs, and benches, as well as bundles of coarse cloth, wooden barrels, basins, and water jars.
Taking it too hastily.
Su Qi was almost buried in the middle.
Su Qi touched the invisible sweat on his head. The woman was still crazy about taking things.
I almost couldn't hold her.
Su Qi took a look and saw that there was some empty space in the space, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
She came out and changed the lock.
In the middle room, he placed some coarse grains and farm tools. These farm tools were collected from the other courtyard of the Duke of Ru's mansion. After all, it was a farm, so there were more farm tools.
After finishing these things, Su Qi returned home.
Gu Beiheng has returned.
"Qiqi. Did you go to the next yard?"
Su Qi blinked, "I moved some of the things in the space over there. They were beds, tables, chairs, and food like coarse cloth and rice for the servants. I thought that even if there were any major changes in the weather during our absence, they would have a temporary solution."
Su Qi remembered that the extreme weather should have occurred before the Spring Festival.
At that time.
They should have returned from Hulu Mountain.
"Did you put it in the backyard too?"
Su Qi shook her head. "We only released us and the children. Should we release some more in the back mountain?"
Gu Beiheng knew that Su Qi wanted to clear the place, so he immediately put his arm around Su Qi's waist. "Let's go now."
Gu Beiheng took Su Qi out from the back door and they came to the foot of the mountain. After walking through the woods for a while, they came to an inconspicuous old tree.
Gu Beiheng pushed aside the roots of the old tree, revealing a hole next to it.
Going down from here is a hollowed-out cellar. This cellar was not dug this time, but was discovered by Gu Beiheng accidentally. He asked Ying Yi and a few others to connect this cellar with the backyard.
The original hole was blocked again, and Gu Beiheng chose an old tree to make a new hole.
"Qiqi. Put the things here."
This cellar is simply a big hole dug into the mountain. It is warm in winter and cool in summer and very dry.
Su Qi put all the rice and various grains harvested in the villa into the cave.
Finally, bundles of coarse cloth, a large amount of oilcloth, tables, chairs, benches, servants' clothes and cotton coats, various types of shoes, water tanks, and toilets were brought in.
The stove for cooking, ordinary charcoal, various pots and pans, and wooden shelves for placing things were all put out.
Inadvertently, even two pieces of Shoushan stone from the garden of Duke Ru's Mansion were released.
Gu Beiheng stared at the Shoushan stone for a while, "How did you get this thing? This stone looks a little familiar."
Su Qi said stubbornly: "All stones in the world are the same."
Gu Beiheng shook his head and walked around the Shoushan Stone. He looked at Su Qi thoughtfully, "You said you wanted to go to the Su family that night, but it seems you went to the one next door.
I was just saying this stone looked so familiar.” Gu Beiheng pointed to a mark on the stone and chuckled, “When I was a kid, I was very naughty. Gu Beichen and I would often sneak into the garden of the Duke of Ru’s mansion.
Back then, the relationship between the two families was pretty good. Li Xiangfei and I each found a place to pee. I loved peeing on this stone, and I even carved a mark with my dagger.
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