Moreover, they will no longer be safe living here in the future. If they are targeted by people with bad intentions, they, two weak women, one old and one young, will have no ability to protect themselves.
After looking at the place where Xiang Wentian and the others placed the stones, Wen Jiuyue completely handed the decision-making power to Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu. She knew that Xiang Huaixin and the others knew more about these things.
What she had to do was to do her best to provide logistical support while also doing her job well.
When Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu returned, they put on the fur and leather coats that Wen Jiuyue made for them.
Wen Jiuyue had very skillful hands. She cut the tanned roe deer skin, stuffed it with a layer of cotton, and made a long cotton coat with blue wool Dacron as the lining and dark grey polyester cloth as the outer surface, which was somewhat similar in style to a military coat.
After putting it on, it didn't look bloated and was very warm, which made Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu reluctant to wear it. Finally, after Leng You's persuasion, they carefully put it on.
Leng You sighed as he watched the backs of the people leaving.
Years of hardships in harsh environments have not worn away their original aura, especially Xiang Huaixin, whose demeanor as a general is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
This is also the reason why, although the people of Daheishan Village are cold-hearted and some are vicious, they dare not bully the two of them too much.
Seeing that the clothes Wen Jiuyue was cutting under the kerosene lamp was another men's style, Leng You held her hand.
"Grandma Wen, Grandpa Xiang and Grandpa Bai now have coats to keep them warm, so they can hold out for a while. You should make yourself a coat now, too. Otherwise, once the snow stops, the temperature will drop sharply, and you won't be able to bear it with these clothes."
"No, no, my clothes are fine, I'm not cold. It's not too late to make your own after I finish making yours." Wen Jiuyue smiled and shook her head, and began to gesture as if she was preparing to cut the clothes with the scissors.
"No! You have to listen to me, otherwise what if you catch a cold?
You wait!"
Leng You jumped down from the kang, put on his slippers, ran to the cupboard, measured his height, then turned around and dragged a stool over.
He stepped onto the stool, opened the cabinet lid, rummaged around, and pulled out a piece of blue-black wool Dacron and a piece of light gray polyester.
"Youyou, Grandma Wen doesn't have to make it. Even if she does, just make a close-fitting cotton jacket." Wen Jiuyue waved her hands repeatedly.
"We have to make it, so we use these two pieces of cloth. The lining is made of wool Dacron, and the outer surface is made of polyester. They are strong.
Hmm... light grey will definitely look good on you."
Leng You forcibly put away the cloth spread on the kang and placed what she had taken out in front of Wen Jiuyue.
"Really not...Alas! You are such a stubborn child." Seeing Leng You looking at her stubbornly, Wen Jiuyue finally nodded.
"After making the coat, make the cotton-padded jacket and cotton-padded trousers. After making your own, make ours." Leng You emphasized again.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll listen to you, little thing!" Wen Jiuyue's nose felt sore. He rubbed Leng You's head and quickly lowered his head to pretend to tidy up the cloths.
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The days that followed were extremely busy.
Leng You and Xiang Wentian went to the county town every morning to sell either prepared medicinal herbs or wild game. After returning from the county town at noon, they went to the valley to dig medicinal herbs and hunt game.
Xiang Wentian proposed the reason why wild animals were not sold every day: firstly, he was afraid that if there were too many wild animals, Liu Dazui would not be able to sell them and the price would drop; secondly, it would easily arouse other people's suspicion.
This situation will not happen if you sell medicinal herbs frequently, because they are relatively rare species with good appearance. People may not eat game, but if they are sick, they must take medicine.
Even if someone asks about it, you can say that these were brought over by relatives from other provinces and you asked them to help sell them.
However, after selling medicinal herbs twice, Leng You and Xiang Wentian had already realized one fact, that is, selling medicinal herbs could make money much faster than selling wild animals.
As a result, the two of them spent more time digging for medicinal herbs and caught relatively fewer wild animals.
They were not worried about the problem of all the medicinal herbs being dug up. There were only two of them, and this deep valley, more than twenty miles long, was enough for them to dig for ten or twenty years.
While Leng You and Xiang Wentian were busy making money, Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu were busy collecting large stones.
Daheishan Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. There is not much else but plenty of stones. They don't have to go up the mountain to chisel. They can easily pick up stones suitable for building houses at the foot of the mountain.
Wen Jiuyue was in charge of the meals for these people at home. In her spare time, she would go down the mountain to help pick up or unload stones, and she would also squeeze out time to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts for everyone.
Amidst such busyness, the snow finally stopped, but a legend also happened in the village in the past two days.
Bai Changpu was invited by the Leng family to treat their illness again.
Last time, the Leng family members were very obedient and followed Bai Changpu's instructions and drank Coptis chinensis water for several days, until the whole family had to rush to the toilet.
The two children of the Leng family, Goushengzi and Xiaodanzi, seemed to be fine and had returned to their usual cheerful state.
But Leng Tiezhu's wife, Leng Shugen and Ma Dahua were still lying on the kang and unable to get up. However, they seemed to be in better spirits, at least they were no longer howling all night long, saying that ghosts were coming to catch them.
Leng Tiezhu had been the village chief for so many years that he had gained more experience and was much more able to withstand blows. Although he felt weak all over after drinking the Coptis chinensis water, he persisted and did not fall down.
Everything seemed to be going in a good direction, but unexpectedly, the "ghost in black with flames" came back again last night.
The snowstorm that lasted for a week finally stopped near dusk yesterday. At night, the moon, which had been hiding for a long time, also climbed out of the clouds.
The bright moonlight shines on the white snow, making the window look clean and bright.
These days, the Leng family only dared to go to the toilet together during the day. After dinner, they dared not go out again. They just brought the chamber pot into the house and solved the problem of diarrhea in the house.
When the family was watching the snow outside through the window, suddenly a familiar black shadow that had been engraved in every memory cell of their bodies flashed past the window.
Leng family: "..."
The whole group was nailed as if their acupoints were pressed.
With a "whoosh", the black shadow floated over again, and at the same time, a sound that seemed to come and go and was eerie was heard -
"Give me back my life...Give me back my life...Give me back my life..."
Leng family: "..."
My hair stood on end and I couldn't make a sound.
Then, a strong foul smell spread throughout the house.
In the east room, Leng Tiezhu's wife Shi Sanyue had already peed in her pants. Even Leng Tiezhu, who thought he was mentally strong, had lost all color and was shaking like a sieve.
In the west room, Leng Shugen peed in his pants, Ma Dahua defecated, and Goushengzi and Xiaodanzi both defecated and peed.
The only one in the family left was Leng Shugen and Ma Dahua’s eldest daughter, nicknamed Dadanzi, who was still staring with a pair of empty eyes, as if no one knew what had happened.
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