After discussing a plan in the main room, Li Wu and Li Qiang immediately went out and loudly announced it to the people waiting in the courtyard.
To everyone's surprise, the response and cooperation were so positive that things progressed much more smoothly and quickly than we had imagined!
There are two types of patrols in the village. One is guarding the front and back gates. This requires sitting on the wall to keep watch. Needless to say, during the day, you must not doze off all night. Once you find anything unusual, you must immediately ring the gong to alert everyone in the village.
Few people can withstand staying up all night. Previously, the shifts were divided into the first half and the second half of the night. However, each shift used to be one person, but now, to prevent one person from dozing off, it has been changed to two people per shift.
The number of patrol team members remains the same, and the shifts are the same as usual. However, in the past, patrolling two or three times during a shift was enough, and most of the time one could rest. Starting today, that will not be the case. Each shift of people will have to move back and forth between each other during their three-hour patrols to ensure that any abnormalities in any place can be detected as soon as possible.
The downside is that it's more tiring than before, but the frequency hasn't increased. It only happens once every two weeks, and it's just three hours of walking, which isn't considered strenuous for men who are used to farm work.
Every household is doing well now, and even the Zhang Baldy and Fan Qian families have no shortage of food, so the project proceeded smoothly without any obstacles.
After the crowd dispersed, they chatted in twos and threes, occasionally letting out sorrowful sighs.
When Shuiqing returned home, she recounted the day's events during dinner.
Fan Jin looked at his young children sitting at the table and said gently, "We also need to strengthen our protection."
Hu Wenhua immediately agreed: "Okay! Tomorrow I'll take Feng Ermancang and the others to check and fix up any shortcomings here, and I guarantee it will be even stronger than the wall over there in Shanshui Village."
At the same time, a delicate figure came to mind. He looked at his sister and asked anxiously, "Sister, Jia, Uncle Ding, and Aunt Ding live at the very back of the village. If the bandits go around to the back gate, wouldn't they be in the most danger?"
Shui Qing had thought about this issue long ago. Today, as soon as she left the old village chief's courtyard, she told Qin Yilin to let the three of them move in with her.
Anyway, her family has many houses and a big yard. There is also an empty room in the west wing where the couple lives. If Jiajia doesn't like living with others, Yan Qiuxing can go back to Wanxia and the other two to squeeze in. That way, they can free up a room.
Qin Yilin agreed without hesitation. Why didn't she come over for dinner tonight? She went back to discuss this matter and pack her frequently used valuables.
However, she didn't want to tell Wenhua any of this. Sigh, as the older sister, she just wanted to see her younger brother's anxious look, so she deliberately said, "It's okay, Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding prepared a lot of itching powder, and they gave us quite a bit. Have you forgotten?"
Hu Wenhua's eyes widened, and her voice rose a little in disbelief: "Sister, that powder needs to be spread by people too. It's one thing for Uncle Ding, a grown man, to be in danger, but Aunt Ding is a woman after all. It would be so dangerous for her to rush in if she encountered bandits!"
Butcher Hu and the other grown men: ...What do you mean, "It's one thing for grown men to be in danger"? Does that mean men aren't in danger?
Shuiqing: ...Keep pretending, keep pretending.
Hu's mother, without any suspicion, said worriedly, "Especially Jiajia, after all, she is a young girl, her family is small, and it is on the edge of the village, so it is indeed a bit dangerous. Qing'er, do you think we should take them to stay with you for a few days?"
With more of us, we can look out for each other.
Hu Wenhua immediately nodded repeatedly, as if he had found a pillar of support. He looked at his sister, then turned to Fan Jin and asked, "Brother-in-law, what do you think?"
Fan Jin looked at Shui Qing with his dark eyes full of smiles, shook his head and said gently, "Wen Hua, you know that your sister is in charge of our family. As long as she agrees, that's fine."
Hu Wenhua had never thought his brother-in-law was useless before, but today he truly experienced it for himself!
They're so useless.
Equally useless, he turned to look at Shui Qing.
Before he could even open his mouth, he saw his sister burst out laughing, and he immediately realized that his sister was doing it on purpose!
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