Chapter 105 106. Divide the Land
Gaoling Village seems particularly peaceful under the setting sun, except for the occasional chirping of insects and the sound of flowing water in the creek that flows around the village.
People who have experienced drought find it very pleasant to the ear.
Although this place is not perfect, there is one thing about it: the sound of flowing water. I no longer have to flee from drought.
The only thing that made them feel a little depressed was the houses at the entrance of the village, which were obviously in a state of decay. The wood was worm-eaten and old and gray.
Many of the roofs were like a sieve, and in some cases the roof was invisible except for the rafters, with a few horizontal bars in between, like ribs on a skeleton.
"This is Gaoling Village. Those who are assigned to this village can stop here, and the rest of you can follow me." Li Yong nodded slightly at Gu Wenheng and continued to move forward with his men. He had to settle all these people before dark, as he didn't have much time left.
"This is too shabby. The grass is taller than me," Jin Qianqian once again lamented that her height of 1.65 meters was not even as tall as a weed.
"How are we going to get through this? There's enough grass for us to clear." Hong Xiaoya put her bag on the ground. "Will we be able to make it to autumn planting?"
"I don't think it will work," Li Cuicui silently calculated the time, "It seems that we can only plant some more cold-resistant plants this year. Let's just wait and see."
"Okay, don't sit here, we have to get familiar with this village before it gets dark, and then we can draw lots to divide the land." Gu Sanbu was relieved now. As long as he could settle everyone down as soon as possible, he could also unload the burden on his shoulders.
"There's not a single intact house here." After the whole tour, everyone felt even more disappointed. Even the largest ancestral hall in the village had collapsed for the most part.
"It's better to have something than nothing. At least we don't have to work hard to lay the foundation. When the time comes, we can work harder and lay more soil. We will have a place to stay first, and then we can slowly tidy it up later." Gu Sanbu turned and looked at Gu Shulin.
"You are now the head of our village. Hurry up and register the house so that everyone can draw lots and have a definite place to stay."
Gu Shulin found Gu Wenheng and asked him to accompany him to deal with the problem. After all, in the entire village, he and Gu Wenheng were the only ones who could read and write.
"Seventh brother's sister-in-law, where do you think we can get a share? I think those houses along the river are pretty good, but I don't know if we'll be so lucky." After being without water for such a long time, Hong Daya just wanted to be closer to the water.
Not to mention the convenience of getting water, when you grow crops in the future, you will also be able to irrigate them earlier than others.
Jin Qianqian, "Fifth sister-in-law, you are lucky, you will definitely get what you want."
"Thank you for your good wishes. I wonder if we can be grouped together so that it will be easier for us to interact with each other." Hong Daya looked ahead with a nervous expression. Now only talking could distract herself.
Jin Qianqian, "..."
In fact, I really don’t want to live by the water. The place at the entrance of the village and the place near the back mountain are both pretty good.
Apparently, Jin Qianqian's luck continued here, and the first house in the village was really in her hands as she wished.
The brothers of the Gu family were either in the village or behind the village. Li Cuicui, however, drew the lakeside house that Hong Daya had always dreamed of.
"They are too dispersed. Why don't you brothers find someone to replace them? How can this family be separated into several places?" Gu Dashi said to the brothers in a cold voice with a dark face.
Gu Wenheng said, "Dad, who would be willing to change? Besides, we are in the same village anyway. How far can we go?"
Gu Dashi, "You all want to get rid of us old couple. If we really reach the day when we can't move, will we be able to find you?"
Gu Wenheng hated it the most when he brought up the same old things. He was even more difficult to deal with than those shrews in the village. He turned around and looked at Li Cuicui, "Mom, do you think that we brothers are such people?"
Li Cuicui glanced at the wives who couldn't hide their joy and said, "I still trust you brothers. That's it."
The silent night sky and the decreasing number of people made everyone feel that this empty village was particularly creepy.
Everyone lit up one fire after another, but there was no joy in their hearts.
Looking at this village, although its location is much better than the previous mountain village, it cannot erase everyone's sadness of leaving their hometown.
No one knew who started sobbing first, but soon the cry spread from one person to another, and the whole village was filled with cries.
Jin Qianqian hugged her legs tightly, and her whole body was immersed in sorrow. She was also away from her hometown, and was truly far away from her relatives and friends.
When I thought of my relatives and friends who took good care of me, I couldn't help but shed tears.
Gu Wenheng looked up at the sky, stubbornly maintaining his dignity.
"Cry, cry everyone, after you're done crying, this place will be everyone's root from now on," Gu Sanbu stood up and looked at his people and villagers, "We must take root here and live a good life, only then will we be worthy of our ancestors who were left behind in their homeland."
“…”
Jin Qianqian looked at the half-collapsed house and had no interest in stepping inside.
Gu Wenheng cut off a long and thin piece of wood from the corner and knocked it here and there with the wood. Unexpectedly, two long worms really crawled out from the grass under the broken wall.
Gu Wenheng naturally wouldn't let it run around, so he swung the stick and hit it hard on the vital point.
Jin Qianqian curiously picked it up with a stick and examined it. "This thing is not poisonous. It must weigh at least two or three kilograms, right?"
Gu Wenheng had already experienced that Jin Qianqian was afraid of small insects, but at the same time she was inexplicably excited about this kind of long insect.
"Any ideas?"
Jin Qianqian, "Fifth sister-in-law is the best at this, why don't we ask her to help us process it."
Gu Wenheng also thought of the times he had eaten snake meat when he lived by the lake. "Then put the things aside first. I'll look for them. I'm afraid they have made their nest here."
Although Jin Qianqian was not afraid, she did not want to have anything to do with these things in the future, so she quickly found a long wooden stick and started knocking it around like Gu Wenheng.
"There are quite a lot of bowls in this kitchen. It seems that this was a family with a relatively large population in the past." Jin Qianqian carefully stepped over the broken porcelain pieces and cut down a small tree that had grown to half a person's height.
Gu Wenheng, "Looking at these walls, there must have been at least ten houses before. It seems we are lucky. If we clean it up properly, we can enclose a large courtyard."
"Then I guess the drawings I gave you before will have to be revised again, and the fence will have to be widened and enlarged. I want to plant some flowers and plants here, and use the backyard to grow vegetables." Jin Qianqian suddenly felt that there seemed to be problems with the previous design, and it seemed that it would have to be further revised.
"Okay! But for such a big yard, we probably need to raise two ferocious dogs. After all, we are close to the village entrance." Gu Wenheng also became interested in planning the house.
(End of this chapter)
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