Chapter 652 Fubao Arrives
In this era of low productivity, a strong man is undoubtedly the backbone of a family.
However, as the civil unrest caused by this locust plague continued to grow, many people lost their lives for various reasons.
Xu Laoer was very worried.
He is not a man who likes to use his brain.
From childhood to adulthood, he only needed to do most things with his hands. The brainwork was usually handled by the eldest Xu. As the third Xu grew older, he became the one who had to do the brainwork.
Over time, Xu Laoer became even less willing to use his brain.
But in this situation, neither Xu Lao Da nor Xu Lao San are here, so Xu Lao Er has to find a way to solve this problem himself.
But the problem is that it is not so easy to find a solution to this kind of thing.
“Second brother, second brother!”
Just when Xu Laoer had been frantic for days and couldn't come up with a solution, and his mouth corners were so irritated that blisters appeared, he heard his younger sister's cry.
"Am I hallucinating?"
Xu Laoer raised his hands and rubbed his ears vigorously.
But he soon discovered that this was not an auditory hallucination.
The fact is, Fubao really came!
"Little sister, why are you here?"
When Xu Laoer saw his little sister appear, he was shocked.
Fu Bao chuckled and said, "It's too boring in the capital city, so I came to play with you, second brother!"
"Looking to play with me?"
Xu Lao Er rolled his eyes and said, "I don't have anything here, what's fun?"
In Qiping Prefecture, there is really a lot of work to be done.
Although the civil unrest has been quelled now, the previous civil unrest destroyed all houses wherever it went. As the weather is getting colder, the housing problem needs to be solved as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when the weather gets cold and heavy snow falls, the cold will be enough to freeze people to death.
Xu Laoer has so much to do now.
"Just play around!"
Fubao would never tell his second brother that he came out to get some quiet time.
"Okay, then don't run around. If you go out, remember to tell me!"
Xu Laoer didn't believe his little sister's lies about being out for fun, but he was too lazy to expose her.
He has to use his brain for his own affairs, so how can he have extra brainpower to think about other things?
The reason why Fubao came to Qiping Mansion was that she was fed up with being pestered by her nephews and nieces. The two older nephews were relatively good, at least they were very obedient.
Although the five little nephews and nieces were obedient, they caused too many problems.
If one little doll is a book of 100,000 Whys, then five little dolls are definitely a book of 10 million Whys.
What’s worse is that sometimes, these five little nephews and nieces would turn into parrots.
If Fubao were a real baby, she might find it fun, but the problem is that she has an adult soul inside.
Faced with so many questions from the five little kids, and the occasional repeating of words, Fubao really couldn't accept it.
Helpless, she could only run here to find some peace and quiet.
As for why she didn't go to Longxi Mansion to find her father and elder brother, one reason was because the journey was far, and the other was because it was cold there.
In Fubao's opinion, Longxi Mansion, where snow had already fallen, was really not a fun place.
On the other hand, her second brother's place, although still in need of reconstruction, was still much warmer. Of course, the most important point was that according to the mineral resource map she had obtained, there should be hot springs in Qiping Prefecture.
The main reason Fubao came here this time was to find warmth.
In the cold winter, if you can find warmth and build a house there, your life will definitely be quite comfortable.
After arranging a team of guards for Fubao, Xu Laoer continued to think about the resettlement of the people in Qiping Prefecture. In order not to cause more trouble for his eldest brother and third brother, Xu Laoer did not ask them for help this time.
Fubao followed the markings on the mineral resources map, found someone to act as a guide, and began to wander around Qiping Prefecture.
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Finding hot springs is not much different from prospecting for minerals; both are very time-consuming and laborious.
Fubao thought her enthusiasm would last a long time, but in fact, her enthusiasm only lasted for a few days and she completely lost interest.
In fact, Fubao herself was not very sure that there must be hot springs in Qiping Prefecture. She just saw the symbols of several dormant volcanoes on the map and came here with a lucky chance.
But when she discovered that the so-called volcanoes were located among continuous mountain ranges, Fubao lost interest in continuing the exploration.
Although the mountains in Qiping Prefecture are basically green, these mountains are rarely visited by people, so there must be all kinds of ferocious wild animals.
Fubao still remembers clearly that when they were in Lingshui Village, the villagers went deep into the mountains to seek refuge and were attacked by a pack of wolves.
Deep in the mountains, especially in those places where few people go, there must be some ferocious and powerful wild beasts hiding.
Although Fubao is skilled and brave, and is protected by soldiers arranged by her second brother, she understands that some things really require caution.
If the news that she took the garrison soldiers into the mountains to look for hot springs spread, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the reputation of their Xu family.
As a person, you can’t be too selfish!
Having given up the idea of looking for a hot spring, Fubao slowly returned to his second brother.
At this time, Xu Laoer had already thought of a pretty good way to solve the problem.
Why doesn't he make use of the garrison troops on his side when there is no war?
What's more, many people in the army are bachelors. If they can take this opportunity to solve the marriage issue, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
So, Xu Laoer gave new orders to his soldiers.
Go and help build houses for those people whose homes are left with only the elderly, the weak, women and children.
When Fubao came back with his men, he saw his second brother and his personal guards building a house.
“Second brother, second brother!”
Fubao waved vigorously at his second brother.
Xu Laoer was building a wall. When he heard Fubao's call, he said a few words to the people next to him and then walked towards Fubao.
"What have you been doing these days?"
"I haven't seen you for a long time. What fun things are you doing?"
Xu Laoer looked at Fubao with a smile, and raised his hand to mess up Fubao's hair.
"Second brother, you can't do this!"
Fubao was speechless when he saw his second brother arranging people to help the people build houses.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Laoer was stunned, not understanding what Fubao meant.
"Brother, the weather is going to get cold soon. It's right for you to have people build houses, but the problem is, with your construction method, how many houses can you build when the weather gets cold?"
Fubao looked at his second brother with disdain.
(End of this chapter)
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