Chapter 169 Finding a Suitable Place
Hong Hehua replied, "Yes, in Xingcheng, it's still autumn, it's scorching hot, but here I feel like putting on more clothes."
"In the past, it didn't start to get cold until October. It's only the tenth day of August now. I'm a little worried about how we can survive the winter." Grandma Qin worried.
Zheng Hui smiled and said, "So the village chief said that we must arrive before September, because if we are late the ground will freeze and we won't be able to lay the foundation or build a house.
"Look at the bright side. We arrived twenty days earlier, so we have more time. Maybe we can even build a bigger, more spacious house."
When they heard about building a big house, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up. Those who were originally working put down their work, came over, and started chatting.
"Can it be built bigger? In the past, the area in Qili Village was so small that every household had houses next to each other, and their yards were next to each other. If you spoke loudly, the neighbors could hear you.
Especially after we had more children, we couldn’t live in the house and had no land to build an additional room! I dreamed of having a big house.”
"Who wouldn't want to? My daughter and son are grown up now, so we need to have more rooms for them to sleep separately."
"I, I want to sleep in the house, not in the woodshed or the kitchen stove..."
When Shen Qing heard this, he looked over in surprise and saw the youngest son of Zhao Laoer speaking timidly.
She was confused for a while, unable to understand why someone was sleeping near the stove in the woodshed or kitchen.
Jiang Yu looked at his sister-in-law's confused expression, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and explained in a low voice: "It's like this when there are many people in the family. The girls squeeze together, the boys squeeze together, and those who can't squeeze together are separated to sleep in the woodshed.
There was no bed in the woodshed, so we just made do on the straw pile. It was cold in the winter, and the woodshed was drafty, so we would sit by the stove and take a nap. That was enough to get through the winter."
Shen Qing: ...What kind of suffering is this in the world? Thank goodness she was born in China.
"It's so cold here, I heard every household needs to build a kang, otherwise people will freeze to death.
If everyone sleeps on the kang, how long should the kang be? How big should the room be?
"Hey, we don't know how to build this kang or how to heat it, what should we do?"
"It's okay, it's okay. We have money, right? We can ask around in the city and hire someone with a good reputation. It shouldn't be a problem."
Speaking of money, the women felt a little relieved. Yes, it’s great to have money.
The women were chatting and the men were discussing something.
Shen Qing was enjoying the conversation on the women's side when Jiang Ying asked her to go to the men's side and make a decision.
Jiang Dalang thought so hard that his head went bald. He scratched his head and asked worriedly, "Sister-in-law, where do you think we should go to find a suitable place?"
They originally wanted to look everywhere, but Dad said that they couldn't just look aimlessly, and they wouldn't be able to find a suitable one even if they spent ten days or half a month.
But they are not familiar with anything and have no acquaintances to ask. How can they find it if they don’t look everywhere?
Dad was invited by Boss Zhao to discuss something, and they immediately thought of Shen Qing and hurriedly invited him to discuss it together.
Shen Qing is not a fortune teller, how can he know which direction is suitable?
But since she couldn't tell fortunes, there was another way. She asked, "What's under your nose?"
"Mouth." Feng Meng answered quickly.
He looked happy and wanted to be praised.
Shen Qing was speechless, but still gave affirmation: "If the answer is correct, then go ahead and ask."
Feng Meng looked bewildered. "That's why we came to ask you."
You can let him do the work, but he must not use his brain!
He gets a headache whenever he uses his brain. Maybe he can take a few doses of the medicine his aunt bought for Huo Bing... He deeply believes that his brain problem is even worse than Huo Bing's!
If it were any other man, Shen Qing would have let them think about it themselves. After all, the village chief didn't say it directly just to allow this group of people to grow - you can't let the old people make decisions on everything.
At least let them think about it before announcing the answer, and then analyze and summarize it afterwards.
But when he met Feng Meng, Shen Qing simply skipped this step and didn't waste time.
She said directly: "We originally decided to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to eat the water, but if we want to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, we can only rely on the mountains;
"Relying on the mountains is nothing more than hunting. The meat of the prey is sold to the restaurant, and the fur is sold to the wool material shop. Let's go to these two places to find out which mountain has famous hunters, and then ask about the location and how to get there. The walking distance should be about the same."
"If we go to the city now and ask around, we'll have enough time between noon and the afternoon to get a complete picture.
We've made inquiries and will set off on our separate journeys tomorrow morning, riding our donkeys. One or two days should be enough for the round trip. After we return, we'll each review the pros and cons and make a final decision. Within three days at the latest, the entire village can set off for the new village."
Not only Feng Meng was stunned by what he heard, but Jiang Datao, Jiang Dalang and a group of young men below him were all so stunned by what they heard that their mouths could fit eggs.
We are all human beings, so why do some people have such good brains?
"Sister-in-law, you are so awesome."
"Auntie, how did you come up with this idea? Please teach me."
"I want to learn too. No wonder my mother always says I'm a blockhead. Compared to my aunt, she's right!"
Shen Qing wanted to say, isn't this something that just came to mind? But then he remembered that these men used to just work in the fields, without any access to information, so it was normal for them to not think of anything when something happened.
"It's okay. You'll know when you think about it. Arrange someone to find out."
Many men nodded obediently and began to assign people.
Finally, there is a group of Jiang Xiangnan, Jiang Xiangbei and Jiang Xiangzhong;
Jiang Dalang, Jiang Daxi, Jiang Dabo, one group;
Zhou Sanshan and Zhao Bao are in one group;
The third group of people with good brains and eloquence were responsible for going to the city to inquire.
Tomorrow, Feng Meng, Zhao Hu, Jiang Datao, Jiang Xiangxi, Feng Xing, Feng Tao and others with strong physique and good legs will go to explore the way.
Before evening, the three groups of people who had inquired returned.
This time, Lian Jiang's second master, Granny Qin, Boss Zhao and others were all present, and they all looked serious.
"There are no mountains to the west and south of Jincheng, but there are mountains to the north and east. The mountains to the north especially stretch for dozens of miles, with no end in sight."
"And there's more than one, all connected together, rising one after another. They haven't been there often, so they don't know exactly how many there are. They just know it's deep in the mountains."
"Few people go there. There's a hunter named Lei who occasionally comes out to sell his game and buy some food to take back. He mentioned that the mountain is shaped like a gourd, so it's called Hulu Mountain, and the place where he lives is called Hulukou."
"It's said that it's a long way off. Even hunters with fast legs would need a whole day to walk up with their prey. In the summer, the prey will die in the heat and become spoiled and unsaleable.
In winter, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, making it impossible to pass through. People only come out more frequently in spring and autumn."
"But even with just these few months of selling, Lei Liehu is doing well. At least he can make a living."
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