For three consecutive days, I, San Niu, have been so depressed that I feel like crying.
Just because of what he said that day, the children asked him what they ate at home?
San Niu said arrogantly, "I'm not telling you that we had pheasant soup at home!"
That noon, we had a sumptuous meal, including tomatoes with sugar and so many delicious vegetables that I had never seen before.
They were afraid he would say something inappropriate in front of the village children again.
Then, starting that afternoon, he was taken by his mother, Li Sanya, every day.
She even threatened him, demanding that he stay by her side at all times.
Otherwise, you'll just have to wait to drink wild vegetable porridge every day, the kind that doesn't even contain black flour.
Little San Niu pouted, on the verge of tears. He could eat meat now, and sometimes even white flour porridge, so why did he have to drink only porridge made of wild vegetables? It was so unfair!
In order to eat good food, he had no choice but to go up the mountain with his mother to dig for wild vegetables every day.
Every day I would watch my older brothers go to school with envy, and follow my friends up the mountain to raid bird nests and hunt rabbits.
They came home and chattered about interesting things.
At these times, he would stare at his mother, Li Sanya, with resentful eyes.
Li Sanya shot him a glare, and Xiao Sanniu immediately lowered his head timidly, picking at his fingers.
Everyone knew about this, and they found it amusing to see the aggrieved Xiao San Niu, but no one spoke up for him.
Even his loving grandparents wouldn't speak up for him.
Li Lanzhen has been constantly running up the mountain these past few days.
First, they threw the lotus roots from the spatial lake into the Forget-Worry Lake, and miraculously, the Forget-Worry Lake was covered with lotus flowers the next day.
This has attracted people of all ages from Forget-Worry Valley, who are now marveling at the scene by the lake.
Village Chief Zhao glanced at her and said.
"Lanzhen, look, we can eat lotus root in winter, right?"
Li Lanzhen chuckled and said, "I think so!"
Seeing the lotus root thrown into the lake grow lotus leaves and bloom lotus flowers so quickly, Li Lanzhen was secretly delighted.
Unable to prepare it properly, they also threw lotus roots into the pool below the waterfall.
This time it wasn't so fast. A few days later, emerald green lotus leaves unfolded on the surface of the pond.
Ten days later, one lotus bud after another emerged from the water.
Anyone who comes to the pond to wash vegetables or fetch water will stop and watch for a while, praising it with admiration.
Han Minghai knew that Li Lanzhen liked flowers. When he was digging for wild vegetables and cutting down trees in the mountains, he would dig up any pretty flowers and plants he came across, along with the soil, and plant them on both sides of the cave.
On both sides of these caves, all kinds of beautiful flowers and plants were planted.
The people in Forget-Worry Valley, mainly women and children, followed their example and brought back beautiful flowers and plants to plant on both sides of their caves.
Seeing that his sister liked flowers and plants, Li Xishui made flower pots of various sizes from scrap wood. Some of them were made from wooden blocks, hollowed out in the middle to become unique flower pots.
Moreover, there were simple patterns carved on it, which Li Lanzhen liked very much. She transplanted some beautiful flowers and put them inside, thinking that she could put them in the cave in winter. When she opened her eyes, seeing the bright flowers would make her feel much better.
In the Valley of Forgetfulness, there are only two things to do now.
One thing was to take good care of the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and vegetables in his family's private plot. In his spare time, he would go up the mountain to forage for wild vegetables and fruits, hunt, and in short, stockpile everything edible.
Another important thing is that every household is preparing materials to build houses and yards.
The men went up the mountain and cut down all the dead trees. If they couldn't find any dead trees, they would choose some large trees that could be used to build houses or make furniture, cut them down, and bring them back.
They also had to prepare stones for building the house and laying the foundation, which were slowly transported down the mountain and piled up around their cave.
The village committee has stated that the cave appeared in front of their house when the house was being built.
Fortunately, the terrain in front of the cave where they lived was relatively flat and solid, so the foundation for building the house would not collapse.
The village committee informed everyone that they should prepare as many materials as they wanted to build their houses, and to prepare them in advance and dry them as needed.
When Li Lanzhen and her family finished dinner, they sat down to chat and talked about repairing the house.
Li Lanzhen knew that the area in front of their caves was relatively spacious.
He picked up a stick and started drawing on the ground.
"Everyone, take a look. I want to build a house like this. What do you think? Is it okay?"
He was drawing and talking at the same time. What he drew was a three-courtyard house with a cave at the back used as a storeroom.
The yard was very large, and she explained to everyone step by step how many rooms there were, what the rooms were for, and how high the yard wall should be.
In the yard, it's clearly stated where to plant vegetables and what kind of tree to plant.
Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that the house and yard were indeed nice and wanted to build the same house as her.
"Sure, we can build them all the same way, and they'll be quite close to each other."
As Li Lanzhen spoke, she turned to her mother and said, "Dad, Mom, let's open a moon gate between our two courtyards. That way, we can just walk through the moon gate instead of leaving our gate and entering yours. That would be so much more convenient."
He saw his two older sisters looking at him expectantly.
Li Lanzhen chuckled and said, "Our caves are a bit far apart, but when we build the courtyard walls, we can make them next to each other, sharing one wall between two families. We can make the walls a little wider and thicker, and build a moon gate on top of each wall so that we can visit each other."
Gou Dan also looked at Li Lanzhen with eager eyes.
Knowing that I had no relatives with Lanzhen's grandmother, I didn't say anything. However, he longed to have a moon gate opened in the middle of the courtyard wall so that he could go to Han Yinan and Da Niu and pass through.
Li Lanzhen chuckled and said to Gou Dan, "Gou Dan, do you want to open a moon gate along with Grandma and the other families?"
Without hesitation, Gou Dan said, "I want to make a moon-shaped brick wall in the middle of the wall between my house and Grandpa Zhang's. Grandpa Zhang, is that okay?"
Zhang Deshui laughed and said, "Why not? I'll open a moon gate for you. You can come visit whenever you want."
Li Lanzhen felt that she didn't know if it was her good fortune or the original owner of the body who was fortunate enough to have met such good in-laws; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to live such a chaotic life.
The original owner of this body was an exceptional person, but Li Lanzhen doesn't want to be one!
I came here simply wanting to live a peaceful and happy life!
Zhang Deshui arranged all the work in the fields for Li Lanzhen and the other families.
If there's too much weed in the field, he'll tell everyone after dinner.
This has become a habit for Li Lanzhen and the others. Every day after breakfast, they sit down and talk about what they have accomplished that day, the interesting things that happened, the troubles that occurred, and what they need to do the next day.
Let's share the happy moments together, discuss the difficult issues together, and plan the things to do the next day together.
Now even the children at home are used to the meeting procedures. They went from being shy and stammering at the beginning to speaking confidently and clearly now.
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