Infrastructure masters in the red building

"Third Master, there is a message from the wife, and the nanny told me to come to you immediately!" Fuya's clear and clear childish voice sounded behind Jia Fang.

Jia Fang had no choice but to look away from the direction of Daoxiang Village reluctantly, feeling a little flustered in his heart—couldn’t there be no chance to explore the secrets of this garden if we don’t choose an auspicious day?

Since Jia Fang led the team to start work, it has never rained in the capital.Such good weather conditions allowed Jia Fang's team to progress very smoothly, but the increasingly severe drought also made people gradually worry.

Therefore, Jia Fang decided to change the earth well at the "village entrance" of Daoxiang Village into a deep water well.After all, this well will serve as the main source of drinking water in the Grand View Garden. Deep water wells have the advantages of not being affected by the pollution of the shallow water layer on the surface, and having stable water quality and quantity.

Unexpectedly, it is difficult to hire craftsmen who can drill deep water wells in Beijing.After finally inviting them, they said that they only had three days to work, and they had to go to another house as soon as they finished drilling the well.

Jia Fang chatted with the craftsmen who dug the well once, and finally learned the specific details of the drought near Gyeonggi:

It turned out that the drought in many places in the north began at the turn of spring and summer last year, and many places had poor harvests last summer, and the worst ones only harvested [-] to [-] percent of the grain.The drought that lasted until winter made it impossible for farmers to sow winter wheat, and the harvest seemed to be a failure.

"The rich families in Beijing are also rushing to dig deep wells, so as not to have difficulty in drafting water this summer!" Well diggers explained the reason why they have been digging wells continuously in Beijing recently.

Jia Fang asked curiously: "Didn't it just rain heavily at the beginning of this year? If that's the case, can we plant another crop of spring wheat in time, so that the harvest won't fail."

The well digger sighed and said, "Master, you only said this in the capital city. The torrential rain at the beginning of the year only fell near the capital city. Recently, many refugees from the north have come outside the city, saying that their place The rain has not been seen, and this year's harvest is already a certainty... Speaking of the northern harvest, even if the spring wheat is replanted in the Gyeonggi area, it will be a dead harvest in the future."

Hearing what the craftsman in front of him said, Jia Fang originally wanted to ask why, but suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he asked in surprise, "Could there be... a plague of locusts?"

The well digger nodded solemnly, and said: "In years of severe drought, locusts are the most likely to appear. When the locusts come together, a cloud of black clouds will cover the sky and cover the sky. Wherever they go, there will be no grass left..." He While speaking, the muscles on his face trembled, as if he was recalling the horrible scene he had seen before.

"Look at the number of refugees outside the city. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, who would leave the land and flee with their families?"

Jia Fang nodded his head and sighed: "That's right!"

"Like a villain, although there is a rice bowl in Beijing, and the whole family has something to eat, but when the grain price in Beijing rises, all the savings have to be filled in their stomachs." Jing Jiang shook his head and said, "It's just a matter of living."

Speaking of which, the craftsman got up to continue working, obviously he was in a hurry to finish the errands in Ningguo Mansion.He glanced at the newly leveled fields in front of Daoxiang Village, and said with a wry smile: "When I first came here, I was really shocked when I saw the land reclaimed in your garden - I thought that the old man's family needed to plant land to save the famine. It's over!"

When Jia Fang heard it, he could only laugh a few times along with him.

He kept the original style of Daoxiang Village and tried his best to keep the original rural style of Daoxiang Village.But just relying on the few fields in front of Daoxiang Village will not be of any help to "relieve the famine" - such a small area, even if Grandpa Yuan Longping came in person, it would be useless.

To put it bluntly, the village in the Grand View Garden is just the ideal village for scholar-bureaucrats, a paradise for them to escape from the mundane world.This Daoxiang Village has nothing to do with the suffering of the world, nor can it help anyone affected by the disaster.

Jia Fang thought about it for a while, and then sighed—the feeling of having nothing to do is really uncomfortable, but he is also really helpless.

The only consolation is that the scenery of his Daoxiang Village has entered its heyday: now the hundreds of apricot blossoms near Daoxiang Village are just like the spouting fire and steaming clouds. extreme.Let people see, can forget a little worry.

Jia Fang has led people to renovate Daoxiang Village:

The loess courtyard walls around Daoxiang Village have been rebuilt by workers using the method of "block building", and only rice stalks are used to cover the top of the walls.The beams and columns of several huts in the village have been re-strengthened, the decayed beams, doors and windows have been replaced, and the roofs of the huts have been replaced with new ones.

The ground in the thatched hut is slightly raised, covered with flat terrazzo slabs, and the partitions in the room have also been replaced with good wood.The only thing that remains the same is the "Picture of Misty Rain" hanging in the middle of the main room and the couplets on both sides.Jia Fang personally replaced the Ru kiln flower pouch in front of the central hall with freshly picked apricot flower branches, which instantly brightened the entire main hall.

From the outside, Daoxiang Village has basically been completed.But sanitation facilities and cooking equipment are not up to Jia Fang's standards.So Jia Fang will live in his small courtyard in Rongguo Mansion sooner or later, and only stay in the Grand View Garden during the day.

That evening, the workers who repaired the garden had already left one after another.Jia Fang checked the inside and outside of Daoxiang Village by himself, and after confirming that there was no open fire, he closed the courtyard door and came out.

Earlier, Jia She said that he would take him to drink and meet friends in the evening.Jia Fang is not very keen on this kind of thing, but he also greeted Sun and Fuya in advance. He may return late and ask Sun to help him stay.

It was dusk now, and the hundreds of apricot blossoms near Daoxiang Village looked like a sea of ​​deep red flowers in the twilight.Seen from a distance, the apricot blossoms are indistinguishable from the peach blossoms. For some reason, Jia Fang remembered the "Peach Blossom Spring" he had recently reviewed①: "...Suddenly came across a peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps across the bank, and there were no miscellaneous trees in it. The fragrant grass is delicious, and the falling flowers are colorful..."

As soon as he turned around, he saw lights appearing in Daoxiang Village behind him again—it was that kind of warm and soothing light.

This is the third time that this light appeared in front of Jia Fang, the first time he saw it, Jia Amnesty pulled him away.The second time, Fuya came to look for him at the order of Sun Shi, and with the voice of the people, the light disappeared naturally.

So this time, Jia Fang quickly returned the same way, pushed open the courtyard door, and returned to the main house of Daoxiang Village. Also brightly lit.

"Fei Changfang couldn't help feeling lovesick,"

"Female Fushi can't make up for Lihentian."

Jia Fang recited it in a murmur.

In front of his eyes, the mist and rain in the "A Picture of Misty Rain" seemed to be moving.The ink-and-wash dyeing all over the paper seems to be flowing clouds and mist, and the warm light seems to be in the depths of the painting, faintly inspiring Jia Fang's heart.

"When the water source is exhausted, there will be a mountain. The mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Let the boat go in from the mouth..."

Jia Xin was in a daze, and like the fisherman, he walked in the direction of the light.

"Being extremely narrow at the beginning, you will be able to understand people. After walking dozens of steps, you will suddenly become enlightened..."

Jia Fang walked through an extremely narrow dark passage, and the further he walked, the more he felt his heart beat faster, and he felt fear, but he couldn't restrain his curiosity.

After walking dozens of steps, the eyes suddenly opened up.

He was in a courtyard, but it was no longer the courtyard of Daoxiang Village.

Jia Fang stepped forward and carefully opened the courtyard door——

"The land is flat and open, and the houses are just like the mulberry and bamboo in the good fields and beautiful ponds. The traffic on the rice paddies, the chickens and dogs hear each other. Among them, the planting, the men's and women's clothes are all like outsiders..."

Jia Fang seemed to be in a dream, he forgot to be surprised.

The scene in front of him was almost exactly the same as that recorded in "Peach Blossom Spring".

In front of you is a large expanse of land, surrounded by mountains in the distance.There are cottages between the fields, and under the twilight, the smoke from the kitchen is curling up, giving it a peaceful and beautiful appearance.

Jia Fang stood there dumbfounded, stunned for a while, then remembered to reach out and rub his eyes, then reached out and patted his face twice to make sure that he was not dreaming.

My face hurts...it's not a dream.

He turned his head quickly and looked at the courtyard behind him. The architectural style of the courtyard was distinctive, and it was very similar to the Jia's Ancestral Hall in Ningguo Mansion, but smaller in scale.There is a plaque hanging on the main room in the courtyard, with the three characters "Xianliang Temple" written on it.

Jia Fang woke up suddenly, remembering the couplet in Daoxiang Village, "Fei Changfang shrinks endlessly to lovesickness"—he suddenly became clear in his heart, Fei Changfang has a shrinking whip, and has the spell of "shrinking the ground into an inch".Does this mean that the few dozen steps he took just now have allowed him to travel hundreds of thousands of miles to a distant and strange space.

Jia Fang couldn't help flapping his nose, took a deep breath, he already clearly felt the huge difference between this place and the capital.The air here is moist and very warm. Jia Fang was wearing a jacket and a cotton jacket over it. He quickly took off the jacket and put it on his shoulders—he couldn't wear it.

Until now, Jia Fang felt that his heartbeat was gradually calming down, and found that his ability to accept was amazing: he accepted the unimaginable things so quickly? !

Maybe this is the instinct of the time traveler. He has even experienced such a big thing as time travel.

At this time, the dusk was getting darker, but Jia Fang had already forgotten about Jia She's invitation.He quickened his pace, trying to find a few local people and ask what kind of territory this is.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't gone far, when he suddenly heard a shout from a distance: "Be alert! Outsiders are coming from the village!"

Immediately after this sound, there was a rapid sound of gongs and drums, followed by the sound of countless footsteps, accompanied by the light of the torch, rushing towards Jia Fang from all directions.

The people who came came armed with torches, sticks, kitchen knives... and occasionally a few sets of bows and arrows, and instantly surrounded Jia Fang.The shiny arrow in the archer's hand was aimed at Jia Fang for a moment.