Doomsday foresight

Thirty family members have increased again this year. Both Victor and Zhang Cheng lived together at Jinxi’s house with their wives. Adding a baby is a very pleasant thing. It would be even better if grandma didn’t nag a few words about marrying a daughter-in-law. .

Speaking of which, Jinxi's family is closer to Ye Jing and Zhang Hui's relatives, but Wei Ke and Zhang Cheng are now considered their family members, so they still act as their husband's family.After the two got married, things were a little different from before. If both of them belonged to rootless duckweed before, now they are completely rooted in the village.People in the village no longer treat them as outsiders when they hold meetings. They used to be somewhat polite, but now they are all gone.

"So don't look at the enthusiasm of the villagers on the surface, but they are actually very defensive." Zhang Zhong felt that the villagers felt helpless about his slight change in mood.

"Maybe the clan in Yejia Village is relatively powerful, and there is some reason why people with foreign surnames marry people from this village." Jin Xi shrugged.

"xenophobic."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Especially now.

After the second day of junior high school, the village began to move. They had no way to wait for the snow to melt before repairing the fence.

According to the estimate, they will build a wall of at least 4000 meters, and there will be more than 1000 acres of land inside the wall. This land is not all the land of their village. Such a long wall can only enclose a small part of it, and they cannot enclose any more. The larger the area, the more difficult it is to defend. If the food on these lands grows normally, there will be enough food to feed the whole village and there will be a lot of surplus.According to the design, there was originally a low-lying land in the field, where excavation was required to dig out a fish pond and draw running water from the river dam. The location of the fish pond is good, basically in the middle of the field, so as to provide water for irrigation , but also raise some fish.

In the end, the entire village grew into a rectangle measuring 250 square meters and 750 meters wide, with about 250 acres of land, [-] acres of housing, including reserved land, [-] acres of ponds, and the rest being cultivated land.The villagers' houses are in the north, and a large area of ​​cultivated land is in the south.

This project is absolutely huge, Jinxi and the others were a little surprised when they saw the drawings, because this project is like building a city.Although it looks a bit crude.

Uncle Six asked people to nail the planned construction drawings on the wooden board.The pictures made by Vic on the computer are very encouraging to the villagers, who yearn to have such a home.

The people in the village divided into two groups and went to the mountain to cut trees. There were not many mature trees on the east mountain, so they went to the northern forest to cut down the trees. The number of trees needed was relatively large. The men all took axes and sawed and went to the northern forest. In the 60s, there were several forest farms on their side, and everyone went to the mountain to cut trees. Later, the mountain was cut down bare, and people were called on to plant trees and afforestation, just like reincarnation.However, after this felling, they don't need to plant them again, and small saplings will grow out soon.

The remaining people in the village dug the foundation. According to the design, a 1.5-meter-wide wall foundation was dug. After the wood was transported back, it was carbonized and driven into the foundation.The space between the two rows of logs is filled with soil.The wall is four meters high, and it can't be any shorter. When Jiang Chen thought of the big bear he met back then, he wished he could raise the wall to ten meters. At present, he can only do this. However, according to the plan, if the weather is warmer next year and he has time They will continue to repair the wall, and they can use cement and stone to build another layer outside.Little by little, build up the wall.

Jiang Chen and the others didn't get much gasoline, so they had to save some of it. The permafrost digging machine was used to dig holes according to the location. The gaps between the pits had to be dug manually, which was not easy.

"Go and help Sixth Uncle and the others to draw lines." Seeing that Jinxi's forehead was covered with frost, Jiang Chen took a towel and asked him to wipe it off.

"It's okay. I can dig." Jin Xi touched his face.

"You'd better listen to Brother Jiang, you're really useless here." Ye Ke had a sneer on his face.They divided the land into sections, and Jinxi did it too slowly, obviously his strength was no longer able to compete with other people in the village.

Jin Xi rolled her eyes, stuck her shovel into the mound, and left very depressed.

Jiang Chen glanced at Ye Ke, "You're quite strong, so this section is all yours." After speaking, he walked forward with a shovel in his hand.

"Hey——" Ye Ke looked at the road ahead of him, opened his mouth and remained silent for a long time.

Ye Qiu patted his shoulder with a sullen smile, "By the way, Ye Ke, didn't you see anything?"

"What?" Ye Ke was puzzled.

"Sometimes, he says yes, but you don't. Think about it yourself." After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he went to his place to dig the soil.

Jinxi also knew that she couldn't work hard enough, so she wasn't particularly angry. According to what Jiang Chen said, she went to find the sixth uncle. The sixth uncle and the others were measuring the pond. The pond was divided into nine ponds for the convenience of catching fish. A few mu of land is set aside on the north side of the pond to build a square and houses here, because those women have already lived in the brigade headquarters. tear it down.After discussion, everyone re-divided the place, and finally chose this place. If you look closely, this place happens to be the center of the land inside the wall.Building squares here, just right.

The nine ponds have to be separated by a certain distance and connected, and the soil in the ponds just builds the city wall.

The wall was repaired for a month and a half. In this weather, this kind of project ended in a month and a half, which is already very fast. After the wall was repaired, the children in the village liked to run to the wall to play.Although it is made of wood and mud, it is very strong, with an inner height of four meters and an outer height of five meters, and a width of 1.5 meters. The ground is paved with stones. This kind of wall at least blocks most animals.

As time entered late March, Jiang Chen wanted to find cattle, sheep and livestock, and went to the northwest grassland.It's just that the trip was delayed by a heavy snow.

The night before Jiang Chen and the others were going to set off, it snowed quietly outside. Maybe God took care of it. When they were repairing the wall, there was only a clear snow, which had no effect on them.This time the snow was a bit heavy, and the next day grandpa couldn't even open the door when he went out.Jiang Chen had to climb out of the window, it was pitch black outside, and the snow flakes were too big like cotton wool.

"I'll take a look at the back, Company Commander Zhao and the others should be buried." Jiang Chen put Xueqing in front of his house, put on his coat and went out.

"Wait, I'll go too. Many families in the village should have been buried." Jin Xi hurriedly took his coat and hat.Jiang Chen opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything but helped Jinxi put the scarf on.He understood that Jinxi wanted to do something for the village. Jinxi was a little frustrated when he built the fence a few days ago. His strength was indeed a little weak on the construction site.

The two went out, first passing through the brigade headquarters, the door was half covered by snow.The two went over to clean it up, knocked on the door, and after a while the door opened, it was Liu Ye.

"Xue blocked the door, ask someone to clean it up, and I'll call someone over to clean the roof later." Jiang Chen took Jinxi away after speaking.

Liu Ye was stunned for a moment and looked outside, there was so much snow, "There is no need for people to visit the house, we can clear it ourselves."

Jiang Chen waved his hand without looking back.

Liu Ye rolled her eyes behind his back, "Jealous husband." She muttered softly.

"Da Bao and this willow leaf are getting a little close." Leaving the brigade headquarters, Jin Xi said to Jiang Chen.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chen asked strangely.

"I think Dabao may like Liuye a little bit." Jinxi hesitated before saying.

"It's not good, Dabao is not too young, he should have a companion." Jiang Chen didn't feel that there was any problem.

"How can this work?" Jin Xi reacted a little strongly, "How can they be together?"

Jiang Chen stared blankly at Jin Xi, "Why can't they be together?"

Jin Xi shook her head, "You know Dabao—he doesn't understand such feelings, and their being together, whether it's for Dabao or Liu Ye, isn't necessarily a good thing." Jin Xi didn't know what to say.

"But it's not necessarily a bad thing." Jiang Chen patted Jinxi on the shoulder, "Don't be too sensitive, in fact, Dabao is much better now, he is just a little naive now, he can't understand some complicated things, other things he Just like a normal person. Naturally, he can marry a wife and have children."

Jin Xi opened his mouth, and after thinking for a while, he said, "But Dabao might be hurt like this. There are some things I don't want to say, but how could a normal woman like it—" Jin Xi waved her hands with a slightly displeased expression.

"Okay, don't be nervous." Jiang Chen put his arms around Jinxi's shoulders, "I understand what you mean, you want to say that Liu Ye may have other purposes for being nice to Dabao, and I'm afraid she doesn't really treat Dabao well?"

"Yes." Jinxi shook her head, "And even if she is sincere, there will be many problems for the two of them to be together. I have never thought about Dabao's relationship problems. He has always maintained that state before, and it is impossible to get married. Yes. Now he looks fine, like a normal person, I also hope that he can have a complete life, but I am afraid that he will be hurt."

"What are you afraid of? Aren't you and I here? We won't let him get hurt. If Dabao really likes Liu Ye, then let the two of them be together. Do you think Liu Ye can do anything under our noses? ?” Jiang Chen didn’t realize how difficult this was.

Jin Xi shook his head, "That's not fair to Liu Ye, if she doesn't have that kind of thought, how can we force it." He felt that he was particularly contradictory.

"What is fair, what is unfair, in this world now, the strong are fair." As time went by, Jiang Chen's thought that the fittest should survive and the strong should be respected became more and more intense. If it wasn't for Yejia Village, if it wasn't for Jinxi Around him, perhaps he will not be as peaceful as he is now. These days, Jinxi treats him differently than before. He seems to avoid him in front of people. He no longer always sits with him as before, or is rarely alone. Knowing what Jinxi may have understood, that's why he was like this, in the dead of night, looking at Jinxi's sleeping face, he would always think, if he is strong enough, no one dares to refute him, will they be able to be together openly .

Jin Xi frowned, "Why do you think so?"

Jiang Chen looked at him and smiled, "It's nothing." After finishing speaking, he helped Jinxi wipe the snow off his hat, "Okay, don't worry about yourself, and look again. Maybe you read it wrong." He knew something about him Don't let Jinxi know about his thoughts, otherwise Jinxi will hide further and further away.