[Comprehensive] Be with Ancient Celebrities

Time goes by so fast, even in the mountains, even if you are busy every day, you can't stop the passing of autumn.But fortunately, day after day, even if the manpower is a little less, but the accumulation of bits and pieces, the results are not bad.On the southwest steep slope, three layers of bamboo horse-repelling posts have already been laid, and the high and low spikes are inserted obliquely outward. guaranteed.

What is even more reassuring is that in the bamboo shed under the cliff to the west, a goat, a wild deer, and four pheasants have become the winter food reserves for this small camp.And that number is expected to continue to increase.This makes everyone look forward to life in the mountains.

Looking at the original stone seam, there are five long bamboo houses on the west side, and three bamboo houses on the east side of the stone seam. The thick three-layer bamboo is covered with a layer of mud. Bamboo, straw, and a layer of mats not only prevent rain and snow, but also keep heat and heat, so you don't fear the cold and heat.

On the opposite side of the five rooms, at the intersection of the southwest steep slope and the south stone wall, under a big bamboo shed, there is a tall pile of firewood. The kang made of adobe bricks can be used for seven or eight days if it is burned every day, which shows how many there are.Next to the firewood is a thin two-story bamboo hut, which is the kitchen.There is also a large water tank outside the kitchen room, which has been filled with stream water.

As for the original stone crack?This can’t be wasted anymore. Anyway, the walls were built with mud and fences, and it can barely be regarded as a house, so now it’s a place to store food. In addition to a large tank, there are a few jars and a few bamboos. The cages made are all piled up with food-related things.

It only took half a month to clean up this barren place where no livestock came. It can be said that this is the result of the best efforts of these fourteen people, big and small.But even so, it doesn't mean that they will be able to spend the winter with peace of mind in the days to come.

Look, right now Ayu and Uncle Fushou are taking stock of food and worrying about it.

"No matter how hard you use it, this salt...it's barely enough to last ten days. After all, we have three meals a day, and the cost is really high."

Uncle Fu Shou's frown is so frown that it can kill flies. He is really worried. The food he eats is still okay now, not to mention the amount of meat, even wild vegetables and mushrooms. There is also a rattan box. Get some vegetable soup for the big guys, and you can mix it until the beginning of spring, but this salt... people don't eat salt, where does the strength come from, they want to hunt... (Crack, in fact, most of you are surrounded Turning around the trap, I really can’t tell what kind of hunting it is.)

"I'm still going to buy it."

It's not that Ayu has never thought about looking for the places where the animals replenish their salt, but he was so busy here that he really wished he could have four hands, and he couldn't spare time to find this.Second, here is not a place that lacks salt, so it is not a waste of energy and time to use this method.So, after procrastinating and procrastinating, it has reached the point where I have to buy it.

"Well, I'll go tomorrow morning."

Uncle Fu Shou is also a decisive person. If he decides to buy it here, he will set the time there.It's just that Ayu, the person who went here, has objections.

"Let me go, just to see if there is anyone I know, and ask about the recent situation."

Having been here for such a long time, Ayu has basically never seen outsiders, so he finally had a chance to communicate with the outside world, and he also wanted to go out, at least he wouldn't let himself be blocked by the news, right?Although he knew very well in his heart that even if this place would not be considered as an important place for war in the next few years, the Northern Wei and Shu Han would be the focus of the war. No less.

So Ayu felt in his heart that for the sake of safety, it was necessary to live in this mountain and build a relatively stable and trouble-free resident.It is also necessary to pay more attention to the progress of current affairs.As for the old house next to the official road... While Soochow is still there, the land deed he added can also be used, so let's not worry about it.

"You go by yourself? How can it work? You are the head of the family. If there is something... How can I go to see my ancestors. No, absolutely not."

"I won't go alone, Uncle Fushou, I'll go with Ping An, or you and me? Anyway, just go with two people. The place here is still safe now. Keep the gate, and we will leave for a day or two. It's okay, what do you think?"

If it's at the bottom of the mountain, it's really not a problem. If there is something to do in a day, it's just a matter of going down the mountain, right? But here to buy salt... Judging from the last time I went down the mountain, I almost don't need to think about it. To go to the town in the south to make it happen, that would be... a full three days.Wait, what did Mr. Lang say about two days?

"Going down from the southwest, I've figured it out, how can it save two hours compared to going southeast, if we travel faster, don't take the official road, and pass through the village and the forest to the south, It can save more than an hour. If you calculate it this way, you can go to the town at night, stay there for one night, buy it early the next morning, and then come back quickly. Do the calculations, can it be done in two days? "

Hey, it's okay to say that, but this southwest... Uncle Fushou couldn't help but come out from the cracks in the stone, looked and looked in the direction of the southwest, he was a little uncertain, so he didn't say anything about the steep slope, just Here's where...

"I checked when I placed the horse-rejecting post. The place is narrow and long. Although there are some footprints, most of them are passing by. There are no beasts' lairs. In addition, our horse-repelling post now occupies less than half of it. It is much more secure now. It should be all right. But the forest near the village is still a little uncertain, but I remember that the villages there seem to raise silkworms. If so, the forest may have more mulberry trees. Such a forest There are not many wild beasts, so naturally it is unlikely that any bandits will gather."

As an old ghost, it is in his bones to be prepared, and his analysis ability is almost full of skill points, so, when he was building the house, he had already thought about the way in and out of his place several times in the future.No matter whether he was going to the southeast or southwest, he had already found several footholds for a one-day journey for his possible escape journey. Where do you think it can be bad?It's almost impossible to draw a topographic map directly from the memory in my head.

Hearing what Ayu said, Uncle Fu Shou began to nod while making calculations, and said with certainty:

"Indeed, if you don't tell me, I'd have forgotten. There is really a mulberry forest over there. In the early years, several servants of Xie's family picked some from there. I heard that it was a poor family in the village over there. I planted it myself. The silk of that family is quite famous.”

Look, even Uncle Fu Shou remembered it. Although after such a turmoil, whether this poor family is still there, or whether this mulberry forest has an owner is hard to say, but there is such a familiar place, it is The timidity of not following the official path was gone.

"Well, I will go with Mr. Lang tomorrow morning. After all, the other boys are still young, so they may not be able to deal with something."

What's so small, Ayu is not too bad, but it's just that the father always takes the dirty, tired and dangerous things on himself first, and Ayu can't stop him if he wants to go. After all, it's the master's house. It's also reasonable, then this son of his own is naturally unwilling to take any more risks, always thinking that if the luck is really bad, there is something, at least these two boys can protect the young man of the second room, so that the whole family will not be lost count on.

Needless to say, Uncle Fushou's thoughts, Ayu also knew it clearly, so he just smiled and nodded:

"Okay, just follow along. Tomorrow, I will take those wild boar skins to sell. Those things are not good for making clothes, and we don't have the ability to make boots. It's better to exchange money. Besides, the current price of salt... we I don't know what it is like, if possible, I might as well buy more, so as not to worry again and again."

This is a serious matter.Speaking of which, Ayu's hunting ability has now completely overwhelmed everyone. Although they are all rabbits and goats, they are not good leather, but there are a lot of them. Almost everyone can get one or two. The masters even had four sheets for each of them, and they were made of sheepskin. With their young stature, it was enough to make a leather robe for each of them. Maybe there was still a little left over to sew on the knees of the trousers to keep warm.

Other people, like Uncle Fu Shou, although they don’t look like much, they are still warm when sewn on the lining of old winter clothes. Such good clothes may not be available even at the foot of the mountain in the past, when the family is still rich. of.What do poor people in this era wear in winter?They are all grass wadding, reed flowers, stuffed into jackets for the winter, and some people even weave grass into clothes and put them on the outside to keep out the wind.From this point of view, Ayu is really charitable to Xia.That's why, Uncle Fushou and the others are so loyal to children like Ayu and the others. Even because of this, they speak more and more closely now, without the restraint and distance they used to have.

"Mr. Lang is becoming more and more promising now. In the past, he was only good at reading and reading, but now he is both civil and military. No one in the nearby ten miles and eight villages can find a second one. Now even our servants have received your help. There is also a leather jacket to count on. I used to think of it. If I tell it, I don’t know how many people will die with envy. I remember that the poor man over there seems to only have a big rabbit fur coat in winter.”

Speaking of this, Uncle Fu Shou couldn't help but glanced at the crack in the stone again.Full of smiles and contentment:

"If it weren't for Mr. Lang, we wouldn't be able to save so much meat. I figured it out. Even if we eat these jerky every day, we can eat them for more than a month. These days... oh, If it weren't for such a chaotic world..."

"You are forcing again, aren't you? If it weren't for such a troubled world, we live at the foot of the mountain, how could we think of begging for food on the mountain? If we don't come to the mountain, how can we practice such a stretching hand? Without this skill, this leather can How come? It’s still just relying on the fields to barely eat enough.”

If so many were said by A Yu with such a smile, Uncle Fu Shou would also be amused, and said with a grin:

"That's true, I think it's simple. Hey, sir, if you say that... isn't this what you said last time? It's the so-called cause and effect, the so-called one drink and one peck."

"That's how it is!"

To be able to say such philosophical words from a thick man's mouth gave Ayu a sense of accomplishment.Ayu, who lacked spiritual life, was just preaching casually, not thinking that even though Uncle Fu Shou was just a servant who was a slave in the era, he knew better than some scholars in this regard.Sure enough, the truths that I have experienced in my own life don't need to be taught, but they can also be deeply understood.

"Brother, brother, why are you here? By the way, I picked up a lot of tree roots today. You see, they are all the kind you said are easy to burn. Tell me, do you still light the kang today?"

Here, Ayu and Uncle Fu Shou were talking lively, and Qin Run, who had just followed the women to gather firewood, saw it from a distance, and trotted over in a hurry.Holding up his own pannier, he looked like he was begging for praise.

Ten-year-old Qin Run's parents died early, but because he has been living in his uncle's house and was raised with the blessing and love of Ayu and his son, although he is sensible, he still hasn't lost the lively nature that children should have.Although he has just experienced the hardships of fleeing from a refugee, now that Ayu can stand up and start a family, for him who regards his elder brother as his father, naturally there is no pressure.Work is still active, but the heart is still bright.

Looking at such a younger brother, Ayu can't help but think of Yang Guo, Xiaobao, and the dog in Yitian. Compared with them, this kid is really lucky and rare.So Ayu can't help but raise him like a son.

"Yes, the choice is good, let's burn it in a while, why are you still sleeping with me tonight?"

"Well, brother, you can teach me another book, I can read and write a few days ago."

Children who want to make progress are always worthy of praise and support. My younger brother loves to learn, so how could Ah Yu not teach?After several lifetimes of accumulation, he attaches great importance to the inheritance of knowledge.There is such a person who is willing to learn, Ayu can only be happy.

"Okay, I'll explain it to you again tonight. Go ahead and make the room warmer so you don't freeze your hands."

"Oh, I'm going right now."

He said he would go right away, but Qin Run still put most of the firewood in the back basket into the pile of firewood first, and then turned back to the house. Ayu nodded his head when he saw the order.Not only him, but Uncle Fushou also smiled when he saw it.

"Mr. Xiaolang is becoming more and more sensible. It's great, we have two more scholars in our family..."

With such a nostalgic tone, Ayu didn't want to talk, he knew who Uncle Fushou was thinking of, it was his dead father and the second uncle who died early.Those are the miserable people in troubled times.It is the dust swept and crushed by the tide of history, it is the sad cannon fodder that will never be seen in the history books...