Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 223 223 Could the patriarch also have this idea?
A group of more than fifty people from the Qu tribe came, five carts and dozens of camels.

Fortunately, the houses in the city have been repaired and tidied up these days, and an inn is ready to be opened, so it is not a problem to accommodate these people.

Xiao Qi and Jin Yu went to meet these people early in the morning, while Mu Yu received jade stones and camels delivered to his door.

Yes, in addition to the three carts of jade, the Qu people also sent four camels, two males and two females, saying that the jade and jade mines were gifts from the patriarch, and the camels were the wishes of their people.

It has to be said that this camel was sent to her heart. She has been collecting all kinds of poultry and livestock to raise, but she has never raised a camel.

So she was not polite, and only said that she would treat them to a good meal in the evening, and that in addition to the [-] catties of grain that had been promised long ago, she could give them some extra good grains.

The envoy thanked again and again, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

This night, chickens and sheep were slaughtered, there was enough food, and the food was wanton and enjoyable.

……

Few people from the Qu tribe have ever entered the city. They usually trade with familiar merchants on the edge of the desert. Most of them have traded outside Huangsha City before, looking at the tall city wall from a distance.

They are very wary of people outside the desert.

Mu Yu asked this question when chatting with Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi said at the time that their ancestors did not live in the desert at the beginning, but because they were persecuted by outsiders, they had to escape into the desert. Since then, generations have lived in the desert, and their ancestral training is to be wary of outsiders.

Vigilance and vigilance are ancestral teachings, but curiosity is instinct.

After entering the city, I found that these people were very friendly, and their patriarch highly respected them, so I relaxed a lot and wanted to look around in Huangsha City.

Mu Yu didn't refuse their request, so he got Xiao Wu and one of her guards to lead them around the city, not going to private places.

Xiao Wu was the smartest and immediately agreed.

After turning around in the city, the surprised and excited faces of the Qu people were better than Xiao Qi and Jin Yu before.

Indeed, the people of the Qu tribe, who have lived in the desert for a long time and lived in an oasis supported by only a little water, were shocked when they saw seven or eight wells, a moat passing through the city, vast fields, and a large area of ​​grain that was about to be harvested. of.

Although these are not very special things in other cities.

On the night of the third day when the Qu people arrived in Huangsha City, Xiao Qi came to the inn to discuss matters with everyone.

"I discussed with Jinyu that we won't go back for the time being, but stay here for a while. Take two children back and let my mother and the clan elders take care of them together."

The clansmen looked at each other, and some were obviously dissatisfied, but most of them acquiesced.

"Patriarch, you have to go back with us. It's been almost two months since you came out. Everyone is worried about you, and we can't live without the patriarch!"

"Yes, Patriarch, come back with us!"

"Okay, since the patriarch has decided, we will naturally obey. Besides, the patriarch just said to stay for a while, and didn't say that he couldn't go back."

"That's right, there are still clan elders in the clan to support them, and there is no need to defecate, so the clan leader must go back and make decisions."

One after another, people spoke up for Xiao Qi with reasons and evidence, but soon the other party stopped talking.

Seeing that they were quiet, Xiao Qi said the second thing.

"The [-] catties of grain and [-] catties of grain seeds that Miss Mu gave us have been prepared. You can set off for the Huiqu tribe tomorrow. I have already written a letter about the use of these grains and grain seeds. It will be handed over to the clan elders when the time comes." .”

The response to this question was much more enthusiastic than the previous one.

"One shot is [-] catties of grain seeds, Miss Mu is so grand!"

"Is this kind of grain the same as the ones grown in Huangsha City? They can both germinate and produce such big ears?"

"I think they can harvest more than 200 catties per mu of land here, but we can get [-] catties! There has been a lack of water in the past two years, and the harvest per mu of land has not even reached [-] catties. Sigh..."

"Our car can't hold so much food..."

Xiao Qi listened to their words and helped them answer.

"The grains are the same, and what they can grow depends on the conditions of the water source in the field. In short, it will not be worse than before.

It is true that our cart cannot carry so much grain. Miss Mu is willing to lend us a cart and horse to transport grain for us. She said that she wants us to fill it with jade from her jade mine and send it back. "

"It's fine! It's not a big deal! We'll just send it back when the time comes."

"a piece of cake."

Most people have this reaction, but there are also clever people who start to guess based on the previous ones.

If the patriarch and his wife don't leave, they must not only stay here for fun, they must have other ideas.

Send the jade back again, and then it will be another contact.

Then I connected with what someone said before, "The conditions here are so good, it would be great if I could live here..."

Could it be that the patriarch also had this idea?

The Qu people live in the desert, and they have to migrate every few years, because the oases and water sources in the desert are limited, they can't stay in one place to completely exhaust the vitality there, they can only live between several oases Rotate and wait for other oases to recover.

But this is not easy to operate. For example, this large-scale drought will cause all oases to decline, leaving them nowhere to go and no new footholds.

In addition to natural disasters, there are also man-made disasters, competition from other tribes and so on.

Although the Qu clan is a big clan, it is not much better than those small clans.

When the drought started, they had already sent many people to find new oases, but they all returned disappointed. Within the range of their activities, there was no such place. After all, the drought is large-scale and cannot exist. unaffected places.

Now that the drought has passed, the places outside the desert are gradually returning to life, but there is no big change in the desert, which makes them worry about the future.

If I can move to Huangsha City, although emotionally it is difficult to leave my homeland, but in order to survive, I have to say that this is a very good choice.

But these people waited and waited, but Xiao Qi didn't say anything about it.

The impatient person was about to test Xiao Qi's meaning, but was stopped by others.

Xiao Qi saw it, but he didn't ask anything, he just told them to rest well and set off tomorrow.

……

On the way back, Jinyu asked, "They seem to have something to say, why don't you ask?"

Xiao Qi gathered her collar and said, "I don't ask, because I know what they are going to say, but now is not the time to talk about it."

"When did you say that? Stay in Huangsha City?"

"You guessed it?"

"It's hard not to have this kind of thinking. There is such a good place with such a group of kind people. Qi Lang, we can exchange the jade mine for the opportunity for the tribe to live here. This place is very large and accommodates the Xiaqu tribe. "

"Being kind to us is not because they are kind people, but because of Miss Mu's face.

If the owner of the city is Miss Mu, of course I would like to talk to Miss Mu about this matter, but the person who really has the final say in Huangsha City is not Miss Mu.

As for that general, I don't think he is a good partner, I can't risk the whole Qu clan. "

(End of this chapter)