Pastoral Jiaoyi's mother and father are here

Chapter 175 Crazy Animals (Part [-])
Gu Xiangsi helped everyone identify weeds, medicinal herbs, and wild vegetables, and did not leave the fields until noon.

In the afternoon they were going to talk about building a reservoir. In addition to building dams to enclose reservoirs like lakes and ponds, Gu Xiangsi also wanted to have someone build a pool to store water from the sky, a large pool.

Because this year's drought does not know what the drought will be like, if the water level drops seriously, there will be no enough reservoirs such as lakes and ponds.

Therefore, in order to prevent problems before they happen, it is still necessary to build a pool.

Even in ancient times, there was no cement, and it was difficult to build a pool without water leakage, and the ground might consume water quickly.

For this matter, I have to find Ye Wuyue, an all-rounder. I think Ye Wuyue has done all kinds of jobs back then. I heard that he was good at physics back then.

For her kind of slack, she also remembered that the earliest glue similar to modern cement was a mixture of limestone and volcanic ash. As for what modern cement was made of, she really didn't know.

But where to find volcanoes in the Central Plains?So forget about the volcanic ash.

Or look back to Ye Wuyue, let Ye Wuyue find some minerals, and make cement for experimentation!
It is best to be successful, not successful...that is to build a traditional reservoir!

Back home, she smelled the aroma of the food, and outside the kitchen, she heard the interesting conversation between the three of them.

Mr. Xiling sat behind the stove with his younger sister who insisted on helping their father to light the fire. He looked at his father who was cooking porridge seriously. You are getting more and more virtuous."

"Go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, Daddy is amazing!" Bao Zhu raised her hand to make trouble again, she also learned these words from her mother, but everyone else is a woman who goes up to the hall and down to the kitchen, how did their family become a man? What?

"Pfft..." Lord Xiling couldn't help laughing, his sister is really the cutest girl in the world, and I won't pay my life for being so angry.

"Are you back?" Xiling Yan didn't pay attention to the two brats of his family, but stood behind the pot, looked up and smiled at his wife who was leaning against the door.

"Well, I'm back." Gu Xiangsi leaned against the door, looked at him with a smile, raised her chin slightly and asked, "Why are you making red bean porridge all of a sudden?"

"Mother, it's Baozhu who wants to eat red bean porridge, and Daddy made it for Baozhu." As soon as Baozhu saw her mother came back, she got up and ran over, ignoring the fire behind her.

Lord Xiling hurriedly took the fire stick and pushed the firewood that almost fell out of the stove into it.

Gu Xiangsi was so dirty that she couldn't let her daughter hug her. She reached out and pointed at Baozhu's forehead to keep her a little distance away from her. Then she looked down at the unhappy little girl, and said with a gentle smile : "Bao Zhu, be good, Auntie, go wash and change clothes, and then come to hug you, be good!"

"Okay!" Baozhu looked down at the mud on A Niang's legs and trousers, her dirty shoes, and the sweat on her head. She didn't remember such A Niang. How long had it been since she saw her.

The red bean porridge that had been simmering for almost an hour, Xilingyan saw that it was almost ready, so she ordered Chuqing and the others to come in, and took the two brothers and sisters down to wash and change their clothes. Staying in the kitchen in such weather, they would sweat in no time.

It's hot so early this year, and I don't know how serious the drought will be?
Since the beginning of spring, it has only rained a few times, but not too much, and the crops in the field are not growing well.

Seeing that the summer harvest season is approaching, I don't know if the harvest of this season will be able to survive for the common people?

well!Natural disasters are the most helpless. In order to resist natural disasters, they have built many reservoirs and dug ditches in various places over the years, but it has always been difficult to control drought and waterlogging.

The most troublesome thing is the insect plague. Adult insects such as bean insects, locusts, and longhorns are alright, but the most feared are those larvae, which live on plants like eggs. You can't catch them all.

Every time these pests break out, many crops will be ruined and many people will starve to death, but they have been powerless.

Zhen Xi and Qiao Xue have already come in to help with the cooking, so we can't really let the prince cook this meal himself, can we?Do they still want to live?
The master is cooking, and they are idle, it's scary to think about it.

Xilingyan remembered that Gu Xiangsi said before that these wild vegetables are best eaten as cold dishes when they are boiled in water.

It seems that Houttuynia cordata does not need to be boiled, it can be served directly in cold sauce?

I'm really not sure about this, I'm going to ask Acacia.

Today, after returning home, many people ate cold wild vegetables, because these weeds, which they thought were weeds, became dishes on the table of their families. No matter how you think about it, it is incredible.

Of course, with these dishes, they don't have to eat cloves of garlic or chew a green onion sometimes because they can't eat the dishes in the future.

Gu Xiangsi wiped her body, changed into fresh and clean clothes, and then came out to eat in the hall in the front yard.

Now the weather is really hot and dry, and it doesn't rain, people are going to be sweltering to death.

Baozhu and Lord Xiling were drinking porridge, and their father had been cooking the red bean porridge for a long time, it was indeed sweet and delicious.

After Gu Xiangsi took her seat, Xilingyan put the porridge in front of her, and made a pork bun with mustard greens for her.

Gu Xiangsi picked up the bun and took a bite, eh!The steamed stuffed buns that come out of the cage are delicious, and this taste is Chuqing's handicraft, as well as the porridge, which is sweet and sandy, which shows how much time and love the porridge cookers have spent.

Baozhu likes the chili stew dish very much. It is sour and served with a little chili oil. It is hot and sour and delicious. It is really delicious.

Mr. Xiling likes light food. He has been eating red amaranth. It tastes like minced garlic, and it goes well with a little green pepper.

Gu Xiangsi was eating Houttuynia cordata, although the taste was a bit strange, but eating it was good for the health, children didn't eat it, they had to eat it.

In addition to cold dishes and vegetarian dishes, there are also hot dishes such as sweet and sour pork ribs, braised hare and mushroom stewed pheasant, and a quail soup.

Six dishes, three meat and three vegetables, one soup, porridge and buns, this meal is very rich.

Quail is a good thing, and it is the best supplement for children.

Especially these things in the wild are healthier and more delicious to eat.

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Five days later, Ye Wuyue found time to come to Shanghe Village.

Gu Xiangsi told Ye Wuyue that she was going to build a cement pool, hoping that he could find a way to make this cement.

Ye Wuyue knows the materials for making cement, but it is a bit of a headache to find the materials and process them. After all, there is no machine that can grind powder very quickly in this era.

"Limestone, sandstone, silicate mineral iron powder, these things..." Xiling Yan can let people find these ores, but what kind of salt is this, what is it?

"Looking back, I will find these things first, and let officials from all over the world start to collect these things. After that, I will get the formula out, and let the villagers in each village suffer a little bit, and slowly grind it into powder. The people of the village work together to use six or seven. The powder that is ground every day is probably enough to build a pool. You don’t need to apply too thick cement, and it will not leak.” Ye Wuyue also has no time to study this cement carefully, so he can only make some first, as an emergency Bar!

Gu Xiangsi rubbed his chin and thought, "The blue bricks are not cheap at this time, and building a pond will cost a lot of materials. It's better to let the local people use some abandoned dilapidated houses, repair them firmly, and brush them with cement once again. A big cistern. How about cutting a hole in the wall to get water when you need it later?"

Xiling Yan was silent for a moment with drooping eyes, then she got up suddenly and said: "I will enter the palace and talk to the emperor about this matter, you can stay and help Xiangsi go up the mountain!"

"Master, don't worry, Jinniang and I will take good care of Master." Ye Wuyue didn't want to go back to the city like this, and it was better to go to the mountains to play.

"Yeah." Xiling Yan is still at ease with Ye Wuyue, after all, there is Wen Yan beside Ye Wuyue!

After seeing off Xiling Yan, the three of them tidied up and went up the mountain with some strong young people.

Baozhu and Lord Xiling were sent to Yang Baihua's house. After Yang Baihua's daughter-in-law Tao Niang gave birth, she spent most of her time at home doing housework and taking care of the children, and rarely went out to work in the field.

It was Wu Shuan who felt sorry for his daughter-in-law. Tao Niang was very dangerous when she gave birth to a child, and her health was not good.

Before, Gu Xiangsi gave Tao Niang a prescription to recuperate her body. The Wu family hoped that Tao Niang would take good care of her at home. After a few years of raising Tao Niang, she could conceive again. They can't let their grandson be alone, can they?

The ancients liked Ding Xingwang, a member of the family. Although the Wu family was not too forceful, they still wanted to add a few more children.

Tao Niang and Wu Shuan's son is just over one year old, and he has just learned to walk, and he is very cute.

Mr. Xiling is a young man who can help Tao Niang to take care of the child. Even Baozhu likes this chubby younger brother. She only thinks about her aunt and father, when will she have a younger brother?
Tao Niang was feeding the chickens in the yard. Seeing the brothers and sisters play with her son without hesitation, she had a gentle smile on her face. When she turned her head, she suddenly saw a man standing at the gate of their yard, and she was holding a pot to feed the chickens. , walked over and greeted with a smile: "Uncle He Kuang, you are here, please come in and sit down, I don't know you..."

"Ah? It's nothing, just passing by." The middle-aged man named He Kuang said that he was just passing by, but his eyes kept staring at the pearl, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Lord Xiling turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man with cold eyes. He sized him up a few times, his eyes flicked over the scar on the man's hand, and then he turned back lightly, continuing to look at his sister and Little ones play hide and seek.

He Kuang frowned, then smiled and talked to Tao Niang, then turned and left.

Tao Niang thought this Uncle He Kuang was really strange, but she didn't think too much about it. She just closed the courtyard door and bolted it, then turned around and went back to the chicken coop to feed the chickens again.

Seeing that his sister and the little guy were having a good time, Mr. Xiling looked away, turned around and walked towards the chicken pen, and came to Tao Niang's side, with a small face, he said coldly: "Is that person from before really a fellow countryman you know?"

"Huh?" Tao Niang looked down at him with some confusion, thinking about it carefully, today's Uncle He Kuang is indeed a little weird.

Lord Xiling looked at the dozen or so chickens in the chicken coop, and said coldly, "That man has a scar on his hand, which is exactly the same as the scar on the hand of a kidnapper who kidnapped my sister and me."

"What? How can..." Tao Niang was so frightened that she clutched the chicken feeding bowl in her hand. It wasn't that she didn't believe what he said as a child, but that Uncle He Kuang had always been a good man, a carpenter in the village, and he had helped many families. How could an easy-going and kind person be a human trafficker?

boom!The gate of the courtyard was kicked open, and the fake He Kuang, who had gone back and forth, barged in with a ferocious face, looked at Lord Xiling with a sneer and said, "Young Master is still so smart, he destroyed one of our strongholds in one fell swoop, and arrested him." The eldest brother and the third sister, who seriously injured the second brother, and rewarded the second brother who cast a net and caught the seriously injured brother. Today, my disguise is so exquisite, but you still saw the flaws. Okay, okay! Smart little son, I Let's see, where else can you go this time!"

"Jun..." Tao Niang just wanted to reach out her hand to protect Lord Xiling, but suddenly, for some reason, she fell limply to the ground.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." When the little guy saw his mother lying on the ground, he was frightened and cried.

Baozhu hugged her little brother, turned her head and glared angrily at the bad guy, her eyes gradually turned red, revealing a hostility.

When Mr. Xiling saw his sister like this, there were snakes crawling all around, even hornets and spiders crawled or flew towards this side.

When He Kuang saw this situation, he was also frightened. Where did these centipedes and scorpions come from? How could there be more and more of them?

The chickens in the chicken coop flapped their wings, clucking and fluttering violently, and even the Wu family's dog sleeping on the door of the main room got up and barked.

Even the two little piggies that the Wu family just bought became more and more manic and restless.

"Ah!" Fake He Kuang was being chased and stung by wasps, centipedes, scorpions, snakes, rats, all of them were extremely ferocious, and they rushed towards him like a madman. He ran towards the door in great fear, screaming all the way. .

Therefore, it attracted the attention of many women at home. When they opened the door, they retreated pale with fright and closed the courtyard door.

All the dogs in the village went crazy, chasing up the fake He Kuang like a pack of wolves.

The sound of He Kuang's screams even alarmed some people in the fields, the sound was too shrill and terrifying.

The older girl and younger daughter-in-law who stayed at home were all terrified. The whole family of women hid in the house and hugged each other, and because of this scream, they were so frightened that they trembled all over and turned pale!
The children playing outside were also scared and ran back home crying, but fortunately they didn't see the last bloody and cruel scene.

Lord Xiling stood in front of the chicken coop, looking at his angry younger sister, he was extremely worried, but fortunately, Tao Niang passed out, the little guy was too young, and He Kuang probably died too, so there would be no outsiders I know my sister's terrible ability.

The hidden guards hiding in the dark were also all frightened. What happened just now?Why are those animals crazy?
Fortunately, Xiaoshizi and Xiaojunzhu are fine, it's strange, how could these messy poisons not harm the four of them at all?

Lord Xiling walked over quickly and hugged his younger sister. He saw that her sister's eyes had calmed down, so he was not angry anymore.

Wu Shuan ran back in one breath, and saw three children hugging each other in the yard, the door latch was broken, and his wife fell on the ground, dead or alive. Tao Niang snorted, still angry, he picked up the man and ran into the house.

After a while, he ran out again, rushed out of the gate, and ran towards the west mountain along the dirt road in the village.

Wu Bing and Yang Baihua chased after them and met their son on the way. When they heard that their daughter-in-law was in a coma and didn't know whether she was alive or dead, they were also frightened. home.

What the hell is going on here?Their family didn't have any grudges against anyone!How could someone break into their house and hurt their daughter-in-law like this?
Yang Baihua went into the house to see his daughter-in-law, and Wu Bing sent the three children in the yard to the main room.

God bless, fortunately these three children are safe and sound, if something happens to Lord Xiling and Baozhu, the whole village may not be able to bear the anger of the town king!
The children of Tian's family are always more precious than children of other families like them, and if they make the slightest mistake, it is a crime they cannot bear.

Lord Xiling wasn't frightened at all, but he was a little worried about his sister.

Baozhu has always been a naive and ignorant child, she never knew how terrible what she did, in her eyes, she just found a group of friends to help her drive away the bad guys.

When Gu Xiangsi heard that something happened in the village, she left everyone behind and rushed down the mountain with Ye Wuyue and the others.

Those strong men on the mountain also chased after them one by one, and their family members were also in the village. Such a terrible thing happened in the village, how could they not rush back to have a look?

People from Xiatiandu in the village were the first to go back, and they saw the pile of blood and flesh on the road, and they could vaguely see human bones.

As for those crazy dogs, they don't know where they went.

The snakes, insects, rats and ants also dispersed, probably because the orb calmed down, and their spirits returned to normal, so they went home one by one!
"This...what the hell is...what's going on?" A middle-aged man, with a dark red face covered with sweat, pointed at the dead man who was beyond recognition, and his whole body was trembling.

The others were also terrified. What happened?Who is this dead?
He Hua pointed at the pile of bloody flesh with a pale face, and stammered, "He... he ran away from... the Wu family, a dog and... many snakes, insects, rats and ants... I was chasing him, and then... the dogs in the village are crazy, no, no! It's the cats, dogs, pigs and sheep in the village... and the cows and... the chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits are also crazy, so scary, really... so scary ah!"

Many women and big girls who stayed at home were also frightened. Some of them were bold and saw through the crack of the door that all the animals were chasing that person. It was terrible.
Such a picture can simply become the nightmare of a person's life.

(End of this chapter)