Hard work

Chapter 233

The victims outside were not in a panic as Lan Huaer imagined.Everyone was still living their own lives, and they didn't show any panic.

Lan Hua'er originally thought that those people would be a little excited when they saw the beast descending the mountain to hurt people.But later she discovered that those victims had long been used to watching life and death.Even if those ferocious beasts do not go down the mountain, the disaster victims living outside are slowly dying at a not slow speed.

Some died of starvation, some died of illness, and some died somewhere inexplicably.There are also some victims who said they wanted to go to the mountains to find food, but they never came back.Under the current environment, no matter how close the object is, it has become numb.

Even if a loved one dies, those victims may just cry in private, which can be regarded as a mourning.

Lan Hua'er watched from the side of the room, always feeling very uncomfortable.She is not a very sentimental person, but thinking of those disaster victims slowly becoming like this, she began to fear that maybe one day, she herself would inevitably be oppressed by life.

At that time, she will still be who she is now.

No one can give her an answer.

She just felt that no matter how hard life was, she still had to go on.

The day after the beast went down the mountain, Gaihua and Zanglang went outside again.This time, the people in the village were very united and decided to build a few fences on some roads outside the village.

In front of the victims, the villagers became a little hesitant.But when facing the beast, no one flinched anymore.Because everyone knows that ferocious beasts are completely unreasonable, and they don't mean to steal your food, but directly bite you to death and drag them away, swallowing you into their stomachs.

At this time, it was no longer raining in the sky. Although the road leading to the mountain was still very rough and difficult, it was still possible to drag some trees back from the side of the mountain.

At the back of the village near the back mountain, there were some remnants of bamboo fences. It is said that they were left by the people in the village a long time ago.At that time, there were no red kings on the back mountain, and there were many more ferocious beasts than there are now.Every spring, there will be a lot of beasts who can't eat enough to sneak down the mountain.

At that time, the people in the village were more united and stronger than they are now.Those ferocious beasts had no way of killing people, they could only steal a chicken or a piglet away from a villager's house.Later, it developed to the point that the children could not go near the back mountain, because occasionally there were fierce beasts coming down the mountain, and they would drag the children to the mountain to eat them.

At that time, a bamboo fence was built to stop wild animals on the mountain, but I don't know if it was useful.

Later, it is said that after the Red King appeared on the mountain, the number of beasts descending the mountain gradually decreased.At least after Lanhua'er crossed over, she had never heard of any beasts entering Aozi Village.

Even if there is a fox or Huang Daxian once in a while, they are all small things and do not pose any threat to people.

Those victims reacted calmly to the appearance of the construction team.Although they also clamored for a while, they saw that the people who came out of Aozi Village were all strong and strong young people with hoes, poles or even sickles in their hands. watch.

Lan Huaer is not very optimistic about this project.She felt that the scope of Aozi Village was too large.

The current rural area is not the kind where the scope has been arranged, and everyone builds houses according to the designated location.This is in ancient times, as long as you have a land deed, you can build whatever you like.The head and tail of the village are very long, often scattered in the middle and few households are close to each other, but in some places they are densely packed.

There are always more villagers at the head of the village near the well and at the end of the village near the fields, while other houses are sparsely built.It is almost impossible to fence the entire village.

This impossibility refers to the good times on weekdays.If it is said that there is no food or materials like now, it is even more impossible to build.

Lan Hua'er didn't dare to deliver meals to people outside, so she could only wait for them to come home in turn.So instead of waiting, I gave the two of them the leftovers.

When Gaihua's family came, she even pulled Gaihua to persuade him:
"Brother, why bother to do such a thankless thing. This fence is absolutely impossible to build. I don't know what the village chief is thinking, whether he was forced by life. Now at this time, it is time to re-organize the fields. Yes, maybe there is still time to plant some cabbage seeds or something else. The things on the mountain are raised, and the people in the village are also raised. Naturally, there will be no such thing. What you are doing now is not at all. If it can’t be done, why bother.”

Gaihua was dragged by her and couldn't help showing a wry smile.I looked around, and then whispered to Lan Huaer, "Don't talk nonsense. I don't know the truth. If the fence is easy to make, it has been done earlier in the past, so how can I wait until now. It is the village chief who spoke , everyone has gone outside to work, what should we do, sit and watch? That won’t work. It’s not going to be a problem, but it’s just some hard work. The fields are soaked, so where else can we plant anything. It's still fine if you turn around, but you can let Goudan clean up the area in front of the door, so you don't have to go out and show your face."

Lan Hua'er was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.Gaihua patted the back of her hand reassuringly, then turned and went to eat.

They did some useless work outside, and Tie Sheng, who stayed at home because of his wife's body, cleaned up the front and back yards of the house.Lan Hua'er was thinking about whether to let Goudan go out to tidy up the small vegetable garden at home, but Tie Sheng had already done everything in silence.

It was only discovered when Changhua's family came later.

The Zhao family felt extremely embarrassed, and even cut some pieces of meat, cooked them secretly and sent them to Aru.

As expected, the field was as bad as Gaihua had said, it was already rotten.The originally dark soil has been washed by the rain for a long time, especially the area in front of the yard, which was originally just a ridge of soil piled up with flowers and picked soil. The soil was almost washed out of the yard.

When a person steps into the yard, the mud almost covers the back of his feet.

There are some vegetable leaves or roots in the soil that were planted on it before, which can be regarded as natural fertilizer.

Tiesheng rearranged the soil into ridges.It's a pity that most of the mud has been washed away by the rain. He tidied it up, but only three or four pitiful ridges were left.

Moreover, the mud was constantly washed and beaten by the rain, and it was so rotten that it could not even be grasped, let alone used for growing things.It seems that the soil has to be placed in front of the yard to dry for several days before it can be replanted.

But the backyard is better off because it is planted with various fruit trees and the like.After all, it is behind the house, and the house in front is sheltered from the wind and rain, so it won't be blown down by the strong wind.Although the leaves fell all over the ground and the branches were bare, Lanhua always felt that those trees were still alive and well.

When they couldn't hold on anymore, the Zhao family could still pick up the bark and dig grass roots to eat.Lan Huaer thought optimistically.

Sure enough, just as Lan Huaer thought, the fence built by the people in the village during the day was quietly pulled down by the victims outside at night.Although it was not completely destroyed, in Gaihua's words:
"When I saw those fences were destroyed again, I really didn't want to do it any more. This is something that can't be done at all. No matter how much you repair during the day, you will tear it down at night. Even if it is not completely demolished, it will be done again and again. Most of them are gone. The materials are also gone, they were dragged away by the victims and built in front of their houses.”

——In the end, it’s helping other people with their work.

Some hot-blooded young people proposed to snatch all the materials back as soon as their brains got hot, but they were quickly stopped.

Last night there was still the howling of wild beasts.Although the distinction was not clear, Zang Lang said that when they went outside, they saw fresh blood on the ground.It was Lan Huaer who had been teasing him for a long time before he was finally willing to confide a little bit.Gaihua was afraid of scaring her, so she didn't dare to say these things.

Some older people in the village say:
"Let them go. Let those beasts get used to foraging outside the village. After all, it is not a good thing. When there are fewer people outside, they will have to rush into the village. If the victims are well protected, no If you recruit ferocious beasts, you might be able to go back to the mountain again.”

Thoughts like pity, I don't know if I really don't want the beasts to get used to hunting down the mountain for food, or if I just feel sorry for the victims outside.

It is said that the whole day afterwards, everyone's mood was very low.When Gaihua and Zanglang's family came to eat, they didn't talk too much.Lan Hua'er also saw that their expressions were not right, so she rubbed Zang Lang and asked the words.

"Then what should I do? I know this is useless, so I still have to do it? Isn't it a waste of effort?" Lan Hua'er frowned, couldn't help but reached out and pulled Zang Lang's sleeve, "Hey, Ah Lang , You said, what the hell is going on. The weather is good, shouldn’t we start working quickly, why bother to do such useless things.”

Zang Lang followed and shook his head, "I will do whatever the little lady asks me to do."

"Then you'd better go to the field to have a look, and don't get involved so much in the village." Lan Hua'er thought for a while, and then said, "I'll talk to my elder brother tomorrow. Everyone in the village knows that you are The ones in my house don’t actually have to listen to the village chief. I think it’s useless, it’s better to go to the field early to have a look.”

Zang Lang nodded and said in a low voice, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)