Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 236

This ceremony is very time-consuming.

The old man’s most simple wish is that everyone is well.

He held his eldest son's hand and stood up: "Now, every descendant of the Jiang family has registered their names in front of the ancestors. The ancestors will bless us, and our village will definitely be peaceful. Come over and burn paper for the ancestors."

"Hey!" Each family responded, taking white paper money, yellow paper money, yellow paper money cut into the shape of copper coins, and various kinds of paper-made items, and burned them in front of their ancestors' graves and burned incense. Hou Tu could not be forgotten either.

After a round of worship, it was actually getting late. We couldn’t finish the worship at the ancestral mountain today, so we had to continue tomorrow.

"Come on, come on, eat something!"

Because the ceremony was too grand, except for some children who couldn't resist hunger, the adults didn't eat anything. After all, there are rules for worshiping the ancestors, and one can only eat the offerings after worshipping the ancestors.

By the time each family returned home, it was already dark. They lit the oil lamps and prepared offerings for tomorrow. This day was the time to worship the ancestors of each family.

After the worship, except for Jiang Yipei and Jiang Suying who left the village with their own servants and the troops assigned by County Magistrate Chen, everyone else stayed in the village and no longer went out. They all went to the brick kiln to help.

Jiang Xiumian was woken up by the alarm clock early in the morning. He looked and it was half past six. Yes, it was indeed the alarm clock he set for half past six.

But he really didn't want to think about it at all. He covered his head with the quilt and rolled over in death: "What a miserable life! I am a pillar of the country, but now I have to be a contractor in this ancient time!"

There is endless work to be done every day. It was like this before I returned to the village, and it is still like this after I returned to the village.

"elder brother……"

"Big brother..."

"Brother Mian..."

There was the sound of a door opening outside the house, and the half-dead voices of Jiang Xiubai, Jiang Xiubin, and Jiang Xiaomi: "What's the matter? You asked us to come so early. We are so sleepy."

While having dinner last night, Jiang Xiumian specifically told the three of them that he would come to his yard at six o'clock in the morning to discuss something important.

As for what?

It was not a big deal, nor was it an urgent matter. It was simply because he had to get up very early and was afraid that he would not be able to get up, so he found a few people to motivate him.

Jiang Xiumian's mind was empty. He stared at the roof for more than ten seconds before getting up, dressing and washing up. At this time, the servant brought breakfast over, and the three of them had already started dozing off!

The three of them curled up, closed their eyes, put their heads together, and fell asleep immediately.

Especially Jiang Xiubai, the effect of today's medicine has completely worn off, and he has regained his frail appearance. He can get up so early and come here. He really treats Jiang Xiumian as a brother.

"Hey, wake up—"

Jiang Xiumian knocked on the table, then sat down, picked up a bun and put it in his mouth. As expected, it was the same bun stuffed with pickled mustard greens that he had been eating for almost half a year. He was really curious. Could he not finish all the pickled greens?

"Why did you call us here? Tell me quickly. I want to go back to sleep..." Jiang Xiubai leaned against Jiang Xiaomi without opening his eyes, but heard Jiang Xiumian say, "I must have called you here to help with the work. I forgot that you can't work now. Go back--"

Jiang Xiubai immediately opened his eyes, gathered his clothes, stood up and walked out. Jiang Xiubin was not far behind, and even ran faster than Jiang Xiubai.

"Xiao Bin——"

Jiang Xiubin, who wanted to take a look and escape in vain, stopped reluctantly: "Brother! Big brother! Please let your younger brother take a break! I've been so busy in the county that I can't rest. I've only been back for two days, and I've been visiting the mountains until dark every day. Can you let me take a break, just for one day? I promise to work hard after a day of rest!"

"Do you think I don't want to take a break?" Jiang Xiumian had no motivation to bite the buns. The buns, which were not tasty to begin with, seemed even worse. He had to drink a bowl of porridge before he could swallow them.

He is the one who feels the most wronged!

There is an old saying that goes, the more you know, the more you can do. God knows how much he envied Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai, those two little losers, especially Jiang Xiubai!

He is simply traveling to ancient times!

What a leisurely and comfortable feeling!

Let him take the position of the eldest son of the Jiang family!

Unlike him, he is alive as long as he opens his eyes, and he is alive so much that it almost buries him.

Faced with the resentment of his eldest brother gradually solidifying into something tangible, Jiang Xiubin still sat down resignedly, but his mouth was pouted so much that he could be a burden, and he kicked his feet hard under the table in protest.

But the protest was ineffective.

Jiang Xiaomi rubbed her face and patted her brother's shoulder: "I am busy. I forgot to tell you that my martial arts class has started. There is an agricultural activity today and I want to take them to plant vegetables. Brother, Dad entrusted you with such an important task as building the village wall. It means that he values ​​you and trusts you! Come on!"

"Do I need his appreciation? His trust?" Jiang Xiumian was not comforted at all and said, "I helped to draw up the blueprints. Our father is becoming more and more skilled at being a hands-off manager."

Jiang Xiubin disagreed: "You can't say that about uncle. Uncle was exhausted after solving the issue of the river god of Dahe Village marrying a bride. He went home to worship the mountain and left at night. Isn't he tired enough?"

What else can Jiang Xiumian say?

If you don't want to kill me, then work yourself to death.

Fortunately, he is from the same village and is easy to command. He can attack wherever he is told and there is no need to waste too much time talking. However, it will be difficult to see his handsome face with its sharp edges for a while.

After breakfast, Jiang Xiumian went to work with Jiang Xiubin ready to die, and Jiang Xiaomi also went to class.

People who practice martial arts are accustomed to getting up early. After all, a day's work begins in the morning. From ancient times to the present, everyone believes that practicing martial arts in the morning will achieve twice the result with half the effort. It's just that the weather is too cold and it is difficult to get up.

There were many students in the class who had difficulty getting up and were often late, but for every five minutes they were late they were punished by doing horse stance for half an hour. After less than ten days, no one was late!

Jiang Xiaomi was very satisfied with the team who were fully engaged. After they finished their morning exercises, she let them go back home to carry their hoes.

Jiang Xiaomi didn't lie. Today she said she was farming.

The spinach, cherry radish, and black cabbage seedlings are growing well and are already nearly ten centimeters tall. She moved the baskets outdoors the day before yesterday to allow the seedlings to adapt to the outside temperature. They have been frozen for almost two days, but are still growing well. She was thinking of transplanting them into the field today - who said farming isn't a form of exercise, right?

Seeing Jiang Xiaomi coming with the children, housekeeper Chen Bo hurried over to greet them: "Miss? Why are you here?"

Jiang Xiaomi: "Let the children help plant the vegetables. You plant your own and leave this piece for us."

Seeing his eldest daughter, who was still a child, shouting "kids", Uncle Chen held back his laughter, but without saying anything, he asked people to go to the two plots of land next door.

The three plots of land, each with two mu of land, were arranged according to the amount of vegetable seedlings grown by Jiang Xiaomi.

"What you have to do is very simple, just dig a ditch. Let me show you how."

Jiang Xiaomi picked up the hoe and dug a ditch while saying, "The ditch should be straight and deep enough, this is about it..."

Today's class is equivalent to letting the children play. After all, the intensity of training is increasing every day, and the children's nerves are too tense. They need to relax appropriately to avoid counterproductive effects.

Jiang Xiaomi and his family grow black cabbage on this land. Black cabbage prefers cold weather and is not resistant to high temperatures, but it has strong adaptability to soil and can basically be harvested as soon as it is planted. It is a variety that did not exist in ancient times. Of course, the same goes for cherry radishes and spinach.

It’s just that the planting methods of those two vegetables are similar to those of ancient native vegetables. Wutacai is actually similar, but there is one thing that needs special attention, that is, Wutacai grows in a very large area, with a diameter of about 20 to 30 centimeters, so there must be enough space between the vegetables, otherwise it will affect its growth.

The three plots of land were planted and fertilized, and a servant was arranged to water them every morning. The rest was left to time.

Three days later, Jiang Xiaomi came back to check and found that most of the seedlings she had planted were alive and lush green. It was the first time she had seen such a large area of ​​green since the snow.

The women in the village looked on with envy. You know, they hadn't seen or eaten green vegetables for a long, long time. It must be said that everyone encountered difficulties of varying degrees in this important daily routine of going to the toilet.

So many people came to ask Jiang Xiaomi, and when they learned that the store had seeds for sale, they almost broke the door of the store.

Not long after, vegetable seedlings of all sizes were stretching out in the fields, and a section of the village wall of Jiangjia Village had been erected. Everything was developing in a good direction.

-

"Son?" Liu knocked and then opened Jiang Xiubai's door. Jiang Xiubai, who was reading a book on the bed, changed his reading posture again.

"Jiang Xiubai" is very eccentric in other things, but when it comes to reading, he has some requirements for himself, that is, he must sit at the desk when reading!

But since the rainstorm, he has changed. He only rarely reads at the desk, and mostly reads on the bed. His reading is very indecent, and he often leans against the head of the bed with his feet crossed. His postures are also strange, such as reading while lying on his side, reading while lying on his stomach, and reading while sitting. Anyway, he does whatever is abnormal.

"What's wrong, Mom? Is it time to eat?" Jiang Xiubai sat up and threw the book away. To be honest, he was a little tired of lying down.

"You're hungry again after just eating?"

Liu was a little nervous. After the ancestor gave him medicine to cure him a few days ago, Jiang Xiubai was still quite weak, but his appetite had visibly decreased, and he could endure hunger for a longer time. What happened today? Did he change back to normal?

"I'm not hungry." Jiang Xiubai lifted up his long hair and said, "Then why are you looking for me? Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing, but my son, we have been lying in this bed for three days. Should we go out for a walk and see some light?"

"Okay." Jiang Xiubai stretched lazily. He was almost unable to lie still.

Lying down for one day is a good rest, lying down for two days is a good rest, but lying down for more than three days is really a torture. I really feel that something is wrong with my body, and I feel uncomfortable no matter what position I lie in.

"Are you going out like this? At least comb your hair!" Liu quickly held him down and took the comb to comb his hair.

At this moment, Jiang Xiubai was unkempt and sloppy. As he never went out, he didn't like to dress up and didn't even comb his hair. If he couldn't stand the taste in his mouth, he might not even brush his teeth.

Every time Jiang Yida and Liu saw this devilish look, they couldn't help but wonder what on earth did their ancestors see in their son?

"Ha——" Jiang Xiubai, dressed up by his mother, finally walked out of the house. Today's weather was much warmer and the sun was a little dazzling. He stretched out his hand to block the sun and walked towards Jiang Xiaomi's house yawning. He wanted to see if his hen had hatched chicks successfully.

"You're giving me so much face!" Jiang Xiubai said happily.

As soon as he took the hen aside, he saw an egg move, and then an egg next to it also moved. Jiang Xiubai picked up one and took a look. He could clearly feel that the chick inside was pecking at the shell.

"Come on, try to get it out tomorrow!" Jiang Xiubai said and put the egg back.

The chick will peck at the shell and if nothing goes wrong it will break out of the shell tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow.

He went to check the nests of other hens incubating eggs and found that there was another nest with chicks pecking at the shells. That was really great.

No need to hide when eating chicken anymore!

There are a total of six hens incubating eggs, and each hen incubates fifteen eggs. This number is determined by Jiang Xiubai based on the size of the hens, because if there are more, the hens will be too busy and the hatching rate will be affected.

The next day, when Jiang Xiubai and Jiang Xiaomi came over, they saw a chick eating its own eggshell with a wheezing sound. When it heard someone coming, it dragged the eggshell towards the hen and continued eating.

Next to it was a bird with all its feathers dried up, flapping its featherless wings and gliding on the ground looking for food!

"You two are so amazing!" Jiang Xiubai held the chick in his hand and said to Jiang Xiaomi, "Look, how cute it is!"

"Is it cute?" Jiang Xiaomi looked left and right and didn't think it was cute: "What's so cute about it?"

Jiang Xiu rolled his eyes at her and said, "You really don't have eyes that can see beauty."

"I just need a pair of eyes that can find food." Jiang Xiaomi pinched an egg between her thumb and index finger and suddenly said, "Xiaobai, have you ever eaten a hairy egg?"

Jiang Xiubai: “…”

"I can see you want to eat."

"Yeah!" Jiang Xiaomi smiled and said, "Hehe——" I saw those bloggers eating delicious food when I was watching videos before. How about we grill two?"

"Suppress your greed and wait a few days. If there are any chicks that haven't hatched yet, I'll roast them for you to eat!"

"What?" Jiang Xiaomi couldn't believe her ears: "You'll only give it to me if it can't be hatched?"

"Don't you know? The hairy eggs on the market are eggs that have failed to hatch! The eggs are picked out and sold only when the chicks inside have stopped developing. Some stop developing early, and the chicks inside are not yet formed. Some stop developing late, and the chicks' heads and hair are clearly visible.

But it doesn’t matter, the bones of these unshelled chickens are very brittle, and the hairy eggs are usually cooked by frying or roasting, so both the bones and the feathers will be crispy and fragrant. Sprinkle them with seasonings that taste as good as roasted shoe soles, and I guarantee you’ll want a second one after eating one.”

Jiang Xiaomi: “…”

There is no need to describe it in such detail.

Good, her filter for roasted hairy eggs is broken.