Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

After Xia Shengsheng returned from the village chief's house, he took a few children with him to draw the blueprint of the new courtyard.

Brainstorm and let everyone express their opinions.

"Mom, I want a cabinet to store snacks. It would be best if it could be placed closer to where I sleep, so that I can reach out and grab food while lying on the kang without getting off the ground!"

When Sicheng finished saying this, unsurprisingly, his little head was hit again.

"Can't you think about anything else besides eating? I tell you it's impossible. How can I sleep if the kang is covered with food residues after you eat?"

"Ouch! Be gentle, second brother."

Sicheng was about to retort, but when he saw Ercheng's eyes, his arrogance immediately disappeared.

"Well, I'll just stay away from it, okay?"

Xia Shengsheng and her two daughters sat aside and laughed secretly.

As expected, there is always something that can defeat something else.

Xia Shengsheng planned to let the two girls sleep in one room, the two boys sleep in one room, and she would have a room of her own. In addition to the main room and the kitchen, there would be at least five rooms in total.

Although there is not much privacy for two children in one room, for the sake of future disasters, they can only bear with it for the time being.

But it's better than now, a family of five, men and women, all living in one house.

In front of the yard, Xia Shengsheng also plans to build a row of houses to serve as a factory for making vermicelli.

Among the children, besides Sicheng who wants a snack cabinet, Yiyi also wants a desk.

Shanshan really wants a beautiful wardrobe so that she can store lots of beautiful clothes in it.

Ercheng had no idea at all.

Xia Shengsheng drew all his ideas on the drawings.

There are three main rooms, with the main hall in the middle being used for entertaining guests and dining.

She lives in the house on the east, and her two daughters live in the house on the west.

Two more east wing rooms were built, one for the two boys to live in and the other for the kitchen.

A row of factory buildings is built in front.

As for materials, Xia Shengsheng still wants to use better blue bricks, which are stronger and more durable, and do not need to be renovated every few years like adobe.

In the village, the only house that has a blue brick and tile house is the village chief's house.

Then there are the houses of Zheng’s family and Liu Lao Da’s family. One of the main rooms is made of blue bricks and tiles, which is used to support the facade.

Other families also built their houses with adobe bricks.

The village chief's family has a lot of land, and during the generation of Village Chief Ma's grandfather, the family also ran a small business, so they had the money to build a blue brick and tile house.

Later, for some unknown reason, starting from Village Chief Ma’s father, the family has been farming.

But Village Chief Ma’s family owns more than 30 acres of land, which makes them considered a wealthy family in the village.

There are some people in the village who are in poor conditions and don’t even have adobe houses to live in.

For example, Grandma Cai’s house and Widow Wei’s house.

Grandma Cai had only one daughter, who died of complications during childbirth shortly after she got married.

My husband passed away a few years ago, and I have no other relatives. My family originally had two acres of land, but we sold it to pay for my husband's medical treatment.

The source of income has always been from Grandma Cai growing some vegetables in the garden and selling them in the summer in exchange for some food.

In addition, the family raised dozens of chickens, and the saved eggs were taken to the town to exchange for food and money.

So our family has always lived in a thatched hut, which often leaks in the summer and is not very warm in the winter.

When Widow Wei's husband was still alive, he was particularly fond of gambling. He gambled away the family's house and land, and also made his parents angry to death.

During his last gambling session, he had his hands chopped off for cheating and later died outside the casino.

Only Widow Wei was left living with her two children.

With the help of the villagers, I built a thatched house.

Because Widow Wei was young and strong, she managed to clear a few acres of wasteland for farming. She had raised her two children well over the years and at least they did not starve.

Xia Shengsheng also planned to dig two wells in the yard.

One well is placed in the front yard and another well is placed in the back yard, so that water can be used conveniently.

Moreover, if we face future droughts, having one more well will provide us with more means of survival.

A new toilet also needs to be built.

The toilets we use now are too simple.

It was made of several wooden boards and there wasn't even a cover on top.

Fortunately, it hasn't rained recently. If it had rained, it would have been interesting to squat inside to use the toilet.

The most important point is that Xia Shengsheng wants to build a secret room or secret passage in his new home, so that if any danger occurs in the future, the family can hide in it.

After the secret room or secret passage is built, more food can be stored inside.

Otherwise, during the consecutive years of disaster, Xia Shengsheng would not have been able to conjure up so much rice, flour, grain and oil out of thin air.

"Mom, do we have that much money?"

Ercheng watched Xia Shengsheng draw more and more. In addition to the house to be built, there were also many things to be added to the house and furniture to be made.

If you calculate it this way, it would probably be dozens of taels of silver!

It made him a little worried.

Xia Shengsheng rubbed Ercheng's head and replied with a smile, "Don't worry! Your mother has plenty of money. I will go to the town tomorrow to find a craftsman to build a house. Before I go, I will go up the mountain to see if I can hunt some game. If I do, I will take it directly to the town to sell it, and I can at least get some silver!"

Even if a mosquito is small, it is still meat. You will have a lot of expenses in the future! Save as much as you can.

"Mom, please take me with you! I also want to learn hunting. If I learn it, I can help you share the burden, and you won't have to be so tired!" Liu Ercheng said firmly with his fists clenched.

Xia Shengsheng thought about it and felt that nine years old was not too young.

When she first started practicing martial arts, she was only five or six years old.

“If you want to learn how to hunt, you must first practice well and learn some skills from me. Later, when I think you are qualified, you can follow me into the mountains.

However, I am thinking that after the house is built and I am done with this busy period, I will send you and Sicheng to the town to study. If you study, you may have to get up earlier every day to practice with me, and you will be very tired by then."

"Mom, I'm not afraid of being tired! I can get up as early as possible, but, but..." Ercheng stammered, as if he had something to hide.

"But what?" Xia Shengsheng asked.

Er Cheng looked at Xia Shengsheng's eyes, somewhat evasive, but still spoke out under Xia Shengsheng's gaze. "Mom, can I not go to school?

I feel like studying is not for me, and I don’t really like it.”

Ercheng felt that it was not worth it to spend money to learn something he didn't like.

"Mom, then I won't go to school either. I don't like studying either."

Er Cheng punched her again. "How old are you? What do you know? If your mother wants you to study, then you should study hard. Can you please not learn from me?"

Seeing that her two younger brothers had the opportunity to go to school but were unwilling to go, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but sit there and mutter in frustration.

“Is studying bad? How many people want to study but don’t have the opportunity to do so?”

Xia Shengsheng is really ashamed. Children who can go to school don't want to study, and those who want to study are not qualified to go to school in this era.

It's really a troublesome thing.

“You two are still young, so you must study hard and go to school for a few years.

No matter what you want to do in the future, you must have a certain amount of knowledge reserves.

In this way, if you encounter anything in the future, you will have an understanding in your heart.

So, now it’s not a question of whether you want to learn or not, you must learn.

If after a few years, when you are older, you still don't want to study, mother will not force you.

Then you can develop according to your own interests.

Even in the process of studying, you can have your own hobbies, and study can also make you work hard for what you want to do in the future! "

There is still nine years of compulsory education in the 21st century, and studying is also for the purpose of cultivating the next generation!

In the distant ancient times, or even in an imaginary dynasty, this rule could not be changed.

Although Ercheng and Sicheng were very reluctant, they still nodded obediently.