I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Bai Jingzhou quickly looked around and said, "It's really good."

The small valley between the first and second peaks of Queshan Mountain is divided into two halves by the river. The half close to the second peak has a very small land area, and the mountain wall on the side of the second peak is also straight up and down as they saw when they were on the mountain.

But in the half near the first peak, the straight up and down mountain wall turns inward at a height of about three feet (ten meters) from the ground.

The reason for the turn is very simple - the mountain wall on this side of the first peak is not made up entirely of large rocks like the second peak opposite, so after the soil and gravel at the foot of the mountain were washed away, the mountain wall on this side naturally caved in.

Gu Wenxuan walked back and forth twice at the concave part of the mountain wall. "It looks like it was washed away by the river. It must have been washed away many years ago."

During the years of natural disasters and the end of the world, she had taken on the task of protecting various experts in conducting field surveys more than once. She heard a lot and saw a lot, so she had a better understanding of things like topography and landforms.

Bai Jingzhou doesn't know how to read these, but he is very good at getting information. When he heard Gu Wenxuan say this, Bai Jingzhou immediately remembered something he had heard from an old man in the village before.

"About 17 or 18 years ago, Xingzhou suffered a flood disaster. It is said that many villages, towns and county towns were submerged at that time."

The soil and rocks that disappeared at the foot of the First Peak were probably washed away by the flood at that time.

Gu Wenxuan sighed when she heard this, "Many people must have died at that time."

Xingzhou is not a water town. Most people are landlubbers who make a living on land all year round. Every household does not have boats or rafts. When encountering floods and waterlogging disasters, death is almost inevitable.

Bai Jingzhou nodded, "It is said that about 30% of the population died."

Although the leaders of the forces they belonged to at that time had already had the idea of ​​undermining the imperial court and embezzling the people's money, they were not as cruel as they are now.

The government provided disaster relief relatively promptly, and the people in the villages and towns nearby with hills and mountains also took shelter in high places relatively promptly. In addition, these days, almost every household plants trees in their yards, and in emergencies, those tall trees can also provide them with temporary shelter.

In this way, most of the people in Xingzhou at that time were able to barely survive.

While talking about old times, the two men carefully surveyed the two pieces of land in the small valley.

"It's so close to the water source, but there are no signs of large or medium-sized wild animals." Gu Wenxuan nodded in satisfaction, twisting a handful of soil that she had dug out to check the soil quality. "The most important thing is that the land is also very fertile. I think it can be used to grow things."

Bai Jingzhou carefully carried the nearly 100 pheasant eggs and wild duck eggs they had picked up in the small valley, and asked Gu Wenxuan hesitantly, "Are you planning to open up the wasteland and plant crops now?"

Gu Wenxuan touched her chin and looked at him, "Is it not possible?"

Bai Jingzhou shook his head. "That's not the case. It's just that if you want to grow beans, I'm afraid you don't have enough time."

Not to mention sorghum and wheat, which have longer growth cycles.

Gu Wenxuan said with some regret, "Well, I know, so I plan to grow buckwheat, millet and winter vegetables."

Buckwheat noodles are delicious. She can eat five bowls of them in one meal when paired with sauerkraut stew.

The yellow glutinous rice pounded from millet is used to make rice cakes, sticky bean buns, and fried cakes. They are unique in flavor and rich in nutrition, making them a good choice as a staple food.

If you dip it in a little bit of brown sugar, the taste... slurp(￣ ii￣;) Just thinking about it, Gu Wenxuan felt like her mouth was watering.

Shaking her head, Gu Wenxuan forced herself to push away the sweet, soft and sticky delicacies. She asked Bai Jingzhou, "If we want to store vegetables for the winter, can we grow cabbage, radish, beans, eggplant, cucumber, squash and winter melon like the villagers?"

Bai Jingzhou nodded, "Okay."

After a pause, he continued, "In fact, we can also transplant some fruit trees or medicinal herbs here."

If you stock up on a variety of different things, you can stagger the time at which they clean up later.

Gu Wenxuan didn't understand this, so she said, "Okay, then you can make the arrangements."

As I said, she does the work that requires physical effort, and Bai Jingzhou does the work that requires thinking.

As the two were talking, Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but walk back to the natural cave they had discovered before.

The entrance to the cave is not only only three feet (one meter) wide, but also happens to be located on the curved mountain wall at the foot of the first peak. The curved arc of the mountain just blocks the view of outsiders. If Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had not surveyed it carefully enough, this cave entrance would most likely have been overlooked by them.

Gu Wenxuan was very happy that there was a natural cave with a small mouth and a big belly here. She left Bai Jingzhou outside and went in and took a walk with a makeshift torch.

The more she looked at the cave, the more Gu Wenxuan felt that it must be her good luck that had suddenly come back to her.

She told Bai Jingzhou, "This cave is very solid, has a large area, and most importantly, it is very dry inside."

Bai Jingzhou was also happy. He and Gu Wenxuan had been thinking about saving money and stockpiling supplies, and then they found a natural cave that was hidden enough in this uninhabited valley. It was like God sending them a pillow when they were sleepy.

He reminded Gu Wenxuan, "To ensure that nothing goes wrong, we'd better build a cellar or a secret door for this cave."

After all, no one can guarantee that they are really the only two people who know about this cave. What if someone gets the urge to run to this small valley like them one day...

Bai Jingzhou didn't want him and Gu Wenxuan to work so hard, only to have all the fruits of their labor plundered by some little thief who came from nowhere.

Not only did he have to make appropriate modifications to the cave, but when they later cultivated in the valley, he would also keep some "useless" flowers, plants and trees in appropriate locations, making them the first barrier to conceal their presence.

After accidentally discovering the small valley, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had to temporarily give up their hunting and herb-collecting plans in order not to delay the farming season.

Over the next half month, after buying the right tools in town, the two began to work hard.

Gu Wenxuan took on the most physically demanding work of digging the ground, while Bai Jingzhou was assigned by her to collect gravel, dry the grass and burn the weeds.

After all the land planned by Bai Jingzhou was reclaimed, Gu Wenxuan took over the work of digging holes and burying soil, while Bai Jingzhou was responsible for the relatively easy work of planting seeds and applying fertilizers.

It is worth mentioning that during the days when Gu Wenxuan was busy digging the ground, Bai Jingzhou did not really deal with the gravel and weeds honestly.

Not only did he dig up a lot of humus, but he also burned a considerable amount of wood ash.