Fisherman

The next day, Zhao Qian, together with the village chief and a few folks who knew a little about Fengshui, went to choose a terrain suitable for building the village.

The two shipwrecks taught us a lesson, and no one considered building the village close to the sea. They would rather walk a little longer to the coast every day than open the door to the sea.

There is an ancient saying: the best way to build a house is to build a house with a blue dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, a red bird in the front, and a black dragon in the back. Simply put, it is necessary to rely on mountains and water.Mountains are easy to find, there are mountains everywhere, and there is no shortage of water. You just need to find a terrain that happens to be backed by mountains, with guards on both sides, between two mountains, and water in front.

Everyone walked for a day, turning around. It’s been a cold spring, and it was so cold that you couldn’t stretch your neck out. Now, everyone who walked this morning was getting hot all over. At the end of the day, I chose a few places, either here or there The conditions were not met, and finally I found a good place on the mountainside three miles away from Xiayu Village.

The village chief was very hesitant about this: "Our village and Xiayu Village have a grievance. If we build a village so close to them, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"

"What are the village chiefs afraid of? We neither eat nor use theirs, and this land is not theirs, so what can they do!" Zhao Qian said angrily, "The last time they went to sea to do some good things, they had to Build the village next to them and respond to them."

When Zhao Qian said this, the other men also echoed, "Don't spoil them, it's really like we're scared, such a good place, it's a pity to miss it."

After several rounds of persuasion, the village head finally agreed.

After the address was determined, the village head notified the folks in the two caves to build houses that night.

Xiayu Village is a long way from the cave, and it may take more than half an hour to walk quickly.In order to save everyone walking time, Zhao Qian asked the women who stayed in the cave to cook to deliver the meals every day.

There are a total of [-] households in the village that survived the shipwreck. Of course, some households only have one or two people left, while others have more. The smaller one will be fine, but for the sake of fairness, he divides the size of the house according to the manpower provided by each household. Of course, if the rest of a family is a few women, the number of people is relatively large, but the manpower is small, Then you can only build smaller houses.

In the early stage, it was mainly to level the land that could be leveled. The village chief selected [-] places. Each household was not very far away, but they could not be close to each other. The foundation has begun.

After all, they are building their own houses, and everyone is very excited. Even if the wood for building the house has to be cut from the mountain and carried over, and the tools are not very convenient, the villagers still work hard.

After being starved for a few meals in front of everyone last time, the lazy men of the Zhou family became much more honest.Zhao Qian squatted on the flattened dam to drink water, looked at Zhou Duoyu who was trembling with fatigue, and suddenly stood up and walked over.

The village chief also felt sorry for Zhou Duoyu. He asked him to carry the wood before, but he couldn't do it after two times. After falling several times, Zhou Wang cried and made noise in front of the village chief. For some light work, let him shovel the ground and the weeds around the foundation.

Zhao Qian patted his chest with his backhand: "Brother, your body is much stronger."

Zhou Duoyu clutched the place Zhao Qian had photographed, looking as if he was out of breath, he propped up his hoe and said to Zhao Qian, "Stop joking."

"I'm not kidding, look at this body is much stronger." Zhao Qian patted him a few more times, Zhou Duoyu took a few steps back again and again, Zhao Qian couldn't help laughing, and he handed over the water bowl in his hand: "Come on , let's drink some water."

After Zhou Duoyu took a few glances at him, he quickly took the water and poured it into his mouth.

"Brother Zhao!"

While drinking saliva, Brother Zhou suddenly walked over with Zheng Shu by his arm.

"What's the matter?" Looking at Zheng Shu, whose face was a little pale, Zhao Qian frowned, and he hurried over to help.

Brother Zhou said: "Brother Zheng is not feeling well, I will send him back to the cave first."

Liu Jun went up the mountain to cut trees, but he couldn't find anyone at the moment. He was a little worried: "Shall I take you two back?"

Zheng Shu quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, don't delay your work, I'm fine."

Brother Zhou also followed suit: "Don't worry, I will carefully send him back to the mountain and be back soon."

After Zhao Qian watched the two leave, Zhou Duoyu, who had drunk enough water, said slowly, "Brother Zheng should be happy."

"How did you know?"

"My daughter-in-law used to be like this when she was pregnant with a child. I saw him trying to vomit all the time two days ago. I guess he was too tired to be like this today."

Zhao Qian heard from Brother Zhou that Zhou Duoyu was married, but he disappeared during the shipwreck. His wife was married by Zhou Wang's family. Although she looks very simple, she is very capable and suitable for him. , Seeing his sad face, he patted his shoulder, afraid that talking too much would bring up his sad memories.

Said: "Go to work."

Brother Zhou supported Zheng Shu to walk back slowly, the two of them walked for a while and rested for a while, the main reason was that Zheng Shu walked slowly, he sat on a slanted stone and looked at Brother Zhou with his waist in his arms, a little Embarrassed, he said, "I seem to have it."

"Yes?" Brother Zhou suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard such a sentence, and he walked up to Zheng Shu in a few steps: "Is it true?"

"Recently, I've been a little bit sick, and I always want to vomit."

"Then you still come out to work, you should stay in the cave well."

Zheng Shu was a little ashamed: "I think everyone is busy, my brother has come out to build a house, so I don't have the nerve to stay in the cave, and my husband and I want to build the house earlier. It will be much better."

"After all, children are important!" Brother Zhou raised his voice and retorted: "No one will say anything about you. After you go back today, don't come out to work. I'll tell the village chief and Brother Zhao that there will be no loss of you. What will slow down the process."

After thinking about it, Zheng Shu felt that it made sense. She finally got pregnant, but there was nothing wrong with it. He pulled Brother Zhou: "Then thank you."

Brother Zhou smiled and looked at Zheng Shu clutching his stomach with a gentle smile on his face that he couldn't hide. He sighed in his heart and sat on the ground. Brother Zhou is not good at giving birth. He used to worry about it. Brother Zhao likes children so much, what if he can't give birth to a cub, he doesn't have to worry about it in the end, but seeing the brother next to him has his own child, his heart is still empty.

Zheng Shu caught a glimpse of the silent man and seemed to read his mind: "My husband and I have been married for several years before we have a child. You and Zhao Qian have not been together for a year, and the days are still long. Don't worry."

Brother Zhou pulled out a smile: "Yeah."

After he sent Zheng Shu back to the cave, the aunts just finished the meal, so he ate the meal in the cave, and then took the food down the mountain to the villagers, saving the aunts from making another trip.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain in Xincun, he put down his food and wanted to take a breather before going up. He had just come down from the mountain and worried that the food would be cold, so he walked very quickly.

As soon as he put down the wooden barrel containing the food, he heard heavy footsteps behind him. Looking back, he saw an elderly man carrying two bundles of dry firewood, staring straight at him.

Seeing his strange face, Brother Zhou guessed that it was a villager from Xiayu Village. He didn't speak, and still stood resting by the roadside.

The firewood picker didn't say a word, and walked past him, but slowed down and looked back from time to time.Brother Zhou didn't take this matter to heart either, and after the people left, he took the food to the new village.

"Brother Zhao, the meal is here."

Seeing Zhao Qian beating wood, he raised the barrel a little and shouted.

Zhao Qian took a few steps over to pick up the food and greeted everyone to come over for lunch.After the men washed their faces in the small river ahead, they went to eat with bowls in twos and threes.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Zhao Qian held the rice bowl and watched Brother Zhou sitting on the side empty-handed.

"I came here after eating." After a pause, he continued: "Brother Zhao, when I came here just now, I met someone from Xiayu Village on the road below."

Zhao Qian took a bite of steamed buns: "This place is not far from Xiayu Village, we will meet sooner or later."

Brother Zhou is still a little worried. After all, last time I heard Hu San’er say that the people who went down to Yucun even dared to smash their boats, I’m afraid they will come here to make trouble. Everyone has been busy working from dawn to dusk for so long. The prototype is not easy.But seeing that Zhao Qian didn't seem to take this matter too seriously, he wondered if he was thinking too much.

After eating, everyone continued to return to their posts to beat and tap.

Seeing the absent-minded young man, Zhao Qian said, "Are you still worried?"

Brother Zhou is holding some hay in his hand and is weaving the roof. Everyone has no money, so they can’t buy tiles to build a house, so they can only use hay as the roof. Although the rainproof effect is not as good as tiles, but Anyway, it can cover the rain.If a family in the village can afford big tiles to build a house, it must be a wealthy family, and there are very few rich households in the village.

He shook his head: "No."

Zhao Qian smiled: "I remember when I bought the new year's goods before, there were several big bags when I packed the things. Can you go back to the cave and get them?"

"What are you using it for?"

Zhao Qian didn't say anything, just said: "Of course I have something to pretend."

Brother Zhou nodded, he put down the buddy in his hand, and went to bring back the lunch bowl and bowl: "Then I'll go back."

Brother Zhou ran back and forth a few times a day. Although he didn't do any work in the new village, his feet were still not easy. The job is over.

According to the time, everyone packed up and asked Zhao Qian to let everyone go back to the cave.Zhao Qian didn't let everyone go today: "Seeing that the foundation has been laid, there is a lot of rain in spring, and the weather is fine today, so everyone will work a little longer, and it won't be a problem to go back later."

"This..." Everyone murmured, everyone was sweating after a busy day, and they didn't really want to stay. Hu San'er originally wanted to persuade Zhao Qian a few times, but saw that he was alone. Working hard, he shook his head, took back the words that came to his lips, and continued to drive piles with a hammer.

Seeing that both of them were working hard, everyone couldn't continue to say anything. They sighed and went back to their buddies. Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhao Qian called everyone to walk up the mountain.

Zhao Qian led everyone up the mountain, and the villagers were puzzled: "Zhao Qian, have you found a shortcut? Why go up the mountain?"

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Qian made a silent movement, signaling everyone to squat down, everyone looked at each other, and after a few grunts, they still squatted down slowly.

For a while, the mountain forest fell into a tranquility. After about a stick of incense, the people who had been squatting had already been doing or lying down. Suddenly there was a fire.

"It's here! I saw them in Shangyu Village resting on the road below with a big bucket of food today, and I felt something was wrong."

A strong man raised the torch a little higher, looked at the half-formed houses one by one, and spat: "Their nests were washed away by the sea, and now they want to build a new one here!"

"It's so close to our village, I think it's just trying to grab our land, we can't let them settle here."

The man holding the torch urged: "Let's set him on fire, I think they dare to build houses here."

There were five or six people watching the excitement standing around him. Although he felt dissatisfied after looking at the house once, he still hesitated when facing the man who lit the torch: "What if it sets the mountain on fire?" Do it, I don't think so."

"You're stupid, just watch the house burn down, and let's put out the fire after watching the house burn."

"Would you like to inform the village chief first, and let the village chief decide." Someone suggested.

The man scolded: "What is there to say, even if my uncle comes, I have the same idea as me!"

After finishing speaking, he threw the torch on the piece of hay woven by brother Zhou today, and the fire shot up to the hay and ignited instantly.

The man looked at the burning Wang, and burst out laughing. The laughter didn't finish, and suddenly it got stuck in his throat, his eyes went dark, and he was covered from head to waist by something.

Zhao Qian led the villagers to jump out of the forest, sneaked over, and detained all the people from Xiayu Village with sacks, and asked two people to fetch water to put out the fire, watching the scolding mother struggling in the sack Zhao Qian walked over to the man, trying his best to think of some outrageous things.

The man in the sack yelled, "Whoever dares to beat me, I'll tell my uncle to go! You can't rent land in the village."

Hu San'er took the stick Lun and went down two sticks: "Son of a bitch."

"Thief, catch the thief!" Zhao Qian stepped down a few feet, motioning for everyone to follow suit.

So everyone surrounded the people in Xiayu Village and beat them well, while calling for thieves, guessing that something happened after beating for a long time, and then slowly retracted their feet.

Zhao Qian squatted down to open the sack, and saw that the people inside not only lost their arrogance, but also howled with their heads in their hands, pretending to be surprised: "Hey, isn't this a villager from Xiayu Village? Why did you come here to steal things?" !"

The man felt that he was not being greeted, so he slowly let go of his hand, opened his eyes and saw Zhao Qian who was holding a torch, after being startled, he said loudly: "Who is the thief, we are not thieves!"

"Oh? No?" Zhao Qian looked at everyone: "Look, this is a misunderstanding!"

The folks laughed loudly: "I'm really sorry, I misunderstood, I misunderstood!"

All the people in Xiayu Village crawled out of the sacks, rubbing their buttocks and supporting their waists: "What do you mean! Beat people indiscriminately!"

"Oh? But who told you to sneak here at night and let us indiscriminately?" Zhao Qian asked with calm eyes.

The people in Xiayu Village suddenly shut up.

Zhao Qian said again: "If you heard me right, are you here to burn down our house?"

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, only the man stuck his neck and said: "You hit someone, I'm going to sue you!"

"Then hurry up and sue? Do you want to tell your uncle the village chief, or tell the county magistrate? If you tell your village chief, it probably doesn't make much sense. After all, there is no village chief in any village. As for telling the village chief?" For the magistrate of the county, that would be the best, and it happened that there was a shipwreck in Xiayu Village, so please come here to take care of it, and also take care of the burning of people's houses."

The man's voice immediately weakened, he stared at Zhao Qian and dared not speak, but he couldn't be reconciled after being beaten, and was in a dilemma for a while.

At this time, the village head stood up and said: "You people in Xiayu Village are too arrogant. You smashed our boat last time, and this time you want to come and burn our house. If you dare to make trouble in the future, don't blame us!" Those of us in Shangyu Village are welcome!"

The man snorted: "Why do you say that we smashed the boat? Don't talk nonsense without evidence!"

"The burning of the house was stolen this time." Zhao Qian said lightly.

The man snorted coldly, but didn't speak. The people in Xiayu Village were caught upright, and everyone was eager to try to leave. Firstly, they were not as thick-skinned as men, and secondly, they were not as thick as the village chief's uncle.The man saw that he had few people and everyone had no fighting power, so he felt a little scared.

He took two steps back, touched his sore stomach and buttocks, and said harshly: "You all wait for me."

"We wait here every day."

All the torches were gone, and they ran down the mountain in the dark.

Seeing the people walking away, Hu San'er said: "Zhao Qian, if you let everyone stay, you guessed that people from Xiayu Village are coming to make trouble!"

"Today, Shaoyu said that he met people from Xiayu Village on the road. According to their virtue, they will come to see what happened sooner or later." He put one hand on Brother Zhou's shoulder, and asked Brother Zhou to bring the sack early in the morning. Want to teach these guys a lesson.

Everyone laughed, the beating was a bit of a relief, but fortunately they found out in time, otherwise the results of everyone's busy work for so long would have fallen by the wayside.

"Everyone pack up and go back to the cave. If you haven't gone back so late, the aunts should be worried. The people from Xiayu Village will definitely not come again today. Everyone can go back without worry, but from tomorrow night, everyone will be here Go to sleep, in order to guard against the people in Xiayu Village, you can also work earlier."

Although Feng Fan slept outside, there was nothing he could do. After all, if something happened to the new village, no one could afford it, so everyone nodded in agreement.

On the way back, Zhao Qian lit a torch with one hand and took Brother Zhou with the other.

"I thought you were really not worried."

Zhao Qian smiled, "How can you not be worried." More than anyone else, he hoped that the village could be built soon, so there was nothing wrong with him.

...............

In keeping with his promise to Zheng Shu, Brother Zhou told the village head about his happiness, and told him not to do tiring work and take care of his baby. After the incident in Xiayu Village, the village head was worried. I couldn't sleep because I was afraid that something would happen. When I heard the news suddenly, I immediately regained my energy.

"Let's go, I'll go with you to see Brother Zheng. This is a great event!" Well, no, after all the talk, someone finally listened to it and knew how to add more people to the village.

The village chief walked faster than Brother Zhou, first he was happy about Brother Zheng, and then he began to persuade Brother Zhou: "You two have to hurry up, I think Zhao Qian is busy every day. Have you been left out in the cold about the village affairs?"

Brother Zhou shook his head hastily, it was nothing at all.

The village chief didn't think so. After all, Brother Zhou wasn't in the mood to complain. He said, "Don't worry, I'll talk about Zhao Qian, so that you can have your child as soon as possible. Look, if our village The number of people in the village has increased, so the people in Xiayu Village still dare to come to pick things up, and they will overwhelm him in terms of population alone, so that they will not dare to be arrogant. You and Zhao Qian are newlyweds, and these things have to rely on looking at you."

Brother Zhou lowered his head and didn't speak. If he could say it well, he would be a genius doctor. He didn't say anything. In order not to embarrass Zhao Qian, he said: "I understand the kindness of the village chief, but Brother Zhao It's been really good for me."

The village chief suddenly stopped in his tracks, with his hands behind his back, his old face full of hatred: "You are young, and you don't understand many things. This is good for you. There are many kinds, not just everyone. It’s good if you can see it, but it’s good if you can’t see it alone, that’s good! Do you understand?”

Brother Zhou frowned:? ? ?

The village chief sighed: "I'll just say you don't understand at a young age. You really don't understand. Come on, I'll talk about Zhao Qian tomorrow. He is a sensible person, and I appreciate him the most."

Brother Zhou stood still, really wondering what the village head was trying to say.

"Come on, why are you still standing behind?"

"Oh."

The village chief expressed his condolences and concern to Zheng Shu, and asked for his health. It can be said that he was thinking of an old father. After confessing to Zheng Shu, he pulled Liu Jun and talked for a long time, so that he could take good care of Zheng Shu, and finally put the two of them together. After talking, he called everyone together again, praised the two from head to toe, and then criticized the rest of the young people and their husbands and wives.

Hu San'er couldn't help laughing out loud, she was pregnant with a child and had to start the commendation meeting.

The village chief's face collapsed, and he stopped Hu San'er immediately: "Smile, you still laugh, why do you have the face to smile, you still don't marry at such an old age, it's really embarrassing for our village."

"Aren't I busy building the village? Only when the village is repaired can I think about these things."

"Stop making excuses with me, the rest of the people are gone, what should we do, Hu San'er stay here, I have something to tell you." Everyone cheered silently, Zhao Qian was about to go back to the small cave with Brother Zhou, The village head suddenly pointed: "Zhao Qian, you also stay with me."

Zhao Qian secretly thought that it was not good, he would never finish talking about the time, he put his arms around Brother Zhou, leaned on his shoulder, and said in a weak tone: "Village Chief, I have been busy all day, if I listen to you Talk, it shouldn't delay my busy work at night."

He raised his eyebrows and patted Brother Zhou on the head.

The village head smiled and nodded: "Sure, you guys go to bed early."

Upon hearing this, Hu San'er was unhappy: "Village Chief, I've been busy all day, so why not!"

"Shut up." The village chief said with puffy eyes, "Do you have any work to do?"