"Every day from now on, when the sun is bright, we must come down and move around. No matter if it is practicing sword swing or archery, or even just waving a stick randomly a few times, we must not be idle. Also, The fourth child should teach everyone more about hunting. It is best to supplement the oil and water in the belly and save some food. After all, we have to persist until the end of the year. We still don't know what will happen when we leave the woods."
Uncle Zhao also said, "Yes. Ah, from now on, someone must be on duty during the day and night. It is best to build a shed on the hill above the cave and serve as a lookout. There must also be someone guarding the entrance of the forest on the opposite side of the mountain stream. Everyone takes turns, don't be idle."
Li Laosi Everyone nodded. With the direction, it would not be difficult to arrange it.
There are thirty-three young men in the village, including Wen Hai, who work three shifts a day, which means they are on duty for four hours and sleep or hunt and train for the remaining eight hours.
The young men also had errands to clear snow and cut firewood.
Women take care of the elderly and children and perform their respective duties.
One group of people was left on duty, and the other two groups divided the work. One group went to build a shack on the top of the mountain to serve as a sentry post, and the other group went into the woods to hunt.
As a result, a group of people who went hunting in the woods did not bring their prey. Instead, they brought back Liu Biaotou and Liu Yangjiayi when the sun set.
These three people carried three large bags of things, and their faces turned pale from exhaustion.
Everyone was surprised and more curious, not knowing what they brought back.
But Jiayi rushed to the cave of his house and shouted loudly, "Brother, come down quickly and see what good things I have brought you!" Jiaren
was riding his sister on his neck and walking around in the cave. It was a rare sight. Practice calligraphy.
Hearing the shouting, the brother and sister opened the curtain and looked outside. They were both very happy.
Jiaren quickly pulled the bamboo basket on his back, carried his sister on his back, and then got off the rattan ladder.
Jiayi gave his sister a big kiss, then took his eldest brother and ran to the hay shed.
In the hay shed, Liu Biaotou had already opened three packages.
Mr. Wen asked with surprise on his face, "Where did you find so many books?"
Jiaren's eyes lit up, and he rushed directly to the pile of books, touching them on the left and flipping through them on the right. He almost went crazy with joy.
Being a scholar is valuable, not just for eating, drinking, and studying in the academy. The most expensive thing is pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and books.
An enlightenment book costs one tael of silver.
There are more than 300 books in such a huge pile in front of you. If you want to buy them, you will have to pay 700 to 800 taels of silver!
Liu Biaotou smiled and said, "We stayed near the bandit's yard. There was no point guarding it in vain, so we walked around. We were going to go to Guan Road to take a look, but we unexpectedly came across several boxes on the way. These books must have been robbed by the bandits from the Guo family. This thing is not money, nor is it as good as food, so they were thrown away."
Mr. Wen nodded and pointed to the seal on the back of a book, "This is indeed Guo Shan's book. A long private seal."
He thought for a while and said, "In this way, Jiaren will learn first. When you leave, take it with you if you can, hide it if you can't, and let the Guo family pick it up later."
Jiaren nodded fiercely, I was so happy that I wanted to lie down on the pile of books.
These are rare good books, otherwise the Guo family would have to carry them with them when they couldn't escape.
If he hadn't had this opportunity, he, a farm boy, might never have had the opportunity to read these books in his lifetime.
Everyone laughed when they saw him looking like a mouse falling into a rice vat.
In the end, these books were sent to the Li family's cave because they couldn't fit in the small cave.
Mr. Wen took Jiaren to tidy up for a long time, and Jiayin also joined in the fun, wanting to see how the cultural crystallization of this time and space was the same or different from the previous life.
Jiaren was afraid that his sister would be naughty and tear her apart, but when he saw that she was carefully flipping through the pages and looking very serious, he didn't stop him.
As a result, less than half an hour later, Mr. Wen pointed behind him and suddenly laughed.
He quickly looked back and saw his sister lying on the pile of books, almost snoring...
When Jiayin woke up, it was already late. Tao Hongying was really making noodles, and Zhao Yuru was chopping wild boar meat and preparing to make dumplings.
Mrs. Li sat by the bed, carefully pouring the duck eggs in the jar. When her granddaughter woke up, she held her in her arms and smiled.
"Little lazy pig, are you awake? You just fell asleep on the pile of books, and your saliva almost soaked the books!"
Jiayin blushed, hugged grandma's neck and twisted around like a fat insect, which annoyed Mr. Li. Too laughing.
"Okay, okay, I know you are ashamed, so grandma won't say anything anymore."
Mrs. Li continued to count her duck eggs, and there were still seven or eight lonely ones left in the jar.
Jiayin looked around, pulled off grandma's sleeve, and pointed pitifully at the jar.
Mrs. Li understood, pursed her lips hesitantly, and looked back. There were only two busy daughters-in-law in the cave.
Jiaren and Mr. Wen moved some books to the small cave. Jiaxi and Jiaan ran out to play. The second, third, and fourth children were all down there.
She was so cruel that she lay next to her granddaughter's ear and said, "Just take out twenty, not too many."
Jiayin nodded fiercely, waved his hand, and twenty clean duck eggs appeared in the jar. Mr. Li Tai quickly closed the lid and placed it in the innermost corner, blocking it with a grain bag.
Just when she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, her granddaughter stuffed another peeled boiled egg into her mouth. Looking at her granddaughter's little mouth, it was also bulging.
She could only glare at her granddaughter, then hugged her and thought about it while eating secretly.
The duck eggs have been pickled and four are to be boiled for the little cave. Jiaren is studying with Mr. Wen and must show off. Doctor Zhang, the village chief, Uncle Zhao and other elderly people cannot be left behind.
It is always a good thing to respect teachers and elders.
In this way, the things that the granddaughter took out were not wasted in vain. It should not ruin the granddaughter's blessing...
Jiayin didn't know that her grandma was so entangled. She ate an egg and felt relieved in her stomach, so she ran to the stove. I'm here to make dumplings!
These are dumplings, she hasn't eaten them in almost two years!
Just in time, Li Laosi climbed up from below, entered the house and hugged his daughter when he saw her.
"Daughter, do you think daddy has brought you something good?"
Jiayin was thinking about eating when she suddenly saw her daddy taking out two snow-white rabbits from his arms. She subconsciously asked, "Bake them and eat them." ? Or stew it?"
There was silence in the cave for a moment, and then there was rumble of laughter.
"Haha, our Fu Niu is hungry!"
"Why does this girl want to eat everything she sees?"
Tao Hongying laughed so hard that she couldn't hold the basin, and Zhao Yuru also wiped the corners of her eyes.
Li Laosi scratched the back of his head dumbfounded, "My dear, this rabbit is too small to fit between your teeth! Dad brought it back for you to play with!"
Jiayin was extremely embarrassed and quickly gave her dad a smile, "Thank you Dad!"
Li Laosi blinked twice, feeling that his daughter didn't like it.
The good news also made her want to cry. There were almost too many rabbits in the small space yard, and there were as many as eighty if not a hundred. She was exhausted from feeding the rabbits every night.
Just when she was thinking about how to reduce the burden on the space, her father got her two more.
Someone tell her how to show happiness...