Xu Yue only went home for half a month. Jun Mei, who was already a housekeeper, knew that Xu Yue was back, so she reluctantly led her follower brother A Jian to the mansion. While eating, she reported to Xu Yue the situation in the village.

In Junmei's eyes, the only person she wants to be loyal to is Xu Yue. Although Xu Erniang also has to report, she will give a lot more information when reporting to Xu Yue.

Now Zhuangzi has a new paper mill and two new groups of refugees have been admitted.

The paper mill is operating as usual. It's cold. The businessman who was originally going to deliver bamboo, the raw material for paper making, sent a message saying that he would postpone his arrival until after the new year. Fortunately, Xu Yue has always had the habit of hoarding raw materials. If the raw materials are delayed, the paper will not be allowed to arrive.

The factory is affected.

The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is the personnel arrangement of the two new groups of refugees.

In the past two years, Xu Yue has continuously acquired surrounding mountainous land. Now the area of ​​Xujiazhuang has been upgraded from Zhuangzi to a large Uburg like Gongsun's.

The inside and outside of Uburg are also clearly divided. The inner castle still has the same people as before, while the new refugees and the market have been relocated to the outer castle.

However, the small market in the inner fort was still retained and merged with the original exchange canteen to form a new supply and marketing cooperative.

After the meal, Jun Mei asked: "The two groups of refugees who came later have already attended elementary literacy classes. Some of them are good ones. I am going to arrange for them to enter the inner fort school system. Do you think it is okay, my dear?"

Xu Yue asked: "Have the identity and background been investigated clearly?"

Jun Mei nodded and added: "They all signed the deed of prostitution voluntarily. Don't worry about this. There are a total of twenty suitable children. Fifteen of them are orphans who escaped with their relatives. The parents of the remaining five are

They are still here, and their parents are very motivated to study in literacy classes.”

Xu Yue nodded, feeling that there was no problem.

Xu Erniang suddenly asked: "Is there anyone with particularly good physique? Send them to Buqu camp."

Jun Mei shook her head. These two groups of refugees were different from the ones that Xu Dalang went out to take back. The ones with strong physiques were all adults. There was really no suitable one among the teenagers.

As for adults, they are not considered by Buquying at all, unless they are brought back by Wang Pingping personally.

Xu Erniang thought for a moment and asked Junmei to give her a list of adult men. Then she took Xu Dalang, who had a dull face and was very reluctant, to clean up the dishes and chopsticks together.

Every once in a while, Xu Erniang will always ask for a list of adult men, and the ones she chooses are all young men with strong physiques.

Then, the selected young people will disappear from people's sight, and no one knows where Xu Erniang sent them.

Only Xu Yue guessed that these people might have been sent to the mysterious cement factory that only my sister and my mother knew about.

The short report meeting ended, and Junmei took Ajian, who was pestering Xu Dalang to practice martial arts, to go home.

Mrs. Gan also came to pick up Zhao Adou, who was well fed and drunk and sleeping on a soft couch.

The three Xu Yue brothers and sisters tidied up and went back to their rooms to rest.

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When the snow falls heavily, the New Year is also here.

In previous years, Xu Yue's family of five could not gather together. This year's New Year, not only did the whole family gather together, but there were also some extra people.

Such as the three brothers Zhao Bei and Mrs. Gan's mother and son.

There was also Lu Xun, a young general of the Yuan family who was brought back by Wang Pingping.

After getting used to it, Xu Da had already figured out the real name of the young general. He knew that Lu Xun's real name was Lu Yi, so he named him "Xiao Yi" one by one.

Wang Pingping was the first to call out this name. The young general seemed very dissatisfied, but the object of dissatisfaction did not seem to include Wang Pingping. He just stared at Xu Da, as well as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun who followed Xu Da and shouted Xiaoyi.

These people were a bit older than him, and now the Yuan family and the Gongsun family were in a close cooperative relationship. As a sixteen-year-old junior, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Therefore, from the moment he entered Xujiazhuang, a dark cloud hung over his handsome face, and he looked even more like "No strangers should be allowed in" than Xu Dalang.

When he first arrived, Lu Yi was like a frightened bird. Everything in the Xujia Wubao could scare him. Although he didn't show it on his face, his tense posture could not be seen by any of the people present.

Xu Yue and Xu Erniang walked in carrying copper pots that had been heated to a boil in advance. Everyone sitting on the soft futons immediately stood up and looked over.

It was a rare reunion for the family. Although there were many irrelevant outsiders present, Xu Yue was still in a good mood, rolled up her sleeves and cooked in person, preparing a sumptuous hot pot meal for her family.

Not to mention the soup base made from big bone sticks, we also made an extra pot base of pickled vegetables, beans and rice. This is the taste of southerners, and I have never seen such a method in the north.

The soup base made from boiled broad beans and simmered with pickled cabbage doesn't look very good, and even looks a bit like the pig food in the cowshed behind the house. However, as the fire is turned up, the thick soup base that gurgles and churns out.

The wonderful fragrance of people.

The side dishes include Xu Yue's favorite fat sheep rolls, as well as fresh vegetables, bean sprouts, tofu, melon slices, pork belly, etc. The portion is generous, so you must have enough.

Coupled with the special garlic dipping sauce, Zhang Fei was excited when he saw it.

When they first arrived in Xujiazhuang, the three brothers missed a meal of fat sheep hot pot, and they never had the chance to wait for the meal of fat sheep roll hot pot. Therefore, they missed it for two years.

Now, in the third year since they came to Xujiazhuang, they finally waited for Xujia's steaming fat sheep roll hot pot.

There are two short round tables in the house, which are more than enough to accommodate so many people. Xu Yue sets up a mandarin duck pot on one side, and Ah Da, Ah Er and others serve the side dishes one by one. Green is hard to see in winter, but there are two on this dining table.

Big basin.

Lu Yi was a little surprised, the Xu family was really luxurious!

After the dishes were served, everyone sat down voluntarily. Mrs. Gan and Adou, the three brothers and sisters of Xu Yue, naturally sat together.

Zhao Bei, Zhang Fei, Xu Da, and Wang Pingping took their seats at the main table.

Zhao Yun looked at the two tables, and finally sat at the main table at Wang Pingping's signal.

Lu Yi stood up and was about to walk to the main table when Xu Yue suddenly stopped him, "General Lu, please sit with us. The seat here is more relaxed."

As she said that, seeing the young general frowning, Xu Yue pointed to the two glass bottles filled with high-alcohol wine on the main table and reminded: "My dad and the others are going to drink today."

Zhang Fei immediately laughed, rubbed his hands, and winked at Zhao Yun, who couldn't help but look expectant.

It was a rare occasion in a year to drink wine, and today even Zhao Bei, who had always been restrained, couldn't help but look at the two glass bottles again and again.

Xu Da is the master and has no embarrassing thoughts. He has already put his hand on the glass bottle and is waiting for Wang Pingping to say a word. He will have three cups each first to feel the spicy taste that he has not seen for a long time.

Lu Yi looked at Sister Xu Yue's friendly smiling face, then looked back at Xu Da and others. Seeing that none of these old men had any intention of calling him to take the seat, he glanced at them gloomily and turned towards Xu Yue.
Chapter completed!