Chapter 54: The vastness of the sea, the snow has melted
"This is the path my father used to build. It was abandoned after using it a few times. Later, Shui Xiu and I worked it for a long time before we could barely get a road. Now the snow is so thick that if we want to go there, we have to clear the snow first, and at least we have to create a path that people can pass."
After Dong Chenghu finished speaking, the work started immediately. Uncle Qin and others were not vague and went up to help quickly.
Hao kept observing the surrounding terrain and heard the sound of waves coming from behind the mountain from time to time, full of surprise.
"Is this sea different from a river? Why is it so moving?" Hao helped transport the snow dug out. The deeper it was, the clearer the sound, and echoed in a ray of sky.
The two young men were so excited at first, but now they all buried their faces in Dong Yunmei's clothes.
"Mom, this sound is so scary, Qingqing is afraid."
Dong Yunmei felt very distressed all of a sudden, but the road was almost ready. It was better to walk back two more steps to see what the sea is.
Gu Shuixiu hugged Dong Qingqing and calmed down after a while of comfort.
The road was cleared now. Dong Chenghu took the lead in climbing the high slope, watching the mountain for a while before turning around and shouting: "The water is beautiful, the beach is frozen, but the range is not large, and the waves can still be beaten. But there is nothing to find in this way."
Everyone was a little disappointed when they heard this. In order not to let them fail, Dong Chenghu also asked everyone to go up the high slope to see the so-called sea.
The Qin family was so shocked that their mouths could not close. Zuo Qingsong had been lost for a long time. He lived in the mountains so much that he didn't know that there was such a spectacular scenery outside the mountains.
The most exaggerated reaction here is to have two children. He said that he would stay on the high slope and not go back. Later, Dong Yunmei used both soft and hard skills to deceive the person away.
When a group of people returned to Dong's house, their bodies were almost frozen. Everyone was immersed in the magnificent shock of the sea, and they were speechless for a moment.
"It's almost the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Construction will start a few days after the ice and snow start melting in the early February. Because you still have to build a house to buy land, I suggest you go to the town to get the land deed first. If the money is not enough, you can advance your spring plowing wages first. When the land deed is completed, our land and fields can also be planted. While there is nothing wrong in the past few days, I will first buy the land and things to farm in the spring.
In addition, I would like to ask you for a favor. When you were passing by Caozi Village in Panlong Town, you went to my house to ask, and asked my parents to help me collect some chickens, ducks, gooses, pigs, calfs and lambs. I plan to build a farm in a valley, so I don’t have to rely on hunting to make a living in the future."
Gu Shuixiu told everyone on the venue about his plan, and the Qin family was frightened by Gu Shuixiu's boldness.
"Shuixiu, you have no objection to keeping so many things. You are just a couple. Can you finish eating it? We are in the mountains, and every family is hunter, but no one will buy the livestock you raise."
Uncle Qin frowned and looked puzzled. He would not think that Gu Shuixiu is a woman with long hair and short knowledge, but instead thinks that she is an extremely thoughtful and capable virtuous man.
Gu Shuixiu chuckled softly, "I raise these things for myself, and I can also make some food for sale, or I can also take advantage of the situation when visiting relatives and friends. When raising chickens, ducks and geese, I can control the number of chickens, ducks and geese, and I have many family members. It is also good to improve the food every few days. As for pigs, if they are raised, they will be killed, so that the tiger can be transported to various villages and sold more, so people will buy it.
Now the village is poor, and even if you raise pigs, you can't bear to kill them. Instead, they sell them to the town, and then to the county. If the village wants to eat pork, they have to buy them in the town. But the price is twice as high. We will sell them at a lower price, so it is easy to sell the meat.
In addition, I also want to raise some fish, so it will be easier to eat fish in the future. This fish will be easier to raise, and you will know in the future."
Everyone didn't know what medicine was sold in Gu Shuixiu's gourd, but this did not prevent them from looking forward. If the Dong family really made up something, the Dong family would not forget their closest neighbors.
After the 15th day, it really didn't snow anymore. The weather was so good. The sky was high and the clouds were light and the sun was bright. If there was no cold mountain wind, it would be even more beautiful. This weather lasted for more than ten days. All the snow outside had melted into ice. The ice began to melt again. The feeling of wetness was everywhere. Standing under a branch was like raining.
Dong Yunmei detained her two children and refused to let them leave the yard, so she could only play in the house.
Gu Shuixiu was afraid that they would be unhappy after being locked up for a long time, so she specially instructed Dong Chenghu to make a set of log building blocks, which made the two children so excited that they almost called Gu Shuixiu's biological mother.
With that set of building blocks, Dong Yunmei was relieved. She sat in the main hall to do needlework every day, watching the two children who were having fun. Gu Shuixiu had prepared three meals a day for them to eat. Life was not too beautiful.
In fact, it’s not that Dong Yunmei doesn’t cook, but her cooking skills are not as good as Gu Shuixiu. The same dish can’t taste Gu Shuixiu no matter how much it is, and the Dong family’s appetite is so sucked by Gu Shuixiu. After eating several times, everyone protested against the food made by Dong Yunmei. Even Gu Shuixiu couldn’t accept it, so she had to take the spoon by herself.
Dong Yunmei felt that she was very unfair. In the past, her family was poor and there was nothing to train her cooking skills. Later, when she went to the Wu family, Ding was like a little bit of oil and salt, as well as rotten vegetables and leaves, she asked her to make a family meal. She didn't stew it in a random pot. This also caused her to be unable to let go of cooking now and she couldn't bear to put so much oil, and she was not as delicious as Gu Shuixiu no matter how she cooked.
But in the past few days, Gu Shuixiu has started to be busy again and has no time to cook. The task of slapping the spoon has fallen into Dong Yunmei's hands. When the two little ones heard it, their faces were almost wrinkled into buns.
I had to ask Dong Chenghu to ask him, "Good uncle, please help us ask my uncle when she can cook for us."
It just so happened that Zuo Qingsong and Dong Chenghu were doing work together. When they heard the two young people asking, they looked thoughtful. No wonder the food they ate these two days felt different.
The two young men continued to linger with Dong Chenghu and whispered in Dong Chenghu's ear.
"Uncle, my mother cooks as delicious as my aunt. Go and talk to her. Qingqing helps her work. Will she make delicious food for Qingqing?"
Dong Chenghu looked amused and crying, and Zuo Qingsong also rarely smiled. It was indeed a child, and he dared to say anything.
"Qingqing, your mother can't hear this. She should be sad." Zuo Qingsong felt that it was necessary for him to remind the two young men. No matter what, it was the meal they made by their mother. It would be impossible to dislike them so much.
"That's why I whispered to you that this is our secret and my mother can't find out." Dong Qingqing put her index finger on her mouth and looked like a thief.
Dong Chenghu was so sad that he was almost injured internally.
Chapter completed!