The patriarch went to call Cheng Wentao and asked them whether they planted the land or not. If not, he gave the land to others.
"Of course we do. What's the rush?" Cheng Wentao said, "this land is given to us. No one wants it."
However, as soon as the patriarch left, Cheng Qingqing said, "we don't have any seeds. What do we plant?"
Cheng Wentao sneered: "we don't have it. There must be one in Li Changting's family."
Cheng Qingqing was stunned and said in a low voice, "are you going to Steal? But when we plant it, others will doubt where the seed came from, and it will show up at that time. "
Cheng Wentao: "silly, since you are going to steal, why do you want to steal seeds? You can steal what you have to eat. Then you can hide outside, and no one will find out."
Cheng Qingqing nodded: "good."
It seems that this is not the first time for the brother and sister to do this kind of thing. After everyone goes to work in the field, Cheng Qingqing lets off the wind and Cheng Wentao goes in to dig things.
There are five caves in Xu Qing's family, and Cheng Wentao goes directly to the second one.
He knew that Xu Qing's family usually ate in this cave, and the food would be there.
It was dark in the cave, and there was no light. With a little light coming in from outside, Cheng Wentao faintly saw a lot of bamboo baskets piled up in the cave. He felt nervous and excited.
One by one, he turned to potatoes and sweet potatoes! When I turned to a bamboo basket in the corner, it turned out to be a big bag of snacks such as Mahua and cakes!
Cheng Wentao was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, a cold voice came from behind him.
"Good boy, dare to break ground on Taisui's head." Duanmu Xiang came in carrying a shoulder pole.
He came back to get the water. As a result, he ran into Cheng Qingqing from a distance in the tunnel. When Cheng Qingqing saw him, she turned and ran.
Duanmu ring heard the sound of rustling in hui'er's cave and took a shoulder pole from the side.
The silver needle seals the acupoint, drags out the cave and directly breaks the leg.
Unable to speak, Cheng Wentao opens his mouth and utters a silent scream. Looking at Duanmu ring, his eyes are full of panic and pleading.
Duanmu Xiangxiao: "climb back."
Seeing that Duanmu Xiang doesn't mean to make a big deal of things, Cheng Wentao quickly climbs out and bears the pain all the way back to his cave.
His leg is broken, and his throat can't make a sound. He wants Cheng Qingqing to call the doctor, but Cheng Qingqing is scared out of his wits. Finally, Cheng Wentao faints with pain.
"Why did you come back so late?" Xu Qing asked Duanmu ring when he went back to get the water.
"I met two mice who came to steal food." Duanmu rang.
"Brothers and sisters of the Cheng family?" Xu Qingmei frowned.
"Are there any mice in our cave?" Xiaomeizi was shocked.
"It's OK. I've beaten him away." Duanmu rang, "they don't dare to come again. Don't be afraid."
Xiaomeizi worried: "I'm not afraid of mice. I'm afraid mice will eat up my snacks."
The crowd began to laugh.
As for the trees in the field, we didn't have the energy to manage them. Later, the patriarch said that we should not cut down all the trees in the mountain, otherwise it would be hotter in the cave if there was no shade in summer.
After we have enough land to grow food, we don't care about the shade.
The outside is planted with drought resistant potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, and the cave can be planted with some vegetables in bamboo baskets.
After walking more than half of the people in the village, most of the caves were empty. The rest of the people tried their best to grow food and make use of all the space they could use.
Three days later, when the patriarch saw that Cheng's brothers and sisters had not come to dig the land, he went to ask again. This time, Cheng Qingqing directly said that they did not plant the land. The patriarch almost sprayed her face. What did you eat if you did not plant the land?! Eat dirt!
But the patriarch doesn't care about these two things anymore. Cheng Qingqing doesn't plant the land, so he can plant the land for others.
Fortunately, the patriarch had expected that this might happen, so when the land was divided, the Cheng brothers and sisters' land was next to the Li Zhuang's, and the Cheng brothers and sisters didn't want it, so the patriarch gave the land to the Li Zhuang's. There were many of his family members, so we didn't have any opinions about sharing more.
Watering, fertilizing, stinking back to take a bath.
After five or six days, we finally planted all the seeds.
At this time, a single man in the village suddenly went to tell the patriarch that he wanted to live with Cheng Qingqing.
Patriarch: "do you think clearly? Just Cheng Qingqing That's not a good woman. "
The man snorted coldly: "if you marry me, you'll have to listen to me. If she doesn't listen to me, I won't break her leg!"
The man knows that Cheng Qingqing's family can't open the pot. He just wants him to support her. He can keep her from starving, but he must listen to him and give birth to her baby!
Patriarch: "now that you have decided, you should be ready. Other red tape has been saved. We don't have that condition. Then we can worship heaven and earth."
Cheng Qingqing turns over all the things in her family. She looks at Cheng Wentao, who is half dead on the straw mat. After thinking about it, she puts all the useful things in her family.The next day, Cheng Qingqing married the bachelor and moved to live with the man.
Others don't know, but Xu Qing knows that Cheng Wentao is seriously injured, and Cheng Qingqing doesn't even care about his injured brother, so he directly asks for someone to marry him.
Two days later, someone found Cheng Wentao dead in the cave. They quickly moved him out and cremated him.
Cheng Qingqing went to collect the ashes and buried them beside her father.
After planting the food, we had to water it every day, and then we had a rest.
So the patriarch took everyone to clean up the empty cave. All the straw piles and sundries in the cave were moved out and burned. A layer of dirt on the ground was also shoveled away. Nothing was left in the cave, and no chance was given for insects and mice to survive!
Then, the patriarch asked everyone to think about moving the cave, so that they could live together, which was convenient for care.
This proposal has been approved by many people. Some of them are far away from the water source, and the caves are also relatively small. We should hurry to choose suitable caves.
The Xuqing family is not willing to move. They are used to living and don't want to make trouble.
Everyone gathered near the water source, and some even got through the middle of the two caves. Anyway, it's empty. It's not useless.
After moving the cave, the patriarch began to ask everyone to repair the hot Kang.
It's a technical job to build a heated kang. Although Xu Qing knows the principle, he doesn't know how to operate it. Moreover, how to ventilate when building a heated kang in a cave is also a problem.
In the past, every house was built by a special person, which made it difficult for everyone to build a hot Kang.
In the end, the clan leader personally demonstrated the construction process of the fire Kang. There was no brick, but the earth Kang. Although it was rough, the effect was good after the fire was burned underneath.