“Nothing to count, who cares? If they dare to kill our people indiscriminately, they deserve to die.”
Jiang Sanlang finished eating the cantaloupe and stood up: "I want to take a nap first, and then I'll talk to you about the future."
He hasn't slept much for several days, and he is very sleepy now.
Old man Jiang waved his hand: "You go to sleep, I'll go outside and take a look."
The eldest and second son’s house still needs to be tidied up, so he has to clean it up when he has time, clear out all the debris in the wall frames, and repaint the roof after he has calmed down.
At this moment, Yingbao took her brothers and sisters to find the cantaloupe.
Of course it was impossible to find it, but they did find a bamboo bed with two large wooden boxes stacked on it, as well as two sacks of rice, two sacks of wheat, and several quilts.
They were covered with some straw and survived two rainy days without getting wet.
Jiang Quan rushed over at once, pulled away the straw, and said excitedly and incoherently: "I'm getting rich! I'm getting rich! Hahahaha! I found the bandit's treasure!"
Yingbao said angrily: "This is my family's thing."
Jiang Quan: “…”
Opening the wooden box, I picked up a piece of clothing and looked at it. Sure enough, it was my little cousin's clothing.
Hey, he was so happy that he thought he had picked up the stolen goods hidden by the bandits.
Jiang Quan and his eldest brother Jiang Cheng walked back carrying a sack, while Dani and Erni followed behind each carrying a quilt.
Yingbao, his two younger brothers, and Yuanbao Huzi Wei Zhan were guarding the bamboo bed.
Two dogs barked excitedly and circled around the bamboo bed.
They were both really looking at it just now. This thing suddenly appeared in front of the little master, which frightened the two dogs.
Until now, neither of them has calmed down.
“Yingbao, let’s go pick up the eggs. Just let Brother Yuanbao and Wei Zhan keep watch here.”
Hu Zi was so anxious that he scratched his head and urged his little cousin over and over again.
Unexpectedly, before the little cousin said anything, Yuanbao was the first to object, "Why do you let us guard? What can you and Xiaojie and Xiaowu do? I think you might as well just watch things here, while Yingbao and I go Collect eggs."
"Why?" Huzi snorted angrily: "I told Yingbao a long time ago! Huh! I'm going!"
Seeing that the two brothers were about to fight, Ying Bao glared: "None of you are going, I can do it alone."
He pointed at his two younger brothers and said, "You are not allowed to go either. Just keep a good look at things here. When I come back, we will go home and boil eggs to eat."
Jiang Jie Jiang Wu pursed his lips in grievance, but nodded.
Jiang Wu ran to his sister and whispered: "Sister, let's not bring them next time! Humph!"
“Yeah.” Yingbao agreed.
Jiang Wu suddenly became happy, glanced at Hu Zi with a high air, and felt proud.
So, several boys watched Yingbao leading the deer into the bamboo forest.
Yingbao found an open space in the bamboo forest, which was only one foot square.
Take out a small shovel and start digging the soil, remove some cantaloupe vines and courgette vines, and plant them in the soil one by one.
After cultivating the soil and watering the melons and vines, I was satisfied.
I will bring Sister Dani and Sister Erni over to pick melons later, and I will talk to the adults later.
After that, he caught a few chickens and sowed a large handful of wheat on the ground.
The hen was a little confused when she first came out, but when she saw the familiar face of Yingbao, she calmed down and happily pecked at the wheat grains.
When Yingbao appeared in front of Yuanbao and the others carrying a basket of eggs, Dani Erni and Jiang Chengjiang Quan also came.
Also coming together are Old Man Jiang, Mrs. Jiang Liu, and Mrs. Chun Niang Zhou.
They carried carrying poles and prepared to carry back several sacks of grain and boxes. "Bao'er, where did you find the eggs?" Old Man Jiang asked first.
Yingbao pointed to the bamboo forest and said, "It's there, do you want to take a look?"
“Go, of course!” Old Man Jiang has always been curious about where his granddaughter found these things.
Not only is the old man curious, but everyone in the family is also curious.
So Yingbao led her grandparents and cousins to the place she had just tidied up.
“Oh, there are so many melons!” Mrs. Jiang Liu excitedly pulled at her dull wife, “Look, is that our chicken? Oh my god! God bless me.”
Da Ni Er Ni and Jiang Quan had already gone to pick melons.
Erni shouted while picking: "No wonder! It turns out there is a melon field here! Haha! From now on, I will come to pick melons every day."
Seeing her second granddaughter pulling the melon vine out of the soil, Mrs. Jiang Liu felt distressed and slapped her thigh: "Oh **** girl, be careful, there are still melon seeds on it, don't pull the vine out. Oh, You fussy guy..."
Erni quickly moved her hands and feet, but the melon vine couldn't help but pull. Before she even exerted any force, the vine was pulled out by the roots.
“Silly!” Mrs. Jiang Liu smacked her granddaughter’s hand off, not allowing her to pick it off again, and told her second grandson: “Go home and get a sickle!”
Ying Bao silently handed over a pair of scissors, "Use scissors to cut."
Erni was overjoyed. She took the scissors and cut them with a click.
Not to mention, it feels very good to cut melons with scissors.
A few people picked melons, and Mrs. Jiang Liu cultivated the soil on the roots of the melon vines one by one and compacted them, and then took the hens home.
On the way back, Old Man Jiang murmured to his wife: "The bandits actually hid our belongings in the bamboo forest. Do you think they hid other things?"
Ms. Jiang Liu nodded: "Of course it will. Let's look for it after we get all these back home."
“Okay, I’ll look for you later.”
As a result, Old Man Jiang searched the surrounding bamboo forest and found nothing.
At night, women share a room and men share a room.
Fortunately, we found a few beddings today, so the family will not get cold.
The next day, the weather got colder and colder.
Jiang Cheng got up early, had breakfast, and went to town with his younger brother Jiang Quan.
Everyone in the family must prepare cotton-padded clothes, otherwise they will not be able to survive this winter.
Just after Jiang Cheng and the others left, Patriarch Chen and several village elders came to look for Jiang Sanlang.
Chief Chen sat down by the bamboo bed, stroking his beard and said to Jiang Sanlang: "Now that Sanyou can't take charge, our village has unanimously decided to elect you to be the village leader of Chen Village."
Jiang Sanlang was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly: "How can this be done?"
"Why not?" Patriarch Chen said: "The young people in our village all obey your orders, and your family is also a second-class household. This village belongs to you alone."
"Yes, Sanlang, just agree." Several village elders said: "With the situation in the village now, it is impossible without a person in charge."
Jiang Sanlang scratched his head, "But I..."
"Hey, it's decided." Patriarch Chen said: "I have met with the villagers before I came here, and they all agreed. They just said that it is best for you to be the village leader."
A village elder patted Jiang Sanlang on the shoulder, "It's really not easy to take over the village now, but I like you. Let's go to Li Zheng later and tell him that from now on, all the affairs of Chen Village will be under your control."
“Yes, yes, you must not refuse, otherwise our village will be doomed.”
Jiang Sanlang couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only nod his head in agreement: "Well, it's better to be respectful than to obey orders. If I don't do something well, please ask Uncle Chen and a few village elders for pointers."
“What the hell, we are very relieved when you do things.”
The village elder smiled kindly: "Also, you need to worry more about the repair of the villagers' houses. Winter is coming soon, and we can't live without a place to live."