Chapter 327 Too Old
Ying Bao was speechless.
Half a year ago, it was estimated that the county magistrate had just taken office not long ago and could not care about matters here.
She walked slowly with Youyou and her brother to a place near the market outside the village. There were indeed a few saponaria trees missing in this tree wall.
However, after the honey locust tree was cut in half, young shoots sprouted from the remaining half, so it must be possible to save it.
When no one is around, I will water it with Pupil Spring to make it grow branches as quickly as possible.
In fact, the honey locust trees surrounding the village are not completely closed. There are roads in several places.
For example, there are two roads leading to Xichen Village and two roads leading to the farmland. There is also the road leading to the outside of the village, that is, the road near the market. It is very wide, and it is more than enough for two carriages to sit side by side. .
Ying Bao frowned and thought, how could we create several gates in a short time and block all these passages?
So many refugees suddenly came outside, and there may be many more refugees coming in a steady stream. There is no guarantee that there are not murderous gangsters among these people.
It is really common for a person to kill several people in order to survive in a desperate situation.
As long as the refugees kill one person, they may kill two or three people in the future. In their eyes, human life is no different than that of pigs and dogs.
If these people entered the village one day and killed unsuspecting villagers, then my father would be the first to be blamed by the county government.
No, I must ask my father to ventilate the people in the village and make them more vigilant. It is best to block several roads around the village at night and send people to guard them in turns.
The two siblings came back from a long circle and saw Master and Disciple Zhou Wuchang coming out for a walk after eating.
"Master, let me take you to see my fruit forest." Yingbao walked over with a smile, patted the big deer following him, and introduced: "This is the deer I raised, and its name is Youyou. Those little deer behind are all its children. .”
Zhou Wuchang looked at the big deer, then at the herd of deer, and nodded: "Deer are auspicious things. If your village can live in peace with the herd of deer, they are all good people."
Zhang Min took advantage of the opportunity and said, "Junior sister, can you give me one? You can also sell one."
Ying Bao nodded: "Okay, I'll fetch whichever one you like. I'll make it clear first that you can't kill it for meat."
There are also people in the village who buy deer as pets for their children. If someone kills the deer they buy, they will be despised by everyone.
"I don't eat meat." Zhang Min said with a smile: "We have Bajie and cannot eat meat. Don't you know, little junior sister?"
Zhou Hao glanced at his junior brother lightly, but he didn't try to discredit him after all.
Yingbao was used to hearing what her second senior brother had to say, so she didn't care and used bean sprouts to attract a half-grown fawn.
This young deer is much bigger than Youyou used to be, and it is not afraid of people. It rubs its head against Yingbao affectionately, and then against Zhang Min.
Zhang Min was so excited that he touched the deer's head and back. He couldn't put it down. "I have decided to call it Eryou from now on!"
Jiang Wu blinked and asked, "Ouch? Brother, the name you gave me is really unpleasant."
Zhang Min laughed and said: "Eryou means "youyou second", not "ouch".
Jiang Wu's face twitched, he glanced at Xiaolu with sympathy, and muttered: "Your master seems unreliable, so you should ask for more blessings from now on."
"Little brother, what are you talking about?" Zhang Min touched the deer, tilted his head and looked at the little boy with a smile.
"I didn't say anything." Jiang Wu ran away quickly.
When the deer saw the little master running away, they quickly chased after him, including the little one.
Yingbao took her master and senior brother to her orchard, picked a bunch of lychees from the tree, distributed them to her master and senior brother, peeled and ate the lychees while walking, and took them around the village.
Nowadays, fruit trees and grapes are planted in the yards and front doors of every household in the village, and the vegetable gardens in front of the homes are also filled with various vegetables.
These vegetable seeds were all brought back by Yingbao from various places.
And on the bamboo fence of the vegetable garden, there are strings of large gourds, each as big as a washbasin.
Of course, there are also small ones, not much bigger than the palm of your hand. They are all picked by the villagers, dried in the sun and coated with cinnabar, which can be hung around the waist to ward off evil spirits.
Zhou Wuchang strolled leisurely in the garden, ignoring the scorching sun, and looked around the whole village. Then he said to Ying Bao: "Your village is very good, rich and stable."
Ying Bao nodded: "Our village is the best village. My father said that he will expand the village in the future and dig more canals."
Zhou Wuchang shook his head: "Actually, the village at the foot of the mountain is also very good. As long as the river is cleaned up and two drainage ditches are dug, no matter how much water flows upstream, it will be diverted here and the village will no longer be hit by floods."
Ying Bao opened her mouth wide, "How long does it take to clean up the river? Digging drainage channels is also a big project. It won't be completed in a few years."
Of course, if laborers from all over the county come to dig, it may be completed in two or three months.
Zhou Wuchang sighed: "Indeed, but your village can pay laborers to do it."
Yingbao:······
Is what Master said human language?
Let their village pay laborers to dig ditches? Maybe it will waste people and money, and it will be thankless.
Hey, it would be great if Wu Daozi was still the magistrate of this county. Then I could go to him to make suggestions and ask him to order workers to clean up the river and dig two more canals.
But then again, workers are always busy with endless tasks every year. Even if they talk about it themselves, it is probably useless.
Zhou Wuchang and his apprentice finally finished visiting the place, then returned to Jiang's house and rested in the room arranged by Jiang Sanlang.
Seeing no one around, Zhou Hao quietly said to his master: "Master, burying things here may make people more convincing."
Zhou Wuchang lay on the bed and fell asleep, and said calmly: "We will talk about this later."
He had to ensure that nothing went wrong and he couldn't harm his young apprentice.
In fact, the auspicious appearance of this place is most suitable for that matter, but if he fails, not only will he die, but everyone here will probably die.
Forget it, let's find a place in the wilderness. At worst, we'll get a few strange phenomena.
In the following days, Zhou Wuchang did not allow his two younger apprentices to accompany him. He only took his older apprentice for a casual walk outside the village. He found a wild bamboo forest and stayed there for a long time.
Ying Bao was sparring with her second senior brother in the martial arts training ground in the school.
Zhang Min had never learned to fight, but he was always knocked down by his junior sister who was a head shorter than him.
He refused to accept it and turned around to pester Zhang Meng to become a disciple: "Master Zhang, we were a family five hundred years ago. You can't ignore it."
Zhang Meng did not dare to accept Master Zhou's apprentice casually, so he could only find reasons to refuse: "No, you are too old and have missed the period of martial arts training."
"What? You said I'm old?" Zhang Min looked in disbelief: "I'm only fourteen this year, and you actually said I'm old? Master, how old are you this year?"
Zhang Meng:······
The other children in the martial arts field covered their mouths and laughed.
Finally, Zhang Min was invited out of the martial arts training ground by Master Zhang Meng.
He had no choice but to squat outside the fence of the martial arts training ground with a look of resentment on his face and peek at the students practicing martial arts.
Yingbao came up behind him and patted him on the shoulder: "Second senior brother, my mother fried the sesame seeds and they are very fragrant. Let's go back and eat the candied sesame paste."
When Zhang Min heard that there was something delicious to eat, he immediately became energetic and followed his junior sister to eat the legendary sesame paste.