Chapter 559: The Militia First Enters the Mountains (Two Chapters in One)

"Aunt Song, is the soup ready?" Yan Yu ran towards the steaming pot.

"Okay, okay!" The eldest daughter of the Song family quickly placed the wooden bowls.

There were only a dozen in total, and there were no more at home.

"Xiaoer, call someone over." She said while stirring the pot.

In addition to the pot in front of her, there were two stoves next to it. While the woman who was making the soup was working, she couldn't help but sneak a peek at the second young master of the Yan family in Xiao'an Village. Oh, it's not customary to call him that in the village. They all call him the second young man of someone's family...

Yan Xiaoer is more special. In the village, as long as you call him "Xiaoer" without adding your surname, you are talking to him, no one else.

Yan Yu felt their gazes, turned her head, and smiled at them.

"Aunt Song, have you tasted it? How does it taste?" Yan Yu didn't rush to call people, but wanted to know how the soup was cooked.

There is no way. The villagers who came today, since it was winter, were probably wearing the thickest and most decent clothes at home, but compared with the villagers of Xiaoan Village, they still looked a little thin.

Yan Yu thought about boiling a few pots of hot soup and putting some of her spicy pork strips in it. The fire toad meat strips are full of heat and hotness. You don’t need too much, just a little is enough, and then cover it with ginger, it will not be so conspicuous.

Each family in the village has some ginger stored, and it can save some if they boil together, so when Yan Yu mentioned it, the villagers agreed.

Grandpa Song took the job and asked several girls in his family to take turns to boil.

The reason why they didn’t do it together, but took turns, was to arrange a job for the ladies from the quarry.

“I just tasted it, it’s not bad, my body is warm.” The eldest girl of the Song family said with a smile.

"That's fine, Aunt Song, don't be reluctant to serve them all. This militia was organized by my uncle. We got cold on the first day. Um... it's not good." Yan Yu said seriously.

"We know the seriousness of the matter. Dad has told us many times at home."

"That's fine. I'll go call people!"

Yan Yu ran away again.

Alone, without even a person to help pass the message.

That's because all the children in the village were detained in the school.

The village elders had warned us early that the militia was a big deal and not to let the naughty boys from each family come out to make trouble.

These boys are very difficult to manage now. They have been clamoring to go into the mountains several times.

What mountain to go into? Go into the mountain, don't look at your head, step on it, and bury your little head in the snow...

What? Xiaoer went into the mountain?

Brat! Do you have Xiaoer's intelligence or Xiaoer's strength? How can you compare with Xiaoer? !

…

Yan Laoer hired people with money. At first, the manager of the quarry was more restrained. All the people who came were young and old men. I don’t know when, more and more ladies and young ladies came.

The people of Xiaoan Village are also kind, and they all came.

Yan Yu has been busy recently and has not been around the village much, otherwise she would have found that there are so many houses full of people...

It’s not that the village can’t accommodate them, but the village elders unanimously think that this saves firewood.

Maybe they are crowded together on the kang, and the men, women, and children of the quarry get along well with the people of Xiaoan Village.

These former officials and their wives are all hardworking, friendly and polite.

Some of them are said to be well-educated and were recommended by Mr. Kang to teach in the village school.

The men worked with the men in Xiaoan Village, repairing ice houses, making snow piles, skinning and deboning the wild animals they picked up, riding sleds to Huju and Gufeng to collect firewood, and helping to burn charcoal in the charcoal yard...

There is a lot of work in Xiaoan Village, and you can be busy from morning to night without even touching the ground.

The women are relatively idle, so they follow the wives of each family to do some light work.

In addition to cleaning the house and cooking, they have recently learned to grow vegetables in the house from the wives of the village.

Green shallots, tender cabbages, and leeks are cut one after another...Two or three families also grow rare cucumbers, which are so precious that they can't wait to see them three times a day.

The most amazing thing is the mushrooms growing in the bags of broken wood, rags, and pebbles and charcoal slag.

You have to clear a room specifically, cover the windows and doors with cloth, burn a fire wall, and place a basin of water...

The mushrooms grow quickly!

There is only one family in Xiaoan Village that has this mushroom house, and that is the Yan family.

Mrs. Rong from the Yan family would come back every other day, mainly to look after the mushroom house.

She didn't mind teaching others, but Mrs. Rong couldn't speak and could only rely on gestures. How much she could understand depended on the individual.

There were also many children sent to the quarry.

It was especially a headache for the village.

I didn't know what to do with them. If they were idle, it would be inappropriate. After all, they were hired by Yan Laoer, and they had to spend copper coins no matter how big or small they were. Just supporting them, including food and accommodation, was a loss.

The village elders discussed and thought of a job for them, watching the fire.

Charcoal has a higher temperature than firewood and is more durable, but everyone knows that the price of charcoal has risen so much now, so they are reluctant to do it. They add charcoal to the kang hole twice at night, which keeps it warm all night. During the day, everyone still burns more firewood, so someone has to add some firewood every once in a while and dig the hole with a hook.

At the beginning, these children were not very good at it, and they all looked very confused, but no one is born with the ability to do it. As long as you are willing to learn, there is nothing you can't do.

The villagers didn't take it seriously at all. If it didn't work once, they would try it twice, and if it didn't work twice, they would try it three times. Every child has gone through this.

Within two or three days, these children got the hang of it.

The people in Xiao'an Village began to be wary, but later they discovered that these children were well-educated, had no problems with petty theft, and were very polite. They caught up with the family to cook and stuffed them with steamed buns or something like that. It was so polite that they were so polite. After watching it, I was worried that my child’s waist would be broken...

…

Yan Yu led people over.

Not to mention how strange the villagers of the militia were. Before they were done, they were given hot soup with meat in it? !

As soon as I walked by, I met some villagers who were not surprised by her.

But the people who came from the quarry, no matter men, women, old or young, really looked at her like she was looking at a peep show, their eyes full of curiosity.

They thought they were looking at each other in a subtle way, but... there were so many people that Yan Yu couldn't ignore them even if he wanted to.

She didn't feel better until she stood next to her uncle.

Ha ha ha ha! The uncle sucked more light than she did.

The big guy's eyes greeted him eagerly.

Yan Huaiwen glanced around.

He asked her in a low voice: "Are they all from the quarry?"

Yan Yu nodded: "Uncle, do you think there are too many people? The quarry can't start work right now, and the manager can't wait to send us all the people."

Yan Huaiwen chuckled: "He sent someone here, and we will continue."

"Uncle, will everything be okay?" Yan Yu was still a little worried. After all, the current scale seemed a bit big.

Compared with the quarry, Xiaoan Village is more like a place of exile for criminals.

"When the weather gets warmer, it's time to continue repairing the high walls in the village..." Yan Huaiwen said lightly.

Exiled to Guanzhou, it did not say that he must be exiled to the quarry.

Smashing rocks and moving rocks...Moving rocks to build a high wall...

Not much different.

There will only be more people exiled in the future. As long as people don't die, there will be an explanation.

"It's best to fill in a secondment document and wait until I get back to write it, then you can pick it up yourself." Yan Huaiwen was always thorough in his work.

Speaking of documents, Yan Yu remembered.

"Uncle, have the procedures for the Kang family been completed? Dad asked me to ask yesterday."

"It's ready." Yan Huaiwen said.

Yan Yu took a breath and said with a smile: "That's good, it will save Uncle Kang from worrying every day."

Yan Huaiwen knew that he was an official after all, but Kang Er was careless and could not think of this hidden danger.

Looking at the position of the three pots, Yan Huaiwen said, "Follow me."

With people from Xiaoan Village taking the lead, the queues for soup were very orderly and he could leave for a while.

"Your father doesn't plan to come?" Yan Huaiwen and Yan Yu stopped near the village middle school.

Yan Yu told him his plan.

Yan Huaiwen watched her eyes flicker for a while, then calmed down again, and gave a soft hum, accepting this plan with an urgent schedule.

"Do you know why I brought you here?" Yan Huaiwen looked at the school shrouded in ice and asked softly.

"Uncle, you want to see how everyone is doing?" Yan Yu guessed casually.

She remembered that her uncle had said before that if he wanted to have more promising children in the village, studying was not the only way, but it was the cornerstone of everything in the future.

Yan Huaiwen shook his head slightly and said calmly: "The Kang family's father and son settled in Xiao'an Village as exiles. Your father and I will handle all matters. Now that it has been settled, I must inform you..."

Show favor? That's right.

Although Mr. Kang has not pursued an official career, he is a rare understanding person.

Kang Da followed Tianyou and did his best.

Kang Er is less knowledgeable, but he is actually a kind-hearted person, and he just obeys his words. So far, it seems to be useful.

The smartest thing about Mr. Kang was to marry the Qi family. Not only did he gain a firm foothold in Xiao'an Village, but the relationship between the families also became closer.

He has no prejudice against prisoners.

Looking around the court, there are a few that are clean.

Guanzhou...Huju...is short of people!

Rather than letting them go back to their hometown and live a lonely life, it is better to stay in Guanzhou and Xiaoan Village...

The Kang family is a good example.

He showed off his wings to see if these people were willing to be sheltered under him.

…

When Yan Yu led people into the mountain, he was still thinking about what just happened in the school.

Her uncle, in front of several other teachers, handed the document to Mr. Kang for careful reading.

Obviously he came prepared.

When the piece of paper was spread out on the table and Mr. Kang couldn't help but read it word by word, Yan Yu keenly noticed that the people next to him were breathing quickly!

Along with the paperwork, there is also the Kang family's house deed.

Xiao'an Village came here to escape famine. It has been farming for less than three years, and the land deed cannot be obtained. Every family in the village has obtained a house deed.

When Mr. Kang put away the house deed, his hands were trembling. With this piece of paper, it felt like it had roots.

Yan Yu felt that she had learned something again.

The uncle didn't even need to say anything, he just took out the documents and the house deed. Mr. Kang was inexplicably grateful, and the envious looks around him seemed more substantial.

What Yan Yu thought was that if it had been her or her father, the effect would have been much worse.

For the two of them, father and daughter, it is indeed a bit much.

Don't tell me, the uncle is cold and taciturn, but when he speaks a few sentences, he is really full of energy!

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"The broth just now was so delicious. That Xiao'an Village is really there. When you say it's broth, you really put meat in it. It's not bone soup..."

Yan Yuxin said that when life in our village was tight, why didn't we get through it? Isn't this how life is now? Let's look at what you look like now, all of you are dry and serious, so you should take care of yourself.

If we want to run this militia successfully, we need strong warriors!

"They said there will be more tomorrow, do you think it's true?"

"I heard that if we can really pick up meat from the mountains, we will have more when we come back..."

"You must have heard it wrong, two meals a day? Life is unbearable!"

"It's true!" A crisp voice interrupted.

The villagers at the back of the team looked over and saw that it was a boy from Xiaoan Village.

This boy is not ordinary. They heard the people in Xiaoan Village in front call him "Xiaoer".

Their militia is full of strong men. Uh, the people in Xiaoan Village are stronger. I don't know why this little kid came with us.

Are the adults at home relieved?

"You are called Xiaoer, right? Are you related to Yan Hushu?"

Yan Huaiwen is in charge of the household office of the Huju government office. After fighting Beirong, a series of measures taken by the government office helped them survive the most difficult time. They went to the government office to settle accounts and exchange grain at the granary... Apart from other things, he recognized all the big and small errands in the government office.

Yan Yu often went to the government office, so it was not surprising that someone had seen him.

"That's my uncle!" There was nothing to hide.

"Oh, then you are the young master of Yan Hushu's family, why do you also go into the mountains to suffer?"

Yan Yu widened her eyes and asked them: "Do you think going into the mountains is suffering?"

"That's not a big deal, it's so cold today, it can freeze people to death! It's even colder in the mountains!"

"Yes, the wild animals in the mountains are frozen to death, what can we do, they still have hair, and we don't have..."

The person who was speaking was pulled by the person next to him.

Stupid! You said everything, but you didn't even look at whose child it was.

Yan Yu: "People from our village want to come, but we can't get a place. When you go back today, if you really don't want to come again, just talk to our villagers privately, and anyone is willing to replace you."

She was telling the truth. Not to mention that it was a waste, even if she gave these people a few coins, the people of Xiaoan Village would be willing to do it.

The government office of Huju strictly ordered that no one except the militia was allowed to enter the mountains.

These people were silent.

Yan Yu didn't care, but talked to them warmly.

From Yan Xiaoer, these villagers learned that the training of the militia had not been decided yet, but there was a bowl of hot soup before and after entering the mountains.

It was said that Yan Hushu's younger brother Yan Er decided it.

Worried that they would catch a cold and get sick.

The meat was temporarily provided by the Yan family, and they would make up for it when they picked up wild animals from the mountains.

The wild animals they picked up could not be in their hands immediately.

The meat had to be processed, such as skinning and deboning.

It was Yan Er who gave the idea, saying that he was afraid that their families would miss them if they were out for several days without any movement, so they picked up as many wild animals as possible from the mountains that day, and Xiaoan Village would send the frozen meat to their village.

These villagers immediately had a great liking for Yan Hushu's younger brother Yan Er!

The exchanges between the two sides were also much more cordial.

"Waiter, where is your father? Who is he? Some of us may have seen him, and those who haven't seen him can recognize him." What a good person!

"My father is in Yongning, trying to get food for us." Yan Yu opened her mouth and praised her father again.

Everyone stood in awe!

This is not nonsense.

Guanzhou suffered a cold disaster, and disaster relief was not limited to Yongning.

It's good to have a part-time job. Yan Yu is well-informed. This morning, he heard that food was to be transported to various cities.

Yan Yu planned to go back in the afternoon and talk to the general accountant. The food in Huju doesn't need to be delivered, they can pick it up by themselves.

Outsiders can't transport it as hard as their own people.

They feel bad if a little food is leaked.

A little bit earlier than the clock strikes~

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