Chapter 211 Proposal to divide the room

The door was wide open, and the Qin family stood at the door. Qin Zhao was the quickest. He took one step forward and picked up the fat rabbit.

At this moment, boom-boom-

A series of roars came from the mountain.

"What's that sound?"

Everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but look up at the mountain.

"Did the mountain collapse?"

At this time, a thin middle-aged man from the opposite side of the Qin family pushed the door open and said, "No, the sound you heard is not the mountain collapsing, but the bluestone is being beaten on the mountain."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the rabbit Qin Zhao was holding. The bluestone was so noisy that it scared the small animals in the mountain, so the rabbit ran away.

He was resting in the yard just now, and he happened to see this rabbit running down from the bottom of the mountain.

And the Qin family's house was right at the foot of the mountain. It was also good luck that the rabbit bumped into the Qin family's door.

Looking at the fat rabbit, he smacked his lips.

The Qin family was also looking at this neighbor. He was wearing shabby clothes and had a scruffy beard, which was obviously not taken care of for a long time.

Lu Songli noticed that he had a strong literary atmosphere, and his eyes were quiet and restrained, occasionally flashing with brilliance.

Qin Heng said, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, sir. I am Qin Heng. They are all my family. I wonder what your surname is? Where is your ancestral home?"

Gu Zhang said indifferently, "No need to ask your surname Gu. As for your ancestral home, I won't talk about it. It's not worth mentioning. Qin family, I know you, relatives of General Qin Yue, who has been guarding the northern border."

Lu Songli was a little surprised when she heard this. The court deliberately downplayed the merits and existence of the generals guarding the four directions, not only the Qin family guarding the northern border, but also the Sun family guarding the southwest. For example, Tang Yueguang and Mo Lianfeng, who were in charge of the handover just now, acted indifferent even if they knew that they were members of the Qin family. But she didn't expect that the middle-aged man in front of her actually knew?

Gu Zhang asked, "What kind of work did you get?"

"Turning the soil." There was nothing to hide.

Gu Zhang nodded, "That's OK. It's not the hardest, most tiring, and most dangerous job. The convicts who are now mining bluestone in the mountains are doing the hardest, most tiring, and dangerous work."

Seeing that the Qin family had just arrived, Gu Zhang wanted to talk to them for a few more words.

"After mining bluestone, it's time to mine stone, which is the job of us convicts."

Mining bluestone, Lu Songli knew, was to burn lime. Bluestone is most afraid of fire, and burning bluestone turns it into lime. In fact, in addition to bluestone, limestone, chalk, and dolomite limestone can all be used to produce lime.

"Mining stone, is it to repair the city wall?" They also have such work in the North, and Qin Heng and Qin Zhao have both been supervisors.

Gu Zhang likes such smart people who can understand things at once, and nodded immediately, "Last year, the Xianbei went south and broke through Xiangping City. Now they are busy with spring plowing, and there is no time to repair it. After the spring plowing is over, we have to go to break stones and repair the city walls. Repairing the city walls is not over yet, and we have to continue to quarry stones and build roads." In short, there is endless work to do.

When the Qin family heard this, the only feeling was that being an exile was so busy, and it seemed that there was no time to rest.

Gu Zhang just came over to say hello, chatted a few words, and went back.

At this time, the people from the military settlement brought them half a month's rations for their family, a total of 200 kilograms of food. In addition, they brought them the one-time entry and exit token that Mo Lianfeng promised to give.

After Lu Songli took the token, he went to see the food. As expected, the two hundred kilograms of food were all coarse grains. There were all kinds of grains, but they were all mixed together.

The people told them that the daily food supply for the prisoners was one catty for adult males, eight taels for each adult female, and half a catty for children. They needed to eat these two hundred catties for half a month. If they finished eating in advance, they would not be given any more food.

Lu Songli calculated and found that she was given seven catties less. She didn't know where she was deducted, and she was too lazy to care.

In fact, she thought that the amount of food ration was not bad. If she cooked according to this amount, the whole family could barely eat six or seven points full. Because people at that time had little oil and water, it was not surprising for a half-grown child around ten years old to eat three or four taels for a meal.

This was already very good. The black soil here had a decent grain yield. If you go to other exile places, you probably won't get that much food ration.

Lu Songli took the token, but it was a pity that it was already dark at this time, and they could only go out tomorrow.

Next, they started to make a fire to cook dinner. They only had a broken pottery pot to use. In the end, it took an hour to make a stewed rabbit with coarse grain rice.

Everyone was very satisfied.

After eating, they divided the rooms.

They spent two hours to clean up the house. The most important thing was the two cracks, which they covered with mud and barely made it habitable.

Lu Songli looked up. She hadn't lived in such a dangerous house for a long time.

There were five main rooms, each of which was three meters wide and five meters deep. Converted into the area of ​​later generations, it was about twenty-three or four square meters, which was big enough.

Qin's mother and Shen Erniang lived in one room.

Qin's mother and Shen Erniang lived in one room temporarily. In the next few days, they would find a way to divide the room into two halves.

The other four rooms were occupied by the four brothers of the Qin family with their children.

Because Qin Jia was eight years old and Qin Heng was still a widower, it was not suitable for him to sleep in the same room with her, so Qin Jia lived with Qin's mother.

After the rooms were divided, they went back to clean up.

No one complained. During their exile, they had to sleep in makeshift places. Now that each family had a room, what was there to complain about?

At this time, Qin's mother called her youngest son, "Come here."

"What's the matter, mother?"

"Don't recruit your wife tonight."

When Leng Buding heard this, Qin Sheng was stunned.

Mother Qin didn't hear his answer and asked again, "Did you hear that?"

Qin Sheng's face turned red. It took him a long time to say, "Mom, why did you say this?"

Qin's mother was amused, "Your father is no longer here. If your father were here, he must have told you this. But Mom is here, and you are Mom's son, so it's okay to say so."

Qin Sheng also felt a little depressed when he mentioned his father.

"Your father is no longer here, so you and your wife should observe mourning for three years." Since he went there at the end of last year, it would be enough for them to observe mourning for two full years.

In fact, keeping filial piety is not that strict. It is human nature to have emotions and desires. As long as no one is killed, everyone will turn a blind eye.

But her husband was willing to die for the sake of the Qin family, and the people he cared about most before he died were his youngest son and daughter-in-law. Qin's mother did not want this to become a stain on the character of her youngest son and daughter-in-law, and they would not be criticized in the future.

"Mom, we know." Qin Sheng whispered, so neither he nor his wife crossed the last line.

Qin's mother thought about it for a while, but still felt uneasy, "Otherwise, your wife and I will share a room, and you will have a room by yourself?" What if the two of them were young and energetic, and a gunfire broke out?

Qin's mother's words hit him on the head like a bolt from the blue.

"No, no, no, mother, don't come." Qin Sheng shook his head.

Occasionally kissing and hugging his wife, it is what he looks forward to most every day, but his mother wants to deprive him of it? No, no.

Moreover, he already has a wife, and the eldest brother has not yet renewed their relationship, so why is it that the second brother and the third brother can sleep with their wives in their arms at night, but he can't?

"De Xing, if Mom doesn't want to talk to you, Mom should talk to your wife."