Chapter 749 Preparing to enter the mountains

Chapter 749 Preparing to enter the mountains

But he knew that the reason this house could stand in the wind and snow was not because of the money, but because of brothers like Zhao Shuzhuo.

Willing to carry his affairs on my shoulders, crush his calculations with my rough hands, leaving only the burning affection, and hold up a bright sky for him on this land.

When he heard the horn from the brick factory in the distance, Wang Jianguo took a bite of the corn tortilla and felt that the tortilla was filled with the genuine warmth brought by the people of the Great Northern Wilderness.

He knew that in this land, friendship was never measured by money.

It was the hand patted on the shoulder by Zhao Shuzhuo, the eggs hidden in the lunch bag by He Yushui, and the enthusiasm of the entire Beidahuang people who treated his affairs as their own.

When Zhao Shuzhuo walked out of the courtyard humming bangzi opera, Wang Jianguo opened the package and the ticket still bore the warmth of Zhao Shuzhuo's palm.

He remembered what Yu Li said in his consciousness space: "Popularity is living aura." Only then did he understand that the sincerity offered by the people of the Great Northern Wilderness is more valuable than any gold or silver.

What he needs to do is not to measure affection with money, but to build this burning warmth into every brick of the new house.

The ice on the wooden lattice window frames melted into water droplets in the morning light and dripped down the window sill. At the same time, Wang Jianguo was quickly using chopsticks to pick up the corn grits rice in the bowl. The brown rice grains stuck to his stubble.

He Yushui stretched out her hand to brush it off for him, but saw a faint golden spiritual light flash by on the inside of his wrist.

That was the mark left by the attack on the ban last night. At this moment, it was faintly hot through the coarse cloth cuffs, like a charcoal fire buried under the skin.

The sparks in the stove crackled, making the corner of the red cloth that was exposed from the lining of his cotton-padded jacket flicker.

There was a half-finished crabapple embroidered on the corner of the red cloth. He Yushui had sewed it last night using a kerosene lamp, saying that she wanted to add some festive atmosphere to the new house.

Little did he know that this touch of red had already become the coordinate in Wang Jianguo's consciousness space, connecting the sealed Yu Li, the sister who always loved to hide candies, and the Begonia whose eyes curved into crescents when she smiled.

Wang Jianguo said to everyone:

"I'm going to go into the mountains soon. I haven't been there this winter. It's a good opportunity to look for some wood for building a house and some game to satisfy our cravings."

Zhao Shuzhuo squatted on the edge of the kang and puffed on his pipe, the pipe making a dull sound against the sole of his shoe:

"Why are you in such a hurry? Carpenter Liu said that the red pine material needs to be air-dried for half a month before it can be made into furniture. It's useless even if you carry it back from the mountain."

Yang Huaiqing came over with the bowl of porridge in his hand. Wang Jianguo's tense face was reflected in the bowl:

"Brother Wang, are there any wolves in the mountains? I'll go carry some wood with you!"

The boy's eyes were as bright as stars falling into the snow, but he didn't notice that Wang Jianguo's knuckles were turning white while holding the chopsticks.

He thought of the half-unlocked restriction in his consciousness space, like a torn crack in ice. He could vaguely see the corner of Yu Li's blue cloth shirt swaying in the wind, but could not hear the suppressed sound of her coughing up blood.

I could see the shadow of my sister with pigtails jumping and calling "brother", but I couldn't touch her frozen red nose.

You can see Haitang squatting and dancing under the old locust tree, but you can't smell the unique mugwort scent on her.

The foundation of the house had just been dug out of the frozen soil, and according to Zhao Shuzhuo's calculations, the beams could be put up in one or two months.

But the space seal was like an inverted iceberg, and it took him half a year of accumulated spiritual energy to melt half of it.

When she tried to transmit spiritual energy last night, she discovered that new ice crystals had formed on the edge of the crack. The cracks on Yu Li's wristband spread like a spider web in the dim light of her consciousness.

The shadow of my sister became more and more transparent, and the pestle that Haitang used to pound the medicine was shattered into light spots by the fluctuations of spiritual energy.

He must find enough spiritual essence as soon as possible, but he must not let the Yang Huaixi brothers and the noisy Xiaohua know about this.

They did not understand the danger of space restrictions, and they could not let the folks in the Great Northern Wilderness know that he was hiding such a shocking secret.

"I have to go to the back hill to pick hardwood."

Wang Jianguo suddenly stood up and carried the hemp rope on his shoulder. The rough edges of the rope knot rubbed against the wall that He Yushui had just repaired. He deliberately made the sound as rough as usual.

"When making furniture with red pine or beams with birch, you have to pick wood that's over a hundred years old, otherwise it won't be able to withstand the wind and snow in the Great Northern Wilderness."

He deliberately avoided Yang Huaixi's inquiring gaze, and when he turned to He Yushui, his eyes softened in an instant.

"Rainwater, you have sharp eyes, help me see which tree is growing properly, and don't let the worms eat its heart."

He Yushui paused as she was cleaning up the dishes, and flour on her blue apron fell off.

She saw the spiritual compass that Wang Jianguo had hidden at the bottom of the bowl—it ​​was made from fragments of meteorite that he had obtained in exchange for three pieces of black stone.

At this moment, the needle was vibrating violently, and the tip of the needle was glowing with a faint blue light, pointing firmly at the ancient cypress group with the richest spiritual energy on the northern slope of the back mountain.

The "picking wood" in his words clearly meant to go deep into the spiritual nodes to collect spiritual essence, and he specifically asked her to go with him because the secret of the resonance of the two people's spiritual energy was required to unlock the seal, which only they knew.

"Okay, I'll go get the axe and the herb bag."

She lowered her eyes and replied, and when she turned around she quietly stuffed a small bag of dried angelica into the inner pocket of his cotton-padded jacket.

She pressed a talisman made from her own spiritual energy into his palm. When her fingertips touched the calluses on his palm, her throat suddenly tightened.

"The snow is deep in the mountains, let's walk slowly."

Yang Xiaohua came out of the kitchen, the red string on her braid swaying like a leaping flame:

"I'll carry the wood too! My arms are very strong!"

Wang Jianguo immediately pressed her shoulders, his fingertips touching the girl's shoulder blades that were rising and falling due to excitement, and his tone was full of unquestionable familiarity:

"Comrade Xiaohua, you have a more important mission!"

He turned to Yang Huaixi who was sorting the medicine box, and seeing that the other party was looking at him puzzledly, he deliberately raised his voice.

"Doctor Huaixi, Brother Huaiqing, you are famous doctors from the interior, you must show your skills to the villagers."

He pointed to the snow-covered dirt road at the entrance to the village.

"Xiaohua is familiar with this area. Let her take you to the production team and the clinic and tell them that a good doctor who can treat injuries and prescribe medicine has come to Jianye Village."

"Especially we have to tell the villagers that Doctor Yang can treat chronic rheumatism and is more effective than the plasters sold at the supply and marketing cooperative!"

This statement was half true and half false. It not only gave the Yang brothers a reasonable job, but also allowed them to gather popularity under the name of "practicing medicine".

Yu Li once said in the space of consciousness that the smell of fireworks in the world is the most mellow spiritual energy inducer. The more villagers trust them, the more stable the energy will be when the ban is lifted.

Yang Huaiqing immediately grabbed his brother's arm, his eyes sparkling:

"Brother Wang, I want to go see the wild crabapple tree that Brother Zhao mentioned! I heard that when it blooms..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wang Jianguo's look, and the boy closed his mouth in confusion.

But she didn't notice that Wang Jianguo's hand, hidden behind his back, was stuffing a piece of candy wrapped in wax paper into He Yushui's palm - it was left for his sister, and he would give it to her personally when the ban was lifted.