Chapter 28: Self-Defense Forces

There is also a two-acre small garden at home that has been barren. When I went in, I only saw a winding gravel road, and a small pond more than ten steps in the middle. Now that the spring cold has gone, several lotus leaves have floated up leisurely.

Snow picked up a dead branch and poked the lotus leaf from afar.

Zhou Bo said lightly, "When I was a child, summer was also full of lotus flowers."

"The lotus leaves are infinite," Xue blurted out. After saying that, she immediately bit her lip and couldn't wait to beat herself.

Fortunately, Zhou Bo didn't hear it and was still immersed in his memories.

No one cares of the small garden, which is purely a thing of the rich.

"What did you just say?" Zhou Bo looked back blankly.

"I said," Xuejian said slowly, "connecting the lotus leaves with lotus roots."

Zhou Bo stared at her fiercely, and the sadness that made the foodie drive away.

The lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the small pond are connected. When Xue saw it, he plucked the water and hummed. He refused to admit that what he actually wanted most, but he could eat delicious lotus root.

Looking at the empty garden, Xue Jian suddenly said quickly, "Dalang, it's a pity that this garden is barren. Why don't we grow some gourds?"

Zhou Bo nodded, "The small garden gourd is also a scenery. Elegant pigment and yellow, modest and light-hearted.

Xue Jian smiled, "What Dalang said, Xue Jian can't understand, but, the gourd, Fulu! Dalang, you met a bear for no reason this year. It's really a natural and man-made disaster. I want to plant gourds and pray for you.

The ancients have always believed that the gourd can exorcise disasters and evil spirits, pray for happiness, and make their descendants prosper. Even Pingshan Village is also planted in small courtyards.

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "You have so many strange tricks. If you plant gourds, you will say that you will grow gourds, but you will pray for me."

"What gourd?" Er Niang happened to come to find Zhou Bo and asked quickly.

Xue saw the salute and quickly told Er Niang the reason why she wanted to plant gourds. When Er Niang heard it, her eyes couldn't help but light up.

Since the gourd sprouted, it has been a green landscape. Spring, summer and autumn make people feel happy. What's more, this is a blessing for my brother and even for my parents!

Everyone in the family supported this matter, and Xu Cong'an also said that he wanted Xuejian to leave a corner for him. He wanted to grow some herbs.

Just do it, but in two or three days, the garden has been neatly set up the gourd rack, and there are ready-made pond mud to accumulate fertilizer.

Xue saw that he was the commander-in-chief of the small garden greening project. For the first time in two generations, he won such an important title, not to mention how proud he was.

This is a blessing for the young master and the elders outside the family. Everyone is very careful. As long as they have time, everyone will take care of it.

Snow also sees that Zhou Bo is the same. He often pushes Zhou Bo to the garden. While breathing fresh air, he follows everyone to weeding, watering and so on. He feels that this kind of farmer's mountain spring is a little bitter, but sweet.

Zhou Bo deeply hated that his injured leg could not contribute to this family. Looking at Xuejian's happy little face and muddy hands, his heart slowly calmed down. The days have to pass day by day, and the future is still long. This family will eventually rely on him to support!

Looking at Xiaoyuan's quick spring, Er Niang nodded and sighed: "Xuejian, you are good. It's good for my brother to have you by your side..."

Zhou Bo seemed to say with a smile, "What did you say? It's Xuejian who follows your brother and me, which is her blessing!"

"You are used to bully me..." Xue Jian said this. Zhou Jinsheng should not run into the garden and hurried to Zhou Bo's ear and whispered, "Young master, the sheep of Wan Huaishan was taken away by a wolf last night."

This is the third incident of wolves entering the village in spring.

Zhou Bo hurriedly asked, "Can it hurt people?"

Zhou Jinsheng shook his head and said, "That's not true. At this time of year, there will always be wolves coming down to steal sheep at night."

There are only three or two households in this village that can afford to raise sheep, and there have been no casualties. Although the village often organizes hunting in winter, Zhang Dashan is the only hunter, so there has been no good preventive measures.

Zhou Bo asked Zhou Jinsheng to invite Li Zheng, and then briefly said what he thought: "Uncle Wang, since his little nephew is from Pingshan Village, he has to do his best for Pingshan Village. At present, although only sheep are taken away, what if the wolf is vicious and take away the unguarded child during the day?"

Looking at the young man sitting in the chair with broken legs in front of him, somehow, there is always a sense of oppression.

He nodded worriedly, and he heard that this had happened in the neighboring village.

"Master Zhou, you are from a big place. After all, you have a wide range of knowledge. According to what you said, is there any good way?" Li Zheng asked.

Zhou Bo thought for a moment and said, "Let your little nephew say that the first thing is to set up a patrol self-defense force."

Li was sighing and said, "The villagers live on these farm work. If they don't do farm work, no one will agree."

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "If you are relieved, leave this to your little nephew!"

To be fair in name, Zhou Bo should have his own connections.

In fact, what Zhou Bo did was very simple. He asked Zhang Dashan to summon all the young people in the village, and then said, "Since you are from Pingshan Village, you have to contribute to the safety of Pingshan Village! This Self-Defense Force was established, first, to prevent wolves, second, to prevent theft, and third, to assist Lizheng in managing our Pingshan Village.

So someone asked, "We are also willing to work for the village, but what about the farm work at home? I'm the only laborer in my family.

Erhu hurriedly came over and whispered to Zhou Bo, "This person's name is Song Shandong. There is only one widow in the family. She lives by two mu of land. She is the most filial. She is willing to work hard and loves to help others. Even if his family is poor, she is 20 years old and she has never said that she has a daughter-in-law."

Zhou Bo whispered, "It sounds good."

Erhu said, "Absolutely honest."

Zhou Bo nodded to him and said, "Brother Dongzi asked well. The purpose of our Self-Defense Force is to protect the village. There is no need to turn around every day. There are people in the field during the day. If the wolf comes down from the mountain, it will definitely be found. At night, bonfires are lit everywhere in the village, and the Self-Defense Forces can take turns to guard.

Pingshan Village is full of fields in the north and west, and the Daqing River in the east, and only the south leads to the outside of the village. If the wolf goes down the mountain, it will only come from the back or the west.

This idea is good. It not only delays their farm work, but also exerts strength for the village. Everyone supports it. But some people still brought it up strangely. There are no strong people in this village, and they are neither popular nor contribute, which is unfair!

There will always be dishes that do not belong to your pot and take the initiative to jump out.

Zhou Bo glanced at the speaker and said slowly, "This Self-Defense Force, in accordance with the principle of voluntariness, no one has forced anyone."

When someone heard that it was not a compulsory task in the village, someone asked, "Then we don't want to participate, can we go?"

"What human nature!" Song Shandong couldn't help spitting, and then patted his chest and said, "Young master of the Zhou family, I, Dongzi, is by no means such a person. I join in!"

Seeing more than a dozen people leaving, and several others are also hesitating, Zhou Bo seemed to say casually, "My Zhou family is willing to do our part for the Self-Defense Forces. Each Self-Defense Force sends five catties of good pork every month!"

Although there are not many poor mountain villages such as Pingshan Village, there are few people who can eat pork except for the New Year Festival, and there are more shrewd ones. There can be a few more people in their own family. If you replace pork with rice or white noodles, you can be 90% full in winter this year.

"Is there such a good thing?" Everyone looked at Zhou Bo eagerly, and everyone couldn't help talking about it.

Zhou Bo said gently, "It's nothing. Brothers patrol the village. Our Zhou family should eat some food to supplement everyone's nutrition."

These words warmed everyone's hearts. They all felt that they were doing things for the village and their image was high.

Song Shandong wanted to say that he didn't want it, but five catties of good pork! My mother can't see anything fishy for years. How can she refuse?

At present, everyone has to participate, but Zhou Bo said seriously, "However, there are rules in everything, and this Self-Defense Force is the same. Those who break my rules need to be expelled from the Self-Defense Forces!"

So Zhang Dashan was quickly appointed as the captain, and Erhu helped count the number of people. Those who left regretted coming back and would not accept it.

"Look at the young master of the Zhou family, he is really the master of everyone. It must be right to follow him." Everyone is thinking.

Zhou Bo set several rules without panic. Naturally, everything he said was right, and everyone could only nod to say yes.

In a few days, there were more than 100 applicants in a small Pingshan village with a total of more than 50 households. Then they persuaded the poor and sick to quit, and then conducted a simple physical assessment, leaving only 30 people, divided into three groups, each group set up a team leader, two groups patrol every night, and self-defense personnel People are very satisfied, and they are a little a little a little surprised by the five catties of pork.

There are still some people who heard the news late, or who wanted to look at the wind, but now they regret it.

For those who still want to contribute to the village, Zhou Bo also said that if the Self-Defense Forces are to expand in the future, they will continue to recruit people.

When Er Niang heard that she was going to pay three taels of silver every month, her face turned green, but the eldest brother always said the best and could only secretly spit blood.

The uncle and brother of the Zhou family were not allowed to participate at the beginning, and were also selected as many as five people. Now they are even more glad that they have done so, which not only has the face of Zhou Bo, but also benefited.