Chapter 172: One Stone, Five Birds, Hidden Merit and Fame
Jingshu couldn’t find an adjective for now, but there must be people who are more luxurious than those who bring their own villas, such as the home of Qian Duoduo, the richest man in Xishan.
“We were brought here because we have no connections. You know the government’s civil servant community? There are tens of thousands of people. Yesterday, we were arranged to stay at the home of the richest man, Qian Duoduo. I really don’t know how big Qian Duoduo’s home is.”
Some people bring their own mobile villas, and the richest man brings several mountains, which can directly accommodate tens of thousands of people in times of disaster.
Qian Duoduo: You won’t believe me if I tell you this, but I don’t even know how big my home is now.
When passing through the 5th cave, the uncle even said hello to Jing's mother. The aunt only had time to take a quick glance and said, "This cave is OK."
When passing through the 6th cave, people could not move their feet. They squeezed in by stepping on each other. Many people could only lie half-lying down. The mud and red nematodes under their feet jumped around. The aunt asked Jingshu why she was dressed like this and armed herself so well.
The aunt was disgusted at the time, but she was dumbfounded when she arrived at the 7th cave. It was even smaller than the 6th cave and could not accommodate these 300 people! It was a bit crowded just standing.
"How can we sleep in such a small cave?"
"That's right, why not go back to the West Mountain to sleep? The terrain there is high and it will definitely not be flooded."
"Hey, at least hold on for two days until the flood recedes!"
The crowd kept shouting, and Jingshu took the opportunity to say goodbye.
As expected of a former MLM worker, my aunt-in-law was very good at talking and had great prestige. She settled the people in a short while, sent more than a dozen people to live elsewhere, and sent more than 50 people to take shifts, so that people had a place to stay.
Returning to her own cleaned shed, Jingshu took off her raincoat, asked the fat chicken to clean the red nematodes on it, and sat down to drink a cup of warm brown sugar ginger water.
"Have your uncle and his men settled so many people? I know your aunt-in-law. She will definitely come to us and ask us to allocate some people. If we don't handle it well, we will offend people on both sides, and your uncle will be a sandwich." Jing's mother took out the bread and started slicing it. She was a little puzzled. Why did this child suddenly make more than a dozen large loaves of bread for no reason?
"If you want to bring someone here, that's fine. As long as you can create value, people in our community won't object. Mom, what will you do if your aunt wants to live with us later?"
"Of course she can live here. We are all family, but we only have seven single tents. Your dad and I can squeeze together and only give one to Su Long. We can still squeeze in on the boat. But no matter how family we are, if you only know how to take and not how to give back, I won't recognize you. Let's see what your aunt says later!" Jing's mother was also saddened by Su Meimei.
Jingshu gave a thumbs up. Jing's mother has changed a lot.
Jing's mother predicted things as expected. The aunt really came, but this time she didn't come empty-handed, but brought a palm-sized turtle.
"Look, the old turtle that Su Long fished out of the water the day before yesterday, it died in the morning because it was not kept alive, it's still fresh, I wanted to use it to make soup but there's no fire at home, so I thought about it and brought it to you."
Jing Shu turned her head and saw, "This is not an old turtle, it's a tortoise, it's a waste to use it to make soup, it's better to make medicinal wine."
Jing Shu didn't expect to have a surprise today, and now there are turtles. It seems that I have to go to the place where Su Long fished out turtles when I have time to see if there are any turtles. The medicinal value of turtles is really great, especially when soaked in wine with snakes, it is simply tailor-made for the second year of the apocalypse.
Now I just need a snake. Where can I get a snake? Wait. There seem to be two snakes in the 4th cave? Should I get them to make a tortoise-snake wine?
Jing Shu was too busy after rebirth, and the things she prepared were all in high demand, so she really didn't have time to get turtles and snakes like this, and she felt that there was no place to keep too many animals, and it was a waste of food. Until now, she has the ability to raise them, and now it is inevitable that she regrets it a little.
Unfortunately, the turtle died and could only be thrown into the space for preservation, otherwise Jingshu would definitely keep it and look for opportunities to reproduce.
The aunt smiled awkwardly: "Who knows what it is? Anyway, you have fire and pot, you can do whatever you want. Jingshu, aunt came here to ask you for a favor, can Su Long squeeze in to sleep with you? He is alone, and Lao Su and I don't need it."
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Wang Fang successfully distributed another fifty people to Cave 5, so that Cave 7 was just not so crowded, and Cave 5 where Jingshu was was still spacious.
Of course, these fifty people did not live in for free, they were willing to do physical labor.
"There are many bricks pulled out of the Ecological Park Square because of the resettlement of villas. Everyone should pick up at least 100 bricks and bring them back. There are also many stones. There will be dead trees in the cave, and they must be brought back."
"The cave will be cold and damp at night. If it rains like this again, there will definitely be water in the cave. So at least we have to sleep higher. To ensure the temperature, we can only burn firewood, but if we ensure the heating area and time, heating stones is a good choice."
Jingshu smiled and patted Wu Youai: "This is all I can help you with."
Wu Youai admired Jingshu so much for the first time. When she knew that she had to arrange for 50 people to come in, she was a little worried because two groups of people were difficult to manage, and suddenly squeezing so many people in would cause trouble.
But she didn't expect that Jingshu's few words not only made both parties happy, but also made her a political achievement for nothing. Is this the so-called killing three birds with one stone?
Jingshu first asked people to be free laborers, and then taught everyone how to live more comfortably on such a cold night. This time, everyone in the community actively moved.
Fifty people were responsible for transporting bricks and stones, and people from the community were responsible for raising the foundation of the cave with bricks, using small stones to make a fire pile in the shape of a Chinese character "回", and putting enough dead wood on it. In fact, it was just imitating the layout of the floor heating, and the heating area was balanced, which not only kept the cave dry, but also kept a comfortable temperature.
In fact, Jingshu did this for a reason. It was good for you, me, and everyone, so that they would not make trouble. Seeing her family using a heater and drinking warm soup would not react violently. In addition, Jingshu's family was also one of the beneficiaries of this. The temperature in the cave was comfortable at night, and she was also comfortable.
Sometimes helping others is also helping yourself.
"This is probably a one stone five birds, hidden merit and fame, right? What is better than commanding others to achieve their goals, while I can enjoy eating at ease?"
So when eating lunch at Jingshu's house, everyone didn't care about the luxurious lunch here, but were busy preparing for bed at night.
Jingshu didn't know that her action actually helped her a lot.
Zhou Dafu led Zhou Dasheng through the 5 holes several times, and the two of them successfully stepped on the spot. "When the time comes, you will rush over with 50 people and sit on the ground and refuse to leave. I will mix in there in advance and throw the snake over. Then you will shout for help! There is a snake, and my people will call Zhou Daheng over."