That night, instead of going back to Sakuratake's senpai's house, they returned to Uncle Minamino's village.

On the one hand, he came to pick up his luggage, and on the other hand, Xia Feng wanted to discuss his thoughts with Uncle Minamino.

.....

Seeing them return, the enthusiastic Minamino Shimoda prepared a hot dinner and a lot of small seafood that he caught during the day.

The bagpipe pulls out a candy apple from his backpack.

"Hanako, come, give you another root candy."

"Wow, thank you, sister."

Xiao Bu took the candy and hid in the inner room to lick it alone.

After the meal was served, Minamino Shimoda took out the sake again.

"Futaro, come and have a few more drinks with me."

Seeing the bagpipes' unkind eyes, Xia Feng firmly refused this time.

"No, no, I'm not a good drinker, and I have a lot of things to do lately, so I won't drink."

Minamino Shimoda was a reasonable person, so he didn't lobby anymore.

"Oh, young man, it's good not to drink, come, then eat more food."

Xia Feng rolled up his sleeves and picked up chopsticks.

"To be honest, I'm really hungry, Uncle Minamino, then I'm welcome."

"You're welcome."

....

While eating, Minamino Shimoda asked about their harvest with concern.

"Well, have you seen the Sakura Warrior who lives in seclusion in the cherry blossom forest?"

Xia Feng swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Well, I saw it, and he was a very nice person."

"Have you decided where to stay?"

"It's decided, just south of the cherry blossom forest, and today I and the bagpipes have sorted out an open field."

"Not bad, not bad."

Speaking of which, Xia Feng put down the dishes and chopsticks, and it was time to get to the point.

"By the way, Uncle Minamino, I just have something I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?"

"That's right, I don't know how to build a house with bagpipes, if it's just shelter from the wind and rain, we can probably get it up clumsy with the two of us, but you also know that we plan to live here for a long time, so naturally, we plan to do it in one step."

....

Subsequently, Xia Feng elaborated on his expectations.

To put it simply, he hopes to get the help of the villagers of Nanye Village to help him build a house with complete supporting facilities in the shortest possible time.

He didn't want to prostitute for nothing, to be honest, there was nothing to see and see, his brother would pay for it.

...

Today, the currency in circulation throughout the eastern province is stone gold, stone silver, and copper coins issued by the Kanno family, and the same is true in the Nishikawa region.

Minamino Village, which has lived on the south coast for generations, does not have money in circulation, but adopts a cooperative model, which is to exchange what you have for what you don't have, and support each other's lives.

In the village, the gold coins could not be eaten or drunk, and were of little use except for glittering.

Of course, the fact that there is no currency in circulation in the village does not mean that the role of money is completely absent.

In today's day and age, there are very few villages that can be truly isolated, and as Kutai mentioned before, there are more than a dozen villages of all sizes scattered along the south coast of Xichuan, as well as relatively large towns.

Minamino Village is self-sufficient in most of its necessities, but there are still some things that need to be purchased outside to improve the quality of life.

For example, medicines, tools, and some excipients in the manufacturing process, including spices and sugars that cannot be cultivated.

These things need to be purchased in the town on the other side of the mountain, and you don't have to use money to buy them, but you can exchange them for things.

Minamino Village is close to the sea, so there is an abundance of dried fish and other seafood, which can be exchanged for daily necessities in the town.

Of course, it's easier to use money.

....

Through the conversation with Uncle Minamino, Xia Feng also has a certain understanding of the current economic situation of the village.

The villagers have a weak sense of money, and they usually leave the village to exchange things in the town, which is a fixed few people, and they only go once in more than half a month on average.

The villagers did not have the habit of saving money, and all the money was kept by the village chief, and now all the money added up is not as much as the gold coins in his trouser pocket.

After learning about Xia Feng's thoughts, Uncle Minamino thought about it for a while.

"Well, I can discuss with the village chief, I should be able to help, as a neighbor, this is what we should do."

Xia Feng looked happy.

"Great, Nanno Village is righteous, don't worry, I will definitely not let everyone contribute in vain."

Uncle Minamino waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter, we're friends, it's a trivial matter whether we pay or not, it's just that there are some things you need to figure out."

"What's that?"

"Materials for building a house."

"For example?"

....

I don't know if I don't know, but it's a lot to ask.

Uncle Minamino doesn't know much about building a house either, and his usual division of labor is to go out to sea to fish, but with his understanding, he put forward a lot of materials that Xia Feng didn't expect before.

Such as burning bricks, sand, gravel, wood, thick soil, etc., this is just the minimum standard of the house.

If he wants to build something more high-end, he may also need lime, iron frames, waterproofing materials, paints, floor tiles, iron nails, casings, etc.

Coupled with the bagpipes that are ready to develop the agricultural items for the development of the fields, to be honest, these things are really not available in the small village of Minamino.

Seeing that Xia Feng was a little dazed, Uncle Nanye lit a cigarette pouch and swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog.

"There is a carpenter in the village who understands this, and you can ask him tomorrow about what you need and how much you need, but you may have to go to the town to buy these things yourself, and you have to find a way to transport them back."

"This ....."

Maybe he noticed that Xia Feng was a little embarrassed, and Uncle Nanye thought he was worried about money.

Then he said out of kindness.

"Well, the village has just made a batch of dried fish, you can take it to the town and sell it, and see how much material you can exchange."

Summer Breeze came back to his senses.

"Oh, that's not necessary."

....

Hearing Uncle Nanye's words, a burst of warmth rose in Xia Feng's heart.

Uncle Minamino may have felt a little guilty because the village couldn't take him in, and he was willing to help him do this.

The dried fish that he had worked hard to catch and the villagers carefully dried were sent to him in exchange, which really regarded him as a friend.

He was just a little confused, but when he thought about it, it seemed to be much easier than what he had thought before.

For him, as long as it can be settled with money, it is easy.

...

The journey didn't cost much at all, and he still had 4 stone gold and a handful of silver coins in his hand.

Although it doesn't feel like a lot, combined with the prices in Dongzhou, he knows very well that this amount of money is already a huge amount of money in the economically backward south coast.

It was agreed with Uncle Minamino that he would come back to the village tomorrow morning, and then the villagers would take him to the so-called town.

In order not to disturb the family, he and the bagpipes picked up their luggage tonight and returned to their carefully chosen "home" to prepare for camping.

....

Although there were some twists and turns, overall it was quite smooth.

Walking out of the village, the night sky is dazzling with stars and moons.

In the neon-lit city of Victoria, this kind of scenery was hard to see.

With the sea breeze blowing and insects chirping all around, the summer breeze is full of hope for the future life.

Turning his head sideways, he grinned toothy at the bagpipes.

"Bagpipes, I'll make you happy."

Xia Feng felt that this sentence made sense, because they were a team, Feng Bao was an animal, and the bagpipes were the only "people" in the team besides himself.

Bagpipe happiness means that he will be happy, and everyone is happy is really happy.

However, the speaker did not intend to listen to the listener's intention, and this sentence was heard in the ears of the bagpipes, who were still in a "sensitive period", and once again unsurprisingly added a trace of ambiguity to the brain.

Under the moonlight, I saw the bagpipes' eyelashes trembling slightly, and the whole person was a little writhing and at a loss.

"Really, you.... What are you talking about. ”

Xia Feng strode forward with his luggage on his back and responded stupidly.

"Hahaha, I said that in order to make you happy, I will work hard."

The bagpipes' little hands clenching the strap of the backpack unconsciously clenched, and if it were not for the cover of the night, the blushing ears would definitely be found.

"Don't say it, aren't you ashamed."

"Huh? Why should I be ashamed, don't you want to be happy? ”

The sound of bagpipes is faint.

"I ...... Absolutely. ”

"That's it."

"Oops, it's not what you think, and the happiness I'm talking about isn't the kind of happiness you say."

"Huh? When I say happiness, I mean happiness, what kind of happiness are you talking about? ”

"I.... I'm talking about ordinary happiness in life. ”

Xia Feng had a black question mark on his face again.

"I'm talking about ordinary life happiness, what kind of happiness do you think I'm talking about?"

The bagpipes blushed and puffed out their cheeks.

"I won't tell you."

"Don't, let's talk about it."

"Don't say it."

"Say it."

"Bang!"

The bagpipes lifted a kick and hit Xia Feng's calf directly, forcibly ending the topic of "happiness".