Chapter 259 The vicious female partner escapes to farm (10)
"What should we do? Apart from the child's aunt in Fucheng, we have no other relatives here, so where can we stay?"
After the hardships of the past few days, she could no longer endure it at this moment. Wang Daniu's wife, Feng Shi, was the first to wipe away her tears and cry.
When she cries, her daughter-in-law also cries.
Although the men held it back, their eyes were red and they were just trying not to shed tears.
Xu Yin looked at the closed city gate and the long queues of victims who wanted to try their luck even though they knew there was no way out, and sighed deeply in her heart.
He turned around and said to Wang Daniu's family: "With the current situation, it is expected to be difficult to enter the city. Why don't we go to the surrounding villages to see if someone is willing to rent a room for us. Let's settle down first before making any other plans. I feel like it's going to be rainy today.
It’s raining.”
Father Wang is an old farmer. He looked up at the sky and said: "The hero is right, the sky will not be sunny for long. I just wonder if the weather in Tongxing Prefecture has also changed. It would be great if the weather changes! How can we ease the drought as soon as possible?
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Xu Yin knew in her heart that the drought in Tongxing Mansion would last until the end of the year, or the following spring to be precise.
So even if the Wang family made up their mind to return home, she was prepared to find a place to stay in Dongxuan Mansion.
Fortunately, Wang Daniu had an idea with her: "Dad is not in good health. He relied on his energy to support himself all the way. He finally arrived at Dongxuan Mansion. As the heroic brother said, we'd better find a place to settle down first and find out more about our colleagues."
We will make plans based on the situation in Xingfu."
So, the two families continued on the same journey, squeezed out of the group of victims, and inquired about the nearest village to Fucheng.
But I don’t know if it’s because there are more victims and more troubles. No village is willing to accept outsiders. Not to mention long-term rental, no one is willing to stay temporarily for one night.
"I heard that there was a riot by refugees in Tongxing Mansion, and many people died. The news reached Dongxuan Mansion."
When Wang Daniu heard this news, everyone felt a little depressed.
Seeing the clouds getting lower and lower, everyone couldn't help but become anxious.
At this time, a new notice was posted outside the gate of Dongxuan Mansion.
Wang Xiaohu, who claimed to be literate, squeezed into the crowd to take a look. After a while, he came back dejectedly and said: "The court released documents to mobilize land reclamation. This has nothing to do with us, does it? It's not like our family has no land."
"You're stupid!" Wang Daniu rewarded him. "Why did the imperial court let go of the famine documents at this time? It's to appease those of us who left our hometowns and fled to this place! Please tell me carefully, what is written in the documents?"
"I don't know a lot of words." Wang Xiaohu scratched his head, "But I heard a scholar behind him read, it seems that it is a wasteland. The land tax is completely exempted in the first year, and only 20% of the land tax is paid in the second year. In the third year, it is 50%.
It’s still 60%. Anyway, it will be classified as ordinary farmland after three years, and it can be bought and sold.”
Xu Yin didn't know whether Wang Daniu was moved after hearing this. Anyway, she was moved and decided to stay in Dongxuan Mansion to open up wasteland and farm.
As much wasteland as you can carve out is yours.
She is very strong, so she will open a few more acres, and the first few years will be harder. Once the weather is good, things will stabilize, and then she can plant sugar cane or watermelons, which she is good at.
As for the nominal husband, return the two cubs to him safely and safely, and we'll see you again!
However, there are also many people who are unwilling to open up wasteland.
The wasteland is located in remote mountainous areas. There are no cattle or tools such as plows. It would take a year and a half just to remove the stones and weeds and loosen the soil, which is more than a little difficult.
Wang Daniu and his family gave up on land reclamation and decided to look for short-term jobs nearby. If there were no short-term jobs, they would return home. The drought would not continue forever. God would always give people a way to survive.
As a result, the two parties separated.
Before leaving, Mrs. Feng dried some of her vegetables and gave a lot of pickled melons to Xu Yin.
"I also said that I would treat you to dinner after settling down. I don't know when I can really settle down in this situation."
"It will be fine."
Xu Yin returned some dried radishes, pickled peppers and pickled bamboo shoots for her.
Most of these dried radishes are dried by Erlang and contain no salt; a few are stocked in her system warehouse.
Mix the two together and drink it as a soup, which is only slightly saltier than boiled water. It can supplement some electrolytes.
Being too salty can easily arouse suspicion. In inland areas, salt is not so good.
Pickled peppers and sour bamboo shoots are also stocked in her warehouse. They are packed in small earthen jars. It is very appetizing to eat a piece of sour bamboo shoots in hot weather.
Xu Yin persuaded them not to return to Tongxing Mansion for the time being. The disaster situation had not eased, and there were constant riots by the refugees, so it was better to find a safe place nearby.
I hope Wang Daniu and his family will listen.
Xu Yin looked back at them, pushed the cart and took her two children to follow the land reclamation team towards the mountainous area.
The government sent people to maintain order, and the group of victims who went to clear the wasteland did not cause any trouble.
Xu Yin adds some color to her tanning makeup every day, and now she has the same color number as Erlang, who is naturally tan. She walks in the queue in a low-key manner, feeding herself and her two children a few sips of spiritual spring water from time to time.
She had a vague feeling that if there was a sudden heavy rain, many people would probably get sick.
After days of running away from famine, fatigue and lack of meals, the body's immunity is at the end of its strength.
Previously, many people at the city gate had shown signs of heatstroke. If there was a sudden heavy rain and a combination of cold and heat, they would not fall down!
Xu Yin kept praying in her heart that it would never rain. If it did, it would wait until they reached their final destination.
However, is God the kind of person who can respond to people’s prayers? Then he is not a thief.
The long team was still meandering forward, and heavy raindrops began to fall.
Xu Yin quickly put on coir raincoats and bamboo hats for the two children. The luggage, especially the rice bags, was covered with straw mats woven from thatch along the way.
However, most people think the rain is great!
"Hahaha! God finally opened his eyes! It's raining! It's finally raining!"
"It's raining! It's raining! Hahaha——"
"Woooo... It would be great to get it earlier! Our family's food..."
Everyone was either happy or crying.
Everyone ignored the yamen's urging and stopped in their tracks.
Some opened their arms to welcome the heavy rain; some raised their heads to catch the rainwater to quench their thirst; some even took off their clothes and took a bath with the rainwater.
"Brother, I also want to take a bath."
Erlang turned to look at Xu Yin with bright eyes and said, reaching out to take off his bamboo hat and raincoat.
"no!"
Xu Yin, who had just put on her raincoat and bamboo hat, hurriedly stopped him.
"Put it on quickly! You'll catch a cold!"
"cold?"
"...It's just the wind and cold."
When Erlang heard the wind and cold, his eyes darkened, and he no longer insisted on bathing in the rain. He obediently sat on the rice bag with his third sister, trying hard to protect the rice bag and the bedding from getting wet from the heavy rain.
The yamen officer cracked his whip several times before allowing the team to move forward.
Xu Yin couldn't help but worry that these people who had been exposed to the rain might get sick.