With the house and work matters settled, the group stood up and left.
As soon as I walked out of the house, I met an old woman.
This person's clothes are not fresh, but if you look closely, they are made of fine silk. He is accompanied by two servants, an old man and a young man. He has a pair of squinting eyes, his chin is raised high, and he only looks at him through his nostrils.
Xu Dazheng was wondering who this short old woman was, and heard Mrs. Xu meekly calling: "Second Madam."
Second lady?
Xu Da raised his eyebrows. It turned out to be Gongsun Yan's wife.
Unexpectedly, I never expected that these old women have survived the average life span.
Xu Da and Wang Dayou also met and bowed.
It's just that the second lady is very arrogant and doesn't bother to talk to people like them who are "from bad backgrounds".
She looked Xu Da and Wang Dayou up and down with her wrinkled eyes, snorted the word "hum" from her nose, pulled out a contemptuous smile from the corner of her mouth, raised her head and followed the crowd.
Walked past.
Xu Da: I have a hard fist!
When he returned to Gongsun Yu's house, Xu Da immediately told his wives and children that if they met the old lady of Gongsun Yan's family in the future, they must go around it.
He was afraid that they could not hold back their anger and beat her, thus causing unnecessary trouble.
Xu Yue and others: "..."
In the evening, Mrs. Xu prepared a table of delicious food to congratulate the Xu family on their move. When the family was preparing to move the next day, they also gave them a set of farm tools.
Although you can't buy a field, you can still use the land in front of your home to grow vegetables.
"Xu Da, after you finish packing, remember to report to the second master earlier. It's still a job. Let's do it first. Things will get better gradually. This whole family is pointing at you, so we can't be lazy."
Mrs. Xu looked at the large family behind Xu Da and warned with some worry.
Xu Da thought to himself, this whole family can live well without me, but he still nodded obediently to show that he understood.
It was Wangcai, the bullock cart driver who had helped pull the luggage earlier, who helped carry the two families' luggage away.
The three Xu Yue brothers and sisters, who had been looking forward to it for many days, each carried a hoe and happily followed their father and mother to their new home.
"Wow, the house is so big!"
Wang Youliang, who had gained a little more flesh on his body and his hair had grown longer, raised his head and exclaimed as he looked at the spacious courtyard in front of him.
Xu Da took out the house key and handed it to Wang.
Mrs. Wang unlocked the courtyard door, and Xu Yue couldn't wait to push the door open.
"Wow!" A puff of smoke and dust rushed towards her face. Xu Yue, who was unprepared, took a deep breath and immediately turned around and bent over to cough.
Xu Dalang walked forward feeling distressed and helpless, took his sister aside, put the hoe by the door, rolled up his sleeves and started working!
Xu Erniang followed closely behind, patted Xu Yue who was still coughing, and instructed Wang Youliang to fetch water to spread the ashes.
After Xu Yue finished coughing, she rolled up her sleeves and entered the dusty room.
Just repeating the operation in the slums of Hejian County, the three brothers and sisters have already done it very skillfully.
Although it was a bit difficult to operate with Wang Youliang behind him, he was quickly tricked by Xu Yue into sweeping the yard.
Immediately, Xu Erniang took out her little wooden stick and used the cleaning magic to eliminate all the dust in the room.
The three siblings were there to clean the house, and Xu Da and Wang were responsible for repairing the roof.
The couple went to the village to find people and found out that the tenants were dependent on the landlords and were different from ordinary free villagers.
They do not have official household registration issued by the state, but are merged into the household registration of the Gongsun family. They are equivalent to refugees or fugitives taken in by the Gongsun family.
The Gongsun family rented their fields to these people and collected high taxes every year.
In addition to tenants, there is another existence in this Uburg called Buqu.
The aristocratic families kept the strong and healthy among the refugees and transformed them into private armed forces with certain combat effectiveness to resist foreign enemies.
The tribes cultivated by some families are even like the army, with strong and elite soldiers.
The power of these aristocratic families grew stronger and stronger, and they were gradually no longer restricted by the imperial power.
In the Wubao of the Gongsun family, there are about two hundred people belonging to the Gongsun family, who are usually responsible for the security of the Wubao.
Due to their different identities, the tenants in the village were very polite to Wang and Xu Da. Some even wanted to curry favor with them and were unconditionally prepared to come and help.
Wang wanted to refuse, but Xu Da refused to accept anyone who came.
He said: "It's no use. We'll all live together in the future. Let's just be nice to them."
Mrs. Wang looked at those flattering and humble eyes, said nothing, carried a bow and arrows on her back, and took a hatchet, and headed up the hillside behind the village alone.
Since someone is doing the work, she should make time to do something of her own.
The new home had just been built and there were many places where money was needed. She first went to the nearby hillside to familiarize herself with the conditions and prepare for hunting at any time in the future.
At the same time, it was time to update the weapon arsenal. The bow and arrows in her hand were still a bit inferior. She was going to try to make more sophisticated weapons, such as crossbows among ancient weapons.
Wang went up the mountain, and Xu Da could only lead the people to find thatch to build a roof.
When Mrs. Xu heard the news, she directly asked the housekeeper to deliver the thatch collected from last year's village to Xu Da.
As for the money, you don’t have to pay a penny, just say thank you to my aunt.
When Xu Yue and her brothers and sisters saw their father's obedient appearance in the house, they all expressed their admiration.
It would take hundreds of years to learn this shameless skill.
There were many helpers and the weather was good. In just half an afternoon, the thatch needed to repair the roof was laid.
Apply a layer of solid mud on the thatch, let it sit in the sun for several days, and the wind won't let it fall off.
However, compared with brick and tile houses, such houses must be carefully maintained. Some of them are poorly made and need to be replaced every six months.
Better still, replace the thatch roof every year or so.
After the roof was built, Xu Da and Wang Dayou carried their burdens to dig out yellow mud and get mud bricks to build a kang for their home.
They were already used to sleeping on a heated bed, so asking them to sleep on a bed would make them uncomfortable.
Moreover, it has just begun spring, and the nights are cold, so it is warmer to sleep on a fire bed.
When no one was paying attention, Xu Yue took out the belongings packed in the laboratory little by little and filled up the new home little by little.
Wang Youliang was not stupid. He noticed the changes in his family, but due to his lack of reading, he felt confused. Later, he was fooled by Xu Erniang, and he could no longer remember it.
Ms. Wang cut down a lot of wood from the mountain and stopped doing any other work. She just took a bunch of tools and just thought about these wooden things.
The terrain of Yuyang County is flat, with foothills to the north and plains to the south.
There is a large flock of sheep raised in Wubao. Looking from the foot of the mountain, the hillside is covered with patches of small white dots.
Except for the parts of these sheep that the owner wants to keep for making coats and eating, all the rest are sold, and the income is very considerable.
But the tenants living in the village said that the sheep in Yuyang were nothing. Further north, the sheep raised by the Wuhuan people were fat, large, and had juicy meat, and were especially loved by the nobles of the aristocratic families.
