In the north of Taozhou City, there is a small village called Fengxia Village.
The civil servant had said before that the village was quite good a few years ago. Later, due to the war, more than half of the people in the village were missing, and some houses in the village were abandoned.
Previously, Sun Ji kept the villages near Taozhou, intending to sell them to farmers who could pay the money. Now that Sun Ji was arrested, it happened that these places could be settled.
Brothers Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing entered the village first. The west side of the village is full of dilapidated houses. There are weeds in front and behind the houses. Fortunately, it is this season. If it had been earlier, the grass would have grown very tall and covered the houses.
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The west side is obviously deserted, and the surrounding walls have been demolished in pieces, but villagers can be seen walking around on the east side.
Maybe they couldn't figure out what they were doing, so the children poked their heads in and looked over, but the adults pulled them back.
The clerk said: "You will register in Fengxia Village. The house here should be enough. You sixteen households will allocate one share to you. Once the decision is made, you can go to the Yamen to do the paperwork."
Zhao Xueli responded.
Mrs. Yang and the female relatives were still looking carefully. The situation in Fengxia Village looked better than they thought. Although the houses were dilapidated, many of them were usable.
The men looked at the wall and frowned. The first thing to do was to repair the wall. It was not far from the mountains and forests. Even if there were no bandits, they still had to guard against wild beasts.
Sixteen households have now developed the habit of letting Zhao Xueli make decisions for everyone, so when someone comes, Ding Maosheng first reminds Zhao Xueli.
"Look, there's someone coming over there. It should be Li Zheng from Fengxia Village."
A man in his fifties came over with two other men. When they saw the civil servants, they first stepped forward to salute.
The civil servant said: "These are the immigrants who have come to settle down. They will all live in the same village from now on. You should take better care of them."
Although Gao Li was saying this, his eyes were fixed on the donkey cart behind Zhao Xueli and others.
No one was resettled in their village at first. They all knew what the officials meant. No matter how bad Fengxia Village was, it was still far away from Taozhou City. It was very convenient to do anything. It was better than those remote villages.
In fact, they hope that the immigrants who settled here will have some money in their hands and can be filial to the officials in the yamen. In this way, they will not be implicated, at least those people will not be extremely hungry and come to take advantage of them.
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However, later I heard that something had happened to Sun Zhizhou and things had changed in Taozhou, so I didn't know when the resettled people would be resettled.
Didn't expect it would be so soon.
Gao Lizheng looked around at the sixteen households. This group of people also brought donkey carts. They should not be too bad, which made them feel a little relieved, but people still had to keep an eye on this group of people.
The clerk then told Zhao Xueli: "I may be a little busy recently and won't come here often. If you have anything to do, go to the Yamen."
Zhao Xueli bowed and said, "Excuse me, sir."
Gao Lizheng, who was next to him, was surprised when he heard this. Could it be that these immigrants were familiar with the adults in the yamen? But it didn't look like them, at least the clerk didn't mention anything to him.
After seeing off the civil servants, Gao Li put away the smile on his face and looked at Zhao Xueli: "Do these sixteen households listen to you?"
Zhao Xueli shook his head and said: "We have helped each other along the way, and no one listens to anyone else. Now that we are in the village, if anything happens, Li Zheng will just make arrangements."
Gao Lizheng nodded: "Let's repair the house first, and we can talk about other things slowly."
After saying this, Gao Li's eyes fell on the donkey cart: "Do you have enough food?"
"It's not enough," Mrs. Yang said before Zhao Xueli, "I still need to ask Li Zheng where I can buy coarse grains? It's going to be winter soon, so I need to prepare some grains."
Old Mrs. Yang finally understood that everyone else in the village was on guard against them, and they couldn't all surrender. Besides, it was true that there was not enough food to eat.
Gao Lizhengdao: "This food is very expensive now, especially after the immigrants came, the price increased by 30%, and we can't even afford it."
When Gao Li was talking about this, the men around him immediately flashed angry expressions, obviously they didn't like these immigrants very much, and the immigrants brought them a lot of trouble.
Things in the city have become more expensive. With these people coming, there is not enough firewood.
Gao Lizheng said a few more face-saving words, and then left with the people.
Ding Maosheng frowned: "This man is not as upright as we used to be."
Zhao Xueli said: "We have just arrived here. We are not familiar with each other, so it is inevitable that we will be a little wary. We are the same. Don't do anything first. We will understand the situation first before talking."
Everyone nodded.
After Zhao Xueli finished speaking, he realized that Sister Luo was missing. Just as he was about to look for her, he saw Zhao Luoyang walking from the east of the village. He didn't know when she left.
Zhao Luoyang said: "I saw a well in the village to the west, but the well was filled up. It is probably difficult to clean it out. There seemed to be several wells in the village to the east. I took a look from a distance and saw someone carrying water there.
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As he spoke, Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhao Xueli: "Dad, I have to tell them that before we build a new well here, we have to go over and fetch water. We have to get some water back before it gets dark."
The people in this village are very wary of them, so it is best to do it before dark when interacting with the villagers.
Zhao Xueli actually forgot about this, thanks to Sister Luo who remembered it first.
"First unload the things and find out what we need to hold the water," Zhao Xueli looked at Ding Maosheng and said, "Brother Ding, follow me to find where the water is."
When Zhao Xueli said this, everyone immediately split up.
Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji helped Mr. Song out of the car, while Zhao Luoyang helped Old Mrs. Yang. Sixteen families walked toward the village in small numbers.
This will be their home from now on.
"Sigh, it's far worse than our previous home. The roof of our home was only repaired this spring. I don't know what it's like now."
"Yeah, it's still cold here and the wind is quite strong."
"I don't know if this house can be lived in."
Old Mrs. Yang turned around and said: "Things are dead, but people are alive. As long as everything is fine after walking this way, it is not good to give us this place now. As long as people are here, we can just do whatever we want to do."
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"If I want a new roof, I'll have it next spring."
"There's nothing you can do about the strong wind. Who said our place isn't windy? Add more bedding and save enough firewood, and we can get through this winter."
"The house is not good. At least I don't have to sleep with my head against the sky."
When Mrs. Yang said this, everyone felt better.
"Old sister is right," the female relatives responded one after another, "Anyway, I don't want anything, as long as my family is here, think about how many people died on the road, and how many people were envious on the way to Taozhou City!"
Zhao Luoyang said: "I think this village is not small. There is a large area of flat land around it. If the land allocated to us by the government office is nearby, it will be convenient for everyone to farm. We will have it in a few springs and autumns."
"Yes, I think this house is good."
As everyone talked, they started to look at the surrounding houses.
Zhao Luoyang said: "It's impossible to clean out all the houses today. Let's find a few better houses first, let everyone gather together for a night, and then slowly clean up the surrounding areas during the day tomorrow."
Mrs. Yang said: "Yes, just do what Sister Luo said."
After saying this, everyone split up to look at the house.
Zhao Luoyang was just about to ask the older people from the sixteen households to find a place to rest when he heard a cry from a house not far away: "Oh my god, someone is coming quickly."