A major event like Sun Ji happened in Taozhou, and the government offices were in chaos. Not only did they have to deal with the military chaos caused by Sun Ji, but they also had to resettle the people who were forced to become military households.
Normally, when a body is found, one might immediately go to investigate, but now the government office can't take care of much at the moment and can only ask Zhao Xueli and Li Zheng to write a document first, and they will come back to inquire if anything happens in the future.
Seeing that the clerk of the government office was about to leave, Zhao Luoyang followed Zhao Xueli and sent him out.
"Sir," Zhao Luoyang said, "The clothes the corpse was wearing are different from ours. I heard the villagers said it came from the village?"
This was originally said by Mr. Song, but Zhao Luoyang didn't want to reveal too much. If there was a murder case, the former villagers of Fengxia Village would inevitably discuss it, so it was normal to mention this.
The clerk nodded: "Yes, there is a stockade about thirty miles northwest from here. Tomorrow I will send someone to the stockade to see if anyone is lost."
Mentioning this, the civil servant continued: "If anyone in the village hears about it and comes to ask you, you only need to say that the government office has come to check it. If you have anything to ask, ask them to go to the government office. The people of the village are fierce, so don't do it.
There will be a conflict with them."
Zhao Luoyang hurriedly handed over the water bag in his hand: "It's still a long way from the Yamen Office here, please take this water bag!"
The clerk looked at the little girl with crooked eyes, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Everything is not easy when you have just settled down. You should keep these things for yourself. I come here often. If anything happens, you will still go to the Yamen to look for me. I will
If you're not here, go find Huang Yasi."
This clerk is the Wang's Chief, and there is also a Huang's Chief in the Yamen, who usually takes care of these trivial matters.
Zhao Luoyang remembered it.
At least if anyone came to the village, she could tell them that Wang Yasi came to take a look.
As soon as Wang Yasi left, Gao Lizheng also led people to the East Village. Before leaving, he looked back and saw smoke rising from the village to the west.
Very quickly, I found firewood and started cooking.
"Those people are quite capable," said the villager next to them. "We just picked up water more than ten times without stopping once."
Gao Lizheng nodded: "That's good. Don't catch the disease on the road and spread it to the village. Tell them tomorrow that you can only come to collect water in the afternoon. Don't come to the east on weekdays."
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Luo Zhenniang and Ge Shi packed up a house in the yard where Zhao's family settled, built a simple stove with stones and earth blocks, and lit a fire.
Zhao Yuanbao leaned against the stove fire to warm his hands.
Gemini said: "Be careful, don't set your clothes on fire."
Zhao Yuanbao nodded. His hair and clothes smelled a little roasted, but he still couldn't bear to leave. It was really too cold outside and it was very comfortable to huddle here.
Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Yang were still busy in the house. There was no kang in the house, so they pressed the straw they brought on the ground and spread a few mattresses.
Mrs. Yang put her precious mattress on top and spread it over it. She felt that her mattress was the warmest.
Mr. Song and Song Er first lived in the same courtyard as the Zhao family, in a house next to them, so that they could take care of them more easily.
"Why aren't Fourth Brother and the others coming back?" Mrs. Yang looked out at the darkening sky.
Those who drew water and those who went to the Yamen had all returned, leaving only Zhao Xueyi and those who went to look for wood and firewood.
Luo Zhenniang brought hot water to Mrs. Yang: "Xueli and Xuejing have gone out to greet them, they should be there soon."
It's really impossible to seal the windows without wood, and the wind keeps pouring in.
Mrs. Yang took a sip of water and felt a little warmer: "Wait a little longer, maybe we can't find any wood around, so we have to go further away."
As he was talking, he heard footsteps coming from outside.
Zhao Yuan in the yard gave way: "Dad and the others are back. Fourth uncle seems to be injured."
When Mrs. Yang and others heard this, their expressions changed, and they hurriedly went out to see the situation.
Zhao Xueyi was helped in by Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing.
"It's okay, it's okay," Zhao Xueyi said hurriedly, "I just sprained my foot at the foot of the mountain."
After hearing this, the Zhao family breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Shi Ping next to him said: "I sprained my foot somewhere. My uncle was trying to cut down a tree and almost fell off the mountainside."
"Ah?" Ge Shi's face changed when he heard this, and he rushed forward to see Zhao Xueyi, "What's going on? Why did you go up the mountain if I didn't tell you not to go too far?"
Zhao Xueyi was helped to sit on the meadow, and his frown relaxed a little. The injury on his foot was really painful. Thanks to him, he brought two and a half young men from the Niu family and the Shi family with him. Otherwise, I don't know what to do.
will come.
Zhao Xueyi said: "I couldn't find any wood nearby, so I went all the way up the mountain."
Zhao Luoyang knelt down and looked at his fourth uncle's leg. His leg was covered in bruises. It was obvious that he had fallen badly. Fortunately, no bones were injured.
Hearing that the bone was fine, Ge was relieved a little and hurriedly went to bring water to Zhao Xueyi to clean it up.
Shi Ping said: "Not to mention there is no wood, there is no firewood either. It seems that they were all chopped down before we arrived."
Feng Laosan also said: "I must have known that there were immigrants coming, so I collected all the usable things around me in advance. I see that the firewood stacks in the East Village are all very high."
"You can't blame others for this. They came first. It might happen to anyone else. You have to look after yourself first."
Zhao Xueyi said: "It's okay. When it gets dark, I will take the two boys to walk farther away. Such a big place cannot be completely cleared. At most, we can go farther."
Shi Ping said: "Thanks to Fourth Uncle Zhao, otherwise how could we get such a long piece of wood. If we divide that piece of wood, we can cover many windows."
Zhao Xueyi showed a naive smile: "It's dark, so it's not convenient. If I weren't in a hurry, I wouldn't be hurt."
Having said this, Zhao Xueyi looked at Feng Laosan: "Go and pack up the wood and send it to each house, so that everyone can live with it for the night."
No matter how much you bring back, just one point will not be enough. Zhao Xueli said: "I'll go and have a look. If it doesn't work, I'll make a few more rooms for you and squeeze a few more people into each room."
Feng Laosan was also quick in his work. He first booked the windows of the Zhao family and Mr. Song.
The windows did not leak, and the room became warm immediately.
Zhao Yuanbao lay on the mattress with a bunch of burnt hair on his head, a look of comfort on his face.
Finally at this moment, everyone can take a break.
"The first day will definitely not be easy," Zhao Xuejing said, "It will get better and better in the future. Tomorrow I will go to the city with my eldest brother to see if we can buy some bricks. Even if we can't buy blue bricks, there should be adobe bricks.
Get some stones, strengthen the house, and build the wall.”
Mr. Song was also invited to the room to talk.
Hearing what Zhao Xuejing said, he nodded: "If nothing else, the house and walls need to be repaired early. I also have some money here. I will ask Song Er to follow you into the city tomorrow."
Zhao Luoyang looked at Mr. Song in surprise.
Mr. Song's eyes widened when he was stared at by the little fox like this. What's going on? Is it strange that he came out with money?
Money must not be used for practical purposes? He has seen the experience of the Song family's ancestors more than once. If they had not spent their money without calculation, the Song family would not be in such decline.
"Sir," Zhao Luoyang said with a smile, "I have some money in my hand, and I have some left over to buy you eggs and polished rice. You don't have to ask Mr. Song to buy them tomorrow. I will buy them for you."
Eggs and polished rice again. Why did Mr. Song think that the little fox's filial piety was malicious?
Does this mean that he is not allowed to buy it, or that he is not allowed to buy it from the market?
This pair of young and old bickered over nothing, but everyone didn't care after seeing it too much and let them have fun.
While talking, everyone smelled a fragrant smell.
Luo Zhenniang and Mrs. Tao came in with cooked meals.
Mr. Song shrugged his nose and then glanced at Zhao Luoyang. The little fox had filled it with meat!
"How much dried meat is put in?" Old Mrs. Yang said first, "You can smell it from ten miles away."
Luo Zhenniang smiled and said: "Sister Luo, I finally got to the place where I can't eat anything good. Besides, we are so close to the city, so we can buy whatever we need."
She agreed with Luo Jie'er on this point, and she saw that Luo Jie'er also sent some dried meat to all sixteen households. Although it was not much, it could always be a taste.
Although Mrs. Yang felt distressed, she also felt that what her second daughter-in-law said made sense. After eating well and sleeping well, she would have the energy to continue working tomorrow, as there were still many things to do.
Everyone ate together, hot water was boiled in the kitchen, and everyone washed their faces happily. There was not much water at the moment, so they couldn't take a bath. They could only wait until tomorrow to buy things to hold water and get enough firewood.
Let's clean up as a family.
It was night after being so busy.
The female family members all rested, and Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing took a few people to wander outside.
There is no fence, so you can't just rest without doing anything. If bad guys come in, it will be bad. There are also animals tied up outside. If there are wolves or something like that, it will cause trouble to the animals.
The men of the sixteen households took turns keeping watch at night, which would make them feel more at ease.
Zhao Luoyang lay down and discussed with Shi Jiu what to exchange: "Exchange forty pounds of rice. I've decided to hide it in the room next to me. When my grandma asked, she said it was given by Mr. Song, as well as compressed biscuits."
, dried meat, cheese and other food, now I have a place to hide them, so I need to change some. I also need to change some of the medicinal materials in the system, including anesthetic injections and veterinary medicines. "
Zhao Luoyang thought about it, he had a system, and he had to prepare some things that could be redeemed, especially medicine and food.
After hiding these things tomorrow, she can upgrade the system.
By the way, you also need to read the local chronicles.
After thinking about this, Zhao Luoyang said to Shi Jiu: Go to bed and talk about it tomorrow.
Then he fell into a deep sleep.
Shi Jiu listened to Zhao Luoyang's breathing and knew that she was asleep. She had thought so much and prepared many things, but she didn't ask him if he was still there if the system was upgraded.
ungrateful.
Not as good as the little Hui Hui before.
Shi Jiu thought about immersing herself in the system and helping Zhao Luoyang read the books in the charm value redemption area.
While Shi Jiu was reading, he suddenly felt a fluctuation in the system, and everything around him blurred like water ripples. Then he saw the charm value.
[Charm value 4]
[Charm value 4]
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Suddenly the charm value increased in the middle of the night.
He was about to wake up Zhao Luoyang when his vision suddenly blurred. When he came to his senses again, his charm value had reached 1,000 points.