Chapter 65: Chapter Sixty-Five: Not allowed to enter the city
Chapter 65 Chapter 65: Not allowed to enter the city
The village chief of the Sixteenth Refugee Village has just been announced, and the name of the village is also being struck while the iron is hot, so don’t delay.
Mo Dazhuang and others, who did not achieve what they wanted, felt resentful and could not arouse any interest.
Under the leadership of Old Man Xu, the seven families supported Village Chief Zou's every word, and finally Xiaohe Village broke out of the encirclement and came out on top.
There is no need to be educated or uncultured when choosing a village name, just pick something as long as it is catchy.
There is a mountain behind their village and a small river next to it. Based on this geographical location, some say it is called Qingshan Village, while others say it is called Dashan Village.
The fifteenth village next door was already called Qingshan Village, so they called it Xiaohe Village now, just to make it easy for them to talk about.
There are three important things to do when a new official takes office, and the new village chief is in place, so the cutscenes are indispensable.
Village Chief Zou showed his previous efforts to control more than 60 households and prepared to hold a village meeting on the spot while everyone was here to discuss the future development of Xiaohe Village.
Seeing that the day was getting colder and colder, not to mention firewood, the mountains behind them provided enough, but they couldn't live without food. People couldn't stand eating wild vegetables all the time.
But they had gone to the city before, looking for work, but no one chose them.
Xu Chunhe and others came back in a hurry, sweating profusely. As soon as they entered the yard, they waved their hands and looked for water to drink.
What should we do? They are not far from the city gate. They won't hit them, right?
For a time, there was a lot of chattering and commotion in the courtyard of the Xu family, including the village chief Zou, who was so frightened that his lips trembled.
Zheng Tiechui said quickly: "No! I heard that the mighty general with more than 10,000 people has captured Gaoyang County, not far from Fucheng, and is about to attack Fucheng!"
Although Old Man Xu is not the village chief, several families are still accustomed to him being the person in charge. When he arranged this, the families all nodded in agreement, and then they dispersed and went about their business.
Old man Xu was opening his mouth to see off the guests and let them go to Zou's house and continue talking slowly. Suddenly, at the gate of the courtyard, Xu Chunhe and others who had gone to the city suddenly returned.
Old Man Zheng sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. I just don't know if this mighty general can really attack Fucheng? Is he so powerful?"
As he said that, he smiled naively and said: "Well, my family has an ancestral craft of making sweets, but there is no capital, and it can't be arranged. Uncle Xu, can I ask you to borrow some money to make the capital? No need to borrow more, just borrow it
Just one tael of silver is enough! Don’t worry, selling candy is not a loss-making business. You can sell it no matter what. When I sell the money, I will pay it back immediately!"
This is not a problem either.
"What's going on?" Old Man Xu asked hurriedly.
After all the thirteen families left, only seven families were left in the yard.
"What? Then the mighty general is coming?" Village Chief Zou asked in surprise.
They were the only ones close to these families, and if they asked him to borrow money, he wouldn't even be able to borrow it. He only had this little money in total, and the top priority now was to attend to his grandson Liu Lang's studies first, so it would be okay to borrow it.
"What can we do? We can't get in. There's nothing we can do. Can we still force our way in? Fortunately, I couldn't work for two days, and I was paid the same day. Otherwise, I would have been stunned to death.
." Zhou Dachuan said.
Mo Dazhuang also laughed, "That's what Uncle Xu said, haha, it's only five hundred coins."
The conversation was over. Mo Dazhuang's face paled and he couldn't laugh anymore. He also didn't expect that he was really stingy with the Xu family's money and wouldn't even lend them a tael of silver.
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked. This is so good, why are they not allowed to enter the city?
"Are there many more refugees coming outside the city?" Old Man Zhou asked.
Everyone in the courtyard also looked towards the entrance of the courtyard.
Borrow money?
Old man Xu stared blankly, you said he is so harmonious and like a family that I have to lend you money?
Seeing that Mo Dazhuang was rejected, other people who had originally wanted to joke with the Xu family to borrow some money to buy food and settle down had to swallow their words in frustration.
Choosing the old man from the Xu family as the village chief made it impossible for him to ignore the people in the village and take advantage of it. However, Mo Dazhuang did not give up yet and took advantage of the situation and said: "We are all from Xiaohe Village. We should be harmonious and like a family."
Right? I see, Uncle Xu, your family has chickens and a vegetable garden. Vegetable seeds have just been sown in the vegetable garden. Do you have money in your hands?"
After so many days, only the seven Xu family members, with a total of about ten people, have found work carrying large bags.
Life has to go on! You are the village chief, you have to share our worries!
Village Chief Zou later realized that this village chief didn't seem to be that good at all. Is it too late to refund him now?
Village Chief Zou, who was surrounded by Mo Dazhuang and others talking nonsense and having a splitting headache, was rescued by Xu Chunhe and others who suddenly returned.
I really didn't expect it.
Not everyone understands this war, even Old Man Xu doesn’t understand much. He thinks that their village is not far from the city gate. If they really come to fight, if they can’t attack the city, these homeless gangs will not cause trouble.
Is it the fault of these people?
After thinking about it, Old Man Xu quickly made arrangements, asking everyone to collect firewood, grab more wild vegetables, store more water, and gather the important things. He will stop running around for the next few days and just stay at home. When the time comes, he will be ready.
No matter what the situation is, if you shout and everyone is there, you can run away immediately.
Several families are very familiar with this mighty general. Didn't we want to recruit them to join him before?
They refused at the time, but they didn't expect that this mighty general would have something else!
How long did it take to become a powerful general, with more than 10,000 people under his command?
Thinking like this, Mo Dazhuang and others began to complain a little bit about Old Man Zou.
What else can we say, borrow money? No need to talk!
"Making sweets? That's a hard skill. If you have this skill, nephew, then your life will be just a matter of life!" Old Man Xu smiled and said: "But if you asked me to borrow money, you are asking the wrong person.
, If I had money, why would I use all three of my sons to carry the big bag? Just one tael of silver for me. My eldest nephew, you really think highly of me."
If you don't lend money to someone for anything, who knows when you will pay it back?
"Then we can't go into the city, what should we do with this job?" Old Man Zhou asked.
Old Man Xu said: "Really not."
Mr. Xu's mind was also in a mess. The buzzing noise made his headache worse. He immediately spoke out and sent these people away first.
What should we do now? Everyone looked at Village Chief Zou.
Everyone felt a little unhappy. They originally expected to elect Old Man Xu as the village chief and force him to take care of the villagers, but why did it end up in this situation?
If it hadn't been for Old Man Zou, if they had tried harder to persuade, maybe it would have happened!
"The city gate is closed, no entry or exit is allowed." Xu Chunhe looked at Old Man Xu and said.
Old Man Xu also asked Old Mrs. Xu to arrange the busy work for his son and daughter-in-law. He just called Xu Dajun and asked him to pay attention to the news in the past two days.
What he originally thought was that his grandson had good ears and could hear the movements at the entrance of the village, so that they could react first.
But little did they know that Xu Dajun had better ears and could even hear what was going on in the city.
Xu Dajun had just heard the news brought back by Xu Chunhe and the others, and now he was alert to what was going on in the city and Gaoyang County.