In Shangping Village in the Qinling Mountains, Carpenter Li finished his day's work and his family gathered together to have dinner.
Looking at where Mr. and Mrs. Li were sitting, Carpenter Li suddenly lost his appetite. He put down his chopsticks and said, "I wonder how the boss is doing outside?"
Hearing Carpenter Li's words, Carpenter Li's wife He also put down her bowls and chopsticks and said, "Yeah, I don't know if the boss's family can have enough to eat. If his wife counts the time, she will probably give birth soon."
"How about you go out tomorrow and see if there is any letter from the boss."
"Well, it just so happens that the salt at home is running out, so I need to buy some from outside."
Carpenter Li thought for a while and nodded. Now is the busy farming season. He has not been out of the mountains for several months since he last sent his boss out.
Because it is very busy now, there are many things in the fields, it is the busiest time of the year, and the mountain people have rarely gone out of the mountains, because a trip to the mountains requires a long walk, which takes three or four hours.
, buy some things in a hurry, and then have to walk back for three or four hours.
The mountain road is really difficult and winding, making it very inconvenient to go out.
The mountain people try not to go out if they don't want to go out. When they go out, they often do a lot of shopping, selling some herbs, mountain products, furs, etc. that they have collected for a long time, and then buy the things they need for life.
Salt, cloth, needlework, ironware, etc. came back.
Isolation from the world is definitely not an exaggerated rhetoric, but their lives are indeed basically isolated from the world, without much contact and communication, and they may only go out three or four times a year.
Early the next morning, Carpenter Li got up early, carefully packed a basket of things, and then prepared to go out into the mountains early while carrying a pole.
"Carpenter Li, are you going out of the mountains?"
Old man Chen looked at Carpenter Li and asked quickly.
"Yes, let's go out and see if my boss has any letters back."
Carpenter Li is very honest and can't hide things, so he says so outright.
"It can't be that easy. Now we may not even have a place to live or even have enough to eat. How can the outside world be so easy? If it were that easy, our ancestors wouldn't have fled into the mountains.
coming."
Old man Chen shook his head and said that he was the most opposed to going out of the mountains. What was bad about the mountains? There was food and drink, there were no officials, bullies or other oppression, and there would be no famines or wars.
Outside, the world outside is full of chaos and famine, so what's good about it?
"That's right, there are so many good things out there. You shouldn't have let your Li Da go out in the first place. His wife is still pregnant. If she walks too much on this road, she might not even be able to save her child."
"And that black soil province, God knows where it is."
The other villagers also talked to each other, which made Carpenter Li feel even worse. He also felt very regretful in his heart. Maybe he really shouldn't let the boss go out.
Although it is a bit bitter and tiring here in the mountains, if there is no land for farming, I will just cultivate it when the time comes. I didn’t have many fields when I was young, and I have slowly cultivated a lot of fields.
, and also attracted several sons.
Silently picking up his things, Carpenter Li walked towards the long mountain road.
This walk lasted more than three hours, starting at around six o'clock in the morning and arriving at the nearest town at ten o'clock. Of course, Carpenter Li didn't know the specific time, but he only knew roughly an hour.
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Arriving in the small town, Carpenter Li came to the Lin Family Salt Shop almost immediately.
"Boss Lin, do you have a letter from my boss?"
Carpenter Li looked at Boss Lin and said eagerly.
"Yes, yes, there are three letters."
When Boss Lin of the Lin Family Salt Shop saw Carpenter Li, he also took out three letters and said: "This is the earliest one, which was sent two months ago. This one was last month, and this one was sent before."
It only arrived in two days.”
"There are three letters."
When Carpenter Li heard this, he suddenly became excited. He thought he didn't believe it at first, but he didn't expect that there were three letters at once, which is almost one letter a month.
"Want me to take a look at it for you?"
Boss Lin asked with a smile. He also knew that these mountain people were illiterate.
"We have Boss Laurin."
Carpenter Li nodded and said.
"Okay~"
Boss Lin also wanted to see what the people who immigrated to Black Earth Province could write back.
He opened the first letter and read it carefully. After reading it, he said: "This first letter was written by someone when your son Li Da arrived at Xiji Port in Nanyun Province."
"It was ghostwritten by a local middle school student."
"He said that everything was fine for him and his wife. When they immigrated, they walked a long way from Feng County to Kaifeng, Henan Province. After arriving in Kaifeng, they took the train for several days.
The train arrived directly at Xijigang Port in Nanyun Province."
"As mentioned above, the outside world is very big and prosperous. It is said that Kaifeng is very lively with tall buildings and many people, including blond and blue-eyed people. It is also said that there are cars with four wheels running on the cement road and two
A wheeled bicycle or something.”
"He also said that there are many very, very flat and open plains outside. They are plains as far as the eye can see. He also said that the food they had along the way was very good, and they could eat all the food with open stomachs."
"Finally, I asked you two to take care of your health and write a letter after they arrive in Black Earth Province."
After Boss Lin read the letter, he handed it to Carpenter Li.
Carpenter Li took the letter. Although he was illiterate, he still read it with gusto, a smile appeared on his face, and his heart was relieved.
"As long as you are full, it will be good. If you are full, it will be good."
Carpenter Li is very happy now.
"This is the second letter. It says that they have arrived in Black Earth Province and settled in an immigrant town called Shangyun Town."
"Here, they were assigned their own house, and also received their own settlement allowance, a total of sixty taels of silver. They sent ten taels of silver back. This is a banknote."
Boss Lin opened the second letter, which also contained 10 banknotes in one-tael denominations. Boss Lin also handed the banknotes to Carpenter Li immediately.
When it comes to money matters, he is more cautious, as are all businessmen.
"Ah, you also sent ten taels of silver back?"
Carpenter Li received ten banknotes and was slightly dumbfounded. He actually sent money back.
"He is out there and wants to build a fortune. This money will be of great use. What will he do with it when he sends it back?"
"Just accept it with confidence. This letter says that your son's family here in Shangyun Town lacks everything. Even rice and flour are divided into thousands of kilograms, which is enough to last until this time next year."
"He also said that he was allocated hundreds of acres of land, two horses and several sheep. In addition, the Immigration Department also distributed a lot of bacon, salted fish and other things."
"In addition, he also said that he met a person named Tian Sanwa here, who also immigrated from our place and is from the mountain col."
"In the mountain col? I really know this. I went to the mountain col to do carpentry work more than ten years ago. The people there all have the surname Tian."
When Carpenter Li heard this, he immediately remembered that there was indeed a place called Shan'aoli, which was also in the mountains. It was dozens of miles away from Shangping Village. In the past, someone in Shan'ao wanted to get married and specially invited someone to do so.
Carpenter Li went to live there for a while and bought a lot of furniture and so on.
"This third letter, as mentioned above, said that your boss has cultivated a lot of fields. Their neighbor has a man named Wang Kaiwen, who immigrated from Hezhong. He bought a cultivator and used that machine to cultivate the land very quickly.
, one can cultivate hundreds of acres of land in one day.”
"He also said that the Li Nick family next door treat him very well. Although Li Nick is not a Han Chinese and is from Nanyun Province, he is very easy to get along with and has given him a lot of help."
"He said that now they read newspapers and other things with Wang Kaiwen every day to know what is happening in the Ming Dynasty and even the world."
"He also said that he has gradually become accustomed to it and likes the life there. In addition, a lot of things have been planted in the fields. He said that the land there is very fertile, with endless black soil as far as the eye can see. It's very
Suitable for farming.”
"He said that after the farmer harvests the harvest in the future, he will send some locally produced things back to his family."
Shopkeeper Lin opened the third letter and told Carpenter Li in detail.
"As long as you live a good life, it's good as long as you live a good life~"
After hearing this, Carpenter Li was very happy. His son was living a good life outside. Not only did he have his own house, he had endless food, he also had a lot of fields, and the neighbors also got along well with each other.
He even sent himself ten taels of silver. With these ten taels of silver, the second and third sons would have enough money to marry their wives, and they could also hire someone to build a new house.
"Carpenter Li, would you like to write you a letter back?"
Boss Lin looked at the excited and happy Carpenter Li and asked with a smile.
"Then Boss Laurin will help you write a letter back."
Carpenter Li thought for a while and nodded.
"Okay~"
Boss Lin also took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone. This time, he was able to gain experience together and learned a lot of information about the outside world. This made Boss Lin think about whether to send one of his sons outside.
I live in this mountain and have no future in my life.
"You reply to him and tell him that the letter has been received and the ten taels of silver have been received. Ask him not to send any money back in the future. He can keep the money and save it for great use. Everything at home will be fine...
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