Chapter 260 Vicious Female Supporting Escapes to Farm (10)

   "What should we do? We don't have any other relatives here except the aunt of the child in Fucheng. Where can we settle down?"

   After days of hardships, I finally couldn't hold back until this moment. Wang Daniu's wife, Feng Shi, took the lead in wiping away tears and crying.

  When she cried, her daughter-in-law also cried.

  Although the men held back, their eyes were red, and they just tried not to cry.

  Xu Yin sighed deeply as she looked at the closed city gates and the long line of disaster victims who knew there was no way to get in and wanted to try their luck.

Turning around, he said to Wang Daniu's family: "In the current situation, it is expected that it will be difficult to enter the city. Why don't we go to the surrounding villages to see, maybe someone is willing to rent a room for us. Let's settle down first and then make other plans. It's raining."

Father Wang is an old farmer. He looked up at the sky and said, "The hero is right. The weather won't be sunny for long. I just don't know if the weather has changed in Tongxing Mansion. The weather has changed! How about alleviating the drought sooner?" !"

  Xu Yin knew in her heart that the drought in Tongxing Mansion would last until the end of the year, to be precise the next spring.

  So even if the Wang family made up their minds and wanted to go back home, she was still planning to find a place to stay in Dongxuan Mansion.

Fortunately, Wang Daniu had the same idea with her: "Father is not in good health, and he has been supported by his spirit all the way, and finally arrived at the Dongxuan Mansion. As the heroic little brother said, let's find a place to settle down first, and find out clearly the Let’s make plans for the situation in Xingfu.”

  Then, the two families continued to travel together, squeezed out the team of victims, and inquired about the nearest village to Fucheng.

   But I don’t know if it’s because there are more victims and more disturbances, and no village is willing to accept outsiders. Not to mention long-term leases, no one is willing to live temporarily for one night.

   "I heard that there was a refugee riot in Tongxing Mansion, and many people died. The news has spread to Dongxuan Mansion."

  Wang Daniu inquired about such news, and everyone was a little depressed.

  Seeing the clouds getting lower and lower, everyone couldn't help feeling anxious.

  At this time, a new notice was posted outside the city gate of Dongxuan Mansion.

  Wang Xiaohu, who claimed to be literate, squeezed into the crowd to have a look. After a long while, he came back dejectedly and said: "The imperial court sent documents to mobilize land reclamation. It has nothing to do with us, right? Our family is not without land."

   "You're stupid!" Wang Daniu gave him a slap in the face, "Why did the imperial court let go of the wilderness documents at this time? It's to appease us who left our homes and fled to this place! Tell me carefully, what is written on the documents?"

"I don't know a lot of words." Wang Xiaohu scratched his head, "But I heard a scholar read behind me, it seems that it is a wasteland that was opened up. The land tax is free in the first year, only 20% in the second year, and 50% in the third year. The percentage is still 60%, anyway, it will be classified as ordinary land after three years, and it can be traded or something."

  Whether Wang Daniu was moved after hearing this, Xu Yin didn't know, but she was moved anyway, and decided to stay in Dongxuan Mansion to open up wasteland and farm.

  How much wasteland is developed is your own.

  She has great strength, so she can plant a few more acres. It will be more difficult in the first few years. When the weather is good, it will be stable. At that time, she can grow sugar cane and watermelon, which she is good at.

   As for the nominal husband, return the two cubs to him safely and soundly, and see you in the world!

  However, there are also many people who are unwilling to open up wasteland.

  The wastelands are located in remote mountainous areas. There are no oxen or plows. It takes a year and a half just to remove the stones and weeds, and then loosen the soil. The difficulty is more than a little bit.

  Wang Daniu's family gave up land reclamation and decided to look for short-term jobs nearby, and return home if there was none.

  So, the two sides separated.

  Before parting, Feng shared a lot of dried vegetables and sauces from her family with Xu Yin.

   "I also said to settle down and invite you to dinner. In this situation, I don't know when I can really settle down."

"It will be fine."

  Xu Yin returned some dried radish and pickled pepper and sour bamboo shoots to her.

  Most of these dried radishes are dried by Erlang and do not contain salt; some are stocked in her system warehouse.

  The two are mixed together, and the soup is only a little saltier than plain water, and some electrolytes are replenished.

  Too salty is also easily arousing suspicion. In inland areas, salt is not so easy to get.

  Pickled pepper and sour bamboo shoots are also stocked in her warehouse. They are stored in small earthen jars. Eating strips of sour bamboo shoots in hot weather is very appetizing.

  Xu Yin asked them not to go back to Tongxing Mansion for the time being. The disaster situation has not been alleviated, and there are continuous riots by refugees. It is better to find a safe place nearby.

  I hope Wang Daniu's family will listen.

  Xu Yin looked back at them, pushed up the cart and took the two children to follow the wasteland reclamation team to the mountainous area.

   Some government officials sent people to maintain order, but the team of victims who went to open up wasteland did not cause any trouble.

  Xu Yin adds some color to her tanning makeup every day, and now she is in the same shade as Erlang, who is naturally dark.

  She has a vague feeling that if there is a sudden heavy rain, many people will probably get sick.

   Fleeing famine for days, fatigued and sleepy, coupled with three meals a day, the body's immunity is at the end of its strength.

  Before the gate of the city, many people had already shown signs of heat stroke. If there is a sudden heavy rain and it is hot and cold, they must not fall down!

  Xu Yin kept praying in her heart that it would not rain, and if it did, she would have to wait until they arrived at the foothold.

  However, is God the kind that takes effect when people pray? Then it wouldn't be called a thief.

  The long line was still winding forward, and the big raindrops fell down.

  Xu Yin hurriedly put on coir raincoats and bamboo hats for the two children, and covered the luggage, especially the rice bags, with straw felt made of thatch along the way.

  However, most people think that the rain is good!

   "Hahaha! God finally opened his eyes! It's raining! It's finally raining!"

   "It's raining! It's raining! Hahaha—"

   "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh..."

  One by one or joy or cry.

   Regardless of the urging of the yamen servant, everyone stopped and hurried on their way.

   Some greeted the heavy rain with open arms; some raised their heads to catch the rain to quench their thirst;

   "Brother, I want to take a bath too."

  Erlang turned his head to look at Xu Yin with sparkling eyes and said, he wanted to take off the bamboo hat and coir raincoat with his hand.

"no!"

  Xu Yin, who had just put on her coir raincoat and bamboo hat, hurriedly stopped him.

   "Hurry up and put it on! You'll catch a cold!"

"cold?"

   “…is the wind chill.”

  Hearing the wind and cold, Erlang's eyes darkened, and he no longer insisted on taking a shower in the rain. He obediently sat next to the rice bag with his third sister, trying to protect the rice bag and bedding from the heavy rain.

  The yamen servants waved their whips a few times before the team moved on.

  Xu Yin couldn't help worrying that these people who were exposed to the rain might get sick.

  (end of this chapter)