Chapter 192 I can’t go back to Niutou Town for now
The group of people hurriedly hurried slowly, and when they returned to the village, it was already dark.
There was no way, there was a lot of water on the road, the cargo on the car was heavy, and the wheels of the car got stuck in the mud from time to time, and it took several men to help lift it up and continue moving forward.
Back in the village, every household was very busy, and even the oil lamps that were reluctant to be used were lit.
I came back after buying a lot of things, and while I was counting them, I felt more happy and at ease than tired.
Qin Yilin finally felt relieved when he looked at the five sacks of bulging food.
Their family is no better than the families in the village. The people in the village have fields. After paying taxes, most of the food is kept for eating. The family does not cultivate the fields, so they have to prepare enough food to not panic.
After the man who went to the city came back, he told his family what he had seen along the way. He was worried and wanted to go to the old village chief's house to discuss it, but he gave up because it was getting late.
Anyway, Li Wen also went to Fucheng, so he would definitely tell his family when he returned home.
Li Wen was indeed telling his family what he had seen along the way.
After listening, there was silence in the house.
"Oh my God, how can those who have been affected by this disaster live?" Wang Guifen muttered with her eyes dazed.
Zhao Lan asked hurriedly: "What did the official say?"
This is what everyone is most concerned about.
Of course, the official will not come out and talk to them in person, but he will post notices if something happens.
Fan Jin is a scholar and can read. If he went with us today, he will definitely be able to recognize what is written on the notice.
Li Wen shook his head: "No, the notices are still the same as before, there are no new ones; it's just that the entrance fee has increased by one penny."
The entry fee of two cents into the city is already not cheap. I heard that other prefectures have a one cent entry fee, but I didn’t expect that it has increased by one cent. If you want to sell an egg or something in the prefecture, it will be gone before you can sell it. several.
"It will be even harder to go to Fucheng in the future." Li Wu sighed.
Zhang Hui pushed him and said, "Where can we go further? I'm afraid Niutou Town is not stable."
The room fell into silence. Finally, Li Wen broke the silence and asked his father: "Dad, it's not peaceful outside. Why don't we bring out the protection team?"
"It must be rectified! It must be rectified. Our family has so much food, we can't give others an advantage!" Li Qiang said first.
It is very pitiful for the refugees to have no food, but if someone comes to rob them, it will not work. Their whole family will be just as pitiful if they are hungry.
After thinking for a while, the old village chief said to his daughter-in-law: "Guifen and you guys, go to Hu Shuiqingna tomorrow and ask her for her opinion on how to arrange it and arrange the time."
He has never been involved in the protection team. He is also old, and people become slower as they get older. In recent days, I always feel that my memory is not as good as it used to be. It is better to listen to the opinions of young people when making decisions.
It is always right to listen more, read more and think more, and it is not annoying.
Wang Guifen and the others didn't expect that there were so many men, and their father-in-law would ask them to ask Shui Qing for his opinion.
Then she thought that Shui Qing had come up with this in the first place, and her father-in-law allowing them to ask meant he approved of the proposal!
She happily responded: "Hey, okay! I will ask carefully."
I always feel that the village is different now!
Fan Jin first sent Ding Heli back. After unloading the goods on the car, it was almost half empty. He got on the carriage and hurried back.
When we got home, our father-in-law and brother-in-law happened to arrive in front of the yard.
Today, when the flood receded, he went to Fucheng. His father-in-law and Wenhua were worried about their family, so they drove a donkey cart back to Niutou Town for a visit.
There were several big pigs leading beside the donkey cart, and there were five or six little piglets on the donkey cart.
People in the courtyard heard the noise, opened the courtyard door and came out.
The moonlight in the sky is cold, and the clear light is scattered all over the ground, and it can barely be seen clearly.
"Dad, how are you doing at home?" Mother Hu stepped forward and asked first.
They had lived at their daughter's house for such a long time, and their son-in-law treated them very kindly, but provided good food and drink for their mother-in-law's family. I'm afraid Qing'er's mother-in-law would have any objections if she found out.
There was still an excuse for the flood not receding before. Now that the flood has receded, after tidying up the house and helping the Polygonum multiflorum cuttings in Qing'er's back mountain, it was time for them to go back.
"I originally thought that we could pack up and move back in, but that didn't happen." Butcher Hu sighed.
The look in his eyes towards his wife made it clear that he wanted to stay with Qing'er for a while.
Mother Hu looked at her son.
Hu Wenhua recounted the situation in the house: "The roof above the kitchen collapsed, probably caused by heavy rain;
There was a thick layer of mud everywhere in the house, and there was a foul smell of feces. I asked Mrs. Wang next door and she said it was floods that brought feces from the cesspool in. It reached the waist, and it took several days for her house to be cleaned.
And even if it is cleaned, it will be useless. Aunt Wang said that there has been a lot of trouble in Niutou Town recently. The victims of the disaster first begged, and if they could not beg for food, they turned to stealing. The lock on our door was broken, and it was probably the victims who pried it open, especially in the past two days. There is already momentum for a strong grab. "
Aunt Wang said her family didn't know which relative she would seek refuge with.
It's just that this is not a short stay. I don't know how long they will stay. Which relative can accommodate their whole family for a long time?
Aunt Wang's family was very sad, and even more envious that they had a place to live.
After hearing this, Mother Hu's heart dropped.
"Mom and Dad, do you want to go back? Are you uncomfortable living here?" Fan Jin thought that his father-in-law and brother-in-law were just going back to carry things, but he didn't expect that he wanted to move back.
Mother Hu quickly shook her head and said with a smile: "It's not comfortable at all. It's so comfortable! We have good food, drink, and a good place to live every day, and we don't ask for money. I've spent so much time in vain. What's the point of the flood receding?"
Fan Jin heard that they were not dissatisfied, and felt relieved. He persuaded in a gentle voice: "Dad and mom help with the work every day, how can it be said that they eat and drink for free?
If we count according to outsiders, we should pay Dad and mom for their help."
When she heard that her son-in-law wanted to pay for the help, Hu's mother immediately stopped talking about eating and drinking for free, "No, no, no, why should we pay for the help as a family!"
Hu Wenhua laughed at the side.
If he said that his parents were just thinking too much, what was the big deal about his sister's house, as long as his sister and brother-in-law didn't mind, it would be fine.
Besides, his sister and brother-in-law's family was short of people to work, and the three of them were idle anyway, so they could help with the work here, and both sides would benefit, wouldn't it be better?
Fan Jin's eyes fell on the pig.
Hu Wenhua explained: "Dad thought you could trade pork for mushrooms, and he was afraid that there wouldn't be enough pork to eat later, so he went to buy piglets from a familiar family.
Unexpectedly, that family suffered a flood, and although it was not serious, they couldn't raise so many pigs. They sold not only piglets, but also three sows and a boar;
We thought that my brother-in-law's pigpen was big enough to raise them, so we brought them back."
It was because of buying these pigs and walking slowly with pigs that we got home at this time.
"You are still thoughtful." Fan Jin said in approval.
Approved by his son-in-law, Hu the butcher grinned and said, "You go in and eat first, I'll put the pigs in the pigpen and come back!"