Chapter 379 New Year, New Atmosphere

Chapter 379 New Year, New Atmosphere

Mrs. Li slapped her thigh and shouted, "Well, it's not so bad. The governor will go out after the third day of the New Year, and Magistrate Wu will also have to go out after the third day of the New Year."

"But it takes at least three days for Sihui to get here, right? It only takes more than an hour for the city to get here, how can it be compared?" Aunt Zhang said immediately.

"The day before yesterday, the yamen runner came, but he didn't find out anything and went back. Yesterday, Aunt Ziqian came right after him. Magistrate Wu must have taken it very seriously. I don't know how much he believes it?" Mr. Fan sighed.

The children came back and learned Bai Ziqian's last words yesterday. Those words meant that the bandits were driven away, and it was a hint. Magistrate Wu would believe it to some extent, right?

As long as he believes it, maybe he won't come again, even if it's delayed for a few days.

Shui Qing was not very optimistic and made a straightforward analysis: "Wu County Magistrate sent people to our village these two days just to confirm whether these people were in our village, dead or alive. As long as those bandits did not return, he would not believe it;

My guess is that a large number of people will come in the afternoon at the latest on the fourth day of the New Year."

The people around the fire looked at Shui Qing blankly.

The fire was very strong, and they put on thick and fluffy new cotton clothes, which warmed their bodies, but at this moment their hearts felt like they had fallen into an icy pond in the coldest days of winter.

"The fourth day of the New Year?" Old Master Wang repeated the question blankly.

Shui Qing hummed, threw two sticks of firewood into the fire, and said, "Yes, most of the people with Wu County Magistrate will be government servants, and there are many things to do these days, and the income is low. The servants may not be as obedient and easy to manage as before. They have a lot of things to do and no money to earn, so we should let them rest, right?

We attach great importance to ancestor worship here, and they should deal with us after the third day of the first lunar month. Anyway, we can't run away;

The servants alone are not enough, and we need people to lead the charge. These people must not be afraid of death and will not care about their lives. They can only be selected from those refugees and bandits, and it will take more than half a day."

The people in the circle felt even colder, and there was cold air everywhere.

But look at the other fires, where people are talking and laughing enthusiastically, and some men are so hot that they even take off their outermost cotton coats.

Others are not cold, why is it so cold here?

Aunt Li trembled and asked, "What should we do?"

"So many people were injured, and there are still forty men who haven't come back. There are not many strong men in our village." Father Xu said with a trembling voice.

Shuiqing threw two more firewood into the fire and replied, "If there are no men, there are still women, old or young, who can make up for it."

Old man Wang hesitated, "Are there some problems with those girls? The husband's family will not be happy when they get married in the future."

Aunt Zhang interrupted with a cry, "What do you mean by future or not, what do you mean by whether the husband's family is happy or not! Uncle Wang, you also heard what those bandits are planning, right?

The old people were killed directly, and those of us who are old are in it; the young children were sold to earn money, and the young and strong ones were injured and could not run away and could work. What do you think of the young girls?"

Old man Wang knew it in his heart but couldn't say it, and his mind suddenly became clear.

Yes, it's time, and the husband's family is still happy or not! You have to survive before you can talk about the future, and you have to avoid falling into the hands of bandits before you can talk about your husband's family!

Shuiqing looked at the old village chief and took the opportunity to propose: "Our village has a lot of land and a small population. In the past, we were poor and few people were willing to settle down, but now we have high-yield potatoes, and more people will not starve to death, and can even live well;

Raising rabbits and growing medicinal herbs can also make money, but there are many mountains and forests and wastelands, and we can't rely on our current people to cultivate them. And what about the future?

If our village is rich, won't it make people jealous? There must be countless open and covert competitions. We only have more than 30 households and 400 people, and those who have 600, 700 or even 1,000 people at any time. Compared with the villages in the past, they are too easy to be bullied.

If Magistrate Wu really brings people here, the girls in our village will definitely have to go. If the husband's family knows about it, they will definitely be unhappy. Why not recruit a son-in-law back?

Since there are few people, we will have to recruit people from outside to settle down in the future. Why not agree to recruit sons-in-law for the girls in the village, give them land and build houses, and recruit young and strong men to farm, deliver medicinal herbs and protect the village. "

The national conditions are different. Here, we have to stick together to survive better, and she needs people.

Raising rabbits, sheep, pigs, and various livestock, planting rice, wheat, black beans, potatoes, and various medicinal herbs. In the future, we will have to form a team to sell rabbits, deliver medicinal herbs, and brushes, plus guarding and protecting the village. She needs a lot of people!

When Aunt Li heard this, her eyes lit up first.

She felt that Shuiqing's proposal touched her heart!

She only has one daughter, Tiantian. In the past, life was hard. She finally saw that every household in the village had a better life. Tiantian worked in Shuiqing's herbal medicine shop and got paid. If she got married, how could it be better than their village?

From the flood, it can be seen that life is not as good as Shanshui Village anywhere!

And it will get better and better in the future. Tiantian has seen the good things. How can she get used to other villages?

Wang Guifen is the daughter of Mr. Wang. He has several daughters, but only Guifen married in the village. It is this one who made him realize the difference between having a daughter by his side and being far away!

It's better to be around.

Although he has no daughter to marry, his daughter has a daughter, and he also has a granddaughter. If they are all in the village, wouldn't it be better in the future?

Aunt Zhang thought that Jinniu and Yinniu went to Sihui to send the bandits away, and Tongniu was injured in the last fight against the bandits. If Wu County Magistrate really brought people on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Xiaocao would definitely go.

Which in-laws would like a daughter-in-law who had fought against bandits? It's hard to control. They can't do anything and won't let their sons marry her.

But it's different in their own village. This is their merit. They will only be praised by the villagers. No one in the village will point fingers at them, so life will be easy.

Mr. Fan Qi thought of a play he had heard when he was young.

The play said that the daughter of a rich family had a rich dowry. At that time, I just thought it was stupid. So much money was given to the husband's family. Isn't it the money of other families!

Only now did I know that it was not given to the husband's family, but to my daughter and her children. That's not a loss.

Whether it's a rich dowry for the daughter, or they let the daughter find a son-in-law and divide the land to build a house, they are thinking about being good to the daughter, nothing else.

Others have their own considerations, but they all nodded in the end.

In any case, since they let others settle in their village, why can't it be the daughter's family in their own village?

They are now selling a batch of rabbits and dried kudzu root. If they are good, they can get one or two taels of silver. The betrothal gift of seven or eight taels is not too much for them nowadays.

In the past, no one in the village would not be tempted by the betrothal gift of seven or eight taels of silver. I don’t know since when, seven or eight taels of silver is not out of reach for them, but can be earned with hard work.

Everyone agreed with this proposal and looked at the old village chief.

Today is the New Year, and I hope there will be a new look in the new year.