Dressed as a farmer's little blessing, the road to escape the deserted

"Let's all have a good rest. Let's go and look around tomorrow. We'd better find a place to stay. No matter how bad it is here, it's much better than outside the Great Wall. At least you don't have to worry about being cut off by barbarians when you sleep at night." Mrs. Li coaxed with a rattle Looking at her granddaughter, she opened her mouth to comfort her children and grandchildren.

Li Laoer and the others felt sad when they heard it, and they didn't want to make the old lady sad and worry about them, so they expressed their determination quickly.

"Mother is right, our family is better together than living outside the Great Wall."

"That's right, Chief Liu even asked me to go to the escort agency. With an extra salary, the family will definitely be better off."

Mrs. Li listened quietly, gently patted her granddaughter, turned her back to everyone, tears fell gently, and wet Jiayin's swaddle...

Early the next morning, Li's family didn't cook, and Li's second brothers wandered around to look around. Mrs. Li hugged Jiayin to find someone to inquire about the news.

A woman's clothes were drying in the yard of a family, and the chimney was smoking early, so she knocked on the door.

It was a middle-aged woman who opened the door. When she opened the courtyard door, she saw that Mrs. Li was old and holding a baby, and her tone was very gentle, "Old sister-in-law, what can you do?"

Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief seeing that the woman was easy to get along with, and then smiled and said, "Sister, my granddaughter and I passed by your village. We are thirsty and want to ask for some water."

When the woman heard the words, she hurriedly said "Hey", turned around and went to the house to scoop up water with a bowl, and brought it to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li coaxed Jiayin to drink a few sips. The woman kept staring at Jiayin, her eyes were full of love. Jiayin saw that the woman liked children, so she didn't hesitate to smile and stuck out her tongue at the woman. Shaking his head, the woman kept laughing.

"Sister, let me ask you, is there any place where people can live in this village? Our family came all the way to seek refuge with relatives, but the relatives disappeared, so we couldn't go back, so we wanted to find a place to stay nearby. .” Mrs. Li returned the bowl to the woman and asked casually.

When the woman heard this, she felt sorry for Mrs. Li, and the good news was so cute, she didn't hide it, she took Mrs. Li to sit on the stone pier at the door, and chatted about what she knew I told Mrs. Li everything about that.

It turned out that this village was originally named Qingshui Village. The village was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it was once a prosperous place.

But many years ago, during the war, people in the village fled and died, and there were not many families left.

Later, the imperial court stabilized, and many soldiers who were injured in the war were assigned to settle here. As usual, the imperial court issued some copper coins every month as compensation, and left the rest alone.

Most of the wounded soldiers had no children, and after passing away one after another, the population of the village only decreased and became more and more deserted.

To make matters worse, there was a plague of locusts the year before last and a flood last year, killing many people.

Some people in the nearby villages spread gossip, saying that Qingshui Village was cursed, and that those wounded soldiers brought evil spirits from the battlefield, so that Qingshui Village also suffered disaster.

In this way, no one will come here.

Therefore, many empty yards and fields in the village lost their owners and were taken back by the county government.

The woman spoke dryly, but she was also warm-hearted, giving advice to Mrs. Li.

"Old sister, if you want to settle down, it's not difficult. The first house in Nantou, the one with a willow tree at the door is the village head's house. Go and tell him, he will definitely help you."

Mrs. Li hurriedly thanked her, and when she was about to leave, she saw the woman looking at Jiayin earnestly, so she hugged Jiayin and approached the woman.

"Niu Niu, thank you aunt soon." Mrs. Li teased the good news.

Jiayin was very cooperative, looked at the woman with big eyes, smiled so that her two rows of bald gums were exposed, and reached out to touch her face.

The woman's nose was sour, and her eyes turned red instantly, but her face was smiling, "This doll is so beautiful, if my girl is alive, she must be like this."

This is also a miserable person!Mrs. Li sighed inwardly, chatted a few more words and went back

Along the way, both grandparents and grandchildren were thinking about it.

Although Mrs. Cai just said a lot about the bad past of Qingshui Village, but if you think about it carefully, this place is the most suitable for the Li family.

Most of the residents are wounded soldiers, and the folk customs are sturdy, but there are also a lot of neighbors' calculations.

Moreover, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the soil is fertile, and it is close to the county seat. It is only two hundred miles away from Kyoto, and it only takes half a month to go back and forth.

As for the curse rumored by others...

Jiayin is drooling with a smile, with her as a lucky star, is there any curse to be afraid of?

Hearing her granddaughter giggling, Mrs. Li couldn't help leaning forward and gently kissing her little cheek, "Does Fu Niuer like it here?"

Jiayin immediately clapped her little hands twice, "Ah!"

Mrs. Li didn't expect her granddaughter to respond, she was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Okay, just listen to Fu Niuer!"

Back under the big tree, Mrs. Li called her sons to discuss it properly, and Mrs. Li took Li's second child directly to the village chief's house.

As expected, the village head had a fierce look on his face, as if he had been on the battlefield, but he spoke very kindly.

Hearing that the Li family had a total of three houses, and that Li's second son was able to write and count, he was very happy, and agreed to the Li family's settlement without further ado.

Mrs. Li gave him a piece of broken silver, but he accepted it after hesitation, and then took them for a walk around the village.

After looking at several vacant yards in a row, Mrs. Li was not very satisfied until she walked to the northeast of the village, and there was a large yard built against the foot of the mountain.

There are five main rooms in this courtyard, three side rooms on the left and three side rooms, and two small side rooms. There is a kitchen for cooking, and everything is available.

There is a vegetable garden behind the yard, and pig pens, chicken racks, and latrines are built on the side. It is obvious that a lot of thought was put into the construction.

The most important thing is that there are still ten acres of land behind the yard. It has been opened up for more than ten years, and it is a good two days, but it seems that there has been no planting in the past two years, and a lot of it has been abandoned.

"This yard is really good, village chief, we will buy this yard. It would be even better if we can buy the fields behind." Mrs. Li immediately made a decision and settled down.

The village didn't know what to think of, and was a little stunned. When he came back to his senses, he looked at the Li family carefully again, and then nodded.

"Okay, this yard and field belong to an old brother of mine. He had no children and passed away early. Both the house deed and the land deed are with me. Now I am the master, and I sold them to you for 100 taels.

The silver is kept, just to prepare some sacrifices for him every year. "

Hearing this, Mrs. Li said quickly, "When we settle down, the village chief will show us the way, and we will go to pay our respects."

The village chief's expression became even better when he heard this, "Let's go, whose name is the yard and fields in? I'll take you to the county government to settle down and hand over the deed to the property."

Mrs. Li left her family to tidy up the yard. She brought Mrs. Li along with the village head into the county town with the cash in hand.

The transfer and settlement went smoothly, but within an hour, two thin deeds were placed in Mrs. Li's hands.

Such a large yard, plus ten acres of land, only used 100 taels.

Not to mention that it is so close to Kyoto, it is absolutely impossible to buy it even outside the Great Wall.

The more Mrs. Li thought about it, the more satisfied she became, and she finally smiled.At this point, the Li family will take root again in Qingshui Village.