It's just that the little boy figure flashed too fast, and he disappeared before she was ready.
Gu Yundong lowered the curtains, asked the driver to follow the child, and they went straight to the village chief's house.
Yongfu Village was a village with mixed surnames. Many of their ancestors also escaped from the famine. They had taken root here a long time ago and slowly developed this village to the current scale.
The village chief's name was Chen, and he lived in the center of the village. His family was the wealthiest in the village. The house he lived in was the only brick and tile house in the village.
When the carriage stopped in front of his house, there were already many people behind it.
Gu Yundong was startled when she stepped down, especially by those children, who looked at her eagerly, with on expression of "Do you have any questions to ask me?", as if they could earn caramel as long as she opened her mouth.
The corners of Gu Yundong's mouth twitched.
After her, Mother Yang exited the carriage with her huge bag, Gu Yundong turned around and hugged Gu Yunshu and Gu Yunke to help them down.
She asked the driver to wait for her outside a few moments, and then raised her hand to knock on the door of the village chief's house.
There was such a big movement just in front of their door, so the people inside naturally heard it, so just as Gu Yundong was raising her hand, a young woman dressed plainly walked out, "Who are you looking for?"
While talking, she looked at the big carriage behind them.
Gu Yundong was about to answer when a child behind her said loudly, "They're looking for the village chief."
As soon as he finished talking, a loud male voice came from inside the house, "Let them come in first."
With a smile, the woman stepped aside to let Gu Yundong and the others in.
As soon as the door closed, the villagers outside could not see what was happening inside.
The village head was called Chen Liang, about forty or fifty years old, very thin, and he looked like he was quite eloquent.
Gu Yundong handed over the household registration documents to Chen Liang who squinted his eyes for a while, then nodded and said, "I was told before that three families who would settle in our village. The other two arrived a few days ago. It was about time for your family to arrive."
He raised his head and looked at Gu Yundong and the three others standing behind her.
It was a little strange to see a thirteen-year-old girl in charge of a family.
Looking down at the document again, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Is the head of the household Gu Dajiang?"
"Yes, the head of the household is my father, but he got separated from us when we were fleeing."
"When someone disappears, the Yamen generally infer that the person has already..." Chen Liang stopped halfway through his words.
Most of people who disappeared on the road to escape were dead.
There were rules that the Yamen needed to follow for these kind of matters, but yet, his name, Gu Dajiang was still written in this document. It indicated that this girl had connections with the government office.
In that case, he would just follows the paperwork.
"Okay, I understand." Chen Liang closed the documents, and then began to talk about serious business, "Since you have settled in our village, you will be people of this village in the future. Because you have been settled by the court, you don't need to buy a homestead. You can get one acre of land per head. If you think it's not enough, you can buy more."
This was also due to the kindness of the new Emperor. He decided to give special treatment to the refugees who were so deeply affected by the famine.
"However, you don't need to choose the location of your homestead. There are only three places in total, and you are the last to arrive. The other two locations have already been chosen. You can go and look at it later. If you think the location is not good, and you want to buy a new one, you can come here and tell me. But you are satisfied, you can find someone to build your house as soon as possible. Soon it will be winter. If you don't pay close attention to your land, it will freeze. You will have to live in a villager's house and pay some rent for the meantime."
"As it should be." Gu Yundong also thought about it.