Mrs. Cui nodded, and when she saw that all the villagers were there, she said, "Uncle Village Chief, I caused trouble for the village before. Hu Laosan and his wife were sold to the southern seaport to work as coolies, and Jiao next door The village at home also paid compensation to me.
"I planned to sell the village, but there was a lot of grain, farm tools and other items stored in the village, which I couldn't use, so I brought them all to the village. It's my gift to everyone." My son's apology! "
Mrs. Jiao is too polite. We haven't lost anything, it's just because of that white-eyed wolf Hu Laosan scolding a few more times." "
The village chief quickly declined. After all, Hu Laosan's plan was exposed before he even started. They really couldn't help.
But Mrs. Cui made up her mind, "Uncle, these grains and things are for everyone . , just agree to accept it. I will continue to live in the village from now on. Don't apologize, everyone, I have no shame in coming here again.
Seeing that she was sincere, the village chief thought for a while and said, "That's okay, let's just keep it. " Recently, many craftsmen have been recruited, and one meal is provided at noon every day. The food is really not enough. "
Everyone saw the long carriage with tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. They didn't have to worry about running out of food throughout the spring and summer.
So, everyone, old and young, was overjoyed and thanked them one after another.
"Thank you, Mrs. Cui, these grains are really good. Very helpful. "
Yes, Mrs. Cui, we are a family. Don't say anything to cause trouble in the future." "
"So, Hu Laosan did a good thing when he came to cause trouble. If he hadn't come to cause trouble, we wouldn't have gotten so much food. "
Haha, that makes sense. If anyone doesn't like us, if a few more come, our village will become rich." "
Everyone was chatting and joking, and it was very lively for a while.
Mrs. Cui patted the good news in her arms and said to Mrs. Li and her family.
"Aunt, this time Fu Niu, brothers Qiu Sheng and Hong Ying will all be wronged. . I know that if I give you money or food, you can't accept it. Fortunately, there was a full set of fine wooden utensils in Jiaojiazhuang, and I had them put away. When our family moves to a new home, I will have someone bring it to me. It will be considered my apology and also a congratulatory gift, okay? "
She thought carefully and didn't spend any money on it, so she still picked up the Jiao family's wool.
Sure enough, Mrs. Li agreed immediately, "Okay, this thing is for legitimate use, Auntie took it. Mrs. Cui
felt relieved and asked everyone to unload the truck.
It must be said that the Jiao family is living a good life. The grain stored in the village is more than that of the village managed by the Marquis.
Coarse grains such as sorghum and millet total more than 8,000 kilograms. Japonica rice One thousand kilograms, three thousand kilograms of rice with husks, and about six hundred kilograms of fine flour. There are also more than a dozen bags of beans of various colors, and countless cabbage and radishes.
The villagers were like ants, and it took a full hour to move them. .
The village chief was afraid of rain, so he ordered the villagers to urgently build a large shack to temporarily serve as a warehouse.
Each family donated linoleum and covered it tightly with the shack, for fear of leakage and waste of food.
After such a busy time, It was already mid-afternoon.
But everyone looked at the shack and felt extremely at ease.
Food is life, especially for them who have no foundation. This temporary granary is like the first root they have planted. Everyone felt a little more confident.
The village chief waved his pipe pot and gave the women a few words, and the dinner was extraordinarily rich.
Japonica rice and millet were mixed together to cook two rice dishes, plus cabbage and tofu stewed with pork belly. Everyone happily held pottery bowls and ate while giggling.
Jiayin couldn't help but get greedy after eating the egg custard mixed with rice. She opened the snack box that Mrs. Cui brought and took a piece of walnut cake.
She was afraid of her grandma's nagging. He leaned close to Mrs. Cui, nibbling as seriously as a little mouse, and even knowing how to catch the snacks with her little hands.
When Mrs. Li saw her, she nodded her granddaughter's forehead dotingly.
Mrs. Cui smiled and held Jiayin in her arms. , put a handkerchief on her legs and let her eat as she pleased.
The village chief, Uncle Zhao, and the first few escorts also came over to the Li family's side to talk around the fire.
They also knew about the tragedy of the Guo family, and Mrs. Cui told them that the Guo family might buy the village next door.
At the end, she sighed and said, "At that time, I'm afraid I'll have to talk to Chief Guo about what happened. After all, Senior Brother Wen and I didn't see it with our own eyes, so we shouldn't bother Brother Qiu Sheng and Head Guard Liu to go there and make personal witnesses." Li
Laosi and Liu Biaotou quickly responded, "This is what we should do. We helped bury the Guo family. We must tell them where their bones are buried and the books. We will take them back if we have the opportunity in the future."
Chang and Uncle Zhao were a few years older, and they sympathized with the equally old Chang Guo, who lost all his children and grandchildren at once, even though the white-haired man had to give up the black-haired man.
"I must advise the Guo family to express their condolences. This is how the world is. You must always think more about the living people."
"Yes," Mrs. Li also nodded and told the fourth child and Liu Biao, "When the time comes, you should be more tactful. Don't go into too many details. The old man will be even sadder after hearing this. It would be better if he only knew that he was killed and the bones were buried properly."
The village chief, Uncle Zhao and others were also thinking about this, so they said, "Big My sister is right, when the time comes, Laosi and Mr. Liu will act according to the situation."
Li Laosi and Mr. Liu quickly agreed and told Mrs. Cui that they would come over in advance to send a message.
Once this matter was settled, everyone put it aside for the time being.
Construction inside and outside the valley is now the busiest time.
In the village, half of the foundations of each house have been laid. If nothing happens, they will be ready to move in in another month.
Originally, I wanted to build an independent courtyard for each family. At most, I would build three main rooms if there were fewer people in the family, and a wing room if there were more people in the family.
But the more than one thousand taels that I had collected earlier turned out to be a bit stretched.
The villagers discussed it and decided to build four rows of houses with ridges, so that each family shares the east and west Fangshan. For those who also want to build wing rooms, the east and west wing rooms are back to back and save a wall.
In this way, the advantage is that the cost is greatly reduced, but the disadvantage is that the distance between each company is too tight.
But in this extraordinary period, it is good to be able to settle down and put down roots, but it is not easy to insist on perfection in everything.
However, there are exceptions. The houses of Mr. Ye and Mrs. Cui, together with the Li family, are a self-contained whole and are located at the entrance of the village.
Mainly the Li family courtyard, there are three main rooms, plus the east and west wing rooms, which are very spacious and generous.
The courtyards of the Cui family and the Ye family are slightly smaller, and they also have a main house and east and west wings.
Seen from a distance, the three courtyards are like swallow wings, vaguely guarding the entrance to the village and protecting the families in the village behind them.
Mrs. Cui and Mr. Ye's yard was just ruined. The family took the money themselves, and the other family was the protector of the whole village.
But the Li family felt they had taken advantage of the village, and the old lady always wanted to compensate.
But most of the money saved by the family was used to build the valley, and there was not much left. I still need to keep some for emergency use, and I plan to let Jiaren continue his studies. In short, I really can't get too much money.
So Fu Niu, this precious granddaughter, played the bed magic trick with her grandma again after a long time and conjured up ten fifty-tael silver needles.
This was obtained from Young Master Ye in exchange for a pill and a silver ingot. She hid it for a long time, but now it comes in handy.
Mrs. Li hugged her granddaughter, but she didn't know where the money came from. She was even more worried that her granddaughter was young and didn't know the importance of it, which would ruin her longevity.
But she asked her granddaughter to take it back, but she refused. She really didn't sleep much all night.