After rebirth, I win people's hearts by being cute
Chapter 159 Understand the situation
Nanchang County, Heshui Village.
After several days of rain, the sky began to clear up and the villagers began to repair their homes despite their grief. Those that could not be repaired had to be demolished and rebuilt.
Because it was a natural disaster, the court would give appropriate subsidies to each household, so officers and soldiers came to register the situation in the village.
"Master Chu, this is it. Most families in our village have been affected, and more than ten people have died..."
The person who came was Lord Chu, Chu Xuan, the chief constable of the county government.
The village chief introduced the situation in the village to him. Along the way, he could see people repairing their yards and sitting on the ground recuperating from their injuries.
"The injuries here are indeed more serious than in the previous village. Where are the houses you mentioned that collapsed? Let's go and take a look."
"There are lots of them in the village. Please come this way."
After hearing what the village chief said, Chu Xuan simply asked his men to register door to door.
He went to the collapsed areas and took detailed records.
I walked to a collapsed house and saw a small dry corner next to the abandoned house, which was covered with black cotton wool and gray-black clothes.
Behind the abandoned earthen wall, a skinny, dark-skinned child of a few years old was carrying earthen bricks barefoot and with his hands.
Fortunately, it was summer, otherwise I would have been frozen to death even if I hadn’t been crushed to death.
"Why is it that only children are messing around in this house?"
The village chief told Chu Xuan about what happened in Gouwazi's family, and Chu Xuan made important notes on the situation in the notebook.
All the dozen or so houses that collapsed were registered.
Passing by a yard, you can see various flowers planted from a long distance, and a long path paved with pebbles leading directly to the gate.
There were also some unknown flowers blooming on the wall, but because of the rain in the past few days and the overturned floor dragon, the ground was covered with mud, destroying its original appearance.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but ask: "Whose family is this?"
The village chief replied, "This is the widow from Lady Liu's family who moved to our village a few years ago."
Chu Xuan nodded to show that he understood. It was obviously a blue brick and tile house, so it should not have been affected. Others could register later.
Just as I was about to leave, the gate of the yard opened, and a woman in a gray cloth dress and a scarf on her head came out, holding a basket and a broom in her hands.
Chu Xuan took two steps and heard the village chief ask, "Liu Huan, what are you doing?"
"Hello, Village Chief. I'll come and clean up outside."
That voice...
Chu Xuan turned around suddenly and saw that familiar beautiful face...it was really her!
Chu Xuan changed his route, "Since they haven't registered here yet, let me register them to avoid wasting time."
The village chief thought it made sense, so he walked up to Liu Huan and asked, "Is your Ermo here? This is Mr. Chu from the government office, here to register the situation."
Liu Huan looked over and said with a faint smile: "It turned out to be Lord Chu. He is calling you in."
As soon as Chu Xuan heard the word Ermo, he knew it was a man’s name. Didn’t the village chief say it was a widow?
Well...nothing special, just routine.
The village chief heard Liu Huan's tone and thought the two knew each other, so he asked, "Do you also know Lord Chu?"
Liu Huan explained: "The last time I went to the county to do some work, I encountered a problem and Lord Chu helped me. Please come in."
Chu Xuan went in with curiosity. The inside was better than the outside, probably because it was paved with blue bricks. Only a few places were peeling.
There was a crack in the mud-walled house on the west side, and a burly man came out from it.
Chu Xuan frowned secretly, how could he be such a man?
Liu Huan brought people to the yard, called Ermo and went into the house. The village chief didn't mind, as he was only looking for Ermo.
"Ermo, what are you busy with?"
"Uncle, you are here"
The two were talking about the situation at home. Chu Xuan was absent-minded and looked towards the house from time to time.
Ermo looked over there and said, "My lord, there's no need to look over there. The main house is not damaged."
Chu Xuan turned around and hummed indifferently, obviously not wanting to talk to Ermo.
He seriously noted the damaged parts, which made Ermo feel that this adult was difficult to get along with.
He said to the village chief: "My sister said that my family's damage was not serious, so we don't need the government subsidy. Let it be used for those who need it more."
The village chief nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, your sister is a good one."
As a widow, and a young and beautiful one at that, Liu Huan seldom went out to attract men, and the only scandals about her were spread by Mrs. Feng.
The village chief felt that she was very sensible because of her law-abiding appearance.
"Okay, then we'll leave if nothing else, you can continue to clean up."
Chu Xuan was immersed in his own world, and he looked back every few steps as he followed the figure out, but the figure never came out.
When they left the house, the village chief was still talking to the elders: "Compared to other widows, Liu has too many rules. People have to look up to her."
"Yes, it's a pity that she is so beautiful and has a child."
Chu Xuan came back to his senses and raised his voice unconsciously: "Isn't that man her man?"
The village chief said, "That's her brother. Her husband died in the war a few years ago. She lives alone with her brother and two children."
Chu Xuan's heart was beating wildly. He felt that he was sick, and very sick, and he urgently needed to go to the clinic to see a doctor.
I shook my head to get rid of the messy thoughts in my mind and went to the next house. The crying of the woman and the child could be heard from a long distance away.
That was the sound of Mrs. Feng crying, and she was crying for her husband Zhang Dafa who had just passed away.
After Chu Xuan finished registering, the others also returned. He said goodbye to the village chief and got on the ox cart back.
After returning home, I went to see a doctor. "I felt uncomfortable, especially my chest was tight and beating wildly."
When the doctor heard that this matter could be serious or minor, he took his pulse and found no problem, so he prescribed some Chinese medicine and told him to go home and take it.
In the next few days, I traveled to various villages and government offices and had a lot of things to do, so the feeling gradually faded away.
The relief grain from the imperial court would take at least a month to arrive after all the situation here was not serious. The villagers in Heshui Village tightened their belts to make ends meet. Liu Huan stayed indoors all day, playing games with the children in the yard or teaching them to read.
Ermo went to the village to help for free every day, and the horses in his family were hired from the villagers.
Even so, some people in the village were dissatisfied and thought that since the Liu family was rich, they should provide porridge to help everyone. This only stopped after being severely criticized by the village chief.
Some people even tried to introduce girls to Ermo and asked his sister if she wanted to remarry, but Ermo rejected them all.
After everyone persevered for a month, the relief food from the court finally arrived.
Liu Huan did not join in the fun, Ermo went instead. He saw Lord Chu who came to his house that time. He was handsome but too serious.
At this moment, he was being pestered with questions by the village's new widow, Feng.
Chu Xu saw Ermo and walked around Feng and shouted enthusiastically: "Ermo, you are here."
Ermo was stunned. Very familiar?
The village chief held his hand and he came back to his senses, "Oh, yes, my sister asked me to come and see if I can help you."
As soon as Ermo mentioned his sister, Chu Xuan's heart started beating wildly when he thought of that face. Oh no, that feeling came again.
The village chief asked curiously while distributing the items: "Master Chu, where is the imperial envoy now?"
Chu Xuan wanted to build a good relationship with the village chief, so he told him the news he had received, "The imperial envoy arrived at Tanzhou Prefecture half a month ago, and many people died there. It will take them some time to come here, but the situation here is not particularly serious, so they probably won't be able to stay for a few days."
The village chief was extremely happy. It was unprecedented that he had ever received so much food so quickly after a disaster. This showed that the imperial envoy was a good official.
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