Three thousand miles in exile

After another ten days like this, Liu Zhan felt that they had entered the hinterland of the Qiyun Mountain Range, and there were mountains as far as he could see.

Liu Xueyuan said. "Zhan'er, the frontier should be the boundary of Wuyuan County."

The Liu family was confiscated into the army to reclaim military fields. Simply put, they were tenant farmers for the army. When there was no war, they were tenant farmers, and when there was war, they were sent to the army as soldiers.

Compared with the counties in the Central Plains, Wuyuan County is quite shabby. The entire county is located in a mountain nest, and a long stone street is the only main road in the county.

The prison car crossed the main road to the county government office, and the head of the prison guard was too busy to get off the car and go in for work.

Not long after, a bookkeeper came with a booklet to register the Liu family, and then charged the paperwork in the hands of the chief of staff, and the handover procedure was completed.

The Liu family was temporarily detained in front of the county government office, and there were people coming and going on the road. They seemed to be used to this scene, and no one would take a second look.

Master Zhang went to the backyard to report to the county magistrate immediately after completing the handover procedures for the head of the army.

The county magistrate of Wuyuan is called Pei Wanshan. He has a round body and a round face. His name is Wan Shan. He also looks very kind, with a pair of small eyes that are shrewd and sharp.

Pei Wanshan is not only the magistrate of Wuyuan County, he is also in charge of the Wuyuan military camp, and nothing can go past him here. He is a veritable emperor of the land.

It's just that the emperor of the earth will also be cheated one day.

"What? A family of nobles has been sent?" Pei Wanshan burst into anger after reading the documents presented by Master Zhang.

"Who put this hot potato to me?!" Pei Wanshan smashed the document.

"It must be those guys in the county city! Pei Gongli! It must be you who are making trouble for me again! I am at odds with you! I am so mad! I am so mad!"

Pei Wanshan had a good meal, and it was like a typhoon passing through the room.

Master Zhang was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and said tremblingly. "My lord, the Liu family has been dismissed from office, so it shouldn't have much influence on your lord..."

Before he finished speaking, a teacup flew over.

"What do you know! The Liu family who was demoted is just one of them. It doesn't matter if the whole Liu family is assigned to Lao Tzu!"

"Do you know who Liu Tonghe's Yue family is? Do you know who Liu Tonghe's eldest son Liu Xueyuan's Yue family is? Do you know that Liu Tongxin, the servant of the household department, is Liu Tonghe's younger brother?"

"Idiot! Get out of here!"

Any of the gentry families in today's world is a century-old family, so how can a small master understand the intricate relationship?

Don't think that if Liu Tong and Yifang are in trouble, others can beat Liu Shi hard.

One of the seven aunts and eight aunts related to the Liu family stood up at random. In the eyes of others, he was like an ant in the eyes of a small seventh-rank county magistrate. Revenge is not a matter of words.

But having said that, Pei Wanshan would not be able to confess the Liu family.

Emperor Xuan's thunderous fury flared up as soon as he said it would happen. If one day Emperor Xuan had a sudden whim and wanted to know the current situation of the Liu family, but found out that their clan was actually enjoying the food and drink in the frontier, is it plausible?He, Pei Wanshan, did not have nine lives.

Pei Wanshan paced irritably, stomped his feet for the last time, and simply sent people to wealthier villages, and then secretly gave some help to avoid offending both sides.

So the county magistrate of Pei swiped his pen and assigned the ten acres of plowing military land to Liu's name, saving them the pain of reclamation, and designated two thatched huts and some rice seeds.

The Liu family waited for a long time at the gate of the county government office. After noon, a soldier brought them some food and waited again.

In the afternoon Master Zhang came and ordered that their shackles be loosened.

"From now on, you are military households in Wuyuan County, and your household registration is in Tiancang Village on the mountain. This is the household registration plate of your household. Take it and go to the village to find the head of a hundred households to claim the land."

Another soldier brought three covered donkey carts, obviously specially prepared for them.

Liu Xueyuan bowed in the direction of Yamen. "Liu thanked the magistrate for his kindness."

Some dry food and coarse cotton clothes were also prepared in the donkey cart. Mrs. Zhao immediately pulled Liu Zhan over to put on the cotton clothes. Immediately, he felt warm all over, and everyone in the Liu family felt alive.

"Let's go." Liu Xueyuan finally got into the cart, and the donkey cart began to walk unhurriedly into the mountains.

Tiancang Village is located in the belly of Tongtian Peak in Qiyun Mountain. In the early days, there were only seven or eight Orion households who settled here. Later, Wuyuan County reclaimed military fields and moved military households here one after another.

Today, a large village with hundreds of households has gradually formed, and the post of head of a hundred households has been set up to manage military households.

It stands to reason that Tiancang Village is already full, and the later military households will go to the deeper Tianmang Village to cultivate terraced fields, and the conditions there will be much more difficult.

It had been a long time since a new face entered Tiancang Village, and the arrival of Mrs. Liu aroused heated discussions in the village, and it became a topic of conversation after dinner for a while.

The donkey cart took them to the head of a hundred households.

Chen Baihu was about the same age as Liu Xueyuan, tall, thin, and arrogant.

The entourage who drove off Liu Shi whispered a few words to him and said some words from the county magistrate. Chen Baihu was a little surprised, but it was just an accident, and soon he returned to his arrogance.

"Well, I understand. The ten mu of land to the west of the village has been set aside. There is a spare thatched cottage in the village, so you can live in it."

Chen Baihu waved his hand to signal that they could leave.

Liu Xueyuan originally wanted to ask which hut was which ten mu of land, but he gave up after thinking about it. He bowed politely and brought the whole family into the village.

The second brother Liu Xueyi said indignantly. "The nostrils of a small family are almost up to the sky, it's really ridiculous!"

Liu Xueyuan hurriedly stopped him. "Second brother, there are many people in the village, and some people should think twice before saying something. Now that we are reduced to military households, we should act more carefully. Don't underestimate those hundred households. He is the sky here in this square inch."

Liu Xueyi was discouraged for a moment. "I understand, brother."

Liu Xueyuan patted him on the shoulder. "Let's find the cottage as soon as possible so that mother can rest as soon as possible."

Originally, the three brothers were thinking of having a good meal, but when they turned around, Liu Zhan had already asked the villagers for directions, and immediately there were enthusiastic villagers who wanted to show them the way, and the matter of finding the thatched cottage was easily solved.

The thatched hut owned by the county magistrate of Pei was right on the edge of the village, and there were two dilapidated thatched huts in the courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences.

The thatched hut has obviously been in disrepair for a long time, and the muddy walls are all exposed in the middle of the fence.

The old lady immediately collapsed when she saw this hut. She is the daughter of the Hou family and her family background is one level higher than Liu's. She has never seen a hut in her life, let alone lived in a hut.

As soon as the old lady cried, the three daughters-in-law from the same aristocratic family embraced the child and cried, and the three sons also looked downcast.

Liu Zhan is speechless, can crying solve the problem? ?

He tugged at the corner of Liu Xueyuan's clothes angrily. "It's going to be dark soon. If we don't hurry up and tidy up the hut, we will sleep in the open at night."

Liu Zhan's words brought the three men back to reality, and Liu Xueyuan touched his face. "Yes, it will be dark if you don't clean up."

Leaving aside the family who hadn't accepted the reality, Liu Zhan entered the hut first, followed by ten-year-old Xin'er and six-year-old Che'er.

There are two thatched huts arranged horizontally and vertically in the yard. From the outside, the huts are indeed too dilapidated, but inside they are fine.

It turned out that the inside and outside of this thatched hut were all mud walls, but the outer walls were blown and rained and the mud had all fallen off, exposing the fence sandwich, while the inner mud walls were still intact.

As for the collapsed part of the roof of the thatched shed, it is enough to fill in some straw to repair it, and the layout of the house is also very regular, with the main room in the middle and two rooms on the left and right.

Liu Zhan is basically satisfied with the house. There are two rooms and four rooms, exactly one for the grandmother, and one for the three brothers and their wives and children.

Suddenly Liu Zhan remembered why there is no kitchen?Busy to the yard to find.

Finally, we found an independent kitchen on the side behind the thatched shed. There was a built-in stove in the kitchen. Liu Zhan was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a large rusty iron pot on the stove!

Don't underestimate this big iron pot, they can't afford it now that they are penniless.

Liu Zhan told the two little followers. "Go and tell your parents that we have a big iron pot for cooking."

The two children hadn't had a mouthful of hot food for a long time, and they danced with excitement.

"Father! Mother! We found a big iron pot! We can cook now! We have something to eat!"

Perhaps infected by the cheerful atmosphere of the children, the Liu family surrounded them in surprise, and the women even started to clean up immediately.

Dafang Zhao said. "Didn't the county magistrate of Pei give us some food? We can make some porridge."

Sanfang Fang hurriedly looked for it. "It's still at the door, I'll get it!"

Seeing that there was soon a mouthful of hot porridge to eat, the old lady who had been crying stopped crying and looked in the direction of the kitchen expectantly. As for the men, they also started to clean up the house.

Only the second room, Ning Shi, was absent-minded. Because she had just experienced the pain of losing her son, the family members were very sympathetic and no one asked her to help with things.

However, the Liu family who want to cook porridge also face many problems, such as water and fire.

Liu Zhan has already seen that there is no bucket in the house, and there is no fire. The only way is to borrow it.

It is obviously impossible for these ladies and ladies to borrow, so Liu Zhan went out consciously.

As soon as he went out, he saw a group of curious onlookers. After all, they were crying and making noise just now, so it was impossible not to attract attention. Fortunately, Liu Zhan has a thick face, so he immediately caught people and asked them.

"Fellow folks, we are just here to disturb everyone, because we have traveled thousands of miles and failed to have a sip of hot soup. This is not in a hurry to light the fire. Can you borrow a wooden barrel for us to fetch water and light the fire?"

The folk customs in the countryside are simple and simple, so it is not a big deal to borrow a wooden barrel to light a fire, a woman immediately laughed.

"What a big deal. My child's father is a carpenter. There are several barrels in the house. Let me give you one. I'll get it later."

Liu Zhan bowed hurriedly. "Thank you, aunt, thank you!"

Someone else said. "There is a well in the village, but there is a small stream behind your house. It is a very clean mountain spring. It is closer to get water there than to go to the mouth of the well."

Liu Zhan bowed to the other party to thank him again. "Thank you, aunt!"

The aunt laughed. "My house is not far ahead. I'll go back and get you a fire pack. It's cold in the mountains at night. Remember to burn the kang or it will freeze."

Liu Zhan hurriedly bowed to thank him, and the villagers bowed to thank him when they met people, and the interesting ones extended a helping hand one after another, and it turned out that he got some melons and fruits.

Wash the big iron pot and pour it with spring water, put miscellaneous grains and crushed unknown melons into the pot and stew it directly.

During the period, everyone was not idle. The three brothers simply repaired the roof, and the wives cleared out a straw shed.

Everyone dug out some usable things from the straw shed, a few broken bowls, a cooking shovel, wooden stools, straw mats and so on.

Because there are not enough bowls and chopsticks, everyone gathered around the stove and ate bowls and spoonfuls. Although it was very embarrassing, everyone couldn't help but feel a little bit nervous when they took the first mouthful of hot rice in three months. The touch of the rest of the life after the catastrophe.