Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

The large force arrived at the pier five days after Chang Yu's return, and it was inconvenient to stay due to the large number of people, so only the people from Taoyuan Village and those from nearby villages disembarked, and the others continued on their way.

And Gao Yuan also entered the mansion with the big team. This time the separation made Gao Yuan and Qin Zhong cherish each other even more, and the past was always unhappy.

At that time, except for the guards guarding the entrance of the village, everyone in Taoyuan Village went to the pier to welcome the hero back.

Because of the heavy casualties, it would be troublesome to transport them back in their entirety, and many of them had died a long time ago, so all the dead were burnt to ashes and put in jars and brought back.Although the custom of a good country is to pay attention to the burial of the whole body, it is not very taboo.Like the poor in the city, because of the shortage of land, it is very difficult to find a burial place for burial, and it also costs a lot of money like later generations.So many people are really hard-pressed, and they take care of future generations in this way.

Although everyone is inevitably unhappy, they all understand that at least bringing people back is enough.

This time Taoyuan Village dispatched a total of 180 soldiers, 34 of whom died, [-] of them were seriously injured and disabled, and everyone else was injured to varying degrees.This data looks terrible, but it is already very impressive compared to others.

War is so cruel, and human life is like ants in front of it.

As early as when Chang Yu gave him the list, Chang Xile asked the people in the village to start arranging for their offspring and appease the family members.Although the family members all felt that the sky was falling apart, they recovered quickly, weeping and gritted their teeth to take care of the funeral for their family members who died in the war.

The village has established the relevant welfare system a long time ago, whether it is sacrificed or survived, they will be properly resettled, and the heroes will not be shed blood and tears.Although the imperial court has corresponding compensation, but in this situation, everyone dare not expect too much.This catastrophe has severely damaged the entire Liang country, even if the imperial court has the intention, it is afraid that it will be powerless.

Besides, no matter what happens to the imperial court, what Taoyuan Village should do is absolutely unambiguous.

This is also the reason why soldiers fight at the front with peace of mind, because they know that they have no worries and their families will be properly settled.Even if they unfortunately die on the battlefield, their family members will not be sad, and they will live well under his hero's name.

It is also because of this that the people sent by Taoyuan Village are the most heroic. If not for this, the death toll would not be so many.They were reused from the beginning, and they were appointed as petty officials as soon as they entered. Later, many of them became high-ranking hundreds or even thousands of households. Among them, Wang Dali was the most powerful. He was brave and good at fighting, and the team he led had almost never lost a battle. The enemy was terrified when they heard the news.

It stands to reason that the survival rate of officials is higher than that of soldiers, but no matter how big they are, they will always rush to the forefront, so the casualties will be very large, which also makes the team they lead the bravest.

Even the boss is fighting hard, can he not rush?

Before the end of the war, the emperor issued a decree to commend everyone in Taoyuan Village for their bravery. Daren and righteousness are role models for all people, and Taoyuan Village once again became famous.

Chang Xile has not been idle for the past few days. Based on his own memory, he drew the heads of all the victims. Just like in the previous life, everyone's heads were framed and framed.At the time of the funeral, you can also see his appearance during his lifetime.

Although his painting level is not high, he can still draw the appearance of these people to seven or eight points. The family members cried bitterly when they saw the portraits.

Although the person is gone, the avatar seems to be by his side again.

The relatives wiped away their tears and secretly swore to the head portrait that they would live well, even with the share of the dead.

Although the large army was in a hurry to leave, the leading commander and all the generals disembarked to express condolences to the people of Taoyuan Village and affirmed Taoyuan Village's contribution to this battle.The most unexpected thing was that the high-ranking group actually bowed deeply to the ashes of the deceased.

There is a clear hierarchy here. It is rare for a general like this to treat his subordinates like this. It is not easy to praise his bravery. This shows everyone's affirmation of Taoyuan Village.

Because of the military order, the large troops did not dare to delay too long before leaving, and the people of Taoyuan Village led the returned soldiers and the ashes of the dead back to the village together.

Except for the three people represented by Wang Dali who did not retire, but decided to continue to serve in the army, so they followed the main force, and all the others were dismissed and returned to the field.

Although the battlefield allows them to display another ability, allowing them to feel the thrill of being heroes, the sense of accomplishment of each victory is something they have never tasted before.Even though they knew that if they continued to stay in the army, they might be able to make a difference, and many of them had already been promoted to a thousand households, but deep down in their hearts, they yearned for the tranquility of Taoyuan Village even more.

If the country is in trouble, they are obliged; if the world is peaceful, they return to the countryside.

Many of them don't know that the reputation of Taoyuan Village sometimes brings not only glory, but also jealousy. What they do is just follow their hearts.

In the final analysis, that kind of exciting life can only be regarded as an experience, but it does not want to become the norm.

Seeing this, Chang Xile also breathed a sigh of relief, if everyone has that ambition, he can't stop it, but doing so will definitely bring too many future troubles.Now the imperial court is very satisfied with their Taoyuan Village, but when peace comes down, who knows if it will become a kind of fear.

Although their power is nothing, and the whole village only has thousands of people, but the superiors are suspicious, especially Chang Yu, no one can tell whether it is a blessing or a curse.Just in case, it is better to pay attention to avoiding the edge.If you are so knowledgeable, generally speaking, you will not do anything to them, otherwise it will only chill the hearts of the people in the world.

But now most people are more willing to return to the countryside, only a very small number of people are willing to live this bloody life, so it is just right.Taoyuan Village will not be too eye-catching, and there are capable people outside, so that they have reliance and are not afraid of being bullied by others.

The funeral was not grand, but not sloppy.

Now the village has not fully recovered from the war and previous natural disasters, and since a long time ago, in order to prevent extravagance, Taoyuan Village should not be too extravagant, whether it is a wedding or a funeral, and there are specific standards.Otherwise, once you have money, it is easy to develop the habit of comparing yourself, and in the end, putting the cart before the cart is not worth the candle.

But this does not mean acting sloppily, it just pays more attention to the heart rather than the accumulation of money.

As early as these more than 100 people went to the front line, the family members had already laid coffins for them.Although everyone hopes that it will never be used, they are more accepting of reality and dare not take chances.

Moreover, the custom is like this. Generally, after the age of 50 or [-], everyone will start preparing coffins for themselves in case of emergencies. If someone does not prepare in advance, the children will be reprimanded for being unfilial when the time comes. You will feel that this is bad luck or a curse.

Taoyuan Village has a special cemetery, so the funeral is also held together.

Because it is a collective funeral, it is more particular than usual, and there are various rituals before the burial.

After the ceremony, Li Zheng said loudly: "You can go at ease, we will take good care of your family and will never let them suffer and starve. You fought bravely and sacrificed your life for the country, and you will always be good men in our Taoyuan Village. Proud of you!"

As soon as the words fell, the originally quiet scene became noisy again, and everyone shouted into the distance with tears in their eyes.

"Father, don't worry, I will take good care of my grandparents, my brothers and sisters!"

"Son, let's go home, mother is happy to have such a brave son like you!"

"The head of the house..."

No matter how sad they are, everyone wants the deceased to feel at ease at this time, and they don't want their family members to die in peace, so they try their best to speak words of comfort for the spirit of the deceased in heaven.At this time, the sky began to drizzle, as if the whole world was crying with everyone.

At this moment, everyone's heart is heavy and proud.

There is not a single coward in Taoyuan Village!

A big banquet was held at the expense of the village that night, not only to commemorate the dead, but also to welcome the survivors to return in victory.

This banquet was not as rich and lively as any other after the development of Taoyuan Village, and no jugglers and singers were invited, but everyone was happier than any other time.

In the past two years, they have been in a state of embarrassment due to wars and natural disasters. Although they have lived in hardships before, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, and it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. One can imagine the gap in their hearts.Now I can finally let go of my stomach and have a hearty meal, and I don’t have to worry about whether my relatives and friends who are far away on the battlefield are dead or alive. Most of them can reunite with their families. Spit up.

Not to mention life and death, at least everyone is back, and the world is peaceful.

Some people even shed tears while eating, "The days were better before, and there were many rules in the village. You can't waste and don't do this or that. At that time, I thought there were too many rules in our village. We have money. Why can't we be extravagant and see how other rich landowners live, and then look at us, no matter how much money we have in our pockets, we still have to work in the fields by ourselves.

But after this time, I understand that no matter what time it is, we can't feed ourselves off. Who knows what will happen in the future?If our hands can't work, it's over if something happens to us! "

This time, there were many people who almost starved to death due to natural disasters and wars. Those who saw the high prices and hurriedly sold their grains all ended up living very hard.After the flood that year, there were pests and plagues again, and many families were ruined.The harvest in autumn was not good enough, and many fields ended up with no harvest.

It happened that I sold the food stored at home before, and the food on the market at that time was at least two or three times more than when I sold it before.At this time, no matter how much pressure the government exerts, it is no longer possible to control the price of grain, so many places are still short of grain.This is not just speculation by unscrupulous merchants, but a real shortage of food.

Sister Wang's natal family also suffered a big loss, and finally had no choice but to come to Sister Wang for help.

But this time Mrs. Wang is no longer the same as before, but directly arranges them to work with the victims.How much food can those victims do in exchange for, and the same is true for the Wang family.

This is also the reason why Mrs. Wang was very angry and her temperament has changed under the conscious teaching and influence of the Chang family over the years.At that time, Chang Xisheng told Sister-in-law Wang that Wang's family had gone to sell grain, and she went home the next day to reprimand them and told them to exchange the money for grain.In the end, her family scolded her how ruthless and ungrateful she was all these years, making a fortune without caring about the life and death of her family.Now they have finally found a way to make money, but in the end they want to stop them.

At that time, the Wang family was also in trouble, and they had some money in their mouths, so they couldn't help venting their grievances over the years.Seeing that the poorest families in Taoyuan Village are many times better than him, let alone the Chang family, his heart has long been sour, but there is nothing he can do.It's really that the Chang family is too powerful to take advantage of it.

Normally, because they wanted to benefit from it, they were patient with Mrs. Wang who was getting tougher, but now they didn't want to bear it anymore.

Especially when I heard that Chang Xile had donated all the food and money in the family, even though she was very distressed, it could be seen that Chang's family had started to have a hard time, and there was a distorted sense of satisfaction in her heart.Later, the whole Taoyuan Village was like this, and they were so happy that they almost didn't come to ridicule them.However, there were many jokes behind the scenes, saying that their minds were all caught by the door.

All these words reached the ears of the Chang family, but the Chang family didn't care. Now they can be regarded as educated and educated people in the local area. Even Grandma Sun felt that there was no need to care about such foolish people and lowered her own level.But Mrs. Wang felt very uncomfortable, no matter what, this was her natal family, so she was slapping herself in the face with such words.

This also made Mrs. Wang become so stubborn later on, even the Chang family was a little surprised.

Although Mrs. Wang has changed a lot in recent years, she has gradually begun to look like a sister-in-law, and she is no longer as soft-tempered as before, and she always feels that she can't support things.But in the end, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. I didn't expect to be able to achieve such a field.

They don't think it's ruthless, after all, Mrs. Wang didn't really ignore it and let her family starve to death.But he didn't give things to his natal family lightly, not because he cared about these things, but this would only further develop the Wang family's lazy temperament.In the future, I always feel that I still have a daughter to rely on anyway, and I will always act so recklessly.

The Wang family could no longer scold at this time, because even the younger generation felt that the family members went too far before, and now it is very kind of my aunt to let the Wang family have a meal.You must know that not everyone can come to the wharf disaster camp, and they have to go through screening, and those who are lazy and have bad morals have to be kicked out.

Besides, at this time, no matter who is relying on his own hands to earn rations, how can his family know how to ask for food without doing anything.In this way, the Wang family couldn't jump around anymore, so they could only obediently follow along and work together.

Everyone was very moved when they heard this sentence. Although everyone has not stopped working these years, they are much more relaxed than before.I often hire someone to help me with the hard work, and many people don't want to put in as much effort as before.Sometimes I want to be lazy in my heart, but there are rules standing there, so I just think about it.

If not, this period of time is so difficult, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive.

Thinking back now, the idea of ​​comfort in the past was too dangerous.They just had a good few days and they forgot that the world has never been peaceful, and no one knows what will happen in the next moment.No wonder there is that sentence, born in sorrow and died in peace, I didn't understand it before, but now I want to understand it.

"If I want to say that this catastrophe is not necessarily a bad thing, it also reminds us to be vigilant. Otherwise, we can still keep our hearts in these years. After a few years or more, life will get better and better. Who knows that we will still be convinced by then? Disobeying the rules of the village. Now that we wake up from our dreams, we won’t make such mistakes again.”

"Yes, this must be another opportunity for us to practice. Our Taoyuan Village has gone through this ordeal, and it will get better and better in the future!"

"Then what are you waiting for, we have to have a toast, for the sake of the dead and the living! The people of Taoyuan Village cannot be defeated!"

"Yes, the people of Taoyuan Village cannot be defeated!"

Everyone raised their glasses together, even the children, no matter whether the glasses contained wine, water or other things, they all drank them all in one gulp.

"happy!"

"Come, come, eat, eat, you won't be able to eat such a simple meal in the future!"

"Hearing what you said, I think that in the future, we will hold such a event every year at this time, and the noodles will be the same as today's, mainly cornmeal and big sweet potatoes. This is also a warning to us not to forget today no matter what time it is Don’t forget that the good days in the future are not easy to come by. What is that word called, yes, remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness!”

As soon as the words were said, everyone responded, people in the distance asked questions one after another, and when they heard the proposal, they all agreed.Although they have been warning themselves before, they can't forget the past just because they have a few money, but in the end they are still lax.In this way, it is also to remind everyone that no matter what time it is, don't forget your heart.

Everyone agreed, and Li Zhenghe clan elders, Chang Xile and others thought the idea was good, so they adopted it on the spot and recorded it in the important event book of the village.

After such a release, Chang Xile felt that more content should be added to future education, including the family history of Taoyuan Village and the need to arrange labor classes for the children.Although it is not necessary now, but who knows what will happen in the future, it is better to directly set down the rules of the ancestors. As long as the people of later generations do not forget their roots, they will implement it, and it can affect future generations to a certain extent.

Although she can't see the future and can't care about the long-term, Chang Xile still very much hopes that her efforts will make the village happy for a long time.

Although the pain has not completely healed, life must go on.

On the second day of the funeral, Taoyuan Village resumed its previous work.With so many people coming back, it has added a lot of labor to Taoyuan Village.Although many people were seriously injured and it was difficult for them to work as before, as long as they could still move, Chang Xile could arrange a suitable position for them.This is the convenience of Taoyuan Village's many types of work. If it is just farming, it is really difficult to arrange everyone properly without making people feel obvious sympathy and realize their own value.But now I don't have to worry about it, and I can always find suitable jobs for everyone.

Although these veterans have made great contributions, even if they don't work in Taoyuan Village, they can support them until they grow old.But people are prone to accidents when they are free, there is little entertainment here, and these people are still so young, and they are regarded as the pillars of the pillars. If they do nothing for a long time, it is easy to deny themselves.

So whether it is themselves or others, they will not be left with nothing to do.

In this regard, Chang Xile, Li Zheng, and the clan elders called a meeting for the returnees the next day, and distributed the previously negotiated positions to everyone in the form of appointment letters.

While distributing Lizheng, he said: "This is the position that our village has discussed and arranged for you. You should think about it for yourself these few days to see if you can do this job and whether you want to do it. If you are willing, come to me. I will record the work card in the roster. If you don’t want to, you can tell me your thoughts, including what you want to do, etc. It’s best to make it clear. Only then can we make suitable arrangements for you. Yes, so as not to waste time. Everyone is giving our Taoyuan village head a face, and the village will not neglect it. No matter what opinions or suggestions you have, you can ask me."

Everyone got the letter of appointment in their hands, and read the specific explanation of the position and what they needed to do in detail. Except for a few impulsive ones who had to agree on the spot, the others were not in a hurry to express their opinions.

Those who wanted to answer on the spot were beaten back by Lizheng, "Don't rush to answer now, you are all people with families and children, this is not just your business, it is also related to the whole family. So go back and talk to the people at home. Discuss and discuss, and then reply to me after making a decision. Otherwise, it will not be so easy if you want to change after making a decision."

This is the usual style of the village. Everyone went home with the letter of appointment without saying anything.

After a few days, except for a small number of people who had objections, most people followed the village's decision.

Those who disagree basically think that the work is too idle. Although they are seriously injured, lack arms and legs, or are not in good health and cannot do heavy work, they firmly believe that they are not useless.Those jobs are similar to pensions, which makes them unacceptable.

They are all hot-blooded men, so it is not surprising to have such thoughts.

However, Chang Xile still persuaded: "You just came back from the battlefield, and your injuries have not healed, and you need to take good care of them. Therefore, you should not be too tired at the beginning. If you are afraid of thinking too much, follow my advice. Should work."

A few people were anxious when they heard this, "This is not going to happen, we will get sick if we are idle!"

Chang Xile smiled and said: "It is precisely because I know that you will be like this that I will find you some light jobs. I know what you are thinking, but don't be in a hurry. If you are injured, you must take good care of it, otherwise the root cause of the disease will fall Wouldn’t it be more difficult to do things in the future? So you can rest assured to do this first, and then change the guard when you are almost raised. I never said that I can only do this in the future, and it will be changed at any time according to everyone’s needs and conditions. .”

Several people were relieved after hearing this, and finally adjusted the positions of three people, and the changes were not big, and the others all went to work as set by the village.

When the people in Taoyuan Village began to devote themselves to labor again, the court's rewards for Taoyuan Village also came down.