Stingy Husband Farming

Song Bai thought for a while: "Alright."

The purchase of the house went so smoothly, there is no need to worry about Mr. and Mrs. Song having nowhere to settle for food.It doesn't matter where Song Bai goes in the afternoon.

Shen Mu wants to go back to the village to have a look, so they will go back.

Besides... They plan to send the old man Shen and his wife back to the village. Of course, they also have to say hello to the village chief and the villagers, and see if the old Shen family house has been moved in by the way.

If the old house of the Shen family was also occupied, the old Shen and his wife would have no place to send them away, and someone had to make room for them earlier.

Song Bai picked out the yolks of the eggs in his bowl and put them into Shen Mu's bowl: "Let's eat, after I'm done eating, I'll go and see if there are any mule carts available for rent."

Feng Lanhua squatted at the gate of the yard washing dishes.She snatched this job. Speaking of which, how can I wash the bowls these days?

Feng Lanhua hid behind the courtyard wall, poured water into a bowl, stirred it, and drank the water that smelt of rice soup.

The lunch was said to be rice soup, but in fact there was very little rice, most of it was bran, which made my throat sore.But as long as you can fill your stomach, it is good to drink more.Feng Lanhua poured water into several bowls, rinsed them carefully, and drank them one by one.Then I piled up a few bowls and took them to the yard.

This courtyard is exactly the green brick courtyard of Shen Mu's family.Now living in two families, it can be said that Feng Lanhua's family got the chance to live in Shen Mu's house after squeezing their heads.

There are two families living in four houses, and the housing is no longer divided by husband and wife, but by gender.It is common for five or six people to live in a room.

Who let more than half of the village be buried by mountain torrents, and now half of the houses of the village are crammed into the people of one village, can they not be crowded?

Feng Lanhua didn't dare to put the bowl in the kitchen, but took it back to the room directly.Now every family's life is not easy, in this case, there are even more cases of petty theft.For a family like hers whose entire house was buried, a bowl is considered a very important family property.

The room she lives in is a wing room, which is the room where Song Bai lived at the beginning, and the room that was sold by Kang.

In the room, her sister-in-law Zhou Qiaoniang was mending clothes by the window.

"Let me come." Feng Lanhua put the bowl on the table, and went to get the clothes in Zhou Qiaoniang's hand: "The food for the evening is not yet available, sister-in-law, go find some food and come back."

Zhou Qiaoniang was suddenly taken away from her hand, and after a few smacks of lips, she still agreed.

It is naturally much easier to mend clothes in the house than to go out to find food.What's more, even if you go out, you may not be able to find food, and you will be scolded by your mother-in-law.

Feng Lanhua looked at the clothes in her hands, and judged that they belonged to Zhou Qiaoniang's daughter, Shen Yu'er, so she casually sewed them up.Just after a few stitches, I heard Zhou Qiaoniang calling her under her voice:

"orchid!"

Feng Lanhua was so frightened that her hands trembled, her fingertips were pricked, and a small drop of blood came out.

She thought it was because her stitches were too big, which made Zhou Qiaoniang unhappy, and was about to explain a few words, but saw Zhou Qiaoniang's face turned pale.

"what happened?"

"I saw... I saw Shen Mu come back!" Zhou Qiaoniang was terrified: "What to do... He came back, will the village chief let us move out! Will we be homeless!"

Feng Lanhua was shocked immediately: "Who? Shen Mu?...Didn't he take his mother away, didn't show up for a year, and took old Shen and his wife away? How could he come back?"

The two hurried out of the house, only to see a commotion in the main room, and then the Yu family who shared the house with their family also hurried out.

The Yu family has also received news of Shen Mu's return.Naturally, they were worried that Shen Mu's return would cause them to be kicked out of the house.

After leaving the yard, Feng Lan's heart sank.Shen Mu really came back and stood in the middle of the village talking to the village chief.Not only did he come back alone, but the husband-in-law he hired was also there. The trousers of the two were muddy, and they had to walk a long way before returning to the village.

I'm afraid I won't be able to live in this house... Feng Lanhua felt a burst of despair.

Since the flood, the villagers have not had enough to eat.If you don’t have enough to eat, you will have no energy. Not to mention building new houses, even those buried houses have not been cleaned up after all these days.

It is still a desolate and dilapidated scene.

Both Shen Mu and Song Bai sighed in their hearts.They originally wanted to come here by mule cart, but the living things in the town had been eaten up long ago, so where are there mules?Can only come here on foot.I really saw a lot of tragedies along the way, and I am not in a good mood at the moment.

Shen Qingshan was very happy: "It's already very good, except for those who didn't escape when the mountain torrents came... There is no one missing in our village, this can be the first in every village! It's thanks to the 50 people left by Xiao Song. Two silver coins!"

Other villages did not have the 50 taels of silver, and many people starved to death after the disaster.Only they, Shenjiatun, survived the most difficult days relying on the 50 taels of silver.

"You are the great benefactors of our village!" Shen Qingshan patted Song Bai's arm: "At that time someone came to pick up Uncle Wutang and his wife. stay?"

The bodies of Feng Lanhua and Yu's family tensed up instantly.

Shen Mu didn't know that the two of them were borrowers living in his house, but he still said: "Not for now, we found a house in the town... I heard from my grandfather that someone lived in my house, so we will Stop it now."

Shen Qingshan showed a hint of embarrassment, and glanced at Feng Lanhua and Yu's family: "Many houses in the village have been buried. Not only your family, but other families that were not affected by the disaster have also filled people in." Now the village has a large courtyard. , Houses with many houses, Shen Qingshan forcibly arranged for homeless people to enter.

The original owner's complaints are complaints, but they all belong to the same village. There are frictions on weekdays, but they are not so desperate.

"However... you are the great benefactors of the village. If you come back to live, I will let them move out and arrange for them to live in another place." Shen Qingshan said. "It's not because of this that you can't go back home!"

"Forget it Uncle Qingshan." Shen Mu waved his hand, "We have already found a place to stay in the town, let the folks live first, and let people move out after a new house is built in a few days. We are not in a hurry."

Hearing this, the Yu family breathed a sigh of relief.Feng Lanhua was still a little unhappy: she thought... Shen Mu's family would never come back.She also thought about occupying the Shen family's house.

After all, when there is no disaster, this is the first good house in the village.

"But Uncle Qingshan, is my grandfather's house still there? Is there anyone living there now?"

The smile on Shen Qingshan's face faded: "No, Uncle Wutang's house is empty now."

It wasn't that Shen Qingshan treated one person more favorably than another, arranged people for Shen Mu's family but left the Shen family's old house empty.

When Shen Qingshan returned to the village, he took back the villagers who lived in the cave, and when the house was allocated, the old man Shen and his wife also came back.Naturally, they lived in their original house.

Except for the green brick and tile house built by Boss Shen for the old couple, the old house of the Shen family is all adobe houses, two of which were washed away by the rain.Shen Qingshan didn't arrange other villagers to live there for a while.

When the old man Shen was picked up by the Mei family, he actually locked all the doors, for fear that someone else would live in his house and take advantage of him.

Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief: "Great!" The house was empty, and they could send the old man Shen and his wife back. "Uncle Qingshan, let me tell you something, we bought a family of servants on the way back..."

A few people stood in the middle of the village talking, and in the distance, a few girls and brothers came down from the mountain with baskets on their shoulders.

The baskets are no longer wild vegetables, but grass roots, bark, everything that can be eaten, and it is lucky to find wild vegetables occasionally.But even so, none of those baskets were filled.

The resources on the mountain are getting less and less every day, and the food that can be eaten is getting less and less every day.

A few people walked towards their home, "Then...is that Shen Mu?" A little brother suddenly stopped, rubbed his eyes, and asked unsurely.

They are completely different from their yellow and thin faces now.Shen Mu's appearance is the same as before the disaster, even a little fatter, maybe a little taller.He also wore decent, clean clothes.

They are good clothes that they couldn't afford to wear before the disaster.

Because the purpose of today is to buy a house, Song Bai and Shen Mu purposely wore decent clothes, and in the eyes of several people at this moment, the gap between them was even more widened.

A few people stood there watching, unable to move at all, with mixed feelings in their hearts, "We were all the same people before, why is there such a big difference now?"

They are all about the same age as Shen Mu. When they were young... they didn't have a place to play.Because Boss Shen separated from the old house, there are rumors in the village that Boss Shen is not filial, and Shen Mu is too stingy, and he is unwilling to share snacks with them... As a result, they also exclude Shen Mu and are unwilling to play with him .

But now look at Shen Mu, and then look at themselves.It's really a heaven and an underground.

"I didn't expect him to come back... My mother said she thought he died outside. At that time, the county town was in chaos and people were eating people..."

"Who is the person next to him?"

"I don't know...it seems a bit familiar."

"Is that the husband-in-law he recruited?"

"I heard from my mother that his husband-in-law is rich. During the disaster, he brought many people to him and gave Uncle Qingshi 50 taels of silver. Uncle Qingshi bought a lot of rice bran with the money, otherwise our villagers They'll all starve to death."

"Shen Mu is really lucky... At such a dangerous time, his husband-in-law came back to look for him."

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After hearing what Shen Mu said, Shen Qingshan agreed straight away: "No problem, just bring the person here." He sighed again: "Xiao Mu has really grown up this time, and her heart has opened up a lot."

The corners of Shen Mu's mouth curled up, but he didn't speak.

While they were talking, Song Bai kept looking at the village: "Uncle Qingshan, why hasn't this buried house been cleaned up?"

Shen Qingshan sighed: "How can it be so easy? Now I don't have enough to eat, how can I have the strength to work..."

"Is the silver I left enough to spend?" Song Bai asked.

Shen Qingshan opened his mouth, and finally told the truth: "...At that time, the rice grain had increased several times. Qingshi bought the rice bran, which was enough to maintain the food of the villagers. Now there is not much left... ...But now everyone can find wild vegetables every day, and they can maintain their lives, and you can't spend any more money, so don't worry about it."

Song Bai's eyes turned around on the mountain: "Uncle Qingshan, how much is this mountain worth now? I want to buy it."