Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

After the beginning of spring, the earth warmed up, the dead trees sprouted, and the land was thriving. The corpses of beggars who froze to death on the street had long been cleaned up, and small vendors took to the streets one after another.

But there are fewer day laborers on the street and more beggars instead.

Erliang is packing up their things. They are going to move to Zhuangzi. Although the staff dormitory has not been built yet, the small courtyard with one entrance and one exit has been completed. Originally, Lin Yuan thought it would take a while, but the speed of the craftsman was faster than he imagined. even faster.

Oil Village is already on the right track. Basically, it is enough to check the account book once a month, and Jiang Gui can also help with it.

Since the income of the oil farm has increased and Jiang Gui's dividends have also increased, Jiang Gui has regarded the oil farm as an old hen that can lay eggs. He will go to see it every day when he is released. , Jiang Gui was so beautiful during this time.

Siniang and the others are also tidying up, after all, they have lived there for a few months, and they have bought quite a few things.

Jiang Gui also came to talk to Lin Yuan.

"Let's go now, the three of us, no, four brothers, all three of you are over there, and I will stay alone." Jiang Gui sighed, a little depressed, "If it wasn't for working in the Yamen, I would follow you go together."

Lin Yuan: "Third brother, don't say that, you have to rely on your elder brother to watch over the oil village."

Jiang Gui made a promise: "That's for sure, I will never let the fourth brother suffer a little bit, otherwise my name, Jiang Gui, will be written upside down."

Jiang Gui is a smart man who understands current affairs. He speaks nonsense when he sees people talking.

"Gather more people over there." Jiang Gui whispered, "I see that the world is going to be chaotic. If there are more people, you can protect yourself. When the time comes, I will ask someone to bring you some hoes. It's a good idea." guy."

Lin Yuan was taken aback. Everyone could see that the world was going to be chaotic, but most people would still live their own lives with the idea that "maybe it won't be chaotic". Fear.

"Third Brother, don't worry." Lin Yuan patted Jiang Gui on the shoulder, "By the end of next year, the granary will be full, and Third Brother will also come over."

Jiang Gui sighed: "We'll see then."

Staying in Wucheng, there is a city wall anyway, although it is short and broken, but the broken city wall is still a city wall.

Moreover, there are guards in Wucheng. If you encounter desperate bandits and refugees outside, there is no way to stop them.

But Jiang Gui also knew what Lin Yuan was thinking. There was no bird shit in that place, there were no houses around, and there was a river in front and mountains behind.

But as a last resort, Jiang Gui didn't want to live that kind of life.

No one wants to live a life of wandering.

Lin Yuan didn't persuade him either. After all, Jiang Gui was not stupid. If it was time to flee, Jiang Gui would still go to him.

"Third brother, you don't need to give it away." Lin Yuan got into the ox cart. Now Wucheng can't buy horses, and cows are fine. Although it is a bit slower, it is better than walking.

For this car, Lin Yuan specially hired a coachman—although the driver is an ox, but the ox coachman's name is not very smooth, so he is still called a coachman.

Standing by the city wall, Jiang Gui watched the ox cart where Lin Yuan was sitting getting farther and farther away.

The soldier guarding the city gate next to him knew him, and said with a smile: "You are like a little girl who sent her husband out. Everyone has left, so you still have to watch."

Jiang Gui reached out to pat Xiao Bing's head: "I want you to talk nonsense! I'll go find your officer, so that you can guard the city gate for the rest of your life!"

Xiao Bing was not afraid of him, and still said with a playful smile: "Brother Jiang, I heard you got rich recently?"

Jiang Gui: "Why do you get rich, and where did you hear the stupid words? If I got rich, I would still be talking to you here? I would have gone to the restaurant to order a table of good food."

After thinking about it, Xiao Bing sat aside, picked up the bowl, took a sip of water, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said, "I heard that there has been a commotion in the north."

Jiang Gui's eyes widened: "What?"

Xiao Bing: "I heard from my cousin earlier that many people died and there was a plague."

Jiang Gui was taken aback: "Human plague?"

Xiao Bing: "It is said that several cities have been sealed off, and many people have fled southward. I don't know how many will flee this time."

Jiang Gui was taken aback, and before leaving, she said to herself: "Look again, look again."

If there really was someone fleeing from the north, he didn't want to go to Lin Yuan, so he had to.

Although the ox cart is not as fast as the horse-drawn cart, it is more stable than the horse-drawn cart. Sitting on the ox cart, Lin Yuan felt that his internal organs were about to be knocked out. The ox cart is stable, but the road is not stable. How can there be a flat road these days? There is no asphalt road on the cement floor, it is just ordinary mud. If you don't take the official road, the road will be even worse.

At noon, the bullock cart stopped aside, so that Lin Yuan could have a rest.

Lin Yuan ate a cake. The cake was baked by Siniang. It was big and fragrant. It used a lot of oil and was not dry at all. Lin Yuan and the others ate one. The coachman had to eat two. The coachman was one of them. A young man, tall and thin, but not lacking in strength, he chewed delicious pancakes and said, "It will take another four hours to arrive."

For eight hours, Lin Yuan was in despair.

The coachman took a bite of the cake, ate a mouthful of pickles, poured another mouthful of water, and said with satisfaction: "Master, I have never seen a more generous person than you." He has been driving an ox cart for so many years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a The boss gave him two pancakes to eat.

Driving a car is hard work, how can so many people afford a car?All walk on two legs.

Rich people have their own carts and carts, can they use him?

Only merchants from other places will rent ox carts, and the merchants do not treat him harshly, but at most they will give him two steamed buns with mixed noodles. Pickles are unnecessary, but now he has oil cakes to eat. He has made up his mind not to eat oil pancakes at night. Carried in the bosom, the pancakes are not easy to break, and then take it back to the mother-in-law and the children to eat.

Lin Yuan sat under the tree for a while, and then Erliang and Gouzi went to the forest not far away to pick up wild fruits.

"This is red snake fruit. It's delicious." Gouzi picked up a few small fruits, which were small, dark red, and some were already rotten.

Erliang picked one up, wiped it and put it in his mouth, Erliang stuck out his tongue: "It's a bit astringent."

Gouzi laughed at him: "You haven't gotten used to it yet."

Si Niang watched from the side with a smile on her face, she looked much younger now than when Lin Yuan first met her.

Lin Yuan also suddenly remembered to ask her age, only to realize that Siniang is only 28 this year.

She married at the age of 13 and gave birth to a baby at the age of 15. Lin Yuan believed that she was 48 years old just by looking at her appearance.

Si Niang is the epitome of all peasant girls in this world. Marry early and give birth early. If you are lucky, you will get through it. If you are unlucky, you will die twice when you give birth. Their dream is to live in the field. The harvest can fill the stomachs of the family, and it would be great if there is a surplus, and the landlord will take [-]% off the rent, and they will be very satisfied.

Lin Yuan said to Si Niang: "Si Niang, when you get to the place, if you think it suits you, find someone to remarry."

Si Niang was taken aback, and after a while, she said bitterly: "Who wants me? Besides, there are dogs."

For her, being able to survive is already very good.