roccoschili Chapter 131 Pastoral Village
Chapter 131 Pastoral Village
Su He looked at the four lost people behind him and comforted them softly.
"Grandpa Li, you are right. Our three villages are all together. You have also heard that we will hand over half of the silver we find. In the future, we will all eat from the same pot, and the silver we use will be deducted from the silver we hand over. You don't have to worry about not having enough to eat in the future. When we get to the place, the tribe will buy the tribe land and give priority to those who don't have land to plant. Don't worry."
The four members of Li Si's family became happy. "Hehua, I'm relieved. It's okay for my old bones to starve to death. Look at my little granddaughter, she's only four years old. My son and daughter-in-law are both good people, but they just have bad luck."
Li Si blushed and wanted to explain his behavior.
Su He nodded, not minding, "Grandpa Li, don't worry. Even if you don't find a penny of silver, you can live well. The clan will not ignore it, don't worry."
Su He and his people went to the kitchen, where Liu Niang was washing the pot. Su He had put medicine in the pot, so it needed to be washed several times.
"Mother Liu, I've found some people to help you. They are a family of four. You can make the arrangements while I go find some more people. Let's cook and leave."
Liu Niang smiled and nodded, and immediately asked Li Da to fetch water, and Li Da's wife helped to wash the pot. The little girl was called Xiaoyu, who was also good at reading people's faces, and helped her mother. Li Si was not idle either, he helped to deal with the food.
Liu Bai was still riding his horse. When he passed by the ruined temple, it was already noon. He thought about it and went in to rest for an hour.
He still had some physical strength, but the horse couldn't take it anymore. He had to take good care of the horse, because without the horse he couldn't go to the border at all.
He casually ate some dried meat and dried sweet potatoes, and fed the horse some hay and black beans, which were all available in the valley. He had taken seven days' worth of food when he left, and considering the time, it should be enough. If not, he could get some more in Jinyang City.
Chen Shijue on this side could not sleep. He interrogated the county magistrate and the chief clerk in Yuan Mansion and the government office all night long. Finally, he learned the source of grain from a servant in Yuan Mansion. The latest batch of grain was transported from Huangye Town. At that time, the servant was lazy and slept in the house. The people who transported the grain complained, saying that it was bad luck that someone was killed because of transporting grain again.
People nearby said that they would move to another place after Huang Ye’s last batch of grain was transported.
The servant was so frightened that he dared not move and waited until the middle of the night before he dared to come out.
He kept this matter in his heart and dared not tell anyone.
Chen Shi called his confidants and led the border soldiers towards Huangye Town.
Su He didn't know that Chen Shi was heading towards Huangye Town. She had just finished her meal and was urging the villagers to leave.
"Uncles, it's already daybreak. There's no one at the toll booth at the intersection. People from Huangye Town will find out soon. We have to leave quickly. We've already searched the valley thoroughly. There's not much hope if we look any further."
Wang Laowu was very depressed. There was nothing on his kang. He was so unlucky.
The rest of the people didn't gain much either. The biggest gain was the first group of people who came from Su He. They looted a lot of good things from the bandits.
Zheng Biaotou and his group were also very happy. They actually found more than one hundred taels of silver this time, which was an extra windfall.
Of course, he couldn't keep the 132 taels of silver all to himself. Everyone in their escort agency had a share. The total of 22 taels of silver was divided into parts.
Suho actually has one too.
"Captain Zheng, why are you giving me this silver?"
"Hey, Lotus, don't think it's too little. It's thanks to you that we have this silver. The brothers all agree to give you six taels, so don't refuse it."
Zheng Da looked around like a thief and handed six taels of silver to Su He.
Su He looked at the people in the escort agency who were looking at her and smiling, and simply accepted it.
"Then I won't be polite, Chief Zheng. We still have half the journey to go, so please be more careful."
Zheng Da smiled and responded, "This is what we should do. Our escort agency is ready. Lotus, please let us know when you leave."
Su He nodded and went to summon the three village chiefs. She couldn't motivate those persistent people. Some of them wanted to make more money, while others would not give up until they found a penny. Anyway, they all had a unwillingness to give up.
"Village leader, let's have a small meeting first. Now, we have handed over 68 taels of silver, pieces of gold and a cloth bag of jewelry."
Su Bingyi was supported by Su Yumin, Wang Zhun, Village Chief Xu, and Wang Fugui, who were all standing, and the kangs, tables, and chairs that could be sat on were removed.
"There's so much silver? Has half of it been handed in?"
Su Bingyi was very excited. With this money, they could live a good life in their new home.
"Yes, this is what everyone handed over to me. Dear village leaders, I know that some of the tribesmen are in financial difficulty. Now the tribe has some money. From today on, let's eat together. If there is any extra food, you can sell it to the tribe. We will pass through the next town in two days, and we can buy more then."
Among the three village chiefs, Su Bingyi is the oldest, so he was the first to express his opinion.
"This is an honor for our tribe. Lotus, you should take some. This valley was conquered by you. How can we divide it all?"
Su Bingyi looked at the pile of silver and gold in front of him and burst into tears of joy.
Wang Zhun squatted down to feel for the gold. This time he found a few golden peanuts and more than twenty taels of silver. This harvest was not much better than the others, but better than the others.
"Lotus, if something like this happens next time, please think more about our Dahe Village. Our village suffered a loss this time, and no one found anything."
Village chief Xu looked at the silver in front of him and felt quite envious. This was only half of the harvest, and most of the other half went into the pockets of Liushu Village.
"Hey, Brother Xu, what are you talking about? There is no Dahe Village or Sanshi Village now. We are all from the same clan. Lotus, I think we should just call it Willow Village."
Wang Zhun tried his best to fight for himself, and at the same time he also wanted to win over Su He. After the three villages were merged, there could only be one village chief. Su Bingyi was old, so he had to compete with Old Xu.
Suhe doesn't want to change its name to Willow Village, so if it wants to change it, it should just change the name.
"Grandpa Su, please come up with a new name for the six hundred of us."
Su Bingyi smiled and thought, "Willow trees, big river, rocks, let's call it Tianyuan Village."
Pastoral life, suitable for retirement.
Su He was satisfied, and no one else could say anything bad about it.