roccoschili Chapter 118 Overnight in Xiaoan Village
Chapter 118 Overnight in Xiaoan Village
Su He and his group finally arrived at the small village. Su He, Mu Tou and Wang Zhun followed Zheng Da to meet the village chief.
This village is called Xiaoan Village. It is a small village with more than 300 people. The village chief is surnamed Li, an old man over 50 years old. His family is also familiar with Zhengda.
The people from the escort agency usually travel back and forth, so it is normal for them to spend money to ask for accommodation. These villages sometimes also ask Zheng Da to bring some letters and small items, and everyone helps each other.
"Captain Zheng, you're on a big convoy this time."
Zheng Da smiled and bowed to the village chief. "No, no, I have to trouble you again. We have a large team of more than 600 people. I wonder if there is an empty house for us to stay for one night."
"Maybe my ears are not working well. I heard it as 600 people."
Zheng Da repeated helplessly, "Uncle, it is indeed six hundred people.
Village Chief Li looked at the crowd of people in the distance, then looked back at his own village, "How can we accommodate them here?"
"Grandpa Li, just give us a place to stay. We will leave a little later tomorrow. The six hundred people will be divided into two groups, three hundred people will sleep in the first half of the night, and three hundred people will sleep in the second half of the night. If there is no extra kang, it's okay, as long as there is one that can block the wind."
Su He handed over 10 taels of silver and said, "Thank you for troubling the uncles in the village."
Zheng Da also stepped forward and said something nice, "Uncle, this is a good farmer designated by the county magistrate. He is going to Su'an. Let's help him."
Grandpa Li has never seen a county magistrate at such an old age. He became curious after hearing what Zheng Da said. Everyone knows how to farm, so how can he be appointed?
"If Grandpa Li is curious, I'll give you two kilograms of sweet potatoes from our area. I'll ask my family to tell you how to farm later. This sweet potato can produce 4000 kilograms per mu."
Su He signaled to Mu Tou beside him to go back and get it, and Mu Tou turned around and ran.
"What? What's red? How come it's 4000 kilograms? Is it one acre of land?"
Village chief Li was so excited that he didn't even want the money. He grabbed Su He's hand and asked if it was true. Even Zheng Da looked at Su He in shock.
As soon as Wang Zhun saw it, he stepped forward and started chatting with Village Chief Li.
After some trouble, the three hundred people finally stayed in the homes of various villagers, ate something casually and went to sleep.
The elderly, women and children did not sleep. They gave their seats to the breadwinners of the family. These people were so tired that they had difficulty breathing. Many of them fell asleep as soon as they got to the place.
Su He directed the women in the village to build a temporary stove and make a fire to cook in the place where people were drying millet.
Village chief Li was very enthusiastic and let them use the water from the well for free.
There were 20 big iron pots in the threshing ground at once, 2 pots were boiling ginger and brown sugar water, and 18 pots were cooking sweet potato rice. Families with fewer people shared the meal together, while families with more people, like Wang Dashu's, had to share all three pots. This big family temporarily gathered together to escape famine.
At this moment, Wang Dashu suddenly jumped up with a look of anger on his face and slapped Wang Laowu, which made Wang Laowu very upset.
Is this old man crazy?
Su He was not tired anymore, so he threw the work in his hands to Liu Niang and the others and took Miaomiao and Tiantian to eat the melon.
The people around them lowered their voices intentionally or unintentionally, and all their ears were directed towards the father and son.
It turned out that the reason why Wang Dashu beat people was because of Wang Laowu. This Laowu was the one who stepped on dog shit in order to get more advantages in the division of the family property.
This time when he knew they had to flee from famine, he burst into laughter on the spot. Wang Dashu was so angry that he almost fainted. Could this be some kind of happy event? His son's brain might have been hit by the door.
Wang Dashu had long wanted to teach his stupid son a lesson, but everyone was busy in the village during those few days, and it was not until now that Wang Dashu had a break. The action of teaching his son a lesson could no longer be delayed.
"Rebellious son, come here now!"
Wang Laowu felt really aggrieved. He was one of the first people to go to bed, and it was all his father's fault.
"Dad, why did you hit me? My feet are bleeding."
"Let me ask you, why did you laugh when you knew you were going to flee?"
When Wang Laowu heard that it was about this, he could actually laugh.
"Oh, I'm so lucky, Dad. I'm telling you I'm your smartest son. Oh, don't hit me, don't hit me. I haven't finished yet."
Wang Laowu's feet were bleeding. He was extremely tired after walking all day. Now he couldn't run even if he wanted to. He had no choice but to give in and talk to his father.
"Dad, do you still remember the mud house I built to split the family? Oh, your dad, listen to me."
Wang Dashu picked up his shoes and threw them at his unfortunate son's head. "I'm listening. I can listen with my ears and my hands won't be affected."
"I mean the money I saved was useful. Look, my brothers and sixth brother spent a lot of money to build the house. Look, it's all in vain. I am the best. I saved all the money. Oh, Dad, why did you hit me after I told you so!"
Wang Laowu was beaten so badly that he was covered in dirt and dust, but he didn't dare to fight back and could only limp away.
Wang Dashu thought his stupid son's words about saving money made some sense, but when he saw his son's gloating expression, he became furious. They were still brothers even after the family split up, so what was there for this guy to be proud of?
"Rebellious son, your brothers love you in vain. Where is your silver? Leave it to me for safekeeping. I will keep it for your old age when we get there."
Wang Laowu didn't have time to dodge at this moment. Why did his father still ask him for his private money after they divided the family property? This old man was really not a good person.
"Dad, why are you like this? I saved this with great difficulty, how can I give it to you?!"
Wang Dashu found his chance and said, "Well, you unfilial son, you are not even willing to take care of your father in his old age. I will go to the village chief to make the decision for me. I don't want you, this rebellious son."
As Wang Dashu was talking, he was about to go find the village chief. Wang Laowu was extremely anxious. No matter how bad a person he was, he was still a filial person. How could the old man take him seriously?
"Dad, let's discuss this. Look at your temper. You have to change it."
Su He shook her head sympathetically. Uncle Wu’s emotional intelligence was indeed average.
Sure enough, Wang Laowu received two slaps in the face again.
"I've never heard of an unfilial son asking me to change. I won't change your mother's ass. Hand over the silver!"
The final outcome, of course, is that all of Wang Laowu’s money is confiscated, and the fun ends.
Su He burped, poured himself, Miaomiao and Tiantian a bowl of brown sugar ginger water to warm themselves, and had some jerky. Mmm, perfect.
After eating, Su He went to find the village chief of Xiaoan Village. When she came back, she found Zhou and asked them to rest.
"Aunt, I bought a room from the village chief. You can take your family there to rest. I'll watch over here. I'll sleep after we set off the next day."
Su He was holding Miaomiao, who had eaten and fallen asleep. Beside her were Liu Niang, who was holding Tiantian, and Wen Niang, who was holding Xiao Shitou.
Zhou was indeed sleepy. She hadn't slept well for a few days. "Hehua, come with us."
Su He shook her head and said she would keep watch at the door.
"No, I'll be standing guard at the door. I'm not sleepy yet, don't worry. Come on, I'll take you there."
The kang in the house that Su He rented was quite big, and could accommodate more than a dozen people sleeping close together.
"Niang Wen, give me the stone and help me take care of Miaomiao."
Little Shitou is too small. It would be bad if he started crying at night and woke everyone up.
Wen Niang was so sleepy that she could hardly stand, so she gave the stone to Su He without any hesitation. More than a dozen people from the Wang family fell asleep, and soon the room was filled with deafening snoring.
Su He didn't go out either. She took a thick mat and leaned against the kang. She wrapped herself in a thick quilt, looked at the little stone in her arms and smiled.