My Open Life [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 191 The General's Lady 3

After the official registration in Yongzhou was completed, everyone stayed in one place and waited for the government to allocate a place. Xiaoxiao was most satisfied with staying near Yongzhou City and settling down.

It will be more convenient in the future. After Xiaoxiao and the others left their temporary residence information, they returned to a ruin where they settled. This used to be a dilapidated house of a rich family. I don’t know when it became a ruin. Ask about.

During the day, there are always some children who come here to play hide-and-seek and play.Xiaoxiao and the others prepared to stay in the ruins for a day, waiting for the government's arrangement.

Xiaoxiao put the things together with Mrs. Cai's house, seeing that it was still early, she planned to take the children for a stroll around the city to see this bustling city.

The city of Yongzhou is also very depressed. The restaurants are basically closed, and only three powerful ones are still open.

Many other shops were also closed. Xiaoxiao followed the three children and wandered around the city. Xiaoxiao saw an embroidery shop and a fabric shop open, and only two shops that sold grain were still open.

The children wandered around the street, and Xiaoxiao took them back to the ruins.

"Xiaoxiao, is the street lively?"

Cai Jinhua came over in the dark and saw the four of Xiao Xiaoniang leaning against the low wall to sleep.

"It's not busy, there are no people. There are very few shops open."

"Yes, go to bed early."

"Ok."

Xiaoxiao chose a relatively remote corner, with Niu Dayi and his family in front, and her behind.There is no one behind, which is safe and easy.Save yourself a lot of gossip in the future.

As it was getting light, the patriarch took his son and waited in front of the government office, while Xiaoxiao took the child to eat pancakes.Drinking the water in the blue, Niu Chun, the youngest son of Niu Dayou's family, came to Xiaoxiao's side. Seeing Xiaoxiao's family of four eating, he turned around and left in embarrassment.The child's grandfather is one year older than Mu Mu, and he took Mu Mu to play with him along the way, and also took care of Xiao Hua and Shi Mu.The five-year-old child already knows the value of food, and when he sees food at his aunt's house, he turns around and leaves.

Xiaoxiao glanced at Mu Mu, and Mu Mu picked up a piece of cake, got up and chased after him, "Brother Chun, I'm here for you, eat quietly." After being trained by Xiaoxiao, Mu Mu felt that he was a fine person.

Niu Chun put the pancakes in his arms and quietly pulled his brother and sister to run to another place where there was no one. "Brother, sister, the pancakes are from Aunt Xiaoxiao's family, let's eat them quickly."

"Brother Chun, how can you ask for pancakes from your aunt's house? Let's send them back."

"My aunt asked my younger brother Mu Mu to give it to me. I didn't ask for it myself. I saw my aunt's house eating cakes and ran out by herself. I didn't want anything."

Niu Chun was still young, and his sister asked him to return it, and even said a few words to him, feeling uncomfortable and her voice was a little choked up.The little grievances in my heart seemed to burst out.

"That's good. My aunt has to take care of three younger siblings by herself. We can't take things from my aunt's house. Let's forget about it today, but let's not do it in the future?" Niu Yunyun is the eldest child in the family, and she is much more sensible than her younger brothers.

"Understood, sister. You eat." Niu Ben is three years older than Niu Chun and more than one year younger than Niu Yunyun. He is also a very sensible child.He shared a piece of pancake with his elder sister, and a piece with himself. He gave the biggest piece to Niu Chun, and his younger brother was the youngest. Everyone took good care of him.He is also included.

After the government diverted some of the refugees who settled down, they made arrangements.Because the Niu clan has a relatively large population, the officials considered that some clan members like to report to the group to cause trouble, so they assigned the Niu clan to Qingtan Village, a barren hill in Baiyun Town, not far from Yongzhou.It is twenty miles away from Baiyun Town and more than 60 miles away from Yongzhou.

Surrounded by mountains, there is a huge forest. The forest is rolling and rolling, and you can't see the end at a glance.There were people living here in the early years, and a plague wiped out the entire village during the previous dynasty.I don't know if it was a natural disaster or a riot, whether there was government intervention, it is too old to be verified.

It's completely deserted here.

After all the staff have completed the new household registration, they have to pack their bags and go to the new place the next day.Today's weather is too late, Xiaoxiao thought that she should buy a donkey cart, Xiaoxiao asked the elder brother of the Yamen servant next to her when she was registering at the Yamen, "Brother, I want to ask if there is any cattle seller nearby. "

The yamen servant looked at Xiaoxiao curiously and asked, "Why do you want to buy a cow or go with the cart?"

"Well, I need both cattle and carts. There are a few very young children at home, so I really can't walk very far."

"Our yamen has it, do you want to buy it?" How could the yamen have it, but some time ago, a group of bandits were wiped out and captured a few ox carts and a few cows. , these cows must have been killed by those bandits for meat.

"Can you show me?"

"Okay, follow me to the side to have a look." The yamen servant said a few words to a yamen servant next to him, and took Xiaoxiao to the side to look at some cows.

As soon as Xiaoxiao went in, she saw a few cows that were not well-raised. At a glance, she knew that these people from the government would not take care of them.

Xiaoxiao and the yamen servants bargained for a long time and took eight taels of silver with the oxen and the cart.But they all say six taels to the outside world, and the government servants want to keep two taels, Xiaoxiao doesn't want outsiders to know the real price.The two hit it off.

Xiaoxiao also got a horsewhip, and she came here driving an ox cart. The people who registered with her here saw Xiaoxiao driving the ox cart, and they all surrounded her enviously. Everyone asked Xiaoxiao: "Big sister, is this bull Did you buy the car?"

"Well, I just bought it."

"How much money?"

"Five or six." When Xiaoxiao was speaking, the yamen servant sent a certificate, which was a certificate for buying cattle from the government.

Xiaoxiao took the voucher and looked at it for a few times to make sure it was correct before putting away the voucher.

Xiaoxiao drove the bullock cart back to the ruins first, as a single woman, she couldn't bring a few men back together, so she had to go first.

There was an ox cart, Xiaoxiao, who wandered around the street for a few times and bought some things, including some things in the blue, Xiaoxiao took them back together.

When the first ray of sunlight shone on the ground in the morning, everyone was ready to go on the road to Qingtan Village, fifty or sixty miles away. Xiaoxiao bought some silk threads and fabrics in the embroidery shop, and planned to embroider something in exchange for some money. Don't even think about getting rich from the production of the field in a short period of time.

Niu Dayou's children and mother are all sitting in Xiaoxiao's ox cart.The same goes for several old people.They are the oldest elders of the Niu clan.Everyone crowded together, and Xiaoxiao drove the car in front.

It was not until night that everyone reached Qingtan Village, and only then did they realize how desolate this place was.

Xiaoxiao took out the oil lamps prepared in advance, and everyone found a place to rest around the bullock cart by the lights.

At dawn, Xiaoxiao woke up the children.

"Get up, get up quickly." Xiaoxiao patted Shishi's little butt lightly. Xiaoshi twisted and wanted to continue sleeping, but Xiaoxiao put her hand into his armpit again. The itchy Shishi had to be harassed by her mother Woke up.The adults in every household woke up one after another.

Looking at the primeval forest and primitive wasteland here, Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, and many people here began to complain. "What kind of place is this? It's worse than my hometown, let's change places!"

"Yes, yes, just change the place."

Many people around echoed it, Xiaoxiao didn't speak, just stood aside and looked at the surrounding environment, this place is very good.It has rich forest resources.The waterfall in the distance has dried up, and there should be a big pool below. It is probably not dry, but it is almost the same.Although no one eats and drinks the water in it, most of it will be evaporated by the scorching sun.

The feng shui in Qingtan Village is good, as for the past plague, Xiaoxiao didn't take it to heart.She won't speak up and take part in the affairs of the village.As long as nothing major happens.

Xiaoxiao took out the tools she had prepared in Yongzhou, and she started to break ground in the place she had just hoped for. As long as she moved around a few times, everyone knew that this was a place that someone was looking for, and she would not come here in general Ground-breaking scramble.

Xiaoxiao started to break ground in a relatively remote place.Although it is a remote place, it is a large place. Xiaoxiao wants to occupy the whole place. Qingtan Village is still very big.

Mrs. Cai walked over with her mother-in-law, "Xiaoxiao, you plan to build the house here, it's a bit remote."

"It's okay, I'm a woman with a few children, it's better to live in a remote place, there will be a vegetable garden in the back, and I don't have to go out often, so there will be a lot less gossip."

"Okay, I don't have much to say about the place you're looking at. We also looked at the place in front of you. A section of road from my house is your home, and it's pretty good."

"That's good, we can still drop by at that time."

"Ma'am, why don't you sit on the bullock cart."

"No, you are busy with your work, I just look around. There is no house here, so I have to build it myself."

"Yeah. Let's make do with it."

"Yes, yes, let's make do for a while. If it rains, we will build an adobe-brick house. It is much better than a thatched house." It is impossible to build an adobe-brick house in this weather.No one and mud.

Xiaoxiao thought that she saw a lot of houses along the way, especially in the villages near Baiyun Town. If she went to look for them, she might be able to find adobe bricks to build three houses. not bad.

After the second and third day

to find out.Xiaoxiao found the earth bricks for building the house, but Xiaoxiao also met people from Guojia Village, all of them were in another village in Baiyun Town, far away from Xiaoxiao's village.None of them saw Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao asked the villagers to cut down some trees to make beams on the mountain, and Xiaoxiao found some tiles in some dilapidated houses that were no longer inhabited, and brought the wood and stones with her. It was fairly solid before I picked it up and took it home.With thatch, the three houses were all built in more than ten days.Everyone in the village looked at Xiaoxiao's house enviously, and some people also imitated Xiaoxiao's house.

Go up the mountain to hunt, and then go to change the earth bricks.Niu Dayou's family was one of the people who followed Xiaoxiao, as was the shrewd patriarch's family.

The children of their two families are also picking up broken tiles all over the village during the day.They did this at the first time, and there were smart people behind them picking them up everywhere in the dilapidated house.Everyone in the village was busy, Xiaoxiao hired someone from outside to build the house, at first Mrs. Cai said a few words to Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao explained that there was no adult man in her family, and the house should be built as soon as possible.Otherwise it is inconvenient.

Xiaoxiao said so, and it was hard for everyone to say anything.What people say is the truth.

Xiaoxiao didn't spend any money to build the house except hiring people.Half of the villagers in Qingtan Village imitated Xiaoxiao's example and went around Yongzhou to buy and exchange earthen bricks. These earthen bricks were dry after a year of severe drought.The thick adobe bricks can still live for many years as long as they are properly tidied up after completion.

Xiaoxiao opened a piece of wasteland in the back as a vegetable garden.I also planted four acres of land in a nearby area, but it was only opened first, and nothing was planted.

Xiaoxiao goes to the mountain and rests for a few days without going out. She stays at home and concentrates on embroidery.

Soon a small screen was embroidered, which was a picture of a crane praying for birthday.

Today she got up early, cleaned up neatly, and took the children to go to the city. Baiyun Town would definitely not fetch a high price.

"Sister-in-law Cai, are you up?" Xiaoxiao called Cai Jinhua outside the house, and she went to the city to ask Cai Jinhua if she wanted to bring something back.

"Get up, get up. Wait a minute." Cai Jinhua put on her clothes and came out, and saw Xiaoxiao lighting a lantern, leading a child, and driving an ox cart. "Xiaoxiao, you are going to find your family head."

"No, I'm going to the city to ask if you want to bring something back."

"Hey, bring me some salt. I'll give you copper coins." Cai Jinhua turned and went in to get the money.There are three courtyards in a row here and several houses on the opposite side belong to Niu's family, on the opposite side belong to the sons of the patriarch's family, and on this side belong to Niu Dayou's three brothers.The old parents lived with Niu Dayou.

The person on the opposite side was across the road, not very far away, and could hear Xiaoxiao's voice talking to Cai Jinhua.Turned on the lights and walked out.

"Xiaoxiao, are you going to the city?" Gao Shi, the patriarch's daughter-in-law, came out.

"Yes, Mrs. Gao. Are you going?"

"I won't go. My father-in-law is going to the city to go to the yamen. He wants to report the village's land reclamation. If he wants to take your ox cart, we will give you money."

"Sister-in-law Gao, you are a bit out of touch when you say this. The old patriarch is doing business in the village, so what money should I charge? Besides, I didn't buy a bullock cart specially for pulling people. When I met him, I said that money is not money." . Please come up, old man!"

"Thank you so much." These days, a copper coin is precious, and it is difficult for the fleeing people to earn a single copper coin.

If Xiaoxiao hadn't led them to hunt, it would have been difficult for them to develop steadily here.

Xiaoxiao only used stones to beat pheasants and hares, and caught fish by the streams in the forest, nothing more.

Every time it was time for them to fight, Xiaoxiao would always secretly help them, otherwise it would be strange if their hand speed could hit the prey.When everyone's life is on the right track, Xiaoxiao will stop hunting and selling for money.I can't help them for a lifetime.

Not long after, Niu Daming, the eldest son of the Niu patriarch, walked out with his father Niu Shan.Niu Shan cursed awkwardly, "I'm not old yet, why are you helping me? I'll go by myself."

"Father, am I afraid that you will fall, you idiot?"

"Hey, I won't fall even if you fall, go, go, don't help me, I will walk by myself."

Niu Shan was very angry, the boss wanted to piss him off, and if he didn't want him to help him, he must support him.I am not seven old and 80 years old, and I want him to help me in an eyesore.

Patriarch Niu climbed into the carriage by himself, glanced at the three sleeping children in the carriage, and was speechless.These brats can continue to sleep soundly in the bullock cart.

"Patriarch, can we go?"

"Okay, let's go." The patriarch Niu leaned to the side and wanted to continue to sleep. The three bear children infected him.

"Patriarch, you should go to sleep first, and I will call you when you get to the Yamen."

"Okay, thank you." Patriarch Niu yawned, closed his eyes and continued to sleep, but he did not sleep well.

Since the cow came to Xiaoxiao's house, it has become stronger and stronger, and the grass it eats is fresh.The weather is so hot, there must be no fresh cow grass in other places, only Xiaoxiao can afford it.

By the time we arrived at Yongzhou City, it was already daylight.Xiaoxiao sent the old man to the Yamen and made an appointment to meet at the gate of the city.He took his three children and ate a pancake on the bullock cart before heading towards Xiuzhuang.

"Is this sister-in-law going to buy or sell something?" The people from Xiuzhuang stepped forward to greet Xiaoxiao.

"I want to ask how you sell the double-sided embroidery here?"

"My sister-in-law wants to sell double-sided embroidery."

"Yes, I want to ask the market."

"Can I have a look at the embroidery first? The quality of the embroidery determines the price."

"Yes." Xiaoxiao took out the wrapped embroidery from the bag.Show it to the person in front of you.

"Ah, it's really good. I'll go in and ask the shopkeeper to come out and have a look." Putting down the embroidery, he ran in.

Xiaoxiao sat outside and waited, Mu Mu kept following Xiaoxiao closely, and the two younger ones stood on Xiaoxiao's right all the time.

The shopkeeper came out very quickly, and he was very happy to see the picture of the crane worshiping birthday.Although most people are suffering now, no matter how chaotic the world is, as long as the world does not collapse, there will always be a small group of people who will not be affected too much.They still live a wealthy life, and there will be no shortage of food and clothing.It's a severe drought now, they just save water, but they don't save food and clothing.

The shopkeeper liked this picture of cranes worshiping birthday very much, and bargained with Xiaoxiao for 60 taels of silver and received it.As soon as it changed hands, she could fetch a better price.

Xiaoxiao then bought some embroidery thread, fabric and some muslin to make clothes for the children, and the cotton is ready to make cotton clothes and trousers now, and they will send them to the cotton maker's house to play cotton quilts.

If you want to go to the border this year, it will be colder than Yongzhou, so you have to prepare a few quilts along the way.

Xiaoxiao took the 60 taels of silver handed to her by the shopkeeper, and spent a little money on embroidery thread and brocade here, and bought some fine cotton cloth in the cloth shop next door, some of which were used to make clothes, and some to make bed sheets and quilt covers. Pillowcases.And Cotton Xiaoxiao wanted to get ready all at once.

In Buzhuang, you will know where to find the craftsmen who pluck cotton.After Xiaoxiao sent cotton to the craftsman, she bought some coarse grains at the rice grain store, which was a trick.I also bought some vegetables, not all fooling people.

"Mom, what else do we need to buy?" Mu Mu frowned.He already knows the importance of money, and knows that there is no money in the family, or there is not much money.

"Well, buy some things you need at home, you and your younger siblings will need them."

"Mother, do you have enough money at home?"

"Little guy, there is money. Didn't mother just sell something and get money?"

"Oh." Mu Mu's brows stretched.There was an angelic smile on his face again.

He climbed into the bullock cart, hugged his younger brothers and sisters, and sat firmly.Xiaoxiao raised her whip to drive the cattle, while thinking about what else needed to be bought at home.I bought a lot of things along the way, all of which were urgently needed at home.

At the gate of the city, Patriarch Niu Shan was already waiting there early.

"Patriarch, you have been waiting for a long time!"

"Not long ago, you bought something, so much." The patriarch looked at the half-load of things and only clicked his tongue.Prodigal girls.

"I bought some things that are missing at home. Take a look, how are you buying?" All the dishes and chopsticks that are needed at home and the kettle for boiling water are exposed outside. They are placed on the small stove built on top of the big stove for cooking. When the time comes, turn the kettle full of water, put it on top, you can boil two pots of water without additional firewood, there is also a large bathtub, and a small bathtub... .

The old man glanced at it and didn't look again. Xiaoxiao took out a bun that was neither black nor white and slightly yellow from the bag and handed it to the old man, "I'm hungry, eat a bun." This is Xiaoxiao's grandma and grandma in the blue They made steamed buns with whole grains, and there were vegetables inside.

"Did you buy it?"

"Well, eat. We, mother and child, ate all of them, and this one is for you."

After Xiaoxiao said that, the old man was not pretentious, so he took it and ate it.

"Well, it tastes good."

"It's not bad." Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and smiled. Grandma would be happy if she heard it.She likes others to praise her delicious food.

Arriving at home before dark, there was someone standing at the entrance of the village. The patriarch was officially recognized by the government as Lizheng of Qingtan Village today.This place is very big, and there are 200 people, plus the population will be developed in the future.It's just right.

"Patriarch, I will call you Lizheng in the future, congratulations."

"Chen girl, the ox cart house is pretty good, but it's a bit bumpy. You need to practice more."

"Okay, next time you do it, make sure there will be no bumps." Xiaoxiao drove the bullock cart back to her home.She also bought a few locks back.