After the beginning of spring, the earth warms up, withered trees sprout, the earth is thriving, the beggars who died of freezing on the streets have long since been cleaned up, and small vendors have taken to the streets one after another, as if the tragic winter does not exist, and it is still a peaceful and prosperous age.
But there are fewer casual workers on the street, and more beggars instead.
Erliang is packing things, and they are going to move to Zhuangzi. Although the staff dormitory has not yet been built, the small courtyard with one entry and one exit has been built. Originally, Lin Yuan thought it would take a while, but the speed of the craftsman was faster than he imagined. faster.
Youzhuang has been on the right track, basically it is enough to read the ledger once a month, and Jiang Gui can also help to look at it.
Since Youzhuang's income has increased and Jiang Gui's dividends have also increased, Jiang Gui seems to regard Youzhuang as an old hen that lays eggs. , Jiang Gui was too 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 a lot of things.
Jiang Gui also came to the door and said something to Lin Yuan.
"Let's go now, the three of us, no, four brothers, all three of you are over there, I'll keep the one." Jiang Gui sighed, feeling a little depressed, "If it wasn't for the yamen, I'd be with you. went together."
Lin Yuan: "Third brother, don't say that, you have to rely on your brother to watch the oil farm."
Jiang Gui promised: "That's for sure. I will never tell you to suffer a little from the fourth brother, otherwise my name Jiang Gui will be written upside down."
Jiang Gui is a wise man who knows current affairs.
"You can gather more people over there." Jiang Gui whispered, "I see that the world is going to be in chaos. If there are more people, I can protect myself. When the time comes, I will ask someone to bring you some hoes, which can be considered handy. guy."
Lin Yuan was stunned, everyone could see that the world was going to be chaotic, but most people would have the idea of "maybe it won't be chaotic", and still live their own lives. Fear.
"Third brother, don't worry." Lin Yuan patted Jiang Gui's shoulder. "By the end of next year, when the granary is full, third brother will come too."
Jiang Gui sighed: "Look at it later."
Staying in Wucheng, there is a city wall, although it is short and broken, but a broken city wall is also a city wall.
Moreover, there are guards in Wucheng. If you encounter deadly bandits and refugees outside, there is no way to stop them.
But Jiang Gui also knew what Lin Yuan was thinking. Birds didn't shit in that place, there were no people around, and there was a river in front and mountains in the back. If something really happened, hiding in the mountains would save one's life.
But Jiang Gui didn't want to go to those days unless it was a last resort.
No one wants to live the days of lingering.
Lin Yuan did not persuade him. After all, Jiang Gui was not stupid. If it was time to flee, Jiang Gui would still go to him.
"Third brother, there's no need to give it away." Lin Yuan got on the ox cart. Now Wucheng can't buy horses, and cattle are fine. Although it's a bit slower, it's better than walking.
For this car, Lin Yuan also specially hired a coachman—although he was driving an ox, the ox coachman was not very pleasant to call, so he still called him a coachman.
Jiang Gui stood by the city wall, watching the ox cart that Lin Yuan was sitting on getting further and further away.
The soldier guarding the city gate next to him knew him and said with a smile, "You seem like a little girl who sent her husband out. Everyone has left, so I'm still watching."
Jiang Gui reached out and patted Xiao Bing's head: "I want you to talk nonsense! I'll go look for your officer, so that you can guard the city gate for a lifetime!"
Xiao Bing is not afraid of him, he still smiles and says, "Brother Jiang, I heard that you have made a fortune recently?"
Jiang Gui: "Why do you get rich, where did you hear the bastards? If I got rich, I would still be talking to you here? I would have gone to the restaurant and ordered a good table."
Xiao Bing thought about it too. He sat aside and 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 widened his eyes: "What?"
Xiao Bing: "I heard from my cousin before that it seems like a lot of people died and there was a plague."
Jiang Gui was startled: "Human plague?"
Xiaobing: "It is said that several cities are closed, and many people flee south, and I don't know how many will flee this time."
Jiang Gui was startled, and before leaving, he said to himself, "Look again, look again."
If there is a refugee from the north, he doesn't want to defect to Lin Yuan, so he has to defect.
Although the ox cart was not as fast as a horse-drawn cart, it was more stable than a horse-drawn cart. Sitting on the ox-drawn cart, Lin Yuan felt that his internal organs would be turned upside down. The ox-drawn cart was stable, but the road was unstable. Cement ground, there is no oil cypress road, just ordinary mud ground, if you don't take the official road, the road will be worse.
At noon, the ox cart was parked aside, so that Lin Yuan could take a break.
Lin Yuan ate a cake. The cake was baked by Siniang. It was big and fragrant. It used a lot of oil. The young man, tall and thin, but not lacking in strength, chewed the fragrant cake and said, "It will take another four hours to arrive."
For eight hours, Lin Yuan was desperate.
The coachman took a bite of the cake, ate a mouthful of pickles, took another sip of water, and said with satisfaction, "Master, I have never seen anyone more generous than you." He had driven an ox cart for so many years, and this was the first time he had encountered such a person. The owner, gave him two pancakes to eat.
Driving a car is hard work. How can so many people afford to sit in a car? They all walk on two legs.
Rich people have their own ox-carriage and horse-drawn carriage, do they need him
Only a foreign merchant would rent an ox cart, and the merchant would not treat him harshly, but at most he was given two steamed buns with miscellaneous noodles and pickles. He didn’t need to think about it. Now he has oil cakes to eat, so he made up his mind not to eat the oil cakes at night. Carrying it in your arms, the oil cakes are not easy to spoil, so you can take them back to the mother-in-law and children to eat.
Lin Yuan sat under the tree for a while, then Erliang and Gouzi went to pick up wild fruits in the woods not far away.
"This is a snake fruit, it's delicious." Gouzi picked up a few small fruits, which were small, dark red, and some were rotten.
Erliang picked one up, wiped it and put it in his mouth, and Erliang stuck out his tongue: "It's a bit astringent."
The dog laughed at him: "You're not used to it yet."
Siniang watched from the side with a smile on her face. She looked much smaller now than when Lin Yuancai met her.
Lin Yuan also suddenly remembered asking her age, only to know that Siniang was only twenty-eight this year.
She married at the age of thirteen, and gave birth to a child at the age of fifteen. Just looking at her appearance, she believed that she had forty-eight Lin Yuan.
Siniang is the epitome of all the peasant girls in this world. They marry early, give birth to a baby early, and they survive with good luck. If they are unlucky, they will die when they give birth to a baby. Their dream is to live in the ground. The harvest can fill the stomach of the family, and it would be better if there is a surplus. The landlord and the master will receive less than 10% of the rent, and they will be extremely satisfied.
Lin Yuan said to Siniang, "Siniang, when you get there, if you look right, find someone to marry again."
Siniang was stunned, and after a while, she said bitterly, "Which one wants me? Besides, there are dogs."
For her, it was good to be alive.