Quick travel to save a miserable life

It was late autumn when Zhang Shitou and his wife died, and the weather had begun to get colder.

Fortunately, the temperature inside the nest is higher than outside, and the soil bed is covered with thick straw, so it's basically not cold at night, but we still have to start preparing for the winter.

Lin Hui's belly is now completely pregnant. She can no longer wear her old clothes and needs to make new winter cotton-padded clothes. Cui Ya's clothes are also too small to wear and have to be made new.

Lin Hui asked Sister-in-law Zhou to buy some cotton and make new cotton clothes for herself and Cui Ya out of plain cotton. She also used plain cotton and re-upholstered the original quilt with new cotton to survive the winter. Not afraid anymore.

Shen Xiuhua was also preparing winter clothes for her family, but she still wore old ones. She took out the cotton wool from the cotton-padded clothes left by her parents-in-law, and renewed the clothes of the man and the children. Even the clothes of the two children The cotton-padded clothes are also made from old clothes.

Seeing Lin Hui spending so much money on buying new clothes for herself and her children, she couldn't help but feel a little sore in her eyes, and her words were also strange: "Hey, my brothers and sisters are really generous. Cui Ya, a little girl, also wears new clothes. I don't know that my second brother How much money you have left behind is enough for you to be defeated like this!"

Lin Hui looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "Sister-in-law reminded me that after my parents-in-law left, I haven't told you how much money they left behind. Our two houses haven't been divided yet. Why don't we just pick it up?" Hit the sun, let’s talk about it carefully today!”

There was a hint of panic in Shen Xiuhua's eyes, and she forced herself to calm down and said, "I just said a few words, why did you blame your parents-in-law? I won't tell you anymore."

After that, she went into the house and didn't come out again for a long time.

In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve.

Although the people of Niujia Village live here as guests, they still buy some firecrackers to set off during the Chinese New Year, and new peach charms are hung on the doorways of every simple hut as a way to celebrate the new year.

Just after the New Year, Lin Hui heard three major news.

One is that the emperor in Beijing has changed.

The original old emperor died last autumn. He had more than a dozen sons, one of whom ascended the throne. The rebellion last year was caused by the succession struggle among the princes.

The new emperor actually ascended the throne before autumn last year. After the new year, the reign was officially changed to Longqing. This year is the first year of Longqing.

Second, those who fled the famine and came here can prepare to return to their hometowns after the Lantern Festival. As long as they are willing to return to their hometowns to farm, last year's taxes will be exempted. In the spring, the government will also lend good seeds to farmers on credit and pay them back after the harvest. .

The third is that the head of their Niujia Village received a plaque and a thousand taels of silver from the emperor for his meritorious service in contributing fine seeds. When the time comes, he will return home with the silver and plaque, and he will really be able to return home in glory!

The first news is fine. For these poor people at the bottom, it doesn't really matter who the emperor is. What matters is that the good emperor is the one who can make them live a good life.

But the second and third news had a huge impact on these people.

For farmers, there is no one who is not attached to their own land. Being able to return to their hometowns to cultivate is better than anything else. What’s more, the government won’t care about the grain they owed last year. They can give them improved seeds on credit in the spring. What a great thing!

As soon as they heard the news, some people couldn't help but ask for information to see when they could return home.

The third news also gave everyone a lot of excitement. It turned out that the last remaining parts of the "red skins" they found on the road were dedicated to the government by the village chief.

In fact, when they were presented, some of the red bark sprouts had already sprouted, and the county magistrate immediately tried planting them in his greenhouse.

After this experiment, it was discovered that this crop called "Red Skin" is extremely high-yielding. Although it has not yet fully matured, the rhizomes buried under the soil have grown to be quite large.

The county magistrate was overjoyed when he saw it and was eager to claim credit from the new emperor. He could not wait for the harvest to mature, so he had the huge flower pot transported to the capital and presented to the current emperor as an auspicious item.

The new emperor has only been on the throne for a few months, and he wants to show his ambition. Seeing such good signs, he is also very happy. If this plant is planted on a large scale within the territory, there will no longer be hungry people in the universe!

The emperor immediately ordered a special experimental field to be cultivated and planted, and multi-breeding and propagation were carried out, hoping to spread it among the people as soon as possible.

As a result, there were rewards and commendations for the village chief. Of course, the county magistrate received even more benefits. There is no need to go into details about these.

Although the village chief's majesty in the village is unusual, he suddenly received so many rewards. Many people in the village were talking, saying that the village chief was too greedy and overbearing, monopolizing the credit and silver rewards.

"Then Er Niu was obviously the first to discover it, so why did the one who got the reward become the village chief?"

Others encouraged Erniu to go to the village chief and ask for an explanation, at least to give him some money.

But although Er Niu is a bit naive, he is not stupid. Because his eldest brother led people to rob, many people were injured and many people in the village were offended. If the village chief hadn't stood up to give them peace, their family would have been killed. He might have been forced to death long ago.

Even if he discovered the red skin first, he might have saved the red skin and presented it to the government. It was all the credit of the village chief. Without the village chief, he would not have been able to do it just to save these things. Therefore, for Although he was a little envious of the village chief's reward, he never dared to be jealous, let alone ask for benefits.

Besides, from now on, their family will continue to live in Niujia Village and offend the prosperous village chief. They would only do this unless they are crazy.

While everyone was discussing the matter, the village chief Zhang Fengshou stood up and spoke.

He said two things. First, the red skin did not belong to him alone. Everyone in the village had a share of the silver reward, and each family received five taels of silver. Erniu was the first to discover it and made the first contribution, dividing the money into twenty taels.

When everyone returns home, it is best to find a caravan or escort agency to accompany them. The cost of finding a caravan or escort agency on the way will be borne by the village chief alone.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's discussion about the village chief suddenly took a different direction, and they all praised the village chief's benevolent and righteous deeds, saying that without the leadership of the village chief, these people would not be alive now. In short, this Huizi said nothing but good things about the village chief.

Lin Hui just laughed at this. The village chief still knows some strategies and is better at winning people's hearts. If he monopolizes it, he will inevitably arouse everyone's dissatisfaction. He simply shares the benefits and lets everyone taste some sweetness. This is also There is nothing to say, he still took most of the benefits and got a good reputation, so why not do it!