Escape after crossing

"Did you hear which family Doctor Hu was assigned to?"

"No! Did you hear it?"

"I was so busy with my own family that I didn't pay attention!"

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The crowd was in chaos for a moment, and Village Chief Zheng spoke again, "Doctor Hu is from the same village as the Jiang family and I. When I reported several households in the village yesterday, I forgot about Doctor Hu, and only remembered him when we were separated just now.

Fortunately, the gentlemen were kind enough to assign Doctor Hu to my county. Okay, everyone take care of yourselves from now on!"

Village Chief Zheng said this with great reluctance. In this way, the villagers who came out of Siyuan Village together were separated.

They were assigned to different counties along with the people who had fled with them. The Zheng family, the Jiang family, Doctor Hu and six other refugee families were assigned to Qingli County under the jurisdiction of Bailing City.

The refugees were taken back to their respective jurisdictions by the county officials, and then the county magistrate decided which towns and then villages they would be assigned to.

The Zheng family and three refugee families were sent to Hongling Town in Qingli County, while the Jiang family, Doctor Hu, and three refugee families were sent to Heishan Town. The two towns are not far away.

The Jiang family was assigned to Qilipu in Heishan Town, while Doctor Hu was to be assigned to Shilipu with another refugee family.

Later, after spending some money, Doctor Hu and the Jiang family were allocated Qilipu. As the name suggests, Qilipu is seven miles away from Heishan Town.

Shilipu is ten miles away from Heishan Town. There are six villages in Heishan Town, not one village per mile.

The closest village to Heishan Town is Sanlipu, followed by Qilipu, and then Shilipu. There are three villages, one is Heishan Village, one is Guohe Village, and the other is Zhujiabao.

Heishan Village is the earliest village, and it got its name because it is backed by Heishan Mountain. Guohe Village got its name because there is a river across Heishan Mountain, and one must cross the river before entering the village.

Zhujiabao was where a man named Zhu and his entire family came to escape famine. Because no village was willing to accept such a large family, they were later allocated a separate area, forming the present-day Zhujiabao.

Except for the woman who married into Zhujiabao and had a different surname, the rest were all surnamed Zhu.

From then on, the Jiang family and Doctor Hu became villagers of Qilipu, and Qilipu was also established by refugees who fled later.

There are Wu, Liu, and Li in the village. The village chief is surnamed Li. He looks at the nine people assigned to him and wonders where to place them.

"Hello, my last name is Li, and I am the village chief. Our Qilipu has a small population. There is an old house in the village that has not been lived in for a long time and has not been cleaned.

I'll take you there first, clean it up and let you live there temporarily. If you plan to rebuild it, that's also possible.

If you build it on top of the old house, you don’t have to pay. If you think the place is too small and want to find a new place, you will have to pay to buy it.”

Village Chief Li said this because he saw that they had ox carts and donkey carts, so he thought they were not too poor.

But Village Chief Li was unsure, so he explained the situation. Doctor Hu asked, "Village Chief Li, is there only one house?"

"Yes, this house was left vacant a few years ago when an official came to the village and took his family away."

"Village chief, is there enough space for so many of us? Is the place big enough?"

"It's a bit crowded for you to live together, but there's nowhere else to live."

"Let's go and take a look first, then we'll talk about it!" Jiang Runzhi whispered to Doctor Hu.

Doctor Hu nodded, and as they walked along the village road, Village Chief Li said, "As you can see, there is only one main road in the village, with houses on both sides.

This old house is just in front, it is the end of the village, but there are still neighbors around, these neighbors are not bad people, it is easy to get along with. "

"Village chief, where are you going? Who are they?" Village chief Li's home is in the middle of the village. Along the way, he saw that many houses had their doors locked.

Maybe she was working in the fields when she ran into an old lady. "Aunt Wu San, these are new people in our village. I'll take them to the old house."

"Oh, then you are busy, Village Chief!" As he said this, he smiled and nodded to the Jiang family.

Village Chief Li led the Jiang family forward and said, "That was Aunt Wu just now. She is a very nice person. Her son's family runs a small business in town, but her daughter-in-law is not a good one. Now Aunt Wu lives alone at home."

The old house that the village chief mentioned is just two houses away. The entire yard is still relatively large, but the surrounding walls are already missing pieces.

There was no gate to the courtyard, only three thatched houses, a kitchen on the left, and a storehouse on the right. When you entered the house, you could see the sky when you looked up.

After all, no one had lived there for many years, and no one had taken care of it. Jiang Ziluo couldn't help but push the adobe wall. She seriously doubted that anyone with a strong body could push the wall down!

However, Jiang Ziluo's current strength was not enough to push down the adobe wall. However, in Jiang Ziluo's opinion, such a house would be a dangerous building in the future.

"You guys clean up first. I'll call some people to help you fix the repairs. Otherwise, it will be really uninhabitable." Village Chief Li said and left.

"Dad, is it really possible to live in a house like this? Won't it collapse?" Jiang Ziluo asked.

"If we repair the roof, we can still live here." Jiang Runzhi said this, and everyone else was busy too.

"Dad, can we build a house? Even if we build this house, it won't be big enough for us to live in!" Jiang Ziluo didn't want to live in such a dilapidated house.

She also wanted to have a room of her own so she could have some private space.

"We have just arrived here and we are unfamiliar with the place, so let's wait a little longer!" Jiang Runzhi said.

"Village chief Li will be here soon. Let's ask him. If it is possible to build it, we should build it as soon as possible. Don't worry about the money." Doctor Hu said, looking at the thatched houses.

"Doctor Hu, it's not about the money. I just don't want to stand out as soon as I get here." Jiang Runzhi looked at the house and at his family who were busy cleaning up.

"You all take a break, I'll go find the village chief and we'll rebuild the house." After saying this, Jiang Runzhi went to find the village chief.