Quick Travel: Peach Demon's Training Record

Chapter 158 Parents can decide their life and death

Everyone felt that the farm food tasted better than the food in the city!

Seeing the enthusiasm of the villagers and eating the delicious farm food, Mosan felt that the lives of ordinary people were not as bad as he had imagined, so he felt relieved!

People are more cheerful! Everyone had a good sleep that night, and the hard work of traveling these days was all dissipated in this cool night!

Hu Hua also told Mo Sang about the clothes that the few people should wear. They should choose clothes that are easy to walk in and the fabrics are comfortable and wear-resistant, which will not affect their work at all!

After having breakfast in his own courtyard in the morning, he left the servant to wait for the villagers to build the gate and look after the horses!

He and Mosan went out. It was summer now and the summer harvest was over. Apart from irrigation, there were not many other chores in the fields!

So there were groups of people gathering under the big tree at the entrance of the village to enjoy the coolness! But although everyone was gathered together, they basically had work to do!

In the women's hands, they are either making shoes with a shoe pattern in their hands, or doing some work with needlework in their hands!

The men basically held some bamboo in their hands and were weaving various baskets and wicker, which are all things that can be used at home!

There are few idle men who have nothing to do!

As soon as the two young men arrived at the village entrance, the villagers who didn't recognize them started talking at once: "Whose boy is this? He's quite handsome. I wonder if he's married?"

"That's right, I haven't seen him before. Is he from the village next door?"

"There's no such person in the village next door. He looks like someone from the city!"

Some people who were called over by the village chief to work yesterday and exchanged food with the two men, received benefits from the two men and greeted them enthusiastically: "Mr. Mo and Mr. Hu are here!"

Then he introduced them to the villagers who didn't know them: "These are the two young men who came to the village chief's house yesterday. They will stay in our village for a while, in the house on the hillside!"

One villager asked enthusiastically: "You two gentlemen are both scholars, right?"

After getting the affirmative answers from the two, everyone's attitude towards them became even more enthusiastic! Mo Sang was a little overwhelmed by such enthusiasm, but Hu Hua got along well with everyone, calling them "auntie" and "uncle" affectionately. After a while, these people called them "Little Mo" and "Little Hu" at Hu Hua's request!

Mo Sang looked at Hu Hua with admiration as he chatted and laughed with everyone. Brother Hu was so amazing! But slowly, under Hu Hua's guidance, Mo Sang also chatted and laughed with everyone!

Then slowly, the two learned about their lives over the years from the villagers!

This village had a very difficult life before. The taxes were too heavy. Everyone was busy all year round, but after paying all the taxes, there was still not enough food to eat. How many people starved to death during that time!

Until now, everyone still sighs when they talk about that time!

After all, every family was not well fed at that time, and the prey in the mountains were almost eaten to extinction by them. More than ten years have passed, and it is still difficult to find prey in the mountains!

Their village is relatively good. After all, they live off the land and can occasionally eat some meat. The people in the village are all kind-hearted!

The villagers said in unison: "In the neighboring village, there are ten vacancies, and even people in the village are killing each other just to grab some food!"

"Those who had a little wealth at home were scared away. Now the village is still sparsely populated and life has not recovered yet!" Everyone sighed. The neighboring village was not far from them, and the farmers had some relatives among the villages. It was just that at that time, their own lives were very difficult, so they had no spare energy to take care of other relatives!

But the suffering of their relatives still makes them sad, after all, they are all acquaintances! No one wants to see the family of someone they know broken up!

People who have gone through hardships may feel that a little sweetness is extra sweet!

They said in a proud tone: "Fortunately, we have a new county magistrate! He exempted us from taxes for three years and organized a caravan to collect our handicrafts and sell them to other places, so our lives are getting better and better!"

A man who had been weaving bamboo pillows without saying a word raised his head and grinned, "Yes, my family sold all our belongings to pay for our child's medical treatment! When we were about to die, the county magistrate sent someone to take a liking to my craftsmanship and ordered a batch of bamboo pillows from me. After learning about my family's situation, he gave me a deposit in advance so that I could pay for my child's medical treatment!"

"With such great kindness, they are our second parents!" The man had tears in his eyes as he spoke!

"The county magistrate thinks highly of us, so we cannot lose face for him! As long as the craftsmanship of our village is not the best, we will not let the caravan take it away!" Everyone said proudly!

Life has gotten better, which makes them even more grateful to the county magistrate who helped them escape from their hardship and take a break!

Mo Sang was shocked by the scenes they described of people eating tree bark, eating soil, and starving to death. He was also shocked by their reverence for the county magistrate!

In his opinion, the county magistrate was just doing what an official should do and was doing his job!

But these people supported him like a god, as if he were a bodhisattva who saved people from suffering!

Have they forgotten that a large part of the previous difficulties were caused by the excessive greed of the previous county magistrate!

No, they have not forgotten. On the contrary, they are afraid of such a life, so they love the current county magistrate who allows them to live a good life!

Mo Sang became more and more silent after listening to these people's descriptions, and he also understood more and more why the county magistrate was called the parent official by everyone!

This is the lowest official position in the official system, but for the people of a certain area, it can decide their life and death!

Just like the head of a big family, he decides whether the family’s life is happy or difficult!

Hu Hua may have seen more and understood more than Mo Sang, so he did not feel as much about this situation as Mo Sang did! So when Mo Sang remained silent, Hu Hua could still chat and laugh with the people in the village and reminisce about the past!

This caused the villagers to feel disgusted with him and call him "Xiao Hu" one by one, inviting him to their homes for dinner. As for Xiao Hu's cousin Xiao Mo, he looked young and thin-skinned, so he didn't say a word for a long time and no one took it seriously!

Everyone chatted until noon, and the villagers went back to make lunch one after another. Hu Hua picked up the backpack of the man who was weaving bamboo pillows, went back with him, and had lunch at his home!

The man was extremely happy, as if he had won a battle, and won the envy of other people who also wanted to invite Hu Hua to their homes for dinner!

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