Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The next day, the center of the village was particularly lively.

Although it was cold, everyone was very enthusiastic. This is a school!

Basically, every family had someone come to help.

With strength in numbers, the school was built in just two days.

We can complete the remaining finishing work in half a day tomorrow.

The school is built with a large hall and a slightly smaller room next to it.

The big room is for classes for children, and the small room is where the teacher rests.

There is a large open space in front of the school, which is a place for students to gather for activities. Of course, villagers can also come here for meetings.

A toilet was also built behind the school.

This can be used after drying for two days.

But I am more worried about the Master's affairs.

The main reason is that they have no connections and don’t know where to hire a teacher.

Zhang Xinshu pulled Zhao Yuanzhen's arm and pointed at himself.

"You want to be a teacher?"

"Well, I can substitute for a class for a few days to help the children in the village get some enlightenment. I'll go back after I find a teacher. I don't plan to go to school before the New Year."

"Well, that's fine. I'll go talk to the village chief."

"Second Grandfather, do you have any idea about the Master's matter?"

"Not yet. The main reason is that I am unfamiliar with the place and I don't know where to find one! The school has been built, but I can't find the teacher. I am worried!"

"My son Xin Shu told me that he can substitute for the class for a few days. He won't go to school recently and will go after the New Year. He can substitute until the New Year."

"That's a good feeling. I trust Xin Shu's knowledge. OK, OK, OK. Then how much should I pay Xin Shu per month?"

"I don't know about that either. Why don't you go ask around, Village Chief? Xin Shu is young after all, so you can just give him half of what other teachers give him."

"That won't work. Xin Shu is a learned man. Age has nothing to do with it. I'll go back and ask around and see what's going on in other villages."

"Okay, village chief."

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't argue with him about this issue, and decided to wait until the salary was paid.

In fact, the villages in the suburbs of Beijing are not far away. After all, land in Beijing is extremely valuable. Even though they are in the suburbs, they are still Beijing!

When Zhao Yuanzhen returned and just entered the house, she heard Zhang Xinnian yelling for his sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, please come out quickly!"

Zhao Yuanzhen also followed him out. What happened?

"What's wrong? Didn't you go to buy charcoal?"

The charcoal at home was almost burned out, so Zhao Yuanzhen asked Zhang Xinnian to go buy some charcoal today.

"Yeah, when I came back from buying charcoal, guess who I met?"

"Who?"

Zhang Xinnian quickly ran to the back and helped the people down from the carriage.

Two ragged and skinny middle-aged men and women got off the carriage.

Seeing Zhao Yuanzhen pulling at her clothes nervously, she came over and shouted nervously:

"mother-in-law!"

Qian Xiaohui's parents. Zhao Yuanzhen didn't recognize them until she heard her call her mother-in-law.

These are the parents of my eldest daughter-in-law.

"Mother-in-law, come in quickly. Qingyan, go call Xiaohui."

Then he invited them into the main room.

The two of them looked at the neat, spacious and beautifully decorated main room.

They were too shy to sit down.

Zhao Yuanzhen quickly asked them to sit down.

Then go make tea.

There was always a small clay stove warming water on the table in the main room.

Make some tea for them and put it on the table next to them.

"Dad! Mom! It really is you!"

As soon as I put it down, Qian Xiaohui ran in.

She hugged her mother and started crying.

"Mom, why are you so thin? Woo woo woo"

"Xiaohui! My dear, I will never see you again! Woo woo woo"

"Xiaohui, Dad's good girl."

Her father also patted her shoulder.

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't disturb them and let them cry for a while.

It took a long time for the three of them to calm down.

"Dad, Mom, why are you so thin? Where did you meet Xin Shu?"

"We were at the gate of the capital, where sometimes people would give out porridge. We would wait there every day, waiting for the porridge giver to come so that we could grab some porridge. Today I was still waiting at the gate, and then I met Xin Shu. It was Xin Shu who saw me first and came over to say hello. Then I told him about our experience, and he brought us back."

As Qian Xiaohui's father spoke, he did not forget to look at Zhao Yuanzhen's expression. Times were bad these days, with disasters happening one after another. He had to follow her shamelessly, hoping to borrow some food to eat. It didn't matter if he went hungry, but now that his wife was well, she had no food to eat and was only eating wild vegetable roots and tree bark every day.

He couldn't bear it! His wife would suffer if she followed him! He felt sorry for the mother of the child!

"Where are your cotton-padded clothes? Why are you wearing so thin? I remember we made cotton-padded clothes at home last year!"

Qian Xiaohui looked at her parents’ hands and necks, which had turned purple from the cold.

It's over thirty degrees below zero, and I'm wearing thin, ragged clothes. How can I bear this? Woo woo woo.

"We followed the villagers to escape, and ended up in Xingzhou Prefecture. We heard that they were recruiting soldiers, so we took a detour and ended up meeting other refugees. We were robbed, and the villagers were also fleeing. Your mother and I fought to our death but failed to protect the things we brought from home, and we were beaten. We didn't know where the villagers had gone. Your mother and I had no choice but to follow the majority of the refugees.

When we were at the Yellow River, your mother and I gave them all our cotton-padded clothes in order to cross the river. We thought that if we crossed the river, we would still have a chance to see you, but if we didn't cross the river, we would never see you again in this life.

But when we arrived in the capital, we found that there was no place for us. I didn’t want to leave anymore and didn’t know where to go, so I just stood guard at the city gate.”

Qian Xiaohui started crying again after hearing what her father said. Why are parents' lives so miserable?

"Don't cry, go to the kitchen and make some food for your parents, and bring some cotton clothes."

Seeing her like this, Zhao Yuanzhen quickly tried to divert her attention.

Qian Xiaohui then remembered that her mother and father were still hungry.

Go get some food!

"Mother-in-law, I'm going to be thick-skinned today and eat your meal. The main thing is that the mother of the child hasn't eaten for more than ten days. I'm afraid she can't bear it!"

Qian Xiaohui's father, Qian Wenjing, also had a different voice as he spoke. He was choking up.

"It's me. I'm a burden to you!" Qian Xiaohui's mother, Li Qian also said.

My body was not doing well. I didn't eat for more than ten days and started to have all kinds of problems.

"My dear relatives, please don't say that. You gave birth to such a good daughter-in-law like Xiaohui. You deserve her to live in my house for the rest of your life, not to mention a meal."

"No, no, we won't."

Qian Wenjing quickly expressed his attitude, fearing that Zhao Yuanzhen was just being polite.

"What I said is true. You can live here without any worries. Don't be polite to me. Xiaohui is not only virtuous and hardworking, but she also gave birth to the eldest grandson for our Zhang family. This is all a great contribution."

People of this generation all care about their eldest grandson, and Zhao Yuanzhen knew that saying this would ease their tension.

After a while, Qian Xiaohui came back.

"Dad, Mom, come with me and change your clothes first, then we'll go eat."

Afterwards, Qian Xiaohui said hello to Zhao Yuanzhen and took her parents to her room to change clothes.

After that, Qian Xiaohui took the thick cotton-padded jacket she had just made for her mother, and took the cotton-padded jacket Zhang Xinbai had just made for her father.

They said they didn't want to wear anything, saying they were too dirty.

There was no other choice, Qian Xiaohui asked someone to bring some water so that she could take a shower first.

After washing, put on clothes and go to eat.

Just like that, almost an hour passed when the two of them finished taking a shower.

Seeing that her parents were still very thin but looked much neater and neater, Qian Xiaohui took them out to dinner.

She asked the kitchen to steam rice, make some easily digestible food, and stew two bowls of egg custard.

These two people haven't eaten for a long time, their stomachs are too weak. Is their body nourished?

You have to eat something that is easily digestible, otherwise you will easily become weak and unable to benefit from the nourishment.

Seeing her parents finish one bowl of rice and put it down, Qian Xiaohui picked up the bowl again to add more rice for them.

After doing this twice, they both said they were really full.

Qian Xiaohui took them back to her room to rest.

"Dad, Mom, you can settle down in our village from now on. I will buy you some land to build a house and two acres of farmland. Okay?"

"No, no! How much money will it cost? Besides, you are married now, how can you continue to subsidize your parents' home!"

"Dad, Mom, I'm your only daughter. If I don't take care of you, who will? Don't bother me anymore. I'll go and ask my mother-in-law. She will definitely agree. She's very reasonable! You guys rest here first."

Then she ran out to find her mother-in-law.

Zhao Yuanzhen had just bought two tubes of frostbite cream and was preparing to give them to Qian Xiaohui. She saw that her in-laws' body had turned purple from the cold. She didn't feel it when it was cold, but when it was a little warm, she would feel itchy, and in severe cases, blisters would form and pus would ooze out.

"mother!"

"Well, come in. I was just about to bring you some ointment! Take this, it's for treating frostbite. Apply it on your parents later."

"Okay, thank you, Mom. Mom, I want to ask you a favor!"

"What's the matter? What's the matter? Just tell me."

"I want to settle my parents in our village, and give them some money to build a house and buy land. I will pay for it myself, although all the money I have is given to me by you, mother. But I will work hard in the future and strive to make money for my family. I have no choice. I am the only daughter in my family, and I really can't bear to let my parents wander around, wuwuwu."

Zhao Yuanzhen also just remembered that Qian Xiaohui was the only child in the family, which was very rare in ancient times. When she fled the famine and had just traveled through time, Zhang Qinghe was gone. With all the things that happened at once, she forgot about her in-laws.

Qian Xiaohui really wanted to take her parents with her when fleeing famine, but her father-in-law had died and her mother-in-law was the only one supporting the family, so she didn't dare to say anything. Moreover, she was afraid that the village would not agree. If she took her own family with her, and others followed suit, the village would not be able to afford to take so many people with them!

In the end, they had no choice but to ask Zhang Xinbai to deliver a letter to his parents and agree on a general direction so that they could check on the resettled refugees and look for his parents later.

Who would have thought that the road would be so bumpy and full of disasters. My parents were robbed, and they were left with nothing, and ended up wandering the streets of the capital.