Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Yun Qingshan went to the mountains to pick honeysuckle. There were no ox carts in Yunjia Village, so several aunts and sisters in the village who were going to the town were waiting for ox carts from other villages on the official road. Yun Qingsong and Li Xiuxiu happened to be driving a mule cart to the town, and an aunt from the clan greeted them.

"Oh, isn't this the scholar nephew and his wife? I haven't heard that the school is closed. Why didn't the scholar nephew go to school? Is he driving the carriage to the town or the county?"

Yun Qingsong stopped the car and said, "Second Aunt, let's go to town. Chenxi is giving lessons to the kids at the school. Second Aunt, Third Aunt, please get in the car. I'll give you a ride."

"That's great! I was worried that I wouldn't be able to wait for the oxcart! I'm going to send these freshly picked vegetables to the restaurant in town. If they wilt, they won't sell for a good price. I'm old and can't walk!" Second Auntie said gratefully. At this time, fresh vegetables are as expensive as gold. I can't bear to eat them myself, so I sell them all to the restaurant.

Because it was not a market day, there were not many people, only five women in total. Yun Qingsong let the two older ones get on the bus, leaving three slightly younger women.

Yun Qingsong had to avoid suspicion and was not convenient to let the younger women get on the bus. Li Xiuxiu took a look and recognized them all, so she sat next to Yun Qingsong to make room for them and said, "Xiaoshu Niang, Daniu Niang, Tiedan Niang, you guys should get on as well. The ox carts from other villages may have to wait for a while." In the village, people usually call adults by the names given by the children, so Li Xiuxiu followed the local custom and called them that.

"Thank you, Madam Scholar." Several people thanked her and got into the car without any hesitation.

After they were seated, Xiao Shu's mother took out three coins from her pocket and handed them to Li Xiuxiu: "Mrs. Xiucai, I'll give you the fare. I'll need to take a cart when I come back, so I'll take advantage of you and pay you the price that Ji Ge'er's father gave me for the ox cart."

The Yun family mule carts were not used to make money, so Li Xiuxiu didn't charge them for the fare. They were very grateful to Yun Qingsong. You know, it costs two cents to take a ox cart from the village to the town one way, three cents for a round trip, and four cents for a round trip from another village. The three cents saved could be used to buy a string of candied haws for the children.

Xiao Shu Niang was cheerful and talkative. She was bored on the way, so she started chatting with Li Xiuxiu: "Mrs. Xiucai, how can your Master Yun have time to go to town? I heard that Master Yun is going to participate in the autumn examination. He has to review his lessons and teach in the school on weekdays. He must be very busy."

Li Xiuxiu did not shy away from telling them all about Yun Qingqing, Li Sigui and the Zhang family's breakup and their plans to marry into the family. They were in the same village, and if this matter was spread by others with exaggerations, it would be better for the family to tell the truth, which would be more authentic and avoid gossipers from spreading rumors.

After hearing this, several people were furious, and they stood up for Yun Qingqing, scolding Zhang Pozi and her daughter-in-law as worse than pigs and dogs. Everyone couldn't help but sigh that women have a hard life, and they were also glad that Yun Qingqing had such a good brother and sister-in-law.

Li Xiuxiu looked at Third Aunt carrying a basket of eggs and asked, "Third Aunt, are you going to sell eggs? Do you have any extra at home? I also want to buy eggs today to nourish my poor sister-in-law. If I have extra, I won't buy them in town."

The third aunt said happily: "How many do you want, Madam Xiucai? We have more than ten hens at home and we can place an order for more than ten a day. If you want to buy some, I will keep them for you."

"Then Third Aunt, please save me twenty days' worth of eggs! I'll take all the eggs the hens can lay. There are so many children in the family, so they must be well nourished. Haven't you seen my three nieces? They are so thin and pitiful! Their biased grandmother treats them like girls instead of human beings. She doesn't even give them enough food to eat. They are just like little chicks. It's heartbreaking to see them!"

Li Xiuxiu said this to let everyone in the village know that the Zhang family was not a good family, so they let Zhang Sigui marry into the family and changed the child's surname. She didn't want to wait for the Zhang family to make trouble and let them think that the Yun family was bullying.

"Mrs. Xiucai, you have such a kind heart! It's such a blessing for these three girls to have an aunt like you!" Da Niu's mother praised sincerely, her words full of admiration and gratitude.

As they chatted, they soon arrived at the town. After Li Xiuxiu agreed with them on the time to return and the waiting place, they all dispersed and went about their business.

Yun Qingsong bought two jars of wine and two bags of snacks and went to the town government office. He did not go empty-handed. The more gifts you give, the easier it is to get things done.

The town government office had a Lizheng, a Baozhang and a Hubufang. The Lizheng and Baozhang were similar to modern town mayors and security directors. The Huling was responsible for the household registration management of more than ten villages in the town, conducting regular population inquiries, and supervising the increase and decrease of people in each household regarding births, deaths, marriages, and weddings. This also reduced the workload of the household registration department of the county government.

Li Zheng and Baozhang are different from village heads. They need to be registered with the county government and approved by the county government, and then receive a certain salary from the county government every month. However, if you say they are civil servants of the county government, that is not the case. They can only be regarded as temporary workers of the government, and they are non-staff personnel. They are non-staff personnel of the government who are responsible for the administration of public security and the transmission of administrative orders in the village.

The household order is different. It is an official position of the yamen. Each town is equipped with one, and is directly managed by the chief clerk.

The village head's surname is Guo, and he lives in the town. His two sons have opened two shops in the town, and they make some money from their business. His family is quite wealthy.

Yun Qingsong came at the right time, Li Zheng and Hu Ling were there, so Yun Qingsong gave the wine and cakes he bought to them. Yun Qingsong was a scholar, so he didn't have to kneel when he met the county magistrate. Although the parties were not present, Li Zheng and Hu Ling politely helped to handle the marriage certificate and household registration of Yun Qingqing's family of five.

Yun Qingsong certainly wouldn't let them help for nothing, and he secretly gave them half a tael of silver. Li Zheng was very happy, carrying wine and cakes, humming a little tune and went home. At noon, he would ask his wife to cook two dishes and drink some wine. There were two jars of wine at home that the village chief of Kaoqiang Village sent in the morning, which was enough for him to drink for a while.

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly remembered that the notarized document of breaking off the relationship was from Zhang Sigui, who married into the family today. The Yun family was really efficient. No wonder he felt familiar with it when he stamped it.