The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

Yun Yi looked around and saw that all their belongings were here. He didn't join in the fun and just stayed there quietly to watch over them.

Lu Linlang followed Uncle Dayou to the deep pool in the back mountain. Along the way, they learned that drowning in the pool was a form of punishment, specifically for the scum of the clan or those who did wrong.

Depending on the severity of the crime, drowning in a pond does not necessarily mean death, but rather a lesson. Villagers will go to watch as a warning to other tribesmen.

"From the looks of Manyin's wife, I think she's not going to die. As long as someone in our clan doesn't commit a serious mistake and refuses to change, we won't kill them all easily."

Uncle Dayou's explanation successfully aroused the curiosity of several people, and soon they saw all the villagers gathered together.

"Chief, chief, have you dealt with it? Look who I brought back?" Uncle Dayou shouted to the crowd.

"Dayou, you're back. Who is this? I don't think he's from our village."

His shout successfully diverted most people's attention. They looked at Lu Linlang and Lu Zhan, brother and sister. Although they felt that their faces looked familiar, they knew they were not from the village by looking at the clothes they were wearing.

"Come here, bring him up and fill the tank with water. If you go gambling again, it won't be as simple as today. Your father will cut off your fingers himself."

The patriarch's majestic voice came, and Lu Zhan's face turned pale when he heard that the pale man who had just been dragged up was actually the young man who was drowned by the villagers because of gambling.

"Dayou, who are these two children?" After the patriarch said this, he walked towards Uncle Dayou. When he saw the people behind him, there was some confusion in his eyes.

"Chief, they are the children of Big Bull. Look at this boy. Doesn't he look like Big Bull? When he left, he was just as tall and strong as this."

Uncle Dayou spoke excitedly and gestured to Lu Zhan.

"What? The child of Daniu's family? Didn't Daniu become a general? I heard that his whole family is in the capital?" The villagers were all shocked when they heard him say this.

"Hello, clan leader uncle. I'm Lu Linlang, and this is my younger brother Lu Zhan. My father used to be called Lu Daniu, but he later joined the army, so the general gave him the full name Lu Ben. My siblings and I, along with a few cousins, have returned from the capital."

Lu Linlang stepped forward and took the initiative to speak to the clan leader, and also took out the letters that had been exchanged between Old Man Lu and the clan leader.

After hearing Dayou's words, the clan leader looked at Lu Zhan carefully and found that he was indeed very similar to Daniu. He then heard Lu Linlang's voice and the letter she took out, confirming that he was indeed Daniu's child.

"Where is your father? Has he come back?" The patriarch thought about the fact that he hadn't heard from Da Niu for several years, and he had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to confirm it.

"My father died in the war, and we have no relatives in the capital. Thinking of the hometown my father mentioned, I brought my brothers back to live here."

"What, Daniel died in battle?

Oh, it's really fate. Your father once mentioned that joining the army is unpredictable.

He fought bravely against bandits, but I never expected him to die at such a young age. Now that you and your sister are back, don't worry, you will have a place in the village for yourself."

At this time, almost all the villagers were here. The patriarch remembered that Da Niu had mentioned that his eldest daughter was already engaged.

Now she suddenly appeared here again, and he thought that something might have happened, but he did not ask directly in public.

"You all can go away. I will take them back." The village chief called everyone away and took them back to the village in silence. He was still digesting this sad news.

"It's good that you're back. No one dares to bully you here. Your father was an official in the past. He sent people to send things to me several times and asked me to buy land for the village to improve the lives of the villagers.

I have done everything you asked. Now, the villagers are grateful to your father for his help. If anyone dares to bully you, just come to me and I will definitely teach them a lesson.

By the way, I used the silver your father sent me back then and asked the villagers to help build a house for your father.

It's just right that you and your sister are back, so you can live here. You don't have to build another house. But no one lives in that house permanently, so you need to clean it up and move in tomorrow."

The clan leader walked into the village and saw the two people following him. He sighed in his heart. These two children had a miserable life. They lost their parents at such a young age. As the clan leader, he had to help take care of them.

"Thank you, Uncle Clan Leader. We originally thought we would have to come back to build a house, but now we've saved ourselves a lot of trouble. My sister and I have paid back the money we spent on building that house. I see, it's not easy for the villagers either."

Lu Linlang did not think that it was her responsibility as the villagers to build a house for her family. Moreover, Old Man Lu had never mentioned this matter at the beginning, nor did he mention it in the letter. He only said that the silver was given to the clan to improve their lives, about a few hundred taels.

However, the clan leader still took out some money to build a house for their family in advance, which shows that he is a kind-hearted person and the villagers are not the kind of people who forget their principles when they see profit.

So she took the initiative to show goodwill and let the tribe leader know that they were not the kind of people who would come back to suck the blood of the tribe members.

“No, no, that money was brought back by your father. Besides, building a house doesn’t cost much. The bulk of it will be used to buy land for reclamation and buy food for the elderly, weak, women and children in the village.

I originally thought that if your father ever came back to worship our ancestors, he would be the pride of our Xishan Village and would need a place to stay. The villagers thought the same, so we all got together and built a house in a few days."

The clan leader felt relieved when he saw that Lu Linlang was a sensible girl. Only a girl like her would have the courage to bring her brother back to her hometown to live.

It is said that wealth and luxury are fascinating. If it were him, after living in the capital for so many years, he might not have the courage to return to the village. It can be seen that this child is not ordinary.

When they arrived at the clan leader's house, Yun Yi and the others had already been invited into the house. The clan leader's wife and her sons had just received instructions and had already trotted back to help.

The house became lively at this moment. The clan leader's wife and several daughters-in-law began to kill chickens and ducks to entertain the guests.

Seeing the clan leader coming in, Yun Yi and the others quickly stood up, and Lu Linlang introduced them to the clan leader.

I heard that they were the children of Lu Linlang's uncle and that their parents had both passed away. She looked at them with loving eyes.

When Yun Yi first heard about Chen Tan, he was worried whether the villagers would accept them. Now his worries disappeared, and he listened quietly to the patriarch introduce the changes in their village.

"In the past, the village was even poorer than it is now. Every household lived in a thatched hut and had no good farm tools. This piece of land had not been cultivated. People lived frugally and by the end of the Chinese New Year, every household was unable to make ends meet.

Later, your father sent us some money, and we bought some land and reclaimed wasteland around the village. With these fields, the villagers could at least have a meal of rice to eat during the New Year."

The clan leader was very proud when he said this, but Lu Zhan was shocked to hear that the villagers could only afford to eat rice and flour during the Chinese New Year.

They were in the capital, and even though they became poor later, they could still afford these things for three meals a day.

Just now he saw that many children in the village were naked with only tattered bellybands wrapped around their waists, and he thought it was because of the hot weather. Now he realized that it was because of poverty.

Thinking about how I spent money before, my sister beat me up. It turned out that I deserved it.

He saw his sister glance at him secretly and immediately retracted his hand. Thinking of the time when the man from Shen Tan was brought up today, his sister glanced at him, he immediately felt that his sister might also think this is a good idea.