Stingy Husband Farming

The county can't wait anymore.

Shen Mu and Liu Shi stayed in the city, and they didn't know how many villages were affected by the disaster. In just a few days, a large number of refugees flooded into the county town, and many refugees lived on the ground on the streets.

Not only the old and the weak, women and children, but now a single man may be robbed.Shen Mu and Liu Shi have not dared to go shopping on the street for two days, and they only use grain to cook porridge with pickles to survive.

But their home is okay, at least there is still food in the house.The family next door was a bit miserable. They were robbed once, and there was not much food and money left.

The hostess of that household even gave up her face, and brought her 14-year-old daughter to the door of Shen Mu's house, hoping that the two families would live together as a partner.

In the past, she hoped that Shen Mu could marry her daughter seriously.But now, the condition of my family is obviously not a little bit worse, and my daughter was almost robbed by others, and my reputation is also worse.If you can't get married in a serious way, how about being a concubine in the head office?

As long as they establish a relationship with Shen Mu's family, the two families will form a family, and they will take care of each other, right?There are two men in a family, one can go shopping on the street, and the other can take care of women, children, old and young at home.

What's more, Shen Mu's family still has those grains. After taking in his daughter, the grains can be used by their family.

When Liu opened the door and saw that it was their mother and daughter, her heart skipped a beat.He didn't even let the door in, "What's the big sister? The house is small, so let's talk here."

The woman was quite embarrassed, pulled her daughter, and half concealed the reason for her visit.Liu was speechless for a while, she had politely refused before, why did she come here again?

"Big sister, was it because I didn't speak clearly before? My man passed away a while ago, and my family is still in Xiaoli, so don't make such jokes on me." Liu sternly said.

"No no, sister-in-law, we don't have such a big face... That is, you see that the child is not too young. He can't get married, and he must have someone to take care of him, right? If you leave my girl behind, just be a servant girl Can't you?" The woman hurriedly apologized.

The girl also looked up at Mrs. Liu.

Their home was robbed, and half of their property was gone.I was robbed by the disaster victims again, and my reputation was also affected. I am afraid that I will not be able to find any good people in the future.This family has a simple population and Shen Mu is also good-looking, so she is still very willing in her heart.

Girls are young, and they don't have a clear awareness of the huge status gap between wives and concubines.

"Our house is small, and we can't support many people." With a dark face, Liu closed the door with a "bang".

The mother and daughter outside were extremely disappointed, but they did not give up, and came to the door every now and then.

Shen Mu hid in the house every day and listened to Liu's dismissing them, and was also annoyed: "Why are they so thick-skinned, they can't even say it." Then he lowered his voice and said: "Don't say I am not a man, I am still a filial piety." Li. Even if I am a man and I am not in the filial period, I still look down on her daughter."

Liu: "..."

Well, the girl looks average.The facial features have not yet grown, and the skin is also a little dark.

Shen Muyan's control system cannot collapse.

Shen Mu's family did not agree to take their daughter in. Apart from three visits and four visits to harass her, the life next door should be lived.

The family's food was robbed, and the only adult man in the family had to go to the street to buy it.The daughter-in-law led the three children and closed the doors and windows, hiding in the house and not coming out.

But maybe their house has been targeted long ago. As soon as the man left the house, three refugees appeared out of nowhere and began to pry the doors and windows.

The two children were so frightened that they cried loudly in the house.There was a lot of movement, but there was no one around, not even a spectator.

Shen Mu and Liu Shi also saw it through the window.But what can be done?Shen Mu alone can't beat the three of them.Besides, if Shen Mu really gets ahead, that family will depend on them even more.

People with great ability and soft hearts seem to have to bear more responsibilities than others.

The neighbors are not just Shen Mu's family. If it is said that the family wanted to betroth their daughter to Shen Mu because of their age, but later they all planned to be concubines, why did they only focus on Shen Mu's family?

It's just that they feel that their mother and son look soft and kind-hearted, and they are easy to talk about.

After all, this was behind the yamen, and the refugees didn't dare to smash the door to make too much noise. After prying for a long time, they finally pried open the door. One person entered the house to search things, and the other two rushed forward to snatch the little boy next to the woman.

The child cried out as if being scalded.

The woman was also dumbfounded, because of the previous experience, she held her daughter tightly in her arms, fearing that someone would snatch her away, and the two boys surrounded her.But for some reason, this time they didn't even look at their daughter, and ran away with their youngest son in their arms.

The woman quickly let go of her daughter and went to snatch her son.

But the reaction was a bit slow all of a sudden. The two refugees were both grown men, and they had already run a foot away with their children in their arms.

Shen Mu and Liu Shi who looked out from the window, didn't know what happened in the house, they only saw two refugees running out quickly with the little boy in their arms, and it took two breaths for the woman to chase her out, and He was pushed to the ground by refugees who searched half a bag of food behind.

"Why... are they robbing the child?" Shen Mu felt his voice tremble.

Before robbing girls, I thought and knew it was to vent |desire|, but why robbing children?A terrifying thought came to mind, and Shen Mu was so frightened that he quickly closed the window.

I haven't gone out for a few days, has this city become such a mess?

It was too late to report to the police when the man next door came back.When the child was recruited back, he was already dead, and one of his legs was removed, so he was already in the pot.

The woman cried earth-shatteringly while holding the body of her youngest son who was missing a leg.

Shen Mu and Liu Shi also felt uncomfortable.After all, in the afternoon, I watched the child being snatched alive.But if it's not good, it's not bad, and Shen Mu never regretted that he didn't make a move.

Their family can be regarded as insecure. It is their luck that the refugees did not find their family. How dare they take the initiative to provoke those refugees?

Listening to the crying from next door, the mother and son fell asleep with complicated emotions.

Early the next morning, he was awakened by loud knocking on the door.Shen Mu's heart skipped a beat.It's not that he is supercilious, people are unreasonable when their emotions are out of control, and he is very worried that the neighbor will vent their anger on his own home.

"Mother, let me open the door." Shen Mu protected Liu Shi behind him.

Fortunately, when the door was opened, it was not the people from the next door, but the steward Zhong, his son, and two servants of Senior Brother Zhong's family.

Seeing that it was Shen Mu who opened the door, Butler Zhong was obviously relieved: "Brother Mu, are you all right?"

Shen Mu quickly made a silent movement, pulling him closer to the room.Four men suddenly entered the small two-room room, and it immediately became cramped. "Uncle Zhong, I'm pretending to be a man now, don't call me little brother outside."

Uncle Zhong thought so too, all the way they came, the young master was worried about whether Shen Mu, a little brother, would survive.Thinking about it, if I didn't pretend to be a man, life would be more difficult.

"Why are you here?" Shen Mu asked Uncle Zhong to sit down, and asked, "Brother Zhong's family has also moved to the county?"

"It's not." The old housekeeper sighed. "You left early, I don't know, more than half of the villages below were hit by disasters, and a small half were robbed by those who were hit by the disaster. I heard that there were flood victims from other state capitals. Not long after, the town was destroyed The refugees were captured. Our master moved to the county with his family."

Brother Shen had the foresight and moved directly to the county without even thinking about going to the town.Originally, my master also thought about it, my family has a foundation in the town, and there are many servants in the family, so I am not afraid.

But I can't stand the ants killing the elephants.In the end, I couldn't hold on anymore and moved to the county seat.At that time, it was difficult to find a house, and the location was remote, and it took four or five days to move in before it was ready.The young master thought of Shen Mu, who was also in the county, and asked them to come and have a look, and give them something.

Shen Mu was stunned for a moment: "The village... more than half were hit by disaster? What about Shenjiatun? Does Uncle Zhong know what's going on in Shenjiatun?"

Butler Zhong thought for a while: "It sounds vaguely that half of the village was buried by mudslides."

Shen Mu's face turned pale.Although they don't have any family members in the village, they still have many friends of Boss Shen, Uncle Qingshan's family, Uncle Erleng's family...

Shen Mu felt uncomfortable for a while.

The old housekeeper quickly relieved: "They may not be sure. There are many local officers and soldiers who go to serve corvee, and it is rare that they have not been captured by refugees."

Although they got some comfort, but they are fine, their family members may not be.People like Fang Shi, Shen Lin, Shen Sen, etc. don't know if they are still there. Could it be more ominous?

Thinking about it this way, going to serve the corvee is killing your life. Those who spent money to redeem the corvee and stayed in the village...

Alas, it's all life.

Seeing his ugly face, Butler Zhong quickly changed the topic: "Our young master also thought about it. You are afraid that you will not dare to go out to buy it, so you specially asked us to bring some food over."

Fortunately, Steward Zhong's son rented this house for Shen Mu, so he knew the place, so he could send some relief.

Butler Zhong brought a bag of grain and a basket of vegetables and meat. Shen Mu accepted the vegetables and meat, but refused to accept the food: "I'm not polite about vegetables and meat. I dare not go out every day. I haven't bought vegetables for seven or eight days. .But there is still food at home.”

"Brother Shen, stay here, I don't know when this day will end."

"Outside...how is it now?" Shen Mu asked, "I dare not go out, I don't know what's going on on the street for a long time."

"It's very chaotic! You must not go out." Zhong Bo said: "The county is larger than the town, and it is not easy to conquer, but the atmosphere is similar to that of the town. There are people who burn, kill and loot, and the victims have changed their lives. And food. We were almost robbed several times on the way here, but luckily there were so many people when we came out.”

Changing children to eat... Shen Mu immediately thought of the little boy whose leg was cut off yesterday.

"Our young master originally wanted to take you to live with us, but we were late in finding a house, and the place was out of the way. Yesterday, a family was robbed and burned. You live behind the yamen, so it is safer than our place." Zhong Bob stroked his beard.

"Does the yamen not care about it?" Shen Mu only felt a burst of shock.Are those things that have only been seen in history books happening around him now?

"Take care, why don't you care?" Zhong Bo said: "Our county magistrate still has something to do, but the people in the yamen are not as many as the victims of the disaster, and they have tried their best. There is no effective way to manage the victims. I hope the county magistrate will Come up with a regulation as soon as possible, otherwise the county will be in chaos sooner or later." Although it is quite chaotic now, it is all hidden, and it can be maintained on the surface.Unlike the town... Uncle Zhong recalled the situation in the town and shuddered: "If the county magistrate hadn't been strict, our master would have simply moved to another county. It's a pity that in this situation, the county magistrate It’s easy to refuse to lead the way.”

Shen Mu's heart moved: "Lu Yin?"

"Yes, if there is a way to get a guide, it would be nice to go to another state capital to hide for a while." It is a pity that the county magistrate is worried that the victims will cause chaos, so now the guide is extremely strict.Other state capitals are also on guard. They let the disaster victims go indiscriminately, and they are included in a book, which affects their political performance.

"Then what situation can lead the way?" Shen Mu asked.

Uncle Zhong was taken aback for a moment, not only did Shen Mu ask what he was doing.But he still replied: "Nowadays, they are only willing to open relatives, but they have to have evidence to prove that their relatives are in other state capitals. This proof is very difficult. Those who do business must have the deeds of real estate in other state capitals. "

Shen Mu lowered his head to think, Uncle Zhong couldn't help but said: "Brother Shen wants to lead the way?"

"En." Shen Mu thought for a while, and agreed, "I... I'm married, and my husband's family is from Xing'an County. With the marriage certificate, can I lead the way?"

"Go and try!" Uncle Zhong slapped his thigh, "What if it works? But why isn't your husband here?"

"He went home to visit relatives and said he would be back soon. My mother was ill at the time, so she didn't go with him. I didn't expect that our state capital would be in disaster just after he left." Shen Mu sighed: "But I'm afraid When he came back, I went astray with him again."

"This..." It's hard for outsiders to make up their minds about such things.Butler Zhong didn't know what to say. "Why don't you, little brother Shen, go and ask if you can lead the way, and take care of the house for you while we have someone now. You can think about whether you want to leave later."

On the contrary, if Lu Yin gets it first, the initiative is in his hands.After thanking Steward Zhong, Shen Mu took the marriage certificate and money, and Steward Zhong's son accompanied him to the county government office.

The people from the county government office were quite easy to talk to. After reading Shen Mu's marriage certificate and asking about the situation, they gave him a guide.

In fact, according to the idea of ​​the magistrate, I wish more people would leave.Even if the people left behind were not originally refugees, they would become refugees after being robbed several times by refugees.If things go on like this, there will only be more and more refugees.

Those who can leave, as long as they don't leave any excuses, the county magistrate agrees to leave.

After getting the guide, Shen Mu sent Steward Zhong and his party away, then discussed with Mrs. Liu.They now have money and guides. According to Butler Zhong, there is an escort agency in the county. It is quite safe to spend some money and go with the escort agency.

The only question is, what if the relationship with Song Bai goes wrong?

"It may not be a detour." Liu counted the days: "It is a long way from Fengshui County to Xing'an County, and it will take Xiao Song more than half a month to return to Xing'an County, and he has to wait for his mother to recover. This disease Comes like a mountain, and goes away like a thread, why can't you take care of him for a month or two? Now that he's been away for only a month, he can't come back so soon, right?"

In this way, it is true.Shen Mu was thinking about it, when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.He didn't think much about it, he just thought Uncle Zhong and the others forgot to explain something and went back, opened the door to look, but it was the woman next door.

The woman's eyes were red, and her daughter was still beside her.

Shen Mu: "..."

Woman: "..."

This woman came several times, and it was the first time she confronted Shen Mu head-on. She was also taken aback for a moment, and then immediately pushed her daughter, and the girl knelt down to Shen Mu on the spot.

Shen Mu: "..."

"What are you doing?" Shen Mu retreated to the side in a panic, but the girl grabbed the hem of his clothes and burst into tears.

The woman also cried: "I think you all know about our family, so please take pity on us and accept my daughter!"

Mrs. Liu heard the movement in the room, and hurriedly came out to pull Shen Mu and the girl away: "Big sister, what are you doing? How many times have I told you that our family can't support too many people!"

"Your family has money and food, and you have capable relatives to help, why can't you support it? Our family is so miserable, what's wrong with you pity us? Can't you do something that is easy to do! "

Today, Steward Zhong brought food, vegetables and meat, so many eyes in the neighborhood have seen it, food is nothing more than meat, now that prices are skyrocketing, who can still afford meat?

The woman cried so loudly, the girl also tugged at the hem of Shen Mu's clothes and said that she would not let go.

Shen Mu was also so angry that he raised his leg and threw it a few times, and finally threw the girl away, but the girl also fell to the ground.

"No matter what happens to our family, what does it have to do with your family? You are miserable, so I should help you? Do I owe you?" Shen Mu was also anxious, "I'll just say it, I don't like your daughter! No Love it! Don't come again!"

After finishing speaking, Shen Mu pushed hard, pushed the woman away from Mrs. Liu, and closed the door hard.

There was a few moments of silence outside, then crying and cursing broke out.

It was the daughter of that family who was crying.She was told by Shen Mu on the spot that she "didn't like it", the girl was so ashamed that she almost wanted to die, she covered her face and cried without raising her head.

Scolding is the woman scolding.

In her heart, it was true that her family was miserable, so she should be taken care of.Being suddenly pointed out by Shen Mu, it is inevitable that some embarrassment will turn into anger.In addition to the pain in his heart that his son died yesterday, he vented it all at Shen Mu's house.

It was also because Liu Shi had been rejecting them all the time before, but his attitude was very good, which gave them the illusion that there was still hope.

It was very difficult to accept such a clear rejection now.

Listening to the crying outside, Mrs. Liu sighed: "He is also a poor person. Even this poor person has something to hate." Then he said to Shen Mu: "You just said so harshly, they should hate our family."

"Let's do whatever they want! If you don't hear it once and don't listen twice, are your ears stuffed with donkey hair? Love hate hate, I'm afraid they won't do it!" Shen Mu was stimulated by this, and he made up his mind: "Let's pack up our things and go to the Escort Bureau tomorrow."

There is no need for the original move when fleeing from famine.I only pack the money and clothes, and I have to give up the rest no matter how reluctant I am.Today, Mrs. Liu's vegetables and meats brought by Butler Zhong filled the whole table, and the mother and son haven't had a proper meal for quite a while, and they ate a lot.

"It's a pity, if I knew that Uncle Zhong wouldn't leave the food today, we wouldn't be able to take it with us on the way." Shen Mu looked at the two bags of food left at home, feeling heartbroken.

Mrs. Liu looked at him and laughed: "Well, let's work harder at night, bake all the food into cakes, and take it as dry food on the road. The rice is difficult to deal with, but fortunately there are not many."

"The rice is all steamed, we ate it when we worked at night!" Shen Mu was not willing to waste it at all.

A lot of cakes were baked overnight, and they were packed in a bag, a big bulging bag.Shen Mu was worried again: "Walking on the road, it's hard not to be robbed."

Uncle Zhong and the others were carrying rice grains yesterday, so many people were almost robbed.

Just as he was thinking, there was another knock on the door.Shen Mu was so excited this time, he looked through the window first, fearing that it might be someone from the next door who came to haunt him again.

Fortunately not. "Senior Brother Zhong!" Shen Mu was excited.Outside the door was Senior Brother Zhong leading the housekeeper and several servants, and driving a carriage.This is all right, don't be afraid of being robbed!

"Why are you here? It wasn't Butler Zhong who came here yesterday." Shen Mu opened the door to greet them.

"Uncle Zhong told me when I went back yesterday. I heard that you plan to go to Xing'an County to see you." To be precise, Senior Brother Zhong advised him to leave as soon as possible. , I knew that Shen Mu had already made a decision, and I was late. "Are you leaving soon?"

"Well, I was still thinking just now, my mother and I went to the escort agency with so many things, and we would probably be robbed. Fortunately, you are here." Shen Mu smiled.

Senior Brother Zhong also laughed: "Isn't this a coincidence." He looked at Shen Mu for a while: "Uncle Zhong told me that you were disguised as a man. .”

With Brother Zhong's carriage, things are much easier.All the belongings were loaded into the carriage and taken directly to the Escort Bureau.

There was no need for Shen Mu to come forward, butler Zhong went directly to negotiate the price and escorted them to Xing'an County. Liu Shi and Shen Mu had a lot of property and needed to rent a carriage.The Escort Bureau will allocate a coachman for 15 taels of silver.

If you put your belongings in the cart of the Escort Bureau, and Shen Mu and Liu Shi ride in a carriage with others, you can save some money, as long as ten taels of silver.

Because of the neighbor's matter, Shen Mu and Liu Shi didn't want to deal with others anymore, and Shen Mu pretended to be a man, afraid of revealing his identity, so he gritted his teeth and spent an extra five taels of money to rent a carriage.

It's a pity that there is no convoy leaving today, and there is only one team going to Xing'an County the next morning.Because Shen Mu hated the neighbor's family and was afraid that they would be misleading again, he didn't want to go back, so he spent a hundred coins to live in the backyard of the escort agency.

There are two other families in the backyard of the Escort, and they are also waiting to set off together the day after tomorrow.Shen Mu and Liu remained aloof, and hid in their room without saying hello.

Early the next morning, the convoy set off, and Shen Mu began his journey of searching for a husband for thousands of miles.

It is not false to say that I am looking for a husband from a thousand miles away.Although they are two adjacent state capitals, the distance between them is not too close, and there are six or seven counties separated.Song Bai had told him before that Yue Mo looked like a hundred miles away.There are quite a few people in their team. In addition to the three families who lived in the backyard before, six families, two bachelors, and an old woman came that morning.A group of people is connected with the goods, and it is almost enough to walk sixty or seventy miles a day.