The happy little days of the Ye family

Because Tang Xiaojing patrolled in the middle of the night, the Ye family deliberately moved up the dinner time.

When Mr. Ye returned home, Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing had already prepared the meal and were waiting for Mr. Ye to come back for dinner.

The government has taken action to resolve the issue of refugees. To celebrate Ye Mu's celebration, she specially cooked a table of meals today.

Although there is no fresh meat at home, we still raise chickens and ducks.

Mother Ye killed a fat and tender hen and made stewed chicken with mushrooms and bamboo shoots.

In addition, Ye Mu also made fried cabbage hearts with bacon, stir-fried lettuce and cold beans.

The loofahs in the small vegetable garden have been growing very fast recently, and Mother Ye makes a loofah and egg soup almost every day.

There are four dishes and one soup, including bacon and chicken. This food is unmatched not only in the village, but also in the town.

As soon as the lid of the stewed chicken with mushrooms and bamboo shoots was opened, the whole house was filled with fragrance. Rhubarb and Xiaohuang were squealing greedily with a few puppies under the table.

Snowball especially liked to act coquettishly, rubbing against Ye Qingqing's feet, and tilting his little head to look at Ye Qingqing with big watery eyes.

Ye Qingqing's heart was melted by the little guy. He picked up a little bit of rice with chopsticks and put it in front of the snowball. When the little guy smelled the taste, he hummed happily again.

It would be a pity not to drink some wine with such a good meal. Mr. Ye turned back to the house and took out a small and half bottle of rice wine.

Mr. Ye, Tang Shan and Father Ye were living a happy life while drinking wine and eating delicious food.

Mr. Ye took another sip of wine and suddenly said, "I want to buy the empty homestead in front of the door."

Mrs. Ye looked at Mr. Ye in surprise, "Why do you suddenly want to buy a homestead?"

"There are eight rooms in the house. Even if Donglin and Xilin get married in the future, they will still be able to live in them."

Mr. Ye explained: "The weather has been good in recent years, and every household in the village has several children. Nowadays, the housing land in the village is becoming increasingly tight."

"We are already on the outskirts of the village. Anyone who wants to build a house in the future will have to come here to buy a homestead."

“Let’s buy the homestead in front of us now to avoid being unable to buy it later.”

Father Ye feels that the tree has big branches and the family will be separated sooner or later when the children grow up, so it is okay to prepare the homestead in advance.

The two homesteads are connected, and the Tang family is also behind them. The three children live close to each other, and it will be nice to have someone to take care of them in the future. They can also help if anything happens.

Mr. Ye thought for a while and finally told the story that there might be refugees settling in Taohua Village.

"I heard from the village chief that there are at least 7000 or [-] refugees in this group. With so many people, the villages near the county seat will definitely not be able to accommodate them."

"Although our place is relatively far from the county, there are many fields. The village chief and I feel that the county will definitely arrange for people to come and settle here."

"Think about it, the three vacant houses in the village are small and dilapidated, and you won't be able to live in them for long. We still need to buy land to build houses in the interim."

"There are no homesteads anywhere else, so those refugees will just be our neighbors."

The people in the village are quite xenophobic. The main reason for this xenophobia is that they don’t know the character of the newly moved people. People in the village don’t dare to trust these refugees easily.

Father Ye said: "When Donglin and Xilin grow up, they will be divided sooner or later. It would be better to buy the homestead earlier."

Although Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye didn't want to talk about the topic of family separation, they agreed after seeing that Ye's father agreed.

After all, this location is really good. The Ye family, the new homestead and the Tang family are all connected together. The three children live close to each other and will have someone to take care of them in the future.

Mr. Ye made a decision directly, "Then I will go and tell the village chief tomorrow morning that I want to buy the homestead next door."

"But now the county and the government are in a mess. If we go to apply for the land deed, no one will pay attention to us."

Mr. Ye took another sip of wine and said, "I'll tell the village chief first that our family wants the homestead next door. After all the refugees in the county are settled, we can go to the county to apply for the land deed."

The village chief was indeed right. When Tang Xiaojing was patrolling at night, he caught two more refugees in the straw pile.

The two are father and son. The eldest is Wang Shitou, 32 years old, and the younger is Wang Xiaoshan, 14 years old.

A family of more than a dozen people fled the famine, and in the end only the father and son made it to Taohua Village.

Tang Xiaojing tied the two of them up and brought them to the ancestral hall for placement.

On the way, Tang Xiaojing told his father and son that the county government would arrange for them to settle down, and asked them to go to the county to register early tomorrow morning.

The father and son knew that they could settle here, and each of them would get a resettlement house worth 2 taels of silver. It felt like they were dreaming.

The two bumped into each other in perfect agreement. It hurt, not a dream.

The two were very happy and were still giggling when Tang Xiaojing was sent to the ancestral hall.

In the afternoon of the next day, as expected, some officials brought good refugees to Taohua Village to settle down.

When a refugee wanted to settle in the village, everyone in the village rushed to the entrance of the village to watch.

At this time, Tang Xiaojing just woke up and went to the entrance of the village with Ye Qingqing to watch the excitement.

When I went to the village entrance, I saw that they were all old acquaintances.

The officer brought a total of 4 people over. These people were the mother and daughter who were caught first and the father and son who were caught by Tang Xiaojing last night.

In fact, the mother and daughter took the initiative to settle in Taohua Village.

The woman's name is Chen Xiaoyun, she is 28 years old this year, and she has a daughter named Wang Duoduo, who is nine years old this year.

There were originally several members of their family, but some died of hunger and some died of illness while fleeing the famine. Now only the mother and daughter are left to depend on each other.

The world is harsh on women, and Chen Xiaoyun knows that mother and daughter are easily bullied wherever they go.

Chen Xiaoyun is a smart man. The mother and daughter have stayed in Taohua Village and know that the village chief is a sensible person and that the atmosphere in the village is very good.

Chen Xiaoyun thought this village was good, so he bribed the assigned official to settle the mother and daughter in Taohua Village.

The government felt that although Taohua Village was a bit far away, there were many fields in the village and life was good, so they agreed to settle the two people in Taohua Village.

As for the Wang family father and son, they were the last ones to come over. It happened that Chen Xiaoyun's mother and daughter were going to Taohua Village, so they were sent to Taohua Village to settle down together.

Two official messengers handed the four refugees to the village chief, and then took the other refugees to settle in other villages.

The county magistrate was kind-hearted. In addition to the resettlement fee of 5 taels per person, he also distributed [-] kilograms of grain to each person, and each household was given a clay pot that can boil water for cooking.

The village chief took the four people around the village to learn about the environment of Taohua Village, and then went to see the three idle houses in the village.

"These three houses are all vacant houses in the village and can be borrowed by you temporarily."

Several people finally calmed down when they heard the village chief say that he could lend them an empty house to live in.

With a place to live and hands and feet, they can live a good life no matter what.

The Wang family and his son had learned hunting from an old hunter and planned to make a living from hunting in the future, so they asked for the old house at the foot of Xiaohou Mountain.

Chen Xiaoyun's mother and daughter chose the small house with only two rooms at the end of the village.

After settling on a place to live, the village chief found seven or eight strong men to help the two families repair their houses. At least the roofs needed to be repaired.

In addition, the village chief's wife also took a group of women to two houses to help clean them.

Although the people in the village are xenophobic, these people have already settled in Peach Blossom Village and will become the people of Peach Blossom Village from now on.

Therefore, they are quite enthusiastic. Your family will send two handfuls of vegetables, and my family will send a pound of cornmeal. Every household has sent some practical things, filling the kitchens of both families.

Ye Mu thought that the two families had just moved in and there must be no cooking utensils in the kitchen, so she directly steamed a basket of corn buns and sent them to each family.

In this way, the two families settled down in Taohua Village, and they became the villagers of Taohua Village from now on.