The happy little days of the Ye family

After arranging the things in the house, Chen Xiaoyun asked Wang Duoduo to light a fire in the kitchen and cook some sweet potatoes in a clay pot issued by the government.

Although there are still 8 corn buns sent by Ye Mu at home, these corn buns are considered a fine grain, and Chen Xiaoyun is reluctant to finish them in one meal.

I only took two steamed buns for Wang Duoduo to heat up with the sweet potatoes, and kept the rest to eat slowly.

While Wang Duoduo was cooking sweet potatoes in the kitchen, Chen Xiaoyun counted his money.

Wang Duoduo was still young, and Chen Xiaoyun was afraid that the child would spill the beans, so he deliberately kept her away.

In addition to the 4 taels of resettlement fee issued by the government, Chen Xiaoyun also had several taels of silver that he had saved before fleeing the famine.

Chen Xiaoyun counted the valuable things on his body and found that he currently had a total of nine taels of silver and a silver hairpin. This was the entire net worth of the mother and daughter.

The village chief said that this house will be lent to them for free this year.

If you want to continue living in the village after the new year, you will have to pay rent in the village, and the rent will be 60 cents per month.

Chen Xiaoyun wanted to buy the house. Although the house was not big, it was still a place to stay.

However, this house is not cheap. Chen Xiaoyun has already asked the village chief that this house costs 7 taels of silver.

The yard plus the house are a total of five cents in size, and this homestead alone is worth five taels of silver.

Although this house is dilapidated and old, the courtyard walls and doors are new. The labor and materials needed to build the walls and doors alone cost more than two taels of silver.

This house costs seven taels of silver, and the village chief really didn't charge her more. If it weren't for the fact that they were orphans and widowed mothers, this house would have cost at least eight taels of silver.

Although Chen Xiaoyun could use the money, the mother and daughter only had 9 taels of silver left. Now that they had not found a way to make a living, Chen Xiaoyun did not dare to spend even half of the money.

Chen Xiaoyun didn't dare to touch the nine taels of silver. He wanted to save some more money and buy the yard next year.

Although the yard in front is not big, there are only two people living there, the mother and daughter, so it seems a bit empty.

Seeing that it was still early, Chen Xiaoyun borrowed a hoe from the neighbor next door and took Wang Duoduo to dig the ground in the yard.

Chen Xiaoyun was digging the ground in front, while Wang Duoduo, carrying a small and worn basket, followed Chen Xiaoyun to pick up stones and grass roots.

The mother and daughter have no land, so they can only plant a crop of sweet potatoes in the yard. When there is a harvest at the end of the year, at least the mother and daughter will not go hungry next year.

When Chen Xiaoyun saw that the woman in the village had brought vegetables to grow, she originally wanted to plant some vegetables. After thinking about it for a while, she finally decided to plant all sweet potatoes.

She can dig wild vegetables in the mountains. The yard is not big, and even planting sweet potatoes may not be enough for the mother and daughter.

If they grow vegetables again, the two of them will definitely go hungry next year.

Chen Xiaoyun used to make handkerchiefs and purses and sell them in embroidery workshops. She plans to improve her hands first and then continue making embroidery products in exchange for money.

Although the income is not much, it should be able to support the mother and daughter.

For Chen Xiaoyun, the village chief's wife brought people over to help with cleaning, while for the Wang family, the village chief brought people over to help.

The house chosen by the Wang family and his son is at the foot of the back mountain. The house is larger than Chen Xiaoyun's house at the head of the village.

According to the deed of the house, it is the size of a 7-cent lot. It has four rooms, a hall and three rooms for sleeping. In addition, there is also a small room with a kitchen and a bath.

The courtyard is about the same size as Chen Xiaoyun's house, and the courtyard walls are also built very high.

This house is newer and larger than the Chen family at the end of the village. It costs 12 taels of silver.

Wang Shitou has money and has already bought the house. From now on, this place will be the home of his father and son.

A group of people first repaired the roof and then cleared the weeds in the yard one by one.

Just like Chen Xiaoyun's side, people in the village more or less sent some practical things, most of which were food.

The village chief knew that the Wang family and his son wanted to be hunters, so he specifically mentioned:

"Most of the mountains near the village have been bought by the villagers, but the back mountain next door is owned by the public."

"The mountains are rich in products. There are a lot of wild vegetables, wild fruits and sweet potatoes. You can pick these things at will. In addition, there are also a lot of small animals such as pheasants and hares on the mountains."

"If you want to hunt, you can go to the mountains behind Bamboo Stone Mountain. However, there are wild boars and wolves in those mountains, which will be more dangerous."

Wang Xiaoshan had just gone to the back mountain for a tour. There were indeed many small animals on the mountain, but there were also many people. In fact, he still wanted to go hunting in the mountains.

Seeing that Wang Xiaoshan was very interested in going to the mountains to show off his talents, the village chief said kindly:

"You have just arrived and are not familiar with it. It is best not to go hunting in the mountains. First, follow the hunters in the village to familiarize yourself with the conditions in the mountains, and then you can make plans later."

The village chief was very responsible and told the Wang family and his son everything that needed attention.

Wang Shitou originally planned to continue to be a hunter, but he didn't expect that the nearby mountains had been bought by the villagers, and there were not many places for hunting.

"Village Chief, I wonder if anyone in the village wants to sell their land now?"

Wang Shitou originally came from a prosperous family, and he was a hunter with good skills before, so he had a lot of money hidden in his body.

The father and son finally survived. Wang Shitou was not willing to risk going into the mountains to hunt, so he thought it would be better to buy some fields.

The village chief originally thought that these refugees were all impoverished, but he did not expect that they still had money to buy land.

But there is money, but there is no land to sell in the village. "You also know that fields are the lifeblood of our farmers, and there is basically no land for sale in the village."

The village chief thought, even if there was one, it would not be the Wang family’s turn. How many people in the village were queuing up to buy land.

Wang Shitou was a little disappointed and continued to ask: "What about the wasteland? Can we buy the wasteland to open up wasteland?"

The village chief shook his head, "You're too late. We in Weihai County encourage land reclamation. Barren hills are tax-free for five years and wasteland is tax-free for three years. Most of the barren hills and wasteland in the village have been bought by the villagers."

"Nowadays, the only wasteland left in the village is some places in the corners that are difficult to open up. If you are interested, I will take you to have a look later."

"Thank you, village chief. Do you think it will be inconvenient tomorrow? We, father and son, can't sit back and wait for landslides." Wang Shitou doesn't mind even if it is a corner that is difficult to open up wasteland.

He was lucky to be able to survive and settle down in Taohua Village. Wang Shitou believed that surviving a catastrophe would lead to good fortune in the future.

Seeing that the Wang family and his son were relatively progressive, the village chief felt very relieved and wanted to give them a hand.

The village chief felt that the Wang family and his son were relatively practical, and suggested to Wang Shitou:

"If there is no suitable land, you can also do temporary work in the village."

The father and son's eyes lit up when they heard that they could work part-time in the village.

"People in the village are busy clearing land this year. There should be many people who need help. The next one is the autumn harvest, and we will definitely hire temporary workers by then."

"In addition, people in the village planted a lot of honeysuckle and jujube trees on the mountain. The flowering period of the honeysuckle has passed, but there are still jujube trees on the mountain."

"After the autumn harvest, the dates on the mountain will also be picked. You, father and son, are in good health, so you can go and help pick the dates."

Wang Shitou originally thought that Taohua Village was just an ordinary small village, and he didn't feel much about being arranged to settle here.

After listening to what the village said, he felt that the village chief was a capable person and the future development of the village would definitely be good.

By chance, unexpectedly, the father and son settled in a good place.

The village chief had already said what he wanted to say. Seeing that the house was still in a mess, he didn't linger much and asked the father and son to clean up quickly.