After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

Early the next morning, Mrs. Lu spared Mr. Huang the task of making breakfast, and finally made an exception and allowed Mr. Huang to take away four bowls of mushroom paste.

Mrs. Wu couldn't stand it. She obviously only had three mouths. Why did her mother-in-law give her four bowls of paste? In the end, she still had more than enough, but didn't she stop eating? You know where you can get an extra bowl.

This made Mrs. Wu very angry. Her husband was weak and he should have eaten more. But when she saw Mrs. Lu deliberately favoring her second wife, she didn’t dare to say anything. She could only hold her nose and admit it. Who is called Lu? Shi is her mother-in-law. It would be unfilial to disobey her mother-in-law.

Lu: "..."

I deliberately did more this morning, but I can't let Pianhen go hungry. The child is growing.

Huang felt at ease with Lu's favoritism and silently accepted it.

Two days later, everyone in Hujia Village finally arrived outside the city gate of Xijun Fucheng and joined the wave of refugees waiting here.

Outside the city gate, there was a sea of ​​people, crowded and noisy.

Everyone's faces were filled with tension and solemnity, and the atmosphere was heavy.

The weather is so hot, why does it feel like it jumped from early spring to early summer all of a sudden? It's not too much, and it's a bit difficult to adapt to.

Anxiety is spreading.

There are many refugees who have come here. I heard that there were more than just these people, and some of the refugees who arrived earlier have been separated and gone to their final destination.

The refugees stranded outside the city gate are refugees waiting to be separated.

Now that they have arrived at the place, the Hu clan chief and the village chief discussed how to find a few more people to ask the officials together. What will be the next regulations?

The crowds were crowded and there was no place to stay. It was never an issue to stay outside the city gate. They discussed it over and over again and settled on a few highly respected clan elders in the village. Old Hutou was listed by the clan leader without knowing it. Enter the category of elders.

Old Hutou was naturally overjoyed when he saw the patriarch and village chief bringing five old friends from the village. With four ginseng in his hand, he felt confident and quickly realized that he was already a "prominent" figure in Hujia Village. He immediately agreed to this fact. He happily took out the household registration booklet at home and followed the clan leader and village chief to discuss it with the officers and soldiers. He waved his pipe and walked with his back and waist no longer hunched. , his back was straight, as if he was more than ten years younger.

The official at the gate of Xijun City heard about the intention of the Hu clan chief and the village chief, and knew that another group of refugees had arrived, so he let the chief and other eight people enter the city.

The person sitting at the gate of the city to receive the refugees was Mr. Min, the magistrate of Xijun Prefecture.

Mr. Min was sitting in the duty room at the gate of the city. Behind him stood Mr. Jiang, and at the desk next to him sat Master Lin, who was responsible for registering the number of refugees this time.

The clan leader and his party entered the duty room. They first saluted Lord Min and then explained their purpose. Lord Min looked at the clan leader and his party of eight sideways, without checking whether they had any credentials? Is what you said true? Instead, let them go directly to Master Lin.

Only then did the eight members of the clan leader move cautiously in front of Master Lin and looked at Master Lin intently.

Eight people suddenly appeared in front of the case. Mr. Lin didn't even raise his head. He picked up the pen directly, pretending to take notes, and asked a series of questions coldly: "Where are they from? Do you have any credentials? How many are there in total?" Households? The ugly talk comes first, whoever is assigned counts. No objections are allowed, and no trouble is allowed. Otherwise, they will all be sent to prison and served with severe punishment. We, the magistrate, know that you are kind-hearted, treat refugees kindly, and treat refugees like Parents and children, each family will be given two acres of second-grade land and fifty acres of wasteland, a bushel of seeds, and three years of tax exemption. Once you have been assigned to where you want to go, set off on the road immediately without delay. There is still time to sow seeds, although you cannot plant two crops. But you can still get a crop of millet during the autumn harvest..."

The clan leader and his group were bewildered by the overwhelming number of questions thrown at them.

Wait, can you say that again? I was too nervous to hear clearly.

Also, which question do you want them to answer first?

After all, the village chief is more philistine than the clan chief, and he is more knowledgeable. He used to go to the town to meet with the county magistrate. For matters such as buying land, building houses, dividing families, etc., the village chief would take people to the government office to have the red seal stamped. Yes, he is better at dealing with superiors than the clan leader.

The village chief immediately took out the voucher and handed it to Master Lin with a smile on his face. Master Lin received the voucher but did not check it. He took it and copied it directly. When he saw that the people in front of him were refugees from the Hu family in Beining Town, Tuocheng City, He said directly: "The people from Beining Town are all in the Xiufeng Village area under the jurisdiction of Yushan County. How many families are there in total?"

"This..." How many households are there in the village now? The village chief couldn't tell for a while.

On the way to escape, many families got separated, and another family joined them, namely Old Hutou's in-laws. How to report the number of households?

On the side, Capt. Jiang saw that these old men were not ready, so he came looking for them. Wouldn't it delay things? Out of good intentions, he reminded me aloud: "There are many of you here. Think carefully about how many of you there are and count them quickly. It will take you a cup of tea. If you can't count, come back tomorrow. There are still people waiting behind you." .”

Hearing Jiang Putou say that if he couldn't report the number of households today, he would have to come tomorrow, but that wouldn't work. The village chief nodded and bowed to Mr. Min and Jiang Putou for a while: "Master, okay, okay, wait a moment."

After saying that, he turned back to discuss with the clan leader and the six people who came with him. It was just like what Jiang Putou said. Fortunately, there were so many people here, otherwise he would have to stay outside the city for one more night.

The clan leader was also anxious at this time. He didn't want to stay here for one more night, so he took out the Hu family genealogy he carried with him, looked through it, and muttered something.

How many families have been separated? Let’s not report which families are leaving the team. We won’t tell them until they arrive later. Let’s get over the current situation first.

The other five people also began to gather together to make a total.

When Old Hutou heard what Mr. Lin said, "Each family can be allocated two acres of inferior land, fifty acres of wasteland, one bushel of seeds, and three years of tax exemption." He immediately started to think about it and pondered. After a while, he felt that after dividing the family from one to three, he would be able to get two more shares of land and seeds. For such a cost-effective thing, why not divide the family now?

Old Hutou is very careful with his budget and knows how to live a good life, but he is also afraid of poverty. Even if he has four ginseng sticks in his hand and his future life is guaranteed, he is very willing to divide his family if he can get more land. The three sons are still his sons, and they still have to respect him and listen to him.

In his mind, dividing the family is the same as not dividing the family.

He had three sons. After the family was divided, he lived with his younger son's family. In this way, he could be allocated four more acres of inferior land, one hundred acres of wasteland and two bushels of seeds.

It would be great to have so much extra money. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was time to separate the family.

Thinking like this, Lao Hutou couldn't help but want to separate the family.

He leaned close to the patriarch's ear and whispered: "Captain, my family split up on the way here. Please give my three sons to three families. I will live with the younger son."

When the patriarch heard this, he wondered why Lao Hutou mentioned that the family had been divided at this time. He also thought in his mind, why not divide the family now, so as to gain more for his sons? One thing is that although two of them have been captured, the only son who has not been captured is a scholar, and his grandson Hu Hubai is also very impressive. He is already a child. Otherwise, he may not be able to maintain his position as the leader of the clan.

The other five people who gathered together also thought the same. We are not fools. We are smart and can share more. Even if it is wasteland, it is still land. In the past, the surrounding wasteland of Hujia Village had been cultivated for several generations. It’s over, there’s no land left to farm, and many families are tenants of wealthy businessmen Hu.