I spent the entire afternoon worrying whether it would rain or not.

There is a big hole in the courtyard wall of my house. I am not afraid of water accumulation in the yard, but I am afraid that the house will collapse.

With Li Yunshan at home, she didn't worry as much as last night, but she didn't sleep well either, waking up every now and then. Until Tianma dawn, the sound of rain became quieter, and the rooster in the backyard began to crow.

Mao Xiaosui was sleepy and energetic, and finally couldn't lie down anymore, so he crossed Li Yunshan and got off the kang.

She went to a hut first, and when she entered the room, she saw Li Yunshan also sitting up.

Seeing that he was still asleep and his voice was hoarse, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Go up to the hut."

After hearing this, Li Yunshan lay down and fell asleep again.

Mao Xiaosui also went up and lay down for a while, then got up again after listening to the noise in the village. He first went to the kitchen to cook porridge, and then took a basin to pick vegetables.

I habitually stood on the edge of the wall and glanced down. The part of the Wang family's side house collapsed again, but the most lively one was the village chief's house.

Liu Yun cried out that she was not alive anymore, so she guessed that the house had collapsed just like Li Yunshan said, but she looked like there was no problem and she didn't know where it had collapsed.

She turned around when she heard the noise behind her. Li Yunshan stood at the door of the main room and asked in shock, "Is it the second grandma's voice?"

Mao Xiaosui said "Yeah" and entered the house with a basin, "Didn't you say before that the second grandma's house collapsed and she was crying?"

Li Yunshan nodded.

She washed the vegetables with water from under the eaves and then fried them.

After dinner, the rain stopped completely, but the sky was still cloudy.

Everyone in the village came out. One family asked that family if the house had collapsed, and the other family asked if the house of this family had collapsed. Then they cried and complained that they had no income this year...

After listening to it for a while, Mao Xiaosui went to shovel the collapsed courtyard wall with Li Yunshan, and he couldn't help but muttered, "I'm afraid our family will suffer the most in the field this year."

Li Yunshan said, "If you blame me, I have to grow wheat."

Mao Xiaosui laughed, "Our family is not starving yet, so there is nothing to complain about."

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It was cloudy for two days and cleared on the third day. The Wang family moved a ladder and used mud to plaster the collapsed wall.

Li Yunshan stared at it for a while and said, "It looks like it was pressed down. In fact, they shouldn't have repaired it. They should have taken off the tiles and rebuilt them when the weather was warm."

Mao Xiaosui wondered, "The Wang family's house was built not long ago. Why did it collapse so quickly?"

Li Yunshan shook his head, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be done. Maybe it's not built well and the people in the village are poor. If they build bricks and tiles like the people in the county, their lifespan will be longer."

Mao Xiaosui immediately became happy when he heard this, "Poverty aside, what you said makes sense."

"..."

It was still early, and the road was very muddy. It was not until after lunch that the ground was dry and dry that Li Yunshan went to the fields to look at the grain.

Li Lianxin listened to the movement and asked her, "How is your house?"

Mao Xiaosui replied, "The courtyard wall collapsed. Where is your home?"

"The food room leaked and I never noticed it."

"is it serious?"

"Three bags of beans were soaked in water." He asked her again, "Did Li Yunshan go to the fields?"

Mao Xiaosui said "Yeah" and asked, "Do you still want to eat the beans?"

"We need something to eat." Li Lianxin sighed, "Three bags of beans can last for a year."

"Isn't it good? Will I get sick from eating it?"

"I would rather get sick from eating than starve to death." Li Lianxin said, "Okay, I'll go get busy, and you should get busy too."

Mao Xiaosui thought for a while and decided to forget it. The poor had no food to waste, and he didn't pay for it himself, so he didn't say those unnecessary words.

It had been raining for a few days and the two children were exhausted. They were treading water in the small pit in front of the door. Mao Xiaosui said nothing, but it was no use. He went to the backyard to sweep the circle and dumped it. The beans helped him up. While she was grinding and grinding, Li Yunshan was already back.

Mao Xiaosui hurriedly asked, "Is there any more?"

“It feels like it’s gone.” Li Yunshan said, “Not only our wheat, but also the millet from other families is not much better, it’s all buried in the ground.”

"That's it." Mao Xiaosui frowned, "I feel like the threshold of our home is about to be trampled, and we won't dare to leave the door in the future." With the temperament of the villagers, they must cry for money and borrow money.

Li Yunshan suggested, "Why don't we just move?"

"Just ignore the land at home? The same goes for the house. I'm afraid I won't be able to live in it after it's lost."

"What do you mean?" Li Yunshan stared at her.

"I just feel a little bit sad and reluctant to move suddenly. This was our plan from the beginning, but it was just brought forward."

Li Yunshan thought it would be better to move ahead of time. After all, this year's food was already gone, so he might as well just move there. Then he would live his own life and no one would be able to trouble him.

"When the wall is finished, I'll go take a look while I'm not busy." Li Yunshan asked again, "Is it still the same shop as before?"

"That shop is pretty good. The backyard...I'll find a way to clean it up and build a pavilion later. It'll be great for drinking tea. As for the courtyard where people can live, I'd better find a more spacious one, especially the kitchen."

"Okay." Li Yunshan nodded. "The wall will be built tomorrow. It will be completed in a day or two. I will go see the house then."

The decision to move was made in such a haphazard manner. Mao Xiaosui was a little reluctant to give up, but more importantly he was looking forward to his future life.

The next day they started shoveling dirt and mud building the wall.

The gap is not big, it won't take two days, just one day.

After cleaning up Li Yunshan, he left. Mao Xiaosui left Heizi to guard the house and took his two children to cut grass and see him off.

When we were going downhill, we saw that most of the villagers were squatting at the intersection. A few days had passed, and they still had not recovered from the shock of running out of food, and they all looked sad.

I heard Qi Shu ask Li Yunshan, "How is your wheat this year?"

"No more." Li Yunshan kept walking.

Immediately afterwards, Li Kangyong said, "You still worry about other people, but his family is the only one rich in the village."

The two of them just pretended not to hear, and their steps quickened a lot.

Then I heard Li Kangyong yell, "The village has suffered a disaster this year. Since your family is rich, do you have to be in harmony with the villagers?"

Li Yunshan glanced at him and replied calmly, "Disaster relief is a matter of the imperial court. When will it be under my control?"

As soon as the disaster relief was mentioned, everyone started to discuss it. They all had one question: "If all the food is gone this year, will the court take care of it..."

After walking far away, Li Yunshan also asked her, "Do you think you will take care of it?"

Mao Xiaosui said leisurely, "If this kind of thing doesn't cause big turmoil, such as victims rioting and leaving their hometowns... the control may be very small. It's not like people will starve to death. At most, life will be a little difficult." .”

"After all, the wool comes from the sheep. Once the treasury is empty, there will most likely be a tax increase. Rather than increasing taxes, isn't it better to do nothing?"

Li Yunshan nodded, "The wool comes from the sheep... How can you come up with such weird rhetoric?"

Mao Xiaosui laughed, "Just tell me if it makes sense?"

Li Yunshan smiled helplessly and said, "I'm leaving. You should go back early after you finish your work." Because of Li Ruyi's dislike last time, Li Yunshan specially touched the heads of the two children. "Daddy is gone. Do you know this well?" .”

Li Ruyi suddenly smiled and narrowed her eyes, "I know, dad will be back soon."

Li Yunshan then looked at Mao Xiaosui again, "I'll be back soon."

"I know, let's go." Mao Xiaosui smiled at him.

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