At the beginning, I beat Lazy, and the host is cruel.

"This place will be called Shidang Village from now on. People from your village happen to live together. This village has been deserted before. Some of the houses are dilapidated. You can repair them yourself. At least you will have a place to live in winter."

A chubby official led everyone to Novice Village.

"Excuse me, Mr. Guan. When our village is settled, I must treat you to a simple meal." Li Zheng followed the official with a smile and said politely.

After escaping from famine all the way, many people have been lost in the village, so it would be nice to have a place to live.

"You're too polite, don't call us official, we are just small government servants."

"You guys settle in well. If you don't understand anything, you can come to us at the Yamen. By the way, you are the mayor of this village, right?"

A tall and thin government official asked.

Li Zheng nodded, "I am Li Zheng from Shidang Village."

"Well, the county magistrate has said that from now on you will still be the mayor of Shidang Village. If anything happens, you can go to the Yamen to find us."

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk. What do you call me?"

"open."

"king."

"You guys should settle down well. We'll go back to the Yamen first to report."

"Guan Ye Zhang and Guan Ye Wang have worked hard today, please go slowly."

After the two official messengers dropped off the villagers, they left after saying a few words without delaying the villagers to clean up.

Li Zheng followed behind, thanked him repeatedly, and sent him out of the village. He quietly stuffed two taels of silver into the palm of the official's hand, and then, at the urging of the official, he turned around and returned to the village with a smile.

This village is really a very nice place, with mountains and water, and it's close to the town.

The most important thing is that this is an empty village, so there is no difficulty in getting along with the villagers. They are all our own people, so they are naturally easy to get along with.

Li Zheng took the villagers to visit the village. There was a medium-sized river in front of the village, flowing slowly...

Behind the village are several connected mountains, lush and full of life.

There are large areas of land and fertile fields on both sides of the river, but the fields are all empty.

The people from Shidang Village, led by Li Zheng, walked into the village.

After escaping for so long, the tranquility and beauty here aroused people in the village to yearn for it. Everyone quietly enjoyed this moment without saying a word.

At the end of summer, I looked at this idyllic and beautiful little village and felt very satisfied. It was great to finally be able to settle down.

Li Zheng counted the existing houses in the village, and then the villagers drew lots to decide. This is fair.

None of the villagers had any objections, and soon everyone found their own house according to the results of the lot.

Because the number of houses is limited, several small families stay together. When the village settles down, they slowly build houses together and then separate.

Naturally, Xia Mo and Aunt Shi got together. No one asked Song Laicai for his opinion. The two families stayed together. Xia Mo went to draw lots and the house he got was pretty good, a small farmhouse with four rooms.

Or it could be that Song Lai was very wealthy and Xia had deliberately left him behind several times along the way, but he could catch up every time when he was waiting for a break.

If they don't give him food or drink, he will cheat Aunt Shi's silly son to get food and drink from his hands.

Although he was as skinny as a skeleton, he still survived.

Xia Mo and Aunt Shi lived in the east and west wings of the main house. Xia Mo lived with his eldest daughter and Erniu, and Aunt Shi lived with Granny Shi.

There are two smaller houses next to them, one is where Song Laicai and Xiaobao live, and the other is where Tiedan lives.

The two families packed up together and quickly cleaned the room.

When I went to bed at night, I discovered in late summer that the roof of the thatched house had some light leaking through it. If it rained or snowed, it would definitely have leaked, and all the roofs would have to be repaired the next day.

The next day, early in the morning, the genius was slightly bright, and the villagers of Xinshidang Village got busy.

The entire village is full of shabby houses that need to be repaired. Although they look uncomfortable and shabby, at least they have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It is better than sleeping in the open on the road.

Just looking at the dilapidated village and thinking of the former Shidang Village, I can't help but feel a little sour in my heart.

Everyone got busy in silence. Li Zheng took a few strong men in the village who knew how to mend roofs, and went from house to house to help mend roofs, repair courtyard doors, and mend fences.

Women and children weeded weeding, scrubbing scrubbing.

In the north, people sleep in fire pits, but in this southern city, people sleep on wooden boards, and it’s extremely cold in winter.

Li Zheng thought about it for a while and found that the villagers still didn't have enough clothing to keep out the cold. He didn't know if the county would subsidize winter clothing, so Li Zheng decided to let the village's experts who knew how to make a kang, together with the old and young men in the village, bring everyone together. Every household’s kang is laid out before winter so that they can survive the winter.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of the villagers, Xinshidang Village has been completely renovated a month later. Subsidies from the county have been delivered in time, and every household has received enough food to survive this winter.

The county also distributes the spring planting at the beginning of spring, and then hands it over to the villagers after they have harvested.

All of a sudden, some were eating, drinking, and living. The villagers all had smiles on their faces, and they were grateful. The county magistrate was the Grand Master Qingtian.

During this period, the county magistrate and the imperial envoy visited Shidang Village twice, and they were very pleased to see the grateful eyes of the villagers.

The dilapidated houses are restored to life under the hands of the villagers, giving people a refreshing feeling.

Li Zheng was also very wise. He led the whole village to write a petition and sent it to heaven to listen. He expressed his gratitude to the fair and selfless county magistrate and the imperial envoy.

Since then, Shidang Village has gained a firm foothold in Nancheng, and the county magistrate is more concerned about the affairs of Shidang Village. The nearby villagers do not dare to bully the villagers of Novice Village.

The next year, at the beginning of spring, Li Zheng led the villagers to start re-dividing the homesteads according to population. After the division was completed, the villagers helped to build it together. Of course, they still drew lots to build the house. Whoever got the first place would build it first. of.

Xia Mo did not hesitate to choose the place between Mrs. Shi's house and Lao Song's house. This time it was really a coincidence. There happened to be an open space in the middle between the place Xia Mo grabbed and the place chosen by Lao Song's house. .

What a coincidence, Xia Mo's family directly chose this piece of land. The old Song family and Mrs. Shi's family didn't need to build houses.

Song Laicai was unwilling to move out. He believed that his wife had stolen this house. Why should his family go out to build a house? And he didn’t know when the house would be built. It was not as good as the current yard. The four rooms were so spacious. , even the stove was newly built years ago, so it’s so comfortable to live there.

At the end of summer, no matter what Song Laicai's thoughts were, he was too busy to pay attention to him when it was time to draw lots and throw adobe bricks.

Mr. Song and his family have been with this third daughter-in-law for half a year, and they all know that Qingcao has changed. Although she still speaks straightforwardly, she has no evil intentions and no intention of taking advantage.

Moreover, the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law have also changed their views on the third younger brother and sister. Every time Qingcao passes by the old house, he will bring some meat. In this era of lack of food and drink, who can refuse such a decent person!

It's just that Song Laicai is still hated by people. He has a gloomy face all day long, and no one can look at him without being upset.

The villagers are busy rebuilding their houses and farming, who has the time to watch Song Laicai's bustle.

As a result, Song Laicai held his anger for several days, but did not change anything. His temper became even more gloomy, but who cares!

Li Zheng has been so busy since the land for building a house was designated in the village. He runs between the land and the people who are building the house every day, wishing he could conjure eight clones.

Busy and busy, the end of the year soon came, and the family moved into a new house at the end of summer.

During the time when I was building a house, I would go for a walk in the mountains at the end of summer if I had nothing to do. I would get either a rabbit or a chicken, and sell them in the town. I would have to save some dowry for my two girls.

The eldest girl is already 12 years old, and her actual age is 13. In this era, we can already talk about kissing, but the village is busy building new homes, and none of the children in the village have thought of talking about kissing.