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It is said that people have their own aspirations, and the same is true among these Kunlun people. Some people just want to be servants, some people want to enter a workshop, some people think that grinding needles every day will make life easier, and some people want to farm. of.

After planting sweet potatoes twice, some Kunlun people have discovered that farming is much more secure and safer than hunting. They sow and cultivate in the fields, and harvest in a few months. The sense of happiness and satisfaction in their hearts at that moment is infinite. In comparison.

When a family from Kunlun was grinding needles with the locals, they heard that a tenant in the government office had bought a yard in the city. After the autumn harvest this year, their family will move to the city to live. Stop being a tenant.

After the Kunlun man heard about this, he hurried to the county government office and said that his family was going to work as a tenant in the job field to fill the vacancy of the tenant who was leaving.

When the officials in the county yamen heard what he said, they felt a little overwhelmed, because County Magistrate Luo was generous and treated those tenants well, so now even if the tenants in their county are vacant for a while, it is very difficult. It is easy to find someone new to take over.

Between the new man and the old man, how to hand over the house, field and firewood, logically speaking, as long as they discuss it in private, the county government just needs to register it, and it doesn't matter how the rent is collected or not. .

At this moment, a Kunlun native suddenly came, saying that he was going to be a tenant, ouch... So, in the middle of the handover, are they going to take care of it or not? Also, do these Kunlun people know how to farm?

The official wanted to go back to him very much, and considering that these Kunlun people were members of Apu's tribe, and Apu was a disciple of Luo Yong, so he let the Kunlun people go back first, saying that there were other people who came to the county earlier. The yamen talked about this matter, and who was let go in the end, their county yamen had to investigate again.

In fact, this Kunlun man was the first to come, and there were other people who came that afternoon, but they were all behind this Kunlun man.

The official asked Luo Yong's opinion on this matter, and it just so happened that this job field belonged to Luo Yong, not the county magistrate and county lieutenant.

Luo Yong heard about this before dinner, so after dinner that day, he went to the place where people in Kunlun live together.

These Kunlun people are now quite familiar with Luo Yong, and they have heard a lot of great achievements of Luo Coffin Baner from the locals, and they have some admiration and some awe for this young man.

The children didn't think so much, because Luo Yong had given them maltose a few times before, and when he came over, a group of children, big and small, surrounded him.

Some children are more cheerful, laughing and playing in groups, just like the vast majority of children of this age, but they still look thinner than ordinary children, with bigger heads, slender hands and feet, and numbness. Like a rod.

There are also some children who are very quiet, and some are very timid, but no matter how timid they are, in this era when they can’t eat sweets a few times a year, there are still a few children who can resist the temptation of maltose.

These children are standing not far away, looking at you timidly and expectantly, Luo Yong can't stand this kind of thing, so he took out a bunch of copper coins from his bosom and divided them among the children. one.

These Kunlun slave children got the copper coins, cheered and went to the street, their little arms and legs, like hemp poles, ran very fast.

Luo Yong smiled, greeted the Kunlun people on the left and right, and then went to talk to the Kunlun person who said he was going to be a tenant.

Luo Yong asked the Kunlun native why he wanted to be a tenant, whether life in the city was bad, or something he was not used to.

After learning that this Kunlun man didn't want to be a tenant for these reasons, but because he still prefers working in the fields to working for others, and his wife obviously had the same idea as him, Luo Yong thought. After thinking about it, I agreed.

"When I went there before, I saw a deserted yard over there. You can repair that yard and move there in a few days."

"In the next few months, your family will learn to farm while grinding needles to earn living expenses. Farming here is not as simple as you used to grow sweet potatoes in the wild. I will ask Rao Weng and the others to teach you well. Needle grinding work, and take it from him."

The Kunlun man was very happy after getting Luo Yong's promise. Early the next morning, he met some young men from the tribe, and hurriedly went to Zhitian Village to repair the house.

When I got to the gate of the city, I was stopped by the gatekeeper, saying that the county magistrate had ordered someone to lead the way, and then I had to go to the cement workshop to get two loads of cement, which was given by the magistrate Luo. Let them take it and wipe the walls and floors.

The guard who led the way drove them all the way to Zhitian Village in an ox cart, and introduced them to Rao Weng and the others, asking them to take care of the Kunlun family.

Rao Weng has some friendship with Apu. In the past, Apu offended a big cannibal caravan in order to save two Kunlun teenagers in his clan. At that time, the situation was very tense. Apu and the others were taken to Rao Weng's family hid.

These people in the tribe had heard Apu talk about this matter before, so even though it was the first time they met Rao Weng at this time, they all showed trust and respect for him.

Rao Weng took them to the abandoned yard. The yard was not very dilapidated, but it was used by several nearby families to store firewood. At this time, each family moved their own firewood to make room for them. , Clean and clean, repair the walls, remove the weeds in the yard, replace the roof, and plaster the cement, and soon people will be able to live.

The Kunlun people who are going to be tenants have a total of five members. A tall, thin man in his forties who looks a bit vicissitudes, and his wife who is also very thin and vicissitudes. There are a son and a daughter under him. The son is also in his teens.

Their daughter seems to be in her twenties, with a seven or eight-year-old boy. Her husband died in a war before Apu returned to their tribe. She originally had a small child. Son, fell ill and died when they passed through Dashi Kingdom.

Young children die before they grow up, which is quite common in their tribe. Children are so fragile and can neither overcome disease nor beasts, so they always die easily.

When she was very young, there were other brothers and sisters in the family. As a result, only her and her younger brother are left alive.So when her youngest son died of illness, she didn't grieve for too long. Her mother told her that this is the pain that every woman has to bear, and she believed that.

She didn't know that was not the case until they came to Changle County and gradually integrated into the lives of the local people.

The children here run around in the safe city every day, and no wild beasts will harm them. She has lived in the city for so long, and she has never heard of any child getting sick and dying.

The Luo county magistrate also asked local doctors to vaccinate them. The locals said that the vaccinia could drive away evil spirits and protect their children from growing up safely.

If only her other child had come here alive...

The tall and thin black woman was holding a bundle in one hand and holding her child in the other. Standing in front of a small farm yard, she looked at the place where they were about to start a new life.

"Come in." Her mother stood in the yard and waved to her.

"Yeah." She led her son and walked in.

Although it was the first time we met, it looked really good, it looked like a home, if only her husband was here, when she stepped into this courtyard, she couldn't help but feel this feeling in her heart like thinking.

Rao Weng brought them mixed noodles pancakes and a large bowl of stewed vegetables, saying that their family had traveled such a long distance, and they must be hungry at this time, so they ate these things first to fill their stomachs, and stayed in and out of the courtyard. Everything is packed and we can make dinner.

The bowl of mixed vegetables was very fragrant, and there was a bit of bacon in it. The two growing boys at home started to swallow when they smelled the aroma of vegetables. In order to save money, her parents rarely bought them anything good to eat.

But they were right, this time they moved, and the money they saved before came in handy.

After eating these meals, the father of this family asked the women to stay at home, and he took the two boys to Rao Weng's family's field to help them.

Later, some women and children came to visit and saw what was lacking in their homes. If they had more in their own homes, they would take out one or two. Some were for baskets and some were for clay pots.

When night fell, the people who went to the fields came back one after another, and every household started to cook dinner, and the village suddenly became lively.

Someone sent hot food to them. Seeing that the food in his family was poor, they knew that they didn't bring much from the city.

But there is nothing unusual about it. These Kunlun people came to them from thousands of miles away. It would be nice if they could save their lives. How could they have so many belongings.

These tenants, when the days were sad in the past, were not much better than these Kunlun people.I heard that the male of their family just went to help Rao Weng's family to land the fields, which is really a good thing. From now on, just live here with peace of mind, and the days will be as good as possible.

These people were talking all over the place, making it feel like a festival in the yard, and there were those who came to their house with rice bowls and watched the excitement while eating.

This Kunlun person, they have seen men before, but it is the first time they have seen a woman, so they look like this, and this Kunlun child, why is his forehead so big, and his hands and feet are too thin Well, the palms are quite big, and the soles of the feet are also big, and they will definitely be tall when they grow up in the future. Farmers like them need to be strong and strong enough to work hard.

So just like this, this Kunlun family lived here in Zhitian Village, because his family was arranged by Luo County Magistrate, and Rao Weng's family took care of them. These people in the village, if nothing else, bullying them is definitely not good. Yes, I dare not.

In addition, these big dark-skinned guys are really good-tempered. In the past two days, the white-stacked flower field in their village has started to be topped. It is a busy time, and they are willing to go to anyone who asks them to help, and they work carefully. Toil hard all day, give anything.

However, their family is still the closest to Rao Weng and the others. When they come back from a day of farm work, the two families will often get together to light a fire and grind needles to chat about household chores, sometimes in Rao Weng’s yard, sometimes in the In the courtyard of the Kunlun people.

The daughter-in-law of Rao Weng's family told the mother and daughter of the Kunlun people a lot of gossip about the village, which amused them both. From these things, they also felt the difference between the local people and their Kunlun people.

After another busy day, at dusk that day, they still sat together grinding needles, and when it was completely dark, they lit a fire as usual, Rao Weng's son asked the children in the family to close the courtyard door , and then took a few corn cobs from the house.

The children in their family were in a hurry, and the monkeys were in a hurry, but the people in Kunlun didn't know what they were doing.

I saw him peel off these corn cobs one by one, stick them on branches as thick as fingers, then dip them in a rough clay bowl, and wipe some things on them.

"This is maltized water, so sweet." The Rao family boy explained to the two Kunlun teenagers.

"What is this going to do?" asked the smaller Kunlun boy.

"Grilled corn is delicious."

"I, A Weng, specially planted dozens of stalks of corn early this year when spring began."

"You don't know that corn likes hot weather, so it's hard to care for it if it's planted early."

"In one cold spring, they all froze to death."

"There are also people in the village who planted early, but the dozens of plants in my family are the earliest."

"The people in the city also like to eat it. I, Aunt, will go to the city to sell corn tomorrow. The tender corn in this season can be sold for a penny or two each."

"Exactly."

"Go, go, don't say that there is no limit, each person will take it and roast it." Rao Weng's eldest son reprimanded, asking people to eat something, there is no need to talk about the price.

Several children cheered, each ran to get a piece of corn, and squatted by the fire to roast it.

The tender corn was roasted on the fire, and the aroma of the corn and the sweetness of maltose made the children salivate.

The adults were sitting on the sidelines working and talking, looking up at the children from time to time with smiles on their faces.