bestfiction Chapter 219 Walking around the town, making a name for yourself
Chapter 219 Walking around the town, making a name for yourself
Daju is dreaming.
It's strange, he never dreams.
It’s enough to eat other people’s dreams every day, now you have to taste your own dreams?
However, he didn't want to wake up from this dream because his beloved girl Qingluan appeared in the dream.
The man and the cat slept for a whole day and woke up only the next morning.
The villagers had a good rest and many of them have fully recovered.
Simple houses have been built and can shelter from wind and rain, but many more cannot.
Tian Xiwu, Tian Xiwen, Tian Lele and Deng Hongyu escorted the villagers back to their homes in Longtou Village to move all their belongings over.
The remaining task of rebuilding their homes fell on the villagers.
The new village is located near mountains and rivers, and the land is flat.
Tian Xingjian's men reclaimed the paddy fields at the fastest speed possible, and now they can grow a second season of grain crops.
After waking up, Tian Xiaoxiao took Daju for a walk around the newly built village.
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Qingchen, what do you think is the best thing for the villagers to grow? ]
Daju: [I don’t understand this. ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [That’s right, if you don’t eat whole grains, how can you possibly understand the hardships of people’s lives?]
Daju: [There are paddy fields, so we can grow rice. Is it too late to grow rice in July? ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [It’s too late. The seedlings need to be raised a month in advance and then transplanted.]
Daju: [Then grow some vegetables to earn money, or the villagers can just move away after they have recovered. ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [The problem of moving is huge. This is a social problem.]
Daju: [It’s so troublesome. 】
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Unless my father reaches an agreement with the magistrate of Yucheng County to disperse these villagers to various towns and villages in Shengjing.]
Daju: [Will the population loss have an impact on the performance of the Yucheng County Magistrate? ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [I don’t know about this, but seeing how troubled my father is, it must have had an impact.]
Daju: [So many twists and turns, so troublesome. ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [This place is also good for development. We can grow crops and sell them in Shengjing.]
Daju: [Three hundred miles, it’s a bit far! ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [I haven't thought about this question. Is the town closest to Yucheng wealthy?]
Daju: [Shall we go for a walk today? Let’s see if there are any melons to eat! ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [I'll go talk to my mother.]
Lin Yunzhi was packing Tian Xingjian's luggage.
Tian Xixi was lying on the side. Tian Xixi refused to drink breast milk no matter what. Ever since Tian Xiaoxiao brought him milk and made complementary food, he changed to drinking milk and eating complementary food.
Therefore, this time Tian Xingjian did not need to take Tian Xixi back to Shengjing, and the wet nurse would be dismissed after returning.
Lin Yunzhi asked Tian Xingjian to pay the wet nurse an extra year's salary so that the wet nurse could leave the Tian family happily.
Tian Xingjian was going back to Shengjing to handle daily affairs, leaving behind twenty yamen runners and several children here.
Tian Xiaoxiao said goodbye to Tian Xingjian sweetly.
"Xiaoxiao, please find a way to help the villagers earn some money. They are suffering so much. I will go back to Shengjing and think of a solution.
Just giving them money is not a long-term solution.”
"Dad, I'll go to the nearby town to take a look, and then make plans for the villagers, so don't worry!"
When Tian Lele heard that his sister was going to the nearby market town, he was the first to step forward and say that he also wanted to go for a stroll.
The others knew that there was more melon to eat, so they put down their work and wanted to follow.
In the end, Tian Xiwu was forced to stay because he was needed to help manage affairs here.
Lin Yunzhi took Tian Xixi, his son, his future daughter-in-law, and two daughters to the nearest town: Fuyong Town.
The town is not big. The first thing you see is a memorial archway with three characters in official script carved on it: Fuyong Town.
Entering the archway is equivalent to entering Fuyong Town.
There are few shops on both sides of the street, most of which are vendors and peddlers, but the goods are complete, but the prices are much higher than Shengjing.
The houses on both sides look very old and some are dilapidated.
Tian Xixi in Lin Yunzhi's arms was babbling loudly. This was his first time shopping since he came here. He wanted to see how this place was different from the place where he had stayed for twenty years.
Tian Xixi was a little disappointed.
This town is not much different from his hometown, it is equally poor and backward.
He died in Shanghai, which at that time was fashionable, full of charm and tall buildings.
Westerners are often seen on the streets.
But he died in the revolution and did not live to see the new world.
Tian Lele looked at Fuyong Town with some disappointment.
Deng Hongyu discovered that Fuyong Town actually had its own Dengji Spice Shop, which was not very big.
My father never does business at a loss, but he is willing to invest money to open a shop in this small town?
It was not until lunch time that Deng Hongyu understood why the spice business in Fuyong Town had been able to survive.
There are spices in every dish.
As soon as Tian Xiaoxiao entered the town, she felt something strange.
The big orange cat also meowed non-stop.
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Qingchen, have you noticed that this town is full of weirdness? ]
Daju: [I found out. My hairs are standing on end. ]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Do you have sweat hair? ]
Daju: [How come there isn't any? I'm covered in hair!]
Tian Xiaoxiao took a look at the big orange cat in her arms, and it had indeed turned into a furry cat.
"Mom, mom, look, my orange cat, it's making me laugh to death." Tian Xiaoxiao couldn't help but hold the big orange cat in front of Lin Yunzhi.
When everyone heard Tian Xiaoxiao's voice, they all turned their eyes to the orange cat in her arms.
Sure enough, all of the orange cat's hair stood up, and now it looked like a ball of orange-yellow thorns.
Tian Xiaoxiao reached out to help Daju smooth it out, but it was of no use.
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Qingchen, what's wrong with you? ]
Daju: [I feel like there is a magnetic field here that counteracts me.]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [You, an antique cat, also know about magnetic fields? ]
Daju: [Ask the people in the town if they often have people disappearing inexplicably?]
Tian Xiaoxiao: [Okay. Wait a minute, I’ll ask my mother to ask. She looks more like a Taoist priest.]
"Mom, there's something strange about this town. Can you ask a few people in the town if there have been frequent disappearances or deaths inexplicably in recent years?"
Lin Yunzhi had already heard what Tian Xiaoxiao and Daju were thinking, and nodded in agreement.
Tian Lele took Tian Xixi from Lin Yunzhi's arms, holding a golden lotus bowl, and found a nearby resident who was selling tea in front of his house.
"Sister, we are from another place. We saw this town from afar and found it a little different. So we wanted to ask if anything has happened in Baodi recently?"
"Hey, sister, you're right to ask me. Let me tell you, we often have outsiders coming here, but outsiders can only come in and not leave."
"Oh? There is such a thing? What does it mean to only go in but not out?"
“I only see outsiders coming to town, but I don’t see outsiders leaving the town.”
"Maybe they were on their way at night, and you didn't see any strangers leaving when you rested, that's normal."
"No, no, no, sister, listen to me. The bags of those strangers are still there, but the people are gone. We searched the whole town and couldn't find them."
"Maybe he left in a hurry for something?"
"No! There's still money in the bags! In recent years, the innkeepers in the town have become rich! Those bags finally became ownerless and belonged to the innkeepers."
"Where did the stranger disappear? The inn?"