The whole family crosses to farm

Chapter 69
In a winding alley, a man got into a courtyard door, and then closed the door tightly. A woman came out of the house inside and asked, "How is it? There are no sheep?"

The man went to the kitchen to scoop up a bowl of cold glutinous rice ball soup, and said regretfully, "There is really a pure white lamb, but the fence is too tight."

The woman said disdainfully: "In a small town, what kind of big family is there? Go, go to the street and look for it. If you can't get it tonight, follow them, remember the door, and go in two days."

When the man thought of the girl's appearance, he saw stacks of bank notes in front of him, it was a pity to let her go like this.

"Go, lock the door," the man said, "Let's go together."

It's just that before these words fell, there was a thumping knock on the door outside.

"Open the door, open the door."

As soon as they heard the sound, the men and women knew something was wrong, and hurried to the house to drag an old man out, and the three of them opened the back door they had expected in advance, and quickly slipped away.

Zhao Zongjia of Yuetan Town, who received the report from outside, saw that the door could not be opened, so he knew that there was indeed a problem, so he stopped calling the door and let the young men he brought hit the door.

A group of townspeople rushed in, opened the door of the main room, and walked a few steps inside, their scalps were a little numb seeing the scene.

I saw more than a dozen cages placed against the wall in the room, and there was a veil on the cages. Most of the people locked inside were children, some were five or six years old, some were three or four years old, and some were seven or eight years old.

In the corner, there was a middle-aged man paralyzed with his hands and feet.

Zongjia Zhao hurriedly ordered the children to be released, and called a few people to chase after him. Then he approached the corner and asked, "Are you also abducted by human traffickers?"

The middle-aged man shook his head slowly.

After asking a few more questions, Zongjia Zhao discovered that this man could not speak at all. Judging by the way his hands and feet were broken, his tongue was probably cut off as well.

Mr. Zhao ordered the man to be carried out, and said to those young people: "Look, this man is either a bad gambler or a bastard. He must have been made into this way because he owed money. You should also be vigilant. Come on, don't learn those bad habits. In this way, life is better than death, isn't it?"

It was the first time for the young people to see such a miserable person, and after hearing Zhao Zongjia's words, they all felt guilty.

Lin Jiale didn't get close to that house, and seeing the people who went in suddenly brought up many cages, all of which were children, he hated this kind of human traffickers even more.Thinking of his own daughter, he looked around and walked away like a passerby.

"Father," Lin Chunnong called out with a smile when he turned his head to see his father. She and her mother were standing in front of a lantern riddle booth, and her brother and Lin Qiumo were guessing lantern riddles in front of them.

Lin Jiale walked over and saw that there was another string of lanterns in her daughter's hand, and said with a smile: "Not bad, I guessed so much in a while."

The stall owner is already a bitter face, he still wants to make money.

"You two young masters, you have guessed so many lantern riddles, isn't that enough?"

Lin Chunxing didn't want to smash other people's stalls, so he raised the lantern in his hand, "Thank you stall owner, we are going home too."

The moon on the fifteenth day is very round and bright, and it is not obvious in the town. When you come out of the town, you can see a piece of silver frost on the ground.

Several exits from the town are full of people at this moment today.

Lin Chunnong was lying on her father's back, already at this point, she still didn't feel sleepy, and happily talked about the lively things she saw in the town.

In fact, how lively a small town is during the festival, it's just that Lin Chunnong has never been out or seen it.

Lin Chunxing and Lin Qiumo walked in front, followed by Lin Jiale who was carrying his daughter on his back, and Fang Xiaocao who was holding a handful of lanterns in his hand.It looks the same as all the ancient houses that have spent half the night in the town and want to go back.

Their carriage stopped at the north entrance of Yuetan Town. Because of the small size of Yuetan Town, there was no city gate at all. There were only two large mounds facing each other.

This kind of landscape also exists in Yishui Village.According to the villagers, this place is not far from the Yellow River in the north. If there is a flood, the whole village will be flooded.

In the previous ten years on average, it had to be flooded once or twice.

Therefore, the villagers have a clear sense of waterproofing.

Lin Jiale turned around and asked her daughter to sit in the car first. Just now, she noticed something was wrong with her eyes looking at the corner of the wall. There was a dark mass there, which did not integrate with the wall.

Could it be a beggar in the town?

Just about to go over to have a look, Lin Qiumo who had climbed into the carriage whispered, "Uncle, let's go."

Lin Jiale looked back at him, "Why, did you see who it was? Someone you know?"

Lin Qiumo said: "He seems to be a relative of my enemy's family."

Lin Chunnong looked at him: "It's dark, how did you see it?"

"I used to go to the mountains in the middle of the night to look for food, and I could see very far." Lin Qiumo couldn't help laughing at the little girl's curious look.

That being the case, Lin Jiale didn't intend to meddle in this matter.

After the Shangyuan Festival, when he went in and out of the town again, he heard some news. There was a beggar with severed arms and legs. He got into a carriage and went to join his distant relatives.

Hearing that this person left the town, Lin Jiale was completely relieved, and he could go out to do business with peace of mind.

In a few days, he teamed up with a few friends in the town who often go to the north to sell goods, and wanted to take advantage of the warm weather to sell some cheaper cashmere there.

At night, Lin Chunnong had a dream again. She woke up thirsty. When she woke up, her father was packing things quietly.

"Father, are you going to Rongbei today?" Lin Chunnong didn't bother to drink water, and climbed out of bed in his pajamas.

"Woke up my daughter," Lin Jiale said, walked over and picked up her daughter in his arms, "I'll go today, when Dad comes back, I'll bring you a cantaloupe to eat."

To go to Rongbei, there is a city called Pingkang. According to their modern comparison, Pingkang City is the area of ​​Hami. Before Lin Chunnong was born, Lin Jiale and a few friends went there once.

They brought a lot of honeydew melons, but the weather may be unsuitable, and the melons grown from those melon seeds are not as delicious as those brought from Pingkang.

At that time, Lin Jiale didn't get much cashmere, and his wife made cashmere material. Because there were so many people in the family, they didn't have enough cashmere.

Later, someone came to the Lin family and wanted to pay a lot of money to buy that kind of cashmere fabric, but because the wife was pregnant at the time, Lin Jiale refused.

Now that her daughter is doing well, and her son is doing well at school in Yuetan Town, Lin Jiale wants to go to Rongbei again, this time to get some more cashmere.

He took out all the thousands of taels in the family.

Lin Chunnong saw the big bag of salutes on the bed, thought of something, and hurriedly got out of his father's arms, and took out the hairpin made by his brother on the pillow.

"Dad, you take this."

Lin Jiale smiled and said: "This is a laser-like weapon made for you? You leave it alone, Dad has that sleeve arrow."

Lin Chunnong didn't let it go, "I'll let my brother make another one."

"Think this thing is Chinese cabbage," Lin Jiale laughed, "Father is going out with several friends, and they all bring their servants, so there will be no problem."

Just as he was talking, Fang Xiaocao, who went to the kitchen to steam dry food for him, came in and said, "Take it, although it can only be used five times at a time, but if there is any emergency, it is also a chance to save lives."

Lin Jiale said: "When you are at home, you have to be more careful. Over there at the end of autumn---"

"Don't worry about the family," Fang Xiaocao said, "I'll call my eldest nephew to stay with us for a while."

Fang He's eldest son is now nine years old. Because he has no talent in reading, when they went back to Fang's house to visit relatives in the third year of junior high school, they found out that Fang Da would not go to school at such a young age.

Fang He is planning to find a master carpenter for his eldest son to learn the craft.

When Lin Jiale heard it, he thought to himself, what kind of home can a nine-year-old child show you, but he didn't show it on the surface, he is a nephew, isn't it very common to live in an aunt's house for ten days and a half months? ?

"You don't need to pick it up. When I arrived in the county, I passed Tonghua Town and told my uncle to bring Fangda here."

Fang Xiaocao nodded, "Alright."

Lin Chunnong reminded: "Father, you have to bring a bucket with you on the road, and don't run out of water to drink along the way."

"Okay." Lin Jiale touched his daughter's little head and asked, "Have you had that dream again?"

Lin Chunnong had had that dream for two or three days in a row, and there were patches of dry land everywhere. She was looking for water to drink, and the water from the well was mixed with sand.

According to her golden finger that can dream about the weather, this should be a dream that indicates that there will be no rain in the future, but she still dreams about rain these two days.

The reason why Lin Jiale insisted on going to Rongbei this time is also for this reason. According to her daughter's dream, if there is a drought, the winter will definitely be extremely cold.

Fang Xiaocao brings a glass of water and asks her daughter to drink it. If she can have a dream to predict the weather, there are also bad things. Even if it is cold, wet or dry, her own daughter will feel it.

"The water is boiling, let's go to the kitchen," Fang Xiaocao said to Lin Jiale, watching her daughter gulp down a cup of water, "I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

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Before the sun broke through the clouds, Lin Jiale had already left the village under the watchful eyes of his family.

It will take at least a few months for Dad to go out this time. Lin Chunxing did not expect that Dad will go on a long trip again so soon, and the solar communication equipment he is going to make has not yet come out.

Fang Xiaocao stood behind the three children and watched Lao Lin enter the village, before saying to the children, "Go home."

On Lin Jiale's side, the horse was carefully selected by him when he was in business, and he ran very fast, but he arrived in Tonghua Town in half an hour.

At the door of Fang's house, Fang He was driving a mule cart to sell goods in the county. When he saw Lin Jiale, he asked in surprise, "Brother-in-law, why are you here at this time? Is there something going on at home?"

"I'm going to Rongbei." Lin Jiale got out of the carriage, "Brother, you send Xiaoda home for the next two days, and let him and his aunt take care of the house."

"Rong Bei?" Fang He said, "Then you didn't come back until after the wheat harvest? If you are worried about your family, you can just ask Cao'er to take the children to live in my house for a while."

(End of this chapter)