Escape from the desert

Chapter 188 Big Pot Rice 2
In the evening, the crimson sunset glow dyed the whole sky red, the sun was setting gradually, and the remaining afterglow was still gorgeous, the smoke from the threshing ground was curling up, and a strong smell of meat was wafting wantonly in the whole village.

Jiang Yan led the family to the place where the crowds gathered. There were villagers walking together in twos and threes on the winding path. When they saw Jiang Yan's family, they greeted them with smiles. Jiang Yan's family is more in awe.

"Wangcai, why are you in a daze, watch the road carefully."

Jiang Yan patted the silly Wangcai. From the time he left the house until now, the young man had a dumbfounded look on his face, and he almost fell into the ditch.

Wangcai scratched his head, smiled a little shyly, the excitement in his eyes was obvious, and his voice was a bit tactful: "This is the first time I have earned my own wages. I am the young master's servant. I have served the young master since I was a child. There will be a monthly salary every month, but this is the first time I have received wages..."

As Wangcai spoke, he subconsciously stretched out a hand to touch his bosom, where was the one tael of silver that Aunt Jiang gave her.

"You will keep it if you give it to you. You deserve it." Jiang Yan smiled at him, and she also had some understanding of the slavery system in this era.

Like Wangcai, the slaves whose parents sold themselves to rich families in the first generation, all signed death contracts, and they were all domestic slaves raised since childhood, and they were labeled as slaves from birth.

Among slaves, there is a difference between life deeds and death deeds. Similar to pawn shops, life deeds have a limited number of years, and the family members have to redeem them at the end of the year. Death deeds are lifelong relationships, and they must be buried by the master after death.

Speaking of monthly money, if you are a servant in an employment relationship, you have to pay a certain amount of wages every month, which is equivalent to hiring, and you can't kill them easily.

And domestic slaves like Wangcai, whose life and death are in the hands of their masters, the monthly money they give each month is, to put it bluntly, pocket money or living expenses.

Therefore, Wangcai was very excited. He touched the one or two taels of silver on his chest several times, just like Shangguan Zixuan, smiling like a man of iron.

"Xiao Jiang, here! Here, come quickly."

As soon as he arrived at the threshing ground, Zhang Yanzi immediately rang the big bowl in his hand, and waved vigorously at Jiang Yan's family. His loud and high-pitched voice attracted everyone to turn their heads.

At this time, the villagers had gathered together. The big pot of rice in the village was similar to a banquet. A group of more than a dozen people surrounded two wooden basins, one with meat dishes and the other with vegetarian dishes. The rice was freshly harvested today.

Because the county magistrate said today that the Lin Family Village has been exempted from taxes for the past two years, the village chief discussed with Li Zheng, and everyone hadn't eaten a meal of rice for a long time, so today's big pot of rice would just eat the new rice that was harvested this year.

"Is it the first time to eat big pot rice in the village?" Jiang Yan smiled at Qiao Le.

Qiao Le nodded subtly. He was wearing a long gown, surrounded by a group of villagers cross-legged, still looking unique.

Everyone brought their own bowls and chopsticks from home, and they didn’t set up a table. Those who liked to clean brought a few broken rags to pad their buttocks from home, and those who were not particular about it just sat on the ground and ate big pieces with the bowls and chopsticks.

"It's the first time, I seldom eat with so many people, and I haven't had such a lively meal in many years." His eyes darkened, and his eyes fell on the faces with satisfied smiles. Chatting while eating, the children couldn't stop eating the sliced ​​meat, and some old people even burst into tears while eating.

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"Clang clang clang!"

The village head knocked on the bottom of the iron pot, and the villagers who were eating looked up one after another, but they were still eating the food in their bowls, and just focused their attention on listening to the village head's next speech.

"Our village is today because of the blessings of Aunt Jiang's family. Everyone knows it in their hearts, so I won't say much. In short, if anything happens to Aunt Jiang's family in the future, our whole village should help. Help, anyone who should do their best, let me go!"

The whole village agreed, no matter how dissatisfied they were with Aunt Jiang before, now that they are eating this delicious pork, their weird thoughts are almost enough.

Today, three pigs were slaughtered in the village, none of them were kept, and all of them were cooked in big pots. Not to mention that the whole village enjoys eating meat, but it is guaranteed that everyone can eat meat. Just based on this, all the old and young in the village are satisfied .

"The village chief is right! Whatever Aunt Jiang's family will do in the future, I, the mangy dog, will be the first to help!"

"That's right! I, Wang Mazi, are the same!"

"I, Lin Tiedan, too..."

"Wang Defa at the entrance of my village is always on call!"

The young lads gulped down the food in their mouths, and excitedly shouted at the village chief.

Jiang Yan's heart was warmed by such an atmosphere. Although her relationship made Linjiacun's life easier, it was still the result of their own hard work. If Linjiacun was a bunch of lazy and lazy street people, she Intentional and powerless.

"Aunt Jiang, thank you. This is the first time I have eaten meat." The eldest baby was holding a sea bowl one size larger than her own head. Heads buried in the bowl.

Erwa also looked excited, her mouth was full of food, her cheeks on both sides were bulging, like two little hamsters eating hazelnuts.

"Eat slowly, be careful of choking." Qiao Le carefully followed the two of them. He also knew a thing or two about the two little landlords, especially after getting along during this time, the two little landlords treated him well. Taking care of every detail, even though they are only two and a half-year-old children, it is enough to take care of their own daily necessities, but they still want to take care of him as an adult.

"These two children have had a hard life since childhood. When the eldest child was born, the family was so poor that he could not afford food, so he was almost thrown behind the scenes. Later, life got better. Not long after the second child was born, his father was conscripted to fight again. I didn’t come back once I went there, and my mother ran away with others, thanks to our good village head, who distributes some food every year, otherwise I would have starved to death.” Zhang Yanzi looked distressed, and she was very fond of the eldest and second children. Sympathy, but my family's conditions are not good, so I can't help much.

"I used to think that there would be a day when we would be able to eat meat like this, and we wouldn't even dare to expect to be full. If it weren't for you, now our whole village would flee famine somewhere."

Zhang Yanzi's eyes turned red as she spoke, she didn't dare to imagine what their life would be like if Jiang Yan hadn't discovered the water source.

"Mother, don't cry..." The little dog hugged Zhang Yanzi distressedly. He didn't understand why his mother was crying suddenly, but when his mother cried, he couldn't help but want to cry too.

"Don't think about it, as long as we work hard, life will get better and better in the future." Lin Jun also hugged Xiao Linzi, smiling and soothing.

Since the Lin family built the factory, the family has become much closer, and their relationship is better than with other villagers. In addition, they are all first-hand soap suppliers, and they communicate frequently with each other. Gradually it becomes more familiar.

(End of this chapter)