Crossing the road to riches

Chapter 77 Welcome Welcome, Warm Welcome

Those soldiers were all transferred from the prefecture, and most of them were dissatisfied.

No one would be happy to go from a good place with food and lodging to an unknown backcountry, but they have to obey orders, and they can only endure the hardships.

I just want to be able to eat enough in my heart.

Although the five hundred soldiers are not considered mighty, the road stretches, and the team is quite long. The more they walk this road, the worse they are, the more they can't get off the ground. At this time, they are already desperate.

However, after passing through a hill slowly, the road became better. It was no longer a dirt road, but was paved with gravel from the river, making it easier to walk even in rainy days.

Slowly, a village surrounded by blue bricks can be seen, and the hearts of the people are suspended.

At least it's not a thatched cottage. Although this specification is worse than the military camps in the prefecture, there should be no need to worry about such problems as having no place to sleep and starvation.

The leader in the front is Yi Shichang, and she brought all the five hundred soldiers here.

Wen Hao was greeted at the gate of the village early on. At first, Wen Hao only thought that they must be very tired after coming all the way. It was enough for every household to boil hot water and prepare meals.

However, Wen Fuwang was a little excited and felt that it would be a glorious thing for Wenjiacun to have five hundred poor men to guard them, so he insisted on organizing a lot of old people and children.

And Wen Fuwang wore extra solemnity today, put on the clothes he was planning to celebrate his birthday, and the suona in his hand trembled a little.

There are several old people behind them who also came out wearing the most decent clothes, some with bronze gongs, some with erhu, and some with ear gongs.

It was not over yet, and they were forced to bring along the two most promising ladies in the village, Wen Chun and Wen Mao, each holding a big red flower ball, and the children in the village also weaved garlands one by one.

Just yesterday evening, all the wild flowers in the village were scooped up by these children. There were really no flowers, not even the weeds and vines.

They also spontaneously took out eggs from everyone's family, smashed the slurry overnight and cooked more than 500 red eggs. ,
At the meeting yesterday, Wen Hao really didn't expect such a grand event. She thought it was nothing but applaud and welcome, and sent some fruits and vegetables to express condolences. The old people in the village came to prepare for such things and she was relieved.

She was also a little dazed today, and I'm afraid those officers and soldiers could feel the big guy's mood from a long distance away.

She really didn't expect that Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger could gather a band in the village.

Wen Fuwang stared nervously at the pace of the poor man, 100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters... .

Suona up!
Wen Fuwang stood at the front and breathed a sigh of relief. The cauliflower lady who played the erhu was no less impressive, and the percussion instruments such as bronze drums and footbaths also followed the rhythm.

Why is this song so familiar?

Wen Hao tilted his head and whispered something to Grandma.

"Grandma~ Isn't this what the villagers sing about when they get married?"

Wen Haonai was infected by this atmosphere and was about to wipe away tears, but she still didn't forget to answer her good granddaughter's question.

"The old women in our village are different. One is married, and the other is a funeral. They can't use the funeral song."

I thought it was a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, but after asking, I realized it was a crouching dragon and a young phoenix.

All the officers and soldiers were shocked by this incident. The folks here were so enthusiastic, and they still thought that they had won the battle and returned to their hometown in honor.

The leader in front got off his horse, and the first thing he did was to look for the leader, but he was surrounded by Wen Chun, the cat, who took a big red flower and crossed his chest, which made it difficult to see I can't stand the experience of going through the mountains and wild world.

But this is the reason why people are welcome without a cold face, and they laughed out of every possible way.

"Hey! Hey! Good! Good! Everything is good, folks have worked hard."

Wen Chun also secretly pinched the long muscles, the soldiers were different from them, their flesh was much firmer.

Wen Mao was also happy, seeing that Shi Chang was quite easy-going, and would not bully others in the village by virtue of his status as a servant.

"Master, please wave your hand and let the people behind our village see. Everyone in our village is here, but it's all for the first time to welcome you."

It's hard not to do it even after hearing the words, but don't chill the hearts of the folks, after all, they don't know how long they will stay here, and they have to live in harmony with the folks.

Thinking of this, he stepped on the horse again and waved to the people behind Wen's Village.

"Hey~ hey~ good~ everything is fine~ everyone is fine~".

The children behind saw the poor man riding a big horse, and they all yelled loudly.

"The bad guy is mighty~ The bad guy is mighty~".

The whole chief Wu Shi felt embarrassed, and she wanted to be serious, but everyone praised her.

A group of children carrying wreaths also immediately went to the back of Mr. Wu Shi to bring wreaths to other poor men.

The officials who were walking behind were touched enough, but they didn't expect them to be involved in these things, and they were even more moved now, so they squatted down to make it easier for the children to bring garlands.

Some were even hugged directly.

A five-year-old child hugged Xiaobing very happily, his small mouth seemed to be smeared with honey.

"My lord, you are so mighty, I will definitely marry such a wife master in the future."

Although it is a child's speech, but it is still popular by such a child.

The worry they thought they would not have enough to eat when they came here was immediately resolved, and a basket of red eggs was immediately brought out from behind.

Several old men yelled from the sidelines.

"Masters, you've worked hard all the way. Small things don't count as respect. Meals and hot water have been prepared in the village. I hope you don't dislike it."

Some in the village dragged the messenger to give the red eggs, crying while talking.

"My family also has a daughter who is as old as you and joined the army last year. It has been a year and I haven't replied to a letter. I don't know if she is dead or alive. Seeing you is like seeing my daughter."

The little soldiers who were dragged by the uncle were also red-eyed. They were not from here, and they were assigned here later. They haven't been back for a long time. They occasionally dragged people back with letters and they didn't see a reply. They didn't know their family members. how.

Xiao Bing also shrunk his nose and tried not to cry. Shi Chang said that a woman defending her family and country can bleed but not cry easily.

But it's a real thing. As soon as I came here, I found a sense of belonging in this Wenjia Village. The folks here are so kind, and I don't have any complaints even if I'm hungry like this.

But when I entered the village, I was stunned.

People from Wenjia Village set up oil-paper sheds on the big square where the meeting was held overnight, and set up many long tables, and the food was much more abundant than expected.

The tables are connected one by one, each table has a large pot of cabbage vermicelli, potato stew, and some pastries, milk tofu, hot vegetables, but the main food is not on the table, they are all in the big steamer Inside, there are white thin flour steamed buns, two for each person, and a large bowl of hot milk with shredded ginger and sugar.

In a place where it is difficult for the common people to eat, this is already a luxurious feast. Although they smelled the fragrance and were hungry, they felt a little guilty about eating.

The people in the village are all mud-legged, and these things are the most precious food for them, but they all took them out and fell into the mouths of the 500 people.

Wu Shichang had tears in his eyes, and let the villagers watch them eat these, which they absolutely couldn't swallow.

Stand up abruptly.

"Folks, don't be so busy, let's eat together."

Wen Fuwang's face was moist and he had just finished blowing the suona, and he was still a little bit uneasy, but at this moment he was extremely happy, and he was a little excited when he answered.

"My lord, the folks have finished eating at home. These are specially made for you."

But in Wu Shichang's ears, the villagers endured hunger and saved the best food from their mouths for them, which made them even more moved.

"Old man, it's okay, let's eat together, don't make everyone hungry just to entertain us."

Wen Fuwang waved his hands again and again.

"No, no, really not, we have really eaten, the leek-flavored dumplings I ate in the morning, if you don't believe me, let me smell it for you."

Chief Wu: The folk customs are really simple, she was so moved.

However, Mr. Wu Shi insisted on moving.

Wen Fuwang didn't listen to how he explained that they had already eaten.

However, for the enthusiastic folks, everyone ate the meal happily. It was really delicious. The food was much better than that in the military camp. After eating a bowl of ginger silk milk, the whole body sweated slightly.

After eating, she didn't rush to let her soldiers go to the folks' homes to take a bath, but asked everyone to stand up and gave a lecture.

"The enthusiasm of the folks today must have been felt by everyone. They even saved food from their mouths to cling to us and wash us off. If we don’t have enough food, it’s not good to eat, and we’ll be disrespectful to the folks who treat us as their own daughters, and we’ll be treated by military law.”

Wu Shichang's voice is very loud, and the people below are also responding with a loud voice, and they are full and have strength. This meal is quite satisfying and moving.

They serve as soldiers with iron bodies but not iron hearts, and they are extremely soft when the eggs are turning red.

"Yes!".

Immediately afterwards, Chief Wu Shi explained that he was on duty to help the folks do more work, and don't be like a dead man.

Wen Fuwang walked to Wen Hao's side, with a smile still on his face.

"Mr. Wu Shi is really a good official, but it doesn't make sense. Now our village is really not that poor."

Just now, Wen Hao was also among them. Originally, she was supposed to dismount Wu Shi herself, but everyone was so enthusiastic that they didn't give her a few moments.

She watched from the side that Chief Wu Shi was a pretty good official, most military officers were more direct than civilian officials.

"Wait until they wait long enough to know"

Now let's wait for everyone to take a bath and relax before inviting Wu Shi to have a long talk.

Wen Mao and Wen Chun followed Wen Hao into the room dedicated to conversation.

"How's it going? Did you call me back?"

Speaking of this matter, Wen Chun was a little angry.

"Then Lijia Village is really shameless. Earlier, we planned to ask us to donate food to them, but later changed the words to borrow food. Now I don't know where we heard the limelight. When we went, they were very angry and they were stunned. I agreed, only willing to rent but not to sell, but also the conditions of the family, I feel that they are close to our village, and they have a lot of good fields and can work, and each family will give an extra [-] catties of coarse grain every month."

When Wen Mao thought of the faces of those people in Lijia Village, he also felt extremely unlucky.

"The rest of the villages are going well and the big guys have agreed. If it is inconvenient for the poor master to go back and forth, they can still stay with them. Only Lijia Village puts forward these unreasonable conditions, not just adding [-] catties of coarse grain to each family every month. , and hoped to surround their village as well, then Village Chief Li even explicitly hinted that he would benefit her."

This is really a bit greedy.

But Wen Hao was not in a hurry to issue a verdict.

"What about the attitude of the rest of the villagers in Lijia Village?"

Wen Mao recalled the situation at that time. When she went to Lijia Village on the way, she met many villagers who dragged her to inquire about this matter. Their attitude seemed to be that she was the savior of the world.

However, after arriving at Village Chief Li's house, besides Village Chief Li, he also brought together several family heads, all of whom were two rounds older than her.

After she finished speaking, they disagreed and raised their additional requirements. She just said a few words in a friendly manner to express her refusal, and she didn't mean to force it. She was surrounded by a few old women and scolded her for being young and heartless. The official policy has come down, and she deliberately made the people in her village starve to death...

Wen Mao obviously suffered internal injuries from being scolded that day. After describing what happened, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Good sister, I have never been scolded so badly in my age. It is true that eighteen generations of ancestors were invited out by them, and they were stopped and unable to leave. In the end, Sister Chun came to pick me up and took me back." .

Wen's face was a little cold even after hearing it nicely. There are really quite a few snake-eating snakes in Lijia Village.

But those decent people did nothing wrong, if they let go of that piece of land, how many people would have a hard time.

"Since that's the case, I'll take President Wu with me tomorrow and conscript her by force. Those who dare to detain her won't let them be so happy.

President Wu moved quickly and took a shower immediately.

He was very approachable and didn't carry it, so he sat directly on the stool next to Wen Hao.

How can she be unapproachable? Wen Hao is not just a merchant. Let alone the food here is military supplies, the main reason is that there is a general's deputy in the army, and the official is much higher than her.

Besides, it gave them face, warmth and food.

"Mrs. Wen, you don't have to be polite to tell me what plan you have, and I will order it down."

Wen Hao first brought Lijiacun out and beheaded him.

"The layout was already planned, but unfortunately there was a fork in the middle. The village chief and some elders in Lijia Village were not cooperative. They detained my people yesterday. Their demands are too high. Wen is really embarrassed. If they are suppressed by the status of an official, one is that Wen is too young, and the other is that Wen is still a businessman after all. I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress them, so they are too many to be detained.”

Chief Wu Shi has a good impression of Wen's Village, and he is naturally interested in the affairs of Wen's Village.

"Madam Wen, you are now growing food for the imperial court. What are you afraid of? Today we thank the folks for their hospitality, and we don't eat your food for nothing. Take me tomorrow to make sure they are the same as our grandsons."

Wu Shichang was filled with righteous indignation and was full of righteousness. The villagers of Wen's family were so simple and honest, but she wanted to see what monsters and monsters were in Li's family village.

(End of this chapter)