farm lady

Chapter 185 The Belonging of the Children
Yi Xue suddenly felt something was wrong, Hua'er suddenly retreated, then ran, and then entered a room.But the big man jumped over and grabbed Yi Xue with his hand.

Yi Xue sneered, seeing the big hand grabbing him, Yi Xue kicked suddenly, the big man flew out like a shell, hit the wall heavily, he pointed at Yi Xue in horror, "You..." , Before he finished speaking, he passed out.

"Qiu Shui, bring that flower back to me." Yi Xue was furious. She never thought that her sympathy would be taken advantage of. It's so abominable.

Qiu Shui went to grab the flower, but after a while, Qiu Shui ran out in a panic.

"What's wrong?" Yi Xue asked.

Qiu Shui pointed to the room, and said with some horror, "Miss, there are many children."

When Yi Xue and Qiu Shui pushed the door open, a stench rushed out. Yi Xue stepped aside and waited for a while before she walked in. In the dark room, there were more than a dozen children tied up on the ground. Big and small.The flower was curled up behind a child.

"Don't catch me, big sister, I didn't do it on purpose... I'm afraid of being beaten," Hua'er cried out in horror.

Regardless of Hua'er, Yi Xue saw that these children were all tied up, with cloth strips stuffed in their mouths, and she just looked at herself in horror, maybe Yi Xue was a girl, and the eyes of these children slowly became decadent, full of sadness.

"Qiu Shui, uncover it all," Yi Xue said.

After the children uncovered everything, Yi Xue asked Qiushui to report to the police.But before the government waited for Yi Xue to go out, several yamen servants came, who notified them?
At this time, Xiao Yu was sitting on the roof, looking at the people in the yard, smiling leisurely.

"Girl, did you catch them?" Yacha looked at Yi Xue and asked in surprise. Just now, the county magistrate asked him to come here to catch people, but he didn't expect to catch two people without any effort after arriving. A big man has passed out, and another woman is lying on the bed.

Yi Xue nodded. After some research, she realized that these two were habitual offenders. The county government had received reports that many children had been lost, but they couldn't find the thieves who abducted and trafficked children.

Watching the Yacha kidnap the two bosses away, Yi Xue looked at those children again, and said to the Yacha, "What about these children?"

The yacha shook his head, "There is nothing we can do, girl, some homes are here, some are not, and those who can go back will naturally go back."

This is too irresponsible, Yixue was furious, it seems that she told Uncle Wen about it.

Seeing the reluctance on Yi Xue's face, the Yacha felt that what he said just now was a bit inappropriate, and continued, "Girl, I know it's wrong to do this, but our county government can't help it. The lack of manpower is the second, and the most important thing is , It’s easy to deal with children who know their families, but our county government can’t take them in if they don’t know their families.”

Yi Xue was stunned, and thought about it for a while, no matter how good officials are in this era, they can't control these things, and the county government is not a welfare home.

After the yamen servant left, Yi Xue looked at these children and asked, the oldest among them was 13 years old, and the youngest was seven years old.Among them, there are 11 people over the age of ten, and five people under the age of ten. Fortunately, there are no younger ones, otherwise it will be a headache.

"Do you know where home is?" Yi Xue asked.

Some of the older children nodded, some shook their heads, and the younger ones basically had no impression. After asking, they found out that the longest of these children had been away from home for three years, and the shortest was three or four months.Persecuted, beaten and scolded by those two people, these children have long forgotten where their homes are.

"Can those who know the family go back?" Yi Xue asked.

Five children nodded, saying that their home is Kao City, and the remaining eleven children shook their heads.

"If you can find a home, go home," Yi Xue said, those children were older, and when they heard Yi Xue's words, they all ran out excitedly.

The remaining children all looked at Yi Xue eagerly, including Hua'er.

"If you follow me, you have to sell yourself to me. If you don't want to, just leave," Yi Xue said.

These children looked at the door blankly, as if the outside world was no longer their world, and they all said, "Sister, let's sell ourselves"

Yi Xue nodded, but when she saw Hua'er, Yi Xue hesitated. Although this girl was forced, but this kind of thinking was not good, she said hard-heartedly, "Hua'er, don't follow me anymore."

"Sister, don't leave me, you can tell me to do whatever you want, sister...don't let Hua'er go", Hua'er cried, holding on to Yi Xue's clothes.

Yi Xue had no choice but to say, "Okay, follow me too."

A large group of children followed Yi Xue, and Yi Xue had no choice but to ask Qiushui to take these children to eat. After being imprisoned for a long time, these children were already malnourished. Fortunately, these children had no physical disabilities.

After eating some casually, Yi Xue asked about the situation of these children. The oldest one was a 12-year-old boy, and the next was a 12-year-old girl who was taller than Yi Xue.Six were over ten years old and five were under ten, including seven boys and four girls.

After dinner, Yi Xue found Li Xiaoyi and asked him to help escort these children to Huawang Village and let his wife take care of them.

Xiao Yu has been following Yi Xue, feeling more and more that this girl is interesting, if it was him, he probably would not be so kind to take in so many children.

Yi Xue thought about going to Xia's house, but after thinking about it, it seemed that nothing was wrong. At this moment, a man who looked like a housekeeper rushed over.

"Grandma Yi Xuegu, I found you," said the man sweating profusely.

Only then did Yi Xue see clearly that this person was the housekeeper of the Xia family, Housekeeper Lou, but it was a bit strange for this person to call her aunt, so she laughed and said, "Housekeeper Lou, what's the matter?"

"Grandma, the master is looking for you. I heard that you are in the county seat. We searched several places before we found you," Housekeeper Lou said.

Could it be... Yi Xue probably guessed what her uncle was looking for.

"Let's go", Yi Xue said, and asked Lao Zhangtou to drive to Xia's house.

Master Xia saw Yi Xue coming, and said, "Yi Xue, there is news over there."

Yi Xue didn't expect that there would be news so soon about what she just said yesterday. It seems that her uncle is also worried about her own affairs a lot.

"I've already asked that family, and they are willing to sell it for 500 taels of silver, and they agreed to sign a contract tomorrow," Master Xia said with a smile.

The 500 taels less is really good, and Yi Xue is also happy. From now on, he will have [-] mu of land, including his own, a total of [-] mu of land, and he can be regarded as a real landlord.

"Okay, uncle, I'll come back tomorrow," Yi Xue said.

Xia Yunwan took Yi Xue's hand and said, "Sister, let me go to your house too."

Mrs. Xia said with a smile, "Well, Yi Xue, let Wan'er go. After coming back yesterday, she felt uncomfortable. She said it was you who raised her."

Xia Yunwan's face turned red, but she remembered that elder son with a starry face.

Yi Xue didn't know what Xia Yunwan was thinking, so she nodded and drove the carriage back to Kao Village.

Mrs. Zhang saw a group of children dressed in tatters. She really didn't understand how Yixue found these children. However, Mrs. Zhang was always full of sympathy and compassion, so no matter what happened, she hurriedly arranged for someone to help them. The children are bathed and changed.

After Yi Xue came back, Mrs. Zhang asked about these children, and said that these children were trafficked, and Mrs. Zhang sighed.

"Poor child, I don't know how sad my family is lost," said Zhang, wiping away tears.

"Mother, I will catch the bad guys in the future, so that none of them can escape," Sanya said while raising her small fist.

"Auntie, I want to catch the bad guys too," Xia Chengwan said while raising his fist.

"Okay, okay, you all go catch the bad guys," Zhang said with a smile while holding the two children.

Xia Chengwan never went back with Master Xia. There are many people and children here, so he enjoyed himself.It's just that the most bitter thing is that you have to get up early every morning, that nasty big brother teaches martial arts, and you have to study subjects in the afternoon.Originally Xia Chengwan was restless, but that day Xiao Zhixue said, "Brother Chengwan, if you don't study hard, I won't play with you in the future."

Xia Chengwan is honest, he reads and learns characters with Sanya every day, which surprises Yi Xue, Sanya is really Chengwan's nemesis.

Xia Yunwan was walking around in the yard, she was looking forward to it, but also a little sad, that person didn't show up, isn't he at Yi Xue's house?
Yi Xue looked at the children standing scattered in the yard, some of them were older than herself, and they all looked at Yi Xue eagerly.The smaller ones may not have a sense of belonging and are crowded together.

It’s okay to say that the big ones can help themselves to do things by learning something, but what about these small ones?Yi Xue is also worried, she is not a philanthropist, but she can't just watch these children become homeless.

Now that I have accepted all of them, I have to take responsibility, Yi Xue thought, and then thought about it, perhaps it is not a bad thing to raise her from a young age.

"You all go away," Yi Xue said, now she was thinking about how to best deal with these children.

The family sat together, and Yi Xue raised her worries, "Mom, what do you think?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't have any ideas, the only thing was that these children were too pitiful.After talking for a long time, Yi Xue was helpless, her mother's idea was not constructive.

"Xiaojun, what do you think?" Yi Xue had no choice but to ask Xiaojun, at least Xiaojun still has his own opinions, and occasionally he can come up with some good ideas.

"Elder sister, the older ones should stay at home and do things, and the younger ones..., um, let the younger ones go to school and study. Our family will need a lot of people in the future, and we can't do without considerable knowledge." , Xiaojun said.

Yi Xue also agrees with Xiaojun's statement, but it doesn't seem to be the best solution she wants.

"Eldest sister..." Erya suddenly spoke, and she smiled faintly.

"Xi Xue, tell me", Yi Xue looked forward to it, maybe Er Ya could come up with some strange method.

Erya nodded, "Sister, although these children are younger, they can also be arranged for me besides reading and writing. I have too few puppet figures. It's just me and Chunmei Xiayu who are too busy." Erya said.

That's right, why didn't I think of this? These children may not be able to do puppet needlework, but they should be able to classify and stitch.Although they are not bourgeois, they are capable of these things within their capabilities.

"This is a good way," Zhang said with a smile. Perhaps she found the value of these children, and she seemed very happy.

"Xiaojun, here is a book that I haven't given to you. Now I'm passing it on to you. You have to read it carefully." Yi Xue took out the farm chronicle and handed it to Xiaojun.

Yi Xue had been reading the Farmland Chronicle before, and Xiao Jun wanted to study, so Yi Xue didn't want him to be distracted, but after such a long time, Xiao Jun is a child who knows how to advance and retreat, and has a sense of proportion.Yi Xue still passed the book to Xiaojun.The book was originally written in simplified Chinese, but Yi Xue took the time to edit it into traditional Chinese, but it took a lot of time.

After Xiaojun took it, he looked at it suspiciously, then looked at the title of the book, and immediately felt like a treasure, "Sister, this book is too precious."

"Well, there is probably only this book in the world. Remember, don't lose it. You may not have seen many things in it, but you can borrow many methods. Don't force it to death," Yi Xue said.

"I see," Xiaojun put the book in his arms in a baby-like manner.

"Mom, I'm thinking of moving to the new house and giving our yard a famous name. Also, the living room here will be used as a classroom for these children in the future," Yi Xue said.

Mrs. Zhang nodded, "Alright, people can live in the new house. This side will be used as the outside, and the other side will be used as the inner courtyard. As for the name of the courtyard, have you thought about it yet?"

(End of this chapter)