Rebirth of the farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 21 Go shopping in town
"Birth, old age, sickness and death every year, can't we bother to redistribute every year?" Some people are happy, but others are reluctant. "Besides, who wants to die? It's a sad thing in the first place. The land is gone. Isn't this It's more disturbing."

"What you said is meaningless." Just now the man heard back, "Who married a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a child? It is not counted as a person? The dead occupy the ration fields of the living, and there is no reason to go anywhere. Come on. Besides, if a girl is married, her husband's family can't chase after her to ask for land in the village? How can we give the land in Chenjia Village to outsiders?"

Hearing the commotion below, the village head knocked on the gong, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, be quiet, I have discussed the land distribution with the elders in the clan, and they are all in favor. I also mentioned the rules of land distribution just now. Whoever has an opinion can put it forward now." After finishing speaking, he narrowed his eyes and scanned the crowd.

"If no one speaks, it means agreeing. From then on, you are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks behind your back. Now that the elders of the clan are here, this matter will be decided..."

"Village Chief." An abrupt voice rang out, "The land is divided into thin and thick, how to divide it?"

The village head replied with a smile: "I missed a little bit just now. The thickness of the land naturally needs to be matched. Although I am the village head, I still have to ask the elders in the clan to make decisions on such a big matter. Dare to make up your own mind. If anyone thinks that I, Chen Dawei, are tricky in allocating land, I am willing to go to the ancestral hall and ask my ancestors to decide!" At the end of the speech, the smile faded away, and his face was righteous.

Everyone was silent after hearing this, and dared not say another word.In Chenjia Village, it is a big deal to go to the ancestral hall to invite ancestors.The so-called asking the ancestors is to ask for divination in front of the tablet, and the party that is not protected by the ancestors will be whipped thirty times and kicked out of Chenjia Village.Since the village head even said the words of inviting the ancestors, he was naturally open-minded and fearless.

Originally, the people of Chenjiacun were in awe of Chen Dawei, but now they don't doubt him even more.

The purpose of convening the villagers today is to announce the land distribution. As for when the land will be distributed, it has not yet been decided.The land has to be measured in advance, and the population of each household must be counted. It is estimated that it will take ten days and a half months to complete the distribution.

The village chief said that the meeting ended, and the villagers gradually left, while some men stayed behind to discuss.

As Meng Duo walked home, he felt uneasy. Their family's land was small, and it would be even less if they re-divided.

Meng Duo went home, and while working, he was thinking about the land division in his mind.As a woman, she doesn't even have the right to speak about this kind of matter, and Meng Da decides everything.

She looked at the door for a while, wondering why the uncle hadn't come back yet.It wasn't until after a while that Meng Da's shadow was seen, and he pushed back a load of firewood with a wheelbarrow.

"Seeing that the land is going to be redistributed, I wandered around the field and brought back the fallen firewood." Meng Da put down the wheelbarrow while saying, "I'll return the car to Qiangzi's house, and the firewood will wait for me when I come back." You don’t have to do it with your hands.”

There is a lot of work at home, but Meng Da never lets Meng Duo reach out for rough and heavy work.In the previous life, Meng Duo always felt that life was full of suffering and everything was not going well.Only after living again like this did she deeply feel her luck.The uncle is kind and considerate, the uncle is sensible and obedient, and the sister-in-law is innocent and lively. What could be more gratifying than these?
Suffering and enjoying happiness are not important, the family is happy together, bitter and sweet!Thinking of this, Meng Duo felt at ease, and no longer thought about land distribution.

For several days in a row, Meng Dadu worked as usual. When the weather was good, he went into the mountains for a walk, and when the weather was bad, he wandered around to collect firewood and horse manure.

But some people in the village jumped up and down in secret. For several nights in a row, the lights in the village head's house were kept on until midnight.

Xiao Qiang came to Meng Da on purpose and asked him to go to the village chief's house for favors, but Meng Da shook his head and refused without even thinking about it.

"The village chief said that the division of land should be discussed with the elders of the clan, so it's useless to ask him." Meng Da is honest and kind after all, and he never thought about those dirty and despicable activities at all, "Besides, we live in the same village. At least seven or eight years, every ridge of every piece of land knows what it looks like with closed eyes. If the land is divided unfairly, anyone can see it."

"Fool, it depends on your heart and mind. Even first-class land can be divided into good and bad. If one catty of grain is added to a ridge, how much more will an acre of land produce? I don't know when the next land distribution will be. In case Suffering a loss is not a matter of a year! You beat the village chief because of selling snakes, and now you have offended Mr. Lin, and you will not gain anything if you try to save it." Xiao Qiang was worried for him. There are many rumors.

He listened disapprovingly and laughed, "Where did you hear the gossip? It is obvious that Pang Da accidentally injured the village head. How could I be offended by carrying the unconscious Lord Lin back? I really listen to the outside world." No, there is no truth in two and a half miles."

"My silly brother, you are not born with the intention of harming others, and you can't think of everyone as a good person." Xiao Qiang was so anxious when he couldn't explain it to him, but Meng Da just didn't eat oil and salt, so he simply ignored it. up.

Seeing Xiao Qiang leave, Meng Duo said hesitantly: "Uncle, what Brother Qiang said makes sense. I heard that the village chief didn't even enter the gate of Lin's mansion. He didn't dare to be angry with Mr. Lin, but he didn't dare to make fun of us." It's very easy."

Meng Da planned to bury some words in his stomach, but he saw that Meng Duo didn't seem to be as chaotic as before after waking up from a serious illness, so he started talking to her.Gradually, he got used to telling her what was on his mind.

"How could I not understand your concerns? It's just that if it's as rumored outside, even if I take out all our belongings, the village chief probably won't see him; if it's not like the rumors outside, I will Why bother the village chief?" Meng Da had his own plans in mind.

After hearing this, Meng Duo couldn't help but nodded, feeling that he had lived two lifetimes without really understanding Uncle.He doesn't know a few big characters, his speech is slow and he never fights with others, but his heart is like a mirror, and he handles things calmly and properly.It's just that he pays too much attention to family affection, and his family is his weakness, so he ended up miserable in his previous life.

God let Meng Duo live again, she made up her mind to protect her family and never let the tragedy happen again.

"Uncle is right, but I lost my sense of proportion. All matters outside the house are up to uncle." Hearing Meng Da's words, Meng Duo felt more at ease, "I have to get up early to go to town tomorrow, and rest early. Bar."

Meng Da hunted some game and planned to sell it in the town tomorrow.Meng Duo wanted to buy some cotton to make cotton coats for his uncle and sister-in-law, and buy some needles and threads.But they can't go together, the village entrance has a special carriage to go to the town on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.Specially pull the young daughter-in-law and the old woman in the village, and each person will hand in five copper coins and be responsible for going back and forth.

(End of this chapter)