Chapter 211 Trivia

Regardless of military service or labor service, adult Dingkou must be replenished. And because Beiguan Village has civilian registration, so in this round, ten households have one Ding, and three households have one husband.

Since the Xia family is divided into separate families, they cannot be counted as one household... Therefore, this family has three quotas.

Among the younger generation of the Xia family, the most suitable ones are Xia Dalang and Xia Erlang.

Xia Dalang's status as a scholar still works.

But when Xia Erlang was young and strong, he had a wife and more than one child, so he was naturally targeted.

For this reason, Mrs. Sun pinched her eyes and looked down at Zhou Yunniang.

Not only was she a widow, but she also brought a whole family, including the old and the young, and a bunch of oil bottles. Not only did she bring a whole family of oil bottles, but she was also a murderer! A broom star!

It was enough to kill her ex-husband, but as soon as she entered the Xia family, Xia Erlang was drafted into the army again...

If you don't blame her for this, who should?

The other two places are for Xia Youtian and Xia Youliang.

Xia Erlang himself had a sum of money, and both the fourth and fifth bedrooms also had some savings, especially for the fourth bedroom. Xia Daohua could provide financial support at any time, so the family made up their mind to spend money to buy peace.

After some planning, it took fifteen taels of silver, plus three hundred copper coins, two fat flower hens, a basket of eggs, and a piece of bacon to keep these three people.

Although this matter has been resolved, the Xia family has been tightening their nerves and paying close attention to the situation of the conscription.

The number of mule carts originally purchased was reduced from the originally planned five sets to three. The elderly, children and valuable belongings were loaded on the carts, and the adults could only walk on the ground with one pair of legs.

In addition to the three mules and the three-horse mule cart, they planned to buy two more sturdy black donkeys to take turns for the tired adults.

Feng Juren had already agreed to help with household registration and road guidance matters, but the Xia family had to pay for the money from the yamen themselves.

The Xia family responded without saying a word, and even made gifts of several new-flavored side dishes that Xia Daohua had "researched" and gave them to Feng Juren.

The Xia family never expected that Feng Juren only sent a steward to the county government office to handle this matter, but it was much smoother than the two trips the Xia family made by themselves.

All the procedures and paperwork were completed at a cost of less than three taels of silver.

It was Xia Dalang who followed to go through this set of procedures. I don't know whether it was for the sake of the scholar's husband or the greeting of the Feng family steward. In short, the little officials who helped with the affairs were very enthusiastic as they ran around.

He also sincerely pointed out some of Xia Dalang's joints.

Xia Dalang naturally stuffed the young official with a delicate purse containing some copper coins - Xia Daohua ran over and stuffed it to him before he went out to do things.

I don’t know where the little girl in the fourth room heard all these twists and turns.

The clerk collected his purse and even smiled.

The process of doing things has become a bit smoother.

After wrapping the household registration documents and road guides in oil-paper bags, Xia Dalang returned home filled with emotion.

That house in the town was a sad place for Xia Dalang.

All the valuables were confiscated, and there might be a few books left that were not destroyed, but they seemed to have been copied by Xia Dalang himself, so they were not worth much.

This house was originally rented, not purchased property, so after Xia Dalang took his book, he could only find a way to cancel the rent. It is not yet known how much rent he can get back.

I brought a few handwritten books with me, as well as Zhu's dressing box - all the jewelry in the box was gone, but the used powder was still there, but it was broken, and there was also a very old flower.

, all faded velvet flowers.

Xia Dalang took it with him.

I went to another room and looked for my mother and sister's belongings, but found nothing.

In the end, Xia Dalang returned to Beiguan Village with the household registration document and road guide, his own manuscripts, Zhu's dressing box and old velvet flowers.

Mr. Xia took Xia Erlang to several livestock markets and carriage shops, and bought three big green mules in their prime, two good black donkeys, and three sets of mule carts.

The general price of a mule is 5 taels of silver per head, but these three big green mules are all in their prime of life, and the seller will not sell them unless they pay 7 taels of silver. Donkeys are generally sold for 2 taels of silver each. These two donkeys are also young and strong, with shiny and smooth coats.

, the seller insisted on asking for three taels of silver per head.

After a long period of bargaining, Mr. Xia bought two black donkeys for five taels of silver and three mules for eighteen taels of silver.

The price of three sets of mule carriages could not be lowered at the horse market. Mr. Xia felt that it was not a good deal, so he went to a horse and carriage shop and bought an old carriage that had been discarded. He then arduously traveled dozens of miles to another village.

I hired a carpenter to repair it.

Fortunately, although this old car is old, it is still usable. The carpenter's skills are not bad either.

In the end, it took twenty-eight taels of silver and seven days to purchase the mules, donkeys, and mule carts.

People in the village all came to the Xia family to see the strange thing. Firstly, everyone liked mules and donkeys, and they were very envious of the mule cart. Secondly, they finally realized that the Xia family was not just talking about moving.

So, it seems that they were serious about what they told themselves before, that they felt that war-torn places cannot be lived in for long?

Some people start to have trouble sleeping at night.

The Xia family has a large population, including seniors and young children, which makes them determined to move away. This shows that this place may really experience frequent wars in the future.

However, this year's autumn taxes have been paid, and corvee and military service have been served. If I change places, will I be taxed again?

Many people have this concern.

The most important thing is that everyone can't help but feel a little scared when they leave their hometown and go to a strange place.

Except for a few locals, most people living in Beiguan Village fled from famine. However, the peaceful days have been too long, and everyone only remembers the hardships of fleeing from famine, but it is difficult for them to have the courage to suffer the sin of fleeing from famine again.

Xia Daohua saw that everyone in her family was busy, so she also received a task - she had to buy food for her family.

In the next few months, there is no need to count on the harvest in the fields, but the family still has to eat.

Then you can only go to the grain store in the town to buy grain.

However, after a period of war and chaos, many grain stores in the town were closed. They said they had been robbed before and the supply of goods had not been replenished, so there was nothing to sell.

Grain prices suddenly skyrocketed.

People in the village all went to the mountains and forests to work hard, going to the mountains to pick mushrooms, fungus, game, dig pine nuts, thresh chestnuts... But although there are many products in the mountains, there are also many dangers.

Within a month, three groups of people had been slightly injured.

It was inevitable that the Xia family would be a little angry.

Xia Daohua thought for a while and took over the task of buying food.

Externally, it is only said that Li Gan helped find a way.

Seeing the bags of food Xia Daohua bought, the Xia family's eyes widened. This solid food suppressed all the doubts in their hearts. They also believed Xia Daohua's random remarks.

A score of ten to ten.

(End of chapter)

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