When they left, Cao Xiangnan picked a dozen people to take with him. There were men and boys, as well as elderly people and children with them. The men who could take care of the elderly and children at home all the way to here were all extraordinary. The men who were picked had families, so they were taken away together.

The strong ones could do the strong work, and the weak ones could do the weak work. Anyway, these people could be put to good use.

"Grandpa, you see, we are strong and can do any work." Seeing the grandpa coming to pick people, they knew in their hearts that they would definitely stay here arranged by the government with the grandpa. Zhounian glanced at the men who were still smooth and slick at this time, snorted in his heart, and left with the people he picked without even looking at them.

"Embryos, what's so great about them!"

Several men stared at the departing figure from behind, muttering in their mouths, but no one knew what they were saying.

Li Mei worked for his boss and became more and more like a big manager. He followed his boss to select people to work in the workshop. The workshop was constantly expanding, and there was still a shortage of people inside. However, not everyone could enter, and even if these people were brought back, they would have to go through a period of inspection before they could know whether they were useful.

No one knew how much cloth their garment workshop could produce in a month. If Li Mei had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it.

After the hand-operated loom, the workshop introduced a foot-operated sewing machine, which could sew clothes by stepping on the pedals, much faster than the previous sewing process. Two sewing machines could sew clothes faster than twenty brothers could sew clothes in a day, which was simply unimaginable.

These cloths were then sewn and processed into a large number of ready-made clothes, which were then transported to Nanyang by ship in carts. As for where they were going, he didn't know, and Li Mei didn't dare to ask about it. He knew it was not his business. His responsibility was only to manage the clothing workshop and not allow any accidents to happen there.

"If they are from the same family, you should arrange for them to live together. The rest should live in the neighborhood where they work. It's up to you to make the arrangements." Cao Xiangnan ordered, "If anyone is dishonest, don't show any sympathy. Just ask them to leave."

Cao Xiangnan never showed sympathy when it came to doing things. Since you don't take it seriously and don't cherish the opportunity you have finally gotten, you can just roll up your sleeves and leave. There is no such thing as giving you another chance.

"Yes, boss, don't worry. We know." This was not the first day that Li Mei worked under his boss, so it was because of this that he was extremely cautious in doing things and did not allow himself to make any mistakes. He knew that if there was a problem here, he would have to leave directly.

Not to mention Zhounian and his people, but originally these men were retired from the battlefield, they were used to rules and obedience.

Cao Xiangnan was used to having the two boys from the Liu family around him to do things, and he told Liu Yuan to do some things. The two brothers had different personalities, so he told them to do things according to their personalities.

Xiangzi was still a little young, and he wanted to wait until the child was a few years older before taking him to work with him. The child had expressed more than once that he wanted to go out and work with him. But the child was still young, and he wanted the child to learn more knowledge from the teacher. Even if he didn't take part in the imperial examinations in the future, at least his cultural level couldn't be too low.

These men were handed over to Feng Guang, who was always short of manpower. As winter was approaching, they still had to build a few houses to accommodate these people, and they didn't know how many refugees would come to them in the future.

They had a lot of wasteland here, and it would be a good thing if these people could stay here to reclaim the wasteland.

There were many trivial matters outside, and Cao Xiangnan also instructed his subordinates to handle them one by one.

When the sun set, the shed at the entrance of the government office was empty, and the two big pots were taken away.

All the refugees who came to Fenshui were temporarily resettled. The government arranged for them one by one. If they worked during the day, they would get food at night. After eating, they would not feel so hungry.

Fortunately, I was taken away by the eldest master. The food and accommodation were slightly better, but I still had to work to get food.

"Son, you eat. Mom has eaten. You have to do heavy work tomorrow. Eat more so that you will have the strength to work tomorrow." The man who got more food was reluctant to eat it and took it out to the old mom in the house. The old mom was reluctant to eat it and let her son eat it.

If it weren't for this old thing that dragged her son down, her son's life wouldn't be so difficult.

Finally, the food was divided among the family. Am gave most of it to his son, who was satisfied after eating two small bites. His grandson looked at them eagerly, and Am also gave him some, who was very happy. His brother looked at them with a smile on his face, as they were all still alive. They

had a house to live in at night, and they could close the door and bolt it. They no longer had to worry about being dragged away in their dreams and killed in some unknown corner. They had smelled the aroma of meat during their journey, but where did the meat come from in the middle of the night? There was no need to think about it, it could only be human flesh.

Children's meat was the tenderest, and they had lost several children on the road. What they feared most was that their children were captured by the bad guys, so they protected their children along the way. God allowed them to come here and live in a house. God must have taken care of them. I believe that their family can survive this year.

Qi Wanfeng knew something about what was happening outside. Now the town was in chaos. After they returned to the village, they did not live in the town. They left a housekeeper in the yard in the town to look after the house.

"Bai Lian, don't worry. Cao Gang and Da Hu will come back safely." Now it can't be hidden anymore. Sun Bailian also knows about the situation in the north. Qi Wanfeng can only comfort him. Going to the battlefield is dangerous. They all hope that those who go there can return safely.

It was also the cruelty of the man who was willing to leave his brother and several half-grown children at home to go to that dangerous place.

At night, after waiting for the children to fall asleep, Ge'er shed tears and begged the heavens every day to let his husband return home soon.

The village was surrounded by a wall, so they didn't have to worry about wild animals from the other side of the mountain coming down to take the children away. They allowed the children to go out, but most of the children from the two families went to Sun Bai and his wife's house to play with their children. The children at home were obedient and didn't dare to run far. In the current chaotic situation, their village was still peaceful, and there was no guarantee that someone would come in.

The academy has stopped classes now, and will only wait until the beginning of next spring to see how the situation is before reopening.

The old school in the village was no longer used. After the academy opened, all the children in the village were sent to study there, and the old school was left vacant and no longer used.

The old school originally belonged to the Cao clan, and now they wanted to use it. After discussion, Cao Xiangnan invited Zheng Xiucai to come and teach in the old school, so that the children in Caojia Village could continue to attend classes. Anyone who didn't have a child was crazy to object. So Zheng Xiucai also moved to the village with his wife and children.

It was difficult to arrange for the children from other villages, so they had to go home first.

Knowing that there was chaos outside, the academy arranged carriages to send the children home one by one.

It was not until it was almost dark outside that the husband came home. Seeing the husband come back, the brother who was waiting at home was relieved.

The hot rice in the pot was served, and the hungry man sat down to eat big mouthfuls. When he looked up, he could see the brother busy coming and going around him. From his footsteps, he could feel his joy in his heart because of his return.

Cao Xiangnan touched his chin, thinking in his heart, should he come back earlier? So as not to worry the people waiting for him at home.

Holding the person in his arms at night, Cao Xiangnan lowered his head and kissed his wife. There have been too many things to do recently, and he has been so busy that he has no time to accompany the people at home. Only at this time of night, they can lean on each other so intimately, "After this period of busyness, I will make time to accompany you and the children. What do you think?"

"You have your things to do. The children and I are fine at home. You don't need to accompany me. Just go and do your things." Holding the hand on his shoulder, Qi Wanfeng leaned in her husband's arms, and the two of them hugged each other with their backs against their chests.

The person behind him laughed softly, and he could feel the vibration of his husband's chest when he laughed.

"Go to sleep." Cao Xiangnan was reluctant to let this man be so sensible, but he also liked this point of him. The two of them have been getting along like this, and they have never even blushed after quarreling. He thought they could always be so good.

He liked this person, liked his toughness, liked his mild temper, even though in other people's eyes such a tall guy was not good-looking, but in his eyes, Cao Xiangnan felt that his wife was much more beautiful than the movie stars he had seen in his previous life.

This was the person he liked, irreplaceable.

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng responded, leaned back, put his hand on his waist and clasped his hand on the back.

The night gradually darkened, and everyone in the house went to bed.

Not far from Caojia Village, a few men hid there and stared at the on lights. Upstairs were figures walking, they were the night watchmen. The

stars moved in the sky, a dark night passed, and the day came again.

The water in the stream that used to flow has dried up, and there is probably no water coming down from the source on the mountain. It has not rained for a long time, and if even the Fen River dries up, who knows how many people will die. The person standing by the stream frowned and said, "Let's go, let's go up and see what's going on."

A group of people walked up.