“Who are you looking for?
All the former villagers in the village were either dead or fled, leaving only the two families of the Yang family.
Those people in the village are new immigrants, go and see for yourself."
Village chief Yang responded to them casually as if speaking from home, but his heart was beating like a drum.
Others hid in the house and did not dare to come out, for fear that they would be stopped by those people and asked where the people they knew had gone.
These people were just there for formalities, and after hearing what the village chief said, two of them were about to go back to the village.
The other two did not leave because they felt that they had to put on a full show and could not just fool people with it. Anyone could understand it at a glance, so they had to continue asking questions.
"Is there really no one left?
Men went to war, but women can’t go to war too, right?”
When the two people who wanted to leave saw that their leader stopped asking questions again, they turned back and continued to stare at Village Chief Yang, asking a few more questions in a flurry of voices.
"Exactly. I'm here to look for my cousin, Cuihua, who's in her thirties. Even if a man goes to war, it's impossible for a woman to go with him."
Village chief Yang didn't expect that these people were really looking for someone.
There was a widow named Cuihua in the village before.
For a moment he didn't know what to say.
I felt even more panicked.
“I don’t know about that. I’ve only been the village chief for the past two years.
The previous village chief died, and later there were only two families left in the village, and then I became the village chief.
At that time, many women and men died, and they all returned to their parents' homes, and some went out to live with relatives.
That’s about all I know.”
A few people made up the story, and seeing that the village chief didn't suspect anything, they thought they could hide it from the Meng family, so they nodded and let him enter the village.
"Okay, let's go into the village and take a look.
Village chief, do you know where my cousin Cuihua lives? Please point it out to us.
I went to his house to see him. We came from far away and have nowhere else to go for the time being, so I stayed overnight at his house."
If they can stay for one night, they can stay for many nights, so that they can stay in the village with a legitimate reason and look after the Meng family.
The person who spoke was the leader of the group. As soon as he said this, the younger brothers all understood what the boss meant.
The younger brothers all think that the boss is the boss. They can even come up with such an excuse, which is really brilliant!
"I really can't tell right now. The houses in the village are almost all collapsed. Just look for an empty one."
After hearing what the village chief said, the few people felt even happier.
They don't care where they live, they just want an excuse to stay.
But when they entered the village, they were dumbfounded when they saw the uninhabitable houses with collapsed roofs, missing facades, or half of the walls collapsed.
It's really hard for the Meng family to build the house here by themselves without anyone to help.
"Brother, aren't there two buildings over there that look habitable?"
When Mr. Meng saw these people looking around when they entered the village, he guessed that they were here to see that the people they knew were gone.
When I heard them asking about two habitable houses, I couldn't help but start a conversation with them.
"That's the village chief's family and his brother's family.
I just didn’t live in it.”
"Oh, thank you for clearing up this confusion, sir.
Are you building a house?"
Seeing that the old man of the Meng family had spoken, the man took advantage of the situation and quickly came over to talk to him and even helped him carry the wood in his hand.
"We didn't expect that all our relatives would be gone. We came all the way here and now we have nowhere to go.
When I came out, all the elderly people in my family were gone.”
The other people were also busy and joined in naturally.
Their behavior has made it impossible for the Meng family to handle it.
Aren’t these people here to look for their relatives?
How did you help them with their work?
He kept talking about how he came here, who he was looking for, how difficult the journey was, etc., and he was talking to Mr. Meng with a lot of saliva flying around.
When Mr. Meng heard that these children had a hard time on the journey, he thought about how difficult it was for them when they migrated here, and he could understand them very well.
“It’s really difficult. You’ve come all the way here and now you have nowhere to go. Why don’t you settle down in the village first?
Anyway, there are so many empty houses, so I just have to renovate them myself.
Let’s settle this first, and then think about what to do next.”
Mr. Meng casually came up with an idea, which made the four men's eyes light up.
"Master is right. Let's make it a decision here first and then see how the situation develops."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, big brother."
Mr. Meng didn't expect that these people would actually settle down in the village.
These kids seem quite honest and don't look like bad people. It might be a good idea to settle them down in the village.
After a while, the four of them became familiar with Mr. Meng and called him "Uncle".
They all reported their names, and the one who took the lead was also the boss of the group, named Yongxing.
The second one is called Yongzhi, the third one is called Yongping, and the youngest one is called Yongan.
The four people were quick and efficient and worked quickly. They helped the Meng family repair their house in most of the day, and the Meng family was finally able to move into the house at night.
In the afternoon, the Meng family helped the Zhou family repair their house. The four Yongxing brothers also came to help the Zhou family.
The Zhou family can now live in the house at night.
The reason why it was possible to move so quickly was that the house chosen by the Meng and Zhou families had a slightly collapsed roof, but the rest of the house could be habitable after a little repair.
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