Chapter 162 The Wei Family Comes Out
Shen Yi didn't bother to be polite with him. He threw the wild boar outside the thatched hut, put down the rattan basket, and handed the package to Wei Laoqi's two sons, Wei Yi and Wei Gang, and then followed Wei Laoqi into the dark and cramped house.
The women of the Wei family had already hidden in the house when Wei Yi shouted. At this moment, only Wei Laoqi and his sons and Shen Yi were in the main room.
Wei Laoqi staggered and poured a glass of water for Shen Yi, his face full of warm smiles, "Why are you going into the mountains to hunt at this time? Wild boars at this time are not good to eat, they are dry and thin, only autumn wild boars are good, they are fat and strong."
Seeing that he was getting off topic, Shen Yi hurriedly explained, "I came here specifically to find you. I happened to see that wild boar pursuing me on the way, so I couldn't help but kill it."
"Hiss!" Wei Laoqi's two sons gasped.
Wei Laoqi laughed loudly, "As expected of you, Shen Yi, you can't bear to catch a wild boar! Tell me, what do you want from me? To fight with things?"
Shen Yi glanced at Wei Laoqi's two sons.
Wei Laoqi understood what he meant and led him out to the spacious yard behind the cave. "It's okay to talk here. No one can hear you."
Shen Yi nodded and lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, I want to ask you to help me with something. This is what happened."
When Shen Yi explained the situation clearly, Wei Laoqi was completely confused. It took him a long time to sort out the clues. He was excited and puzzled. "No, no! Those hoes and rakes are not things that cannot be seen by others. How did they get through my hands?"
Chen Yi was helpless. "I don't know either. I just know that he likes quietness and doesn't like to be disturbed. I won't let you help for nothing. Here are ten taels of silver as a reward for you. How about it?"
"Ten taels? Have you made a fortune?" Wei Laoqi widened his eyes and was shocked when he held the silver.
If he remembered correctly, Shen Yi was an orphan, and his family was so poor that they only had a boat of value. It happened that there was a three-year drought, and the water level of the Daxun River kept dropping, so his fishing boat should be of no use.
Shen Yi laughed in silence and told him the whole situation outside.
Wei Laoqi was so shocked that he stood there in a daze.
"You mean that crops now yield 1,000 kilograms per mu? Every household has surplus food and money, and no longer has to worry about going hungry?"
The more he listened, the more he felt that Shen Yi was fooling people.
Shen Yi saw the doubt in his eyes and did not argue, "Anyway, this is the situation outside now, I just want to talk to you, don't worry, I only have farm tools and no weapons, I won't cause any trouble, if someone comes here on their own, you just need to fool them for me, okay?"
Wei Laoqi nodded repeatedly, seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times, and finally asked nothing.
Because it was getting late, Wei Laoqi specially asked Chen Yi to stay at his home for one night.
That night, the entire Wei family gathered in the main room to talk.
Wei Laoqi changed the story of what Shen Yi had asked him to do, saying, "Shen Yi came to ask me to help him make some farm tools. It's not convenient for us to go home, so I may need to go out from time to time, so naturally I will have to pay for my work."
Everyone in the Wei family said they understood and had no doubts.
Wei Laoqi thought about it, and gritted his teeth to tell his family about what Shen Yi said about the situation outside.
Wei Laoqi's wife Liu Jinhua was the first to lose her composure.
"Old man, did Shen Yi really say that there are grains that produce a thousand kilograms per mu outside? If that's the case, why are we still hiding in the mountains? Hurry back to the village!"
Since their family hid in the mountains, they no longer worried about starving to death or dying of thirst, but life at home was still as poor as before. With the birth of more and more grandchildren, the family became poorer and poorer. The clothes they wear now were brought from the mountains a few years ago, and they have never bought new clothes in all these years.
She could ignore all these, but she really couldn't sit idly by and watch her grandchildren's lifelong affairs.
Now the eldest granddaughter is sixteen years old and we haven’t talked about her yet. The next one is the eldest grandson who is fifteen. How many more years can we delay it?
Wei Laoqi was very conflicted, "It's not that I don't want to go out, but we don't know what the situation is outside. What if the situation is really different from what Shen Yi said, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? If nothing works, we can just go back to the mountains. Moving trees may bring life to the dead, but there's no reason for a living person to be suffocated to death! I don't care. I'm going to go out this time. It's spring plowing time, so we have to pick up the land and plant it." Liu Jinhua looked like she had made up her mind and would not change it.
Wei Laoqi did not object directly, but looked at his son and daughter-in-law, "What do you think?"
The two daughters-in-law were also worried about their children's marriage, and immediately expressed their support for Liu Jinhua.
The Wei Yi brothers were also worried, but they didn't say anything for the sake of their father's face.
Seeing this, Wei Laoqi knew there was nothing he didn't understand. He heaved a sigh of relief and made up his mind, "Okay! Since you all want to leave the mountain, then leave the mountain! Anyway, I can pick up the blacksmithing job again, but it will take some effort to get our land back."
They fled when the drought hit, and there were many people like them who left their hometown, and the government could not take care of them. After the drought was over, he went back to the village and told the village chief not to touch their houses and fields.
The village chief did not agree, but only Wei Laoqi came back, and no one knew where the other members of the Wei family were. Wei Laoqi was old and had limited physical strength, but the imperial court still gave preferential treatment to elderly people, which allowed him to keep his family's fields and houses.
But the fields could not be left idle like this, so the villagers decided to give their land to the villagers to cultivate and give them some food every year.
These grains became one of the important sources of income for the Wei family. In the past two years, because he was old, all the things were sent by the villagers. No one even mentioned this to him. It was really hateful!
Liu Jinhua looked depressed. "What are you afraid of? It's not even spring yet! If we don't go back soon, it might be too late!"
After hearing this, the whole family immediately took action.
It is said that even a poor family has treasures, and the Wei family is almost the same.
I have lived in the mountains for so many years and don’t have any valuables, but after packing, I couldn’t even fit everything in the cart.
When Shen Yi woke up the next day, he saw a large family preparing to move.
He helped without saying a word, and of course, the things he brought had to be taken out of the mountain intact.
The group walked from dawn to dusk before they got out of the mountains. Fortunately, they did not encounter any wild beasts during the journey.
Shen Yi said to the Wei family, "You just came out, I'm afraid the houses in the village are dilapidated and you can't live here for a while. If you don't mind, you can stay at my house for a few days and go back after the village affairs are settled."
Wei Laoqi really didn't know how to deal with the women and children at home. Hearing this, he immediately bowed deeply to Shen Yi, "Shen Yi, I don't need to thank you for your kindness. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. I will help you as long as I am alive. If I am gone, let my son help you."
Wei Yi and Wei Gang also hurried to express their opinions.
Shen Yi smiled nonchalantly and led the way for them.
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