Chapter 211 Trivia
Whether it is military service or labor service, adult males must be added. And because Beiguan Village is all civilians, this round is one male in ten households and one male in three households.
Since the Xia family has split up, they cannot be counted as one household... Therefore, this family has three vacancies.
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 is still useful.
But Xia Erlang was young and strong, and he had a wife and children, more than one child, so it was natural that he was targeted.
For this reason, Sun pinched half of her eyes and couldn't look at Zhou Yunniang.
Not only is she a widow, but she also brought a whole family of burdens, including the old and the young. Not only did she bring a whole family of burdens, but she was also a jinx! A jinx!
It would have been fine if she had killed her ex-husband, but as soon as she entered the Xia family, Xia Erlang was conscripted again...
If this isn't her fault, who else can I blame?
The other two places are Xia Youtian and Xia Youliang.
Xia Erlang had some money in his hands, and the fourth and fifth wives also had some savings. Especially for the fourth wife, Xia Daohua could provide financial support at any time, so the family decided to spend money to buy peace.
After some arrangements, which cost fifteen taels of silver, three hundred copper coins, two fat hens, a basket of eggs, and a piece of bacon, he finally managed to keep these three people.
Although the matter was settled, the Xia family remained on high alert and paid close attention to the conscription situation.
The original plan of buying five mule carts was reduced to three. The elderly, children and valuables were loaded on the carts, and the adults could only walk on the ground with their own legs.
In addition to the three mules and three mule carts, they planned to buy two sturdier black donkeys for the adults who were tired to take turns walking.
Mr. Feng has already agreed to help with the household registration and travel permit matters, but the money needed to bribe the yamen will have to be paid out of the Xia family’s own pockets.
The Xia family agreed to this without hesitation, and even gave Mr. Feng a gift of several new-flavored side dishes that Xia Daohua had "recently developed."
The Xia family never expected that Mr. Feng only sent a manager to the county government to handle the matter, but it was much more efficient than the two trips the Xia family had made before.
It cost less than three taels of silver to complete all the procedures and paperwork.
The one who went to handle the formalities was Xia Dalang. I don't know if it was because of his status as a scholar or because of the request from the Feng family's manager, but in any case, the clerk who helped with the matter ran around and was very enthusiastic.
He also sincerely pointed out several key points to Xia Dalang.
Xia Dalang naturally stuffed an exquisite purse filled with some copper coins into the clerk's hand - this was what Xia Daohua had given him before he went out to do his work.
I don't know where the little girl from the fourth room heard all these twists and turns.
The clerk took the purse and smiled even more happily.
The process of doing things became a little smoother.
After wrapping his household registration documents and travel permit in oil paper, Xia Dalang returned home with deep emotion.
The house in the town was a sad place for Xia Dalang.
All the valuable things were taken away. There might be a few books left that were not destroyed, but they seemed to be copied by Xia Dalang himself and were not worth much.
This house was originally rented, not a purchased property, so after Xia Dalang took his books, he could only find a way to cancel the lease. It is not known how much rent he can get back.
She took with her some handwritten books and Zhu's dressing box - all the jewelry in the box was gone, but the used cosmetics were still there, but they were broken into pieces. There was also a very old, faded velvet flower.
Xia Dalang took it with him.
I went to another room and looked for my mother and sister's belongings, but found nothing.
Finally, Xia Dalang returned to Beiguan Village with his household registration documents, travel permit, his own manuscript, Zhu's dressing box and old velvet flowers.
Old Master Xia took Xia Erlang to the livestock market and the carriage and horse shop several times and bought three large blue mules in their prime, two good black donkeys, and three mule carts.
The general market price of a mule is five taels of silver, but these three big blue mules are in their prime, so the seller won't sell them for more than seven taels of silver. A donkey is generally two taels of silver, but these two donkeys are also young and strong, with shiny fur, so the seller insisted on asking for three taels of silver each.
After a long bargaining, Mr. Xia bought two black donkeys for five taels of silver and three mules for eighteen taels of silver.
The three mule carts could not be sold at a low price at the horse market, and Old Man Xia felt it was not a good deal, so he went to a carriage and horse shop and bought old carts that had been discarded. He then traveled dozens of miles to find a carpenter in another village to repair them.
Fortunately, although this old car is a bit old, it is still usable. The carpenter's craftsmanship is not bad.
In the end, he spent twenty-eight taels of silver and seven days to purchase the mule, donkey, and mule cart.
The villagers all came to the Xia family to see the novelty. Firstly, everyone liked mules and donkeys and envied the mule carts. Secondly, they finally realized that the Xia family was not just talking when they said they wanted to move.
Well, it seems that what they said to me before, that it is not possible to live in a war-torn area for a long time, was serious?
Some people started to have trouble sleeping at night.
The Xia family has a large population, with elderly and children to take care of. The fact that they decided to move away shows that there might be frequent wars in this place in the future.
But this year's autumn tax has already been paid, and the corvée labor and military service have also been performed. If I move to another place, will I be taxed again?
Many people have this concern.
The most important thing is that leaving home and going to a strange place makes everyone feel a little scared.
Except for a few locals, most people living in Beiguan Village are fleeing famine. However, after living in peace for too long, everyone only remembers the hardships of fleeing famine, but it is difficult to have the courage to endure the pain of fleeing famine again.
Seeing that everyone in her family was busy, Xia Daohua also took on a task - she had to help buy food for the family.
In the next few months, there is no hope for a harvest from the fields, but the family still needs to eat.
Then you can only go to the grain store in town to buy grain.
However, after the war, several grain stores in the town closed down. They said that they had been robbed before and their supply had not been replenished yet, so they had nothing to sell.
The price of food suddenly soared.
Everyone in the village rushed to the mountains to work hard, picking mushrooms, fungus, catching game, digging pine nuts, and hitting chestnuts... But although there are many resources in the mountains, there are also many dangers.
Within a month, three groups of people have suffered minor injuries.
The Xia family couldn't help but feel a little angry.
Xia Daohua thought about it and took over the task of buying grain.
They only told outsiders that it was Li Gan who helped find the way.
Seeing the bags of grain that Xia Daohua bought, the Xia family members were all stunned. This solid grain suppressed all their doubts. They also believed Xia Daohua's random words.
(End of this chapter)
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