Chapter 99: Dilapidated House
They were just assigned to their own village, and they would eventually be in charge of the people. The headman looked at their luggage and then at so many people, and felt even more unhappy.
"You have quite a lot of people."
Su Hanchu smiled and handed over a bag of cakes, a bag of candies, and a bag of melon seeds that he had prepared.
"Village head, I brought this back from town. Let your children try it. We are new here, so we are sorry to trouble you to take care of it."
At this time, a young woman came out of the house with two children. The children looked at the pastries in Su Hanchu's hand with envy.
Then a middle-aged woman came out.
"Oh, I brought it from the town. It's a good thing."
Su Hanchu hurriedly handed over the thing in his hand.
"What's your name, auntie?"
The woman took the things with a smile on her face.
"What do you mean by 'yours' or 'yours'? My surname is Zhao, and mine is Xu. Everyone in the village calls me Aunt Zhao."
Su Hanchu called out with a sweet smile on her face.
"Hello, Aunt Zhao."
Aunt Zhao looked at Su Hanchu, who was about the same age as her daughter and so polite and sensible, and the smile on her face became even more intense.
"Oh, okay, okay."
Then he pulled Zhao Lizheng's clothes.
"Why are you so sullen? There are so many people and luggage, as well as elderly people and children. Why don't you quickly arrange a place for them?"
Zhao Lizheng spoke upon hearing this.
"Several people came this morning. They're from the same place as you. We've already divided up the western plot of land. There are also two residential plots at the south end of the village. Are all of you from the same family?"
Jun Moye was about to speak.
Su Hanchu spoke first.
"Of course not, Li Zheng, the truth is, we traveled a long way and encountered winter, suffering from hunger and cold. Many family members did not make it here. There are seven people in our Jun family.
Then there are sisters Chuntao and Qiukui with their two children, and Jiang Like and a few others who also met on the road. We don't ask for a share of the land, but if you can give us two or three next to each other, we can help each other out."
Zhao Lizheng hesitated when he heard this.
It was Aunt Zhao who spoke again.
"Look at you, you're always hesitant. This young lady looks about the same age as our daughter, and you're still thinking about taking care of others. You're kind-hearted. Just give them all the land at the south end of the village. The two plots of land are right next to each other, but there's a family next to them..."
Then he looked at Su Hanchu and spoke with a smile.
"It's nothing, actually. There's a family living on those two plots of land next to each other. The man died a few years ago, leaving only a woman and a child. Naturally, there are some unpleasant rumors in the village, but you should just pretend you don't hear them."
Su Hanchu spoke hurriedly after hearing this.
"Thank you so much, Aunt Zhao and Li Zheng. We just arrived here and don't know how to get to the south end of the village. Could you please show us the way?"
Zhao Lizheng spoke upon hearing this.
"Then come in and sign. I'll give you two plots of land south of the village, and then one acre per person based on the number of people. However, there's no cultivated land in the village. There's only a five-acre piece of wasteland in the south, which is close to your future house. There's also a paddy field to the east. If you're willing to cultivate it, you can have more than ten acres."
As long as he is willing to share, Su Hanchu is not afraid of taking care of it.
"Thank you, Li Zheng. We will take care of it ourselves."
The head of the village took out a notebook, pen, ink and paper, and began to write a letter.
"Well, although I have to cultivate it myself, the land in the villages outside is generally not bad. If I work hard in the future, I can make a decent living."
Upon hearing this, Su Hanchu smiled and spoke again.
"Yes, what the village head said is true. Don't worry, we will definitely farm well in the future."
Waiting for the book to be written.
The village head spoke.
"Okay, whoever is the head of the family, please sign. If you want to divide it up separately, please tell me now. I can make the decision and give it to you separately."
I looked around and found that no one spoke.
Zhao Lizheng frowned and spoke.
"Are you planning to merge several companies into one?"
Chuntao stood up and spoke.
"Village head, we have been penniless for a long time. The young lady is kind-hearted and has supported us along the way. It would be great if our land can be registered under the name of the Jun family."
Jiang Like and others also spoke.
"We are young and don't know how to survive. Let's register it under the Jun family name and live together from now on."
The village head saw several people with the same surname come last night and asked to be divided separately. Now there are many surnames coming, and they actually want to be divided into one family. It's really strange.
"Think carefully. Now that it's under the name of one family, it will be troublesome if you want to separate it later."
Several people said hurriedly.
"I've thought about it. Thanks for troubling the village head."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lizheng had no choice but to let Jun Moye sign and put his fingerprints on it.
Then he gave a copy of the deed to Jun Moye, kept a copy for himself, and then looked at Aunt Zhao.
"I'll take you there."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhao spoke to Su Hanchu and others.
"Come on, I'll take you there."
Su Hanchu walked forward and warmly took Aunt Zhao's arm.
"Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Zhao."
Seeing her approachable look, Aunt Zhao also smiled.
"My husband is a bit aloof, but don't mind. We'll all be from the same village from now on. If you need anything, just come to our house and tell us."
Su Hanchu heard this and took Aunt Zhao's arm and said
"That's for sure. I'm afraid we'll have to trouble Aunt Zhao a lot in the future. But Aunt, I have a question for you."
Aunt Zhao spoke as she led them towards the south of the village.
"you say."
Su Hanchu smiled and spoke when he heard this.
"Uncle Zhao said that a few people came to settle in our village early this morning. What are their last names?"
Aunt Zhao spoke upon hearing this.
"The surname is Chen, the owner is Chen Wenmin, with a woman, a young girl, and a boy..."
Su Hanchu's mind was slightly moved when he heard this. Isn't this the third branch of the Chen family? They have been relatively low-key along the way.
"Oh, so your last name is Chen. Thank you, Auntie."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhao patted Su Hanchu's hand.
"You have to thank me for this and that. Why are you so polite, kid?"
Su Hanchu took the Jun family and Aunt Zhao for a long time, talking and laughing along the way.
Finally arrived at the south end of the village.
Aunt Zhao pointed to two somewhat dilapidated houses and spoke.
"This is it. Two families used to live here, but later they moved to the east of the village and built new houses, so this place became empty."
There were so many people coming together. A door of a house not far away opened gently, and a boy of seven or eight years old stuck his head out and looked at the group of people with a timid look in his eyes.
When someone from the Jun family looked over, he quickly closed the door again.
Su Hanchu looked at Aunt Zhao and spoke.
"Thank you, Auntie. We'll clean up right away. When things settle down, we'll have to trouble Auntie Zhao to help us with some repairs to the house."
Aunt Zhao spoke upon hearing this.
"That's easy. Tomorrow I'll help you find a few people in the village to come and repair the house."
Su Hanchu looked at the two dilapidated houses.
"Aunt Zhao, I'm afraid it's not just a matter of repairing it. I have to plan to rebuild it. Let's clean it up today and make do with it. I'll come to your house tomorrow to have a good talk."
Aunt Zhao was delighted when she heard this. It seemed that these people had money. Building a house would cost a lot of money. They would definitely have to hire craftsmen, and the villagers would be able to earn some money.
"Okay, then I won't bother you guys with the cleaning. If you need anything else, just send someone to my house and let me know."
Su Hanchu smiled and nodded when he heard this, then watched Aunt Zhao leave.
A group of people moved all the things into the house, and the horse was also led in and tied in the yard.
As soon as we entered the house, everyone started cleaning.
Fortunately, Su Hanchu bought all the cleaning tools when he was in town.
Everyone was cleaning busily when suddenly there was a knock on the door...
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