Everyone sat on the ox cart and drove into Qingyan Town.
Although Qingyan Town is not as lively as the provincial capital, the market is also bustling with people.
As soon as everyone entered, they were infected by the lively atmosphere and felt that they had finally settled down.
Bai Yi turned around and saw the expressions of the Shen family and asked, "Do you want to stop and transfer?"
Everyone looked at each other and refused.
Old Mrs. Shen said, "Let's go to the village first. It will be dark if we delay any longer."
Bai Yi nodded, then led the way and continued walking forward.
Passing through Qingyan Town, there are rows of dirt and stone roads that are often walked on by people, forming a relatively flat road.
After walking about five or six miles, the Shen family group saw a village. From afar, they could see a high mountain behind the village.
It is noon now, and the villagers are squatting at the fork in the road with their bowls in hand, eating and chatting.
Da da da~
The sound of the ox cart attracted the crowd who were eating together at the village entrance.
The villagers turned their heads and saw a group of people driving ox carts appearing in the village.
Everyone jumped off the ox cart and walked towards those people with smiles.
Shen Rong asked an older man who was looking towards them, "Uncle, is this Longxian Village?"
The old man said kindly: "This is Longxian Village. Are you here to look for someone or what?"
The others who were holding their bowls also looked over curiously, wondering what these people were doing here.
Shen Rong told them their identities and why they came here.
A woman holding a bowl repeated in surprise: "What? Refugees from famine?"
Everyone looked at the Shen family in surprise.
There is no such thing as fleeing famine. Even though they are uneducated, no one will lie to them.
Not to mention the shiny cows and carts they were pulling.
Take the clothes they wear, for example. They don't have any patches on them.
Nowadays, who doesn’t have a few patches on their clothes?
Shen Rong smiled at them kindly and said affirmatively: "Yes, I just came here."
He then asked, "Can you tell me where the head of the village lives?"
The old man stood up and pointed ahead, "Here, go straight in, turn right at the first bend and it's the first house."
"Thank you, old man."
Shen Rong thanked him, and the Shen family continued to move forward.
The people behind them watched the Shen family walk into the village, gulped down the rice in their bowls, and then followed them.
It is unbelievable that these people came here to escape famine.
They have to go and see what’s going on.
A group of people arrived at the door of the village headman in a noisy manner. Before the Shen family could go up and knock on the door, one of the people who followed ran over and knocked on the door.
"Uncle Lizheng, someone has come to our village, please come out and take a look."
There was a voice coming from inside, a man's voice that sounded a little old.
"Da Zhuang, what are you doing? You broke the door!"
The Shen family members heard the person inside calling the name of the person knocking on the door, and looked at him twice.
His name doesn't match his appearance at all.
The name Da Zhuang makes people think that he should be a tall and strong man who looks honest and simple.
But Da Zhuang is so thin, as if he can't afford to eat.
Looking at his face again, he also looked shrewd.
The door opened, and an old man who looked energetic walked out, followed by a few people.
The Shen family members turned their gaze away from Da Zhuang.
The old man saw a large group of people standing outside the door and asked in confusion: "What's going on? What are these people doing here?"
Bai Yi took out a document stamped by the government from his arms, intending to explain the identities of the Shen family.
But the man who was just called Da Zhuang, before Bai Yi could say anything, started to tell him the reason why they came to the village.
"Uncle village head, these people said they were fleeing famine, and the government allowed them to live in our village."
After he stopped, Bai Yi took the official document and handed it to the head of the village.
Lao Lizheng took the document in his hand and took a look at it, then raised his head and looked at the Shen family.
He said: "Since you are here arranged by the government, you can stay in the village. Just don't cause any trouble."
Shen Rong felt relieved when he saw that the head of the village did not make things too difficult for him.
But they couldn't just sleep in the tent now that they were in the village, so he asked about the accommodation and the land.
After hearing this, other people in the village also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
There are not many residents in their village. Apart from the land owned by their own, each household either rents or sells the rest to people from other villages.
There are also some empty lands that can be used to build houses. Although no one lives there, nearby residents have used them to grow vegetables.
There was no one living there and no houses built there, so everyone just turned a blind eye to it.
Now no one wants the land where they grow vegetables to be taken away, so they can only wait for the response from the head of the village.
The old man was holding the document in his hand and continued to read it before he looked up.
"It says here that the government has granted you two plots of land for you to build houses, but if you want land you need to buy it yourself."
Everyone in the Shen family nodded. They already knew that two plots of land were divided to build a house.
However, they are all native farmers, and they would not feel safe if they did not have land.
Lao Lizheng looked at the people gathered outside, waved his hand and said, "Don't you have anything to do every day? Stop gathering around."
Then he looked at Shen Rong and said, “Come in with me.”
The Shen family had a large population and also had an ox cart, so not all of them went in.
Shen Yu'an, Mr. Shen, Shen Rong, Zhang Mancang, and Bai Yi went in together, while the others stayed outside to watch.
No one was surprised that Mr. Shen and his friends went in, but they were discussing something, so why did that pretty girl follow them in and cause trouble?
Everyone couldn't help but look at Shen Yu'an a few more times, and then they thought that this girl was really pretty.
Shen Yu'an and the others went in, but the people surrounding outside did not leave.
They surrounded the people from the Shen family who stayed outside and started talking at once.
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