The Shen family's and Zhang family's houses were to be built at the same time, but the Zhang family's house was smaller.
The fifty-three people who registered were divided into two groups.
Twenty people were given to the Zhang family, and the remaining thirty-three people built houses at the Shen family.
The Shen family and the Zhang family's houses are next door to each other, separated only by a road.
Zhang Xiangyang liked the layout of the house this family was building, so he asked Shen Yu'an to draw a blueprint based on this house.
Just as they had arranged everyone here, they heard shouting outside.
When the Shen family members went out to take a look, they found that it was the blue bricks they bought in the town that were delivered.
After pulling ten carts full of blue bricks, Mr. Shen asked them to help unload them and pile them up next to the wall of the house where they were currently living.
As soon as the bricks arrived, everyone started working on them.
To build a house, you have to lay the foundation first. Shen Ming is an expert at building houses. He was the one who built the house in Shenjia Village.
He directly led the more than fifty people who had registered to get busy.
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On the other hand, the people of Shenjia Village who were rushing to the capital finally arrived at the fourth prince's fiefdom.
However, they arrived at the Fourth Prince's fiefdom much earlier than the Shen family and their group arrived at Longxian Village.
However, along the way, because the Shen family was not traveling with them, many people in the village suffered casualties due to carelessness.
Seeing that they had finally arrived here, many people covered their faces and cried.
If the Shen family were here at this moment, they would definitely find that many old acquaintances in Shenjia Village were missing or had changed drastically.
Old lady Wu walked in the team with disheveled hair. She looked so hungry that her bones were just visible on the surface, and she looked a little crazy.
On the first night that the Shen family and the people of Shen Village parted ways, Old Lady Wu's little grandson was snatched away from her arms.
Her son and daughter-in-law blamed the old woman Wu for the incident, beating and scolding her, and only giving her food and water occasionally.
It's only been less than a month, and he has changed from a person who could jump and curse to this.
Most of the families were not together, and no one knew where they had gone.
Shen Lizheng, who looked dusty and dirty, shouted excitedly: "Hurry up, let's go and see if we can get into the city."
Great expectations arose in everyone's hearts, hoping that all this could end quickly.
But when they arrived at the city gate, the people of Shenjia Village were dumbfounded when they saw the large number of refugees blocked outside.
Isn’t it said that the Fourth Prince is kind? Why didn’t he open the city gates to let the refugees in?
Everyone couldn't wait to find out what was going on.
The answer they got was that there were too many refugees outside the city and the city could not accommodate so many people, so they could only wait outside for a chance to get in.
The only thing to be thankful for now is that although the Fourth Prince did not allow them to enter the city, he did not expel those people outside the city, and he even sent people to distribute porridge to them every day.
The people from Shenjia Village each carried their bags and found a place to sit down in the crowd.
Just as they had inquired, someone came out to distribute porridge in the evening.
There were many refugees outside the city. As soon as the city gate was opened, those people rushed in and snatched up all the few porridge and water.
The people of Shenjia Village were slow to react, so naturally they got nothing.
Fortunately, they still had some food left, so they wouldn't go hungry even if they didn't get the porridge.
They sat together, and there were less than a hundred people left out of the original one hundred.
Wang Xiaogu carefully helped Lin Chunyan down from the cart, his tone full of reluctance.
"Sister-in-law, let me help you down."
Lin Chunyan held her belly with one hand, with a smug look on her dusty face.
Although it was just about getting off the cart, she still put one hand on Wang Xiaogu's hand, deliberately put all her strength on her, and then walked down.
She was like a proud peacock. After she came down, she sat down on the quilt that Old Lady Wang (Wang Zhicai's mother) had spread on the ground.
She took a sip of water and felt very refreshed.
Ever since the Shen family left the team and she no longer saw Shen Yu'an, she felt that her life had become more enjoyable.
She took advantage of Old Lady Wang's desire for a grandson and used the child in her belly to control the Wang family.
Even if Wang Xiaogu disliked her, he had to obey her.
The people of Shenjia Village waited outside the city gate for several days, but still received no news of being allowed to enter the city.
One night, Lin Chunyan was awakened by the noise around her and saw Wang Zhicai, who had gone out to get up at night, coming back with a happy face.
She sat up and asked, "What happened to make you so happy?"
Wang Zhicai looked at Lin Chunyan in the night, and contrary to his usual behavior, his expression was much gentler towards her.
"Good! Go to sleep."
Lin Chunyan was held in his arms and lay down without waiting for him to say anything good.
Wang Zhicai, who was lying down, was thinking about what had just happened. He couldn't suppress a smile on his face, but in his heart, ambition was surging.
At noon the next day, the soldiers at the city gate took a notice with the official seal and posted it outside the city gate.
As soon as the officers and soldiers came out, they were surrounded.
The refugees gathered around looked at the posted notice and started asking questions at once.
"What is it?"
"Sir, what does it say here? Does it allow us to enter the city?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at the officers expectantly, hoping that they would give a positive answer.
After the soldier posted the notice, he said impatiently, "What are you all yelling about? If you want to know, just read it yourself."
After saying that, the officers and soldiers pushed aside the dirty refugees with disgust and left.
The refugees gathered in layers and looked at the bright yellow notice.
But they couldn't read and could only look at the notice anxiously.
Suddenly, someone outside the crowd shouted, "Make way, make way, my son is a scholar."
When the crowd heard that a scholar was coming, they quickly made way for Old Lady Wang and Wang Zhicai to come in.
Other people from Shenjia Village followed behind.
Wang Zhicai, seemingly kind but actually arrogant, walked into the crowd and faced the notice.
After reading the content clearly, he suppressed his excitement and read the contents of the notice aloud.
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