Chapter 131 Finally Arrived at Nanzhou City
In the blink of an eye, everyone finally arrived at Nanzhou City after fifteen days' journey.
Everyone jumped off the mule cart and looked towards the high city wall with tears in their eyes. They were excited and bid farewell to everything in Liuhe Village. From today on, they would settle in Nanzhou City. As for which county, town, or village, as long as they could get some land to settle down, they would have the confidence to live a good life.
The inspector at the city gate looked at the crowd and shouted, "Those fleeing famine should not line up to enter the city. Go to the side with the sheds, take out your household registration pass, and wait for arrangements. After you are assigned to a place to settle, officials from that side will come and take you to the government office for handover and arrangements."
Then he pulled another officer beside him and said, "Please help me check the household registration records for now."
"Hey, Inspector General, how would I know how to allocate the villages?"
"Anyway, all those who have fled here today will be sent to the poor mountain areas first, so that they can all go to open up the wasteland. Oh, I'm going to run away first, you can do whatever you want!"
Nanny Wen went to inquire and came back, saying, "Madam, I found out that our master did buy a house in the city and registered his residence through the government office, so we can just queue up and register to enter the city!"
Madam Lou nodded when she heard this, then looked at everyone and said gratefully: "I, Luo Jinqiu, would like to sincerely thank you all for taking care of the three of us, the master and the servant, for the past half month. If we hadn't met you twice, I'm afraid we might not be able to stand here!"
Hearing this, everyone waved their hands and said, "No need to thank us, we are on our way here, and you have also paid us for the journey."
Mrs. Lou: "No matter what, you deserve this thank you."
Then he looked at Xu Zhiyi and said, "Miss Zhiyi, we'll meet again if we're lucky."
Lou Qianqian, who was standing by, had red eyes at this moment. She was reluctant to leave Xu Zhiyi. In the past half month, she found that Sister Zhiyi was really her confidant! Even her mother didn't understand her. She always thought that she was too rebellious and that she didn't have the thoughts of a normal woman in her mind.
Until Sister Zhiyi came out, she really understood her and her feelings. Along the way, she still had a lot of handsome men to talk to her about, but she didn't expect that they would be separated now! Woo woo!
Lou Qianqian opened her arms and looked at Xu Zhiyi: "Sister Zhiyi, can I hug you?"
Xu Zhiyi was about to nod when she heard this, but Lou Qianqian hugged her and said, "Sister Zhiyi, you must come to visit me when you have the chance! My father's house is on North Street in Chunhe County. If you go to Chunhe County, you must come to visit me!"
Shen Changan Shen Wuyou, who was standing by, heard what Lou Qianqian said, and wanted to quickly pull Xu Zhiyi away and run away.
In the past half month, the two brothers have not been able to eat or sleep well. They have to be on guard against Lou Qianqian all day long. But whenever they stop to rest, she comes over and chats with their wives.
The problem is that it's not just a normal chat, but she keeps talking about how this guy is good-looking, and that guy not only has a good-looking face, but also a great figure. His two brothers have been so anxious for the past half month!
I didn't expect that I not only have to be on guard against men when it comes to my wife, but I also have to be on guard against women.
At this time, the officer on the other side shouted: "Take out your household registration and wait in line"
Shen Wuyou, who was standing by, pulled Xu Zhiyi after hearing this and said, "Madam, have they started recording us refugees? We should hurry over there and line up. Maybe we can arrange a good village ahead."
Upon hearing this, the head of the village looked at the people fleeing famine who were scrambling to line up, as well as the row of yamen runners, who should be from various counties, waiting to take the people who had been allocated to their settlements.
Xu Zhiyi looked over at the shed, which was filled with refugees. He turned around and patted Lou Qianqian on the shoulder: "Okay, we have to go and line up. We'll see you later."
Lou Qianqian reluctantly let go of Xu Zhiyi's hand: "Okay, then you must come find me!"
Mrs. Lou, who was standing by, was also helpless when she heard this. How could they be inseparable, like a newly married loving couple?
"Okay, Qianqian, Miss Zhiyi and the others have to go and line up. Do you want your sister Zhiyi to be the last one in line? And then be assigned to the worst village?"
Hearing this, Lou Qianqian quickly let go of Xu Zhiyi and waved her hand: "Sister Zhiyi, hurry up and get in line."
After everyone nodded and said goodbye to Mrs. Lou and the other two, they walked towards the queue to enter their household registration.
Half an hour later, it was finally the village head's turn. He handed over the household registration and the seal of his official position: "Sir, the people behind me are from the same village as me."
Upon hearing this, the officer took the household registration and seal, then glanced at the team and asked, "Are these the only people left in your Liuhe Village?"
The village head said: "Sir, we and the villagers of Liuhe encountered bandits on the way. We all scattered when we fled. Only these few families followed me."
Upon hearing this, the official checked the headman's household registration and seal, and found no problem. Then he waved to the people behind him and said, "Those behind, bring out your household registration for inspection."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi quickly handed over the household registration, and then pulled Su and Shen Wuyou, who was supporting Shen Changan, to stand in front of the official.
The officer looked at the four names in the household registration and their main age characteristics and found that they all matched. He then continued to check Wang Daniu's family, Doctor Li, and the three households in the Lin clan, and found no problems.
Then he waved to the yamen runner on the other side: "Who is leading the team in Huangshan Village? Come and lead the people."
"These families are from Liuhe Village in Pingxiang Town, Rong'an County. Bring them with you and join the large group that has just been assigned to Huangshan Village."
Upon hearing this, the yamen runner hurried over, leading the village head and the people behind him.
"You have been assigned to Huangshan Village. Next, I will take you to the government office over there to officially settle down, and then the constables will take you to Huangshan Village."
Xu Zhiyi was very curious, and looked at the yamen runner and said, "Brother runner, is the deserted mountain village we are going to far away? What is the situation there? Are there any customs?"
Hearing this, the yamen runner felt that there was nothing he couldn't answer to Xu Zhiyi's question: "Girl, you can tell from the name, Huangshan Village, the fields there are few and poor, and it's very bad, and there are mountains everywhere, and it's very far from the town. To exaggerate, if you go out of town, you can't even walk back to the village the next day!"
When the head of the village nearby heard his words, his heart sank. Why were they divided into such a village?
Xu Zhiyi: "Is that so? Thank you for telling me, big brother!"
An old lady from another village who was assigned to Huangshan Village together with Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but say, "Hey, we were all assigned to Huangshan Village. I heard that the village is very desolate and very far from the town. But you have a mule cart, which will be convenient for us in the future."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi rolled his eyes at her and said, "Do I know you?"
The old lady felt Xu Zhiyi's coldness and didn't dare to shout back. She could only mutter in a low voice: "Tsk, what's so great about having a mule cart? Aren't you assigned to such a poor village like us?"
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