Towns are usually located in relatively flat areas that are neither too high nor too low. And since they are towns, their drainage systems are far superior to those of villages. So, apart from those who left long ago, the people who remained in the towns were all safe and sound.
But the villages were in a different situation. The locations varied in elevation, and Yue Jiuyue's house was at roughly the same level as the road leading from the various villages to the town. Their village was flooded, as were several nearby villages. Fortunately, the area was not lacking in mountains, so they managed to escape to the mountains and thus avoided disaster.
There really isn't a village like Linjiagou where not a single person contracted the disease.
Even the town was not spared.
Therefore, the total population of Huandong Town decreased by seventy or eighty percent, and several villages were deserted. If Magistrate Tang hadn't sent people and doctors to the countryside, perhaps less than one-tenth of the town's population would still exist.
Linjiagou Village still has more than 100 people, which is honestly considered a large village in Huandong Town.
When Village Chief Lin led his two sons to the county town, all they saw was a desolate scene. The village was dilapidated, and some areas had even disappeared. It wasn't spring planting season yet, and there was no one in the fields. The feeling that they were the only three people in the world made them feel uneasy.
Village Chief Lin couldn't help but feel fortunate. He had only sent his two sons along to protect the money Yue Jiuyue had given him to buy the mountain, hoping they could broaden their horizons. Unexpectedly, this had indirectly protected his fragile little heart...
After finally reaching the county town, they finally saw people. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had accidentally wandered into some deserted place and finally returned to the human world.
After going to the county government office and completing the marriage contract, the three of them didn't waste any time. They didn't even have lunch in the county town and rushed back without stopping.
“Chao Dongniang, this is your land deed.”
Lin, the village chief, didn't even go home. He went straight to Yue Jiuyue's house with his two sons.
Yue Jiuyue accepted it with profuse thanks, glanced through it casually, and something seemed off!
"Brother, why are all the hilltops covered with my name?"
The land deeds are all correct, each of the four sons owns five mu, and she owns three mu. How come the entire mountain is under her name?
"Huh? It really is! I didn't know either! I made myself perfectly clear back then, didn't I?"
Village Chief Lin asked his two sons, who were following behind him, with some uncertainty.
Lin Chaoyang and Lin Chaoping: (￣ｏ￣)
They don't know either! They didn't go in!
The two brothers glanced at each other, then shook their heads at Village Chief Lin in unison, saying:
"Dad, I don't know!"
Village Chief Lin was stunned. This was the first time he had ever made a mistake since becoming village chief, and he was quite flustered.
Having served as village chief for ten years, Village Chief Lin quickly calmed down and said:
"I'll go to the county again tomorrow, and this time I promise I'll get it done for you!"
Yue Jiuyue thought for a moment and said:
"No rush, let me ask those three kids for their opinions first."
After saying that, he invited Village Chief Lin and the others to stay for dinner.
Village Chief Lin was too embarrassed to eat. If he hadn't already drunk the ginger soup, he wouldn't have even dared to drink it.
After leaving Yue Jiuyue's house, Village Chief Lin couldn't figure out where things went wrong. He kept reviewing what happened at the county government office, and it seemed that apart from the other party mentioning "was it Yue Jiuyue, the one who was rewarded with five hundred taels of silver by the emperor?", there was nothing else.
Is that why the other party wrote it wrong?
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