Chapter 134 Jinjiang Exclusive
The day after the transaction was completed, the two forces leaked the news of the impending flood.
With the hailstorm that had just fallen as evidence, no one dared to take the flood forecast seriously this time.
But because they believed the news was true, the victims became even more panicked. Those with poor psychological endurance could not help but cry and wail, cursing God for not leaving them a way to survive. Some even had the impulsive thought of simply dying.
Fortunately, before they could actually take action, the two forces notified the entire city, asking all victims, whether they were local residents of the county or outsiders, to come to the south of the city to collect the supplies seized from the gambling houses and government offices.
The news that the gambling houses and government forces had been destroyed also spread thoroughly.
The collapse of the two forces and the supplies that everyone had a share of immediately diverted everyone's attention. The victims went to the designated location to collect the supplies with half belief and half doubt.
There are currently thousands of disaster victims in the county. Each of these people has been given nearly 50 kilograms of various coarse grains, 3 kilograms of salt, one piece of cotton and one piece of linen, as well as enough ready-made pills for reducing fever and colds to use for three to five times.
The supplies distributed this time were all urgently needed, such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, including those sky-thunder bombs. Lu Xuan did not take them out, and the gentry and wealthy businessmen tacitly treated these things as if they had never existed in the first place.
They destroyed two forces with their own strength, so it is only right that they get some spoils.
After receiving so many supplies for free, the pessimistic disaster victims were no longer able to despair.
Who wants to die when they can live?
With these supplies, plus what we found in the north of the city a few days ago, and the remaining rations accumulated over the past two months, we don't have to worry about starving to death for at least the next six months.
The two forces took advantage of the situation and announced that they were planning to move to the mountains in the east. They also stated that they had prepared a lot of boats in advance and that the flood was not completely unstoppable.
The victims had no time to think about anything else.
The most important thing is to pack your luggage quickly and confirm the time of departure to avoid being left behind!
After a series of moves, the expected chaos was quelled before it even happened, and the entire city unconsciously fell into intensive preparations for escape.
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East of the city.
"Ayue, come, eat more." Miao Jinfeng actively picked up food for Li Yue, whose body had almost recovered.
"That's enough, mom. I'll help myself." Li Yue held the bowl full of rice and looked at the food on the table with a complicated expression. The food was even more sumptuous than in previous Chinese New Years.
Even though two days had passed since she reunited with her family, she still found it difficult to get used to the affluence of her home.
It wasn't a festival worth celebrating, but it was just an ordinary meal that had four dishes and a soup, a combination of meat and vegetables. The meat dishes were large pieces of fried bacon and braised wolf meat, and even the soup was an extremely delicious fish soup. It was so luxurious that it was heartbreaking.
Such a meal would be enough for her to eat for ten days during the hottest period, without worrying about spoilage.
The more Li Yue learned about life in the village in the first three months, the more she regretted not staying with her child.
On the day Lu Xuan led the villagers to deal with the gambling house, Zhou Chenghai's parents and brothers brought him back, broke one of his arms and one of his legs on the spot, and beat him up so badly that he was only left with one breath before throwing him out to fend for himself.
Compared to killing people directly, the half-dead disabled people will obviously suffer more during the disaster period. This is the greatest revenge for Zhou Chenghai.
After seeing Zhou Chenghai's retribution with his own eyes, most of the hatred in Li Yue's heart dissipated, and what remained was only the guilt and self-blame for his daughter's death.
Fortunately, it has been more than two months since the incident, and with the company of my family, I have not had thoughts of suicide.
My daughter is gone, but at least she still has her family by her side.
Li Yue ate the delicious food that she had never dared to think about in the past three months while listening to her family chatting.
Li Tuo was puzzled. "It seems that Mr. Chen and his men only mentioned the flood to the victims in the city and concealed the disaster for five years. Why didn't they tell the victims so that they could prepare in advance?"
Li Tie took a leisurely bite of the fried cave mushrooms and shook his head, saying, "A flood is enough to crush people. I've already said that the victims in the city can't bear it."
Although they say they are making preparations in advance, the conditions for the disaster victims are limited, so what can they prepare?
It is good enough to make some preparations to resist floods in the shortest possible time. As for the rest, there is no need to worry about it until the rainy season is almost over. We must always take things step by step to avoid taking big steps and causing trouble.
It’s not like every force has a Lu Xuan with outstanding abilities.
The fact that their village had a Lu Xuan was a great blessing from their ancestors.
Li Jing said, "There are quite a few disaster victims in the county. Without the county government office and the gambling house, Mr. Chen and his men can gather a lot of manpower. There is strength in numbers. With everyone working together, and with the supplies Lu Xuan has exchanged for them, it shouldn't be difficult for them to successfully survive the flood."
"There is strength in numbers...that's the truth." Li Tie's expression changed slightly and he nodded.
"Village chief." As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Li Tuo wiped his mouth full of oil and went out to open the door. "Eh? Aunt Qian, Brother Dayong, why are you here?"
Li Tuo was curious when he found that there was an unfamiliar girl following Aunt Qian.
Who is this?
The people in the room also saw the girl they had never seen before, and their hearts were moved.
Could it be that after Wu Yang, Wei Dayong also rescued someone?
Aunt Qian felt a little embarrassed when she saw they were still eating, "Oh, look at me, I came at the wrong time."
Miao Jinfeng hurriedly said, "No, come in." Then she asked Wu Yinyin and Li Yue to move the dining table aside, took out another clean table from the space and placed it in front of her man, and poured tea.
The other members of the Li family sat on the other side, leaving space for Aunt Qian and the other two.
Li Tie asked, "What are you doing here?"
After sitting down, Aunt Qian drank some hot tea to warm herself up, and quickly recounted what had happened.
Finally, he asked nervously, "Village Chief, do you think this can be done?"
Li Tie glanced at the woman who lowered her head and nervously clenched her clothes with both hands. Some thoughts popped up in his mind, but he did not reply to Aunt Qian immediately.
"You guys sit down first, I'm going to go out for a while."
Having said that, he asked Miao Jinfeng to greet them, and he went out and turned to Lu Xuan's room.
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"...That's what happened." Li Tie looked at Lu Xuan. "Dayong's previous wife died during childbirth, and she's been living alone ever since. This time, I happened to see the girl being forced by her father, and I couldn't bear to see it, so I rescued her."
Li Tie sighed, "Including you, there are more than forty young men in our village. Apart from your Uncle Wu, Uncle Ge, Uncle Zhang and others of my generation, there are also about thirty young men, and at least half of them are still unmarried."
Including his youngest son Li Tuo.
"Of course there are unmarried young girls in the village, but those who are attracted to each other have already been engaged. Those who haven't gotten married yet simply don't like each other. If the disaster hadn't happened, each family could have sent a matchmaker to other nearby villages to find suitable families, but now..."
They may not be able to settle down for the next few years. For five whole years, girls who are fourteen or fifteen years old and in their prime years will be turned into old maids.
Li Tie said, "I was thinking, since there are many people in the county town and our conditions are relatively good, before we leave, can we ask the villagers to find a suitable candidate? If they are not troublesome and have decent character, we can bring them back to strengthen our village."
After hearing the village chief's plan, the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but exclaim: "Increasing the population and strengthening the strength is indeed a good idea. This way, the anchor can save some trouble in the future and take us out more often."
The disaster victims in the county all knew that the people of Yunlu Village were wealthy. If they had announced they were looking for people, they would probably have been flooded with people.
[Actually, I think we can attract Boss Chen's caravan over here.]
Boss Chen's roots are all in the county town, and his second uncle is one of the leaders of the gentry. As a nephew, he certainly has a lot of say, so it's unlikely he'll follow the host and his group around.
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "That's a good idea. In addition to finding partners for the young and strong singles in the village, we can also find people with special skills, but the premise is to check their character."
Li Tie said solemnly, "That's for sure. I don't want to attract a bunch of troublesome people to worry about me every day."
At this point, Li Tie glanced at Lu Xuan again and said, "Come to think of it, don't you plan to find yourself a wife while you're here? You're not young anymore."
Lu Xuan shook his head without hesitation and said, "I don't need it. The immortal won't allow it."
Xian·Live Broadcast Room Audience·People:??? A scapegoat?
Li Tie didn't expect that the immortal would care about this, but then he thought, maybe it was because Lu Xuan would become an immortal and go to the fairyland sooner or later, and the immortal felt that an ordinary mortal woman was not worthy of him and could not leave with him.
It is indeed not a good idea to marry a woman who you will be separated from sooner or later.
After realizing the reason, Li Tie stopped trying to persuade him.
A consensus was reached on increasing the population, and the first thing to be resolved was naturally the matter of the woman rescued by Wei Dayong.
Lu Xuan gave the village chief an idea, "When you go back, tell Aunt Qian this... It's okay to get a wife, but I'm afraid her father will come along too. Then the village will be in trouble."
Li Tie didn't want to be blamed by a scoundrel, so he said solemnly: "I know how to tell your Aunt Qian, don't worry!"
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After listening to Li Tie convey Lu Xuan's words, Qian Erniang turned around and told her son Wei Dayong again, "If Miss Ke can make up her mind, I will accept her as my daughter-in-law. Otherwise, let's send her away. We can help her once, but we can't help her forever."
Wei Dayong naturally had no objection, "Okay, let's do as you say."
Soon, Qian Erniang took Ke Wei aside and had a heart-to-heart talk with her.
"Girl Ke, I won't lie to you. I think you're good-looking and smart, so I want to marry you to my son. But your father is not a good person. He wants to sell you right after receiving a lot of food. Our village can accept you, but we can't keep your father with you.
My aunt's idea is that we will provide you with some food so that you can break off relations with your father."
Ke Wei, who had become thin due to the disaster but still had delicate features, bit her lip and said, "But he is my father, I have to be filial to him..."
Qian Erniang interrupted her, "Filial piety also depends on the person! Your mother carried you for ten months and gave birth to you, so you should be the most filial to your mother. What did your father do? He just took off his pants to have fun for a while, which is not a big contribution. But you know how to use filial piety as a token of authority to torture you at will."
"You can't even survive now, are you going to hang yourself on a piece of foolish filial piety for the rest of your life? You shouldn't have asked for help when my son passed by in the first place."
Qian Erniang said in a resounding voice, "If you don't save yourself, even Heaven can't protect you. Girl, your life is your own. You have to choose the path you want to take."
"If you really can't make up your mind, I won't force you. We can take you to see the people in charge in the gentry and ask them to help you. Your father won't dare sell you out again."
She saw that the girl had a strong determination between her eyebrows, and knew to seek help when she encountered trouble. She was not tortured to numbness by her father, so she wanted to help.
If Ke Wei couldn't stand up on her own, she didn't want to find a weak daughter-in-law for her son during this special festival.
Qian Erniang had no idea how enlightening her words were to Ke Wei.
From childhood to adulthood, Ke Wei watched how her father scolded her mother for not being able to conceive, called her a money-loser, and beat and kicked her mother and her at will.
Whenever they wanted to resist, the men would suppress them with the principles of husband being the God and filial piety. Even the neighbors would persuade them to be obedient, saying that her father gave birth to her and raised her, and she should be filial to his father.
No one thought there was anything wrong with what her father did.
But there was always a voice in Kewei's heart saying, this is wrong! Her and her mother's life should not be like this!
Especially when her mother fell ill during the high temperature period and her father wanted to sell her to the landlord Liu in exchange for more food after learning that there would be a flood, she kept wavering and struggling between accepting her fate or fighting.
Until today, someone finally told her loudly: You are not wrong, your father is wrong! You can resist, and you should resist.
Ke Wei's trapped heart finally became clear at this moment.
Without much hesitation, she shouted, "I'll go with you!"
Ke Wei said firmly, "Aunt, you don't need to give him any food. We're not from the county town, we're from a nearby village. Before my mother died of illness, all the land in our family was cultivated by my mother and me. He hasn't earned a penny. I was raised by my mother, so I don't owe him anything!"
Even if he had a part in my birth, I have already paid for the beatings and scoldings I have received over the years.
Ke Wei looked up at Wei Dayong, who had been listening silently, and said, "Brother Wei, please come with me again to make peace with my father. He's a bully who only cares about the strong and the weak. If we beat him up and scare him, he won't dare to come to me."
Wei Dayong looked at Ke Wei and nodded: "Okay."
Qian Erniang laughed happily, "Okay, that's how it should be!"
She didn't really care whether or not to sell food. After all, there was no need to take too much given the current market conditions.
The most important thing was to confirm that Ke Wei was not a soft-hearted person who only knew how to swallow her anger, and she did not object to what he said about her marrying Dayong, which obviously meant she agreed.
How could Qian Erniang not be happy!
As long as Ke Wei lives a good life with Dayong in the future, she will definitely not give less betrothal gifts to her daughter-in-law.
The process of dealing with Dad Ke went smoothly afterwards.
Just as Ke Wei said, Ke's father is a guy who bullies the weak and fears the strong, and only knows how to bully others at home.
At first, when he saw Ke Wei coming back, he was still cursing and swearing at her, saying things like "money-losing thing" and "bitch". But when Wei Dayong pinned him to the ground and beat him up, he gave in and begged for mercy faster than anyone else.
What is more surprising is that Ke Wei did not just act as a bystander.
Not long after Wei Dayong took action, Ke Wei rushed up with a stick she had picked up at some point and started beating Ke's father wildly, venting all the grievances, anger, and injustice towards her mother that had been buried in her heart for all these years.
Dad Ke was beaten so hard that he cried for his parents and begged Wei Dayong to take the crazy Ke Wei away quickly. Naturally, he didn't even dare to mention the compensation for the food he had to sell his body for.
Wei Dayong did not believe his empty words. He took out the letter of severance that he had prepared in advance and asked Wei Dayong to put his fingerprint on it before letting him go.
Lu Xuan secretly let the audience watch the whole process, which made the audience feel very happy.
Take revenge if you have a grudge, take revenge if you have a grudge, how cool!
After watching the excitement, Lu Xuan prepared to go home. Before leaving, he noticed a young brother and sister in the corner secretly watching Wei Dayong and Ke Wei. The older sister seemed to be thinking about something.
Lu Xuan didn't take it seriously. He just took a look and turned away.
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Adding to the population is a big deal, so Li Tie quickly gathered other villagers to talk about Ke Wei and the decision he had discussed with Lu Xuan.
Families with bachelors or daughters of marriageable age are all excited.
Looking for a wife/man in the city? Is there such a good thing?
If you think about it carefully, it seems that nothing is impossible.
They have food in their hands. As long as they take out 100 or 200 kilograms of food, why worry about not having someone willing to marry them or become a son-in-law?
If you are willing to spend a little more money, to exaggerate, you can pick any unmarried man or woman in the city!
As the villagers rejoiced, Li Tie warned them with a serious face, "Let me be frank with you. If anyone dares to bring back a group of people with questionable character and disturb the peace of the village, don't blame me for driving you away too!"
Aunt Chen was the first to respond: "Don't worry, Village Chief! We are not stupid and we will definitely not do anything that would harm others and not benefit ourselves."
Being driven out of the village was a serious matter in the past, let alone now when we are in the midst of a disaster.
Leaving Yunlu Village, a place with many Pokémon, is no different from seeking death.
No matter how important it is to find a wife/son-in-law for your child, you can't joke about the lives of your entire family. They still know the difference between the two.
Families in need quickly began to discuss what conditions to look for, where to look, and what conditions to offer to get people to agree to the marriage.
Li Tiezhe and Li Jing went to the west of the city and asked Mr. Chen to help them post a recruitment notice for a skilled craftsman.
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As soon as the job application notice was released, many people flocked to the job in the afternoon, vying to recommend their skills.
But Li Tie, Wu Cheng and Ge Yuan, who were in charge of the interviews, soon discovered that most of these people were just trying to take advantage of the situation to see if there was anything they could gain.
Occasionally, there are a few people who are capable but too greedy and ask for hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of food as settling-in expenses.
Li Tie and his friends:??? How many dishes did you eat to get so drunk?
Bullshit settling-in allowance!
After joining Yunlu Village, you can enjoy the same benefits as the villagers and have the opportunity to exchange them for all kinds of good things from Lu Xuan, which is already a great advantage.
It's good enough that they don't charge a household registration fee, but they also want a settling-in fee, he——tui!
Fortunately, not everyone is greedy or has limited abilities and just wants to take advantage.
The recruitment news in the village unexpectedly attracted an acquaintance of Lu Xuan.
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