From the moment they stepped into the village, everyone was moved to tears; this trip had been incredibly difficult.
The villagers were still reeling from the shock of seeing them all return with shaved heads when they saw them all in tears. They assumed something had happened and forgot about the reason for their shaved heads, anxiously checking on their families.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Fourth Aunt was the most anxious. She went straight up and hugged Yun Qiao, checking him over with all her heart, because he was the one crying the most miserably in there. People who didn't know might think something had happened to him.
"What's wrong with you two? How are you taking care of my precious grandson? Look how heartbroken he is!" Auntie Si scolded her two sons without even asking what happened. Yun Hailang and his brother were completely bewildered. They hadn't complained at all during their journey home, so why were they acting like this? Were they planning to complain to the old lady?
Thinking of this, the two brothers couldn't help but glare fiercely at Yun Qiao.
"You're still glaring at him. Looks like you've been bullying my grandson quite a bit along the way." Fourth Auntie happened to turn around and see the two brothers' eyes, which immediately gave her reason for her beloved grandson's tears. She immediately let go of Yun Qiao and turned to pat Yun Hailang and his brother.
"What did I tell you? Is this how you take care of your own nephew..."
Neither Yun Hailang nor his brother dared to avoid their elderly mother; they stood there and let her pat them.
Yun Haitian felt a pang of heartache seeing her son cry like this. She couldn't help but inwardly complain about her two younger brothers. Even if their mother sometimes favored her eldest grandson, she shouldn't be so petty with a child. She wondered how her son would be bullied along the way, seeing how heartbroken he was.
"Grandma, I'm fine, I just miss home and you." Yun Qiao saw that his two uncles had been beaten up because of him, so he quickly went up and hugged his grandma's waist.
"You really didn't bully me?" Fourth Aunt was still a little suspicious. Could it be that these two boys had threatened him in private?
"Really, I just miss you guys so much, I can't help myself when I see you."
Many families only found out after asking around that nothing had actually happened; it was just that these people had been away for so long and were starting to miss home.
Seeing such a big blunder, the elderly in the family couldn't help but pat their bald heads a couple of times.
Si Cheng brought the two households from Gaozhuang and the person in charge from Yaojia Village who came to exchange for Chinese medicine to Yun Mingwu. After introducing them, he left the rest to the village chief and others to arrange.
As for other things, none of them are more important than his two little darlings. He just saw Yun Qi hugging and kissing the two little ones.
"Daddy, hug me." Seeing Si Cheng coming over, Lele, the little darling, quickly stretched out her hands and immediately betrayed him.
"As expected of your little sweetheart from a past life, she betrayed you the moment she saw you coming," Yun Qi said with a hint of sourness.
"Are you still spouting sarcastic remarks? Don't you see what kind of person you are now? If you hadn't called me just now, I wouldn't have recognized you." Yun's mother looked at her daughter and felt awkward no matter how she looked at her.
"Mom, you don't know that this hairstyle is all the rage now," Yunqi said, trying to fool the elderly woman in his family.
"It's still popular? I think it's all your doing." Mother Yun didn't realize that her casual remark had revealed the truth.
Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law had obviously lost a lot of weight, Yun Zhiming went over to them and said, "Let's go back first, the children are tired."
Although they left, the villagers from Yaojia Village and two households from Gaozhuang Village who remained there settled down in the square. The prefabricated houses that had been cleared out earlier were just enough to provide them with temporary shelter.
Yun Mingwu and the other village officials kept staring at the oxen, as if they could see a flower in them.
"This is wonderful. With these, our village can cultivate some fields."
"They can also help with transportation. I saw that the cows were carrying loads of goods on their backs before. The salt that the village collectively exchanged this time was all brought back by them."
"Life is getting better and better." Yun Mingwu thought of the ironware that Yaojia Village had brought this time, and felt extremely fortunate that his village had persisted in planting medicinal herbs. The old saying was true: opportunity favors the prepared mind. Look, the village will soon reap the benefits.
“Let’s go back and discuss it. Since we promised to build houses for these two households, let’s go and see which area would be better to build them in.”
Although the second grandfather saw that his two daughters-in-law and grandson had all returned with shaved heads, the old man was not unreasonable. In his view, these were all external things. Although he was a little uncomfortable at first, he had come to like them after a while.
"You've had a tough journey. It's all Zhixin's fault, having to support the family like this." Thinking about how her son and daughter-in-law rarely see each other, and now her daughter-in-law has to suffer along with them, she felt a deep sense of guilt.
"Dad, let's not talk about these things. Besides, after going out with them this time, I realized that our life here is already the best." Ou Chun Chun and the others didn't mind the hardship at all. Although it was tiring, they enjoyed the feeling of sharing joys and sorrows with everyone.
"Is the drought outside really that severe?" The second grandfather had overheard a few words during their meal and, considering that the river in the village had started to dry up recently, asked with some concern.
This kind of situation is playing out in every household. Originally, many people didn't pay much attention to water storage tanks, thinking that since everyone else was digging them, they might as well dig one for their own homes, and if necessary, they could use it to raise fish later. Now that they know about the situation outside, some people can't sit still and rush to check if the water level in their water storage tanks has dropped.
Gao Daniu and his group were full of expectations for the future as soon as they entered the village. After traveling along the road with the team for the past few days and seeing so many villages, none of them were as good as Pinghe Village.
Although we haven't gained a thorough understanding yet, from a geographical perspective, even if a major drought occurs in the future, this place can at least withstand it for a longer period of time than other places, and may even be able to get through it safely.
"Dad, this place is so much better than our old place." Gao Baiyun touched the clean and tidy prefabricated house. Since the earthquake, his family had been living in a wooden house they had built themselves, where they could still catch insects from time to time. Although this prefabricated house might not be as sturdy as a wooden house, at least it was cleaner and brighter. Looking at the neat and comfortable houses in the village, and thinking that his family would soon have such a house and become villagers here, his heart was filled with excitement.
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