Chapter 127 Selection/Life
Sang Luo didn't expect that this cave would be the first one her family chose, but the families were quite familiar with each other, and this place was indeed found by Chen Lie and Chen Dashan, so she didn't refuse.
Except for the two caves in high locations, we have seen the caves below. The canyon as a whole is actually L-shaped, and the caves are concentrated in the mountains on both sides of the deep and long canyon. In fact, there is not much difference. Except for the size, other conditions are almost the same. If you really want to live in them, you will have to make major renovations.
So the real choice is size.
Among the six families, theirs was the smallest with only four people. Even the Xu family that joined later had five people. She was the first to choose. Sang Luo couldn't choose the big cave, but the smallest one was only 30 square meters. Sang Luo thought that it would not be easy to pile so much food in it and put out household items, and get two more beds.
There is bound to be hesitation and confusion.
She looked on both sides, and finally her eyes fell on a cave four or five meters high in the middle of the canyon.
It is really high, is it possible to build a ladder to get up there? If a ladder is built, if someone climbs to the top of the mountain, will they be discovered?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Sang Luo thought about hiding the ladder with plants. It was not that this solution was impossible. The idea was based on the cave above. It was in the middle of the canyon and was at a high position, so the sunshine time in a day should be relatively long. Living in a cave was inevitably cold and damp, and the sunlight deep in the cave was also affected. The long sunshine time was a great advantage.
Sang Luo and the others had never been to the two caves above. They only heard Chen Lie and Chen Dashan mention that the highest cave had an exit and that the cave was particularly large. They had never heard of this one, so they asked Chen Lie about the size of the cave.
The answer she got made Sang Luo wilted. Based on the size described by Chen Lie, Sang Luo estimated that it was only about 20 square meters, or maybe less than 30 square meters.
There is no need to think about it.
She felt helpless, and smiled as she pointed to the cave at the bottom of the mountain not far away from the cave at the height of 4.5 meters, and said, "We have a small family, so I'll take the smallest one."
Thirty square meters is really small, but we can't let so many people crowd into this small cave. Putting aside the two large families, the Zhou and Lu, there are eight people in the Shi family and seven in the Chen family. In a cave of more than 30 square meters, people would have to be stacked on top of each other.
There are only five people in the Xu family, but the old lady is old, and there are Wei Qing and a stranger, and three children. Especially Wang Yunzheng and Xu Wenyin are not siblings, but cousins, one is twelve years old and the other is nine years old. In ancient times, cousins can marry each other, and wealthy families are particularly particular about it, such as boys and girls sitting at different tables after they are seven years old.
If the Xu family was the same as the other families, Sang Luo would not have wronged herself and thought too much about others. Five people, thirty square meters, they were just fleeing, so they could just squeeze in.
But the Xu family was different. Manager Xu really helped her a lot. If she hadn't had Manager Xu's help, not only would she not be able to get the food for her current escape, she wouldn't have been able to get the food when she paid taxes for the first time.
Now that Manager Xu has entrusted his old mother and children to her and Shen Lie, Sang Luo has to consider the old lady and the Xu children more, so she made this choice.
However, although this cave is smaller, its location is good, similar to the high one, located in the middle of the canyon. Even though the location is not high, compared with other caves, the one in the middle of the canyon also has the longest sunshine time in the day. Sang Luo is satisfied with this.
She didn't care. When the families who came with her asked her to choose first, she chose the youngest one, and she felt a little uneasy.
But families like the Zhou and Lu have so many people that they can't give way even if they want to. Moreover, the Shi and Chen families also have quite a large population.
Old Madam Xu spoke first: "Mrs. Sang, please choose a slightly larger one. Why don't you give us the youngest one? We have three children in our family, so we can all squeeze in."
The old lady knew very well that her family came later, and she roughly knew how many people each family had during the nine days on the road. Sang Luo chose the smallest cave, which was actually a concession to her family.
Sang Luo shook her head and said, "Each family has enough people. You are old, and Wen Yin is nine years old now. It is not convenient for her to live with her cousin and uncle. Your family should live in a spacious place with two small rooms. That's it. I think we can spend some time to make good use of the space. If not, we can build a room for each of us in the uninhabited cave outside and store the food that we don't need for the time being there first."
Since grain does not take up space, a lot of space can be saved. As for whether it will be mixed up, each family can lock it and build a small warehouse inside with wood.
As for Chen Ning, he is also ten years old. He originally slept with Sang Luo and did not have to squeeze with Chen An. Of course, this is not known to outsiders.
Sang Luo's words moved Old Mrs. Xu. Her granddaughter was indeed grown up. It was nothing for her to squeeze in with her brother, but if she squeezed in with her cousins and uncles, it would be fine for now. However, if the chaos outside lasted longer, when she was ten or eleven years old, and Yun Zheng was fourteen years old by then, it would be a real mess.
She originally thought that her family was followed behind, so she gritted her teeth, made two narrow beds, and pulled a curtain in the middle to squeeze in. She was taking refuge outside, so there was no need to be picky about so many things. But someone thought so much about you, how could she not be moved.
Although she was moved, she looked at Chen Lie and Sang Luo, and then at the siblings Chen An and Shen Ning.
The two younger ones are ten years old.
The old lady pulled Sang Luo away and whispered to her privately, "Since it's better to store food in the big cave, then give us the small cave. It's enough to separate it into two rooms. You newlyweds, how can you squeeze in with your brother-in-law and sister-in-law? Change to a slightly bigger one, so that you can at least separate it into two rooms."
The topic change was so sudden that Sang Luo was completely stunned.
Even if she is a novice in this area, she was that age in her previous life. In this age of information explosion, she knows everything. When she watches TV series, she is so happy that she smiles like an aunt. Who can be a blank slate?
But, if she and Shen Lie were the protagonists? They knew their own affairs. How could she and Shen Lie be newlyweds?
But the old lady was so careful to distance herself from him, and said this in a low and mysterious voice, Sang Luo couldn't help but think of the other meaning in her words!
Then, there was a picture!
From the neck to the ears, the heat swept across at an extremely fast speed.
Sang Luo didn't know how to respond to this for a moment. She coughed several times in panic to cover up the embarrassment. Then she pulled the old lady back without saying a word, and whispered as she walked, "Old lady, I know you are doing this for my own good, but it's really not necessary."
Old Mrs. Xu looked puzzled. Why not use it?
But Sang Luo had already pulled her back to where everyone was standing. Everyone was looking at the two of them curiously: "What are you discussing?"
Sang Luo smiled and took over the conversation: "The old lady wants me to change the cave, but no need, just do as I said before, Grandma Chen, you can choose the next one."
Since she changed the subject, even if Mrs. Xu still had doubts in her heart, it was no longer appropriate to ask.
Seeing that Sang Luo was determined to take the smallest cave, Mrs. Chen stopped trying to persuade her and said, "I didn't say anything. As your neighbor, I'll take the one on your left."
Sang Luo had an impression of this cave, which was about 42 or 43 square meters in size. In fact, the Chen family of seven lived in an area of more than 40 square meters. In comparison, her family of four living in 30 square meters was not considered crowded.
The Chen family’s cave must be taken down, who will be the next one to be chosen?
Everyone smiled and let Old Lady Xu choose. There was no other reason for this. All the families had received help from Shopkeeper Xu.
Old Mrs. Xu did not shy away and thanked everyone. With her son's instructions and the days of getting along, the old lady, like Mrs. Chen, said that she wanted to be neighbors with Shen Lie and Sang Luo and chose a cave to the right of the Shen family.
As everyone knows, that cave is about 40 square meters in size, but its shape is not very good, and it is a bit winding inside.
Apart from the small cave chosen by Sang Luo, the one chosen by Old Lady Xu is the worst one.
I really have made up my mind to become neighbors with the Shen family.
The next ones, the Lu family, the Shi family, and the Zhou family, were also easy to deal with. Zhou Cunzheng was the first to make it clear that their family would be the last to choose. The people in charge of the Lu and Shi families were also reasonable. There were only three families left, and they each chose a suitable one according to the population of the three families.
No small thoughts, no fighting, always consider others first in everything.
Old Mrs. Xu had known that the families were united after seeing all this along the way, so she was even more impressed when choosing a place to live. The families her son had made friends with were rare and good. It really made her feel extra at ease to avoid disaster with such a family, because she didn't have to worry about being plotted against or attacked from behind.
The old lady was really lucky.
Wei Qinghe was also fortunate that their Wei family was originally servants of the Wang family, their parents were capable managers, and they and their siblings grew up in the Wang family.
The eldest sister was released from prison after being proposed to by Shopkeeper Xu, and she lived the most peaceful life. The second sister was originally the most favored maidservant in front of the old lady, and eventually became the third master of the Wang family's household for unknown reasons. He had been a playmate of the sixth master of the Wang family since he was a child, and after the sixth master began his enlightenment, he became a schoolboy. He was called a schoolboy because the Wang family had a private school and the old lady treated their family well, so Wei Qinghe was no different from a study partner since he was a child. They studied together, learned to read together, and even the pens, ink, paper and inkstone were all provided by the Wang family.
Growing up in such an environment, the three siblings were used to all kinds of intrigues in the mansion. Especially after the second sister became the third wife's concubine, they saw the secretive means in the back house. Soon after the second sister passed away, Yun Zheng, who was still a baby, almost lost his life. His parents went to ask the old lady for help. Because the cause of the second sister's death was unknown, he was not willing to enter the third wife at the beginning. In addition, Yun Zheng was also a descendant of the Wang family. The old lady made the decision and made an exception to move Yun Zheng, who was still a baby at the time, to the outer courtyard. He was only eleven years old at the time and was transferred to the outer courtyard of the third wife. He and the wet nurse took care of Yun Zheng together.
This care lasted for ten years, from when he was eleven years old to now when he is twenty-one, and there was not a single moment when I dared to relax or slack off.
Now seeing how Chen Lie and his family get along, Wei Qinghe feels an indescribable sense of relief and peace of mind.
He knew that his brother-in-law had asked the master to intercede for him to take Yun Zheng with him to leave Shezhou, and that was the right thing to do. This time, it was really thanks to his brother-in-law that he was able to get along with Chen Lie and his family. Otherwise, whether he went somewhere else or stayed in the Wang family, he would have been known as a young and strong man in vain. If things really got chaotic, what would he do? The methods of the third wife alone made it hard to guard against.
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