"Just arrange for him to live in the servants' room and don't let him come to the front yard, otherwise the master will break his legs when he comes back."
"Well, there's nothing else to do, I'll leave now."
"Well."
When everyone came out, Wang Li looked at the girl and said, "Girl, take a lantern and take your aunt to the cellar. It seems that she has lost a hairpin and wants to look for it."
The maid was left in the cellar, and Wang Li went downstairs to put all the sacks into the space. There were two big jars and a box at the back. Not bad, it was not a loss.
It took me three days to pack up the things in the yard and house, and I wanted to take everything with me.
On the morning of the fourth day, I planned to hide in the mountains for a few days and wait for the master to come back to see what to do.
The silly girl carried all the bags, big and small.
The Liu family brought in a bloody man.
"They are all dead, all dead. It's terrible. The young master is dead too. What should I do?"
Wang Li asked Han Ya to fetch some water, and asked Liu Jia to take the baby down, wash it first, and then let it drink some water and eat something before coming back to talk.
After he tidied up and ate something, he came over and kowtowed. Wang Li asked him to stand up and answer.
He was the eldest son of the Liu family. According to him, they were preparing a banquet for the young master when some puppet soldiers came in, smashed things and opened fire, killing many people.
He followed the master to toast and was close to the master and the eldest son. The eldest son was shot and the master said he couldn't run, so he asked him to hold the younger son and run through the dog hole to our house.
He ran in a hurry and when he was almost to the village he rolled down the slope into the ditch. When he woke up and got up, he found that the young master was dead. He sat and cried for a long time, not knowing what to do, so he came back carrying the young master.
What a sad start!
It is better to leave here. Firstly, if Qiu is captured, there will definitely be bandits coming to rob us. Secondly, there are only a few of us here, and it is not suitable to live here.
No, I have to find other landlords to see if I can sell the land at a lower price.
Go to Beijing, or Shanghai, those places are always better than here!
He ordered everyone to pack up and prepare to go to the provincial capital to see if the master was still alive.
(Wang Li thought to herself, this is the only way to go, otherwise these people will be reluctant to leave their hometown, and I can’t do it alone)
"Don't mention the master's family when you go out. If someone asks, just say that the master has to live in the provincial capital, so he didn't come back. Do you understand?"
"Otherwise, other villagers will come to our house to steal our things after hearing what Master said."
In the afternoon, "Silly girl, accompany me to the town."
"Liu family, you take everyone to look around and see if there is anything valuable in the house. Let's take it all. It's hard for a poor family to go out when they are rich."
By the time we got to town, the sun had already set.
Later, my family had a car, but my master drove it away. So I booked a room with Han Ya in a hotel. It is better for two people to be together when we go out.
The next day, he got up before dawn, went to Landlord Ma's house, sat on the Taishi chair and drank tea for half a day.
After waiting for a long time, the landlord Ma finally came out, and he was smiling as soon as he came out.
"How come my sister-in-law has time to come to my place?"
"Brother Ma, my eldest son has been promoted, and the master wants to live in the city. He wants to sell the compound and the land together. The master is also helping him, but he can't leave it for the time being, so he has given it to me."
"How many fields does your family have?"
"I have 500 acres of top-quality land, 300 acres of medium-quality land, and 200 acres of inferior land, with a large yard. How much can you give?"
"I can only give you ten silver dollars for a top-quality field, eight for a medium-quality field, and one for a low-quality field."
"Brother Ma, this is too little. Isn't this top-quality farmland worth 18 dollars per acre?"
"You know, sister-in-law, that I'm only offering this price in this chaotic time because of our long-standing friendship."
(Wang Li thought, whatever amount is okay, it’s better than nothing, take the money now and sell it quickly. If there are still people alive in the master’s family, if I’m slow to sell it, I probably won’t get a single dollar.)
Wang Li pretended to think about it.
"Well."
"One acre is 19,400 yuan. Including the yard, I'll give you 20,000 yuan per acre."
"Brother Ma's yard has five entrances, are you only giving me a hundred?"
"Sister-in-law, I don't have much money recently. How about you ask other families?"
"Well, for the sake of you and the master, I'll give it to you."
After that, they went together to complete the transfer procedures. Landlord Ma also gave them a horse-drawn carriage. They put the dollars and gold bars in a box and put it on the carriage. Fortunately, Han Ya could drive a carriage.
The two of them hurried to Xiejia Village together.
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