Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1777, letter from afar

In Shangping Village in the Qinling Mountains, Carpenter Li finished his day's work and his family gathered for dinner.

Looking at the places where Da Li and his wife were sitting before, Carpenter Li lost his appetite all of a sudden, put down his chopsticks and said, "I don't know how the boss is doing outside?"

Hearing Carpenter Li's words, Carpenter Li's wife, Shi He also put down the bowl and chopsticks and said, "Yes, I don't know if the boss's family will have enough to eat. If his daughter-in-law counts the time, she probably will give birth soon."

"Why don't you go out tomorrow and see if there is a letter from the boss."

"Well, it just so happens that the salt in the house is almost gone, so I'm going to buy some outside."

Carpenter Li nodded after thinking about it, now is the busy season of farming, since he sent the boss out last time, he has not been out of the mountain for several months.

Because it is very busy now, there are a lot of things in the field, it is the busiest time of the year, and the mountain people seldom go out of the mountain, because it takes a long way to go out of the mountain, and it takes three or four hours to go out , buy something in a hurry, and then have to walk for three or four hours to come back.

The mountain road is too difficult to walk, and it is also very winding. It is very inconvenient to go out.

The mountain people try not to go out if they can't go out. Once they go out, they often have to buy a lot, sell some herbs, mountain products, fur and so on that they have collected for a long time, and then buy what they need for life. Salt, cloth, needlework, ironware and the like came back.

Isolation from the world is definitely not an exaggerated rhetoric, but their lives are basically isolated from the world, and there is not much contact and communication, and they may only go out three or four times a year.

The next morning, Carpenter Li got up early, carefully sorted a basket of things, and then prepared to go out of the mountain early with a pole.

"Carpenter Li, are you going out of the mountains?"

Old man Chen looked at Carpenter Li and asked quickly.

"Yes, go out to see if my boss has a letter back."

Carpenter Li is very honest, he can't hide things, so he just said it straight.

"How could it be so easy? Now maybe we don't even have a place to live, and we can't get enough to eat. The outside world is not so easy. If it was so easy, our ancestors would not have fled to the mountains. coming."

Old man Chen shook his head and said, he was most opposed to going out of the mountain. There is nothing bad in the mountain, there is food and drink, and there is no oppression by officials, bullies, etc., and there will be no disasters or wars.

Outside, the outside world is in turmoil and famine, what good is there.

"That's right. What's good outside? You shouldn't have let your Li Da go out in the first place. His wife is still pregnant. If you walk too much, you may not be able to keep your child."

"And that black earth province, God knows where it is."

The other villagers also talked one after another, which made Carpenter Li feel even worse, and regretted in his heart, maybe he really shouldn't let the boss go out.

Although it is a bit bitter and tiring in the mountains here, if there is no land to plant, then it will be time to reclaim it. When I was young, I had a lot of fields. Didn’t I slowly reclaim a lot of fields? , and also pulled a few sons.

Silently picking up his own things, Carpenter Li walked towards the long mountain road.

It took more than three hours to walk, starting at six o'clock in the morning, and arriving at the nearest town at ten o'clock. Of course, Carpenter Li didn't know the exact time, but only roughly knew an hour. .

When he came to the small town, Carpenter Li came to the Lin Family Salt Shop almost immediately.

"Boss Lin, is there a letter from my boss?"

Carpenter Li looked at Boss Lin and said eagerly.

"Yes, yes, there are three letters."

When Boss Lin of the Lin Family Salt Shop saw Carpenter Li, he also took out three letters and said, "This is the earliest one, it was sent two months ago, this one is from last month, and this one is from the previous month." Arrived in two days."

"There are three letters."

When Carpenter Li heard this, his whole body became excited. At first, he thought that there was no letter, but he didn't expect that there would be three letters at once, which is almost one letter a month.

"Would you like me to help you take a look?"

Boss Lin smiled and asked, he also knew that these mountain people were all illiterate.

"There's Boss Laurin."

Carpenter Li nodded and said.

"Okay~"

Boss Lin also wanted to see what the person who immigrated to Heitu Province could write back.

He opened the first letter and read it carefully. After reading it, he said, "This first letter was written by your son Li Da when he arrived in Xiji Port, Nanyun Province."

"It was ghost-written by local middle school students."

"He said that everything was fine with him and his wife. When the immigrants left, they had traveled a long way from Feng County to Kaifeng, Henan. After arriving in Kaifeng, they took the train for several days. The train arrived directly at Xiji Port in Nanyun Province."

"As mentioned above, the outside world is very big and prosperous. It is said that Kaifeng is very lively here, with tall buildings and many people, including blond people. It also said that there are four-wheeled cars running on the concrete road and two A bicycle on wheels or something."

"He also said that there are many very, very flat and open plains outside, and the endless plains are all plains. He also said that the food they ate along the way was very good, and they could eat with their stomachs open."

"In the end, I asked you two elders to take care of your health and write a letter after they arrive in Black Earth Province."

After Boss Lin read the letter, he also handed it to Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li took the letter, even though he was illiterate, he still read it with gusto, with a smile on his face, and his heart was relieved.

"Eat well, eat well."

Carpenter Li is very happy now.

"This is the second letter. It says that they have arrived in Heitu Province and settled down in an immigrant town called Shangyun Town."

"Here, they were allocated their own house, and they also got their own settling allowance, a total of sixty taels of silver, and sent back ten taels of silver. This is a silver ticket."

Boss Lin opened the second letter, which also contained 10 banknotes in denomination of one tael, and Boss Lin handed the banknotes to Carpenter Li immediately.

When it comes to money matters, he is more cautious, as is the case with businessmen.

"Ah, and sent back ten taels of silver?"

Carpenter Li was slightly dumbfounded when he found ten silver bills, and even sent back the silver bills.

"He's out there, and he still needs to start a family property. The money will be of great use. What will you do when you send it back?"

"You can keep it at ease. The letter says that your son has everything at home here in Shangyun Town. Even rice and flour are divided into thousands of catties, which will be enough to last until this time next year."

"It also said that hundreds of acres of land, two horses and a few sheep were allocated. In addition, the Immigration Department also distributed a lot of bacon and salted fish for what."

"I also said that he met a person named Tian Sanwa here, who was also immigrated from our place, and he is from the mountain."

"In the col? I really know this. I went to the col to do carpentry more than ten years ago. Everyone there is indeed surnamed Tian."

When Carpenter Li heard this, he immediately remembered that there is indeed a place called Shan'aoli, which is also in the middle of the mountains, and it is dozens of miles away from Shangping Village. In the past, someone in the valley was going to get married. I went to live with Carpenter Li for a period of time, and bought a lot of furniture.

"This third letter, as mentioned above, said that your boss has reclaimed a lot of fields. Their neighbor has a man named Wang Kaiwen who immigrated from Hezhong. He bought a land cultivator and used that machine to cultivate the land very quickly. , can cultivate hundreds of acres of land in one day.”

"I also said that Nick Li's family next door treated me very well. Although Nick Li is not a Han Chinese, he is from Nanyun Province, but he is very easy to get along with and has given a lot of help."

"He said, now they follow Wang Kaiwen to read newspapers every day, knowing what's happening in Daming and even the whole world."

"I also said that I have gradually gotten used to where I am now, and I also like the life there. In addition, a lot of things have been planted in the fields. The land there is very fertile, and it is all black land that stretches as far as the eye can see. Good for farming."

"It is said that after the farmer harvests in the future, he will send some locally produced things back home."

Shopkeeper Lin opened the third letter and told Carpenter Li in detail.

"It's good to live well, it's good to live well~"

After listening to Carpenter Li, he was very happy. His son had a good life outside. Not only did he have his own house, he had inexhaustible food, he also had a lot of fields, and his neighbors got along very well.

He even sent himself ten taels of silver. With these ten taels of silver, the money for the second and third sons to marry a wife will be settled, and they can hire someone to build a new house when the time comes.

"Carpenter Li, should I write you a letter back?"

Boss Lin looked at the excited and happy Carpenter Li and asked with a smile.

"Then boss Laurin will help write a letter back."

Carpenter Li nodded after thinking about it.

"Okay~"

Boss Lin also took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. This time, he learned a lot of information from the outside world. This made Boss Lin wonder whether he should take one of his sons outside. Nested in this mountain, he has no future for his whole life.

"You tell him that the letter has been received, and the ten taels of silver has also been received. Tell him not to send money back in the future. Keep the money for yourself and save it for great use. Everything at home is fine."

PS: Ask for tickets, all kinds of requests~
(End of this chapter)