Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1801, New Year of the Ming Dynasty 2
In Shangping Village, Fengxian County, deep in the Qinling Mountains, Carpenter Li and his family are also sitting together for a New Year’s Eve dinner.

Li Er took his new daughter-in-law with him, she looked a bit cautious and shy, wearing brand new clothes, as for the others, they were also wearing new clothes.

The food on the dining table is also considered rich. The braised pork is delicious, and the smell makes the mouth water. There is a big pot full, and you can eat it with your belly open today, which was simply impossible in the past.

There was also a large bowl full of dumplings, stuffed with pork and cabbage, and everyone was so hungry that they were drooling just looking at it.

In addition, there are pork fried fungus, cold pig ears, braised fish, chicken stewed mushrooms, each dish is very large, which means that everyone can eat with their stomachs open.

This has never been such a luxury during the Chinese New Year in the past.

The main reason is that Li Da sent money home, which not only allowed Li Er to marry a wife, but also allowed everyone to have a prosperous new year.

Ten taels of silver is nothing to outsiders. Those with a high salary can earn it in one month, and even ordinary people can earn it in two months.

But for the mountain people in the mountains, ten taels of silver is a huge amount of wealth, enough to do a lot of big things.

Building a house, marrying a daughter-in-law, buying property, etc. all together cost less than ten taels of silver.

If anyone's family has ten taels of silver, they will be considered a wealthy family in this mountain.

Li Da specially told him to buy more clothes and eat better in winter, so Carpenter Li was also very generous.

Of course, this is also because Li Er has to seize the time to immigrate to Heitu Province after the Chinese New Year.

After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Li Er estimated that the Wanwan Festival would be about to leave. During this period, he would take his daughter-in-law back to stay with her natal family for a few days and say goodbye once.

After all, things at home are actually only a few days away.

Although he is very reluctant, Carpenter Li also knows that in this mountain, he will only be poor, and there is no way out and development. Only by immigrating out can there be a way out.

And Li Er went out, the vacated house and field could give the remaining two sons a better share, otherwise even if Li Da went out, if there were three remaining brothers, there would still be no one in this mountain. Enough fields and houses.

Of course, the most important thing is because I know from Li Da's letter that Li Da is living a pretty good life outside, with food and drink, a large area of ​​fertile land, and a lot of money in his hand. Not to mention how comfortable it is.

After eating a meal, there was no sound. Everyone ate with their stomachs open. After each one's belly became round and round, Carpenter Li started chatting with everyone.

"I don't know what the boss and the others eat for Chinese New Year?"

Carpenter Li's mother-in-law also said that she missed Li Da.

"The food must be better than ours. Didn't it say in the letter that the immigration office sends them things from time to time? For Chinese New Year, the food must be better than ours."

"And the boss has been building roads for more than half a year in the past six months. He gets a few taels of silver a month. He can't buy anything he wants, and it's not in our mountains. Sometimes he can't buy things even if he has money."

Carpenter Li thought for a while and said.

"Do you think the outside is really as good as the boss said?"

Carpenter Li's mother-in-law thought about it and asked again.

"It shouldn't be fake. I've heard people say that now is a time of peace and prosperity. The emperor is holy and the people are living a very easy life. I heard that not only immigrating to Heitu Province, but also immigrating to overseas colonies and vassal states are all the same. What about land distribution?"

Carpenter Li said.

"It's fine to immigrate, or~"

"It's good in this mountain, but it's too poor, and our family has many children, so it's a problem to eat."

"Only relying on this one-third of an acre of land, how can we support a large family."

"Elder-in-law, after my natal family heard about elder brother's situation, they also wanted my elder brother to immigrate out with Li Er. Is it possible?"

Li Er's daughter-in-law Lu Shi thought for a while and said weakly.

There are also many brothers and sisters in the Lu family. There are two older brothers and a younger brother and younger sister. Originally, the eldest brother has not married a wife, because he has no money. This time, he also married the Lu family. It was used to marry a daughter-in-law for the elder brother.

They are all poor, but poor to poor, it is still not easy to marry a daughter-in-law in this mountain, and you have to choose a daughter to marry. Obviously, it is not so easy to marry a daughter-in-law if there are many brothers and sisters.

"Of course it is up to his own wishes. This is the policy of the imperial court. It is also the imperial court who organizes the immigration. If you want to immigrate, you can follow along. This way there will be a care on the way."

"It's the end of the new year. Several people in our village are planning to immigrate out together. When the time comes, you will be able to take care of each other along the way, and we will feel more at ease."

Carpenter Li smiled and said.

"You have to remember, your elder brother Li Da, his address is in Shangyun Town, Heitu Province. After arriving in Heitu Province, you will be closer. There should be more contacts between brothers, so that the relationship will not fade. , when something happens, brothers should also support and help each other, and they must be united."

"Don't worry, Dad~"

Li Er nodded solemnly.

To be honest, he is full of curiosity about the outside world now, wishing he could fly out to see if the outside world is really a world of flowers as the elder brother said.

The eldest brother's letter has become the most precious thing in the family, and it is very well collected by the parents.

Even though no one in the family knew Chinese characters, it did not prevent his father, Carpenter Li, from showing off the letter to fellow villagers from time to time.

Sometimes he took it out and talked about the contents of the letter with fellow villagers, of course, it was all read to him by shopkeeper Lin of the Lin Family Salt Shop, and he memorized it.

At the beginning, the villagers thought that Li Da was crazy to emigrate. The outside world was very chaotic, with wars and horses, famine for years, and no one even had to drink saliva during the drought.

However, as Li Da sent back letters one after another, and also sent back money along the way, Carpenter Li often talked to everyone about the contents of Li Da's letters.

Everyone saw that a new house was built in Carpenter Li's house, and he married Li Er a wife. During the Chinese New Year, everyone was still dressed in tatters, but Carpenter Li had already put on new clothes. It is said that Carpenter Li's old couple Li Da sent all the clothes from Heitu Province, and it cost more than two hundred Wen just to send the clothes.

The clothes looked very nice, but they were different when they were worn. Carpenter Li was even more embarrassing, always talking about this matter.

This also made the people in the village shake, and they all wondered if the outside world is really different from what their ancestors said, and whether it is really like what Li Da said, life is easy, money is good, and food is full. It is warm and lives in a comfortable house.

After learning that Li Er was going to immigrate after the Chinese New Year, some poor young people in the village decided to immigrate with Li Er, just like Li Er.

Even the family of Li Er's daughter-in-law, Lu's family, knew some news and things. Lu's eldest brother, Lu Da, was also planning to immigrate out with him after the new year.

"Hmm~"

Carpenter Li nodded, and then heaved a long sigh.

The eldest is gone, and the second is also leaving. Now that I go out, whether I can see him once in this life is a question, and I feel so much reluctance in my heart.

But I also know that this is the most sensible choice. There is really no way out in the mountains. I can't die from starvation, but I don't want to be full and poor.

The roads are very inconvenient, and even going to the nearest small town takes several hours of mountain roads. In such a place, it is difficult to marry a wife, and you can only marry girls who are also in the mountains.

There are many sons born in the family, but there is no girl, so it is difficult to marry a wife.

If it wasn't for the eldest son to go out and send money back, the second son wouldn't be able to marry a wife, because there is really no money in the family.

Only when you go out can you have a way to survive and more choices, so you can live a better life.

After the new year, in the third year of junior high school, Li Er took Lu Shi back to her natal family. When she lived in her natal family for seven or eight days, when she came back, she also wore the clothes of the two members of the brother-in-law's family and the two Lu family members in the village. The boy from the same village.

The two young men were poor and had no money to marry a wife. After hearing about Li Da, they also decided to go out to the outside world to explore and have a look.

If you stay in the mountains, you may not even be able to marry a wife. If you go outside, there is always a chance.

If it was like what Li Da said, maybe he could still make a good appearance and live a prosperous life.

As soon as the Lantern Festival was over, Li Er, Lu Da, and seven or eight young people from the two villages also carried their backpacks, bid farewell to their families, and embarked on the road of emigration to Heitu Province.

For them, other places are not considered at all. Now they just want to immigrate to Heitu Province as soon as possible, live the life Li Daxin said, eat well and wear warm clothes, have their own fields and houses, and earn money. A lot of silver.

(End of this chapter)