Poor family mother and son

For mothers and wives who stay at home, places outside the home are far away.

Although Chu Qing was very busy, he also noticed that Zhang Erni and Qiu Sheng's wife had been a little distracted recently. They were either pricking their hands while doing needlework or putting their chopsticks in their mouths when eating.

Qiu Sheng has not been here since the unveiling ceremony of the Martyrs' Monument.

Xingfu County is now in a stage where it needs to "make something out of nothing". If there is no arable land, it must be cultivated; if there is no housing, it must be built.

The Xingfu County that Chu Qing arranged for Qiu Sheng was the most troublesome and troublesome place.

All the exiled and assigned prisoners and their families were moved here, and some refugees were also placed here. It can almost be said that this is a place with the weakest labor force and relatively chaotic security.

Prisoners need to be supervised, and people need to be guided in production, but the county government is short of manpower, so Qiu Sheng is so busy that he has no time to come back to see his family.

The same goes for Mr. Nie's second son, Nie Jinghui. As county magistrate, he is only busier than Qiu Sheng, but has no time to spare.

Chu Qing simply took Zhang Erni and Qiu Sheng's daughter-in-law Yanmei and took a carriage to see Qiu Sheng.

It's better to go through all the trouble than to let two pregnant women grow mushrooms at home every day - don't worry about Qiu Sheng every day and become depressed again.

The two pregnant women were in good health. The carriage was fully furnished with soft cushions and pillows. There were leaf springs on the carriage to absorb shock, so they were not afraid of a bumpy journey.

At best, walk slower.

This trip was a major unexpected gain for both Qiu Sheng and Chu Qing.

When they arrived at the Xingfu County Government Office, Qiu Sheng was not at the office. Not only was he not there, the county office was basically half-empty, with only some civilian staff staying behind.

The chief clerk who stayed behind said that there was a fight between two villages, and the fighting was very fierce. Men, women, old and young were all involved in the fight, and everyone was killed. Qiu Sheng personally led people to solve the trouble.

There are only about fifty people in the county government. Excluding the miscellaneous servants, there are less than 30 public officials in the county government establishment.

Just a few people went to resolve the armed fight between the two villages. Zhang Erni's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned pale when they heard this.

Fights between old villages that have been together for several lifetimes can be deadly and fatal, such as fighting over water sources in drought years; even a fight between two couples can develop into a fight between two villages.

Not to mention the newly established Xingfu County, where most of the population are refugees, as well as exiled prisoners and their families, so there will be no scruples between them.

Qiusheng, a weak scholar, went to start a fight, how could he be beaten like that!

In fact, Qiu Sheng had practiced boxing and kicking with Xiaobao for a period of time before. Although he was only a three-legged cat, he was not unable to protect himself.

But Zhang Erni is a mother-in-law, and Yanmei is Qiu Sheng's biological daughter-in-law, so how can she not be worried and frightened.

Besides, Qiu Sheng is an official now, so he must not fight against the common people.

"Why did the fight happen?" Chu Qing asked.

Duke Yong'an came in person and asked questions about him. The chief clerk was trembling with fear and his voice trembled when he answered: "When I return to Duke Yong'an, the refugee village and the prisoner village in the southeast of this county are fighting over land."

Chu Qing: "Why fight for land? Wasn't it made clear at the beginning?"

Chief Secretary: "No, the boundary between the two villages has been clearly defined. There was no contact between the two villages originally because the prisoner village was looked down upon.
Moreover, the land at the junction was not very good, the grass didn’t even grow much, and it was smelly, so the people in the two villages were relatively peaceful at first;

But a few days ago, a child from the refugee village ran to play in the smelly field, dug up the "stinky paste" in the field, and came back and threw it on the child from the prisoner village;
The 'stinky paste' was so sticky and smelly that it couldn't be washed off clothes. When the mother of the child from the prison village went to clear the fields again, she scolded the children from the refugee village when she saw them;

This can be regarded as an introduction, because women are gossipy and have a lot of troubles, and they just like to find trouble..." At this point, the chief clerk suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right.

He had the courage to raise his head and take a look. Mr. Yongan was fine and was still listening attentively. Do you know why the county master's mother stabbed him with a knife?

The chief clerk was a little confused and thought about what he just said... It's broken!
The chief clerk knelt down neatly and decisively: "Mr. Yong'an, forgive me! Madam, forgive me! Madam, forgive me!"

What a mother!

Of these three, one is Duke Yong'an, one is the county magistrate's mother, and the other is the county magistrate's wife. They are all women. Just now, he dared to say that women talk nonsense and make trouble out of nothing!
He was sweating so much that his collar was visibly wet.

"You continue talking." Chu Qing said.

At the same time, he patted Zhang Erni's hand and told her not to mind, because she had to find out quickly so that she could support Qiu Sheng.

Zhang Erni put away her anger - in fact, it was not because she felt she was being discriminated against, but because she was venting her anger on Chu Qing's behalf.

The head clerk didn't even dare to wipe his sweat, and quickly replied: "Originally, the two villages had no contact with each other, but in the end, there was friction because of the children's mischief;

The child from the convict village was scolded by his own mother and father. He was hard-core and wanted to go back for revenge, so he invited several children from the same village to dig out the "stinky paste";
They found that there was a thinner "stinky paste" and thought it was easier to pour it on others, so they packed a bucket back;
Unexpectedly, someone in the prisoner's village recognized that thing as 'stone lacquer'. Forgive me, Lord Yong'an, but I don't know what 'stone lacquer' is.

But the people in the prison village said that the thing could be used as a torch, so they went there the next day to dig holes and fish out the thin "stinky paste", which they called "stinky oil";
Then for several days, the prisoner village lit torches to work at night. With lighting, you can do a lot more things..."

Chu Qing understood: "Then the people in the refugee village found out and started to grab the land? So they started fighting?"

Chief: "Yes, yes!"

"Let's go," Chu Qing said, "pick up Qiusheng!"

There was no need to consider whether taking two pregnant women there would frighten them into having fetal gases, because they already knew that Qiu Sheng was in danger, and not taking them there would only make them anxious and have fetal gases.

Qiu Sheng's wife, who never talks much, asked: "Auntie, what on earth is 'stone lacquer'?"

Oil!
But this answer is no different from "Stone Paint".

Chu Qing could only say: "That's a good thing. Auntie, I'll process it and make it into lamp oil for you to use."

The refugees and the exiled prisoners are all from the same generation, but they are incompatible with each other.

The reason is simple: prisoners are of low status; refugees are not necessarily the same.

The refugees caused by disasters usually have any household registration type, but there are few criminals. Of course, there will also be fugitives or escaped slaves among them.

No matter why you became a criminal, ordinary people basically hold a discriminatory attitude because they know that kindness cannot be eaten.

Being involved with prisoners will bring trouble to oneself, or even be implicated. Especially for ordinary people who do not have any power, one mistake can lead to disaster.

Even farmers and military households can be hostile, let alone households with lowly status?

So it's normal for these two villages to get into trouble because of minor disputes between children.

For a place that neither village liked, they fought over each other because of the presence of Shiqi. In addition to fighting for resources, there was also discrimination in the fight.

"The place with the 'stone paint' is not big, only about the size of a water tank. It is on the prisoner village side," the chief secretary said as he sent Chu Qing and his party out: "But it was the children from the refugee village who discovered it first."