Peasant woman's day

Chapter 99

Furong was shocked when she heard this. She came to this world and had never experienced anything like war.Will there be such a thing as catching young men?Fu Rong's heart suddenly tightened, and she felt terrified.

After returning home, Fu Rong discussed with Gu Qingchen to close the shop for two days and go to the county town to see the situation.Gu Qingchen and Fu Rong got up immediately, and they happened to meet Master Song and his wife who were looking for Gu Qingchen in front of Master Song's house.

"The vassal states in the west have had bad harvests for two or three years in a row. There are many refugees, and they flock to the border. The general stationed on the border sent troops to drive them away. The vassal states quit now, and came to harass my border under the banner of a banner. The general was young and energetic. , wanted to capture the king himself, but was captured alive. The gates of the city were wide open, thousands of refugees flocked, Longyan was furious, and dispatched generals from Gansu and Shu to suppress it. I am afraid that this battle must be fought.” Master Song knew Why did they come here, and briefly stated what they knew.

Fu Rong's hand immediately grabbed Gu Qingchen's hand: "Then, will it come to our side?"

Master Song shook his head: "If you are defeated, you won't come back. It's just that it doesn't matter which direction the refugees will go. This year's harvest is like this. I'm afraid, the people will not be able to survive!"

"Can't we not fight?" Furong asked nervously.

Master Song was silent: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and the vassal state has been suffering from famines for years. If there is food and clothing, why is this so. Now in the court, the main battle is the majority, and the main peace, I am afraid it will not be easy. If you endure humiliation all the year round, Worrying and fearing every year is not as good as going to war to live a peaceful life for decades."

Niu Niu in Fu Rong's arms cried out loud, Fu Rong came back to her senses and hugged her tightly.Mrs. Song took Fu Rong to the back room, saw her distraught, and comforted her, "If we all move to the county town, we can have someone to take care of us. The owner of the next room is going back to his hometown, so we can rent it."

Fu Rong came back to her senses, looked at Mrs. Song, worried in her heart, and said, "I just don't know, so what about the taxes and corvees?"

"You and Qingchen are my children, how can I sit idly by? Your godfather's old face is still useful. You just relax. It's just that the country is hard to live in. Your mother-in-law's house, move as soon as possible." It's serious." Mrs. Song knew where Furong was thinking.

Thanks to the good business of Hongji Cloth Shop, Furong pawned off a few pieces of jewelry that she saved before, which was enough for the house, and bought them.She discussed with Gu Qingchen again, and went back to the village to tell what Master Song had said. Father Gu was silent for a while: "It's the busy season of farming, and these fields can't be left empty. You go first, the boss and the second brother and I have settled the land. Come again."

Gu Qingchen persuaded him several times, but Father Gu finally let go and agreed to move to the county with their family, and the land will be barren for a year.The food was pulled by several carts.Papa Gu and the others are only staying here temporarily, renting a nearby yard to live in.It is relatively easier for the Guo family.Each family still eats its own. Because of the invisible disaster, everyone lost their minds about making trouble and calmed down for a while.

Papa Gu squatted in the yard looking at the sky. It was a gloomy day, and it looked like it was going to snow.The curtain behind him rang, and Gu Qingchen came out and put a big coat on him: "Father, it's cold outside, and your legs will feel uncomfortable after standing in the cold weather for a long time. You should go in and rest."

"It's actually the mid-autumn festival and it's going to snow today. My old bones can't even stand the cold. I'm really old." Gu Lao thought, his eyes darkened.

Furong was bringing out the steaming chicken soup: "Father, I just slaughtered a chicken. It was oily and yellow. I boiled a big pot of chicken soup. Try it. How is it worse than the chicken you used to feed in the country? Our family I need my father to help me take a look at the vegetable field. My husband and I are not up to the mark, and we didn’t do anything like it before.”

The second sister-in-law Gu was coming out of the room. After hearing this, a trace of sarcasm flashed in her eyes: "The third brother and sister are blessed, how can they know these things. Just sit at home, and the money can fall from the sky. Such a good house I also rented it out, isn’t it rich?”

"There is no end to it. Anyway, the money was robbed by those mobs, so you are happy? Isn't the third daughter-in-law doing her own business? Now that she is at home, isn't she trying to make new things every day, otherwise the family How are you going to eat?" Papa Gu gave her a sideways look.

Second Sister-in-law Gu has such a temperament, she always wants to stab others, but then she is blocked and can't speak, she feels at ease.Furong's expression didn't change for a moment.Anyway, I only come here during the day, and I still have to go back to my yard at night.Now the family has invited two people to guard the door, which can be regarded as for the sake of safety, and they are all written by Master Song.Fu Rong thought to herself: Fortunately, she pressed down the fact that she bought the house and only said it was rented out, otherwise the second sister-in-law would not be able to figure out how much money she has.How much money she has is also hers.

When Mrs. Gu came over, the work was reduced by half, and I could breathe a little more.After she vomited bitterness with Fu Rong the day before, she seems to have become much more energetic. I don't know how she told people, but one day, Father Gu suddenly asked Second Sister-in-law Gu to do things too, taking turns to do it.If it doesn't work, the first and second families will eat separately, and the old couple will take turns to eat.The second sister-in-law Gu can't, now she has no money on her body, and her waist can't be hardened, and Mrs. Gu is an iron cock, she can't spend a penny, do it by herself?What to do?You still have to eat here.

Fortunately, neither last year nor this year's grain was sold, and the family's chewing food was obviously enough.The things in the county town are much more expensive than those in the town, but fortunately, they have set up two plots of soil in each courtyard, so Father Gu and Boss Gu clean it up every day, which is considered a busy day.

Since the call came, Mr. Gu volunteered to do some work.He was illiterate, and had no energy left, so he had to go out to work.Gu Qingchen originally wanted him to help in his shop, but found that there was really nothing that required great effort, so he just asked Master Song to help him find it.Master Song still has two tools for finding jobs for scholars, but for the coolies, he searched for a long time before he found a job delivering goods to a family.Gu Boss and Gu Lao Er both went out to do this work, which can be regarded as subsidy to support their family.

But he said that this family is not another family, and the wife of the second bedroom of this family is Mrs. Fan's cousin.Now that the frontier is not peaceful, she has naturally heard about the influx of refugees.The family's surname is Zhuang. When they got the news from Jingli, the family spread it out, saying that they were going to move out. They couldn't take so many people with them. They wanted to let many people out, causing panic.Later, the old master Zhuang gave a few sons a hard lesson, saying that the ancestors were also people with military merits, and they were not some people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, so how could they just let it go?Master Zhuang heard this, so he had no choice but to not leave, not only not to leave, but also to stabilize everyone's hearts.Seeing that the banker would not leave, the other wealthy businessmen and small officials felt more at ease, and did not all leave in a flock.Moreover, Mrs. Zhuang Er received a letter from her cousin and wanted to come up temporarily to avoid it, so she couldn't leave.

Furong had no choice but to listen to Master Song's words.It's just a few states away, so I'm afraid I can't call them, right?As soon as Furong thought about it, she heard the news and dispatched their Jiedu envoy from Lizhou to go to the frontier. General Pingxi's soldiers had also moved to the frontier, and the battle finally broke out.

Fortunately, no one was arrested and sent to the army. The Jiedushi only brought [-] soldiers from the army there, and there were also transfer orders from other places.However, although no one was forced to serve as an army, the court levied taxes three times in a row.Thanks to Master Song's name being there, Furong's business hadn't opened yet at that time, so he escaped and used dozens of taels of silver to prevaricate.Father Gu and Lao Guotou are more and more looking forward to Master Song's lead, and come to ask for advice on everything.

People like to think about things when they have nothing to do. After going back and forth, Fu Rong, who gained weight due to pregnancy, also lost weight.Mrs. Lin said to her harshly: "Niu Niu is eating milk now. If she has nothing to eat like you, what should she do?" Fu Rong had to eat soy stewed pig's feet again, which can produce milk. But the more he eats, the more he shakes his head.One day, while she was eating, Mrs. Gu who was sitting next to her suddenly covered her mouth and ran out.Mrs. Gu's eyes lit up and she hurriedly stood up.

When Gu Qingchen came back in the evening, Mrs. Gu put a veil on Mrs. Gu's wrist and asked Gu Qingchen to feel her pulse.Gu Qingchen pondered for a moment, raised his head, and smiled at Boss Gu: "Brother, congratulations. Sister-in-law is lucky."

Mrs. Gu's face suddenly burst into a smile: "Last year, the third daughter-in-law was pregnant with one, and this year the eldest daughter-in-law has another one in her belly. This is really great. Boss daughter-in-law, what do you want to eat, I'll make it for you .”

Mrs. Gu's face was blushing, she lowered her head and twisted the corner of her clothes: "I don't know, I just eat whatever mother does."

Second Aunt Gu snorted, the light in her eyes dimmed, she turned around and went out the door.After Gu Laoer congratulated Gu Boss, he also went out.Fu Rong pulled Gu Qingchen's clothes and followed her out.

Back at home in the evening, she coaxed Niuniu to sleep, Fu Rong walked to Gu Simei's room with a light in her big clothes, and said with a smile, "Simei, why haven't you slept yet? It's so late. But are you not used to it when you first come here?"

Mrs. Gu is pregnant, and Mrs. Gu is afraid that the children will disturb her at night, so she asks Mrs. Gu to accompany her to sleep. Tianheng is taken to sleep by Mrs. Gu, and Fourth Sister Gu comes here to live with Fu Rong. Also brought Xiao Tao.Xiaotao was already fast asleep, Gu Simei stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll fall asleep after reading again."

(End of this chapter)