Chapter 162 The Wei family comes out
Shen Yi was not polite to him. He threw the wild boar outside the thatched house, put down the rattan basket, and handed the package to Wei Laoqi's two sons, Wei Yi and Wei Gan, before following Wei Laoqi into the dark and cramped room.
The women of the Wei family had already hid in the house when Wei Yi shouted. Now there were Wei Laoqi, his son and Shen Yi in the main room.
Wei Laoqi staggered and poured a glass of water for Shen Yi, with a warm smile on his face, "Why are you going into the mountains to hunt at this time? The wild boars now are not delicious, they are thin and thin, and the wild boars in autumn are so bad." It’s good to be fat and strong.”
Shen Yi saw that he was getting more and more confused as he talked, so he quickly explained, "I came here specifically to find you. I happened to encounter that wild boar on the road that was pursuing me and couldn't help but kill it."
"Hiss!" Wei Laoqi's two sons gasped.
Wei Laoqi laughed loudly, "As expected of you, Shen Yi, you can't bear to catch wild boars! Tell me, what do you want me to do? Hunt something?"
Shen Yi glanced at Wei Laoqi's two sons.
Wei Laoqi understood the idea and led him out to the spacious yard behind the cave. "You can talk here, you can't hear me."
Shen Yi nodded, lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, I want to ask you to help me settle a matter. This is what happened."
When Shen Yi explained the situation clearly, Wei Laoqi was completely confused. It took him a long time to sort out his thoughts. He was excited and puzzled at the same time, "No, no! That hoe, nail and rake is not something that cannot be seen by others. Why?" You have to take it out of my hands?”
Shen Yi was helpless, "I don't know about this either. I just know that the other party likes to be quiet and doesn't like to be disturbed. I won't let you help in vain. I have ten taels of silver here as a reward for you. How about it?"
"Ten taels? Are you rich?" Wei Laoqi's eyes widened and he was shocked when he took the silver.
If he remembered correctly, Shen Yi was an orphan, and his family was so poor that only one boat was worth anything. However, there had been a three-year drought and the water level of the Daxun River had been falling, so his fishing boat should not be of use. .
Shen Yi laughed dumbly and told him everything about the situation outside.
Wei Laoqi was stunned to the spot.
"Are you saying that the current crop yield per acre is a thousand catties? Every household has more than enough food and money, so they are no longer afraid of going hungry?"
Why did the more he listened, the more he felt that Shen Yi was deceiving people.
Shen Yi saw the doubts in his eyes and did not defend himself, "Anyway, this is the situation outside now. I just want to vent your anger. Don't worry, I only have farm tools and no weapons here. I won't cause trouble. If someone Find it yourself, and you can just fool it for me, okay?"
Wei Laoqi nodded repeatedly, hesitated several times, and finally asked nothing.
Because it was getting late, Wei Laoqi specially left Shen Yi to stay at home for one night.
It was night, and the entire Wei family gathered in the main room to talk.
Wei Laoqi rephrased Shen Yi's instructions and said: "Shen Yi came to ask me to help pick out some farm tools. It is inconvenient for our family and I may need to go out from time to time. Naturally, my wages are indispensable."
Everyone in the Wei family said they knew and had no doubts.
Wei Laoqi thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and told his family what Shen Yi said about the outside situation.
Wei Laoqi's wife Liu Jinhua was not calm at first.
"Old man, did Shen Yi really say that there is a thousand kilograms of grain per acre outside? If so, what are we still doing hiding in the mountains? Hurry back to the village!" Since their family hid in the mountains, they were not worried about starving to death or dying of thirst, but at home Life is still as poor as ever. With the birth of grandchildren one after another, the family is getting poorer and poorer. The clothes they are wearing now were brought from the mountains a few years ago. They have not bought any new outfits in these years.
She doesn't care about these things, but she really can't sit idly by and watch the life-long events of her grandchildren.
Now the eldest granddaughter is already sixteen, and the next one is the grandson who is fifteen. How many more years can it be delayed?
Wei Laoqi was very confused, "It's not that I don't want to go out, but we don't know what's going on outside. What if the situation is really different from what Shen Yi said?"
"What else can we do? If it doesn't work out, we can go back to the mountains. We can move the dead and move the living. There is no reason for the living to be suffocated to death! I don't care, I will definitely go out this time anyway, and it happens to be spring plowing. Our land has to be picked up and planted." Liu Jinhua looked determined and would not change his mind.
Wei Laoqi did not object directly, but looked at his son and daughter-in-law, "What do you think?"
The two daughters-in-law were also worried about their children's marriage, and immediately expressed their solidarity with Liu Jinhua.
The Wei Yi brothers were also worried, but they didn't say anything because of their father's face.
Wei Laoqi didn't understand anything when he saw this, so he breathed a sigh of relief and made up his mind, "Okay! Since you all want to go out, then go out! Anyway, I will pick up the blacksmithing work, but our land I’m afraid it will take some effort to get it back.”
They fled when there was a severe drought. There were many people like them who fled to other places, and the government could not control them. Later, after the severe drought, he made a special trip back to the village and told the village chief not to touch their houses and fields.
The village chief did not agree, but only Wei Laoqi came back. The whereabouts of the other Wei family members were unknown. Wei Laoqi was seven years old and had limited physical strength. The court still gave preferential treatment to the elderly, so he let He kept his family's land and house.
But the fields could not be left uncultivated, so the village decided to give their land to the villagers for cultivation and give them some grain every year.
This food has become one of the important incomes of the Wei family. In the past two years, because he has grown older, people in the village have sent everything, but no one has mentioned this to him. It is really hateful!
Liu Jinhua looked depressed, "What are you afraid of? Spring hasn't started yet! If we don't go back early, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
As soon as he said this, the whole family immediately started moving.
They say that every broken family has a treasure, and the Wei family is almost the same.
After living in the mountains for so many years, I didn’t have anything valuable, but after packing, I couldn’t even put it on the cart.
When Shen Yi woke up the next day, he saw a large family preparing to move.
He started to help without saying a word. Naturally, the things he brought had to be taken out of the mountain intact.
The group of people walked from dawn to dusk before leaving the vast mountains. Fortunately, they did not encounter any wild animals during this period.
Shen Yi said to everyone in the Wei family: "You have just come out. I'm afraid that the houses in the village are all dilapidated and you won't be able to live in them for a while. If you don't mind, you can stay at my house for a few days and then go back after the things in the village are settled." "
Wei Laoqi really didn't know how to deal with these women and children at home. Hearing this, he immediately bowed deeply to Shen Yi and said, "Shen Yi, I won't thank you enough for your kindness. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to me. I will help the old man as long as he lives." For one day, if I leave, let my son help."
Wei Yi and Wei Gang also hurriedly expressed their stance.
Shen Yi smiled carelessly and led them from the front.