Chapter 54 Relief
Xingfu County this year because of the locust autumn grain harvest, this winter and snow disaster, now different from three years ago when there were frequent wars, the border pass Zhenning, the imperial court will be able to sympathize with the people's livelihood, the government issued a notice: in this snow disaster in the disaster of the people who are severely affected, the government will give relief, supply some rice, grain, money and goods, the disaster is relatively light, then the village chief will arrange at his discretion, mobilize the villagers and neighbors to help each other, be sure to comfort the affected people, help everyone through the harsh winter.
A total of six families in Dongshan Village collapsed in the snowstorm, none of them could live in it, the village chief reported it, and all received subsidies from the government, and these six families also had close neighbors and relatives and friends to help, and each had a place to live, and only rebuilt their houses after the snow melted in the spring and the weather cleared.
The Feng family only collapsed the thatched house and the hall house in the middle, and the other tiled houses were all fine, not enough to obtain government relief, let alone arrange another place to live.
But this time, Feng Liang was frozen and sick, and he didn't feel anything on the day he was buried in the snow, and he was bedridden two days later, and he couldn't stop coughing.
Feng Liuhua and Feng Yuzhen ran to the gate of the Guanjia Courtyard and knelt down a few times, begging Tian and Jinxiu to buy medicine with silver money, but Jinxiu ignored it, and the door of the Guanjia Courtyard was not opened, and they all changed to the back door if they needed to enter and exit.
Old man Feng went to ask the village chief every day, the village chief was annoyed to death by them, so he had to go to the Jinxiu sisters, etiquette, righteousness and filial piety or something to persuade them, Jinxiu, Jinyu, Jinyun took care of the veins in their hands, none of them squeaked, Tian was grinding by the village chief to the point that he couldn't hold on, and he also said a few words from the side, Jinxiu had to promise to give the Feng family some benefits, on the condition that the Feng family must recognize that the surnames Feng and Tian have been reconciled, and the fact that the three sisters of Jinxiu left the Feng family with their mother, they are not allowed to run to block their mothers at every turn, if they want to do this again, not only will they not meet in the future, not a single copper will be given to them!
In the end, under the mediation and accompaniment of the village chief, Tian took thirty taels of silver to the Feng family's courtyard and handed it to Old Man Feng.
The thirty taels of silver included the decoction of Old Man Feng and Feng Liang's pain buried in the snow, the rebuilding of the hall dedicated to the ancestors, and the expenses for the New Year.
The Feng family was happy and unhappy when they got the money, their goal was that new and bright house!
However, Feng Liang and her daughters soon rejoiced: thirty taels of silver was heavy, too textured! In addition to repairing the house and spending a fat year, the rest can make several sets of new clothes and some small jewelry, and the money to marry Feng Taohua can be left!
Old Man Feng was very unhappy: his granddaughter was so capable, and she saved more than thirty taels of silver for the Tian family!
Feng Jin regretted in his heart, and it was very unpleasant: as the son of the Feng family, he had a reputation for showing off his talents, but he was incapable of taking responsibility for something in the family, so he had to rely on Tian, the next cousin, to take the money to support the whole family!
Thirty taels of silver, worth all the savings of his small family! Xiao Liang grabbed the thirty taels of silver tickets tightly, and he didn't know where they were hidden. But Tian came over with the cash in his hand, let go easily, and turned around and left without a pity, as if what she put down was not a white silver, but a brick!
There are dozens to hundreds of taels of silver at home, which can be taken out at any time, and usually only the landlord with a rich family can do it!
Feng Jin thought of what Xiao Liang and Feng Liuhua said, what laundry soap, bath soap and autumn pear paste can be exchanged for money! Feng Liuhua said that she often saw Jinxiu bring books home from the town, she should have gone to the bookstore to buy books, according to Xiao Liang's guess: Feng Jin taught Jinxiu to read and write since he was a child, and Jinxiu loves to read, so he must have discovered some secret from the book, so Jinxiu made a fortune!
Xiao Liang said that Jinxiu can have today, all relying on Feng Jin's teachings back then, if Feng Jin did not teach his daughter to read and hyphenate, she could understand books and articles? And for so many years, Feng Jin has not ignored their mother and daughter, the money he brings to the house every month contains the four shares of the mother and daughter, if they want to say that they didn't get it, it is also Feng Liang's deduction from it, this is not to blame for being a father, Jinxiuguang Fengfeng Tian does not care about his father, this is absolutely unreasonable!
Feng Jin thought so, thinking that when Tian went out to do farm work, he watched Jinxiu while reading at home, and when he recited the article, Jinxiu also read it, he found that his daughter had an excellent memory, and she could memorize it after listening to and reading it once, so he began to teach his daughter to read!
He is both Jinxiu's father and her enlightenment husband, Jinxiu doesn't take care of his father, that's against heaven!
But Feng Jin didn't have the face to go to their mother and daughter now-he could calmly face anyone, and he was a little weak in the face of Tian's!
When Tian sent the silver over, Feng Jin looked at her carefully: a royal blue floral muslin jacket and trousers, a snow hat decorated with black rabbit fur on her head, lined her face with a round white and delicate face, a pair of thick-soled high-top black cowhide boots under her feet, stepping on the snow lightly and steadily, she was dressed thickly, the whole person looked elegant and warm, dignified and soft, and her speech was calm and plain, not hurried, for a moment, Feng Jin felt that he didn't know the Tian family in front of him at all, she seemed to be born in a wealthy family, Pampered and pampered have never suffered from the hardships of farm work and poverty and disease.
It seems to have returned to more than ten years ago, the newly married Tian was just sixteen years old, few words but gentle, with a little shyness, her skin was not dark at that time, and her waist was not thick, but she was busy working inside and out when she entered the door of his Feng family, going out early and returning late without stopping, without regrets, and the housework and field work were all on her shoulders, she slowly became black and strong, and her waist was thick and vulgar......
The poor Tian family is haggard and vulgar, and now she is living a good life with her daughter, and she can even have the calm, dignified and noble indifference of a rich wife, but she doesn't even look at him!
Feng Jin was unwilling: a husband and wife for more than ten years, a husband and wife for more than ten years, and three daughters together, did she not care about a little husband and wife?
Tian's current state of mind is 108,000 miles away from before he left, she has already completely let go of Feng Jin, the Feng family is so popular, she can't wait to never know it!
If she knew that she had been separated for more than two months, Feng Jin would have turned around and worried about the relationship between husband and wife, she would have to learn from Feng Liang's smack on the ground and say: Unlucky, unlucky!
Sending silver back to the Feng family, Tian and Yu made some food together, and then brought the warm clothes that Jinxiu asked Guan Mu to buy from the town market and sent them to the other six families in the village who suffered from the snow disaster, to express the comfort and condolences between the neighbors of the village, and then began to prepare for the new house to ask for wine.
Tian is very busy these days, and that is called a happy and fulfilling.
The whole family, including Grandpa Tian's brother-in-law, aunt and uncle, and the Guan family who want to help have a meeting together, made specific arrangements for the banquet and division of labor, and prepared the same, so that when the good days come, they will not be in a hurry.