The war in the Guannai was endless, and the land annexation was also very serious, so as soon as Northern Manchuria was opened, a large number of immigrants from the Guannai rushed to the black land. After the port and train were put into use, the speed of this immigration became even faster, and by the autumn of the third year of Tongzhi, North Manchuria had received 30 million immigrants from the Guannai, five times the local resident population.

In order to avoid the war of the Twist Army, more than 300 members of Han Suowa's whole clan collectively broke into the eastern part of the country at the end of the first year of Tongzhi, and the old patriarch took everyone to trek for half a year before entering the border of North Manchuria. Han Suowa originally fantasized that the whole clan would overcome obstacles together and build their Han Jiawa again in this distant place, but the people at the immigration registration office disrupted Han Suowa's dream. Several literate members of the clan have all been selected out, and they will live in the city instead of plowing the fields with the villagers. It's a good thing to be able to enter the city, the old patriarch didn't have a word, and told these literate people to work hard when they enter the city and fight for the Han family.

But the next step of the arrangement made the old patriarch embarrassed to death, and the rest of the people had to go to the countryside, but their destination was not in one place. The old man in charge of registration randomly mixed up the Han Suowa clan with other immigrants, and then sent them to a distant place. The old patriarch still wanted to argue, after all, the people of a family should be together, and if the distribution is broken up in this way, many people may not even be able to find their ancestors. But the policeman in a blue costume has already started to drive people away with a bright blade. Han Suowa's family was carried by the chaotic crowd for a long distance, and when he came to his senses, except for his wife and three children, none of his relatives could be found.

The family followed the brigade for a long time, and was kicked out of the brigade in a place called Changxingtun, and an old man in strange green clothes took over their family. It's really nice here, there is no need to go through the thorns, the lord in green has already arranged a place for them to live, there are three straw houses. After counting the heads of their family, the lord also gave them food, food and drink, and how to work every day, all of which were clearly explained.

However, there was one thing that made Han Suowa and his daughter-in-law very uncomfortable, the green-clothed man did not allow his two girls to bind their feet. The old man said that when he entered North Manchuria, he was making up the flag ding, and the daughter of the flag family was not allowed to bind his feet. Han Suowa and her daughter-in-law were very worried that the girl would not be able to marry when she grew into a big foot in the future, but they did not dare to disobey the rules of the banner people, so they could only tear the eldest daughter's footcloth.

After living for a while, Han Suowa realized that the old man in green clothes was not from the village, he was a military master sent from the army, and he was specifically responsible for disciplining them. Han Suowa was originally afraid of the master, and he was even more afraid of the military master with a knife and a gun, but there was also good news, this military master was not a Manchurian, but his fellow villager in Shandong, from Dongping Mansion, Shandong. Han Suowa, who can't find her relatives, can have such a fellow by her side, and she has a lot of support in her heart. Han Suowa was also full of confidence in his Manchurian life, because the military master named Liu Guangzhen took him to see the village chief's house, a small two-story building made of red bricks and cement, and the walls were inlaid with fine porcelain.

"Old Han, don't you see this house is beautiful! Our Changxingtun is currently this one, and the old village chief's family and I all live here, but the general said that within five years, all our people in Beimanchu will live in such a house. Take out the strength of our Shandong heroes and work hard, take a reclamation champion, and next time I repair a brick house, I will be the first to repair your home! Liu Guangzhen painted a beautiful blueprint for Han Suowa, Han Suowa didn't know what Liu Guangzhen had said to everyone, so he was full of confidence.

Northern Manchurian can eat enough, but there is also endless work. The wasteland has to be burned and reclaimed all year round, but the output of grain has been pulled away by carts, leaving only a little for everyone. But the chewing in his mouth was given by the general, the house was given by the general, and the cattle and horses that ploughed the fields were also given by the general, so although Han Suowa was a little distressed, she also felt that she should hand over the imperial grain if she was alive. However, the conscription is also very scary, they have to work as coolies to build railways, they have to build foundations to build roads, and there are so many chores in towns and counties that it is a headache. When it comes to the tenth winter wax moon, don't think about being idle, they have to take advantage of the freezing of the river to build a canal and build a reservoir, and the big mules and horses can be tired to death, not to mention people. When I go to work in winter, there are always people who fall ill, and who will not get sick when it is cold and tired. But Liu Guangzhen is really powerful, he has a magic medicine called Dongqing tablets, people who burn hot to death, can be fine after eating it for a few days, and they really can't even take advantage of illness to rest.

Han Suowa is also from a cropper, no matter how hard and tired he is, he can persevere, but in addition to working, there are other tricks in this North Manchuria. After eating every night, people who were tired all day had to gather in the courtyard of the village chief's house and learn to read and write with Liu Guangzhen. Newspapers will be delivered every month, and Liu Guangzhen will pick people out to read them, so that everyone knows the new achievements of Northern Manchuria, and at the same time, he is also ashamed of people who do not learn words seriously. At this time, Han Suowa was like experiencing the ten tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and she wanted to commit suicide uncomfortably.

Later, a primary school was built in the village, and the place where everyone learned to read and write was also moved to the primary school, and the teacher was no longer Liu Guangzhen, but a talent from the city. Xiucai, whose name is Mao Yanqing, is very arrogant, he doesn't do anything except teach, and he doesn't lie to anyone, even Liu Guangzhen. But he was really good at teaching, and he brought a few books, in addition to teaching everyone to read, but also to teach everyone arithmetic, and some astronomy, geography, medicine, astronomy, and other things. Mao Yanqing has never been ashamed, but everyone learns much faster, and even Han Suowa can read the newspaper. Liu Guangzhen no longer teaches, but also learns, and he learns very seriously.

Mao Yanqing teaches adults at night, and teaches children during the day, dolls can study and have a future, Han Suowa is very happy, in case he can be a master in the future! But why does the girl have to go, Han Suowa can't understand it, she doesn't have to read if she doesn't let her feet be bound, and it's too difficult for a woman from this flag family to be. Originally, he gritted his teeth and stayed up, and his life was not bad, but there were unforeseen circumstances, and people had good and bad luck, and Han Suowa, the only strong laborer in the family, injured her leg because of an accident.

Building railways, building roadbeds, and digging reservoirs are all manual work, but there is also a certain technical content, but there are very few local technicians in Manchuria, and there is not much technical guidance from foreigners, so many remote branch lines are a bit brute. There will be a lot of loopholes in the construction, and there will be all kinds of problems in the construction, and Han Suowa is very unlucky and has encountered such problems. While digging the reservoir, he broke his leg when he was smashed by falling rubble.

Liu Guangzhen and the old village chief drove the carriage to send Han Suowa to the town overnight, and the doctor who had just been assigned gave Han Suowa emergency treatment, and her leg was saved, but Han Suowa would definitely not be able to work within five months. Han Suowa was injured in the line of duty, so the village provided food for his family, and eating was not a problem, but Han Suowa's heart was still as anxious as if it was fried. Spring plowing is still two months away, and there can be no wasteland in the village, and his family's more than 500 acres of land must be planted. But if I expect my wife to plant as much as a woman's family, even with the help of the village mutual aid group, she can plant half of it at most. The land that his family could not grow would be distributed to the new immigrants, and in thirty years it would be theirs. These lands are all Han Suowa's beads of sweat and eight petals, and they are the family business he will leave to his children and grandchildren in the future, how can they be given to outsiders. And because of the increasing number of immigrants, the nearby wasteland has basically been opened, and it is impossible to open new land in the future.

Han Suowa thought about it for a few days, and finally came up with a way, which is also a new thing that has just become popular recently, hiring someone to help farm the land. This is not the same as the landlord's family hires long-term laborers, and the hired people are also landed, but the cultivation time can be staggered, and the people can just make some extra money. The Manchurian locals cleared the land much earlier than the immigrants, and they undertook the government's initial task of clearing 100 acres per capita, so they had a lot of land. Han Suowa, who is known as the old cattle of Changxingtun, has 500 acres of land at home, which is already a large amount, but almost every family of these Manchurian locals has more than 1,000 acres of land, and the total amount of land of individual large households with a large population exceeds 5,000 acres. That is to say, Manchuria is vast and sparsely populated, and if it is in Guannai, their family's land can top the land of a township.

After all, there is too much land, and it is impossible to plant it all by relying on one family, so everyone can only work together. But as more and more places were placed, the support groups couldn't stand it, and everyone needed more people to help. There were not enough people in the village, so they had to find a way to do it in other villages, first relatives came to help, and then they hired people. In the past six months, hiring people has gradually become popular, and Han Suowa has also been hired twice, earning some surplus money for the family.

It's easy to hire someone, but it's not particularly easy to hire. Because the conscription is too heavy, everyone is tired, except for old scalpers like Han Suowa, most people would rather not earn this extra money and rest at home for two days, so it costs a lot of money to hire a person. At the current average price, hiring a person can get Manchuria money for two cents a day, and a pound of grain is only a penny! Han Suowa can earn less than 300 yuan a year, and if he shaves out food and clothing, he can save less than 100 yuan, and hiring someone is like cutting meat in his heart.

distressed to distressed, in order to keep the land, Han Suowa can only hire people to help with the work, but if she can hire less, she should hire as little as possible. If you hire fewer people, you have to find a way to do it yourself, and the mutual aid group and the daughter-in-law will definitely need to use it, but in addition to them, you have to add people. Han Suowa thought about it again and again, and hit the idea on her eleven-year-old eldest son and two eight or nine-year-old two daughters. The child is a little smaller, but it can help a little, and three children can also top one adult.

As soon as spring ploughing began, the three children of the old Han family dropped out of school and followed the adults to the fields. The children, of course, are unwilling, and at school they are the flowers of the Motherland, which are nourished. In addition to learning new knowledge every day, there is a lot of fun and play, and there are special fruits and milk in the school, and there will be meat in the meals, which is really fun. Working in the fields, they were tired to death, and the food at home was much worse than in school, and of course they were not happy. In addition to the children, Mao Yanqing and Liu Guangzhen are also not happy, compulsory education is a national policy set by the general, is it a rebellion to quit school without permission? Therefore, the children of the Han family, who had just been a little scalper for two days, Mao Yanqing and Liu Guangzhen jointly found Han Suowa.

"Old Han, why don't the children in the family go to school and get sick? Why didn't you come to me to get the medicine? Liu Guangzhen is still more tactful.

"No sickness, no illness, it's okay!" Han Suowa had already noticed that the two who came had bad intentions.

"Why didn't you go to school? They are now teaching according to the schedule, and they have fallen behind, and they have to trouble Teacher Mao to make up the class! "The people of Changxingtun still admire culture and education, and Liu Guangzhen is also the first time to deal with the matter of someone dropping out of school.

"The child is not the material for the test Xiucai, and the work at home is too busy, so I don't want them to study, and start helping the family work early!" Han Suowa said very sincerely.

"It's good to study more, compulsory education and food, what a pity if you don't study!" Liu Guangzhen doesn't understand, he doesn't need money to study, why don't he read it!

"I know a lot of words, and I can read the newspaper, that's enough! What else can he do, he might as well follow me to farm. Croppers! Serving the land well is the duty! "Han Suowa's mind is all about the earth.

"Old Han, don't think so, studying is not the same as not studying, and how can you say that children have no future! People have to have an ambition, and among our Shandong people, there are people who are promising. The governor of Xing'an Province, Kan Changcheng Brigade, is a native of Shandong, and he was also a farmer before following the general, but he is now a general with the rank of brigadier general, and some of the other governors at all levels are croppers. You still let your child go back to study hard, and he will be able to get ahead in the future! Liu Guangzhen is also a limited level, and his persuasion is a bit specious.

"Yes, what you said is reasonable, I'll let the eldest son go back to school tomorrow!" Han Suowa has a simple shrewdness, he knows that Liu Guangzhen can't come in vain, he has to give in and give Liu Guangzhen a step. And after listening to Liu Guangzhen, he also felt that it was a pity that his son didn't study.

"Hey! That's a clear sentence! Liu Guangzhen nodded happily, he felt that his persuasion and education work had been successful.

"What about your two daughters?" Mao Yanqing, who has never spoken, is a scholar after all, and his mind is much more delicate than Liu Guangzhen.

"Girls' families, what's the use of reading and literacy, and you can still take the top exam in the future! Let's just work at home! In two years, it's time to talk about people, and you can't run around outside all day! That is, Manchuria prohibits human trafficking, otherwise Han Suowa will be ready to sell her little daughter to the city as a maid.

"Old Han, girls are not as good as boys, but they are also ......" Liu Guangzhen turned on the bitter mode again.

"Stop talking nonsense! Six-year compulsory education is a national policy set by the general, and if the child does not go to school, it is against the will of the general, and you are not afraid of eating in prison, so you don't let the child go back to school! Hum! Mao Yanqing was very tired of talking to a farmer, so he rudely interrupted Liu Guangzhen, threw down a threat, pulled Liu Guangzhen and left.

The next day, all three children of the old Han family returned to school, and Han Suowa did not have the courage to go against the will of the general. However, his highly-anticipated son did not get ahead, and a few years later he returned home and began to work with him. It was the youngest daughter who was almost sold, who became the first female doctor in Northern Manchuria, made amazing achievements in some secret fields, and married into a wealthy family, becoming the granddaughter-in-law of the Gu'an patriarch Xiande. It is not compulsory education when she comes to junior high school, if Han Suowa is forcibly stopped, her youngest daughter will not be able to continue studying, but Mao Yanqing scared Han Suowa too hard, as long as her daughter said to study, he would only dare to support it.