Chapter 2 The Village

"Child, if someone asks you what your surname is, after you return to your surname Zhu, you must say that there is a stone character Zhu on the left, you must remember, otherwise our whole family will suffer." This is the advice of my father Zhu Shishi, and I have said it many times in my memory.

"Only the emperor and his relatives can be surnamed Zhu, and other people with the surname Zhu can only use the word '硃', otherwise it is disrespectful, but now there are a few people who can read and write, and no one cares at all" This is a scholar who passed by Baibao Village.

After thinking of these two places, Zhu Da's various illusions about his surname were shattered, originally thinking that his family was the first class of the royal family, because of some secret things to escape here, as long as he turned over, he could be prosperous and rich, and he could live a good life, and it was a legend and excitement, but those things only exist in the drama commentary, and his family is just a military household from Shaanxi, which has been passed down in Datong for several generations and more than a hundred years.

knew that it was a boring fantasy, but Zhu Da still kept thinking that there was no other reason, the days in Baibao Village were too boring and life was too hard.

Zhu Da recovered quickly after "recovering", at this time the golden autumn wheat is ripe, and the harvest season is about to come, which is the top priority of the entire Baibao Village, the whole village, the entire hundred households of the strong laborers have to be busy for this, seeing their children healed, Zhu Da's parents began to be busy with farming.

The children of the poor families were in charge of the family early, and the peasant children had to go to the fields to help after they were twelve, so Zhu Da should have followed the work, but when he recovered from a serious illness, his parents were reluctant, so they left him idle at home.

No matter how poor the family background is, the nature of children and teenagers who like to have fun will not be wiped out, and if they change to other people's children, they have long been happy in the village and outside the village, but now Zhu Da's state of mind is already in his twenties, where will he follow these hairy children. After being allowed to go to the field for activities on the first day, Zhu Daxian walked around his dilapidated house a few times, adobe houses, rough household goods, low courtyard walls, damaged and leaky everywhere, which can be praised as very neat, and it can be seen that his parents are very careful to clean up.

After reading it, Zhu Da walked out of the courtyard gate, looked at the dirt road in front of the door and the neighborhood houses for a long time, the house he saw within his field of vision, it seemed that it was not as good as his own house, he often went in and out of the wild mountains in his more than 20 years of life, and he also saw poor villages, but compared to what he saw in front of him, it was simply heavenly, Zhu Da inexplicably remembered the word "productivity gap" that had long been blurred in his memory.

Zhu Da didn't stay in a daze, he covered up the courtyard gate, and walked out along the familiar and unfamiliar dirt road, Zhu Da wanted to walk through the entire Baibao Village, look at the whole village, evoke memories with familiar and unfamiliar scenes, sort out memories, of course he didn't want to look at the rich and poor, but changed the current "familiar and strange" feeling to "familiar".

This has to do with his life experience, a good wilderness traveler should be familiar with his camping environment, which can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles and dangers. In addition, Zhu Da in another world is an orphan, and his experience since he was a child has taught him that he is not qualified to complain, he has to work hard to adapt to what he encounters, and the most important thing is to survive and live well. Since the life of modern society is gone, this life must be lived well.

Zhu Da did not walk quickly, but he observed very carefully, the village was quiet during the day, the weather was sunny, the old people were basking in the sun or chatting on the wall in front of their houses, and the laughter of children could be heard from afar, and the wilderness was more attractive to them.

"Xiao Zhu, are you well?" An old woman asked.

This is Grandma Chen in the backstreet of her family, and she has two sons at home, one works in Datong City to make a living, and the other farms in the village, and her life is quite prosperous.

"Grandma Chen, I'm fine, it's getting cold, you wear more clothes, don't get cold." Zhu Da replied with a smile.

His answer made the other party stunned, and Zhu Da thought that he had said something wrong, but he didn't stop, just continued to walk forward, looking left and right. Zhu Da didn't hear the old lady behind him muttering, "How did you change a person?"

The village is not big, and the houses and courtyards you see on the road are a little dilapidated, Zhu Da thought that his house was bad enough, but he didn't expect it to be good in the village. Thinking of this, Zhu Da smiled bitterly, in the memory of this time and space, other villages are worse than Baibao Village, maybe the era is different, and the definition of poverty is different.

Not a few steps to get out of the village, in the northeast corner of the village to see a neat house, white walls and black tiles, although the scale is not large, but there is a bit of grandeur, this is the general banner of the Li family where the hundred households are located.

The main affairs of the hundred households are the hundred households, and there are two general banners as deputies, but in Zhu Da's memory, this Li Zongqi is common in Baibao Village, and the hundred households and another general banner have never been seen, and the parents and villagers rarely talk about it, the big and small things in the village are in charge of this Li Zongqi, and the most important thing he manages is to collect grain and share the conscription.

Zhu Da used to look at this mansion, but he was envious of the wealth, but now he looks a little more interesting, after all, this brand-new building is in accordance with the current shape, although the decoration is simple, but there is the style of this era, can see a lot of connotation. Judah stopped and took a closer look.

Just as he was looking, there was a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door of Li Zongqi's house opened, and a girl with pigtails walked out accompanied by her subordinates. The girl was about ten years old, wearing a half-new jacket and skirt, and her little face was as ruddy as an apple, and she looked very cute. This is Li Zongqi's youngest daughter Li Chunhua, the whole village is called "Third Miss", and Zhu Da, who follows her, is also familiar with it, she is the mother-in-law of the Su family on the street, and more than 100 families in the village have to take turns to come to Li Zongqi's house to work as a helper.

As soon as Li Chunhua went out, she hit Zhu Da in the face, the little girl was stunned, then frowned and showed a look of disgust, raised her fleshy little finger and pointed at Zhu Da and said, "What are you doing in front of my house, do you want to steal something, get out of here!" ”

The mother-in-law of the Su family said that it was not good, this kid of the Zhu family is also a temperamental, and he doesn't know the severity, he will definitely be beaten if he quarrels, and he has to take Xiao Zhu away quickly, otherwise there is no way to go to the Zhu family to explain.

Xiao Zhu, who didn't think that he was usually stubborn, didn't jump to his feet and scold, just smiled, walked away quickly, and went outside the village, this reaction made Li Chunhua and the Su family's mother-in-law stunned, but they didn't care, Li Chunhua has always been arrogant in Baibao Village, how could he care about this kind of poor boy who can be seen everywhere.

"The little girl is really healthy and well-nourished." Zhu Da naturally wouldn't be angry with a spoiled little girl, he only had this emotion after seeing it, most of the people in the village he saw and remembered were malnourished, only a few people in Mr. Li's family were not.

Out of the village, the field of vision is much broader, the village is full of poverty and desolation, and the fields outside the village are golden autumn scenes, the wheat waves are rolling, Zhu Da is refreshed, and he feels happy.

Looking at the prospect, Zhu Da suddenly remembered another thing, the autumn harvest has begun, the rent and grain collection will start soon, and more than half of the harvest of the whole year has to be given to the generals above.