Chapter 8 Hometown? A new home?
"By the way, Grandpa, our knives and axes are not sharpened?" On the way, Yang Heng suddenly remembered this matter, "Ha, boy, there are still things you forgot, let me tell you, I was ready for this, didn't you see that there are still a few whetstones in the car, I will let your mother bring them all out." "Daddy is happy, and the old lady is also happy on the side, "You kid, this knife has been shot, are you still worried that it is not sharp." ”
Cool, Yang Heng's heart was solved, and then he took a big breath and sighed in his heart, "This ancient air is fresh, just like a sunny day after a rain." "It's not like it's sunny after the rain, it's raining the day before yesterday, and obviously you can still see some moisture on the land on both sides of the road, and it's the end of autumn, and it's the time when the sky is crisp. A family of three hit the road full of hope.
At this time, this place does not have the image of the loess slope everywhere in the eyes of later generations, and at this time it is still green all over the mountains, green with withered yellow, and soon, winter is coming, and there are farmers harvesting crops in the fields in the distance.
"Da Lang, this year's harvest at home is good." "Yes, old man, this year's harvest in the field is enough for the owner's rent, and the rest is enough to eat until next year." The peasants were harvesting in the fields and even chatting happily. In recent years, due to the war, so the number of farmers who can farm has decreased greatly, and even reached the least populous period in history, according to historical records, the population of the country at this time is only more than 2 million, and some landlords will collect less rent when they rent land......
The people of China, for thousands of years, whether it was in the past, or now or in the future generations where Yang Heng came, as long as they have a bite to eat, a wall to shelter from the wind, a roof to protect them from the rain, and a piece of clothing on their bodies to keep warm and cover their ugliness, they are very satisfied.
Yang Heng was a little confused in his heart, what can he do when he comes to this era?
"Heng'er, Heng'er, what do you want?" "Ah," Yang Heng was suddenly awakened by the old lady from his thoughts, "Ah what, I'm about to fall into the ditch, walk well, and go to the car to rest when you're tired." The old lady asked with concern.
"It's nothing, I just thought about something, by the way, Grandpa, how long will it take for us to arrive." Yang Heng shifted the topic.
"Hurry, it's not long, after noon we will be outside the mountain, it's not easy to go to the mountain, I'm still thinking about how we can get this car in, do we need to carry it in." Daddy said as he walked with the car in front of him.
This was originally an ox cart, but Yang Heng had no cattle at home, so the father had to tie a rope to the car, and then pull the cart forward, the old lady followed closely behind the car and encountered uneven places Maybe she would help and push it, while Yang Heng was walking on the side, this was mainly because the mother and son didn't know the road, so they could only follow behind.
"Dad, if you're tired, I'll pull it for a while." The old lady asked her father thoughtfully, "Don't be tired, this amount of weight can be done even if both of you mother and son go up." Daddy replied arrogantly.
After walking and walking, crossing the ridge and crossing the river, at last at noon, the family of three came to the edge of a mountain, and there was a village on the side of the mountain that was not too big.
"Grandpa, is this our hometown?" Yang Heng was very curious, this place is not as remote as Dad said, at least it still relies on an official road.
"No, our home is still in the mountains." Daddy smiled bitterly.
"Yo, isn't this Da Lang, how did you get rich and come back to see your grandfather." When Yang Heng was talking to his father, an old man suddenly appeared on the side, it seemed that he knew his father, Yang Heng wondered, how could he recognize his father's face?
"Ah, you are, you are uncle, come to Ying'er, Xiaoheng, this is my uncle, your name is Ah Weng, uncle is his wife and son, Ying'er, Heng'er." Ah Weng, where did Ah Weng come from, oh remembered, it may be the elder brother of Daddy's stepmother, "Ah Weng is good." "Okay, I didn't expect Dalang to have a daughter-in-law, and I haven't gone home to see your grandfather for so many years, Grandma, by the way, your Erlang (Daddy's brother) is also married now, and you are coming back to see your grandfather."
From this old man's words, he really couldn't hear how they treated his father badly, Yang Heng even suspected that his father was lying, but then, he directly confirmed his father's statement.
"What's the matter, isn't it that I can't live in the city anymore, I want to come back and settle down." Daddy is really real, you won't say that you are tired of living in the city. "That's not possible, you don't know the way, your grandfather is just such a little land, and there are often wild beasts coming down on the mountains to destroy, how can you feed your family of three more, this can't be done, it can't be done." The old man said that if he changed his face, he would change his face, and he was still smiling in front of him, but now his face was pulled into a donkey's face.
"Ah Weng, we didn't say that we would come back to live with Ah Weng, we want to come back to open up the wasteland and farm, and live by ourselves." Yang Heng couldn't look at it well, although his father's uncle didn't play a role in it, he couldn't let his father mess things up.
"Little child, go aside, ah, what do you say, you won't live with your Ah Weng, that is to say, you won't go to your Ah Weng for help this time." The old man's face changed pretty quickly.
"Yes, we just want to come back and build a grass house by ourselves, and just open a few acres of barren land and live by ourselves." Dad also followed Yang Heng's voice and said aggrievedly.
"Open up the wasteland, that's good, Da Lang, which place do you fancie, is it in which part of this village, I'll handle it for you." The old man's face changed again. "No, I have taken a fancy to the forest on the east side of our village by the river, and I wonder if it has been occupied by anyone now." "What do you say, woods, no, no." "Ah, how did you get taken possession?" Yang Heng was anxious, "No, it's just that you can't open the field." "The old man is also anxious, aren't you still looking for your grandfather for help in disguise, if you can't do it, it won't work." Dalang, you know the way, that place has been opened many times in your village, but none of them have succeeded. "The old man seems to be really kind.
"We'll choose that place." Daddy said resolutely. "That's good, that's the place, but I'll tell you Dalang, if you want that place, I'll handle everything for you first, don't say no if you can't open it in the future, I can't afford to accompany you." The old man said solemnly, but he was thinking in his heart, okay, since you admit death, then I will tie you up at once, but I can't leave you a chance.
"That's it, that's it." Yang Heng found that his father was a little hesitant, so he resolutely took it, but at this time, his father was full of hesitation, and his mother was at a loss on the side.
"Da Lang, what about you." "Well, I agree." Dad reluctantly agreed, "How much land are you going to reclaim." "The old man strikes while the iron is hot, and wants to settle things down at once.
"How much can you give us." Since you said it, then I will ask for more, this is Yang Heng's idea. "One hundred acres, there seem to be rumors recently, the imperial court has decided that each family can give a hundred acres of land and one acre of courtyard land." The old man also came to a ruthless, and even some things don't need to be explained, in fact, there is Yongye Field, which is divided into fields, and before the wasteland is reclaimed, he just said hello to Li Zheng, and went to draw the land boundary, and when it is reclaimed, he will officially calculate the area and take some land deeds, but in his heart now, he did it in order to control his father and the place of death, and this father didn't even understand Yang Heng, let alone the old lady.
"By the way, Aweng, if we open up the wasteland, can we use the water from the river over there?" "Well, I can mark on the title deed that the river on the other side of your land is for your family's use." The old man said angrily.
"Hee-hee, thank you so much."