A wasteland was reclaimed in the footsteps of the ploughing oxen, and straight lines were imprinted in the dirt.

The creased thatched huts dotted the wasteland as if they were inside a huge chessboard.

However, if you pay close attention, you will find that the distance between these thatched huts and thatched huts is basically the same.

An old man turned and pushed the door of the thatched hut open, took out a wooden basin filled with water, and walked to the cowshed next to the thatched hut.

The ploughing oxen dragged all the tools and drove the old man into the wasteland, to which a child ran merrily, followed by a woman.

"Grandpa"

A crisp voice rang in my ears.

The old man hurriedly looked over, revealing a puzzled gaze: "Why did you come outside the city?" ”

"Skipping school at such a young age?" When the old man thought of the private school, anger rose in his heart, and he picked up the bullwhip and was about to whip the child.

The child was startled, hurriedly took a few steps back, and loudly defended: "Mr. said that he would rest today and that he didn't need to go to the private school."

"Really?" The old man's eyes were full of suspicion.

The woman who followed behind explained: "What he said is true, if you don't believe it, Dad can go to the school and ask"

"That's grandpa's fault for you, but it's all rough work here, you can't learn this in school," the old man's face softened.

The tone gradually slowed down: "Play by yourself, don't learn from grandpa farming here, you are people who go to private school"

"Sir said that everything is learning, why can't I watch my grandfather plough the land?" A child asks.

The old man glared at the child: "Where are there so many why?" While going"

"Go play with your buddies, remember that you are not allowed to learn to farm," the old man said loudly.

The child pouted: "But Tang Da Niu can fish, isn't it good for me to learn to farm?" ”

"You child, if your grandfather doesn't let you learn, you don't want to learn," the woman said softly.

The child was about to continue talking when he heard a voice from behind.

"Ah Peng, hurry up" Tang Da Niu took Tang Jiabao and ran wildly.

Hearing the familiar voice, Yang Peng hurriedly turned around to look, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's here."

"Go," said the old man and the woman at the same time, a smile on their lips.

Tang Jiabao and Tang Daniu shouted respectfully at the old man: "Grandpa Yang"

"You play with yours, we still have to plow the land," the old man said with a smile on his face.

Tang Jiabao scratched his head: "Grandpa Yang, why do you feel like you are always so busy?" Busier than we went to school."

"Do you see these weeds?" The old man pointed ahead.

Tang Jiabao and Tang Daniu nodded: "I saw it"

"The weeds are now withered and yellow, and if we reclaim these wastelands, we can grow food next year. Only when the grain harvest is harvested will you have something to eat," the old man said softly.

Tang Daniu interjected: "But you didn't seem to be so busy some time ago"

"Also, I heard my grandfather say that the wasteland here is not allowed to be cultivated, isn't it?" Tang Jiabao asked.

Seeing Tang Jiabao and Tang Daniu's sad faces, the woman couldn't help laughing: "Because there are no water thieves, these places can be cultivated."

"Let's play, we're still busy," the woman urged.

Tang Daniu, Tang Jiabao and Yang Peng glanced at each other, looked like little adults, frowned and turned away.

Looking at the backs of the three children, the old man and the woman couldn't help but smile.

"Elder, can we ask you something" At this moment, three young men in ragged clothes walked from the front.

When the old man and the woman heard this strange voice, they did not show a panicked look, but looked at it.

"I heard that there are many water thieves in Chaohu Lake, why did we see all the way, but it was not the scene in the description. Could it be that as rumored, the chief of Chaohu swept away thousands of water thieves with only a hundred soldiers of Changhe Town? The young man at the head asked cautiously.

Originally, I came to Chaohu Lake with the heart of death, but I didn't expect to see a grand scene like a paradise.

The two young men who followed behind him also showed a light of expectation, and their hearts beat violently.

The old man and the woman looked up and down at the three young men.

"You are refugees fleeing from the North?" The old man asked.

The young man at the head replied: "Don't dare to hide it from the elders, we are all refugees who fled from Xuzhou"

"Xuzhou? Where did you escape from Xuzhou? The old man felt a sense of intimacy.

The three young men glanced at each other, looking a little hesitant.

"Xuzhou Xiapi County" led by the young Zhuang replied.

The old man looked at the women beside him: "Go, bring them three bowls of water."

"Okay" the woman turned and left.

The old man smiled: "I didn't expect it to be a fellow villager, and the old man also escaped from Xiapi, just a while earlier than you."

"The elder is also from Xiapi County?" The three of them were happy and asked loudly.

The old man nodded slowly: "The old man is not a water thief, what good is it to lie to you?" ”

"Come to this Chaohu, you are in the right place," the old man sighed.

The young man at the head hurriedly asked: "Please tell the elders the details of Chaohu"

"See this ploughing cow?" The old man asked.

The three of them looked ahead and nodded at the same time: "Naturally, I saw it."

"We saw oxen plowing the land along the way, and the wasteland around Chaohu Lake was being reclaimed, so we were puzzled," a young man asked.

Another young man looked puzzled: "Isn't it thousands of water thieves?" Were they really exterminated by a hundred soldiers? ”

"Is it true that what you see with your own eyes is false? Or will the water thieves make us reclaim the wasteland?" laughed the old man.

The three of them saluted at the same time: "This is also what we don't understand"

"Naturalized Changhe Town can rent ploughing cattle and lend us houses and thatched huts for free, as long as half of the output of the fields is handed over in the coming year," the old man said here and paused slightly.

After a while, he turned to them and asked, "If it is a water thief, how can it give so many benefits?"

"And the children can also go to private schools, so we don't have to worry about the future," the old man sighed.

The three of them looked incredulous: "Private school"

"Tuition is waived for one year, and when there is a harvest in the fields for the next year, more wasteland will be cultivated. Judging from the anointed land around Chaohu Lake, there is no big problem in providing for a child to go to school," the old man made the account clear.

Then it seemed that something came to mind: "Now that the news has not completely spread, you have come to the right time"

"Hurry to Changhe Town to handle naturalization, get some things and houses, and seize the time to reclaim wasteland. It is said that after ten years of cultivation, the field is his own," the old man urged.

Maybe it was because of the relationship between the villagers, the three of them didn't have much doubt about the old man's words, after all, the scene along the way could not be deceived.

"Thank you for telling me, let's go to Changhe Town" The three of them saluted solemnly and turned to walk in the direction they had come.