On the eleventh day, the clouds cleared and the sun appeared in the sky, and people came out of their houses and shacks to stand in the sun and feel the warmth of reunion after a long absence.

The sun is out, and you can go home, but most people's homes are in open fields, with no houses or houses, only a piece of land, broken tiles and broken eaves.

Most of the villagers went back together, hoping to find something useful, after all, they still had to live, farm, and spend the winter.

After the flood, the surrounding area was desolate, and most of the rice that was about to ripen was lying in the fields. Many of them have begun to turn yellow and black, and after a short time they will become moldy or sprout, and such rice will basically not be harvested. Even if you collect it, you can't eat it!

And if there is no lodging, take advantage of the sunny weather, and you can still grab a little, although it is not enough food and clothing, it is better than no harvest of grains.

The villagers in the town began to return to the village one after another, and no matter what, the land still had to be planted and the people still had to live.

Zhao Dashan and Aunt Zhao went back, although the house was not washed away that night, the heavy rain in the past few days has really collapsed.

From the collapsed house, he took out some usable things, and Zhao Dashan accompanied Aunt Zhao back.

They had already discussed that it would be better to go back to the town and rent a house to live in. The family's land was rented out, Zhao Dashan and his younger brother Zhao Dachuan went to work at the wharf, and Aunt Zhao took her youngest daughter to find some work in the town, earn some money first, and then consider where to build a house.

Ordinary people don't want to leave their land, but Aunt Zhao is different, she has no feelings for Zhao Zhuang, as long as she is with her children, it is the same for her wherever she is, so she wants to pick a better place.

There is another point, Aunt Zhao doesn't want to say that she wants to take this opportunity to stay away from the grandparents, uncles and aunts of the Zhao family, she feels that such relatives will become a drag on her two sons in the future.

After returning to Nanshan Town, Aunt Zhao searched in the town for two days and took a fancy to a small house, three back rooms, three front rooms, two stove rooms, and a small courtyard.

The landlord's family lives in the back room, the front room is rented out, and the stove room can be built in the corner of the courtyard, but you need to build it yourself, and the landlord doesn't care. The rent is one or two or five silver a year, and it is paid in one lump sum.

Aunt Zhao is very satisfied, the main price is not expensive in Nanshan Town. When I came back and talked to Grandma Huang, Grandma Huang didn't think it was wrong, and Huang Dou, who was standing next to her, was hearted and asked again and again.

The next day, Huang Dou and Zhao Xiaoyu went to see the house together, of course, Huang Pear habitually followed Huang Dou.

Xiao Hei also wanted to follow, but was blocked by Huang Tao with one foot, and its small body jumped a few times and didn't jump out, so it could only whimper and lie on the threshold to watch the soybeans and pineapples walk hand in hand.

Aunt Zhao's environment is not good, that is, the house is a bit biased, and the landlord's family has a large population, that is, the house is not rented out, and it is not spacious. Obviously, he just wanted to take the opportunity to mix up some money, so the whole family squeezed and moved out two rooms.

Huang Dou took Aunt Zhao to walk around the town, and when she came back, Aunt Zhao had already settled the house, and it was not the one she had taken a fancy to at the beginning.

In the evening, Zhao Dashan and Zhao Dachuan came back from the dock together. One of the brothers went to the dock to do some work, and the other did odd jobs at the dock. I can earn about 50 wen a day, more than 30 wen in the mountains, and 18 wen a day in Dachuan

"Today, Xiaoyu and I, as well as the two girls of the Huang family, went to see the house."

"How's it going, is it settled?" Zhao Dachuan asked.

"It's set, but it's not the one I saw yesterday, it was Doudou who recommended it to me, she said that she went out with Pineapple every day, and she thought that house was more suitable."

"I went to see it, and it was indeed better than that house, just a few steps from the dock. Your brother will come back for dinner later, and you will be there a few steps to the pier. It's a little more expensive, two taels of silver a year. ”

"However, Huang Dou said, let me and Xiaoyu cook some food at home and sell it at the dock. It is said that it is close, it is also convenient to boil water, and it is also convenient to take things. sells well, at least it can sustain the lives of the four of us. ”

"In this way, the wages of your brothers can be saved, our family will build a house, and Dashan will also talk about his daughter-in-law." Aunt Zhao only drank a bowl of porridge and put down the bowl.

It's really porridge, and it can almost show the shadow of a person. Although the family bought food, Aunt Zhao was reluctant to eat it, half of the eldest son ate the poor old man, and the two sons were able to eat when they were tall.

"Save some money to build the house first, and the daughter-in-law won't talk about it for the time being, whoever wants to marry in a family like ours is willing, even if he is willing, I can't marry, and I can't let the family suffer this hardship."

Zhao Dashan said, watching his mother's bowl put down, stood up, took the bowl, and fished a bowl full of porridge for his mother from the bottom of the pot.

This bowl of porridge fished from the bottom of the pot is different from the thin soup that Aunt Zhao specially scooped from above, and it is much thicker.

Zhao Dashan put the bowl in front of Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhao felt that her throat was choked: "Dashan, it's useless to be a mother, if your father is still ......"

"Mother, what do you want, hurry up and eat, my brother and I are older, as long as we have a bite to eat, we can't starve you and my sister. Don't let us do anything in the future, our whole family should be fine. ”

Zhao Dachuan also understood when he heard it, put down the chopsticks and felt sour, his mother has always been like this, and if she has anything to eat, she will save it for her three brothers and sisters.

"Yes, mother, we are older, you see that I can make money, and when my brother and I get rich in the future, let you eat meat every day and eat rice and white flour steamed buns every day." Obviously, Zhao Dachuan is sweeter than Zhao Dashanzui can speak, and when she said something, Aunt Zhao almost burst into tears.

After dinner, the family rested early, and tomorrow the mountains and rivers will go to the dock. And she and Xiaoyu have to move their family over first, they can't live in the Huang family all the time, and his family can't open it yet.

Early the next morning, after Zhao Dashan and Zhao Dachuan left, Aunt Zhao and Zhao Xiaoyu packed up their things and prepared to move over in the morning.

There are indeed few things, two packages, wrapped in a few clothes, and a large bag wrapped in the only thin quilt in the house. A few farm tools pulled out of the old house in Zhaozhuang, a knife for cutting vegetables, a pot for cooking rice, and a toilet for peeing at night......

Soybeans and pineapples also came over to join in the fun, and one of them helped get a package containing clothes. The group was lively and laughing, and walked to the newly rented house of the Zhao family.

This house is close to the Nanshan Wharf, with a lot of green bricks and black tiles, a total of 12 houses. The courtyard walls of the houses are connected, each family has a courtyard, only one wall is separated, and there is a stone road at the door, such a house is second to none in the entire Nanshan Town.

Originally, it was built by Huang Laohan's original owner, Qian Dafu, who dragged his family to live with his subordinates, and those who could live on this street were all the Qian family's right-hand men for many years.

When he went to sea that year, Qian Dafu and his two brothers died at sea, and Huang Laohan fled back with the twelve-year-old little owner on his back.

This house, basically every family has one or two relatives who died in this incident. The Qian family lost another sum of money, and the houses were confiscated and left to the orphans and widows left behind by the shipwrights.

The house rented by the Zhao family entered the second house in this alley, originally lived in a family surnamed Li, the old man in the family was the second master at the helm of the Qian family, the old man died, and the old woman lived here with her two sons.

This year, the two sons opened a shop in Fucheng, and when they bought a house, they thought about taking the old lady who lived in Nanshan Town to enjoy the blessings. The house here was reluctant to sell, after all, it was bought by the old man in exchange for his life, so he rented it out.

There is nothing to pack at home, furniture and things are available, which is equivalent to carrying a bag to move in. Zhao Xiaoyu took Soybean's hand, Soybean took Huangpear's hand, and the three of them lined up and walked towards the dock.

Nanshan Wharf is very lively, the river is full of big boats, and the shore is a very open sand and gravel field, even if it rains, it is not muddy.

Two rows of tall and spacious warehouses were built on the periphery of the sandy and gravel floor, and the No. 1-No. 20 warehouse of No. A was built in the south. North No. 1 - No. 20 warehouse.

These forty large warehouses, now the south of the A number of warehouses belong to the Qian family in Nanshan Town, more than 20 years ago, the Qian family in Nanshan Town is second to none of the rich, no one can compare.

The last ten rooms of the B number belonged to the Song family, and the other ten were divided by other surnames.

As soon as the wharf was built, the Qian family was the local landlord, and the land at the wharf belonged to his family. Qian Dafu's father was a very shrewd old man, and before the wharf was built, he built forty high warehouses near the wharf.

Although some warehouses have been built one after another, they are all petty fights.

Qian Dafu went to sea with a big ship, and an accident happened, and the Qian family's vitality was greatly damaged. Song Lanniang, the daughter-in-law of Qian Dafu, could only take out ten warehouses with the number B and sell them to the Song family at that time.

Song Lanniang was bent on thinking that in times of crisis, her mother's family could help her orphans and widows, but the Song family got ten Nanshan Wharf No. B warehouses, and they were not satisfied, and even wanted to take the other ten B warehouses and twenty warehouses of A as their own.

When people are at their most vulnerable, only the most trusted relatives can be stabbed in the back.

Song Lanniang was furious, stood in front of the No. A warehouse at Nanshan Wharf, cut her long hair with scissors, and kissed her parents.

In the end, Song Lanniang kept twenty warehouses for the Qian family, but the other ten of B did not keep it, nor was it taken by the Song family, but cheapened the surname next to it, so it can only be said that both sides lose!

Standing at the dock, the three little girls saw Zhao Dachuan first, he was helping to receive the goods, all of them were small pieces, or meticulous work. At the age of thirteen, I was still a primary school student, and I was about to start supporting my family.

Zhao Dachuan saw his sister and soybeans, and hurriedly walked over: "Xiaoyu, soybeans, have the things been moved?" ”

"Moved, second brother, you go over here, the second house at the entrance of the alley." Zhao Xiaoyu pointed to Qingshi Lane and said.

"Okay, you guys go play elsewhere, there are a lot of people here, be careful to squeeze into it." Zhao Dachuan reached out and touched his head, took out two copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Zhao Xiaoyu: "Go ahead, buy some candy for soybeans and pineapples." ”

"Dachuan, hurry up and come over and accompany Boss Zhang to the No. 5 warehouse of Azi to order the goods." In the distance, an old man in a long robe shouted this way.

"Hey, here we are." Zhao Dachuan agreed, and at the same time stuffed two copper coins into Xiaoyu's hands: "You bought sugar, hurry home." ”

"Got it." Xiaoyu raised the money in his hand: "Doudou, go, go and find the eldest brother." ”

Huang Dou thinks that being idle is also idle, so let's go. Zhao Xiaoyu pulled the soybeans to the other side of the dock.