It was because I chatted with Du Xue, and there was no estrangement between the two of them, and they thought of what to say.

Catch a topic, and the two of them can talk for a long time.

From Du Xue's mouth, Yunxiu learned that this was Zhaojiazhuang, Longhu Town, Dingyuan County, which was under the jurisdiction of Huainan Mansion, but the housekeeper of the neighboring village of Zhaojiazhuang was under the jurisdiction of Jinling Mansion.

Isn't Jinling the modern Nanjing?

It stands to reason that this place should belong to the south, and the winter in the south is not so cold in her memory.

Yunxiu heard Du Xue say this, and her heart was suspicious. But I didn't know how to ask, so I thought I'd wait to find a map to see what was going on.

After all, she crossed over, and the place she came to was a country that did not exist at all in Chinese history.

Therefore, perhaps the geographical environment here is also different from the history of China.

Putting aside this doubt, Yun Xiu asked a lot more about the village. The village is indeed very poor, not because the villagers are not industrious, but because the imperial court has invaded by foreign enemies a few years ago, and then there has been corruption, and now the taxes are getting higher and higher year by year, and the prices are also rising.

In the past, you could buy two eggs for a penny, but now you can only buy one egg for a penny.

And daily necessities such as coarse salt have been multiplied several times since five years ago.

Coupled with natural disasters, the people's lives, which were not wealthy, became more and more tight.

After the two talked about this, they talked about their own situation again. Zhao Decang is the eldest in the family, and there are three younger brothers below.

Among them, the second child has some ability, and as early as more than ten years ago, he took his family to Jinling to make a living, and this time, he basically cut off the news.

The third family lives next door to the next door, there is only one son and one daughter in the family, the daughter is the eldest and married early, and the second is only eighteen years old and is now studying in the town.

"Cousin Zhengliang is a good student, and he is also handsome, and in the past two years, the threshold of their family has been about to be broken by the people who propose relatives in ten miles and eight villages."

Zhao Zhengliang, who is about the third uncle's family, is indeed excellent, and Du Xue is not a person who talks much, but when it comes to him, he doesn't forget to praise him.

A shy flush appeared on his face.

That look is exactly the same as the expression of a modern star-chasing girl when she mentions her favorite star.

When Yun Xiu heard her say this, she just nodded, did not agree, and instead asked about the situation of the fourth uncle's family.

"The fourth uncle's family has only one son, who is just sixteen this year, frail and sickly, and is a sick jar. Speaking of them, it's also pitiful. Speaking of this, Du Xue sighed lightly and stopped what she was doing. Zhenglin's cousin has been sick since he was a child, spent a lot of money in the family, and owed a lot of debts. When Zhenglin's cousin was three years old, the fourth aunt finally couldn't bear the poverty of the family and ran away. Forget it if she runs, guess who she ran to? ”

When Du Xue said this, she suddenly looked at Yunxiu with a serious face.

Yun Xiu was stunned by what she said, and subconsciously shook her head, how could she know these things within two days of coming to this house.

"A merchant in our village, Sun Jianghai." Du Xue didn't seem to like this Sun Jianghai very much, and when she talked about him, her tone was a little disdainful. "You said that the two of them were really shameless, so they hooked up together. For so many years, our fourth uncle has not been able to raise his head in the village. ”

"Hey, it's been more than ten years since I mentioned this, but every time I think about it, I get angry. The fourth uncle and cousin Zhenglin are now living in the village, and those two people are like no one, and they have a nourishing life. ”