Chapter 171: The New World II

When Zhang Sanhe walked out of the bathroom, he had a very strange feeling.

It's a weird feeling.

I can't tell.

When he fled the famine, he felt that he was not even a human being, even if he arrived in the capital, he barely had porridge and water to drink, so that he would not starve to death, but deep in his heart, he had probably lost the feeling of being a man.

Some are just numb, after all, the death of one person after another around him, the hunger of his body and the despair in his heart have tormented him to the point of being inhuman.

Ragged...... The smell of dirt all over his body actually made him not feel much better than the pigs in the pigsty.

But now, the new linen clothes are worn on the body, the body is clean, and even the long hair is tied up with strips of cloth, and even a wooden hairpin is issued in the bathroom.

He suddenly felt like a human.

It's a feeling I haven't felt in a long time.

He remembered that many years ago, when he was a child, when his family still had a few acres of land, the weather was not as bad as in recent years, it should have been twenty years ago, although he was only seven or eight years old, but that memory still remains.

Of course, childhood memories are always filtered.

But in any case, although Zhang Sanhe was hungry, at this time, he had the confidence to live.

This kind of confidence made his chest puff up a little.

The officer, holding a sign, began to lead them to a makeshift house.

Let them press their wooden signs and receive daily necessities.

There are soap horns, there are bathing tickets five times a month, there are canteen meal tickets for one meal a day, and all kinds of daily necessities, all new, but most of these things are cheap, even ...... Tooth powder and face towels were also distributed.

These...... After all, it's worthless things, but almost everything you can think of is for you.

Someone looked at the meal ticket in the cafeteria and couldn't help muttering: "One meal a day? ”

"You don't understand." A person beside this person said: "Not to mention that in this canteen, you can be full, and it is not for you to drink porridge all day long, this meal is enough, to replenish the strength in your body, not to mention that you still have to work, and if you work, you will have money and food." ”

"Oh."

The vast majority of people are unusually excited about this.

To a certain extent, although the government does not have a lot of money, it is not for nothing, it can only be obtained after labor, not by charity!

They probably don't know that deep down in their hearts at this time, there is a sense of dignity.

People have self-esteem from the time they fall to the ground, but the vast majority of them, this self-esteem is slowly polished to the point of exhaustion, especially for these homeless people, when people are so hungry that they can't live, they are no different from pigs and dogs, even if there is a bone on the ground, in order to live, there will be people who are fearless like dogs to eat.

The destruction of personality by hunger is shocking.

This group of people, who did not consider themselves human beings, now continue to go deeper into the settlement.

It didn't take long to see rows of houses, and there was a wooden fence outside the house, which occupied a large area.

There are road connections in it, and they are all paved gravel roads.

Perhaps because of the fear of rain, there are ditches for drainage, and not only that, but the ground here is also higher.

The rows of buildings made of rammed earth, masonry, and wood stretch all the way.

Of course...... Although it is known as a garden of happiness, it is actually ...... The standard of living conditions here is still very low.

But for people like Zhang Sanhe, who have experienced more difficult days, all this is full of hope!

Then, the messenger led them to a room called Ding Chen.

It was a large room, and the officer said, "There is a public toilet outside, and there are ...... This building wants to take water, the well is a little far, you need to turn left, and there is a well in the Gengzi building. To pay attention to hygiene, every day someone comes to check your bedroom, if you find rats and fleas, as well as garbage, or oil stains, etc., you will have to pay rent in the future, only neat and clean, you can live for free, this is for everyone's good! Twenty-four people can live here, you can live for a few days, and then you will push a room head out, and now the conditions are simple, and everyone will tolerate one or two. Oh, yes, there are twenty-four wooden crates in them, all of which can be used to store personal belongings, and the wooden crates are numbered to correspond to your wooden signs. ”

"Also, when you wake up, you have to fold the quilt and toiletries, and put them all here...... The blankets are all here, take one each, what's the matter...... Or if someone is sick and needs to report it immediately, at the end of this corridor, there is the infirmary, where you can get some medicine. As for those who have families, they are afraid that they will be wronged, and now the conditions are like this, so they can only live separately for men and women, and those with children can follow their fathers or mothers, but it is best to let their children register. Here in the Happy Garden, the county magistrate is now in charge, this is the new district, everything is in charge of the district chief, and he occasionally brings people to inspect, you be careful, he has a bad temperament. ”

The officer took the trouble to give a detailed explanation.

Zhang Sanhe and the others hurriedly went in.

Here, in fact, it's just a Chase shop, not only that, but also bunk beds.

But...... For Zhang Sanhe, they already feel very content.

"Oh, yes." Then the officer said, "If any of you have relatives or friends who have already taken reside, let him contact them." However, if you don't have relatives or friends, I'm afraid you'll have to register tomorrow, and you may be assigned a job. You can't pick and choose the assigned work, of course, if you feel that this errand is not good, you can do it yourself. ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

Some people were already moved to tears.

Finally...... There's a real place to shelter from the elements.

So as soon as the servant had gone, the people began to talk about it.

They feel that everything here is fresh, decent new clothes, sheltered from the elements.

The most important thing is ...... There are errands.

At least for Zhang Sanhe, compared to eating and waiting for death in Daxing County, he has been looking forward to it...... I can have an errand by myself.

Although Zhang Sanhe was just the most ordinary farmer, and almost starved to death, he was able to escape death in the end.

He certainly didn't read either, and he didn't even have much knowledge.

But at least he knew that such porridge and water could not be sent forever, and he also knew very well what it would mean to him once the cold winter came.

He doesn't want charity from others, he has endured hardship, he has strength, he needs something to live in.

On the way to escape, he and his wife, children, and brothers were all separated, and he didn't know where they were now.

He was only optimistic that sooner or later, he would meet them.

But at that time, you have to be able to feed them.

Everyone sat on the bunk and began to introduce each other, in fact, everyone's fate was similar.

However, there are some people in the know: "Tomorrow, we will be asked to work, and if we have the strength, I am afraid that we will go to Changping to dig tunnels and build high walls." Besides...... On the women's side, most of them arrange weaving. I've also heard that children who refuse to let them work will be sent to school. Oh, and the Inspection Department is also hiring...... But the best thing is farming. ”

Hearing this last sentence, some people couldn't help but be surprised: "Why is this? ”

"You don't know here, here...... Yes, I can rent land for you. You can rent for 30 years at a time, and there is hardly much tenant rent, and within 30 years, you can plant whatever you want, and this harvest, not to mention anything else, is six or seven times out of ten, it is your own...... Each household can have fifteen acres......"

Someone gasped.

Thirty years of long-term rent, in the eyes of these people, that is unthinkable, you know, in their countryside, landlords are eager to rent half a year, at any time to increase the rent, this long-term lease for 30 years, and the tenant rent is small, this is not equivalent to giving you land?

Zhang Sanhe couldn't help but get excited: "In this way, isn't this your own land?" ”

Earth...... Your own land......

This is what many people dream of, let alone fifteen acres......

Everyone held their breath and asked the well-informed man.

This man said: "In addition to not being able to buy and sell, it is almost a gift of land, and it is said here, saying that it is a long-term lease, in fact, it is to recover what property rights, but give you the right to use, lest someone annex the land in the future, even if it has passed 30 years, it will probably be renewed according to the number of people in the family, and this article will also be written into the lease." ”

When Zhang Sanhe heard this, he only felt that his brain was messing up.

When he first fled the famine, he imagined all kinds of scenarios.

Even if he arrived in the capital, in Daxing County, there were two meals of porridge to eat, in fact, he was satisfied, what was not satisfied, so many people starved to death, and he was lucky to survive.

So he didn't deceive people, Daxing County Commander is a good official, and he did what he loved the people the most in Zhang Sanhe's cognitive world.

Can ...... now Over here......

Land......

Long-term rental, but also perpetual......

Isn't that the giving of the earth to them?

In the future, children and grandchildren will have a bite to eat, and no matter what, they will not starve to death.

Zhang Sanhe couldn't help but tremble, in fact, the people around him were almost the same as him.

In Ding Chen's room, it seemed to fall into a dead silence for a while.

The next moment, many people's eyes were blurred with tears.

On the side, there was a skinny man in his forties, and at this time he suddenly beat his heart with grief and indignation, and cried: "My poor son...... Why didn't you survive halfway, if you did...... We're going to have a good life......"

Heartbroken, liver and intestines!