Border pass, sparsely populated, the land is dry, the rainfall is low, not suitable for planting, and then beyond is the Xiongnu gathering place, but also the Inner Mongolia region in later generations.

At first, Tang Zangyue didn't understand why the faint monarch exiled the Xiao family here. Right now? According to the terrain, if the Huns come to attack, it is like opening a gap here, and the Xiao family is sitting here, which can play a deterrent role for the Huns.

Dum Jun is not worried that the Xiao family will be worried about their lives, after all, after many years of fighting, although the Xiao family has sacrificed most of them, they still defeated the Huns and lost their vitality.

It not only deprived the Xiao family of military power, but also contained the Xiongnu.

It's a win-win-win-win-win-

What about wishful thinking? At that time, it will not be a dead country.

Tang Zangyue took the family to prepare to solve the problem of settling down.

To settle in the county, one person needs dozens of taels, and the location of the house is also hundreds or thousands of taels. There was no shortage of money in her space, but the second group of officials sent to escort them were from the imperial court, so they rushed to that unusual momentum, and estimated that they would stay for a few days to keep an eye on their Xiao family in person, so that they could go back and report to the faint king.

Along the way, she didn't lack food and clothing, she often secretly added food to herself at night, and she also took care of Sister Ling, the youngest of the Xiao family, but no matter how much she took care of her, she only ate one more egg.

It can be said that for a few months, the Xiao family has never been touched by meat, and they have cut back on food and clothing, in order to create a false impression for the ears and eyes of the faint king. However, the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches are behind, and these ears and eyes are also staring at the sky by a ray of sky.

Only when these eyes and ears are gone, can Tang Zangyue let go of his hands and really do things.

She didn't hesitate to choose a village to settle down in, and asked about the price of houses there.

The man waved his hand: "When you get there, the village chief will tell you." ”

Tang Zangyue breathed a sigh of relief, and when she came out, she faced the Xiao family's weather-covered face, even Xiao Zhong and Lu Meiyu, who practiced the family, could not hide their exhaustion.

Along the way, the officials and horses were transferred, and they were purely on foot, and they hadn't opened a meat trip for a few months, so they couldn't be haggard?

Tang Zangyue's chest crossed with a feeling of distress.

She knew that it was still the body's emotions.

She took the lighter cart and said, "I'll pull it for a while." ”

"Old lady, your hand ......" Xiao Yuechun hesitated.

Tang Zangyue waved her hand, "The belongings on this car are the lightest, and they don't get in the way." ”

Along the way, the Xiao family had a total of three carts, the grain bath bucket, the sauce jar and the pickle jar, all of which were on the other two carts, and most of the carts were mattresses and straw mats for the Xiao family to rest at night.

When I first raided the house, it was still the tail of hot summer, but now it is autumn, and the wind is strong at night, Tang Zangyue had to exchange the family's brocade clothes for the mattresses and two sets of old clothes that the villagers who passed by the village.

The mattress covers and old clothes were patched with large patches, and the colors were different, but most of them were dull colors, and they were repeatedly washed with plant ash by Aunt Liu and Xiao Yuechun before they were used to cover them at night. There are two mattresses in total, one for the male and one for the female, and they can be used if they can.

Then there are pots and pans, and the utensils she uses to make medicines, as well as some potted plants that she transplants herself, mostly mint, which can clean the mouth by chewing. Peppermint is easy to feed, and it is also popular in the north, which is not unusual, at most it maintains the few cleanliness and hygiene of the Xiao family.

Near dusk, the Xiao family finally arrived at the village where they had settled, and Tang Zangyue, who was still the head of the family, went to the village chief's house to negotiate.

There is a lot of land in the village, but most of it is dry land, which is not good for growing food, so it is necessary to use a manure tank to fertilize the nest before planting. The fertile land is almost in the hands of the rich man in the town, and the villagers are invited to do long-term work.

Moreover, the water has to be stored for irrigation for the whole year for the family. The amount of water eaten on weekdays has to be limited every day, and it is more than enough to spend copper plates to buy. This is the case not only in Jiuli Village, where the Xiao family is registered, but also in the entire north, especially at the border passes, where the drought is severe.

For so many years, the ancestors of Jiuli Village have only dug one well for the use of the whole village.

Naturally, in addition to being difficult for farming, there is also a good thing about dry land, that is, there is no shortage of houses.

The houses left by several desperate families in the village have been vacant for a long time after being collected by the village chief.

Tang Zangyue didn't say to buy it, but only asked about the price of renting a house. Seeing this, the village chief was not very enthusiastic and said: "It's good to give 300 wen a month." ”

"Let's take a look at the room first."

The village chief led the group to the end of the village.

One room was halfway up the mountainside, and the village chief explained: "This family is a hunter, a loner, living by hunting, and rarely in contact with the village, so it was built on the mountainside. ”

At a glance, Jiuli Village is all flat land, and this mountain is raised, but the mountain is bare, and I don't know where the game comes from? Presumably, the hunter was also forced to starve to death for his livelihood.

Tang Zangyue guessed.

One room is also far from the village, but on the edge of the sheep's intestine path.

Village Chief: "This family is a widow......"

didn't say much, Tang Zangyue guessed something, and didn't ask much.

The last one is a large yard with a large area and a weedy front yard. In the center is the large main house, which is separated by a thatched house and a kitchen.

The main room is divided into a dining room and a bedroom. The dining room is separated from the kitchen by a wall, and the bedroom is next to the thatched house.

This design ......

The advantage is that it covers a larger area than the previous two and is still far from the village. However, if you want to expand, the backyard needs to be built with an exterior wall.

Tang Zangyue: "This house is also the same rent as the two sets I saw before?" ”

The village chief nodded: "It's the same." ”

Seeing that Tang Zangyue was unknown, the village chief led her to the bedroom and the fence.

The bedroom window was broken, and the roof was pointed out by the village chief as leaking, and he needed to repair the leak himself. As well as the collapse of the fence in a few pieces, you need to build it yourself.

The village chief's eyes finally fell on the needle bag on the cart pushed by Xiao Yuechun, and said, "Does anyone in your family know how to see a doctor?" ”

Tang Zangyue smiled lightly, "I studied medicine when I was young, if the village doesn't mind, you can come to me for a minor illness first, and I'll just charge money for medicine." ”

The village chief was overjoyed, "Do you really know how to see a doctor?" ”

"Seriously."

"Good, good." The village chief said "okay" a few times, and said: "This house can be less than fifty yuan." ”

Tang Zangyue understood what the other party meant, and beckoned Aunt Liu to scoop up a bowl of soybean paste and a little hemostatic powder.

"This soybean sauce is made by my sister, which can be used as a stew and stir-fry, or you can roll green onions directly, which is very good for rice. This is my own hemostatic powder. ”

The village chief didn't pay attention to the soybean sauce, but it was hemostatic powder, his eyes were straight when he stared at it, and he hurriedly refused, "This doesn't work, this can't work, how can you take your things for nothing?" ”

Tang Zangyue kept smiling, "Why not?" Didn't the village chief give us fifty yuan less rent? By the way, the village chief, our family has a large population, can the backyard be expanded? ”

Village Chief: "......"

The village chief agreed that it could be expanded, took the things and left.

Sister Zhang, the daughter-in-law of the village chief, took out the bowl of soybean paste, wiped it clean, rinsed it and returned it to Tang Zangyue, and sent her own broom and feather duster to cleaning tools.

"Big Girl ......"

"My surname is Don."

"Sister Tang, I tasted the soybean sauce you made at home, and the taste is this." The village chief's daughter-in-law gave a thumbs up and said, "The bowl has been returned to you, and there are still these borrowed envoys, so don't be in a hurry to return them." ”

Tang Zangyue: "How embarrassing is this...... Coincidentally, when we moved here, our children suffered a lot, and the eldest sister ......"

"My husband's surname is Zhang."

"Hey, Sister Zhang! Do you have a hen or rooster in your house? I'll buy one. ”

Sister Zhang was a little embarrassed.

Tang Zangyue: "According to the market price, I doubled it." ”

Tang Zangyue frowned, "The soles of these children's shoes have worn out several pairs, and they haven't been stained with any meat for a few months, so they are really hungry." Sister Zhang, I'm sorry to trouble you. ”

When Sister Zhang looked at a few children, she looked good-eyed, and at first glance she was not a baby in the countryside, and then there was a woman who was in charge of the house and knew how to heal......

When she came out, the head of the family explained to her, and she had to have a good relationship with the family.

Sister Zhang gritted her teeth and said, "The chickens in the family all lay eggs, and the eggs have to be taken to the town in exchange for something, there is really no way." But today, to catch up with the happy event, I went to the town to cut some meat, if you don't dislike it, Sister Tang, I'll move some for you. ”