Xiaohu's hard-working performance made the village women couldn't help but redden.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, this world is difficult, they are both women, and they also have children, so they naturally sympathize more with this mother and son.

"Quick, quick."

"Oh, this kid has suffered a lot of sin."

"Hezhou can't get close, alas, it's also a poor person."

"Look at this dirt." The enthusiastic lady immediately ran home and took out half a piece of chaff cake, broke it in half, and stuffed it to Shu Ying and Xiaohu: "If you're hungry, pad your stomach first." ”

Shu Ying took the cake and wiped her tears: "Eldest sister, what is your name......"

"Li Cuihua!" The eldest lady was full of anger, "Sister, you are young, just call me Aunt Li." ”

"Sister, where is your man?"

The eldest lady craned her neck and looked back, in Daliang Country, when two women meet for the first time, they usually introduce their own men.

The attitude towards the other party also depends on the status of the other man.

Shu Ying sobbed while nibbling on the cake: "Auntie, my man's name is Wang Dahu, and he has been in the army for three years and has never returned home once. ”

"The last time I wrote a letter, I also said that I killed the enemy eighteen and became a centurion."

"After that, there was a great drought in Hezhou, and our mother and I had to flee, so I thought about finding a place to settle down and then writing to him, so that he could come to find our mother."

Time.

"Shhh

"Be a soldier! Commander! ”

"And killed eighteen of them and became a centurion!"

The women's eyes were shocked, and their brows were full of envy.

Kill the enemy eighteen, this is a battle feat!

Not to mention being a centurion!

If someone in the family is a soldier, you can be exempted from paying taxes for three years a year, if you have outstanding military achievements, you can get an official and a half position after returning to the field!

Of course, whether it can be implemented or not is two different things, some veterans have broken arms and legs, and they should have five taels of silver in discharge pay, but they can only wander on the street hungry.

I heard that a beggar starved to death in Qingshui County last winter, and he killed five enemy soldiers on the battlefield at the beginning.

But in any case, the battle exploits of killing the enemy 18 are real!

"Sister, your man is good!"

"Girl, you have a good life!"

"Don't look at you now, it's because your man is not there, when your man comes back, you will be the official's wife, and you will eat the imperial grain!"

"When the time comes, you won't be rich and rich, your man will have to take you to the county to enjoy the happiness!"

"Kill the enemy eighteen, if you really count it, I'm afraid I will have to give a general catcher errand, and then give a few acres of land!"

The eldest ladies all admired with envy, and from time to time whispered down the incompetence of their men.

Even some of the men who came curiously heard these words, and their eyes at Shu Ying became a little more respectful, and they no longer despised them before.

Although the status of women in the Great Liang Kingdom is low, it also depends on who the man is.

Eighteen military masters of war exploits! Centurion!

Is this worth it?

This is enough for those men not to dare to treat Shu Ying recklessly.

Of course, if they knew that the woman in front of them was just a fugitive village girl who no one cared about, they were afraid that they would not be so polite.

Shu Ying said politely to Aunt Li and several village women: "I borrowed your auspicious words, but I have to wait for my man to come back, and now our mother and son are ......."

Aunt Li immediately said: "Hey, what's this, in this way, you will live in my house." ”

"It's inconvenient, it's inevitable to bump into each other when living together." Shu Ying's tone was tactful, although she wanted to find a place to stay, she didn't want to live in someone else's house.

Because what she was going to do next, whether it was high wine or improved loom, it was better to have a yard of her own.

Especially in sake brewing, distilling high-grade liquor is not a difficult technical task, but everyone never thought that alcohol could be steamed into gas, and the gas could be cooled into a liquid and re-collected.

It can be said that one look will be.

Shu Ying didn't want her high-grade wine to come out yet, and outsiders already knew how to do it.

"That's fine." Aunt Li pointed to the village, and her voice was loud: "There are two courtyards in the village that are empty, and no one lives in them, you go and discuss with the village chief to see if you can rent them." ”

"That's great." Shu Ying's eyes were pleasantly surprised: "Is it okay?" ”

Aunt Li Zhang Luo said: "What's wrong with that, it's empty, it's empty, and the village chief wants to rent it out in his dreams." We can also collect some spare money in Hewan Village. ”

Others also said: "That is, there is a military master's wife who fell in our Hewan Village, and we also have a light on our faces!" ”

"When your military master comes back, maybe he will live here, and he will help him more in the future."

"Just kidding, because of people's military exploits, you can't go to Qingquan County to find an official and a half-job, and you still live in our Hewan Village, and you will be an official's wife in the future, so we have to send silver to ask others to do things."

This last sentence is to the point.

Shu Ying: If they really live here, on the one hand, the village will have more rental income.

On the other hand, people have lived here for a long time, can they have some feelings?

When the friendship came, as soon as the man came back, he designated him to be an official in the yamen, and when the time came, he would go to ask someone to do something.

This is the simple philosophy of the rural people, if they knew that Shu Ying was a village woman who had escaped from marriage, it would be good to be kicked out, but if it wasn't good, the men had already held her, and the eldest ladies had already gone to Shizhu Village to report the news.

But when I heard that it was the centurion's mother-in-law and child, of course I had to be enthusiastic.

"Then it's troublesome for Aunt Li to lead the way."

Shu Ying followed Aunt Li all the way to the village.

The dirt road is flat, and the village is not large, but there are 180 households, all of which are mud houses.

It's not that there are no bricks and tiles, the main thing is that the villagers can't afford to build them.

Aunt Li is a warm-hearted person, and she talked to Shu Ying about various things in the village along the way.

"There is a small river to the east of our Hewan Village, and the children sometimes catch fish there, but those fish are so good that they can't catch them, and they can't catch them, but they drown two every year, so you have to take care of your own children."

"There are not many fertile fields in the village, and it stands to reason that the riverside should be fertile fields, but the mud over there is not good, and when it rains, it is sticky and cannot grow crops."

"The village chief's name is Zhang Debao, the eldest in this generation, we all call him Boss Zhang, he used to be a soldier, and he has many sons in the family, there are two sons, one can hunt, the other can strike iron, and the people in the village respect his family very much."

"The village is basically surnamed Zhang, I'm not, I was married from outside the Li family's village."

"There is a carriage in the village, and when you go to the city to buy and sell grain, you can go to the village chief to rent a carriage."

Aunt Li said that she couldn't stop talking: "By the way, if you rent a house, I suggest that you rent the former Zhang Laosan's house, Zhang Laosan's house is in a good location, in the center of the village, lively, and the neighborhood will hear anything when you shout." ”

"I don't think you two have a man, so you still have to pay attention to safety. Don't look big in our village, but there are still ......"

When Aunt Li said this, she seemed to think of something and closed her mouth.

Shu Ying took Xiaohu and thanked him: "Well, thank you, Aunt Li." ”

"What's this?" Aunt Li walked a few steps and stopped at a taller than ordinary house in the center of the village, made of bluestone and yellow mud: "It's here." This is the village chief's house. Go in and talk to him. ”

After speaking, Aunt Li also took the initiative to step forward and slapped the door a few times: "Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang, there is a military master's mother-in-law looking for you!" ”

"Bang bang!"

Aunt Li made a lot of effort, and the knocker of the slap rattled.

"It's coming, it's coming, Aunt Li don't shoot!"

The door opened, and a sturdy young man with a wooden bow looked at Aunt Li helplessly: "Auntie, you have broken one of my doors, and you want me to say, you are so energetic, you should learn to strike iron with my brother." ”

"Like that, I'm a woman." Aunt Li snorted, and then pointed at Shu Ying: "Look for your father, the two of them want to come to our house to rent a house." ”

After speaking, Aunt Li didn't forget to add: "Let your father rest assured, these two are good people, the man is a military master, and he is still a centurion." ”

As soon as these words came out, the guy's eyes were a little more polite, and he didn't quarrel with Aunt Li, and hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”