"Auntie, don't be afraid, we are not bad people, really, we were washed down by the underground river!" Ye Muke's voice was loud, and he quickly explained the reason.

The lady had already run to the front yard with a handful of vegetable leaves.

After a while, a sturdy young man came over with a nail rake, and looked at several people hostilely.

Several: ......

"Where are you? What are you doing in our village? It's been decades since there have been outsiders in our village, where are you from? What the hell is the conspiracy? ”

As soon as she opened her mouth, there were a bunch of questions, and Wang Dahua didn't know which one to start answering, so she sorted it out in her mind a little and raised her hand to make a comforting gesture!

"We are from Dongchuan country, from Sankouting, Songjiang County, Huangsha Village and Loess Village, outside the past two years there are floods, ground movements, drought, everyone can't survive, we are all refugees fleeing the famine, and we also met the rebels of the imperial court, and when we fled for our lives on the road, we fell into an underground dark river, and when we woke up, we came here!"

The leaf barrel also echoed and explained.

"That's right, that's right, we really didn't lie to you, you see we are all wounded, we were hit when we were washed down by the water, and there is no conspiracy, we just want to find someone who stutters and want to stay, I don't know what Brother Tai is called, where is this?"

"Yes, yes, we have no malicious intent, we just want to find a place to heal and live, we really don't want to run for our lives anymore!"

"Yes, little brother, you don't know how difficult it has been outside in the past few years, I haven't eaten meat in years! I haven't had enough to eat in more than a year! I'm the only one left to die! ”

……

After that, under the signal of Ye Mudao and Wang Dahua, they all squatted down to reduce the sense of danger to others.

The tragic encounter caused the young man to let his guard down, but his guard did not disappear, and the woman went and returned, somewhat surprised.

"You said that you are from Dongchuan Kingdom, there have been so many disasters in the past two years, and you have been washed down by the dark river! Fortunately, we ran fast back then, and sure enough, disaster happened. ”

She observed everyone, and sure enough, there were bruises on her body, and even broken legs, broken skin and bleeding......

"A few of you are waiting here, let me inform the village chief!" The woman turned, slightly sympathetic, presumably believing them.

As soon as she left, the young man's attitude was much better.

"Don't worry, as long as what you say is true, we won't hurt you! We are called Crispy Peach Village here, famous for many peaches, I am twenty-four this year, I have never been outside, I heard my mother say, we were she when she was a child to escape the wilderness, but also by the underground river washed in. ”

"What is the outside world like? Over the years, everyone has traveled all over the neighborhood, all mountains and cliffs, no one has walked out, I'm really curious, anyway, I'm free now, you tell me about it!! ”

The young man leaned against the wall with a rake in his arms, full of interest.

Ye Mutong and Wang Dahua had a better understanding of this world than him, so they looked at Ye Jindou and the other two people from Loess Village.

Only then did the three of them begin to speak, from the dim sum shop in the town to the silk village, to the county magistrate's sister-in-law to the rumors in the rivers and lakes, and to the big yellow chicken in the village, when the woman and a white-bearded old man came over on the hillside, and a large number of women and children were far behind.

Everyone seemed to be looking at strange things, and all of them came, and there were even people holding rice bowls, showing big white teeth and smiling, and their eyes were surprised.

The first time he was seen as a monkey by his peers, Wang Dahua also wanted to laugh with his forehead.

At the same time, I am also worried that this is someone else's territory, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled......

The old man at the head walked up, looked at a few people, and listened to the young man repeat their words, and then nodded, "I used to be in Songjiang County when I was a child, and there are two rivers there, isn't it?" ”

"Isn't it a river? Sankouting and two rivers are also dry now, and we originally planned to go to Daze in Nanjin Prefecture, but we ended up halfway to ...... I guess it's fate! ”

Ye Mudao asked sincerely, the friendliness of the old man's demeanor was a little more, he touched his beard and smiled, "Yes, yes, it's a river, I haven't forgotten it for too long, it is indeed fate to be washed over by the underground river, but do you know that we haven't had anyone here for more than 30 years, we can't get out, and others can't get in." ”

Speaking of this, the old man sighed, but at the same time he was a little proud.

"If you want to stay in peace, of course we welcome it, and if you want to find a way out to leave, we won't stop you, but we have to make three chapters of the law in advance, and if you want to stay, you have to follow the rules, how about it?"

Of course, the leaf barrel nodded, and the others nodded their heads as well.

"Old man, it's really not a human life outside, as long as I can eat and drink, I'm willing to start all over again, I'm not doing anything evil, don't worry, petty thieves!"

"Yes, yes, there are a lot of people rushing down, about seven or eight families, more than thirty people, let's go and ask the village chief to come down and discuss with you?"

"Surely, Golden Bucket, you come with me, we'll go now..."

……

After speaking, one of the villagers of Loess Village ran up the mountain with Ye Jin's bucket, and after a while, he took Wang Fugui and his party down and sat down in the courtyard of the woman's Aunt Chunhua's house to discuss.

After an hour of confirmation, each other has figured out the other's situation.

Crispy Peach Village has been multiplied for three generations, but the number is not large, only 2/3 of the people who were rushed in at the beginning survived, and now there are more than 20 families in the whole village, less than 100 people, which are composed of the remaining people of the three big families.

The village is at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by eight mountains of uniform size, four rivers from top to bottom, and a large lotus pond in the middle of the village.

If they want to live here, the resources on the mountain are shared, but the fields need to be cultivated by themselves, and the number of acres per person is limited.

Each family is counted according to the capitation, go to the house of Wang Maoshi, the head of Crispy Tao Village, to register, build a house, etc., and the people in the village will also help deliver a meal every day, and the rest is still on their own.

As for the place of residence, it is on the large gentle slope diagonally opposite the current village, which is roughly sufficient, and it is close to the mountains and rivers, not too far from them, which is just right.

After discussing, Wang Maoshi led Wang Fugui and the others to the place where the house was built to have a look, and pointed out the boundaries before leaving.

As soon as the village chief left, the villagers swarmed around.

"Eh, you haven't told me yet, what the outside world is like, tell me about it, although the village chief said that he will send you a meal tomorrow, but I can send you a meal tonight, don't lose it!"