Zhuxian Town, autumn is getting stronger.

It was noon, and there were autumn cicadas.

In front of the old house, dozens of long tables were set up and stretched to the street.

The table was full of people.

The crowd is surging, and the noise is coming and going.

The heat has subsided, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the residents of the town.

Even at noon, when the sun is at its strongest, so many people sit around without feeling the heat at all.

The long table banquet is a banquet for Zhu Xianzhen to welcome or send off the most distinguished guests.

It's just that compared to previous years, the dishes on the table this time are undoubtedly shabby.

Each table is just a pot of white porridge, a pot of steamed buns made of white flour mixed with coarse grains, and seven or eight bowls of wild vegetables in the mountains.

But Jiang Xiaoman knew that this was already the best food that could be taken in the town.

So he didn't feel cold at all, but he didn't want to go.

After thinking about this meal, the residents of Zhuxian Town should have cut back on food and clothing for a long time.

Originally, Zhou Mahu planned to kill the few remaining farming cattle in the town to entertain Jiang Xiaoman and the others.

But he was stopped by the boy who knew the importance of the ploughing cow to Zhuxian Town now.

Before entering the three states of the Northland, Jiang Xiaoman already knew the local customs and customs.

The northernmost three states in the Southern Regions are mostly based on farming, and Zhuxian Town is naturally no exception.

Although it is not like the Northern Qin, killing a ploughing ox can be beheaded.

Killing the ploughing cattle that work day in and day out is undoubtedly a big taboo for the people of the three northern states.

At present, the vitality of Zhu Xianzhen has not yet recovered, and it is a time when a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived.

How could Jiang Xiaoman bear to let Uncle Zhou ruthlessly kill the ploughing cattle that were extremely valuable for the reconstruction of the town in order to satisfy the appetites of several of his own people?

Since he prayed to the heavens and gods and made a grand wish when he was in Fancheng, he has given up the idea of eating meat, and he will only eat vegetarian from now on.

The two girls eat meat, but one is kinder than the other, and they are also dissuaded again and again, but it makes Zhou Ma, who wants to repay the three of them, embarrassed.

Ji Xiaoyue sat next to the young man and didn't know what he was thinking, she lowered her head and counted her fingers to play.

The girl surnamed Xiao was babbling and teasing a two- or three-year-old girl in her arms, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and a touch of tenderness that belonged to a woman was hidden between her eyebrows and eyes.

The girl is thin and small, but she is not afraid of life.

is very well-behaved in Xiao Ying's arms, staring at the steamed buns on the table with a pair of aura eyes and swallowing saliva, which can't help but make people feel distressed.

The child's mind is the most simple and pure, and he will not hide his emotions.

If it weren't for a long time since I had a good meal, it would have been difficult to have such longing eyes.

"Are you hungry?" Xiao Ying was stunned when she saw the girl staring at the steamed buns, and then smiled softly and reached out to grab a steaming multigrain steamed bun from the table and handed it to Xiao Budian in her arms.

This girl, whose real name is Xiao An'an, didn't dare to pick it up, and timidly pursed her mouth and buried her head in silence.

The aroma of the fermented malt went straight into the little girl's nose, causing her to swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Hu Sanniang, who had a thunderous temper, looked at her daughter and said with a smile: "Sister Xiao asked you to take it, so you can take it." ”

The little guy said "thank you" cowardly, raised his two little hands to take the steamed bun with more coarse grain than white flour, and carefully put it into his mouth one by one, chewing it carefully, and his face was satisfied.

Hu Sanniang smiled, looked at Xiao Ying and said with some embarrassment: "In the past half a year, the family has basically run out of food, and my man is not angry, and he always wants to send the few rations left in the family out, which makes the girl smile." ”

Zhou Mahu, who was sitting beside Hu Sanniang, looked ashamed and didn't dare to refute a word.

Xiao Ying shook her head and laughed softly: "Aunt Hu, don't say that, no matter what, Uncle Zhou is indeed a good mayor." ”

Zhou Ma said bitterly: "It's a pity, but I have never been a good husband, let alone a good father." ”

Hu Sanniang was in a good mood, she glanced at her man, and scolded with a smile: "You also know that if it weren't for Jiang Shaoxia and Miss Xiao who took action to eliminate this disaster for the town, the old lady would really want to divorce you, a loser." ”

Although the words are rough, there is a hint of coquettishness.

Zhou Ma was not annoyed, and obediently nodded yes as if he were Hu Sanniang's son.

Such a temperament as Hu Sanniang is like wind and fire, and naturally she will not be the delicate and weak woman who knows how to speak softly to make her own man happy.

But every time she laughed and scolded like this, Zhou Ma was inexplicably at ease.

If you really can't listen to your mother-in-law's reprimand one day, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep.

Speaking of these days, if it weren't for the 'tigress' of her own family to support this family.

Like him, the owner ran out of food to help, and the west family secretly sent some when there was a shortage of water, and his own home didn't look like a home for a long time.

Just like what Elder Fang said, if there is a fierce wife in the family, there is a treasure.

Although Hu Sanniang has a strong temper, she has nothing to say about taking care of her father-in-law and mother-in-law all these years, and later gave birth to such a smart and sensible baby girl for him.

As a man, what is there to be dissatisfied with Zhou Ma.

Love is not only about the wind and snow.

In the final analysis, the two of them live together, and firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are home.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Fang Mo, who was sitting at the top with a group of clan elders, stood up and coughed lightly, and then said in a deep voice: "The big guys are quiet, the old man has something to say." ”

I have to say that this old man who knows the way of divination is still very prestigious in the town.

As his words fell, there was really no more noise from before.

Even those naughty children who are usually extremely naughty are snuggled in the arms of their respective parents, raising their little heads and looking at the old man quietly.

Fang Mo nodded with satisfaction, smiled, stroked his beard and said: "I think everyone already knows from Ma Hu, the big snake that has plagued our Zhuxian Town for more than half a year, and the big snake that brought the blazing scourge has been subdued by Jiang Shaoxia and them, and only one or two autumn rains will completely restore the town to its original state." ”

Speaking of this, the old man paused, and then said in a deep voice: "The natural disaster has disappeared, but if you want to resume production, there will definitely be a period of hard time to live." I want to ask you here, those who want to leave, is anyone willing to stay and work with us to rebuild their homes?"

There was silence all around.

The people who had decided to stay in the town were naturally extremely happy, but those who had decided to move out of the town after dividing their ancestral property yesterday were all silent.

The old man's eyes were slightly closed, he was waiting, waiting for those who cared about his homeland to come forward.

After a long time, no one was heard.

Fang Mo opened his eyes, sighed lightly and said with a wry smile: "That's it, everyone has their own ambitions, you have to leave, and I will naturally not force the old bones that are about to sink into the ground." After eating this meal, if you want to leave, leave the town in style, and the right is to see you off. ”

The old man's voice was inevitably a little lonely, and he waved his hand lightly and slowly sat down.

Although I expected it, I would inevitably feel cold.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

This is especially true for people who get rich overnight.

The ancestral property accumulated by Zhu Xianzhen from generation to generation is not abundant.

Before yesterday, those people were just 'disaster victims' struggling on the line of life and death.

In the blink of an eye, there are hundreds of thousands of taels of real money in his arms, or one after another mansions in the big cities of the Northland.

Saving some flowers is enough for three or four generations to live a lifetime of luxury.

Staying means returning the ancestral property that has just been distributed in the hand and has not yet been heated, and continuing to live a bitter life of water shortage for a long time.

Human nature is inherently fragile and selfish, and few people can resist such a great temptation.

Leaving means being a rich man who can sleep peacefully until the end of the day without having to work.

If you stay, you will continue to face the loess with your back to the sky, and work day and night to just feed yourself.

Even, for a long time from now on, it will be even more miserable than before.

This account, as long as you are a smart person, you will choose the former when you think about it.

Li Xiaoshan, who took the lead in leaving yesterday, stood up first, broke the silence, looked at the old man and smiled awkwardly, and said in a low voice: "Ancestor, it's not that we are leaving. Although it is true that the climate has recovered, you know better than anyone that if you want to really restore our Zhuxian Town to its original state, it will take another year and a half. Now the well water is dry, and without water, the old spring alone cannot feed so many of us. We chose to leave for the sake of the town, and if we didn't have to share the little water, we could make the lives of the people left behind more nourishing, right?"

The two brothers of the Xu family nodded yes with a group of people who were leaving, feeling that what Li Xiaoshan said was right.

Before Fang Mo could speak, a clan elder with white hair who couldn't stand on his feet stood up first, he was the only remaining patriarch of the Li clan among the five families of Zhu Xianzhen, Zhou, Li Fang, and Xu Yang, and he was also the uncle of Li Xiaoshan.

The old man was on crutches, trembling, but now he was full of anger, obviously angry, and couldn't help but slap the table and point at Li Xiaoshan and scolded: "Li Xiaoshan, my Li family has no descendants like you, I will expel you from the family tree on behalf of the Li family, you ...... Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently.

Fang Mo stood up and supported the elder surnamed Li, patted his back with his hand, shook his head and chuckled: "Okay, little Lizi, it's a big injury, you are still young." Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and what kind of climate they can achieve when they leave the town is their own creation. We can't help it!"

With a sneer on the corner of her mouth, Hu Sanniang looked at those people mockingly, and said to her husband: "I told you a long time ago, these people are some white-eyed wolves who can't be fed with wolf hearts and dogs, you still don't believe it." Now, you should see it clearly, right? You're just stupid!"

Her voice was like thunder, even if the long table was set for ten miles, it could still fall into everyone's ears clearly and unmistakably.

Li Xiaoshan pursed his lips, pretended not to hear, sat back on his seat, grabbed a steamed bun and ate it calmly.

Yesterday, he took 800,000 taels of silver from Fang Lao, this money is enough for him to live a chic life with his wife and children no matter where he goes.

As for expulsion from the genealogy, it was even less deterrent for him.

As long as you can keep yourself alive, you will be expelled, since you plan to leave Zhu Xianzhen, you don't plan to come back, what's the big deal.

Zhou Mahu seemed to look down a lot compared to yesterday, sadness and loss flashed in his eyes, and then he gently held his wife's hand under the table, and smirked: "Daughter-in-law, aren't you just the stupid person who liked me at the beginning to marry me?"

With such a small action, even if she was as strong as Hu Sanniang, she couldn't help blushing, gently pinched her husband's hand, and sighed: "Yes, I just like your stupidity, so I will marry you!"

Ji Xiaoyue was about to stand up in a huff, but was pulled by the young man next to her by her sleeve.

Jiang Xiaoman looked at the indignant little girl and said softly: "Even if you scold, you can't change the minds of those people, but you want to be a villain." ”

"But I'm just angry!" The little girl, who was the first female snitch in Fancheng, glared angrily with big eyes and said angrily: "Why are these people so bad and so selfish!"

Jiang Xiaoman laughed, broke off a piece of steamed bun and stuffed it into Ji Xiaoyue's mouth, and said softly: "You, it's a pity not to be a woman." Forgot what I told you yesterday? As far as Zhu Xianzhen is concerned, we are just some passers-by, so we shouldn't interfere too much. ”

Ji Xiaoyue chewed the steamed bun fiercely, and said with some anger: "But you said yesterday that they will regret it!"

Jiang Xiaoman was stunned, rubbed the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "Yo, the memory is quite good, as far as you remember clearly." ”

"Nasty!" Ji Xiaoyue shook her head, pouting and angry with the young man.

Jiang Xiaoman didn't care, shrugged his shoulders, scooped up a bowl of rice soup for himself, and said to himself: "Yes, I said it!"