Chapter 102
In this world, without money, who is willing to talk to you?
"Father, don't we still have some money?"
Before they went out, she gave each of them 500 taels of silver. She didn't see many people spending money on the way to flee famine!
"It's a little bit, but the prices in the capital must be much higher than in Yinzhou, and we have to repair the house, buy furniture and food with the money. Even if the whole family gets together, it may not be enough."
If it doesn't rain this day, the price of food will only get higher and higher, and there is still a price but no market.
Mrs. Li couldn't help but interjected: "Your father is right, it costs 50 taels to enter the city gate, so we have to save, at worst, it will be a little bit harder."
Melomei refused to accept it and said: "Father and mother, you can be lucky, but I don't want to continue to live a life of being a bed on the ground and a quilt on the sky. I want to live in a big house, sleep in a big bed, eat big fish and meat, and wear silk and silk." Silk and satin, go out in a carriage, and have a few maids by your side."
For the past three years, he either slept in an ox cart or on a stone slab. Otherwise, the most comfortable place to sleep in the hay would probably be in Jun Buhuan's arms.
She misses the modern Simmons, with high beds and soft pillows for dreaming.
It's hard to wear a book once, if you don't enjoy anything, you feel that you are at a disadvantage, so she thinks about making a lot of money and becoming the richest man, preferably the one who is as rich as an enemy.
"Haha, third sister, it's a problem for us to settle down now, so you're just thinking about becoming the daughter of a rich family?"
Melo Xing hugged a bunch of weeds and threw them aside, turned her head and couldn't help but tease her sister.
Melomei: "Second sister, people have to have ideals and pursuits, and see far, otherwise life will be meaningless."
Mei Qiying on the side said: "I think Meimei's idea is very good. If possible, I also want to earn more money."
The past few years of disasters have made her know that only if she has money can she avoid many troubles.
"See? My aunt is the best." Melomei went up and held Mei Qiying's arm, smiling.
"Oh, I finally caught up with you."
A few people were chatting, and suddenly someone came over.
Looking up, I found that it was my sister-in-law's family.
Mei Xiang wanted to be neighbors with Mei Luomei and the others, but because his younger brother, Mei Shu, had to be nursed and changed diapers, after packing up, he found that Mei's second son and his family had left early.
They were going to catch up, but they were called by the village head with a bunch of dried sweet potatoes to help his house clean up the weeds in the foundation, so they didn't come here until now.
"It's just right for you to come here, we just need people to clean up the weeds!"
Meluo Xing saw a few people, and immediately went up to meet them.
She has now become good friends with Meizhi, the second daughter of her sister-in-law's family. Because they are about the same age, they often talk and work together.
The little sister-in-law said: "That's just right. Let's cut together, and the road will be cleared soon."
Several people chatted for a while, ate some dry food, and continued to cut grass.
And Mei Luomei has an extra job, taking care of the three-year-old Mei Shu.
She was a baby when she fled famine, but now she is three years old and can run, jump and call people.
"Sister Mei, can I ride a bull?"
Xiao Meishu looked at the big bull next to him, very excited, his eyes glowed.
If the cow didn't belong to his family, Melome suspected that he might have been gearing up for it.
"Ride as long as you want to ride, as long as you don't fall down."
Picking him up and placing him on the back of the bull, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good to have something you like, but it's difficult if you love to cry.
Bringing a baby is always nerve-wracking, and I don't know how to persist in so many lives.
The two families wore the stars and wore the moon, and hacked until noon the next day, and finally cleared a road.
When he came to the foot of the mountain and saw the mountain full of vines, Mei Laoer couldn't help frowning.
"This mountain is full of thorny trees, and it would be a problem to cut them down for fire. It seems that we will have to buy firewood for cooking in the future."
Li sighed: "Oh, this is an extra expense."
In this place, people are not familiar with the place, some of the land allotted is barren, there are two mountains but they can't even cut firewood, I just feel that the countryside in the capital is not as good as their Shuanghe Village.
The little sister-in-law looked anxiously at this place, "What should I do?"
Mei Ju who was next to her saw her mother's frowning face, and said: "Mother, don't worry, I'll go see who buys a maid when we settle down, and then I'll earn some money and come back."
On the way here, she had already thought about it. Now that her father is gone, she is the eldest sister and has the responsibility to take care of her younger siblings and mother.
When the little sister-in-law heard it, her eyes turned red immediately, and she said anxiously: "Mother's daughter, how could you have such an idea, do you know that being a maid is worse than ordinary people, and when the time comes, you will be beaten and killed, but the master It's a matter of one sentence."
Mei Luoxing persuaded: "That's right, sister Meiju, being a maid is not free."
Mei Ju said: "I can't live anymore, who cares if it's free or not, I just hope that my younger siblings and mother are well, that's enough."
These words made the eyes of the two families turn red. When Li thought of the lost Mei Luo Tao, she cried even more: "I haven't heard from my Tao'er until now, and I don't know whether it is dead or alive. In this world, I hope the whole family is safe." Neither is easy."
"Yeah, if it weren't for this drought, my head wouldn't die from the water."
The two women talked and talked, and when they talked about their sadness, they hugged their heads and cried.
Speaking of the lost elder sister and younger uncle, Melomei couldn't help feeling sad, and only hoped that both of them could reach the capital safely.
"Mother, don't worry, the elder sister will be fine." Mei Luoxing cried and stepped forward to persuade Li Shi.
Mei Ju also wiped her tears and said: "Mother, don't worry, even if Dad is gone, I will take good care of you both."
Mei Xiang didn't speak, just stood aside with a sickle, looked at her mother and sister, and looked into the distance thoughtfully.
Seeing that everyone was crying, Melomei couldn't help but said: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. After I settle down, I will go outside to find my sister and uncle."
Waiting like this is really not an option, you still have to go out and inquire to get the latest news.
A few people had cried enough, wiped away their tears, and continued to work.
It will be a few days before the surrounding area is cleared.
Seeing this, Melomei was secretly anxious. If they were allowed to go on like this, they would not even be able to grow crops this year.
Thinking of this, he drove the ox aside, carried the plum tree and walked up to Mei Lao Er who was working, saying:
"Father, if you don't hire people, I'll hire people. You work all day long, and you can't do much work after exhausting yourself. If this continues, even if it's just a shack, it may take a month or two. "
Mei Laoer took a few days to clear a little space, and he knew that the speed was too slow, but there was no way, he still thought it was better to keep the money.
"Meimei, dad is also thinking about your mothers, money is not easy to earn, but dad has plenty of strength, so he can do it slowly."
Melome frowned: "With your speed, will you be able to grow food this year?"
Her tomato peppers and corn are still waiting to go to the ground!
"I'm afraid it won't be possible to plant this year. I don't know when the stones in the field will be completely cleaned up."
Mei Lao Er thought about building a shack to live in first, and then slowly work on the rest in a few days.He was also thinking about whether to take advantage of the busy farming season to go out and find some work to do, so that he could earn some rations.
Mei Luomei put down the plum tree and said: "Oh, when do you have to pick up these small stones, I think you can just pull out the weeds and turn the ground to plant sweet potatoes."
Anyway, sweet potatoes prefer sandy land, which is easy to dig without water accumulation, and sweet.
"We're still looking for people to work now, and repair the house by the way. Anyway, there are so many refugees outside, so we can send some food, and some people will work."
Fearing that Mei's second son would suspect him, he dragged Jun Buhuan out to take the blame: "Brother Huan gave me a lot of food, and I found a place to hide it. I can get it whenever I want."
She can be regarded as seeing that, as long as there is something that cannot be explained, it is right to pull Jun Buhuan out to take the blame.
In the past, he was just a young son of a 'little official' family, and the villagers were terrified of him. If something happened to him, no one dared to ask.
Now that he has turned into the emperor's younger brother and the prince's uncle, when he is the young prince of Chaohuan and a soldier at the border, no one dares to question him, so even if Melomei now takes out a cannonball and says it was given by Junbuhuan , the villagers probably wouldn't doubt it either.
As soon as Mei Laoer heard that there was still food, he immediately put down the work in hand, "Let's go, let's go to Village Chief Lu and find some people to help."
Although he doesn't like his daughter's association with Jun Buhuan very much, neither the daughter nor the other party buys into him, and he is also very helpless, and now he just turns a blind eye.
"That's right."
Mei Luomei sent Mei Shu to find his mother, while she and Mei Lao Er drove the ox cart to look for Village Chief Lu.
I ran to the village for a stroll, asked a few villagers, and finally found out where Village Chief Lu lived.
Mei Er Er ran up to knock on the door, and after a while a woman opened the door, "Who are you looking for?"
Mei's second son, "Excuse me, is this the home of Village Chief Lu?"
The woman glanced at Mei Laoer's empty hand, and said with a displeased expression: "The head of the house has gone out and is not at home."
"When can I come back?"
"Who knows when he will come back, I think you should go back first."
The woman snorted coldly and closed the door with a bang.
Mei's second child got a soft nail and got a bad nose. He came back and said to the girl sitting in the bullock cart: "Mei Mei, the village head is not at home, why don't we go back first?"
"Father, he's not at home. I think you didn't come to the door with anything."
Melomei saw clearly just now on the bullock cart, the woman had been looking at her father's hand, and she only had a bad face when she saw that she didn't take anything.
Mei's second son said awkwardly: "We don't have any good things now, so we haven't thought about it so much, why don't we go to the street to buy something before coming back?"
Melolo frowned and said, "Forget it, don't ask him, let's go outside and find someone."
Anyway, she didn't really want to ask him for help, she came here just to try it out first.
It's better to evade, just go find someone else, and she will have something to say when the village chief comes to the door in the future.
Thinking of this, Mei Luomei asked Mei's second son to drive the car, and walked all the way outside the village.
(End of this chapter)
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