in2ebook Chapter 273 No sense of security
Chapter 273 No sense of security
Seeing that the third brother stopped making trouble, the second brother continued to approach Tang Guangzheng and said, "Dad, you said that if you can join the big red card team, according to the number of people, each person will get fifty taels, which is not a small amount!"
Tang Guangzheng puffed up the welding smoke and said, "Isn't there someone protecting you?"
"Do they look like they know the people's insurance? But Dad, are you really going to divide the foundation and wasteland for them tomorrow?"
Tang Guangzheng narrowed his eyes: "What else?"
The second and third sons looked at each other, and the second son continued:
"We can't just go there. Once we divide the land for them and then register it, we will miss the best opportunity for them to ask us for help. If we can't show our power now, how can we control them in the future? What about their money?"
But this time Tang Guangzheng's face changed and he scolded: "Who told you that? Some things can be done, some things can't be done. Settling them down was originally a task assigned by the court.
It is understandable that you don't give them good land but only wasteland. But why do you want to occupy the good land in our village as soon as you come?
But you dare not think about the twists and turns in your mind. If you are not careful, you will go against the court, and it will also implicate your elder brother.
Don’t go out and say nonsense to others. If you don’t know whether they are PICCs or not, don’t do it too ugly even if you suppress them.”
Tang Guangzheng is a scholar, and he didn't buy his talent with money. He still has some brains.
Moreover, Tang Jiugong was assured that he would be the next clan leader. This guy was definitely not the kind of person who was greedy for money and short-sighted.
When the two brothers saw their father's expression, they realized the seriousness of the matter. After all, their father was the type of person who would not normally treat them like this.
Tang Lao Si, who had just lit a cigarette and was reading a book, glanced at his two brothers.
He became interested in the group of refugees. This guy was a nerd. When they first arrived, he was reading at home and didn't go out to join in the fun.
The reason why he was interested now was because his father had given his second and third brothers a cold look because of that group of newcomers, which showed that that group of people might not be simple.
Other families in Tangjia Village were discussing similar topics.
But most people are just curious. After all, there were not many entertainment activities in ancient times, and there was nothing else to entertain people in rural areas except for family matters.
Tang Laosan's daughter-in-law is a gossipy person: "Looking at the way the new group of people are dressed today, I really can't tell they are from the big red team.
Let’s not talk about their clothes, just say that Jiugong said he would arrange a few mud-brick houses for them, and they didn’t ask to buy other houses in our village.”
That’s right, there are still a few vacant houses in Tangjia Village, including blue brick houses. Those were outsiders who moved to the village when the village developed. They moved to the county town and did not return to live in the village, but sold the houses to the villagers.
She was talking to her husband, who was quite honest and straightforward. He muttered, "It doesn't matter to you whether they are rich or poor. You don't even understand your own family affairs, and yet you always try to pry into other people's family affairs."
When the daughter-in-law heard this, she glared and said, "What are you talking about? I also want to think about them buying more houses and more land, and half of the money will go to the village, so can we get some too?
But right now, I think there is no hope. Even if they had money, they would have bought the places, and now they are like this!"
Tang Lao San, who was originally in the main room playing with his grandson, came out and scolded:
"Don't spread this nonsense out there, and don't judge people by their appearance. Even if they paid for the places, it only shows that they are courageous and have made a lot of money. As the saying goes: A lean camel is bigger than a horse.
But if they didn’t buy their spots with money, you should not offend them, because someone who can guarantee so many people at once is definitely not a simple person.”
His daughter-in-law was obedient. After hearing what her father-in-law had said, she finally kept silent.
The third son's wife, who was in confinement in another room, heard the noise outside and burst into laughter. She also pulled her husband to complain: "Look at the eldest sister-in-law, she just loves to gossip about others. Has she been tamed by our father?"
Tang Lao San's third son was helpless: "You are busy and have a good rest. You said that your sister-in-law likes to gossip. What are you doing now?"
Her wife was not convinced: "How can it be the same? I didn't let my father-in-law hear it."
As for Shen Zhiqiu and the others, they planned to set up a pot to cook, but they found that there was not much water left. Although they had the river water, they didn't want to drink it directly unless they had no other choice.
It was Shen Fugui who went to ask who had mud and tiles, and found out that there was a public well in the middle of the village where he could get water.
So Shen Zhiqiu personally brought a few boys to fetch water.
However, they did not use buckets to carry water. Instead, they pushed a cart with rubber water bags. They filled the bags at the well and then pulled them back.
Tangjia Village is quite big, and it would be a waste of time to run back and forth. While fetching water, he was thinking, why do I have to dig two more wells on the west side of the river?
After all this busy work, I got everything in order. After dinner and washing up, it was almost late at night.
The little kids who had washed first had fallen asleep by now. There were nine rooms in total, but except for the main room, there was no kang. There were two kangs that had been repaired but needed to be dried before people could sleep on them. The elderly and children slept on the remaining six kangs, and the women continued to sleep on the floor.
Several old men slept on the floor in the two rooms with new kangs, but they did not dare to close the doors for fear of smoke poisoning.
Most of the other strong laborers and boys were in the yard. Some slept on wooden beds, while others did not have wooden beds and just laid palm mats.
The luggage and other things had all been packed in, but there was still a cart outside the yard, and more than twenty men were sleeping on the cart outside the yard.
For example, Dahu, Erhu, Mazi, Fugui, Dazhuang and Erzhuang are all good at fighting.
In fact, Shen Zhiqiu said, "Who stole the broken cart? Come to the yard and sleep. Haven't you heard that this place is not peaceful? What if something comes from the other side of the river in the middle of the night? That would be terrible."
But Shen Mazi argued: "We have to watch outside, don't worry about it, we will stay to watch the night, and we can't all sleep on the first night."
Apparently they had just settled down and were still feeling a little inconvenient. Whether it was the villagers of Tangjia Village or the wild beasts in the mountains, they were unable to sleep well on the first night after arriving.
The little kid who fell asleep early and was watching over his grandmother and sister would grab their grandmother's or sister's clothes with his little hands.
The kind that won't let go even when you fall asleep.
For example, Shen Luming held Shen Youyou's arm tightly and acted extremely insecure.
Maybe they have been fleeing from famine, and they have always been a large group.
But today, when the villagers of Tangjia Village showed up, they were holding weapons in their hands. They were a huge group of people, several times more than them.
Let these little kids panic!
Indeed, there are nearly 200 households in Tangjia Village. According to their population ratio, each household has about a dozen people, which adds up to several thousand people.
Even if there are definitely many people who didn't arrive today, it is estimated that the number is at least greater than the number of people in that village.
To be honest, the feeling of oppression at that moment was so great that if Shen Zhiqiu had not experienced the banditry before and knew that there was the officer, Team Leader Li, by his side, he would have been scared.