"What's wrong with Master?" Guangzhi saw Lin Haoming's strangeness and asked on his own initiative.
Lin Haoming pointed to the front and said, "Didn't you notice that there are too few men in this village?"
After hearing Lin Haoming say this, everyone noticed that there are indeed many boys and girls in the village. Even men are mostly elderly and children, and even half-aged children are not many, even half-year-olds at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
"There is no war in Jingguo at the moment, why are there so few men in the village?" Guangzhi was also a little surprised.
"Several distinguished guests, the village ancestral hall is in front of you. The village chief and the villagers are there. You just need to go there to inquire." The peasant woman seemed to have completed the task at this time and pointed to a big house in front of her and started talking.
"Thank you, aunt." He Wanfeng said gratefully, and at the same time stuffed a square of money into her hands.
When the peasant woman saw a Fang Qian, she was also very happy, as if she had cried and unhappy before.
The money is not too much, but not too little. This peasant woman can be so happy, which shows that it seems that the pastoral place is beautiful, but the people may not be happy.
Looking towards the ancestral hall, there were indeed some people here. Wuniu took the initiative to ask about his residence. An old man in his fifties and sixties nodded with a smile and came out to greet him.
Perhaps there are many young men from the aristocratic family who really came here. The old man who claimed to be surnamed Bu took a few people to a pretty good house. The house was still a separate courtyard, indicating that he could live here at night. If he wanted to have a meal, he could also go to his house to eat.
It was almost evening, so Lin Haoming and others naturally agreed, so they just put down their clothes and followed the old man to his house.
This old man specializes in guarding the ancestral hall. This Yinshan Village is mainly composed of several surnames, and the Bu family is the largest one.
The old man is not the village chief, but he has some status here and lives in a house. However, like the few men in the village before, there are many people at home, but there are not a single adult man, only two boys around the age of ten, calling the old man and grandpa.
"My ladies and gentlemen, the family is simple, please forgive me." Mr. Bu did not explain. During the meal, he asked the woman at home to take the children aside. He smiled and even took out a jar of wine that seemed to be brewed privately.
"Old Bu, you two grandsons are very smart. The newborn one is also very smart. What about the father of the child? Why are there several women in the family?" Lin Haoming was not so scruples at the dinner table and asked directly.
Mr. Bu poured wine for everyone, put down the wine jar and smiled: "It's not the summer harvest season yet, and there are not many things in the fields, so it's enough for women at home to do it. The children have gone to Jingxihe to make money."
"Oh, it turns out that I'm going to Jingxihe." Hearing this, everyone seemed to understand.
Bu Laoze smiled and said, "If it weren't for my old bones and legs, I'll go too. Do you know that several big families in the southeastern states moved north and had thousands of people. There were so many things that were dazzling. Whether it was a boatman or a dock transporter, he could make several square meters of money every day. By the time of summer harvest, one person could earn three or five acres of land."
"That's really not to be missed. No wonder the men left." Lin Haoming smiled. Unexpectedly, the absence of men in the village was related to the migration of several southeastern prefectures north.
"Have the men in the village always been like this?" Lin Haoming continued to ask.
"As long as you go back to Jingxihe to make a living during the slack farming period, it will be better to make more money at home. In our Suzhou village, many people rely on this to supplement their families. Otherwise, it would be too hard to rely on farming alone. Apart from being able to eat enough, there is no spare money." Mr. Bu is very good at dealing with strangers, and he can't keep him from talking.
Lin Haoming listened to him saying that he felt that life was good here. After three rounds of wine, he subconsciously asked: "I heard that there is a real dragon in Wolong Mountain, is there this matter?"
"Haha, young master, you are right. My ancestors have lived here for generations, and I heard the most about Wolong Mountain. There is a Shenlong Temple on Longshou Mountain. Whenever the goods are received, the villages around Wolong Mountain will worship the Dragon God. This has been the case for generations. The ancestors have always maintained good weather during worship. I heard that His Majesty Taizu of this dynasty was also blessed by the Shenlong, and this was the case for generations to be founded. Now it has been passed down to three generations, so the world is at ease." Bu Lao stroked his beard and smiled.
Lin Haoming knew that the Dragon King of Wolong Mountain had become the current national protection dragon, but he did not expect that there would be such rumors among the people.
"You guys and ladies are also going to Longshou Mountain. After all, most of the trips to Wolong Mountain will go to Wolong Mountain. If you want to go to Longshou Mountain, I can drive you all. There are cars in the village. Don't think that my legs and feet don't seem to be that good. In fact, I was an imperial guard and on duty in the capital. I was one of the elites. Later, I followed the former emperor to attack Ming Kingdom in the north, forcing Ming Kingdom to ced Qinzhou and Yongzhou. Unfortunately, I was also shot at the leg at that time, otherwise I might have settled in the capital." At the end of the speech, Mr. Bu sighed and patted his thigh, as if that position was the place where he was shot.
"My father was also a member of the Northern Expedition, but he was a soldier in Huangzhou." Wuniu became more and more friendly as he heard it. After all, his father was summoned to attack Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have known Mr. Che, and he saved him, so he was able to marry the Che family, which led to the future.
"Oh, your father should not be younger than me, after all, many years have passed." Mr. Bu's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Indeed, I am the youngest child in the family." Wuniu said with a smile.
"Now Your Majesty pacified the Ming Kingdom, expanded its territory, and pacified the two countries in the future. In the future, the world will be the world of our Jing Kingdom." Mr. Bu may have really been an imperial guard, so his tone of speaking is indeed completely different from that of ordinary villagers. No wonder he was able to take care of the ancestral hall.
"Since Mr. Bu still has such a resume, we will be your car. When we come back from Longshou Mountain, we will also be on the boat to Jingxihe." Lin Haoming saw that he could speak, and it was also good to have someone who could speak.
But Lin Haoming just agreed, and the little fox in his arms was a little quit. There was an outsider and there was still a place where she spoke. Wouldn't it be so worrying? But Lin Haoming had already decided that it was useless to oppose the little fox. He was so angry that he stretched out his little claws and fucked the wine in front of Lin Haoming in one sip.
"Young master, this fox, can still drink?" Mr. Bu was shocked when he saw it.
Lin Haoming smiled and stroked her head and said, "This little guy is just dishonest, Mr. Bu doesn't have to make a fuss.
Chapter completed!