Chapter 170 These are the residences assigned to you
At this time, Cui Li was complaining that his nephew, who was the county magistrate, sent him so many unruly people.
In order not to suffer the immediate loss, Cui Lizheng could only follow Mo Jiuye's instructions and settle down their residence today.
Of course, he also wanted to get rid of these people first and then go to the city to bring in reinforcements tomorrow.
When the time comes, go to the Yamen and accuse these people of breaking into private houses, and let them have a taste of the pain of being imprisoned for a few days.
Thinking of this, Cui Lizheng's attitude suddenly made a 180-degree turn.
"Since you are so anxious, I will personally take you to your accommodation."
With that said, Cui Lizheng was already walking towards the gate.
Both the Mo brothers and He Zhiran knew that Li Zheng's sudden change in attitude must be holding back some big move.
However, they didn't take Li Zheng's so-called ultimate move seriously at all.
When the time comes, all we have to do is take advantage of them.
Of course, if Li Zheng had been wiser and not provoked them, they would have ignored today's matter for the time being in order to avoid future trouble.
I don't know if this person is delaying time on purpose or if his legs and feet are really bad and he walks very slowly.
Mo Chuhan urged impatiently: "Walk faster, haven't you had enough to eat?"
Li Zheng was indeed deliberately stalling for time. He hoped to arrive at his destination as late as possible, and it would be completely dark by then.
The house was dilapidated and it was dark, so it was inconvenient for them to simply tidy it up.
Although they couldn't sleep outside that night, living in dilapidated and leaky houses could freeze people to death.
Li Zheng did not expect that he would be urged to slow down on purpose.
In order not to let others notice, he deliberately shook his body.
"Hey... As people get older, their legs and feet just aren't good enough. Even if they want to, they can't walk faster..."
When Mo Chuhan saw this, he stepped forward without saying a word, picked him up, and walked forward with long strides.
Cui Lizheng was startled when his feet suddenly left the ground.
"What are you going to do? Put me down."
Mo Chu said in a cold voice, "You are responsible for showing the way now."
Cui Minglin, who came with Li Zheng, was also frightened by this scene.
He knew his father's purpose of deliberately slowing down, so he quickly caught up with Mo Chuhan and said displeasedly: "Let my father down. My father is not in good health. You will hurt him if you do this."
Mo Chuhan glanced sideways at him.
"If you're afraid of getting hurt, hurry up and show him the way, so I can let him down earlier."
Cui Li was lying on Mo Chuhan's shoulder, not daring to move for fear of being accidentally thrown down.
After Cui Minglin met Mo Chuhan's sharp eyes, he didn't dare to speak for his father anymore.
In order to "get out of the sea of misery as soon as possible", Cui Lizheng was very serious about giving directions, fearing that he would take more detours and have to lie on others' shoulders for a while longer.
Going to their residence is a bit uphill, and you have to pass by the Zhao and Zhou families.
Although the weather was a bit cold and it was getting dark, we still met several villagers on the road.
When the villagers saw that Cui Li was being carried by a strong man, and he looked angry but dared not speak, they were all curious about who dared to be so bold.
At the same time, a small sense of excitement arose in their hearts.
The Cui family has a relative who is the county magistrate, and the clan leader is Li Zheng of Xiling Village, so they have never taken the Zhao family and the Zhou family seriously.
The two families lived in the same village as the Cui family and were often squeezed by them.
And judging from the appearance of those strangers, they seemed to be exiles who were assigned to come here.
If this is the case, they hope that these people can continue to live here, and it would be good to add more trouble to the Cui family.
When Cui Lizheng saw his embarrassment being seen by other family members, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He yelled at those people: "What are you looking at? Go home."
The villagers were afraid of Cui Lizheng. After he yelled, they could only leave reluctantly. No one dared to stay and continue to watch.
Mo Chuhan walked quickly, and after a short walk along the uphill slope, he arrived at the residence assigned to the exiled prisoners in Xiling Village.
Looking around, there are quite a few houses there, but many of them have collapsed.
Even if it hasn't collapsed, it still looks shaky.
Living in a house like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well at night, and I have to be alert at all times to the possibility of collapse.
Not only that, because these houses have been uninhabited for a long time, the surroundings are overgrown with weeds. At this season, all the weeds have withered and they look extremely desolate.
Mo Chuhan roughly placed Cui Lizheng on the ground.
Cui Li was stroking his heart and trying to breathe steadily.
He pointed to the yard in front of him and said, "These are the residences assigned to you."
Seeing these dilapidated houses, Cui Lizheng felt inexplicably proud.
I will be generous today. You can choose any of these houses and live in whichever one you want.
He continued: "I told you that these houses are uninhabitable. I will repair them tomorrow and come back, but you just didn't listen."
No one here is a fool.
Everyone can see that Cui Lizheng's words appear to be thinking about them, but in fact he is laughing at them.
Such a house may not be habitable even after some repairs, unless it is completely demolished and rebuilt.
Especially in winter, it is impossible to build houses at all, and letting them live here is simply a death rhythm.
Everyone looked very angry when they saw such a house.
Fang Chuanzhou strode over.
"Cui Lizheng, you can't even repair a house like this, so you're just going to settle the new villagers in Xiling Village like this?"
Cui Lizheng didn't think anything of it.
"The government has not provided Xiling Village with a special place for exiles like you to live. This is still the house left by our ancestors. If it were not like this, you would not even be able to live in such a house when you came here."
"But how are so many of us going to survive the winter in such a house?" Fang Chuanzhou planned to reason with Cui Lizheng.
Don't you know that trying to reason with people who are deliberately trying to make things difficult is like playing the harp to an ox?
No matter what Fang Chuanzhou said, Cui Lizheng had only one answer.
That is, there are no spare houses for them to live in Xiling Village except here. If you feel dissatisfied here, you can go to the government to find theories from those officials.
He Zhiran had no intention of watching the two arguing.
She had already observed on the way here that there really were no extra yards in Xiling Village except where these three families lived.
If you want to get through the current difficulties, you have to discuss it with the villagers to see if you can rent a suitable house for temporary residence.
Of course, it is true that those people are afraid of Cui Lizheng. If Cui Lizheng does not agree, I am afraid that the Zhao family and the Zhou family will not dare to rent a house to them.
Just as He Zhiran was thinking about countermeasures, Xie Tianhai came over, pointed to the easternmost room and said:
"I think that house is not bad. With some simple repairs, it can be used as a temporary residence."