Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 222 Settlement

Just as Hou Xiaoge was rushing to Chongqing City, Nanjiagou, thousands of miles away, was also exceptionally lively today.

After a day of registration and going to the Yanhuang League to confirm the time, two days later in the morning, the refugees outside Nanjiagou Village finally packed up and prepared to set off.

At the entrance of Nanjiagou Village, Hou Yangmin, on behalf of the villagers, gave five kilograms of corn flour to each relative as a donation among relatives.

“Swallow, after we settle down, if you have nothing to do, let Da Gou come back and continue selling sweet potato candies.

We can still sell the sweet potato candies for a few months, and we can still make some money to supplement the family income." The wife of the clan elder Hou Yangtuan said while pulling Hou Yanzi.

"I understand, cousin, sister-in-law." Hou Yanzi nodded with red eyes.

"Everyone, please be careful when you get there. When you come to the city next time, Nanjiagou Village will be your resting place." Many villagers in Nanjiagou Village said this when saying goodbye to their relatives.

"Let's go!"

As Hou Yangmin, who was driving the donkey cart in the front, shouted loudly, a group of refugees, carrying their loads and leading their children, followed the donkey cart.

Although the Yanhuang League led the way, transportation was expensive in those days and it was impossible for the refugees to ride, so everyone had to walk for more than 20 miles.

A lot of the land outside Nanjiagou Village was allocated by the government. They used to be barren slopes and had not been cultivated, so at least one-fifth of these lands are inhabited by refugees.

Now that spring has arrived, farmers who love the land are determined to reclaim and plant crops even if the land is barren or virgin.

After the refugee relatives living outside the village left, the people of Nanjiagou Village quickly reclaimed the land where these relatives had lived to prevent new refugees from moving in.

After all, the people of Nanjiagou Village are now considered local residents, which is different from refugees. These refugees have nothing, and it is not safe for them to live outside the village.

The land outside the village all belongs to Nanjiagou Village anyway. If the land is ripe and planted with crops and vegetables, the refugees will not dare to live there anymore. Otherwise, they will be beaten if they live in other people's land, and the government will not let them go.

After a day's journey, the refugee convoy headed for Tuerling finally arrived at Tuerling in the evening.

The refugees were quite excited at first, but after entering the mountains and walking down the seven or eight miles of mountain roads, they were all exhausted and even suspected that the Yanhuang Alliance had deceived them.

But when everyone walked into the mountains and saw wheat fields not far away, the crowd became excited.

Many refugees rushed into the fields to dig up the soil to check the fertility of the land and see if the crops would be good.

"These fields are good lands. Although they are dry fields, they are all in the shade. Judging from the growth of the crops, we will definitely have a good harvest this summer." Li Dagou and his wife said excitedly as they looked at the wheat fields.

"Hehe! Our family will be able to get six acres of land by then, but we must work hard." Hou Yanzi narrowed her eyes with joy.

"Come on, stand outside, and stay together as a family. We will separate the caves later." After entering Tuerling, a disciple from the Internal Affairs Hall of the Yanhuang League shouted.

"Li Erdan, there are six people in your family, living in two caves. The two caves on the northernmost side are yours."

"Wang Ergou, a family of three, lives in a cave next to Li Erdan's house."

"Cui Dadan, there are four of us in this family. The first cave on the south side is yours."

"Li Dagou, there are four of us in this family. The second house on the east side is yours.

……

Following the arrangements made by the disciples of the Internal Affairs Hall of the Yanhuang League, one refugee family after another was allocated their own new homes.

"Heidan's mother, look, our cave is really big and the door is still good, so there's no need to make another one." Li Dagou looked at the six-meter-deep cave, which even had a kang, and his face was full of excitement.

"Yes! We have a home again." Hou Yanzi stood at the door of the cave with her two children in her eyes, her eyes full of tears.

It was already late when they settled in the cave, and everyone slept in their new home for a night in excitement.

Hou Yanzi had just gotten up the next day and was about to clean her new home when the Yanhuang League's whistle sounded outside, notifying them of something.

“Everyone settled down last night, so I came down to share some firewood from the village with you so that everyone can cook.

After the firewood is distributed, I will arrange the work in the fields for everyone." A leader of the Internal Affairs Hall announced to the crowd.

"Li Dagou, your family, Hu Erniu's family, and Li Sanguai's family will share this pile of firewood." A disciple from the Internal Affairs Hall led the three heads of Li Dagou's family to a pile of firewood and pointed at it and said.

"Thank you, big brother." Several people looked at the two-meter-high pile of firewood and smiled happily.

This pile of firewood must contain at least 20 dan. Although they are not the good hard firewood sold in the firewood market in the city, they can still be exchanged for seven or eight dollars if they are carried out and sold.

However, it is obviously impossible for some families to sell firewood. Among the necessities of life, firewood comes first.

We cannot do without firewood for our daily meals, not to mention that the weather in March is even colder, and it is even colder in the deep mountains. Last night, several families were huddled up on the kang to sleep.

Because after dividing the firewood, they still had to arrange work for the contracted wheat fields, so they agreed that they would divide the firewood among themselves after the work was arranged.

“When everyone came, whether they were from Nanjiagou Village or those sent by the Yanhuang League, we explained the situation to you.

The former Tuerling, which is now Tuling Village, had a total of 558 acres of food-grain land, 30 acres of unplanted vegetable land, and 280 acres of mountain land.

There were a total of 130 households with 513 people who entered the mountains this time. They were given 1.5 mu of land per person, for a total of 770 mu of land.

These fields will be distributed to you today, but the wheat on the wheat field belongs to the Yanhuang League. If you work hard, you will be compensated with 20 kilograms of cornmeal per mu of land.

Moreover, these wheat fields are also a test for you. If any family does not cultivate them well during this period, the wheat fields will suffer losses.

Then our Yanhuang League is not a charity, so we can only ask you to leave. Tuling Village does not need people who can't even grow crops properly." The disciple of the Internal Affairs Hall said with both kindness and force.

The refugees below shuddered after hearing what the disciples of the Internal Affairs Hall said, and thought to themselves that they should work hard in the future, otherwise it would be bad if they were kicked out.

But after the worry comes happiness. For farmers, taking good care of the land is just their natural duty!

If the Yanhuang Alliance distributes land to them now, the refugees will definitely be extremely happy and all other matters will be put aside. After all, for farmers, nothing is more important than having land.

When the land was distributed, it was not like in the countryside where everyone was divided among themselves. Instead, the disciples of the Yanhuang League were given a certain land, and the refugees chose that land.

Li Dagou and his wife also knew how to do things. They secretly gave a large sum of money to one of the disciples who was allocated land. The land allocated to the family was relatively flat and in a good location close to the village.

"Mother, we have land! Four mu of food-grain land, two mu of vegetable land, and two mu of mountain land.

Hehe! My father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather never had so much land." Li Dagou was holding the land distribution document prepared by the government in advance, with an excited look on his face.

(Although the Yanhuang League distributed land to refugees, they still had to get government recognition and pay taxes, otherwise the government would simply not recognize it, and the refugees would be the ones who suffered.)

"Well! As long as we work hard on the crops, our lives will get better and better." Hou Yanzi looked at the green wheat fields with excitement.

"Mother, I want to plant hawthorns on those two acres of mountain land. When the hawthorns are ripe, I can take them to Nanjiagou." Li Dagou said, looking at the mountain in the distance where there were only low shrubs.

"middle!"

The distribution of land made the refugees feel at home, and they were also grateful to the Yanhuang Alliance. They proposed to send their children to the Yanhuang Alliance as disciples.

In this situation, the Yanhuang Alliance will naturally accept everyone who comes, as they will be more reliable if there is a vested interest relationship.