Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 94 Hair!hair!
Yang Daniu took the identity certificate that he thought was incomparably precious, and read it over and over again.

It seems funny to say that, as a serious poor second generation, this is the first time that Yang Daniu has a piece of paper that belongs to him, and Yang Daniu has never thought about holding a light piece of paper in his hand But it seems to weigh a thousand catties.

Because people in later generations only know that there are notebooks for writing, paper towels for going out, wet wipes for face wipes, toilet paper and special wipes for butt wipers. I have never heard of anyone who would treat an ordinary piece of paper as a treasure.

But in my Qing Dynasty, ordinary people couldn't afford paper, and those who could wipe their butts with very abrasive straw paper usually had to be gentry from the countryside with good family conditions. Most of the mud-legged families like you Yang Daniu It is to use peeled corn stalks or just pull a piece of soil.

Guan Zi said that if the warehouses are real, you will know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace. Boring stuff.

Paper, for poor people, has always been a luxury rather than a daily necessities.

After reading it over and over again, Yang Daniu, who finally came to his senses, stammered and asked the clerk: "Officer, official, do you want money for this? I..."

As the first person in Xiaoyangzhuang to apply for this identity certificate, Yang Daniu felt that he should ask if this identity certificate would cost money, or how much would it cost?

Yang Daniu was also prepared to be reprimanded in his heart.

However, to Yang Daniu's surprise, the clerk was very patient, and upon hearing this, he just smiled and said: "This is free of charge, our boss has already given the money for you."

Just when Yang Daniu was surprised and wondered if there was something wrong with Meng Lianggu's head, the clerk changed his mind and said, "However, if you lose this certificate, you can make it up later. I'll have to charge you ten cents at that time."

Yang Daniu immediately squeezed the paper even tighter.

Ten Wen, it doesn't sound like a lot, after all, the old dog Qian Deaf eats an egg that costs ten taels of silver, and even ten Wen is not enough to buy an egg shell.

But for poor people like Yang Daniu, ten Wen is enough to buy more than 30 eggs or some meat, which is enough for the living expenses of his family for several days.

The clerk looked at Yang Daniu's appearance, just smiled, and said to Yang Daniu: "Just stand aside, after the people in your small Yangzhuang are all done, someone will take you to bathe and change clothes."

"By the way, there is no money for the clothes prepared for you, including the food you will eat later. It was all provided by the Leling county government for you, so you don't have to ask again and again."

Yang Daniu thought that the head of the family might be suffering from brain disease.

Until dozens of households in Xiaoyangzhuang completed the certificates, the women in Xiaoyangzhuang were all led to the bathing tents by a few thick-handed women, while the men in Xiaoyangzhuang, such as Yang Daniu, were led by Several soldiers took to another tent.

Dozens of wooden barrels filled with hot water lined up in the tent, and the whole tent was smoky with steam, which looked like a fairyland.

The soldiers leading Yang Daniu and others shouted loudly: "All the folks, come and line up, let's shave your head first."

As soon as he heard the word shaving his head, Yang Daniu touched the top of his head unconsciously, and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Yang Daniu couldn't tell what this feeling was, but he really disliked these two words from the bottom of his heart.

Including every time he shaved his head before, Yang Daniu wished he could hack the barber to death.

Impulsively, Yang Daniu suddenly shouted: "I don't want to shave! I want to keep my hair until it grows out!"

Yang Daniu's father was by Yang Daniu's side. Now that he heard Yang Daniu said that he didn't want to shave his head, Yang's father turned pale in shock. He dragged Yang Daniu behind him and apologized to the soldiers with a smile: "Don't blame the army, this kid There is something wrong with his brain, what he said can't be taken seriously, let's shave, let's shave."

Several soldiers have seen many people like Father Yang.

They're humble, they're timid, they... they're afraid of those in uniform!
Several soldiers looked at each other, and one of them shouted loudly: "Squad [-], take off your hat! Let the big guys see our hair!"

After several soldiers took off the helmets on their heads, the soldier walked up to Old Man Yang, smiled, grabbed Old Man Yang's hand, and put it on his head: "You always touch my head. Come on, touch my hair."

Father Yang wanted to quickly withdraw his hand, but his hand didn't listen to him at all.

In the beginning, it is full of hard stubble, prickly.

Papa Yang's eyes immediately turned red.

Yang Daniu has never experienced the age of growing or not growing his hair, nor has he heard of growing or not growing his hair. Father Yang has never seen with his own eyes what it is to really grow his hair but not to grow his head. people said.

That's the real way to keep your hair but not your head, but anyone who doesn't want to shave their hair like a money mouse tail is basically cut off with a knife.

Hundred ghosts cry at night!
Father Yang murmured, "Can I grow my hair? I, don't need to drag the mouse's tail anymore?"

The soldier hummed and said with a smile: "Yes, you can grow your hair. You can keep it as long as you like, and you can keep it as short as we do. It's up to you."

Father Yang felt very strange.

The soldier was obviously smiling to comfort himself, but Old Man Yang's eyes were sore and unbearable.

But the soldier looked at Yang Daniu again and said: "If you ask the big guy to shave his head, he will shave his braids. From now on, we and our descendants will no longer have to drag a rat's tail."

Yang Daniu stammered and asked: "I, I've heard people say that your body is hairy and skinny, it's your parents, why do you have such little hair?"

The soldier chuckled, and said: "We have short hair because we have to fight. On the battlefield, we cut people with knives. Long hair is not good, and it is not easy to treat injuries."

"The head of the family said that we keep our hair short so that the folks behind us can grow their hair as long as they want, and we cut people with knives so that the folks behind us will not be chopped off."

"The head of the family also said that the body and skin are affected by the parents. The latter sentence does not dare to underestimate it. It doesn't mean that you can't take care of your hair, and you have to keep your hair long. The head of the family said that in the past, we Han people even had many emperors. Those who cut their hair like a tutu, always come out in whatever way they feel comfortable."

"Only the Tartars. In order to enslave us Han people, they not only force us to wear pigtails like rat tails, they even want to leave us pigtails in our hearts, so that our descendants will be their slaves."

Regarding the words said by this soldier, Yang Daniu was actually in a state of half-understanding. He could understand part of it, but he couldn't understand it thoroughly. The people under his hands are also very good." This sentence.

Whether it was the registration of identity certificates before, or the requirement that everyone shave the rat tails on the back of their heads now, these government officials and these soldiers are all just asking to abide by order, let alone beating those who move slowly and speak stupidly of the people, not even one bad word.

Yang Daniu and the people in Xiao Yangzhuang around him began to line up to shave their heads.

When Yang Daniu finished shaving his head, the soldier who let Father Yang touch his hair shouted loudly again: "Those who have shaved their heads should start taking a bath first, and take off all their clothes before entering the bucket. Wash and wash, there is soap on the shelf next to the barrel, rub your body well, after the rubbing is clean, you can rinse it with new water, and when it is clean, the big guys can get new clothes."

Yang Daniu felt even more in his heart that the leader who only heard his name but never saw him had a brain disorder.

It's just taking a bath, and prepared soap?Give me new water?Return the new clothes?What is the plan of the master?

How much will this cost?
Even if you only spend ten Wen on one person, two will cost you Twenty Wen, and three will cost you Thirty Wen. There are so many people in Xiaoyang Village...

Yang Daniu couldn't figure out how much money he got, anyway, the number must have exceeded one hundred, which was far beyond Yang Daniu's calculation ability.

It's just that after taking a bath and changing into the new clothes that had been prepared a long time ago, Yang Daniu felt that he had changed himself.

Yang Daniu couldn't understand why, obviously he just shaved his head, obviously he just took a bath with soap, and obviously the new clothes he wore were just ordinary coarse cloth clothes.

Yang Daniu couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have time to figure it out, because not long after taking a bath, all the people in Xiaoyangzhuang were led to the open space in the barracks.

After the female relatives of Xiaoyangzhuang had all arrived at the open space in the barracks and reunited with their families, the previous "general" named Li Ergou walked up to the commander's platform and said loudly: "Now, in the name of Zhu Jinsong, the head of the family, I am notifying you that you have obtained the status of the people under Meng Lianggu's rule, and you will be granted the right to distribute land, work, study, and live freely according to the law!"

The people in Xiaoyangzhuang were a little confused.

Subdivision?work?read?free to live?
Can a mud leg have so much power?

And just when the people in Xiaoyangzhuang were a little confused, Li Ergou shouted loudly again: "But! Our ancestors said that there is no good thing in this world, and there is no free rice!"

Pointing to the audience, all the people in Xiaoyangzhuang trembled in their hearts, knowing that the show was coming.

Meng Lianggu, the head of the family, gave the big guy a bath and put the big guy in new clothes, so this big head of the family must have a plan, and it is impossible to show such kindness for no reason.

Li Ergou then shouted: "Land, you guys can't get it for the time being, because there are too many people from Zhili, and it may not be enough to get all the arable land in Shandong."

"The head of the family said that after Meng Lianggu's army recovers Zhili, we will redistribute the land to you!"

Under the stage, all the people of Xiaoyangzhuang looked at each other in blank dismay.

Do not give land?

Regardless of place, what to eat?What to drink?Where do you live?
Regardless of land, why did we escape to Shandong?Are you going to open up wasteland?
It's just that the expressions of the people in the audience became ugly when they thought of the word pioneering wasteland.

The word opening up wasteland is easy to say, it seems that you can just use a hoe to open up a piece of wasteland, but in reality?
In fact, apart from the large-scale land reclamation organized by the government, for ordinary people, land reclamation is a super project that requires the mobilization of the whole family, takes years to calculate, and may even cost their lives.

Otherwise, why don't you think those tenants went to open up wasteland by themselves?
When the people in the audience were thinking about these messy things, Li Ergou on the stage then shouted: "The big guy may want to ask, there is no land, what do you eat? What do you drink? Where do you live again?"

"Then I'm going to tell everyone."

"In order to let the big guy settle down early and have a job to support the family, our head, Meng Lianggu, decided to build a social school on the border of Shandong. Anyone who works hard will find a job."

"If you want to eat well and drink well, and if you want the adults and children in your family to have a safe life, then you can't wait for the pie to fall from the sky, and you can't just rely on the big boss to arrange for us! We can't just sit idle!"

(End of this chapter)