My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 560 Wujiazhai
Wujiazhai used to be a large village with hundreds of households. A few years ago, there was a famine in Shandong, and the people in Wujiazhai fled in all directions. After the natural disaster, only half of the people came back, and most of the people who didn't come back probably died while fleeing. On the road.

Now is the busy farming season, and every household spends most of their time in the fields. The whole village is quiet during the day, and even the children go to the fields to help work.

But today's Wujiazhai suddenly became lively, and even the work in the farmland was thrown aside, because today the Wu Laohu family came back, and they also held a big banquet in the village, entertaining everyone in the village. People eat.

You must know that Wujiazhai was not rich to begin with. There used to be a few wealthy households, but after the previous natural disasters, almost all the fields were sold to the surrounding large households. Now the entire village can only rent other people's land for farming. During the slack period, men He also picked up a bow and arrow and went into the mountains to hunt game to support his family.

Therefore, the whole village is desperately poor, and everyone has no money in their stomachs. Now someone finally invites them to a banquet. It is said that they have enough food and wine, which makes the whole village boil.

On the threshing floor outside the village, rows of tables and chairs were placed in the open space. Villagers were sitting in small groups, waiting for food to be served. A fat-headed cook and several helpers were busy cooking. Prepare food and drinks.

"You think this is strange. Wu Laohu is so old. He and his family never came back after they fled. I thought they all died on the road, but I didn't expect that not only did he come back, but he also became very ill. fiscal!"

One of the thin old men lowered his voice and said to the others at the same table, with a bit of envy in his tone, and of course a bit of jealousy.

"You don't know this, right? I just had a few chats with Tiger and found out a lot about him!"

I saw a rich old man sitting opposite said with a proud smile.

This old man’s name was Wu Lin. He was once a wealthy man in the village, and his daughter was married to Zhang Dahu from a neighboring county. During the previous famine, he fled to his daughter’s house to take refuge. After he came back, although his fields were sold, he did not suffer much. , also quite prestigious in the village.

"Brother Lin, please stop being so pretentious and tell us how exactly Wu Laohu made his fortune?"

The people next to him immediately shouted and asked. The entire village was very curious about Wu Laohu's fortune. People even came to inquire about it from the surrounding villages.

"Hey, let me tell you!"

Wu Lin smiled proudly, and then continued.

"I heard what Tiger said with my own ears. At first, his family fled with Shan Niang's family. They wanted to go to Qingzhou, but unfortunately they got separated on the way. Fortunately, they met someone from the government to take them in in Qingzhou, and they survived. Later, they He ventured out to sea again and went to a place called Tianzhu overseas. It is said that the emperor's son conquered it. When we people from the Ming Dynasty went there, we could immediately divide the fields. The tiger family relied on the allocated fields to survive. I made a fortune all of a sudden, and my family couldn’t even finish the food!”

After hearing Wu Lin's words, everyone exclaimed in amazement.

Although the news of Zhu Gaoxu's trip to Tianzhu has long spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, it is still a new thing in a small mountain village like Wujiazhai where there is little information.

Even when they heard that Tianzhu was allocating fields to ordinary people, everyone's first reaction was to suspect that it was fake. After all, how can such a good thing happen in this world?But it is a fact that Wu Laohu's family is rich, otherwise it would not be possible to treat the entire village to dinner just after returning.Just when everyone was discussing the legendary experience of Wu Laohu's family, Wu Laohu suddenly walked over with his daughter Wu Shanniang and son-in-law Mo Qing, which made everyone look at the family of three.

I saw Wu Laohu coming to the banquet and saluting everyone: "Brothers and elders, I, Wu Laohu, have been away from home for many years, and I can finally return to my hometown today, so I specially prepared a few banquets to entertain all brothers and elders. Thank you. Thanks to everyone’s care in the past, if there is any need in the future, please ask all brothers and elders to help!”

"Brother Tiger, don't be polite to us. If you need anything, just ask. But we are more curious, where have you been in the past few years, and where did you make your fortune?"

At this time, a middle-aged man in his 40s stood up and asked loudly at the banquet.

This man is Wu Laohu's cousin. He had a good relationship before, so he spoke more casually.

Wu Laohu's cousin took the lead, and others also started making noises, asking Wu Laohu to talk about his experiences in the past few years. After all, he had been gone for several years and made a fortune after coming back. This of course aroused the curiosity of many people.

Faced with everyone's enthusiastic questioning, Wu Laohu couldn't refuse, so he walked forward with a smile and said: "Everyone, since everyone wants to hear about my experience in the past few years, I will give you a rough summary..."

As Wu Laohu spoke, he told in detail how his family fled, how they met the Prince of Han in Qingzhou to provide disaster relief, how the family finally went to Tianzhu, and their experiences in Tianzhu in the past few years.

Wu Laohu had not read many books, and his eloquence was average, but what he talked about was his own personal experience. The early escape was nothing, after all, everyone in Wujiazhai had experienced it.

However, when they talked about their boat trip to sea and their experiences after arriving in Tianzhu, the villagers in the whole village felt very novel. Even people like Wu Lin who knew a little about it in advance were still very fascinated by it.

Finally, when Wu Laohu finished speaking, someone immediately jumped up and asked loudly: "Uncle Tiger, you said that when you go to Tianzhu, you will divide the fields and even the houses. Is this true?"

The person who asked the question was a young man, considered to be Wu Laohu's junior. He was in his 20s, but he was still very poor. His wife and children followed him, and they didn't even have enough to eat. So after hearing Wu Laohu's experience, he , I was immediately tempted.

In fact, not only this young man, but also others were very curious about Tianzhu's situation after hearing this. They must know that after they returned from the disaster, they could only rent other people's fields and bear heavy rents and taxes. They were busy all year round. Stop, but I can’t even fill my stomach.

If what happened in Tianzhu is true, then why are they working so hard to farm? Can't they just go to Tianzhu?
"You don't have to doubt anything about Tianzhu. In fact, we are the second batch of immigrants to arrive in Tianzhu. This is my son-in-law Mo Qing. He is the first batch of immigrants to arrive in Tianzhu. He knows more about the affairs of the Han Palace, so let him tell everyone Let’s talk about it!”

Wu Laohu was tired of talking at this time, so he pointed to his son-in-law Mo Qing and introduced him.

After all, Mo Qing is a eloquent person, which is much better than a stupid person like him.

(End of this chapter)