Chapter 48 Disabled Sergeant
"I'm not that delicate? If you drink a little hot water, you'll be fine." Zhu Youlang saw Dong Qiongying's snake, snake, scorpion, and quickly comforted her.
After drinking a bowl of hot water, Zhu Youlang felt a little warmer, but he still sneezes a few more times.
"Master, there is medicine in the car. Why don't I borrow a medicine pot from my master and make a medicine soup for you?" Dong Qiongying said worriedly when she saw this.
"It's okay. You can borrow a stove for the owner to make some food. If you don't have food in your stomach, you will have poor resistance." Zhu Youlang ordered.
"Yes, sir." Dong Qiongying agreed and ran into the main room. After a while, she heard her laughter and the hostess.
"It's really thanks to bringing her out. She has a high emotional intelligence and is good at dealing with people. Especially in this kind of thing, she really has to do with her." Zhu Youlang thought to himself.
"Xiaobai, invite your father-in-law over and chat with him." Zhu Youlang saw that the rain had not been over and could not stop for a while, so he sent Bai Xing to invite the old man.
"Young Master, are you looking for me to scatter?" The old man walked into the door wearing a straw raincoat, greeted Zhu Youlang while hanging the straw raincoat on the door.
"It's nothing to do on rainy days. I'll set up a dragon gate formation with my father. What do you think?" Zhu Youlang said.
"Young Master, we are not very good at speaking. If you say something wrong, don't be surprised." The old man was very honest. As he spoke, he moved a stool and sat opposite Zhu Youlang.
"It's just a matter of family matters. What can you say and don't say?" Zhu Youlang said with a smile.
"Brother-in-law, what's the name of this village? Where are the people in the family?"
"The village is called Zhuzhuang, and everyone in our village is surnamed Zhu. My family is six, our old couple, as well as a son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. My son and daughter-in-law went up the mountain to pick tea. Unexpectedly, it started to rain. The old man was not worried about scattering. He just looked at the door to see why they didn't come back to scattering yet?"
"It's so heavy rain, don't get hurt. Why don't I send a few people to find them with you?"
"No, I'm not afraid of being wet. I'm wearing a straw raincoat. My son's legs and feet are not good. I'm worried that he will fall down the mountain."
Zhu Youlang knew that Junshan Silver Needle was one of the top ten famous teas in later generations. Because it was produced in Junshan and was as thin as a needle, it was named Junshan Silver Needle.
"Oh. How many acres of tea gardens have you planted in your house? Do you have land?"
"I have scattered it, and it's more than 40 acres of land. My son and daughter-in-law hate that they can't afford it and live a big life. Originally, these 40 acres of land were enough for the family to work, but he insisted on buying a few more acres of tea gardens and said he wanted to make pocket money."
Speaking of this, the old man stood up and said, "Hey, look at me, I didn't get you a bag of tea when I talked. Young Master, wait, I'll go get it now." The old man said, put on a hat and ran into the main room. After a while, he brought a bag of tea.
"Young Master, this is our own product, and it's fried by our own home. You can try it."
"Lending you to shelter from the rain will cause you a lot of trouble. How can you eat your tea again?" Zhu Youlang said embarrassedly.
"Hey, what's the point of scattering this? You're a noble person at first glance. If it wasn't raining, I wouldn't even invite him." The old man saw that he was a real person and had no choice but to open the paper bag without saying anything.
Zhu Youlang had his own tea cup that he specialized in drinking tea. Chen Zhenhui took it out, put it in front of Zhu Youlang, and said, "Master, wait a moment, I'll go boil water."
The water used to make tea is very particular. You cannot use boiling water. The temperature standards of later generations are best between about 80 degrees and 90 degrees.
There is no thermometer in this world, but people who often drink tea have experience. It is best to have water when it is first opened, that is, there is just a bubble of water at the bottom of the pot, which is the first to open.
Chen Zhenhui was particular about drinking tea and knew Zhu Youlang's habit, so she had to go to boil water himself.
"Young master is an expert in drinking tea at first glance." When the old man saw Chen Zhenhui go, he did not volunteer to boil water, because he knew that those who love to drink tea were all particular and were unwilling to pretend to others.
"Brother-in-law, you just said that your son's legs and feet are not very convenient, so what's going on? I'm just a doctor. If I have a minor problem, I might be able to help you." Zhu Youlang continued to chat with the old man.
"I can't see it well, thank you for your trouble. He was a problem in the war."
"The problem that happened in the war? Where have you been a soldier?" Zhu Youlang asked.
Upon hearing this, Jiao Lian hurried over.
"Oh, he was the dead general Yang's soldier. In the second year of Yongli, the Tartars attacked Quanzhou. When they broke through, my son was shot by the Tartars, which injured his tendons and veins and his legs were broken."
"Has the government arranged for your son?" When he heard that it was Yang Guodong's soldier, Zhu Youlang and Jiao Lian looked at each other and asked.
"I have arranged for Sa. Yongli is kind and righteous. The government is good. My son is disabled and cannot join the army. The government gave him twenty taels of silver to settle the family and distributed forty acres of land. Otherwise, my family can build such a large yard? My son cannot ask for a wife. There is a saying that should not be said, thanks to my son's disability in the war. Or my family still has two broken thatched houses or as a tenant. The family can't eat enough to eat, so how can you have a good life now?"
Zhu Youlang was very interested in these words.
Because it contains many new policies, such as resettlement of disabled soldiers, such as land policies.
"Brother-in-law, is the land divided by the government a land without a master?" Zhu Youlang asked again.
"Yes. A few years ago, there were military disasters, and all the wealthy families ran away, and many people who didn't run away died. There were originally more than 1,000 people in our village, but by the year before yesterday, fewer than 300 people survived, and they were all old and young, so many unowned lands. Later, the government took over these lands and distributed them to disabled soldiers like my son, as well as some surrendered soldiers."
"Submitted troops?"
"Yes. Our Zhujia Village has divided more than a dozen surrendered soldiers. These soldiers are all Han people. Their families cannot return to Jiangbei. The government has assigned them here to plant land. However, they have few land, with only twenty acres of land per person."
Zhu Youlang felt very relieved when he heard this.
He Tengjiao, the governor of Hunan, did a good job and the policy implementation is still in place.
"Brother-in-law, you just said you have two grandchildren? Your son has just married for less than two years, right? Why do you have two grandchildren?" Zhu Youlang suddenly remembered something again and asked.
"No, no. These two grandchildren were not the ones who kissed Sa, but the children of my son's two comrades. His comrades died in battle. After my son came back, he found their family. There were two comrades in the family, and there were only two children. My son was a kind person, so he took these two children home, so the old man had two more grandchildren," said the old man.
"What a righteous person." Zhu Youlang sighed.
"Brother-in-law, what's your name?" Jiao Lian asked.
"Call Zhu Jiahu."
Chapter completed!