Chapter 187: Still Have to Live

After the team set out, Su Qing'an told the mother and daughter of the Lu family, one to take care of the housework and tidy up the backyard, and the other to take care of Xiaobao. She was going to go to the village with the Zhong village chief to take a look.

After the Zhong village chief arrived, the two walked along the mountain and looked all the way.

"Have the families with casualties in the village been settled?"

The Zhong village chief sighed: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, everyone will be sad for a while and then let it go. After all, the living still have to continue living. This time almost every family has suffered losses, and several families have even been wiped out..."

When the Zhong village chief mentioned the families that have been wiped out, he wanted to cry again.

Su Qing'an also sighed a little.

"Those women..." She spoke with some difficulty.

"Some women with families can't think it through... They are gone. Some were taken back by their families and still live the same. It is not easy to marry a woman in our mountains, and it is not the woman's own will. A man can't even protect his own woman, so what else do you want to say? Those who are not married may be for a while..."

Su Qing'an understood.

They need time to heal their pain and forget it.

Just like Xiu'er, it's not easy to get over it. Not all men don't mind encountering such a thing as an unmarried woman. If you want to get married, you may have to find a widower.

Su Qing'an sighed and asked him again: "How many households are left in the village, and how many people are there?"

Zhong Zhaizhu recovered and said: "Our village was originally a big village, but there was no land to build houses, so we separated a Muwa Village. Now there are less than 100 households left, and the population is still 245. There are still 75 males aged 16 to 55."

Su Qing'an nodded: "Okay. Please make the population list as soon as possible, I have something else to ask them to do. Can you give it to me tomorrow?"

"Yes. I'll give it to you tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

The two talked as they walked. They visited each villager's home to understand their living conditions and livelihoods.

There are some families whose lives are really difficult, with only the elderly, the young and the widowed left. Su Qing'an also wrote them down and listed them as families in need. She may pay special attention to these families in the future.

They are all part of the village, and no family can be missed.

She felt that her work was a bit like that of a village party secretary, first inspecting, then planning, and then organizing and mobilizing. Next, she might have to do public security work, develop collective resources, and coordinate relations between all parties.

It's just that the village party secretary can get paid, but she only has to use her brain and physical strength.

She almost collapsed on the ground after climbing this mountain.

Uncle Zhong smiled and looked at her: "Are you not used to it? Our mountain is still quite high, about four or five hundred feet high. The mountains next door are even higher."

Su Qing'an supported her knees, gasped for breath, and looked up at the top of the mountain with difficulty. It's really high...

It's not easy to do this job.

If you climb a few times a day, your elephant legs will become stick legs.

What can you do? Just keep climbing. Who told her to brag and take this job from Ma Mingwen?

After walking for a whole morning, she finally visited nearly a hundred households. Su Qingmei had some ideas, but she couldn't walk any more.

She waved: "Uncle Zhong, you go back first. Have lunch and rest for an hour, and then we'll go around again in the afternoon."

The two separated, and Su Qingmei returned to her residence.

Xiaobao flew towards her, buried his head in her thighs and stopped talking.

"What's the matter? You're so happy to see your mother that you don't want to talk?" Su Qingmei's feet felt like they were filled with lead, but seeing that her son was in a bad mood, she still picked him up.

Ruyi, who followed, smiled and said, "I have been looking for you several times. She asked us to take him to find you. If we don't take him, she will be angry and silent."

Su Qing'an pulled Xiaobao out of her shoulder: "Mom is going to work. And, Xiaobao, look, this mountain is so high, right? Mom wants to walk. If I still hold you, Mom can't walk. Look, Mom's legs are almost broken. I can't hold Xiaobao anymore."

Su Qing'an teased him.

When Xiaobao heard this, he was scared. He lowered his head to look at her legs, struggled to get down from her arms, squatted down and beat her legs with his fists.

Su Qing'an was moved.

She was very fortunate that she wanted him and gave birth to him. With this child, her life is no longer hopeless black and white.

Su Qing'an led him around the yard.

I found that Lu had already planted seeds in the backyard. One ridge after another, very neat.

"Your mother is very quick."

Ruyi smiled: "My mother is good at farm work. She is very happy when she is asked to turn the soil and plant. She didn't know where to put her hands and feet in the governor's mansion."

"Are you two used to living in the mountains?"

"Used. My mother and I like such a peaceful life. It is similar to our previous life. My mother and I like it very much. In the morning, several sisters-in-law came to talk to my mother and gave us a lot of things, including various small vegetables and wild animals. They lent us hoes and shovels. The people in the village are very enthusiastic."

"That's good . In the future, you and your mother should get along with the people in the village more and build good relationships. After all, we are from outside. If we want to integrate into the village, we have to get along well with them. "

Ruyi nodded: "Yes. We understand. My mother didn't say a few words in the governor's mansion for ten days and a half months. Here, I only hear my mother's chattering voice in the morning. "

Lu was about to call them to eat. When she heard it, she smiled and said: "Ruyi and I are very comfortable here. We all like it here. Everyone here has the same status. We don't hide anything when we talk, and it's easy to get along with each other. "

"That's good." Seeing that they adapted well, Su Qingyu felt relieved.

After dinner, Su Qingnao put Xiaobao to sleep and continued to stroll around the village with Master Zhong.

There are various houses built along the mountain in the village, including thatched houses, wooden houses, brick houses, civil structure houses, and stilted buildings made of bamboo. Various.

The mountain people hid in the mountains from various places for various reasons, with different origins and different nationalities. Although it has been integrated for several generations, some living habits of the ancestors are still retained.

Some have left and right side rooms in the front and back yards, some are built high, with people living above and raising livestock below, or people living below, with granaries above...all kinds of things.

Some people were homeless, their houses were empty, or they had moved out, their rooms were vacant, or they lived far away from us. Su Qingyu had some ideas.

"There are some houses that are no longer occupied. The village can take them back and see if they can be used for other purposes. Those who live far away from us, Uncle Zhong, ask them if they want to move to live closer to us. There are a lot of wild animals in the mountains. If you are bitten by a wild animal at night, you will not be able to save it in time. If a patrol team is set up, it will be difficult to manage if you live too far. "

Uncle Zhong nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Okay. I will tell them. I will have the empty house tidied up."

"good."

The two of them walked around the entire village.

It was seen that the villagers used the flat terrain to plant various crops and reclaim some land, but the utilization rate was not very high. Moreover, after the bandits took over this time, they ate almost all the vegetables in the field.

Su Qingyu said: "Now we have to let everyone replant some vegetables, otherwise we may not have anything to eat in the winter."

"There may not be enough seeds." Uncle Zhong was a little embarrassed.

Su Qingyu said: "I'll ask someone to go out and buy it." Then go to the governor's office and ask them to help find a solution.