boyutpedia Chapter 206 Relatives Come to Seek Refuge 1
Chapter 206 Relatives Come to Seek Refuge 1
County Magistrate Peng was very self-aware and decided without much hesitation to let the two children continue to stay in the county government office.
However, he did send servants to bring his second wife back. After all, it was very unsafe outside the city. It would be better to bring her back to the county government and confine her to the house to save trouble than to leave her on a farm outside.
County Magistrate Peng thought that since he had already handed over the housekeeping power to the chief butler who was absolutely trustworthy, he only needed to put two pairs of eyes by her side to prevent her from doing anything naughty, and she shouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
Magistrate Peng thought he had thought everything through, but his second wife still found an opportunity to cause trouble while he was busy with official duties.
Gu Wenxuan and the others had no idea what was happening in the county town. At the moment, they were worried about the villagers who were blocking the outside of the village and begging them to take them in.
Just last night, three nearby villages were raided by refugees who stole many things and killed or injured many villagers.
Some of the villagers who managed to survive had some connections with the villagers of Baijia Village. So these people came to Baijia Village together, hoping to be able to enter Baijia Village and be helped and sheltered by the villagers.
The young and middle-aged men in the patrol team had long been given strict orders not to let any outsiders into the village without the permission of the village head, so they did not dare to let people into the village directly, even if those people were relatives of some of them.
The patrolman who had no relatives among the group of people calmly stopped the patrolman who subconsciously wanted to let people in, and then quickly sent someone to invite the village head over.
After the village head heard what happened from the informant, he immediately sent people to notify the several families where the group of people wanted to take refuge, letting them decide for themselves whether to keep them or not.
Several families who received the news came quickly. Gu Wenxuan and others heard that there were a lot of people coming this time, so they also came out to maintain order.
When they came over, Bai Lizheng shouted to the large group of villagers gathered at the entrance of the village: "If you don't have relatives in our village, don't stand here. If no one is willing to guarantee you, we will not let outsiders into the village. Go and seek refuge with your relatives."
Although some people were disappointed, they still left with their families. Some people also asked Bai Chong to help take a look at their injuries and prescribe some medicine.
Bai Chong agreed after a brief thought, but he only had the injured sent to a big willow tree near the entrance of the village, and did not let them directly into the village.
He sent away the men from other villages who had sent the injured away. Only after they retreated to a safe distance away did he let Fang Youfu protect him out of the village.
Bai Chong acted quickly, bandaging the injured people, and then called their families over one by one. He gave them medicine and collected the money for the medicine at cost price, and then took Fang Youfu back to the village.
The relatives of the injured collected the medicine bottles, called their own family members and relatives, and carried the injured away.
After they left, Bai Lizheng named a few men from other villages who had no relatives in their village, and asked them to leave with the group as soon as possible, so as to avoid being alone and vulnerable and being targeted by the refugees.
Those people were the heads of their respective families. They refused to leave because they wanted to wait until there were fewer people around to beg Bai Lizheng to make an exception for them.
Of course Bai Lizheng couldn't do that, otherwise how would he manage the village in the future?
He was very firm. "This is the rule we have set long ago. If no villagers are willing to guarantee you, I will not let you into the village."
Those people had no choice but to follow the others who had not gone far and were quietly watching the developments here.
Of course, behind the scenes they must be trying to figure out how "unkind" Bai Lizheng and Baijiacun were.
Bai Lizheng didn't care what others said behind his back. He just wanted to guard the village and do his best to protect it.
After Bai Lizheng sent away the irrelevant people, people from several families whose relatives came to seek refuge also came over one after another.
The first to arrive were Bai Jingzhou's cousin Bai Hongmei's parents, brother, sister-in-law, and two nephews.
Bai Hongmei's parents had poor vision and found her a weird in-law family where her father-in-law died early and her mother-in-law was biased towards her youngest son's family.
Before, Bai Hongmei's parents sent a message to their daughter, asking her to bring her husband and children back to her parents' home. However, Bai Hongmei's biased mother-in-law kept using Xiaodao to pressure them and refused to let them come to Baijia Village.
This time their village was looted by refugees. Although their family lost a lot of property, fortunately no one was injured or even killed.
Thinking about how the eldest daughter-in-law's family had always asked her to bring her husband and children back to her parents' home, the biased old woman brought her entire family with her.
She originally wanted to move with her entire family to Baijia Village. After all, Baijia Village was famous for its safety. She also had her own plans. She thought that if she moved with her entire family to live with her in-laws, her in-laws would never ask her family for food.
The reason why she was so sure was because she knew that Bai Hongmei's parents loved their daughter very much, and they had taken advantage of Bai Hongmei and her family many times before.
However, what she didn't expect was that Bai Hongmei's parents were only willing to accept Bai Hongmei's family.
There is a rule in the village that whoever takes in relatives must take joint responsibility for them and solve their food and accommodation problems on their own. Bai Hongmei's parents are honest people. They dare not disobey Bai Lizheng's request, and they dare not recruit Bai Hongmei's weird mother-in-law and brother-in-law's family.
Bai Hongmei's mother looked apologetic, "My dear relatives, I'm so sorry, my house really can't accommodate so many of you. Even if it's Hongmei and her husband and my grandchildren, I have to make room for them now."
She was not lying when she said this. The house that she and her husband prepared for Bai Hongmei's family was actually originally intended for their eldest grandson to live in. Now that Bai Hongmei's family moved in, they had no choice but to move their eldest grandson to the east room of the main house to live with them.
Their family was not wealthy. Not only was their living space small, but their food and firewood were also limited, and they could not afford to support the large family of Bai Hongmei's mother-in-law.
Bai Hongmei's mother was sincere in her attitude, but her relative-in-law had no intention of behaving like a normal person in public.
She looked at Bai Hongmei and said, "Since only half of your family can stay, then we will stay. You and the eldest brother can take the children to seek refuge with your uncle."
Everyone:? ? ? ! ! !
Not only the people in Baijia Village, but even the villagers from other villages who came to seek refuge with their relatives were stunned by the old woman's shamelessness.
The girl herself couldn't stay, but her mother-in-law and brother-in-law's family stayed? What kind of weirdo is this?