"What kind of village is Yusun Liu Village?" Ling Manshuang took the land deed from Qin Junyao's hand, not quite understanding it.
"I'll have the person who bought the land come over and ask you when I get back. Is the land in this village not good?"
Qin Junyao put the land deed aside.
"The land in this village is very good, and there's also a small lake formed by water flowing down from the mountain."
"Uncle Hou Si helped me collect grains from that village and specifically told me when he saw it. However, there are some issues with this village. We'll ask again when Sister Manshuang's people arrive."
Ling Manshuang ate another pumpkin pancake. "No need to wait, just send someone to call them. I want to hear it too."
"The family matters have all been divided among my cousins, and I have nothing to do now."
Qin Junyao smiled and called someone to go to the Ling Residence to find Ling Manshuang, then continued to chat with her.
"Sister Manshuang, has the disaster in the south passed yet?"
"No, the land after the flood cannot grow grain for now, and some places even have epidemics. It won't be resolved in one or two years."
"What about the Central Plains?"
"The Central Plains are alright, but there are no people. There are wars everywhere, and the common people dare not move around. Many who fled the Central Plains have not returned..."
Zhao Liangcai, sitting on the kang behind the screen and coaxing the child, was distracted by the conversation between the two women.
He thought that when the two sisters met, they would talk about clothes, jewelry, or gossip about other people's interesting stories.
The two behind the screen, apart from some trivial matters at the beginning, were now discussing important issues, and he didn't even know some of the news.
Are they that strong?
Zhao Liangcai, who had just returned home, didn't know how much land Qin Junyao had opened up and how many people she had hired this year. Due to his leg injury, he hadn't even seen the expanded house.
The person sent to the Ling Residence returned quickly, bringing a young servant with him.
The servant entered the room and knelt on the ground, kowtowing. He didn't dare to lift his head, thinking he had made a mistake in buying land and would be punished.
"Hua Yu, get him a stool," Qin Junyao took the land deed for Yusun Liu Village. "Zhang San, is it? Don't be nervous. I want to ask you how you managed to buy the land in Yusun Liu Village?"
"Reporting to Madam Zhao, two and a half months ago, refugees found Yusun Liu Village and engaged in arson and looting. The village, which originally had over two hundred households, now has only about ten families. If they didn't sell their land, they couldn't survive."
Ling Manshuang glanced at Qin Junyao, her casual demeanor disappearing. "Are you sure it was refugees?"
"I, I heard it from the villagers. They said, they said it was because they had a lake that attracted refugees."
Qin Junyao calculated. Two and a half months ago was mid-September, shortly after Uncle Hou Si finished collecting grain, something happened in Yusun Liu Village.
Something's not right.
"Zhang San, are you sure it was two and a half months ago?"
"Reporting to Madam Zhao, I am sure. The older brother who sold the land said something that I remember clearly."
"The one who sold you the land was an older brother. What about the remaining ten-odd households in the village?" Ling Manshuang, noticing something amiss when Qin Junyao asked about the time, quickly pressed on.
Zhang San was startled by Ling Manshuang's tone and knelt on the ground again. "Men, all men older than me."
"Found them," Ling Manshuang and Qin Junyao said in unison. Su Dan Novel Network
They were looking for the bandits who had kidnapped Qin Junyao.
After Qin Junyao returned from the northwest city, Dengzi had sent people to investigate Daqingshan. There were indeed traces of people having lived there, but by the time they went to search, the place was already deserted.