Chapter 33: The Hu Cavalry Retreats, the Tenants

As Yang Zhengshan expected, three days later, Yangjia Village received the news that the Hu cavalry in Anning County had all retreated.

For a time, the whole Yangjia Village was in cheers.

The tension and anxiety were swept away, replaced by a relaxed atmosphere.

Even Yang Zhengshan was relieved.

To be honest, he was under a lot of pressure during this period.

The life and death of nearly a thousand villagers in Yangjia Village weighed on his shoulders, making him unable to sleep well, fearing that the Hu cavalry would enter the village at night.

Fortunately, everything is over now.

"It's finally over!"

Yang Zhengxiang came to Yang's house and said happily.

"Yes, it's finally over!" Yang Zhengshan was relieved, "But we still have a lot of things to do!"

Many of their preparations before were not used, such as the supplies transported to the mountains in advance, and they had to take them back.

Yang Zhengshan did not think it was a waste of time. To be honest, he was very happy that Yangjia Village was not forced to hide in the mountains.

Don't think that hiding in the mountains will make everything worry-free. Hiding in the mountains means that they have abandoned Yangjia Village, and dragging all their families into the mountains also contains great risks.

So Yang Zhengshan would rather waste all the previous preparations than let the villagers of Yangjia Village hide in the mountains.

In addition, there is another thing to be put on the agenda.

That is spring plowing.

It is now March. According to the season in Anning County, spring plowing is generally carried out from the end of March to April.

After the heavy snow, the weather warms up, and the people should prepare for spring plowing.

The spring plowing here is different from the previous life. In the previous life, there were large machines available, and dozens of acres of land could be plowed in an hour, but here, it is good to plow one acre of land a day.

Speaking of which, Yang Zhengshan has always been worried that the entry of the Hu cavalry will delay the spring plowing. He just bought 100 acres of land before the New Year. When he gave New Year gifts during the Spring Festival, he asked the Lu family to help him find a few tenants. If the Hu cavalry cannot retreat before the spring plowing, then the 100 acres of land he bought will probably be abandoned for a year.

Fortunately, the Hu cavalry retreated.

Yang Zhengxiang talked with Yang Zhengshan for a while, and then went to prepare for the funeral of the young and strong men who died in the battle.

Their bodies have been there for more than ten days, and the funeral must be prepared as soon as possible.

The members of the Yang family will be buried in the cemetery in the back mountain. After learning that the Hu cavalry retreated, Yangjia Village was busy for two days before the funeral was completed.

Because the bodies stayed for too long and the current situation was not very clear, the funeral was very simple.

As time passed, the frozen earth gradually thawed, the cold north gradually faded, and Yangjia Village also came out of the sad mood.

It was as if the whole world came alive from silence.

The originally empty countryside had people walking around, the peddlers who walked from door to door came to Yangjia Village, the people hiding in the mountains returned home, and the county government officials walked out of the county town to persuade farmers.

It seemed that everything had returned to normal, but Yang Zhengshan knew that the entry of the Hu tribe into the country was a disaster for the people in the northern border.

Anning County was more than 300 miles away from the border, and many villages had been looted by the Hu tribe, not to mention the people near the border.

And this matter was not over yet. If the Hu tribe could enter the country once, they could enter the country twice. And Darong would not give up after suffering such a big loss.

It can be predicted that the northeastern border, which had been stable for 20 years, would no longer be stable in the next few years.

The entry of the Hu tribe into the country this time was just the beginning, representing the rise of the Donghai Hu tribe again, and representing that the northeastern border of Darong was no longer stable.

However, these had nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan. He was just a commoner now, and he could not change anything at all, so he could only go with the flow.

That day, Yang Zhengshan went to Jiangjia Village and saw Yang Yunyan.

After the eldest daughter came back from the mountains, her pregnancy was a little unstable. The Jiang family invited a doctor for her, but Yang Zhengshan was worried and went to the county town to invite Song Yuanbo in person.

Song Yuanbo is the best doctor in Anning County. Yang Zhengshan spent two taels of silver to invite him to see a doctor.

This is because Song Yuanbo saw him selling old mountain ginseng before, otherwise the old man would not see a doctor.

"The eldest girl has a good foundation. Although she has a little miscarriage, it is not a big deal. Just take two doses of miscarriage medicine!"

Jiang's family, Song Yuanbo said after taking Yang Yunyan's pulse.

The girls of the Yang family all practice martial arts, and Yang Yunyan is no exception. Although Yang Yunyan's martial arts are ordinary, her health is much better than other girls.

Yang Zhengshan was relieved, "That's good, brother Jiang, let Jiang He go to the county town to buy medicine in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Cheng naturally had no reason to refuse.

Now Jiang Cheng is a little in awe of Yang Zhengshan, his father-in-law. Although he is older than Yang Zhengshan, he is not qualified to show off in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Let’s not talk about Yang Zhengshan saving the Jiang family before. Just say that the Jiang family was able to hide in the mountains this time, and they also took advantage of Yangjia Village.

The place where they stayed temporarily in the mountains and the materials they consumed were all prepared by Yangjia Village before.

“Take good care of them. I have something to do at home, so I will go back first!” Yang Zhengshan said softly to Yang Yunyan.

Perhaps even Yang Zhengshan didn’t realize that he was becoming more and more kind and gentle to the children who came to the Yang family.

He looked a bit like an old father.

People’s mentality will change with the environment.

At first, Yang Zhengshan felt uncomfortable looking at his children and grandchildren, but now he has truly integrated into the Yang family and regards everyone in the Yang family as his own relatives.

Caring for children and loving grandchildren.

A good young man has become an old father and a good grandfather.

The key is that Yang Zhengshan has not yet discovered the change in his mentality.

"Dad, I'm fine, you go back soon!" Yang Yunyan said with a happy face.

"Well, you have a good rest!"

Then Yang Zhengshan took Song Yuanbo away from Jiang's house. Jiang Cheng wanted to keep him for a meal, but he refused.

He did not lie, there was really something waiting for him at home.

Back to Yang's house, Yang Zhengshan first arranged for Yang Mingzhi to drive a bullock cart to send Song Yuanbo back to the county town, and then took Yang Mingcheng to the west end of the village.

Yesterday, Lu Wenchun sent him four tenants, who will live in Yangjia Village and farm for Yang Zhengshan in the future.

There are no extra houses for them to live in Yangjia Village, so Yang Zhengshan asked Yang Zhengxiang to arrange a piece of wasteland for them to build their own houses.

Now the house has not been built yet, they can only live in tents on the wasteland.

They need to build the house themselves, but Yang Zhengshan needs to pay the labor, so the house they build naturally belongs to Yang Zhengshan.

Of course, the house they built was not a good one, just a mud house. Yang Zhengshan only arranged a piece of land for them, planned it a little, and the rest was all built by themselves.

He came here today just to take these tenants to divide the cultivated land.

There are 28 people in the four tenants, excluding the old, weak and young, and there are 16 people who can go to the fields to farm.

The life of the tenants is even more difficult. In the past, these four tenants farmed in Qinghe Town. Generally speaking, they were unwilling to move to Yangjia Village. Yang Zhengshan gave them 10% of the rent, and they were willing to come.