Chapter 94 Hair! Hair!

Yang Daniu took the identity certificate, which he considered extremely precious, and looked over it over and over again.

It seems funny to say it. As a serious poor second generation, this is the first time that Yang Daniu has a piece of paper of his own. Yang Daniu has never thought about holding such a light piece of paper in his hand.

But it seems to weigh as much as a thousand kilograms.

Because the people of later generations only know that there are notebooks for writing, paper towels when going out, wet wipes for wiping faces, toilet paper and special wet wipes for wiping buttocks. I have never heard of anyone treating an ordinary piece of paper as a treasure.

But in the Qing Dynasty, ordinary people couldn't afford paper. Those who could wipe their butts with very sharp straw paper usually had to be rural sages and gentry with good family conditions. Most of the poor families like you, Yang Daniu, were

Use a peeled corn pole or just pull a piece of earth.

Guanzi said that if you have a solid warehouse, you will know etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace. In the years when warehouses were unreliable and food and clothing were insufficient, just having food to eat was already the greatest luxury for the people. No one would care about wiping their buttocks with anything, which is almost useless.

Boring stuff that hurts.

Paper has always been a luxury product rather than a daily necessities for poor people.

After reading it over and over again, Yang Daniu finally came to his senses and stammered and asked the clerk: "Officer, sir, do you want money for this? I..."

As the first person in Xiaoyangzhuang to apply for this identity certificate, Yang Daniu felt that he should ask if this identity certificate costs money, or how much does it cost?

Yang Daniu was also mentally prepared to receive a scolding.

However, to Yang Daniu's surprise, the clerk was very patient. Hearing this, he just smiled and said, "This is free. Our boss has already given the money to you."

Just when Yang Daniu was surprised and wondering if there was something wrong with the head of Meng Lianggu's family, the clerk changed his tune and said: "However, if you lose this certificate, you can reissue it later.

Then I will have to charge you ten cents."

When Yang was talking about Newton, he pinched the paper tighter.

Ten cents doesn't sound like much. After all, the eggs the money-deaf old dog eats cost ten taels of silver each. With only ten cents, I'm afraid I can't even afford an egg shell.

But for poor people like Yang Daniu, ten cents is enough to buy more than thirty eggs or some meat, which is enough to cover the living expenses of his family for several days.

The clerk looked at Yang Daniu's appearance, just smiled, and said to Yang Daniu: "Just stand aside. After everyone in Xiaoyangzhuang is done, someone will take you to bathe and change clothes."

"By the way, the clothes I prepared for you are free of charge, including the food you eat afterwards. Our Leling County government provided them for you, so you don't have to ask again and again."

Yang Daniu thought that the big boss might be suffering from a brain disease.

After dozens of households in Xiaoyangzhuang had completed their certification, the women in Xiaoyangzhuang were led towards the bathing tents by a few rough-and-tumble women, while Yang Daniu and other men in Xiaoyangzhuang were led by

Several soldiers took him to another tent.

Dozens of wooden barrels filled with hot water were lined up in the tent, and the entire tent was filled with smoke, making it look like a fairyland.

The soldiers leading Yang Daniu and others shouted loudly: "Everyone, come here and line up. Let's shave our heads first."

As soon as he heard the word "shaving his head", Yang Daniu unconsciously touched the top of his head and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Yang Daniu couldn't explain exactly what this feeling was, but he felt particularly disgusted with these two words from the bottom of his heart.

Including every time he had his head shaved before, Yang Daniu wanted to kill the barber.

On impulse, Yang Daniu suddenly shouted: "I don't want to shave! I want to keep my hair until it grows out!"

Yang Daniu's father was beside Yang Daniu. Now when he heard Yang Daniu said that he didn't want to shave his head, Yang Daniu was immediately shocked. While dragging Yang Daniu behind him, he apologized to the soldiers and said with an apologetic smile: "Master, don't blame this kid.

There is something wrong with the brain, and what he said cannot be taken seriously. Let’s shave it off, let’s shave it off.”

Several soldiers have seen many people like Father Yang.

They are humble, they are timid, they... they are afraid of those wearing military uniforms!

Several soldiers looked at each other, and one of them shouted loudly: "Three squads, take off your hats! Let everyone see our hair!"

After several soldiers took off their helmets, the soldier walked up to Father Yang, smiled, grabbed Father Yang's hand, and put it on his head: "Please touch my head."

Come on, please touch my hair."

Father Yang wanted to quickly withdraw his hand, but his hand didn't obey his orders at all.

When I picked it up, it was full of hard stubble that pricked my hands.

Father Yang's eyes immediately turned red.

Yang Daniu has never experienced the era of growing hair without growing hair, nor has he ever heard of growing hair without growing hair. Father Yang has never seen with his own eyes what it means to grow hair without growing hair, but Father Yang has heard from the older generation.

Someone said.

That is true hair-cutting, but anyone who is unwilling to shave his hair into a money rat tail will basically be chopped off with a knife.

Hundreds of ghosts cry at night!

Father Yang murmured: "Can I grow my hair? I don't have to drag the rat's tail anymore?"

The soldier hummed and said with a smile: "Yes, I can grow my hair now. You can keep it as long as you want. You can keep it as short as we do. It's up to you."

Father Yang felt very strange.

The soldier was obviously smiling to comfort himself, but Yang's eyes were unbearably sour.

But the soldier looked at Yang Daniu again and said: "Let me shave my head, and shave my braids. From now on, we and our descendants will no longer have to drag a rat's tail."

Yang Daniu stammered and asked: "I, I heard people say that your body and skin are the result of your parents. Why do you leave such a little hair?"

The soldier chuckled and said, "We have short hair because we have to fight. On the battlefield, we use knives to kill people. Long hair is not effective, and it is difficult to treat injuries."

"The big boss said that we keep our hair short so that the folks behind us can have their hair as long as they like. We use knives to chop people so that the folks behind us don't get chopped off."

"The head of the family also said that the body, hair and skin are inherited from the parents. The latter sentence should not be underestimated. It does not mean that you cannot take care of your hair. You must keep your hair long. The head of the family said that in the past, we Han people even had many emperors.

Those who have their hair cut like a tutu can feel comfortable no matter how comfortable they are."

"Only the Tatars. In order to enslave us Han people, they not only force us to have pigtails like rat tails, but they even want to leave our pigtails in our hearts so that our descendants will be their slaves."

Regarding what the soldier said, Yang Daniu was actually in a state of half-understanding. He could understand part of it, but he could not understand it thoroughly. However, Yang Daniu suddenly understood completely what the two government officials said before, "the treatment of Shandong"

The people under my command are also excellent."

Whether it was before registering for identity certificates or now requiring everyone to shave the rat tail on the back of their head, these government officials and these soldiers are just asking for order, let alone beating those who move slowly or speak stupidly.

The people didn't even have a bad word to say.

Yang Daniu and the people in Xiaoyangzhuang around him began to line up to have their heads shaved.

When Yang Daniu finished shaving his head, the soldier who let Father Yang touch his hair shouted loudly: "Those who have shaved their heads should take a bath first. Before entering the bucket, take off all your clothes. Don't leave any cloth on your body. Take good care of it."

Wash yourself. There is a soap on the shelf next to the bucket. Give your body a good rub and rinse it with new water. When it is clean, you can all get new clothes."

Yang Daniu felt even more deeply that the big boss whose name he only heard but never saw had a brain disease.

It’s just a bath, and soap was prepared? New water was given? New clothes were given? What on earth was the big boss planning?

How much will this cost?

Even if you only spend ten cents on one person, two would cost you twenty cents, three would cost thirty cents, and there are so many people in Xiaoyangzhuang...

Yang Daniu couldn't figure out how much it would cost. Anyway, the number must be more than one hundred, which was far beyond Yang Daniu's calculation ability.

But after taking a shower and putting on the new clothes that had been prepared long ago, Yang Daniu felt as if he had become a different person.

Yang Daniu couldn't explain why. He obviously just shaved his head, took a bath with soap, and the new clothes he wore were just ordinary coarse cloth clothes.

Yang Daniu couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have time to figure it out, because not long after he took a bath, a group of people from Xiaoyangzhuang were led to the open space in the military camp.

After all the female relatives in Xiaoyangzhuang arrived at the open space in the military camp and reunited with their families, the previous "general" named Li Ergou walked up to the general ordering platform and said loudly:

"Now, in the name of the great master Zhu Jinsong, I inform you that you have obtained the status of a commoner under Meng Lianggu's rule. You will be given the rights to allot land, work, study, and live freely in accordance with the law!"

The people in Xiaoyangzhuang were a little confused.

Divide the land? Work? Study? Live freely?

How can a poor guy have so much power?

Just when the people of Xiaoyangzhuang were a little confused, Li Ergou shouted loudly: "But! Our ancestors said that there is no good thing in this world, and there is no free rice!"

Under the stage, all the people in Xiaoyangzhuang were shocked, knowing that the drama was about to come.

Meng Lianggu, the big boss, gave everyone a bath and made them wear new clothes. So this big boss must have some agenda, and it is impossible for him to show such kindness for no reason.

Li Ergou then shouted: "We can't divide the land for the time being, because there are too many people from Zhili. Even if all the cultivated land in Shandong is divided, it may not be enough."

"The boss said that after Meng Lianggu's army regains Zhili, we will allocate land to everyone again!"

Under the general's stage, all the people in Xiaoyangzhuang looked at each other.

No land allocation?

Regardless of location, what to eat? What to drink? Where to live?

Regardless of land, what are we doing here in Shandong? Are we going to open up wasteland?

Just when I thought of the word "opening up wasteland", the faces of the people in the audience became ugly.

The word "clearing up wasteland" sounds simple. It seems that you can just use a hoe to open up a piece of wasteland, but in reality?

In fact, apart from the large-scale land reclamation organized by the government, for ordinary people, land reclamation is a super project that requires the mobilization of the whole family, takes years to calculate, and may even cost lives.

Otherwise, why do you think the tenant farmers don’t open up wasteland themselves?

While the people in the audience were thinking about these messy things, Li Ergou, who was on the stage, shouted again: "You guys may want to ask, if there is no land, what will you eat and drink?"

Where do you live again?”

"Then I'm going to tell everyone."

"In order to help you all settle down as soon as possible and have a job that can support your family, our head Meng Lianggu has decided to build social schools extensively in Shandong. It doesn't matter whether you are a carpenter or not at all, just

Anyone who can work hard can find a job."

"If we want to eat well and drink well, and if we want the adults and children at home to have a peaceful life, we can't wait for pie to fall from the sky, nor can we just expect the boss to make arrangements for us! We can't be idle!"
Chapter completed!