Village Chief Luo hasn't had a good night's sleep in the past two days. This is not a matter for one family or two, but a major matter for the entire village.
The bullock carts in Yan's courtyard were not fake, and they all saw that Yan Lao Er ran to the town every day and brought back a lot of grain.
The more prepared the scholar was, the more panicked the people in the village became.
Even if you want to lie to yourself that maybe God will be kind and it will rain in two days, you can't do it.
The weather is getting hotter day by day, and the old well in the village can only pump out half a bucket of water at a time.
The four buckets of water set by Village Chief Luo for each family every day became one bucket of water.
Everyone was holding back their energy to harvest wheat, and after Yan Xiucai, they completed the harvest one after another.
The wheat field in the village is full of wheat from each family.
On the only stone mill, the scholar's wheat is being ground.
Everyone was waiting anxiously, but no one came forward to urge them.
The Qi brothers worked hard, and they all saw it, and they wouldn't have done it any faster.
Needless to say who arrived first and who arrived last, everyone was watching.
After the scholar's family came the village chief's family, who had many boys, then the Qi brothers, whose family had little land, and then the Wang family. Although her family only had two sons, they couldn't stand up to their daughter-in-law's ability...
Yan Laoer has been squatting next to him, no one is paying attention to him.
No one else has this popularity.
He looked around boredly, looking at the people in the village, the wheat harvested by each family, and how many children each family had.
During the busy farming season, the whole family would work together, which made it easier for him to recognize people.
When each family said hello to each other, he wrote them down one by one, so as not to be blinded and not know who was who.
From a distance, Yan Yu saw his father squatting alone, as if he was isolated.
Yan Yu ran over and called him: "Dad!"
Taking advantage of the situation, Yan Laoer quickly stood up and caught her.
"Why are you here?"
"Uncle and eldest brother are behind." Yan Yu whispered: "Dad, uncle and eldest brother's things have been packed. I read all the books... They saw our things and didn't ask my mother and I. Maybe they will ask you.
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"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Yan Laoer said.
"Erya! You're here too!"
"Erya, let's go play!"
"Erya, come on, come on, I'll show you something good."
Yan Yu gave her father a proud expression.
Look, look, this is called comparison!
Yan Yu is quite popular among children.
She is much more cheerful and knowledgeable than Erya in the past. She can also make all kinds of exaggerated expressions when other children are showing off. She can weave straw ropes with the little girl, and dig up bugs with the brat. In just a few days, she can
On that day, I got to mingle with the children in the village.
Yan Yu was taken away by the children.
Yan Laoer waited for his brother and his eldest nephew.
"Brother, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
Although Yan Huaiwen recovered from his illness, his body has not fully recovered. Going out in the hot weather must be something bad.
"How much wheat did our family harvest?" Yan Huaiwen only remembered that the harvest in the fields this year was not very good.
After paying the taxes, I couldn't even get enough food for half a year.
"One acre of land is less than two hundred kilograms." Yan Laoer said with a wrinkled face: "Our ten acres of land only cost about 1,800 kilograms. Our land is still top-grade, and the other people's land is worse."
Weather has a great impact on crop harvests.
Yan Huaiwen looked solemn. Last time they went to Fucheng, but this time they had to go further.
I originally thought that saving a large amount of food taxes would be enough, but now I see that there is still a big gap.
"Master Xiucai!" Village Chief Luo and a group of village elders came around.
As expected, Yan Laoer was squeezed out of the circle.
He let out a hey, turned half a circle and pressed himself against his brother.
Love it, I want to hear what you have to say.
Yan Xiangheng didn't look at his uncle, but after thinking about it, he secretly came over and stood still behind his father, pricking up his ears.
"I prepared some silver and planned to buy two livestock for the elderly in the village." Yan Huaiwen took out the white silver from his arms and handed it to the village chief.
"No way! This! How can we let Xiucai Gong spend money? We can go. We also have a cart at home. Just ask the boys to push it."
"Yes, Mr. Xiucai, how can we take advantage of you?"
"Master Xiucai is a great kindness, but we old bones can't afford it! It doesn't matter where we can go, alas! If I weren't really worried, I wouldn't want to leave, so as not to cause trouble to my children and grandchildren."
"It's not cost-effective to have to prepare bits for the animals when we add them. Let the boys at home take turns pushing us to give them more food. It's cheaper than raising animals."
"Dear village elders, we can travel with livestock instead. Our journey will be faster. Furthermore, if we are really at the end of our rope, we can slaughter them for food." Yan Huaiwen said.
Yan Laoer couldn't help but interject: "Bring the wheat straw from each family. It can be used for cooking and feeding livestock. As for water, it is a little tight in the early stage, but if we go fast, we can get out of this drought."
When you reach the boundary of the earth, where there is grass and water, everything will be fine.
You will never find nothing on the road. We got the trust first and walked for so many days, but we still don’t trust that we can’t find anything to eat.
There are mountains and woods along the way, so let's stop and look carefully, there must be water."
Yan Huaiwen glanced at him and said, "That's right. Wherever there is a mountain or a forest, there must be a source of water."
Yan Laoer added: "My brother is a kind-hearted person. He doesn't care about whose family suffers hardships. We are from the same village. We should stick together outside. If we have money, we can contribute. My family only has these possessions and this money... I
It seems like buying two mules is about the same. If we have two animals to travel with, we can go to the front, you won't suffer, and the boys at home will be less tired."
Several village elders were moved to tears. The family members thought something had happened and hurriedly gathered around to ask.
After hearing what the old men said, everyone was extremely grateful.
Yan Huaiwen and the village elders set a time for departure, and took his son to leave first.
This saves the villagers from crowding around him and thanking him profusely.
He doesn't want to suffer it.
Although he did good deeds, Yan Huaiwen himself knew that he had selfish motives, and they were very selfish.
He wanted the people in the village to go with him and gather together to be at peace.
Yan Laoer paid food to the Qi family as agreed.
Then he took his daughter, who had played wildly for a while, and drove an ox cart home.
When no one can see them anymore, they call Sambo to drive automatically.
He took out a cloth and wiped his daughter's face and hands while letting her drink water.
"Look at how sweaty you are from running, and you can't take a shower. It stinks like hell!"
"Dad, look, my little friend helped me find bugs. I'll feed them to the chickens. They might lay two more eggs." Yan Yu didn't care and kept talking: "You don't know that Xiaozizi is looking for this bug?"
How difficult it was, he said he had to dig several holes to find it."
"Is he the youngest son of Mr. Cui's family?"
"Yes, we even borrowed a donkey cart from his family. You don't know how much Coyotito admires you. He thinks dad is very good at trimming hoofs, hahaha!"
Yan Laoer: "Your uncle paid for the old people in the village to buy livestock for transportation. Please help me think about this."
He learned the matter from his daughter.
This chapter has been completed!