Xuediaozi received the emperor's order to continue searching, but Feng Minyi and Wang Yiyao had left there long ago and entered the territory of Western Qin. This time, no one was chasing them, and they were on their way very quickly.
"Feng Minyi, we have entered Western Qin. Let's find a place to have a good rest later."
As they walked along, they noticed that some officers and soldiers were beating people in the distance. Feng Minyi wanted to go over and stop them, but was stopped by Wang Yiyao, "Don't go there yet, so as not to reveal your identity."
When they met the bandits at the inn, Wang Yiyao began to wonder, thinking that they must be the emperor's people, because no one knew when they came out this time, only the emperor knew their whereabouts, and it seemed that the emperor still refused to let Feng Minyi go.
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Although she thought of this, Wang Yiyao did not tell Feng Minyi that Feng Minyi was about to take care of those things just now, so she stopped her.
The two of them waited for the officers and soldiers to leave before they stepped forward and asked, "Old man, why did the officers and soldiers hit you just now?"
"You don't know something about this strong man. The imperial court has promulgated a new law that has increased the taxes on us farmers. Those who do business also have to pay a lot of taxes. Originally, the harvest in the past two years has not been good. If
If we pay taxes according to the laws of the imperial court, I am afraid that my whole family will starve to death."
Hearing what the old man said, Feng Minyi was a little shocked. She had just left for less than a month, so why did she end up like this? The emperor didn't know who had listened to the temptation of another treacherous official.
"Hey, this royal brother is really awesome. I thought that after getting rid of the regent, he would be a wise king, but now he has become like this."
Looking at the land cracked by drought, Feng Minyi felt anxious. He wanted to stay and help the people here and help them get out of trouble.
"Yao'er, I have something to discuss with you."
"Do you want to stay and help the people here?"
Wang Yiyao had already guessed what Feng Minyi was thinking.
"No one knows me better than you."
"Okay, then let's stay. We happen to have seeds here and we can try them on the land here."
The two of them returned home with their old man. The situation of the family was very worrying, and everyone was hungry and skinny.
Feng Minyi and Wang Yiyao took out their own money and went to the town to buy some rice and noodles, which could barely survive for a while.
Besides, there are also wild vegetables in the fields now, so it’s not too difficult.
"Old man, let's go check out the fields tomorrow. We have some seeds here that grow very fast. I believe they can help you."
There happened to be a light rain that night, and the ground became much moister.
"Feng Minyi, even God is helping us and knows that we are doing good deeds."
When they came to the ground, the old man and Feng Minyi helped to turn over the ground, while Wang Yiyao sprinkled the seeds on the ground.
"Yao'er, let's try planting in a small area first. If the harvest is good, we can promote it in a large area."
This is exactly what Wang Yiyao meant. They planted a small area of vegetables and rice each, and then went home. Wang Yiyao was very tired after doing so much work, and the old man's family was very poor, so Wang Yiyao did not dare to open the door as hard as he could.
To eat.
"Are you not full?"
"I think I'm half full. This old man's family has a large population and the current conditions are very difficult. I don't dare to eat at all. When the harvest comes, we can have a good meal."
The government generally collects taxes twice a year, once in spring and summer and once in autumn.
This old man's family has not had much food since the tax was collected last year.
"Old man, are all the villages near you like this?"
"Yes, every family is like this, and taxes are about to be levied. How can this be good?"
I couldn't help crying when I mentioned this old man. He just had a grandson in his family. The little baby had no milk to drink and was crying from hunger all day long.
"Old man, don't worry, we will definitely help you get through this difficulty. We can't change the court's taxes, but we will try our best to make the fields produce more food and vegetables."
A few days later, Wang Yiyao and Feng Minyi went to take a look at the fields. It was really amazing. The vegetables and rice were already much taller than the ones at the old man's house. It seemed that they would mature in advance.
After returning home, Wang Yiyao and Feng Minyi didn't say much because the old man had been worried all day long. Apart from digging wild vegetables in the fields, he just sat in the yard and smoked cigarettes.
Wang Yiyao really liked eating the wild vegetable pancakes here, so every morning, Feng Minyi would get up early to accompany her old man.
"Don't be sad, old man. We will definitely help you. We'll wait for the good news."
Nowadays, it is difficult to find wild vegetables. Everyone is hungry, so the wild vegetables in the fields have been dug up.
Just when they were about to go back, they saw Wang Yiyao running towards this side excitedly.
"Feng Minyi, go and take a look in the fields. Our rice and pickles are growing very tall."
Hearing Wang Yiyao's shout, the old man was filled with strength and ran towards his field, waiting for him to come to the field to take a look.
Oh my god, each ear of rice is very full and has its head lowered. There are also such big cabbages, but it doesn't look like cabbage because it is much larger than ordinary cabbage.
"This? What is this?"
"This is rice, old man, why don't you recognize it?"
The rice in front of him was much larger than the rice he had ever seen before. Moreover, it had only been planted in the ground for a short time, only half a month, and it was really surprising how it had grown like this.
Wang Yiyao happily picked off an ear of rice and handed it to the old man's hand.
"Try it quickly and see if it tastes better than ordinary rice."
The old man crushed the outer rice husks in his hands, blew them off gently, and left the full rice in his hands. He picked up a few grains and put them in his mouth, chewing them twice.
"The incense smells so good. We are saved. We are saved."
The old man picked a few ears of rice and said, "I want to go back and make some rice porridge for my daughter-in-law to drink, okay?"
"Of course. We will all have white rice porridge this year. Feng Minyi gave me the sickle and we will cut the ears of rice together."
The old man and Feng Minyi cut some rice ears and went back. Wang Yiyao also learned how to grind rice with the old man's family.
Sure enough, at noon, a large pot of fragrant white rice porridge was served. Wang Yiyao drank a large bowl of wild vegetable pancakes and was full. This was the fullest she had eaten in the past half month.
"Feng Minyi, my stomach is so full that I can hardly walk."
Feng Minyi looked at Wang Yiyao's bulging belly and laughed.
"You look like a pregnant woman. What do you think about us having another baby?"