Fan Yu naturally ignored his gossip, but turned his gaze to those people in the field.

These men, women, and children, all of whom looked hungry, had apparently not had their fillies for some time.

At this time, these people were also looking at Fan Yu and He Laojiu, with envy on their faces.

"Old Uncle Jiu, why are these people gathered on our land, what are they going to do?" Fan Yu couldn't help frowning and asked.

The reason why he frowned was not because he disliked these people. But when there are many people, there will be trouble, and it will not be a good thing if things arise.

He Laojiu sighed and said, "Master's family, they all fled from Chenzhou. This year, Chenzhou has a bad harvest, and their life is not easy, so they can only flee to other places to eat. No, I'm planting some beans in the ground, and they're trying to wait for me to plant the seeds so that they can dig them up and feed them. But this kind of seed is our autumn harvest, how can we let them eat it like this? Doesn't that make things worse for us? ”

Fan Yu nodded, looking at this group of hungry people, and didn't know how to solve it.

It stands to reason that it would not be difficult for him to get these hungry people away. However, there is no guarantee that these people will not come back again at night to dig up all the bean seeds in the field.

He Laojiu also had a headache, and looked at Fan Yu with an expectant gaze, hoping that he, the master, would have an idea. Although Fan Yu is young, He Laojiu is not a treacherous person, and he has no meaning of contempt.

Fan Yu walked over to the eight hungry people and looked at the eldest of them.

The old man looked to be more than sixty years old, and although he didn't have much spirit, the eyes of the others looked at the old man with respect.

"Uncle, are you from Chenzhou?" Fan Yu looked at the old man and asked.

"Don't hide it from the petty officials, our big family is from Chenzhou. Even this year, the year has not been good for three consecutive years, and after eating up the stored grain, it is not necessary to escape and seek a way to survive. The old man saw that Fan Yu was neatly dressed, and he was called the master by He Laojiu, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off.

Fan Yu nodded, and continued: "But I heard that the imperial court sent Lord Qin to Chenzhou to release grain for disaster relief, why do you still want to escape?" ”

The old man sighed and said: "This natural disaster, there is a court to release grain, but it is still in the past. But when there is a man-made disaster, it is called every day. The petty officials don't know that we have an uncle in Chenzhou, who is the son of Taishi Pang, and his sister is a concubine in the palace, and she was named An Lehou. After this An Lehou arrived in Chenzhou, he never gave birth to a day, and it was not a problem to bully men and women. Although there are many people who have harmed, the life of the entire Chenzhou is still passable.

But since the beginning of this year, the relief grain of the imperial court has disappeared, but the price of grain in Chenzhou has risen like sesame seeds blooming. Everyone said that it was An Lehou who colluded with the prefect of Chenzhou to sell all the relief food and move the money into his own mansion. I don't know whether this is true or not. I haven't seen relief food, but it's true. There are not a few Chenzhou like my family. ”

The old man finally found someone to talk to, so he talked a lot at length.

Fan Yu looked at this big family and was really pitiful, and he didn't want to speak up. And even if the tenant of the second uncle's family is called, together with He Laojiu, it may not be able to drive everyone in this family away.

Since he couldn't drive away, Fan Yu could only be gentle.

"Uncle, I see that your family is hungry. I don't know where to flee to the famine. Fan Yu Zhengse hugged his fist at the old man and said, "You might as well stay at my house and help do some farm work, so that you can earn food and clothing." I don't know what my husband thinks? ”

He Laojiu was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped: "Master, you can't be soft-hearted!" Although they only have one family, there are many people who have escaped from Chenzhou recently, and if the news goes, the more and more people gather, the main family will not be able to resist. If they rob food and money, I am afraid it will not be unusual. Besides, I rented the land of the lord's family first, so what did they do when they came? There has to be a first-come, first-served one. ”

Fan Yu couldn't help but laugh when he heard He Laojiu's words.

He shook his head and said to He Laojiu: "Uncle Jiu, I only take in my father-in-law's family, so that they don't leak the news." Now the eight acres of land of my second uncle's family have also been sentenced to my name by the county, so naturally I am in charge. You call the tenants of the second uncle's family first, and I have something to tell you. But don't worry, these five acres of land, of course, are still leased to you, how can they take away your food and clothing. ”

He Laojiu was skeptical, "Master, this is what you said, then I'll call that Jiang Lengzi and ask him to come over to see the master." ”

"Uncle Jiu, go quickly, I'll wait here." Fan Yu nodded and smiled.

When He Laojiu ran away, the old man immediately beckoned his family to come over and saw Fan Yu together.

"The benefactor is still young, but he has such a compassionate heart, this is a life-saving grace, please accept my old Zhang family's worship! Benefactor, please rest assured, my Zhang family, will never take in the benefactor and publicize it to the outside world! The old man took the lead, and with the support of his children and grandchildren, the family bowed down to Fan Yu.

Fan Yu hurriedly avoided it, stepped forward to help the old man up, and said gently: "Uncle, you are an elder, if I accept your gift, I am afraid that I will lose my life, you don't want to harm me." ”

The old man was very grateful to Fan Yu, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately said to the children and grandchildren behind him: "I can't worship, but you all have to worship your benefactor!" Don't shirk the benefactor, I have nothing to do, so I can only say so. ”

In desperation, Fan Yu had to accept the old man's family, and then said: "Uncle, I took in your family, and it was not for nothing. Shicai, I see that Uncle Jiu is about to sow beans. When the other tenant comes, I will arrange for you to work for the two of them. But don't eat the beans. ”

Mr. Zhang nodded again and again, and his title for Fan Yu also changed, "This is as it should be, the main family gives us a mouthful of food to eat, and our family will be content, how dare we eat bean seeds." If it weren't for the hunger and the desperation, I wouldn't have looked at those bean seeds before. ”

"Master Bao has already arrived in Chenzhou, and presumably in a few days, he will be able to distribute the relief food in Chenzhou. Before that, my father-in-law's family could live in our Caoqiao Town with peace of mind. Fan Yu comforted.

He really knew that a few days after Bao Zheng arrived in Chenzhou, he clicked this Anle Hou Pang Yu with a dragon head. When he arrived, he just wanted to keep Zhang's family, but he couldn't stay long.

After a while, He Laojiu came back with a man in his thirties, pointed at Fan Yu very imposingly and said to the man: "Jiang Lengzi, from now on, your master family is this Fan Xiaoguan, you can read carefully, don't admit your mistake when you pay rent in the future!" ”

"The small, the little one has seen the little officials of the main family, and the small big name is Jiang Lengzi, and he is willing to work for the main family." Jiang Lengzi is worthy of the name of Lengzi, and Lengzi is actually his real name.

Fan Yu looked at this Jiang Lengzi, at least his appearance was simple.

Jiang ...... Lengzi, is it a bit difficult for you to plant eight acres of land by yourself? Fan Yu asked casually as a sign of condolences, and he was very pleasant.

But Jiang Lengzi was shocked, and made seven or eight gestures to Fan Yu, "The main family doesn't want to reduce my land, my family of five, in addition to me, there are also old mothers, mothers and two sons." These eight acres of land can't be less! My two sons can also help, and the labor is enough! ”

As soon as Fan Yu heard it, he knew that this Jiang Lengzi had misunderstood that he was going to reduce his land, so he waved his hand and said, "I'm just asking casually, and I won't reduce your land." ”

He Laojiu next to him showed a look of disappointment, thinking that Fan Yu was going to let him rent an extra acre or two of land, but he was playing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, but he didn't want to be just empty.

At that moment, Fan Yu introduced Zhang's family to He Laojiu and Jiang Lengzi, and asked them to arrange the sowing and distribution.

"That's right." Fan Yu thought about something, and said to Jiang Lengzi: "Let your lady make some food and send it to the field first, so that Zhang's family can cushion their stomachs, how much food is used, you can go to my house to get it." ”

The matter was arranged, and Fan Yu was also relieved, these two tenants were still honest and there were no arrogant people.

But he didn't know that at this time, there were more and more hungry people from Chenzhou who came to Caoqiao Town.