On the way back, the guy felt that he had had enough fun along the way, but then he had a whim: Do you want to go to the countryside to see it again? In addition, I will also examine the livelihood problems in various places.

Because when troubled times occur, there will always be some omens, and the omens of troubled times always start from the countryside, who makes the peasants always the lowest level of society in history.

Therefore, the hardest and most tired people in all dynasties and dynasties are farmers, and the heaviest burdens are also farmers, the first to survive are farmers, often the first to resist are also farmers, and the last to promote the progress of the historical era are also farmers!

Therefore, if we want to understand whether a dynasty is stable and strong, we must first understand the life of the peasants, whether they are healthy and prosperous, and only when the peasants are stable, can the whole society be stable.

So the guy thought about it along the way, and he couldn't just play with it, at least he had to understand what the current society was like, and he could deal with it in advance.

At the junction of Xiangyang and Nanzhang, there is a place called Cihe Township, which has several villages under its jurisdiction, and the young man and his party are mainly inspected here.

Every time I pass through a village, the people in it are very welcoming, but there is nothing to entertain.

Until passing by a fairly good village, because they saw that the young man and his party were rich and noble, the people in the village hurriedly got busy.

Soon the gruel with wild vegetables and what chives and flatbread were served, and even these villagers said apologetically: "This is the best hospitality that our poor people can come up with, and we are usually reluctant to eat like this, plus this year is a year of great drought, we farmers are really bitter, and please take care of the nobles!" ”

After that, Li Zheng found some hard-boiled eggs and sent them over, and the guy told Cuihua to "hurry up and give money", but Li Zheng in the village resolutely refused to accept the money, which made the guy really embarrassed.

Seeing these enthusiastic farmers, the young man couldn't help but think of his hometown in the modern countryside, his parents and the people in the village.

They all have the same hospitality, kindness and simplicity, but it's been too hard!

Thinking of this, the guy's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and tears swirled in his eyes, although the guy was really hungry at this time, but he couldn't eat a bite of this gruel and flatbread.

The young man looked up and saw these villagers, although they were all in tatters and patches on top of each other, they were all sincere and kind.

Although they looked malnourished and thin, it was distressing to look at it, but they also tried their best to persuade the guy and his party to eat quickly, otherwise it would not taste good if it was cold.

This made the guy involuntarily think of his parents, as long as there is anything delicious, he is reluctant to eat, and always persuades himself to eat quickly, eat more, and grow meat and strength!

Thinking of this, the guy's tears couldn't hold back any longer, so they flowed down in a hurry, dripping in the gruel, and splashing a little!

In order to live up to the kindness of the villagers, the guy finally drank the wild vegetable gruel with tears.

And the chives flatbread and boiled eggs really don't want to eat anymore, it's not that they don't want to eat, but they really can't eat it, I'm afraid that if you eat it on your front foot, the villagers will continue to starve on your back foot!

Although the young man drank the porridge, he sighed in his heart: "This God, why do you want such a kind people to suffer this great calamity, how unfair are you?" God, why should you turn a blind eye to the suffering of the world, can't you just open your eyes and take a good look? God, why do you continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, are you really hard-hearted? ”

And Cuihua and the three followers, under the gesture of the young man's eyes, although they were very hungry, they only drank a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, and they didn't dare to eat it anymore.

After drinking the porridge, the young man put down his chopsticks, and suddenly found that behind the villagers, there were seven or eight boys, boys and girls who looked obviously malnourished, looking inside, and were still swallowing saliva desperately.

The guy likes children the most, so let them go and let them all come.

At the suggestion of the young man, these villagers finally let go of these children, and the young man touched their heads one by one lovingly, and gave each of them a large cake and eggs, which is equivalent to borrowing flowers to offer Buddha! In addition, the guy was afraid that these villagers would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said that he really couldn't eat it, so he gave it to these children.

And these children did not eat immediately, but just looked at their adults, afraid that the family usually did not discipline them!

Seeing this, the young man had to get up and greet these villagers, and said sincerely: "Let the children eat, you see how hungry these children are." ”

Seeing the young man speak, these villagers also hurriedly brought a message to the children at home: "Since the son speaks, then you can eat." In other words, the son is really benevolent and righteous, and it is also cheaper for you boys, if in normal times, you boys don't work, then there is such a good thing for you to eat. ”

Seeing that the adults agreed, the children devoured it, and the young man hurriedly asked people to bring water and let them drink some water first, so that no one ate it.

The young man couldn't help but feel very distressed, how long had it been since he had eaten a full meal, and asked these peasants very puzzled: "What's wrong with you, why are your lives so hard." ”

At this time, in the village, a respected old man sighed very much, and said slowly: "I really don't dare to deceive my son, this year's weather is very dry, and there is not much harvest in the field, and the official above has to force the payment of taxes, how do you say let us farmers live?" ”

The young man didn't expect it to be like this, he even asked people to take him around the village, not only did every family in the village have little surplus food.

Even the fields outside the village are sparsely scattered, and I am afraid that the output will be greatly reduced this year, and it seems that the situation of these farmers is very bad!

Seeing this, the young man could imagine the future situation of these peasants with his eyes closed, and in the end, for some reason, the young man casually asked: "Can you take these children and go back to be some servants?" ”

This guy is also equivalent to overstepping his authority, he is eating and drinking in other people's houses, and now he is starting to be the master again, adopting these children!

As soon as the young man spoke, these peasants quickly knelt down, and the old man among them said excitedly: "Thank you Gongzi Gaoyi, for being able to take these children, you must know that you saved them, seeing that the disaster year is coming, we have extra food to feed them, and they will starve to death in the end, even if they don't starve to death, they will be replaced by people in the end!" ”

Another middle-aged man also sang and said: "Think about the past there have been disaster years, people first eat tree roots and turf, eat Guanyin soil, and in the end there is really nothing to eat, only people eat people, like these children are finally replaced by adults to eat, it is too cruel!" ”

At this time, more peasants began to cry and said: "Childe, you can help take these children away, which is equivalent to leaving a seedling for us people, and in the future, we will be grateful to you even under the Nine Springs!" ”

When the guy heard this, he couldn't help but feel very good, on this hot day, he felt cold and chilly, just like the cold winter, and after a long period of time, the guy felt better.

Since this is the case, if you don't take these children away, there is a chance that these children will have no way to live!

In the end, the young man had to take these children and go on the road together, and said that he had a way to help these villagers in the future.

After hearing this, these villagers were even more moved, and finally almost everyone in the village came to see the young man off.

There are even people who want to send the children at home over, but the guy has to say "I can't accept it anymore", at least for the time being, the guy also relies on Mr. Zhang's house for dinner.

The young man wiped his tears and expressed his deep understanding of what happened to these villagers, and on the other hand, he repeatedly promised that when the eight children were settled, they would definitely come again, and those who were willing to follow the young man at that time could naturally follow the young man together.

In this way, the last villager was reluctant to give up and gave the young man and his party a gift out of the village.