After the day, the rain was pouring down.

Sanyuan, Chang'an, Qilu, Sichuan, Shu, Henan, the entire territory of Datang, a hazy rain, drought for six months of weather, finally ushered in a piece of wet, but in this season, this rain, did not bring a trace of joy to those households who have been through drought for a long time.

In Sanyuan County alone, nearly 1,000 hectares of crops have been soaked into the ground.

Even the millet that was snatched from the ground with great difficulty was mostly contaminated with mildew.

"This year is destined to be a year of great disaster, first a great drought, and now a great flood, alas!" Lao Liu sat in a wheelchair, looked at the heavy rain that had been falling outside for a whole morning, and sighed lightly.

The heavy rain began in the early morning, when many people were still busy in the fields, and after a sudden gust of wind, this pouring rain came, the roads were muddy, the water was in puddles, and the ditches at the head of the village, which had been dried up to the bottom, had been filled with half of the pond in a while.

"Who would have thought that crops that were not killed by drought would be drowned by this sudden rain." Liu He took a slightly thicker shirt and gently draped it on Liu Laoshi, the rain drove away the heat, and the sky was already cool.

"Fortunately, there is one in our family, otherwise we don't know how to live at home when we encounter such a situation." Liu He sat down next to Lao Liu, and with Lao Liu's gaze, he also looked out the window, outside, the water was cloudy, and there was already a piece of turbid water on the ground, and it was close to noon, but it was like dusk.

"Hmm," Lao Liu replied softly. If it weren't for their children, there would have been no crops in the fields since the drought just a while ago, so why wait for this rain to come and bring disaster?

"Two days ago, I heard Wang Cunzheng say that this rain is going to last for a long time, and I don't know if those tea trees in a field will be flooded by this rain?" Liu He turned his head and said to Liu honestly with some concern. {First Reading}

"It's fine. The land of the big and small. It is located in Gaogang. He has always been afraid of drought and waterlogging, and in every field, he has sent people to repair drainage pipes, and there is no safer field in the entire Gutian Village. "The Liu family's house is located in the field, and Lao Liu Zi also has some understanding of the situation in the field.

Before. No one thought that this wasteland in the west of the village, which had never been wanted, would now become a treasure.

"Well, it's fine." When Liu He heard this, he could be regarded as having a peace of mind, the things in the field are the responsibility of men, and women are not good at interjecting, but she can't help but worry.

Then. Through the window. Liu He vaguely saw that there seemed to be people walking around in the courtyard, from far and near, dressed in robes. The two of them, but the rain was too heavy to distinguish their faces, and they couldn't see very clearly.

"It's Wuchen and Ma Cheng, they're back from Sanyuan." Lao Liu also saw the situation outside, looked at the two people who were gradually approaching, and said softly to Liu He's family: "I heard Chu Chu say that just after harvesting the millet two days ago, they were sent out by the eldest son, but I didn't expect them to come back in such a heavy rain." ”

The two old men chatted in the room without saying a word, and Liu Wuchen and Ma Cheng both carried half a sack of things, passed the door of the old Liu couple's room, and went all the way to the new house where Liu Yiyi and his wife were.

"Young Master! Wuchen and Ma Cheng are back to life! Tapping on the door, Liu Wuchen shouted inside in a loud voice, but listening to his voice, there seemed to be a slight tremble.

The rain outside was too heavy, and even if they were covered by their clothes, their clothes were mostly wet, soaked in water, and standing outside, both of them were shivering with cold. {First Reading}

"Dust-free? Ma Cheng? With such a heavy rain, why did you come back at this time? Liu Yiyi opened the door, looked at the two subordinates standing outside, hurriedly let them into the house, and told Xiaoxi to prepare some hot soup, the weather changed suddenly, seeing that their faces were pale and shivering, if they didn't warm up quickly, they would have to get sick.

"Thank you, young master!" threw the sack on his shoulder to the ground, and the two of them untied their robes, hung them on the wooden shelves on the side, and gave Liu Yiyi a salute together.

"Well, alright, you all sit down." Liu Yiyi sat upright, glanced at the sack on the ground, ordered the two of them to sit down, and then looked at Liu Wuchen and said, "Wuchen, is this trip going well?" ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the young master, everything is going well, according to the instructions of the young master, the price is marked, and the one with the highest price will get it, this is the rent of this land, a total of four hundred and fifty yuan, please take a look at the young master!" With that, Liu Wuchen got up and put the two on the ground

When they were all opened, they were all lined with strings of freshly made silver coins.

Four hundred and fifty guan, one hundred and fifty guan more than previously expected, Liu Yiyi glanced at it, smiled softly, and said, "Who is so generous that he is willing to give so much money?" Has he reaped all the crops in his field? ”

"It's Du Xian, the head of the Du family in Sanyuan, when he competed outside the city the day before yesterday, only he and the Zhao family could afford the price, but when it came out to three hundred and fifty times, the Zhao family gave up, and then called four hundred, four hundred and one, just to embarrass the Du Mansion." Liu Wuchen glanced at Liu Yiyi and replied: "The crops in the Dufu tenant field have been harvested and transported this morning, before the heavy rain comes, but those corn grains have not been exposed to the sun, even if they are brought back, I am afraid that some sprouts and mildew will be born." ”

"Whether it sprouts or not, it's not something we have to worry about," Seeing Xiaoxi serving two bowls of hot ginger soup, Liu Yiyi motioned to Ma Cheng and Liu Wuchen to take it, and said: "But this head of the Du family is really courageous, four hundred and fifty times, it takes two days to buy it, tsk, it's really atmospheric!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but think of Du Xian's chubby, amiable little old man, and he didn't expect him to have such a decisive side.

"What about the more than 300 tenant farmers, didn't they come back with you?" Watching the two of them pour down the steaming ginger soup, Liu Yichi asked them softly again.

"It was still there just now, but it was raining heavily outside, so Wuchen let them rush home to rest first." Liu Wuchen put down the soup bowl, bowed to Liu Yiyi, and drank a bowl of ginger soup, their complexions were much better, and their bodies were not as shaky as they were just now.

"Well," Liu Yiyi nodded lightly, glanced at the money bag on the ground again, and whispered to Liu Wuchen and Ma Cheng: "After a while, you take out the money, go back to the room and change into warm clothes, and divide the reward according to the list recorded two days ago at the standard of 500 wen per person. Well, the two of you can also take it together, and the rest will be sent to the account office, so you don't have to report it to me again. ”

Liu Yiyi didn't care much about this money, he was going to do it at the beginning, but he just wanted to waste it shamefully, and he didn't want to make money without making a bastard, even if he let others pay for it, and buy some people's hearts for himself, so when he divided the money, Liu Yiyi also seemed very happy, and the reward increased by five times from the one hundred Wen he said before.

"Yes, young master! Thank you, young master! The two of them saluted and thanked Liu Yiyi, and he was always in silver, Liu Wuchen was better, but he just smiled plainly, and he didn't have much feeling about the money, but Ma Cheng, this kid, was shaking his hands very much, and he was about to catch up with his regular money for a year and a half, how could he have had so much silver money at one time.

With this money, his family will be able to eat meat in the next few months.

"Hehe, okay, you guys go down first, always wearing semi-wet clothes, it's not good for your health." Ryu Yiyi glanced at them with a smile and waved them down.

"Yes, young master!" The two of them saluted Liu Yiyi again, put on their robes, put on their money bags, and walked out again, the heavy rain outside was still pouring, and there was no sign of wanting to stop.

Four hundred and fifty guan, Liu Yiyi calculated lightly, and after removing the rewards for the tenant farmers and Liu Wuchen and Ma Cheng, there should be two hundred and seventy-seven guan of silver, if it was left behind, it would be enough for their old Liu family to live a lifetime of good food and drink.

But now, it only took two days, and it was earned in his hands, although it was a bit of a danger to others, and it was knocked out with a bamboo pole, and the means were a bit disgraceful, but it could be knocked out, and this is a kind of ability.

Maybe the head of the Du family is still secretly grateful to himself in his heart, without his own bamboo pole, their Du Mansion will lose more.

Liu Yiyi chuckled, stood up and glanced out the window, and then instructed Xiaoxi on the side: "Xiaoxi, go to the stove room and say, the young master wants to eat roast suckling pig, let them prepare one for lunch." ”

"Well, also, go to the old man's and old lady's room and talk about it, the whole family will eat together at lunchtime, and I want to have a few drinks with the old man and Ah Bao." When Xiaoxi retreated to the door, Liu Yiyi said again.

"Yes, young master!" Xiaoxi bent over to answer, then held the oil-paper umbrella and went out