"Old man, you ran in such a hurry, but what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the old man suddenly remembered one more thing and forgot to tell you, so he hurried back."

"No hurry! Old man, let's go to the tea shed over there and talk while resting. ”

When he came to the tea shed, Wang Shihua personally poured a cup of tea for the old man, and after watching the other party drink it all, he poured him a second cup with a smile, and then asked: "Old man, if there is anything wrong, you just have to talk about it." ”

"Master, it's autumn now, and most of the other villages have already finished harvesting rice, just waiting for the day to come and deliver the grain. However, the terrain of our Qianfeng Village is low, the climate is strange, and the rice every year becomes late rice. No, this year's rice is only ripe now. The old man's family has eighteen acres of thin fields, but the family is me and my son, daughter-in-law and grandson, now my son wants to quit smoking, is not a little help, just rely on me and my daughter-in-law, can not be harvested for a while, I want to ask you to help, can you send someone to help me harvest rice? ”

After speaking, as if he was afraid that Wang Shihua would not agree, he hurriedly added: "Don't worry, I will pay everyone who goes to help, and they will be entertained with good food and drink." ”

According to custom, people from the same village help to harvest rice, as long as they are entertained with good food and drink, there is no salary, because when the people who come to help harvest rice, they will also ask you to help with the harvest, which is equivalent to changing jobs.

"Old man, since it's a help, don't talk about whether you pay or not, I agreed to this. Only, how many people do you want me to send? ”

"The head of the family, you can send a hundred or ten people."

Wang Shihua was taken aback and asked, "Ten people in a hundred?" ”

"Yes!"

"Old man, if you go to 100 people, you will have 18 acres of rice fields...... Why don't you ask someone from your village to help, but you have to go all the way to ask your family to send someone to help? Why, the chief of your village won't even organize someone to help you with this little favor? "Eighteen acres of rice fields, you asked me to send a hundred or ten people, you don't lose?

"The chief of security organizes people to help every year! But, my lord, I will settle accounts for you. The old man smiled and said, "Eighteen acres of rice fields, I asked 20 people from the same village to help, how can I ask for two or three days, three meals a day, which is equivalent to the ration of 180 people." But I would ask you to send a hundred men over, and it would take only half a day to complete it, and two meals would be enough, although there would be an extra ration for twenty people, but in this way, the time saved by the family would be able to do something else. What's more, there are only two people in the family, my daughter-in-law and me, and when others ask my family to help, my daughter-in-law or I have to keep a housekeeper, and only one can help repay the favor, but in this way, how can I get by on the face? They are all folks who look up and don't look down, how can they be embarrassed to see people in the future? Even if others don't talk about it, they are embarrassed. So, after all the calculations, I still have a lot to earn. ”

Wang Shihua smiled and nodded, although he felt that there were loopholes in the old man's words, but because he had never harvested it himself, he couldn't find what was wrong with the old man's words for a while.

However, Uncle Jiang on the side was experienced in this area, and when he heard it, he understood that the old man was fooling Wang Shihua, so he shook his head and smiled: "Brother, just tell the truth." ”

The old man glanced at Uncle Jiang and said with a wry smile: "Look at my eyesight, why did you forget, the old housekeeper is very clear about this matter...... The head of the house, offended. ”

"It's fine." Wang Shihua asked curiously: "Old man, if you have any difficulties, just talk about it." ”

"The head of the family, you are the reincarnation of the eight great gods, and you have led everyone to live such a prosperous life in two or three years, and everyone hopes to live such a good life with you forever. But now you have to give us food for free, you have to distribute medicine for free, you have to expand the town, you have to help so many victims, and you have to set up our own royal family's own Jingjing group,...... Although we don't understand this, we all understand that this pen costs a lot of money, and everyone looks anxious, so we discuss to see if there is a place to help. ”

The old man was a little anxious, and after taking a sip of tea, he continued: "A few old immortals in our village have nothing to do, and I wanted everyone to donate to you, but the chief said that you would never ask for our money, so we thought of such a way: that is, to take advantage of the opportunity to harvest grain, all the people in the village who have more than ten acres of rice fields will come to you and ask a hundred people to help harvest rice." There are eight large households in our village, so we can help the head of the family raise at least 800 soldiers and save you a day's consumption...... Scold! Scold! The head of the family, the family has this ability, and I hope you don't dislike it. ”

What a good people~!

Wang Shihua stood up, gave the old man a fist salute, and said, "Old man, when I go back, please express my gratitude to the villagers on my behalf." ”

"The head of the house! You can't do that, the old man can't afford to be a big gift like you. ”

After sitting down again, Wang Shihua said with a smile: "Old man, thank you for the support of the villagers, but I still can't agree to such a thing, because ...... Old man, what are you doing, hurry up! Get up! ”

Before Wang Shihua's words were finished, the old man knelt in front of him and said: "The head of the family, the old man is here to ask you to send someone to help harvest the rice on behalf of everyone. ”

"But if I send someone over, your family will lose a lot."

"No loss! Really, if you don't believe it, ask the big housekeeper, it's really not a loss. ”

Wang Shihua looked back at Uncle Jiang, Uncle Jiang nodded with a smile: "Family master, although the algorithm that my brother just now, although it is a bit of a loss, it is really not a big loss, if it is offset by favors, he still has a profit." The head of the family, for the sake of my brother's sincerity and the warm invitation of the villagers, you agreed, right? ”

This is indeed the best of both worlds: as soon as this opening is opened, other villages will have to follow suit, and the big families in every village who will come to Chinese New Year's Eve next year will be invited to do so, and each household will help to raise them for one day, or pay wages, at least to help Wang Shihua save a month's military rations. Although it is indeed not much, this reflects everyone's support for Wang Shihua, and it can also reflect the family of the military and the people.

Wang Shihua looked back and forth at the two of them, sighed, helped the old man up, and said: "Since the villagers invited me so warmly, if I can't go to the Tao, I can't live up to the enthusiasm of the villagers." Yes! I agreed. However, you can't send a hundred people to every household, and you will lose too much to do that. He sent only a hundred men to help with the harvest, and when everyone's rice was harvested, they would return on the same day. ”

The old man stood up with joy, nodded and laughed.

Invite the old man into the city and let Uncle Jiang accompany him to dinner, Wang Shihua came to the horse walking field, and as soon as he told Wang and Tian about the matter, he immediately got the warm support of Wang and Tian. In the end, it was decided that these officers, together with thirty gendarmes led by Wang Shigu, would go to Qianfeng Village together -- it was an experiment. In the unlikely event that something happens to these officers when they are drunk, only these gendarmes dare not give them face and can stop it in time.

In the afternoon of the same day, the group of officers became a harvesting team and set off for Qianfeng Village.

In fact, this opening is very good: in the future, whenever there is any important matter in the family, I like to ask the people of the Baojing Group to help: such as repairing the house and the like. That is, it appears to have face, can reflect the support for the head of the family, and is fast and of good quality.

Wang Shihua also wanted to join in the fun, but he really couldn't get out, as soon as Uncle Jiang told him about the number of opium ghosts he had just counted, he was stunned: Damn, I never expected that there were so many opium ghosts in the town, so he had to pay attention to it.

In Longtang Town, not counting the floating population and disaster victims, there are 5,427 registered fixed populations alone, which is not counting the old Sicheng. Among them, there are 766 smokers, the oldest is nearly 70, and the youngest is only 16 years old, both men and women. In addition to the 100 or so people and guards in Lao Si City, there are 1,000 opium ghosts.

"Uncle Jiang, there are so many people, are you sure you're not mistaken? Didn't add an extra zero? ”

Uncle Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "Family master, I also want to be mistaken, but it is indeed so much. I was also taken aback when I received this report from someone below this morning, and I checked it twice before I had to accept it. ”

He said again: "The head of the family, I have urged the eighth child to hurry up and make it, and he promises that it can be made before dark tonight." But the question is, with so many people, where can they find such a large place to place them to quit smoking? ”

"It's arranged at the gate of the West City." Wang Shihua opened his mouth and said a place, but as soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "There is an import and export, which is inconvenient." ”

After thinking about it, he patted his thigh and said, "Arranged in the horse walking field in the city." ”

"But the head of the family, the horse farm is in the city, so many people poured in at once, and the security aspect ...... "When the small toast was attacked, there was an important reason why it was successful, and the inside and outside were combined: at the most critical moment of the siege, dozens of internal responses that had been lurking in the city for a long time suddenly came out and desperately attacked the west city gate from the city, and in the end, the west city gate was broken, so that the enemy defending the city was ...... In order to prevent history from repeating itself, it is stipulated that if you want to live in the old Sicheng City, you must get the nod of the head of the family in person, and even if others want to enter the city, they must go through a set of procedures, especially the signature of the local security chief and the guarantor in the city.

It is normal for Uncle Jiang to worry about safety: a thousand people live in, although they are all opium ghosts, but as long as one person has evil intentions, no matter who assassinates him, it will be a disaster.

"Uncle Jiang, I know what you mean, but there's no need to worry about safety now."

Uncle Jiang thought about it and nodded in approval: If you want the Wang family to be turbulent, the most direct and effective way is to kill Wang Shihua, in this case, it is the same to assassinate wherever you go, anyway, Wang Shihua likes to wander around when he has nothing to do, and it is common to talk to strangers in the town. Assassinating others will not only have no effect, but will cause the Wang family's crazy revenge.

"You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people! The head of the family, the preparations that should be made in terms of security must still be done. Even if you don't worry about yourself, you should worry about the old slave. The old slave is old, and if others want to assassinate the old slave, they don't need knives and guns, and it is estimated that one punch can finish the old slave. ”

Wang Shihua knew that he was using himself as a metaphor, which seemed to be cursing himself, but in fact, he was reminding him to take precautions for the safety of the ladies and ladies in the inner courtyard. A little moved, he patted Uncle Jiang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiang, how can you curse yourself?" ”

"The old slave is just an analogy."

"Okay, since the venue has been chosen, and the medicine can be supplied in time, Uncle Jiang, please go and choose someone to build a pergola overnight in the horse walking field. There is no need to build it too well, now that the weather is just right, as long as they are not exposed to the sun and rain, they will be bitten by mosquitoes at night. ”

"Yes! The old slave knew what to do. ”

"Didn't Iron Stone and Erhu go to Qianfeng Village? Let the two tigers guard the city gate and check it well, and let the stones guard the horse walking field, so as not to make trouble. ”

"Yes!"