The head of the village is very lively.

Starting today, the village chief and the people sent by the county government will collect taxes and grain together.

Liang Erhai and Liang Sanhaifu were responsible for loading grain, and the sandy land that Su Yunran had just bought this time was not within the scope of the expropriation, which was quite reasonable.

Liang Sanhai pretended to be chattering over and over again, and always felt that this day was getting more and more sad.

"Second brother, Hezhen should be a little bit of a fish in the Yamen, right? Look at the eldest brother, after so many years of silence, he secretly hid a hundred taels of silver! He's really good, and he doesn't have to be blown through the wind at all. Liang Sanhai wanted to talk, but although Liang Erhai was honest, he also knew what kind of calculation his younger brother was playing.

"He doesn't have any official position, what can he do? Even the servants earned more than him. One hundred taels, we don't dare to think. The eldest brother is a grain bank, and now that the price of food is tight, he must have a way to make money. ”

Liang Sanhai smiled and moved a little closer: "Second brother, the eldest brother is too unauthentic in this matter." You said that he didn't care about the affairs of the family for so many years, and he hid the money privately, I think it is necessary for us to reason with him! ”

Liang Erhai turned his head to look at him, with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes. Liang Sanhai, what did he take him for? If you want to encourage him to take the lead and stir up trouble, he is not so stupid. Besides, now that there is Xiao Dye here, although they are not separated, their lives are much better than before.

He still wants to live a good life, don't look for him for messy things.

Liang Erhai didn't pay attention to him anymore, loaded the grain and took it to the village.

"Village chief, we have to collect so much food at once, we ...... What are we going to do today? Now I can't afford rice, and the price is sky-high! ”

"That's right, we can understand that the court wants to fight, but we don't care whether we live or die?"

Today, it is the county Cheng who is responsible for collecting grain in Shanghe Village, and the weather is already hot, and he has been sitting under the tree for most of the day, and his mood is irritable. When he heard the reluctance of the people, he was not happy: "What are you yelling about?" If you don't want to pay taxes and food, then you can send people, and there is still a shortage of people to fight. ”

As soon as they heard this, the people immediately quieted down, and they could eat less food, and they would go to the battlefield at any time without returning.

"My lord, it's not that we want to make trouble, we just want to ask, how can we live if this food is not enough?"

The county man fanned his fan: "This matter depends on the court, and we are just doing things according to the rules." Don't be verbose, hurry up, follow up one by one. ”

Su Yunran couldn't help but be a little worried when he looked at it from afar: "Xianggong, if the people really don't have food, will it cause a riot?" ”

Liang Hezhen nodded: "This possibility is very high." Moreover, I am afraid that someone can guide me. ”

Su Yunran immediately understood what he meant: "External worries and internal strife, then it is really dangerous." There are so many officials in the imperial court, there will be no one who understands this truth, right? Could it be that the people who live above the temple are all corpses and vegetarians? ”

Liang Hezhen looked at her with a smile, and this smile was a little meaningful. Su Yunran was stared at a little unnaturally by him: "What's wrong?" Did I say something wrong? ”

Liang Hezhen shook his head: "I heard that Su Yunran, a peasant girl in Xiahe Village, can't read big characters, but I don't know that the girl opened her mouth to accurately criticize the corpse vegetarian meal, this kind of word will not come from the mouth of a peasant girl." ”

Su Yun gave him a white look, are you good for each other?

Looking at each other without saying anything, Liang Hezhen rubbed her hair helplessly: "No matter how incompetent the imperial court is, it will think of this layer, so the yamen will prepare some relief food." If there is not enough relief food, officials will go to the big households to fight the autumn breeze. As for how much can be 'hit', it depends on the ability of the officials. ”

Su Yunran nodded, it would be good if the imperial court could leave one hand to prepare.

The collection of taxes and grain was in full swing for more than half a month, and the collected grain had to be transported to the front line through several stations. Probably because of the huge momentum, it naturally attracted mountain bandits.

On this day, Liang Hezhen suddenly returned to the village at noon, and asked Su Yunran to prepare a few clothes for him in a little hurry.

"What's wrong? Is something big happening? ”

Liang Hezhen nodded, and the grain was divided into several batches and transported, one of which was robbed by the mountain bandits. This matter is so big that the state government has called all the top officials from all over the country to discuss countermeasures.

In addition to recovering the stolen grain, the most important thing is how to ensure the safety of the subsequent grain delivery process.

The county order took Liang Hezhen there, but it happened suddenly, and the state government was also urging him to leave immediately. As for how long it will take, no one knows, anyway, if there is no result after discussion, it is estimated that it will not be able to come back.

"Now there is a shortage of food, and the activities of the mountain bandits are also starting to run rampant. When I'm not at home, remember never to go out, let alone up the mountain. It's not safe lately, so it's better to be careful. Liang Hezhen was still very uneasy before leaving, and repeatedly explained a few words.

Fu Mianniang was also a little uneasy by this tense atmosphere: "This world is really getting more and more difficult. Fortunately, Xiao Ran was smart and bought these potatoes and sweet potatoes, even if there is no rice and noodles, it is enough for us to live for a while. ”

Su Yunran was a little embarrassed and deceived her mother-in-law again. Potatoes and sweet potatoes were all taken out of the space, pretending to be bought from outside long before the tax was levied.

As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, Liang Erhai ran over: "Zhen'er, mother, our family's rice ......"

Liang Erhai suddenly slapped his head, leaned over and whispered: "Xiao Ran, you also bought the rice and noodles in the house?" How expensive is it now? ”

Su Yunran shook his head: "Daddy, you forgot, Zuiyunzhai bought rice and noodles a long time ago. Anyway, I can't open a store now, and the rice noodles have been left for a long time, but they are going to have worms, so we simply bring them all back and let's eat them ourselves. ”

Fu Mianniang frowned, but she was a little reluctant in her heart: "This shop was opened by you and Mrs. Zhao together, and it hasn't made any money yet, but it has cost her a lot of money." Now that I've even brought back the food from the store, I'm a little embarrassed. ”

Su Yunran has always corresponded with Mrs. Zhao, and Mrs. Zhao also expected that the business would not be good. There's no way to get through the bad luck, maybe it's good to get through this mess.

"Sister, she doesn't care about this, and every time she writes to me, she worries that I won't have anything to eat. She also said that she would help me send some food from Linzhou, if I hadn't said that I would take the food from the store home first, she would have sent food over. ”

Fu Mianniang looked at Su Yunran with a smile: "Our Xiao Ran is really a blessed person, and we will also bring this blessing to the people around us." ”

Liang Hezhen walked for two days, and on the third day, a news spread in the village.

A village on the outskirts of the city was ransacked by horse bandits, and it was heard that people were killed. It's a pity that now the yamen doesn't even have a county order, and there is not even a person to call the shots. In fact, it is not only the villages on the outskirts of the city, but also the horse bandits in the next county.

When the news reached Su Yunran's ears, she was suddenly a little panicked.

"Aunt Gu! I heard that there were horse bandits on the outskirts of town? Do you know which village it is? Su Yunran prayed in his heart, but it must not be the village where Ah Qing is!

Aunt Gu also heard what people said, and she couldn't remember what village it was: "It seems to be ...... What's it called? What is the small village? ”

Su Yunran's heart immediately chuckled, and his face suddenly turned pale: "It won't be...... Koizumi Village, right? ”

Aunt Gu immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's Xiaoquan Village." Hezhen's daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you? ”

Su Yunran couldn't help but take a few steps back, and his whole person was a little depressed. Koizumi Village is exactly where Ah Qing lives.

Su Yunran didn't care about Aunt Gu calling her from behind, so she turned around and ran home: "Daddy, I'm going to town." ”

Fu Mianniang and Liang Erhai were nervous: "You kid, what are you going to do in the town at this time?" I've just heard that there's an accident on the outskirts of the city, and it's really not safe now. ”

Su Yunran shook his head: "No, Daddy, I have to go to town." Ah Qing, Ah Qing is in Xiaoquan Village! ”

Fu Mianniang froze: "Could it be ......?"

Su Yunran nodded, and Fu Mianniang was also anxious: "Then let your father go with you, it's absolutely impossible for you to go alone!" ”

Su Yunran was a little worried that Fu Mianniang was at home alone, Fu Mianniang said very simply: "Worry about what I do, I won't go anywhere at home." You two go and go back quickly, and if you find A-Qing, bring it back, if you can't find it...... Hey, I hope that kid Jiren has celestial phenomena! ”

Su Yunran did not hesitate any longer, and went to the entrance of the village with Liang Erhai.

Liang Hezhen, the family's horse, rode away, and now it was only to see if anyone was willing to drive the ox cart to the town.

Coincidentally, they really ran into it.

"Brother Zhang, can you still take two?" Su Yunran looked over and saw that the ox cart was already full of people.

Da Zhang, who was driving the car, looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, girl, at most I can only sit for one more person." ”

Liang Erhai was also in a hurry, Fu Mianniang explained that Su Yunran must not be allowed to go alone: "Da Zhang, I have to go with me, you should be able to take another person if you try it." ”

Da Zhang saw that Liang Erhai would not give up easily, so he let the two of them stand up together, but the result was that the old scalper couldn't move a step.

"Uncle, you also saw it, it's really not good."

Liang Erhai had no choice but to pull Su Yunran out of the car: "Xiao Ran, or let's wait for the next trip." ”

But it's hard to say if there will be a next trip, and there are not many people who are willing to drive to town at this time.

"Dad, I can't wait any longer. What if A-Qing is injured and waiting for help! I'll go with them first, there are so many people together don't have to worry. ”

Da Zhang also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, uncle, what are you worried about with so many people in our car." I heard that there is cheap rice for sale in the town today, and everyone is going to buy rice. Go early and come back early, don't worry. ”

Liang Erhai was anxious, on the one hand, his wife's explanation, and on the other hand, time waits for no one.

"No, Xiao Ran, your mother will definitely not agree if she knows!"

Su Yunran smiled: "Dad, when she knows that I am already halfway there." Don't worry, we're about to leave and be sure to be back before dark. ”

Liang Erhai really had no way to stop Su Yunran, and he didn't know how to explain to his wife when he saw the carriage go away.

Sure enough, as soon as Fu Mianniang heard that Su Yunran still went to the town by herself, she had to scold Liang Erhai again.

A voice interrupted Fu Mianniang's lecture: "Is Second Uncle Liang Xiao Ran at home?" ”