The village is visibly poor, and everyone wears pudding, and in late autumn, it is just a thin layer of coarse clothes.

"I haven't seen ...... before," Fu Rongxue said intermittently, since she came here, it was the first time she had seen a place that was too poor, beyond her understanding.

It's not strange in the summer, her family was poor back then, and in order to support her two younger brothers, she was sold to the palace, but fortunately, she met enlightened masters, and she lived a good life, and she could save some money to subsidize the family.

"They are all children of poor families, and in winter they are even more miserable, they can't afford firewood, so they can only huddle together as a family to keep warm."

Fu Rongxue heard the words like a fish in her throat, especially looking at their children, her heart was sour.

It may have just given them pastries, and the children were not afraid of them and were chattering around.

As soon as Fu Rongxue squatted down, You Wang negotiated with the village chief and walked over, so he had to wave goodbye to the children.

"Master, I really can't find a good place here, I'll just have one night, I've inquired, it's still half a day's way from the nearest town."

Ye Huiming marched and fought in the early years, and slept on the grass, so naturally he would not be picky, but Fu Rongxue was afraid that he would not be adaptable.

"It's okay, I can sleep anywhere."

She smiled lightly, looked back at the people who had been separated for a long time, raised her eyes and asked the village chief, "Village chief, when you came, all the fields along the road belonged to you?" ”

"Yes, those are all good fields, and a lot of grain can be harvested every year." The village chief proudly said that the most proud thing for the croppers is to take care of the fields.

Fu Rongxue thought of the hungry yellow-faced and thin-skinned children in the village, and couldn't help but wonder: "Since this is the case, then why ......?"

She didn't finish her words, but everyone present knew it, but it was really rude to say that the other party was too poor.

"Hey, don't you know, the taxes have been too heavy over the years, and there will always be a lot of money to pay every year, it's good to be able to pay, how can you have a full stomach."

He raised his hand and pointed to the sky, sighing: "I originally relied on the sky to eat, but this year is estimated to be another cold winter, so it would be good to be able to get through it." ”

Fu Rongxue immediately looked at Ye Huiming, the emperor has attached great importance to agriculture over the years, and many new policies have been issued, and the tax alone will be reduced by thirty percent, just like the people have no problem with food and clothing, why is the tax here still high?

"Village chief, who of you has the most power here, I heard that the emperor has subsidized the peasants."

"I don't know about this, the room is here, you better rest quickly, it just so happens that the weather is cold, and there are not so many bugs."

The village chief went over perfunctorily, as if he was very taboo about that person, and he didn't even want to mention his name.

Fu Rongxue opened her mouth to ask, but was pulled back by Ye Huiming's arm: "Thank you village chief, we are just going to visit relatives in other places." ”

"Oh, I don't understand this, you can just call me if you have something." The existence waved his hand disappretently, probably knowing that they couldn't eat the coarse tea and light rice they had here, so they simply asked people to send dishes and chopsticks.

The four of them were outside, there were not so many rules, sitting around the table to eat, Fu Rongxue glared at Ye Huiming angrily.

"Why didn't you just let me ask?"

"It's useless for you to ask, he won't tell you a foreigner." Ye Huiming sandwiched a piece of chicken and put it in her bowl, "You are a foreigner, and the village chief doesn't know our true identity, so he won't offend the people behind the scenes." ”

"So what now?" Fu Rongxue pursed her mouth, and the food in the bowl suddenly became unfragrant.

"I'll check it tomorrow, and check the ledger by the way." Yehui said in a deep voice, and pushed a bowl of soup to her.

Fu Rongxue wilted, drooped his head, drank the soup, the fatigue of the day came surgingly, and he quickly fell asleep when he lay beside him.

The next morning, Ye Huiming got up early, and when she woke up, there was no one left, only summer in the courtyard, surrounded by many children at the door.

may have been educated by her parents yesterday, and this time, no matter what reason she used in the summer, she didn't want to take the food she handed over again.

"Ma'am, you're awake." Summer looked up at her, put down her hand, and walked in front of her.

"Ye Hui Ming went to town?" She asked, tangled with the tangled straps of her clothes.

"Well, if it's fast, you can come back at noon, but the master said that if it's late, you don't have to wait for him."

Fu Rongxue gave up, handed it over to Summer, and looked at the children outside in a daze, until the clothes were tidied up, she bent down and said softly: "Little friend, can you take me around your village to have a look?" ”

"Of course you can, I'm familiar, I'll take you there."

"Me too, me too."

The children scrambled to help, Fu Rongxue couldn't help but laugh, and rubbed her head one by one: "Okay, take me there, come back and invite you to eat something delicious." ”

This is what they paid for with their labor, and parents will not blame them.

"Ma'am, now?"

"Well, just stay here and tell them if they come back."

Fu Rongxue said lightly and happily kept up with the children's footsteps.

The name of the village is Shanqian Village, and there is indeed a backer behind it, but there is really not much money.

There is a lot of fertile land, and the crops in the fields are well cared for.

"Do you have enough to eat each year?" Fu Rongxue asked softly, surrounded by the child.

"Of course you can, you can eat a lot of food every year during the Chinese New Year."

The child's innocent voice pierced her heart, and she recalled many simple and practical farming tips in modern times, and suddenly found that she had a heavy responsibility on her shoulders.

"I'll make sure you're full."

Fu Rongxue said in her heart that near noon, she was afraid that Ye Huiming would come back and say goodbye to the children, so she would return to the village chief's house.

Ye Huiming had indeed returned, and was standing in the courtyard, waiting for her.

"How's the investigation going?"

He reached out and grabbed her wrist and led the person to his side.

She shrugged: "It's not bad, I see that the mountain money is rich in resources, and it will never be so poor, what about you?" ”

"Come into the house and say." Ye Hui Ming raised her eyes to look at the village house, and walked back to the house side by side, Xia and You Wang were guarding the door.

"The ledger is right, but I always feel wrong."

"What's wrong? Since the ledger is correct, there must always be an explanation for such a heavy tax. ”

Fu Rongxue was inexplicably dissatisfied, the villagers of Shanqian were simple and should not suffer from poverty.

She was absent-minded, thinking about what crops she could grow in the coming winter.

"I'll go to the county seat again tomorrow and find out." Ye Huiming noticed her distraction and gently tapped her forehead with chopsticks.

"Got it, you can go with confidence, I can do it here."

She smiled sweetly and took a piece of fish he liked to eat.

She wasn't too tired during the day, she couldn't sleep at night, Ye Huiming had to get up early tomorrow, and she didn't dare to make a big move, so she could only turn over quietly, and finally fell asleep in a daze.

On the second day, she took Summer directly to the old man in the village to inquire about the crops.

Although she is not good at farming, she can still make some deworming drugs.