It was late autumn, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang were walking on the road in the countryside, looking at the fruitful fields, Li Yuanfang seemed to be very happy, but Di Renjie was a little dignified!

"What's wrong with you, sir? How do you feel like you're preoccupied? Li Yuanfang asked with concern!

"Yuan Fang, look at how this field looks like this?" Di Renjie said with some feelings!

"What's wrong? My lord, the harvest is good, isn't it? Li Yuanfang asked puzzled!

"The harvest is good, but do you think about what solar term it is now?" Di Renjie asked!

"It should have just passed the cold dew by now!" Li Yuanfang replied without thinking!

"The cold dew has passed, but the crops in this field have not been harvested, and when the frost passes, I am afraid that these grains will rot in the ground!" Di Renjie said sadly!

"Huh? I really don't know about this lowly position! Li Yuanfang said ashamedly!

"You've been in the army all along, so you don't know so much about farming! Thinking that this border land, north of which is a long stretch of yellow sand, it is rare to have such a harvest, but why don't the people harvest in time? Di Renjie said suspiciously!

"Hey, my lord, shall we go to the village and ask?" Li Yuanfang said!

"Hmmm! Gotta ask! Let's go! Di Renjie said and walked towards the village not far away!

When the two came to the entrance of the village, a broken stone tablet was engraved with the three words Yangjiazhuang!

"Yangjiazhuang? Yuan Fang, let's go to this Yangjiazhuang and ask, shall we? Di Renjie said and walked towards the village!

The village is not very big, the chickens are barking and the dogs are barking, full of anger, Li Yuanfang followed behind Di Renjie, vigilantly observing the surroundings!

The two were walking, and not far away came an old man, pushing a dilapidated wheelbarrow, followed by a hobbling old woman!

"Yuan Fang, look!" Di Renjie pointed to the two people who came towards him and said!

"My lord, shall we inquire with them?" Li Yuanfang said!

Di Renjie nodded, and Li Yuanfang stepped forward quickly and stopped in front of the two!

"This old man, bother!" Li Yuanfang hugged his fists and saluted!

The old man looked up at Li Yuanfang and asked, "This strong man, is there anything wrong?" ”

"This old brother, your surname? Are you going out into the field to harvest? Di Renjie stepped forward and saw two sickles on the wheelbarrow pushed by the old man, and immediately asked!

"Little Lao'er's surname is Yang, what time of year is this? If we don't harvest any more food in the fields, we'll starve to death!" Yang Laohan sighed and said!

Di Renjie looked at Yang Laohan with a sad face, and then looked at the old woman who followed behind Yang Laohan, Di Renjie sighed: "Brother Yang, why did you two go to the ground?" What about the children at home? ”

"Is there anyone else in the house? The child was recruited to work, and for more than half a year, he didn't even hear from him! Yang Laohan said with a sad expression!

Di Renjie suddenly stopped his gaze on the old man's two sickles, "I said Brother Yang, your two scythes are old, right?" The blades are all rolled, can it still be used? ”

"If you can't use it, you have to use it! I originally wanted to exchange for two new ones, but the blacksmiths in these ten miles and eight towns don't know where to go? Not to mention this sickle, even the kitchen knives in our house are about to roll up! The old man said helplessly!

"What?" Di Renjie was shocked when he heard this, which reminded him of the iron shop that disappeared in Shuozhou City!

"Sir, why is this place so strange that not only does this old man work in the fields, but he doesn't even have a decent farm implement? How long will this have to be cut? Li Yuanfang said indignantly!

"Brother Yang, you two go to the ground, and you can't collect much?" Di Renjie said with concern!

"Alas! It's better to collect as much as you can than to starve, right? In the past, this place was windy and sandy, the harvest was not good, this year is somehow, it is really smooth and rainy, originally everyone thought that this year was a bumper harvest year, who thought, this grain is over, we are seeing the oil flowing in the field can not be harvested back! Yang Laohan said sadly!

"Brother Yang, I'll ask my apprentice to help you, let's go to your field and have a look?" Di Renjie said!

"Huh? Really? Thank you so much! Yang Laohan said flatteredly!

Li Yuanfang took the wheelbarrow from Yang Laohan, Di Renjie and Yang Laohan walked side by side in front, and Li Yuanfang and the old woman walked behind!

"Brother Yang, you just said that there are no blacksmiths in the nearby ten miles and eight towns? Why is that? Di Renjie asked!

"They and the young men of the village were hired to work, and they said that they would come back after two months, and that they would be given two taels of silver for their laborers, and five taels of silver for those who could work as blacksmiths." With such a high salary, who wouldn't want to go? So the young laborers and blacksmiths in the nearby towns all followed, and at that time it was just idle farming, thinking that they would come back in two months, and not delay the land harvest, and they all wanted to earn this silver! Yang Laohan said!

"They didn't come back?" Di Renjie asked!

"Yes! Waiting for two months, we didn't see them come back, thinking that maybe the work was not done, delayed for a few days, but I didn't care, but after waiting for almost a month, no one came back, and everyone was anxious, so we went to Shuozhou City to look for it, but there was still no result! Yang Laohan said angrily!

"Oh? Were they all taken to Shuozhou to work? Di Renjie asked!

"That's not it, we went to Enyifang in Shuozhou City to find someone, and the people who came to hire these laborers at that time were from Enyifang!" Yang Laohan said!

"Grace Workshop? What do they want so many laborers for? Di Renjie was puzzled!

"No, no, this Enyi Fang is a wine shop, but they still have a deal, that is, to do things for people, as long as you pay, they will do things for you, as long as you pay, they can do anything!" The old man said!

"Anything? Do they kill people and kill them? Di Renjie was surprised!

"This little old man doesn't know, anyway, our people were recruited by them, so we naturally want to ask them for people, but when we got there, not only did we not ask about the whereabouts of the people, but we also let the officials and soldiers coax us out!" Yang Laohan said angrily!

"And what about later? You haven't looked for it again? Di Renjie asked!

"Who would dare to go? Twenty miles away in Fengjiazhuang, there is a man named Feng Ping, and his parents went to Enyifang to ask for someone again, what was the result? Feng Ping's father is now in prison, Feng Ping's mother is now alive and dead, who dares to ask for someone again? Yang Laohan said!

"Grace Workshop? Grace Workshop? What kind of land is this? Di Renjie said to himself!

"Alas, tell me, I was going to tell my son about my family this year? But now that he is a big living person, he doesn't know where he has gone? Yang Laohan said depressedly!