Wen Gonghu glanced at the back of him leaving, and then told his daughter: "Bingyan, just leave the matter here to your father, didn't you say that the king also sent a few people back with you?" That's a distinguished guest, don't be slacking off easily, you go and receive them, don't let people think that we don't know etiquette......"

"Yes, Daddy!" Wen Bingyan also wanted to talk about it, but when he mentioned it first, he agreed, and left with him.

Soon, the news that the Wen family had gathered a large number of carpenters and literati reached the ears of the Wang family, which naturally felt even more absurd and unreasonable.

"What is this Wen family trying to do? Could it be that you are really hungry and crazy? ”

The old man of the Wang family, who was in the rice shop at the time, sneered and shook his head.

"Master, is this Wen family trying to emulate those indiscriminate guys who pretend to be ghosts on the streets?" The steward beside him was also flattering, and his words for the Wen family were full of contempt.

"That's how it should be." Master Wang said disdainfully, picked up the teacup and tasted it in his hand, and said slowly, "It seems that I really looked down on this Wen family before, but now I should be completely desperate and start to give up on myself......"

"Well, it's good that this Wen family will decline, and it will save my Wang family from bothering again. This Peishan has been dominated by my Wang family since then, and whoever dares to be disobedient will not sell grain to them. ”

"It would be better if this famine could last longer......"

He took a sip of tea and smacked his tongue, and the steward beside him nodded again and again, looking like a standard dog.

As for how many people will die and how many families will be displaced by this natural disaster, it is not in their scope at all.

……

At night, the courtyard of the Wen family was still full of lights and bright lights, and those master carpenters were working overnight to carve the statue of the fairy, because Wen Gonghu had already ordered that there was no need for special finesse, so they naturally kept a rough shape similar.

This allows ordinary craftsmen whose skills are not particularly exquisite to show their skills and eat a mouthful of food.

In addition, there are those literati who have been specially recruited, most of them are scholars from poor families, although they are a little arrogant, but because they have been hungry for a long time, they can't take care of the popularity of the literati at this time, and it would be good to be able to rely on their own craftsmanship to eat enough.

The arrangement of these scholars is roughly divided into three categories, one is good at writing and ink, and they are dedicated to racking their brains to write some fairy legends, which does not need to be very realistic and perfect, and even the more exaggerated and eye-catching, the better, and it doesn't matter if there are loopholes.

Because these free grains are the best proof, whoever dares to doubt the fairy name of the fairy will have nothing to eat.

The others who are good at painting will paint a portrait of the fairy, and the requirements are relatively low, as long as the statue is not painted ugly, and the face is also blurred, giving people a looming and unreal feeling.

Then there is the last category of those who are good at writing some poems or praises, and these people will add icing on the cake and promote the fairy to a good place. Because the Wen family had a full meal, these literati also tried their best to satisfy Master Wen, for fear that they would be driven out if they were not good enough, and they would have to go back to when they were hungry.

In addition, in the evening, Ye Hancheng and the others had also successfully infiltrated the town. It is probably because the affairs of the famine refugees have caused the government to be anxious, and other things are not so strictly controlled.

At this time, Yizimei and the others were idle, so they helped carve those statues. Although most of them have never done carving or the like, they are all good at making swords connoisseurs, and they are still a little rusty at this time, but they are also so-so, not much different from ordinary carpenters.

"Hey, you say, what is this statue for? Is there really a fairy who wants to go down to earth, or do you also want to learn from those third-rate fools outside? ”

In the room, sitting on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, he looked at the statue that had a rough appearance in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at the portrait of the Yuyuan Fairy that Wen Gonghu specially asked someone to draw on the wall in front of him, and was a little puzzled.

"What do you care about so much, what do we do big brother, won't it be over?" Lu Rou next to her snorted, and with a flick of her wrist, a rough human figure emerged from the shaking sawdust, and then, she gently pinched her fingers and did not continue to carve, as if she was recalling something.

"No, of course I know that I have to follow the eldest brother, but isn't the eldest brother absent at this time? That's what I'll ask. He smiled sneeringly.

Ye Hancheng and Qing Dai seemed to have been invited by the Wen family to discuss tomorrow's disaster relief at this time, and a few of their friends stayed here to rest temporarily, helping a little by the way.

Yizimei and the others didn't know about the affairs of the ghost town, and although they followed Ye Hancheng to help the Wen family at this time, there would still be no fewer doubts.

"Maybe, there really are immortals?" Another man next to him said, looking at the painting carefully, maintaining an optimistic attitude, "It is not strange that there was that fox spirit before, and now there are immortals." Besides, although you see that fairy can't see her face clearly, she is a great beauty at first glance, and it is very lifelike, and it is definitely not imaginary......"

"Yes, yes......" sighed lightly, still feeling a little too far away from the fairy god. At this moment, he noticed the wood carving in Lu Rou's hand on the side, hehe snickered, carefully walked around from behind and looked carefully, and made a surprised expression, "Hey, Lu Rou, why do you carve it like a man?" ”

"And it looks familiar...... Isn't it the ...... you were before?"

"Get out!" Lu Rou turned her head and raised her eyes coldly, as if she had been poked in the sore spot and looked murderous.

"Open...... Just kidding......" Yizimei trembled in fright, and quickly retreated, but muttered to himself in his heart.

This woman's temper is really getting more and more irritable, no wonder no one dares to ask her!

Tonight seems to be a sleepless night, both for the Wen family, who stayed up all night preparing for disaster relief, and for the Wang family, who stayed up all night to catch thieves. And by the early morning of the next day, the lively prelude had just officially begun......

When the sun slowly climbed up the sky, there was already a long queue in front of the county office, and it was a group of poor people waiting for the government to send food for disaster relief.

Most of them are yellow-skinned and thin-looking, and when there is no other better source of food, they can only look forward to these very small relief foods.