"If I don't sell my land, my family won't be able to survive. My youngest five is only three years old, and he hasn't eaten a grain of rice for five or six days, and he is about to starve to death. ”

The man's cry made everyone silently shed tears, and whoever in a village has something to do, the big guy knows. Thinking that such a young child was going to starve to death, they all became sad. I also thought that there was not much rice in my house, and I couldn't eat it for long. I can't even remember the last time I had a full meal.

"There is no way to sell the land, looking at this year's year, it is estimated that it will be another famine year. I just want my children to live one more day. Zhang Shan choked up and cried, piercing the panic in everyone's hearts.

Everyone looked up at the sky, God really didn't want them to live, if it didn't rain today, the ground would not be able to plant. It's also a waste of seeds when they fall to the ground, so it's better to eat them!

The village chief sighed again and looked at several clan uncles in Shenjia Village, who had a bitter face. It seems that the sale of land cannot be stopped, and when the people are gone, what is the use of keeping the land?

Everyone also heard that Zhang Shan planned to sell the land. His family has a total of two acres of paddy fields and six acres of dry fields. The land is still close to our own village, and any of you who wants to buy the land can bid! ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one said anything. Whoever still buys land with silver, it is good to be able to eat a mouthful of food and not starve to death.

Xiao Xia stood aside, watching that everyone had never said a word, so he pushed Shen Zhong, who was still in grief.

Shen Zhong looked back at Xiao Xia suspiciously, not understanding what it meant.

Xiao Xia raised his eyes and looked at the sky, his father was too solid-eyed, this time was a good time to buy land, of course he had to accumulate a little more land.

"Village chief, uncles and uncles, our family bought that land. My family has not only money but also food, and you can choose for yourself. It costs 12 taels of silver for 1 mu of silver for paddy fields and 8 taels of silver for 1 mu of dry fields. If you want grain, one mu of paddy field is exchanged for 800 catties of grain, half of coarse grain and half of fine grain, and 600 catties of grain for dry land, and half of coarse grain and half of fine grain. ”

After Xiao Xia finished speaking, everyone blew up again, Shen Zhong's family actually had so much food? This price is the fair price in the past, and it is definitely not possible to buy this price in today's land.

Many people who have little food at home have also started to plan to sell their land.

"Really?" Zhang Shan ran over excitedly and grabbed Shen Zhong's arm and didn't let go.

"Of course." Xiao Xia shouted to the people in the village again: "No matter who comes to sell the land, we will buy it at this price, and we will buy as much as we want." ”

"You have so much food at home?"

"If you pay grain in one hand and land deed in the other, if you don't have grain, you won't sell the land to us."

"Okay, I'll sell, I'll exchange it all for food." Zhang Shan can't wait, his family is waiting for help!

"Village chief, uncles and uncles, I'll take Uncle Zhang home to transport grain first."

Xiao Xia bowed, turned around and walked out with Zhang Shan. As if he had thought of something again, he stopped and turned back and said, "If the 1,000 taels of silver in the village can't buy food, you can come to us." Fine grain is 30 wen a catty, coarse grain is 20 wen a catty, everyone knows what the price of grain outside is, and I am already very fair here. ”

Not only was everyone stunned, but even Shen Zhong was stunned, how could he have so much food at home!

"Shen Zhong, your kindness, we all remember it in Shenjia Village." The village chief hurriedly took out the 1,000 taels of silver tickets that had not yet been hot.

"The big guys also know that it is difficult to buy food even in Gushan Town now, and many grain stores have long been closed." The village chief said that he also took a special look at Shen Zhong, Shen Zhong opened a grain store in Gushan Town, but there was a lot of trouble last year, I was afraid that Shen Zhong would be unhappy when he heard it.

Seeing that Shen Zhong was not different, the village chief continued: "The big guys all know what the price of grain is now, and fine grain may not be able to be bought even if it is fifty wen a catty. The price given by Shen Zhong is already very fair, let's exchange this thousand taels of silver for grain, and the big guy will divide it according to the head. ”

The village chief saw that everyone had no objections, and he also knew that in fact, many families were almost unable to stand it anymore. The grain was still relieved to hold it in his own hands quickly, so he said to Shen Zhong: "Let's go to your house now to exchange for grain, and we all need coarse grain, so that we can exchange it for 50,000 catties of grain." The big guy quickly divided the food, and he could eat a full meal. ”

Shen Zhong looked at everyone's eager eyes, and couldn't say the words in his heart, how much food did he have in his family, could he not know it?

In this way, Shen Zhong took the villagers home.

Anyway, Shen Xiaoxia took Zhang Shan home, and first instructed Chunhua to send a pot of steamed buns steamed in the morning to Zhang Shan's house.

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry about it now, let's slowly weigh the grain now, and Uncle Qing will open the granary."

Zhang Shan wept again gratefully.

"Your great kindness, our family will not forget, if there is anything to contribute in the future, just call me, what I can do, absolutely do."

"Uncle Zhang is serious, we also changed the land, and we didn't give it to you for nothing. As long as you don't regret it later. ”

Zhang Shan had a bitter face with gratitude, and his smile was unusually ugly.

"I'm definitely going to regret it in the future, but now that I can't eat, I have no way out, and I'm desperate."

Xiao Xia saw that this Zhang Shan was reasonable, nodded, and hurriedly helped Zhang Shan weigh the grain and move the grain.

Zhang Shan's grain had just been weighed and transported to the front yard, and Shen Zhong came back with the people in the village.

When the villagers looked at the grain in the small half of the yard, their eyes were red. Some of them began to wipe their tears, and some of them rolled their eyes with ill intentions, Xiao Xia saw them all in his eyes.

Shen Zhong looked at Xiao Xia with an embarrassed expression, explaining everyone's intentions.

In addition to the smiling face, Xiao Xia, whose face has never changed, Uncle Qing and Jixiang's faces have changed. The grain in the granary just now has been moved out a lot to change land, and now you still have to sell grain? Now it is a year of famine, and if the master's family runs out of food, the first person to sell it must be the most useless subordinate. Although the host family has always been very good to them, it is difficult to say when it comes to a catastrophe.

"Okay, then the village chief, when are you going to come to get food? It's not early today, and we have to help Uncle Zhang transport his family's grain. Everyone's food will be delivered tomorrow morning, how's that? ”

The villagers looked at each other and nodded in agreement, now that they have seen so much grain, how can they not believe it, Shen Zhong's family does have grain.

Uncle Jixiangqing was heartbroken to transport the grain away, and many villagers also enthusiastically came up to help.

When it was all over, the villagers were gone. The afterglow of the sun has pulled the shadows for a long time.

Shen Zhong and his family gathered in the main hall after dinner, Shen Zhong and his wife sat in the first place, Uncle Qing and others were also rewarded, and everyone was silent.

As the head of the family, Shen Zhong had the heaviest burden on his body, and he sighed, feeling irritable.

"Uncle Qing, how much grain do we have in our granary?"

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors