"Ah, this year's snow is really heavy, if it weren't for the adequate preparation, this would not have frozen to death?"

"Isn't it, there hasn't been so much snow in previous years, and this doesn't make people live?"

"You can be content, I heard that people in other villages have frozen to death, and there are quite a few!"

"You have also heard, alas, I have a relative's house in Feng Village, and I heard her say that three lonely old people in their village froze to death, and when they found out that they had no children and no daughters, they were already frozen."

"It's pathetic. If it weren't for the patriarch who summoned everyone to chop wood, repair houses for lonely and widowed households, and deliver food and meat, it would have been even more nourishing than ours! ”

"Just say a few words, but I heard that these are all donated to the village by Su Mingjiang, as long as they are in difficulty, they are not left behind."

"I've heard of it, this is one or two hundred silver, right? That's generous! ”

On a snowy day, people who have been busy for a year get together in twos and threes, carry two bundles of dry firewood on their backs, find a leeward place to gather together to roast the fire, and gossip.

Wearing a half-worn cotton jacket on his body, his neck was shrunk, and his hands were stretched out to bake the fire, and a few idlers chatted about the gossip in the village one by one.

Who said that only women love to gossip, and men get together to say that it is very lively!

"My mother-in-law said that next year, my family's land will also be planted vegetables, and many people are ready to plant vegetables. This kind of vegetable is much easier than growing grain, and this acre of land can also fall dozens of taels of silver! ”

"You've just decided? Our family has already decided, and the Wangjia Village next door has decided to plant, so don't we have the courage to do it in one village? ”

Throughout the winter, Su Mingjiang of the Su family was already the object of everyone's chat, and he was already strange.

A carriage slowly passed by several people, and suddenly the voices of several people stopped, and they watched the carriage go away with inexplicable expressions, and then disappeared on the white road at the east entrance of the village.

"That's the Mu family's carriage, right?"

"Who else has a carriage besides his family, and a horse costs dozens of taels of silver, who can raise it for ordinary people?"

"I don't know whose little son this is, I haven't seen the adults of his family for so many years?"

"It must be a rich boy!"

Mu Lingchuan in the carriage didn't hear their words, but he also knew that the people in the village were very curious about the situation of the Mu family.

It's just that their family has nothing to do with other families except for some contacts with the Su Tang family and the patriarch's family.

"Knock knock!"

Mu Lingchuan knocked on the wall of the car, and Mu Zhong, who was driving the car outside, answered outside.

"Childe, what's wrong?"

Mu Lingchuan closed his eyes and said softly, "I heard that the government is raising funds to prepare for disaster relief?" The court allocated the money down? ”

"No, it was the imperial court that didn't take any action, and the prefect asked the officials below to spontaneously raise money for disaster relief."

Mu Lingchuan's face was full of mockery, "Those princes only care about fighting for that position, where do they have time to think of this?" ”

"The second prince once mentioned it in the court, but it was interrupted by the third prince. The saint's health is not very good, especially this winter, he is even more afraid of the cold. ”

"Heh, it's a pity that even if it's already like this, he's still greedy for the power in his hands, Tai Naoko hasn't settled down yet, otherwise it wouldn't be so messy."

"The second princess has been very close to the queen in the past six months, and even the second prince has been favored by the emperor. Concubine Xian also showed favor to the middle palace many times. It's just that the mother of the third prince is a noble concubine, and her mother's influence is also very great. The four princes are not far behind, so the three princes are all active. ”

"It seems that the crown prince will be produced among the three."

"At present, it seems like this, but the sacred heart is unpredictable, and I still don't see the emperor's intention to appoint a prince."

"Hmph, this will make the court more chaotic, and I don't know if the older you get, the more confused you become?"

"Let people send 10,000 taels of silver to the prefect, do good deeds, and accumulate virtue for those people."

"Yes, Childe!" Mu Zhong couldn't help but smile, Gongzi was simply disgusted with those people.

And Su Mingjiang was also at the patriarch's house, discussing with several clan elders how to help the old and weak women and children in the village.

Except for the clan elders here, the rest of the people live in the village about the same, and they are counting on these people to take the silver outside.

Several people put forward a few opinions, but they all had one or another deficiency.

Mainly because there has never been such a heavy snow in winter and the weather is so cold.

There is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year, if it keeps going like this, and then don't find a way to solve the problem, those old and weak women and children, I don't know if they can survive this winter.

In the end, everyone discussed a plan, that is, to gather these people in the ancestral hall of the clan.

"It seems that as everyone said, arrange everyone in the ancestral hall, and then send someone over to cook for them and buy some charcoal for warmth."

"As for buying some more food, I will gather everyone to go up the mountain and chop some back, although it is cold and snowy, but idle is also idle, there are many people and great strength, it will not take long. Just survive this winter. ”

In the end, the patriarch made a decision, and then assigned tasks to everyone.

In the end, a few people donated some money, or food, vegetables and so on, depending on the situation.

After waiting for everything to be done, everyone followed one after another, and Su Mingjiang waited until the back and did not leave.

The patriarch looked at the young man in front of him, and was very relieved, since Su Mingjiang came back, he has been benefiting the village, and he is a good boy.

"Mingjiang, is there anything else?"

"Patriarch, you also know that my family is in a special situation, there is no land, and this grain cannot be given to the clan. But there are pickles, and I am going to let people carry three jars of pickles to the ancestral hall, and you will go over and give you a hand. ”

"Three-cylinder? That's a lot, okay, you can donate even a hundred taels, and I'm not welcome to pay for these dozen taels of silver. ”

The patriarch knew that Su Mingjiang's family was wealthy, and he was not polite to him, so he immediately agreed.

Su Mingjiang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Patriarch, I heard that the government is also donating money to prepare for disaster relief, so is it our village's turn?" ”

The patriarch looked at Su Mingjiang with some surprise, and then he figured out where he must have learned the news.

"Alas, I won't hide it from you, but there is indeed such a thing. It's just that the disaster situation in our Xiaohe Village is not serious, and the government has sent people to make an unannounced visit, and when they know the truth, they have removed our Xiaohe Village from the quota for disaster relief. ”

"So that's it?"

Su Mingjiang didn't doubt that the patriarch would be greedy for this silver, but he was just curious about the strangeness of this matter.

"You are also smart and didn't publicize it, otherwise the people in the village would have been fluctuating."

"However, if the relief starts, the village names will still know, and then ......"

"It's okay, the fact that Xiaohe Village is not in the disaster relief quota is the biggest shouting from everyone. As long as the lonely and widowed elderly in the village can be properly resettled, there will be no problems. Alas, it is the inaction of the imperial court that will make it difficult for the prefect. We've also met a good prefect! ”