In the afternoon, the heavy snow stopped and the sky cleared, Xing Meng sat in the carriage, and Ah Zhong drove the car, all the way to Lijiatun.

The wheels of the carriage are much higher than usual, because the snow is knee-high, and if the wheels are not high, it is easy to get clogged and break down.

The weather became even colder after the snow, but Xing Meng was wearing a thin scholar's uniform and did not feel the cold at all.

The blood in his body was surging, and the heat was rolling, and even Ah Zhong, who was sitting in front of him and driving, felt the heat, and there was a feeling of warmth like spring.

His body has reached the point where mosquitoes and flies dare not fall, and the cold air cannot penetrate.

"Young master, what are we going to Lijiatun for on this cold day?" On the way, Ah Zhong had nothing to say, and chatted nonsense.

"Go and pay taxes."

"Oh, is it to collect rent?" When Ah Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but open the chatterbox: "Hey! This year, the people can live hard, I am a subordinate in the house, and there is a case of money to receive every month, the days are not easy, but it is also passable, the house is not bad for our subordinates, including food and housing, and the money is also given normally, unlike some houses, including food and shelter, and not giving money! With the money, you can help your family, and you can maintain your life. ”

"Ah Zhong, how many people are in your family?" Xing Meng asked.

"Young master, there are six people in my family, in addition to my father and mother, there are three younger brothers and sisters, all of whom are still young, and the family relies on my mother to weave cloth, my father chops wood, and I do errands in the house to earn money to make a living." Ah Zhong hurriedly replied.

"It was hard enough." Xing Mengdao.

"It's hard, but it's not starving! Many people have starved to death from time to time, in addition to the harvest year in previous years, there are also cases of starving people from time to time in ordinary years who cannot eat, and the newly born children cannot be fed at all, either thrown away, or eaten as meat, hey...... It's miserable! Ah Zhong sighed.

"Eating children?" Xing Meng frowned and gasped.

"There's no way, if you can't talk about it, you can change it to someone else's child, otherwise what should I do, I can't live, and everyone who doesn't eat will have to die. This is still a previous year, this year there is such a heavy snowfall, and the summer is dry, and the harvest is pitiful, and this situation is even more. Ah Zhong said helplessly.

When Xing Meng heard this, he fell silent.

He had heard about the ancient famine that had changed children and eaten, but when the truth happened around him, he still couldn't accept it immediately.

Unexpectedly, the situation was even worse than he imagined.

This world, between classes, because of the existence of absolute power, leads to a very clear division. There is a chasm between each class.

Often this chasm leads to totalitarian rule, extreme riots, and extreme madness.

Naturally, society is not stable.

"Hey!"

A sigh.

Long.

"Young master, it's here." Ah Zhong shouted: "There is Lijiatun ahead!" ”

Xing Meng lifted the curtain of the carriage, stepped out of the carriage, and said, "Go and call the village of Lijiatun." ”

"Okay, young master." After Ah Zhong left, not long after, he led a swarthy man over, who was the representative of the tenant farmers who had gone to Xing's house this morning.

"Gongzi Xing, are you here to collect rent? Didn't the head of the Xing family say that he could give some time this morning, if we collect it now, even if we smash the pot and sell the iron and sell the children, we won't be able to make it up, hey......"

As soon as the swarthy man saw Xing Meng, his face became a little ugly, and he sighed.

"Muramasa, I'm not here to collect rent, you call all the big guys over." Xing Mengdao.

"Ah, you're not here to collect rent?" The swarthy man was a little surprised, and when he heard this, he had to go door to door and gather everyone over.

The Xing family is the head of their tenant farmers, and it is reasonable for them to collect rent, if there is really no surplus grain, they will not be in arrears.

After a while, two or three hundred people from Lijiatun gathered in the main square of the village.

Xing Meng looked around and saw that everyone was basically faceless, their faces were yellow, their lips were chapped, and their bones were thin enough to be dismantled and burned as firewood.

Especially some children, wearing thin clothes, tattered, unable to cover their bodies, with ribs on their chests, they are really like skin and bones.

Moreover, because he has not eaten enough for a long time, his eyes look very hollow and have no brilliance.

"Gongzi Xing, it's all here." The swarthy man said with a bitter face.

"Okay."

Xing Meng nodded, walked in front of the villagers, took out a roll of paper in his hand, and shouted: "Everyone, this is your lease for this year, and it says the rent to be paid!" Every household has it, and it is clearly written. ”

"Hey! Life is like this, but how can I live, I am about to starve to death, and how can I pay rent. ”

"Everyone is human, how can we live a cheap life, we are oppressed everywhere, the official family doesn't care whether we live or die, just cut the flesh from our body and draw blood, this is using us as oil squeezing!"

"What hope is there this day, it's better to die and count the ball, fucking thief God, hey......"

……

The villagers were talking weakly.

Death, in fact, is not difficult, it is rare to be between life and death, alive.

Tear and pull!

Suddenly, Xing Meng lifted the lease deed, reached out and tore it from the middle, tearing hundreds of lease papers in half.

The villagers were stunned.

What's the situation?

Aren't you here to collect rent, what are you doing when you tear it up?

"Villagers, I know that this year is another summer drought with little harvest, and in winter there is a heavy snowstorm that has not been encountered in decades, and everyone's life is difficult. Next year's harvest is good, everyone will pay it back! ”

Xing Meng said loudly.

Suddenly, there was silence.

In this world, there is still a matter of landlords not renting?

"Gongzi Xing, don't make fun of us, we can't afford to pay this rent for the time being, and after a while, we will find a way to pay it as soon as possible." The swarthy man smiled bitterly.

He believes that Xing Meng is playing a joke to entertain them.

"I'm not kidding!"

Xing Meng's face turned grim and said, "Murazheng, you come to check the authenticity." ”

"Okay."

When the swarthy man heard this, he walked to him, took it and looked at it, he was also stunned, and turned to everyone: "It's a real lease deed, that's right!" ”

"Good." Xing Meng took out the fire fold and lit it with a snort.

Suddenly, hundreds of leases burst into flames and turned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

"Today, I have burned all these leases, and I hope that everyone will not be burdened, and it is important to go all out to overcome the famine first. Everyone is the tenant farmers of my Xing family, if there is a famine, our Xing family abandons everyone and forces everyone to pay rent, it is unkind and unjust, this is by no means the style of my Xing family. Today I will dispose of these leases, and in two days, I will send someone to send some food, seeing that the New Year is coming, and we can't let everyone spend the New Year with a deflated stomach! ”

Xing Meng's voice was loud and loud, resounding in everyone's ears, and all the villagers reacted after being stunned, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Thank you Xing Gongzi, thank you Xing Gongzi ......"

Many people had moist eyes and wept.

For so many years, whether it was a year of famine or not, basically no one cared about the life or death of these tenant farmers, but Xing Gongzi didn't!

He burned the lease, and the words he said made the villagers feel warm, and a strong feeling surged in their hearts.

"Gongzi Xing is very kind, I thank you on behalf of Li Jiatun." The swarthy man had red eyes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xing Meng.

"Hurry up, everyone, hurry up."

Looking at the people who were kneeling on the ground, Xing Meng said repeatedly.

After Xing Meng left for a long time, the villagers of Lijiatun still had a feeling of unreality, as if everything was in a fantasy world.

"Young master, you are really a good person." Ah Zhong said from the bottom of his heart.

He thought that Xing Meng was going to Lijiatun to collect rent, but he didn't expect that he would burn the lease deed and send food to the people. Ah Zhong was originally from a poor background, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be very moved, and he thought from the bottom of his heart that Xing Meng was a rare good person in the world!

And Xing Meng's move also spread quickly.