After leaving the lo-mei shop, Wei Ruo and Xiumei went to the backyard of Sibaozhai, the two shops were already close, Wei Ruo specially set up a passage behind the two shops, which was not only convenient for the nurse and Uncle Xu to take care of, but also convenient for her to enter and exit.

Wei Ruo and Xiumei changed their clothes in the room and then set off for Caili Villa.

On the way there, Xiumei asked Wei Ruo: "Miss, why are you so generous to Lu Gongzi?" ”

Xiumei has been by Wei Ruo's side for so many years, and she is very clear about her young lady's attitude towards money, and there are only two situations where the young lady will be particularly generous: either for the right person or for the right thing.

"There are some troubles that I may not be able to dodge, the son of the Lu family is a back road I left for myself, I don't want anything from him now, but I can't ask for him in the future." Wei Ruo explained.

That trouble refers to Chu Lan, whether it is Xu Heyou's identity or Wei Qingruo's identity, there is a possibility of being entangled by Chu Lan, and her fear and hatred for Chu Lan are deep in her bones.

Lu Yuhong is one of the few people that Chu Lan trusts, and it is worth her to invest some money in him.

"Then the young lady just asked Lu Gongzi to help talk to Xu Gongzi about it, can Xu Gongzi listen to persuasion?" Xiumei asked again.

"How can it be so easy, even if Xu Gongzi himself listens to the persuasion, this marriage is not something he can calculate, it is mainly in the meaning of the two patriarchs, I ask Lu Yuhong so much just to give a reason, let him let down his guard against me, I have something to ask him to take my advantage to be more at ease, I have nothing to ask for, he resisted." Wei Ruo explained.

Lu Yuhong is not a delicate person, so she is not suitable for doing this, she just said that, it can be regarded as using Lu Yuhong to express his stance on Xu Fengyuan's side, but how much can it actually play, Wei Ruo is not hopeful.

Of course, it is also useful to say something like this, at least she can explain her attitude to Xu Fengyuan.

"I see." Xiumei is smooth out now.

"Meimei, speed up a little faster, take advantage of the early time, let's hurry to the fence farm to get things done, and then pick up Mama Zhang, don't make it too late." Wei Ruodao.

Today, she went out with Mama Zhang, which was requested by the Yun family.

But the Yun family didn't know that Mama Zhang was Wei Ruo's person now, and when she left the door of the school captain's mansion, Wei Ruo put Mama Zhang in a small courtyard, and then went back to pick her up after she finished her errands.

"Okay!" Xiumei flicked a whip and whipped it on the horse pulling the cart, speeding up.

When he arrived at Caili Farm, he saw the burly Zhao steward, Wei Ruo saw him with a sad face, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Do new seedlings grow badly? ”

Zhao Hai hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, the new seedlings are growing very well." ”

"Then why are you crying with a sad face, as if my decision to let you all change seedlings hurt you." Wei Ruodao.

"No, this has nothing to do with you, the young owner, yes...... It's ......"

Zhao Hai hesitated for a long time and didn't say the second half of the sentence.

"Is it that the tenants in the Zhuangzi can't live anymore?" Wei Ruo helped him finish his words.

Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, and then nodded like pounding garlic: "Yes, last year's harvest was not good, the grain was tight, and now the fields are still full of seedlings, but everyone's food at home has been eaten, and you want to buy food. Everyone went to dig wild vegetables and peel the roots of trees, but there was not enough to eat......"

This situation is not only the case for the farmers on the fence farm, but also for the entire Taizhou capital.

Except for the barns of those who had just harvested the wheat, the families who lived on the rice harvested last autumn basically ran out of food.

Grain is in short supply, and the grain prices of major grain stores are naturally rising with the tide, and the people at the bottom are even more sad.

Xiumei couldn't help sighing, thinking of today's grand occasion at the door of Sibaozhai and Xu Ji Lo Mei Shop, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that there were frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.

The people here can't eat, but the wealthy and powerful over there are still rushing to buy high-priced liquor to drink, and the two worlds are separated and merged.

"Let's go, take me to see those people." Wei Ruo said to Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai didn't know what their young owner wanted to do, so he nodded solemnly and led Wei Ruo to Zhuangzi.

Before coming, Wei Ruo had expected the situation in Zhuangzi and knew what kind of situation he would see, but when he really saw it, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Most of the children and the elderly are left behind in the households, but they are not idle, some are weaving straw sandals, some are weaving bamboo baskets, and some are doing household chores.

Most of the adults in the family are in the fields at this time, or they will try their luck in the nearby mountains, and if they can hunt some prey, they can exchange the family's rations for several days.

When Wei Ruo passed by, they saw Wei Ruo, but their eyes were empty, the same as the displaced people Wei Ruo saw on the street.

Most of them did not take the initiative to greet Wei Ruo, but carefully hid, even if they greeted Wei Ruo, they were timid, and their tones were full of fear.

For them, in such a year of poor grain harvest, Wei Ruo, as a landlord, could kill them.

Originally, there was not enough food to eat, and the main thing was to force them to pay rent, and they would have no way to live.

Zhao Hai followed behind Wei Ruo, looking preoccupied.

"You don't seem to be willing to accompany me on the inspection?" Wei Ruo stopped and turned his head to ask Zhao Hai.

"No, no, I ......" Zhao Hai wanted to deny and refute, but he was not very excited, he couldn't think of any good reason for a while, so he had to be stunned in place, and he didn't dare to look at Wei Ruo's eyes with a weak heart.

"Are you still thinking about going up to the mountains to hunt?" Wei Ruo asked.

"How do you know about the young owner?" Zhao Hai looked at Wei Ruo in surprise.

Because of the lack of food, Zhao Hai planned to take some young and strong people in Zhuangzi to go up the mountain to hunt together, and the prey in the nearby places must be gone, and they planned to go to the deeper mountains.

There are many dangers there, and people who are not familiar with it may not be able to get out, and most people dare not go, but at the same time the probability of hitting the prey is also a little greater.

If you really hit wild boars and hares, you can go to the city to exchange for food, and I heard that sweet potatoes are sold cheaply, so I can exchange them for more.

"It's not hard to guess, it's not like you've thought of this method recently, didn't the government just post a notice a few days ago, and there were young people nearby who formed a group to go hunting in the mountains and didn't come back." Wei Ruo had already heard about it.

Hearing this, Zhao Hai said sadly: "That's no way, the children are hungry, and they can't sit still." ”

After speaking, Zhao Hai realized that he had lost his words again, how could he say these words to the young owner?

(End of chapter)