Chapter 42: Ewha Village

At the beginning of the heavy snowfall, at this time, there was snow white everywhere in Mingyue City, although this scenery was beautiful, but it was not a good thing for most of the people in the city.

Along the way, Changyue has seen several houses collapse under the weight of the snow, and he doesn't know how many casualties this heavy snow will cause, and how many people will die from hunger and cold.

This is still the case in the city of Bright Moon City, let alone outside the city where the conditions are even worse.

As soon as the snow stopped, the sun came out, but it did not make people feel much warmth, and the ox cart of Changyue walked steadily ahead, and soon reached the gate of the city.

Sensing the approaching ox cart, most of the pedestrians looked panicked and avoided it.

Although Changyue's car is an ox cart, the decoration of the carriage is quite gorgeous, and at a glance, you can see that it is a rich family's car, and the mother-in-law Feng who drives the car is well-dressed, such a line is probably only available in the City Lord's Mansion and the Fifth Family in Mingyue City.

Changyue lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw that most of the people outside were in rags, even if the cold wind was blowing at the moment, they were not clothed, and some were even wrapped in straw mats.

Seeing Changyue like this, Ah Cai couldn't help but stretch out his little head and glance out, and after seeing the scene outside, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He thought that if he hadn't been brought back by the young lady, he would have been even more miserable than those people outside.

Thinking of this, Ah Cai couldn't help but tighten the thick and warm clothes on her body.

Changyue frowned slightly, and asked Granny Feng in a loud voice, "What's going on with these people outside." ”

Hearing this, Granny Feng sighed and said, "With such a heavy snowfall, there should be many places outside the city that have been affected, and these people should have become homeless in the heavy snow, and then fled to the city."

They're all poor people......"

Granny Feng couldn't help but sigh.

"In this case, won't the City Lord's Mansion come to the rescue?" Changyue asked suspiciously.

"How does this old slave know." Granny Feng smiled and said, how could she care about this kind of thing.

Changyue didn't ask any more questions when she heard this, sighed and lowered the curtain.

Nowadays, there are many people entering the city, but few people leaving the city, so after a while, Changyue and they are outside the city.

At this time, Changyue heard a commotion, and she lifted the curtain again, only to see a large number of homeless people gathered on the left side of the city gate.

From the conversation of the pedestrians, Changyue learned that it turned out to be the second apprentice of the city lord, Jin Shuangshuang, who was giving porridge and medicine there.

Changyue looked from afar, and saw a girl in a yellow cloak busy under the protection of the guards, seeing that she wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead with her hands from time to time, it could be seen that soup soup was a physical job.

"This brocade girl is kind-hearted." Changyue lowered the curtain and said.

Mother-in-law Feng said disdainfully: "What kind heart is not good, who knows if it is a drama or not." ”

Changyue didn't express an opinion on this, whether she was really good or acting, in short, the victims drank a bowl of hot porridge.

Even if that Jin girl is really a show, she should have come to the city gate early in the morning, on such a cold day, with her drive, she is worthy of praise.

The ox cart swayed out of the city, and I don't know how long it took, the ox cart slammed into a flash, and Changyue and Ah Cai's bodies couldn't help but lean forward.

Ah Cai didn't stabilize his body, if it wasn't for Changyue's eyes and quick pulling, he might have fallen headlong on the carriage.

"Everyone in the car is coming down for me, come down!" There was a shout, and it seemed that they had been robbed.

"Hurry up and hand over all the money and property on your body, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite." The rude voice rang out again.

"Mother-in-law, what's wrong?" Changyue asked suspiciously.

"Miss don't bother with it, it's just a few little thieves blocking the way." Outside, there was the voice of Granny Feng.

When Changyue heard this, she really didn't pay attention to it, and continued to quietly hold a book and read it in the carriage.

Ah Cai wanted to open the curtain to see the situation outside, but saw that her young lady didn't care at all, so she also learned from the young lady to continue to hold the book and read.

The books Ah Cai read were all copied from the Li family's library before Changyue didn't practice, and they all talked about the common sense of martial arts cultivation, and now they have become Ah Cai's compulsory subjects.

Outside, a group of strong men with five big and three thick looks were glaring fiercely at Granny Feng, as if they were dissatisfied with Granny Feng calling them little thieves.

"You old thing, you dare to talk to us like this, I think you are impatient." One of the big men said viciously, he was holding an iron axe in his hand, and after speaking, he slashed at Granny Feng.

Granny Feng stood still and slapped it with just a light palm, and the strong man screamed and flew out upside down, fell to the ground and convulsed twice before he lost his life.

The other people were all terrified when they saw this, they didn't expect that the old woman in front of them turned out to be a warrior, so they scattered and fled in all directions with frightened faces.

But how could Granny Feng let them leave easily, I saw her jumping lightly on the snow, clapping a few palms at random, and all the people she slapped fell to the ground.

Judging from the actions of these people who escaped, they should have learned some fist and foot kung fu, but they didn't have true qi in their bodies, so they couldn't be considered martial artists.

One of the big men saw that his companions were dying one after another, so he gave up running for his life, turned his head and knelt down to Granny Feng, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"This lord spares his life, we are also forced to do this kind of thing because our family has been affected by the disaster, and now we are homeless.

I am old and young, and the whole family lives on me! Ask the adults to do well, and spare the little ones. ”

"Mother-in-law!" Changyue, who heard the sound of begging for mercy, lifted the curtain.

When the strong man saw that there was a soft and weak little girl sitting in the car, he was immediately overjoyed. He thought, such a beautiful girl, she shouldn't be able to bear to have someone die tragically in front of her!

However, without waiting for the strong man to beg for mercy, he heard Changyue's cold voice sound.

"Mother-in-law, hurry up and solve it, we're in a hurry, it's not good to go back too late."

When the strong man heard this, his expression instantly froze on his face.

"Hey~ Miss, the old slave is here." After speaking, Granny Feng slapped her palm on the strong man's heavenly spirit cover, and the strong man fell down with a "poof" with wide eyes.

Changyue didn't even give a glance at the corpses lying on the snow, and continued to read after lowering the curtain with an expressionless face.

Now that the snow has only been falling for a day and a night, even if many people are affected, it will not be reduced to the point of falling grass.

It may be true that these people's families have suffered disasters, and it is also true that they want to get something for nothing, and it is also true that they want to make money and kill them, and Changyue will not sympathize with them because of this.

In fact, Changyue guessed correctly, these people are actually hunters in the mountains, because they have learned some kung fu, so they have been living a good life.

Now that the snow is covering the mountains, they can't go into the mountains to hunt, so they get together and have nothing to do, so they have evil intentions and want to make a fortune by robbing.

It's a pity that he died before he got out of the division, and he kicked the iron plate just after selecting the first target.

After Granny Feng eliminated the thief, she neatly turned over and returned to the ox cart and continued to drive the cart in the direction of the grange.

Not long after Changyue and the others left, a pack of wild dogs came out of the woods, and they scrambled to drag the corpses all over the ground into the forest.

Because the snow was so thick, it took them nearly an hour to reach the Grange, and if it weren't for the two bison walking steadily and walking on the ground in the snow, they would have taken more time.

The grange that the eldest lady gave to Changyue is not big, there are only about a dozen families in total, and those who live here are the descendants of the descendants of the Li family who have made mistakes.

The descendants of the descendants are still the descendants, staying in the grange, and if there are no special circumstances, they will not be able to get ahead in their lives.

When Changyue arrived outside the Grange, he saw a lot of people busy outside from a distance, and it turned out that the houses of two families were crushed by the snow, and other villagers were helping to clean up.

Because the population in the grange is small, these villagers usually help me and I help you, otherwise it will be too difficult for people of their status to survive in this world.

Zhuang Tou quickly noticed the gorgeous ox cart outside, and he thought it was a passerby who had been delayed by the wind and snow, so he ran over quickly.

"I don't know where you came from, but what do you need help with?" Zhuang Tou said respectfully.

He looked about forty years old, with sallow skin, short stature, and a face full of vertical and horizontal ravines, and he knew at a glance that it was not easy.

Of course, in this world, there are not many ordinary people who are happy.

This grange is called Pear Blossom Village, and the head of the village is also surnamed Li, and his grandfather was once the steward of the Li Mansion, so he was given the family name.

Later, Zhuangtou's grandfather was punished to Lihuazhuang for making a mistake, and since then their family has made a home in this Zhuangzi and has never returned to Li's house.

Zhuang Tou originally wanted to provide some help to the passer-by and then ask for some reward, but when he saw the person walking out of the car, he realized that he had made a mistake.

Changyue helped Ah Cai get out of the car, and the head of the village saw a beautiful girl in the car, and his face showed a look of consternation.

At this time, Granny Feng introduced with a straight face: "This is the seventh lady in the house, and she will be the master of this Zhuangzi in the future." ”

The head of the village was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he bowed his head.

"Little Li Gui has seen Miss Seven."

The government sent someone to inform them before, and in the future, Ewha Village will be assigned to Miss Seven's name, so that they will all follow Miss Seven's orders in the future.

At that time, Li Gui was so happy!

As a Zhuang head who has been closed off from the news and has not dealt with the government seriously for decades, he does not know Changyue's situation in the Li family, let alone that Changyue cannot cultivate.

He only knows that they will have a master in the future, and the master will never leave them alone, maybe they will usher in the day of their emergence.

Now that Miss Seven is really here, how can Li Gui not be happy?

Changyue raised her hand to signal Li Gui to get up, and asked softly, "Do you know where the head of the village is here?" I want to meet him. ”

Li Gui smiled and replied respectfully: "Miss Hui Qi, the slave Li Gui is the head of this Pear Flower Village. ”

Changyue looked surprised, and then said with a smile: "That's right, Li Gui, right?" You can accompany me to look around in the Zhuangzi. ”

"Hey!"

Li Gui responded happily when he heard this, the wrinkles on his face bloomed like chrysanthemums for a moment, and the joy in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Li Gui led Changyue, Granny Feng and Ah Cai to the Zhuangzi, and introduced the situation in the Zhuangzi to Changyue.

Ewha Village is an ordinary, small village with no characteristics, named because there are many wild pear trees growing around.

Because the fruit of those pear trees was so sour and small that even the birds hated it, no one ate it.

Only when the pear trees bloom every spring, the pear blossoms full of trees are very beautiful, and this pear blossom village can barely be regarded as a scene.

But it's winter now, not to mention the pear blossoms, and there is not even a single leaf visible on the pear tree.

There are 12 households in Ewha Village, including babies waiting to be fed and elderly people who are dying, a total of 72 people.

There are about 120 acres of fields, most of which are medium fields, and only about 10 acres are barely considered high-class fields.

The number of fields sounds like a lot, but the productivity of the world is low, and even if the farmers work hard, the output of the fields is not much every year.

Moreover, most of these outputs had to be handed over to the government, so the lives of the villagers were even worse.

Changyue followed Li Gui all the way, and when she saw him, she excitedly and ceremoniously introduced her identity when she met someone, and she only felt that she couldn't cry or laugh.

The villagers, like Li Gui, knew that Changyue would be the master of Zhuangzi, and they were all about to faint with joy.

Granny Feng thinks that these people are very discerning, follow her young lady, your blessings are behind!

All the Zhuang people that Changyue saw were yellow and thin, similar to Zhuang Tou's appearance, but their spirit seemed to be good.

Changyue then asked Li Gui about the damage of Lihuazhuang in this heavy snowfall, and Li Gui frowned when he said this.

The current crop planted in the field of Ewha Village is a grain called Ziyun wheat, which is a unique crop of the Li family, and it is said that if eaten for a long time, it has the effect of strengthening the body.

The pasta that Changyue sometimes eats is made of flour ground by this kind of purple cloud wheat, whether it has the effect of strengthening the body, Changyue has no special feeling, but the taste is indeed much better than ordinary flour.

It's just that this kind of wheat has a characteristic, that is, it is delicate.

As the saying goes, in a year of abundant snow and snow, if it is ordinary wheat, a heavy snowfall in winter may be able to harvest a bumper harvest in the next year, but Ziyun wheat is not, and heavy snow will only reduce their yield on a large scale.

It had not been such a heavy snow in Mingyue City for many years, and Li Gui had originally thought that if he had planted some purple cloud wheat this year, there would definitely be a reward in the mansion in the coming year.

Now that this snow is falling, let alone a reward next year, thank God for not being punished.

All the Zhuangzi under the name of the Li Mansion must obey the arrangements of the government, and only when planting a special crop such as Ziyun wheat, an additional application is required.

The government will generally approve your application, but you have to make sure that the planting is good, and if you still apply if the planting is not good, then wait for the punishment.

Now although Ewha Village has been assigned to the name of Changyue, the crops in the field are still in the house.

For the harvest of Ziyun wheat in the coming year, Li Gui didn't sleep last night.

After hearing this, Changyue comforted him and said: "This heavy snow is a natural disaster, the government should not blame, and I will help you ask when I go back." ”

Li Gui listened to the general idea, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Changyue.

(End of chapter)