When many farmers heard that there were grain varieties for sale, they couldn't even take care of the white-flour steamed buns. They staggered as fast as they could, rushing to the grass hut that the privateers were referring to.

"Master, do you want to buy someone?" my little grandson is ten years old this year...... a thin old man led a male doll who was also very thin, and anxiously asked Elder Wu, who was sitting behind the long case.

"Old man, we don't buy people in Zhuangzi. Elder Wu waved his hand, "If you don't have the money to buy grain seeds, you can exchange it for labor just like exchanging steamed buns." ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately came to their senses and scrambled to respond: "I'll change!

"Sir, I can do anything. Swap food with me!"

Fortunately, there were preparations in advance, and two teams were dispatched outside the shed to maintain order.

Elder Wu raised his hand and said loudly, "Everyone be quiet. We adults know that the villagers have no grain and cannot plough in the spring. So, there was enough food to be prepared. Don't worry, let's change them one by one. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"Adults are living immortals who save the suffering!"

......

I don't know who led the way, but in short, in the blink of an eye, the hungry people knelt in front of the shed. They didn't even ask how to exchange their labor for food, but they knelt on the ground one by one in gratitude and kowtowed again and again to thank them.

Elder Wu and the team members responsible for maintaining order were all moved.

Next, Elder Wu publicly announced the method of exchanging grain seeds: a grain seed can be planted in half an acre of land, and only an adult male can be exchanged for a day of short-term work. If you are an old man, a woman, or a child over the age of seven, you need to work for two days to get a piece of food. During the short-term work, he was also in charge of four white-flour steamed buns and two bowls of rice porridge.

As with the exchange of steamed buns, there is also a limit on the quantity, that is, each person can only exchange one grain seed.

In addition, when exchanging grain seeds, it is necessary to make a note on the spot, promising to wait until the summer harvest, and give half a bucket of new rice to Zhuangzi.

The last one was thought up by Elder Wu. He was worried that after someone changed the grain, he would take it home and cook it and eat it.

After listening to this, the thin old man who was going to sell his little grandson asked in disbelief: "Master, as long as you make a written note, you don't want to guarantee it?" What's more, it is related to the big deal of half a bucket of new rice.

That's what I'm waiting for. Elder Wu smiled, grabbed the green mountain-shaped jade paperweight on the long case, and exerted a little force. "Click", the jade paperweight shattered. He let go of his hand. Plop, and soon, a small pile of green powder accumulated on the desk.

"Old man, what did you just ask? I didn't hear clearly. Please say it again. He patted off the dust left in his palm and asked with a smile.

The thin old man shuddered, and shook his head like a merchant's drum: "No, it's nothing." "No wonder don't keep the strip. With the strength of this hand to pinch stones, who dares to rely on his account? He is impatient, isn't he?

The other Zhuang men present also changed their colors in unison, their heads hooked low, and they didn't dare to look at the front anymore.

Things are going well. By the end of the evening, the number of short-term workers recruited had reached more than 500. According to the plan of 100 day laborers, the first day was lined up for the next five days.

Now that it is the spring plowing season, Elder Wu has made arrangements to schedule the short-term jobs for grain and planting until three days later. Therefore, many people hurriedly took the grain seeds home and went to the farm. Although today's food consumption is at a record high, the number of nomads gathered in front of Zhuangzi has dropped sharply. On this day, a lot of new faces were added, and the total number was less than 70% of yesterday's.

And the 100 day laborers today are both men and women. The women were all transferred to the women's camp by Elder Wu, and they either cooked porridge or steamed buns, and the men were sent to Elder Li. It's still cold at night. Therefore, it is advisable to build some temporary wooden huts in the open space outside the Zhuangzi for the hungry to stay overnight. Elder Li got this errand.

I heard that it was a shelter for the hungry people who spent the night, and the male and female workers were grateful, and they worked harder and harder. At the end of the day, they built ten wooden sheds.

Ziber was in charge of the unified dispatch and arranged these wooden sheds for the elderly and children.

In addition, the shortage of firewood has also been greatly alleviated. Before leaving, many people even took the initiative to ask Liu Yu'e: "Can I still exchange firewood for white-flour steamed buns tomorrow?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, they went back rejoicing. It seems that more people will come over tomorrow to change steamed buns.

As for the third problem, the problem of insufficient food stocks, it is also being resolved. Early in the morning, Zhao Xuan led the whole Tingfeng Hall to go north to collect grain. They carry food in storage bags, and on their feet, they should be able to get back before the stock is exhausted.

On the first day, it was an unexpected success, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After dark, the seven Zhuangzi also summoned back, and they activated a new relief plan, and the effect was also good.

No, the next day was full of surprises.

First of all, a lot of old faces are gone. When everyone inquired, they found out that those people had gone home to be busy with spring ploughing.

Second, more firewood and day-to-day jobs were exchanged than on the first day. Elder Wu made a rough estimate that he would not have to worry about firewood and manpower within a month. After Shen Yun listened to his report, he asked Qi Bo to distribute enough firewood to each wooden shed for one night.

Thirdly, twenty more wooden sheds were improvised. In the evening, Ziber was assigned a new shed, and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the hungry people who had stayed for the night had been housed. No one will spend the night in the open air tonight.

In addition, although many new faces have been added, the consumption of food is the same as yesterday and has not increased. In this regard, Qi Bo and Elder Wu got together, and after sorting out the situation in all aspects, they came to the conclusion that after many people changed to grain seeds, after arranging the labor time at Elder Wu's place, they only received a bowl of rice porridge, and hurriedly took the grain seeds home. Compared to the previous two meals a day, these people's consumption is less than half. In this case, the rate of food consumption will soon slow down.

It really made them predict accurately. Food consumption on the third day was the same as on the previous two days. On the fourth day, food consumption fell for the first time. Since then, it has been rapidly decreasing every day. After the spring ploughing was completed, the old people and young children who remained in the wooden shed were taken back by their families one after another.

Originally, each wooden shed housed an average of 10 adults and 5 toddlers. Now, Ziber no longer cares about the distribution of wooden sheds, and allows the hungry people to live at will. Because there are so many vacant slots. It is not a problem for one person to sleep in three bunks.

The soup kitchen has stopped. It's not because everyone's eating problem has been solved - after the intense spring ploughing, it is still the season of green and yellow. People who don't have a grain of food at home still can't dig up enough wild vegetables to cover their stomachs.

Instead, people chose to work part-time jobs for white-flour steamed buns. An adult man who works for a day in Zhuangzi can get four white-flour steamed buns and two rice porridges. It only takes two days for women and children over the age of seven to switch to these. After the spring ploughing, the work in the fields was much more leisurely. People have time to come and work part-time. They took home the food they got and saved some food, which was enough to feed the whole family for two to three days. What's more, everyone thinks that the food in exchange for working part-time jobs is much tougher than eating white food.

Of course, there are also people who still think about the rice porridge that they give alms, and they don't eat it for nothing, or they refuse to take the elderly and children home for a long time. As a result, their backbones were punctured by the villagers.

"The Living Immortals saved the lives of all of us. You don't think about how to repay your kindness, you just worry about eating and living for nothing, and feed the dog with your conscience?

And Shen Yun heard that he was called a "living immortal" by the people of ten miles and eight towns, and many people even set up immortal cards at home, so he simply laughed and cried. It turns out that the gods are made like this.