There is space for the farm milk group, and they like to farm on the way to escape from the famine

Early this morning, it was not the busy farming season, and the villagers of Niutou Village were still asleep, when two government servants driving ox carts knocked on the door of the village chief's house.

The village chief's wife happened to get up early this morning to clean her little grandson's urine ring. When she heard a knock on the door and saw the government official, she was dumbfounded.

But at least she had some knowledge, and she quickly reacted and said diligently,

"Hey, what's the wind blowing today? Thank you for coming here so early. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you some brown sugar water!"

With that said, he quickly invited the two yamen servants into the room to sit down, and quickly poured out two cups of brown sugar water.

The two yamen servants, the tall and strong one was called Zhou Zhuangshi, and the short and fat one was called Fatty Zhao. Seeing how familiar they were with the village chief's wife, the two men's originally stern faces softened a lot.

When the village chief's wife saw this, she asked them the purpose of their visit today.

It turned out that the government in Lin'an County did not have enough grain reserves, so they sent officials to collect grain from nearby villagers.

The village chief's wife's face darkened when she heard this.

These unscrupulous people want to plunder the people's wealth when the people's lives are so miserable.

Why not strike them to death with thunder from the sky?

She was scolding her in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on the outside, so she had to squeeze out a smile to apologize to the two government officials.

Fatty Zhao looked at the increasingly vicious weather outside the hospital and complained impatiently: "It's really getting hotter here."

The village chief's wife understood the implication and hurriedly went to the other side to wake up her son and asked her son to inform the villagers to put the grain in the dam.

Then he told his son in private that the villagers should not take too little or too much, and then we would cry for poverty and see if it would be of any use.

Zhao Chuanyong did not dare to delay, so he left in a hurry.

These two government officials came to collect grain from Niutou Village for the first time, and they were satisfied that the village chief's wife was so understanding.

Zhao Chuanyong followed his mother's instructions and first notified the neighbors. Then after thinking about it, he ran to Ji's house first.

Ji Laoer and Ji Er's sister-in-law have already gotten up to clean the yard. Today is the day when shopkeeper Ye is coming to sell wine. They got up early because they also want to see how the wine is doing.

Seeing Zhao Chuanyong standing at the door, the couple unexpectedly let him in: "Brother Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhao Chuanyong told everything about it.

Sister-in-law Ji's expression immediately changed:

"The court really doesn't want us to live. How much food can we use to pay taxes? We still have so many children at home!"

Zhao Chuanyong also sighed: "No, what should I do?"

His wife had just given birth to a son for him, and Tianding came across this incident.

Sister-in-law Ji and Brother Ji were frowning, and then Mrs. Ji's angry voice came from the door:

"Chuanyong has said that we should take no more food than no less. The two of you go and measure it out."

Mrs. Ji's words were like a needle in the sea. Ji Laoer and Sister-in-law Ji seemed to have a backbone. After they agreed, they went to work.

Mrs. Ji said to Zhao Chuanyong, "Chuanyong, thank you for coming here to deliver the message. You should go and tell the news to others first."

Zhao Chuanyong nodded and left. It didn't take long for Sister-in-law Ji and the others to prepare two buckets of grain and take them out. After thinking about it, Mrs. Ji asked Sister-in-law Ji to make a jar of wine from a small jar.

This small jar was bought last time they were in the city.

Ji Laoer didn't know why: "Mom, why are you drinking?"

Mrs. Ji was furious and said, "When I gave birth to you, did I not give you a brain or something? Why did you know how to open your mouth and ask? Of course this is for the government servants!"

Mrs. Ji is also thinking about something else. If this thing is done well, then the whole village will owe them a favor.

Ji Laoer's neck shrank when his mother scolded him. Seeing him like this, Ji Laoer was even more confused about whether to laugh or cry, so she said:

"You hold all these things, let's go to the dam."

The Bazi of Niutou Village is a very flat square. Generally, crops that need to be dried are located here. Usually, when the government officials come to collect grain, they are gathered here.

When the Ji family went there, they were the first, and many family members came one after another.

Every household looked solemn.

The food at home is not enough to eat, and now we have to harvest food. Seeing that the lean period is about to come, whether the family can have enough to eat is still a question.

Families who knew each other would sit next to each other and talk about the sorrows of the future. Mrs. Ji had a net worth of a hundred taels of silver in her hands, and she didn't care enough about this little food.

Looking at the sad faces of every household, Mrs. Ji had a straight face and a straighter back than anyone else.

As a farmer who has been working in the fields for generations, having a savings of one hundred taels of silver is a big deal.

Besides, her son is filial, her daughter-in-law is capable, and she has so much wealth, so she has a strong backbone.

Standing in this dam, Mrs. Ji was still thinking about how much money she could sell for today's batch of wine. Although she had never attended school for a day, she could calculate food and money better than anyone else.

After all the calculations, Mrs. Ji's back became straighter and straighter.

No matter what, my family will never go hungry.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the village chief's wife and the government servant arrived belatedly. The two officers and soldiers clasped their hands behind their backs and looked at each villager through the slits of their eyes.

I saw that most of them had a bucketful, a bucketful and a half of food piled there, their faces became more and more fierce, and they looked at the villagers with their eyes.

Niutou Village is already a relatively prosperous village in the surrounding area. They originally budgeted to receive more than half of the food quota, but as of now, it is still far from what they expected.

Zhou Zhuangshi raised his eyelids and lazily watched one villager after another nervously handing over food, and he had his own concerns in his heart.

I was prepared to attack after the grain collection was over, and I would definitely want to collect enough grain quickly to return to the Yamen.

Just like that, it didn't take long to receive the Ji family.

Ji Laoer smiled and handed the grain to the two of them for inspection. When they saw that his family had handed over two buckets of grain, their expressions softened a little.

At this moment, Mrs. Ji winked at her second son.

Sister-in-law Ji understood and hurriedly stuffed the jar of wine into Fatty Zhang's arms:

"Master, my family went to the city a few days ago to help the restaurant owner. The restaurant owner sent me a good wine. I heard that the taste of this wine is almost the same as the wine in Fucheng. How can we, the rural people who work in the fields, eat it?"

Wine, I hope the official won’t dislike it.”

This is very technical.

When he heard that it was a gift from the restaurant owner, Fatty Zhao took a high look. He also heard that this wine was similar to Fucheng's fine wine, and he became addicted to it.

At this moment, smelling the faint aroma of wine coming from the jar, Fatty Zhang showed his first smile since arriving here:

"Which family are you from? You are quite knowledgeable!"

Sister-in-law Ji laughed: "Master, we are from the Ji family!"

Zhou Zhuangshi also smiled and said: "Okay, that's right. The people in your family are smart! They also pay a lot of food!"