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    Ning's father and Ning Lao'er had an IOU that was enough to feed them for more than half a year. They felt that they had never been so rich. They felt that they had never been so rich since they were young.  This kind of stability not only provided them with enough rice for half a year, but also married Ning Sanmei to Gu Yezhou, a capable and kind-hearted person.  Even if they had eaten up most of the food for the past six months, they did not believe that Gu Yezhou would watch them starve to death.  Of course, they don¡¯t want to just rely on other people¡¯s relief. Wouldn¡¯t it be better if they could live a good life on their own?  So, after they separated from Ning Sanmei, the two began to discuss how to exchange the food for more than half a year for land.  It was agreed that five bowls of rice would be exchanged for one acre of land.  However, you cannot take the grain with you. It is best to let those who exchange farm produce for grain go to the rice merchants to get it. This is the safest way.  So, the two of them returned to the wealthy family of rice merchant Qiu.  They told Qiu Fufu what they had planned.  What other people want to do with their food is their business, so Qiu Fufu naturally obeys his advice.  Immediately, they called the accountant and left only two months' rations for the food they had left with them. The rest were all issued as rice coupons, each one representing a small bowl of rice.  The rice stamps issued were deducted from the grain they had stored, and IOUs were issued again.  Carrying a stack of rice tickets, they returned to the Chenghuang Temple.  They first found Qi Bo¡¯s family who were dying of hunger in their village. Qi Bo¡¯s family was a self-cultivated farmer with four acres of high-quality paddy fields.  He whispered to him: "Uncle Qi, don't say I don't take care of you. I have some rice and I want to use it to help you. Do you want it?" Uncle Qi's eyes were shining as he was lying on the ground.  Suddenly he got up from the ground.  He trembled and said: "Yes! Yes! Thank you brother! Thank you so much for saving my life." "However, my food cannot be given to me in vain. Can I exchange it with your family's land?" "Ah?" Uncle Qi said with a complicated expression.  Looking at him, "What's the alternative?" Seeing that the family was already very hungry, Uncle Qi thought of selling the land, but many people were thinking about this and selling their own land, so the price of the land dropped.  The drop was severe.  And there are not many people buying it, so it won¡¯t be sold for a while.  Now that Ning's father is willing to exchange food for food, he is of course surprised and sad at the same time. The land is their last possession. If the land is sold, they really don't know how to live in the future.  However, now I can only focus on the present.  Let¡¯s get over the current difficulty first.  Ning's father looked around and said in a low voice: "I have a lot of food in Miqiu's rich family. He gave me some rice stamps, one rice stamp for a bowl of rice. I exchanged five rice stamps for it."  Your one acre of land produces twenty bowls of rice! That¡¯s enough for your family to eat for a while!¡± This price is much lower than the current market price, and the land cannot be sold.  .  Qi Bo has no choice.  Although, these twenty bowls of rice boiled into porridge are enough for a family to eat for ten days.  However, they had been hungry for so many days. Uncle Qi's son had already starved to death. He had no strength to bury him, so he placed him under the wall of the courtyard of the City God's Temple.  Buried by the wind and snow.  Now, the remaining family members are no longer alive and are waiting for food to save their lives. They have no choice but to bite the bullet and change.  Uncle Qi nodded painfully: "Okay! Change it!" Father Ning stretched out his hand: "Tian Deed!" Uncle Qi trembled and took out a blue cloth package from his arms, opened it, and took out four deeds. This is their home  Deed to four acres of land.  Passed it to Ning's father.  Father Ning took the Tian deed and quietly took out twenty rice tickets and handed them to Uncle Qi.  Qi Bo took it with trembling hands, looked at it carefully, called the family members who were already staggering with hunger, and under the call to eat, struggled to the rice merchant, exchanged twenty bowls of rice, which was just a small bag, and took  I hid in a corner and made a fire to cook rice porridge. The whole family drank it and finally felt some warmth in their bodies.  Ning¡¯s father and Ning Laoer continued to search for the target, but they did so separately.  Almost all the farmers in the village were searched and the fields of many farmers were replaced.  All of a sudden, the fields they were pregnant with already amounted to a thick stack.  Then, they started looking for people from neighboring villages to replace them, until all the rice stamps in their arms were exchanged for farm property.  Of course, the food they still have left means that they have enough food for two months.  The two of them were happily hiding in a corner to count the land deeds. Suddenly, they saw many victims of the disaster in the City God's Temple staggering out, braving the heavy snow in the sky and walking outside the gate of the City God's Temple. They couldn't help but be surprised.  Just as he was looking at what was going on, Ning Laoer saw a familiar figure stumbling past him. He hurriedly grabbed him, but it was Luo Jiacai's daughter-in-law and asked, "What are you doing?"  The wealthy daughter-in-law looked excited: "I heard that the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court has arrived, so hurry up to the yamen gate and line up to get the porridge!" After that, she struggled to break free from his hand, and DongHe followed the crowd and ran toward the outer door of the yard.  Ning and his father already had something to eat. They were not very excited when they heard the news. On the contrary, they were a little lucky. Fortunately, they had already taken action first.  If we wait until now, I'm afraid that once the relief grain comes out, we won't be able to exchange for such cheap land so smoothly.  The two of them sat in the City God's Temple without going. After a while, there were no more people standing in the various halls of the City God's Temple. There were only those lying on the ground who were too hungry to leave, and those who were dead but had family members.  There was no strength to carry out and bury the bodies.  It exudes a corpse smell.  At this time, Ning Laoer said: "Otherwise, let's go and have a look. Nothing will happen. If we can receive disaster relief food, can't we sell it for land?" "Okay!" Ning's father nodded.  The two of them also braved the heavy snow and came to the county government office.  The dam in front of the county government office is already full of victims who have come to prepare food for disaster relief.  However, the gate of the county government office was tightly closed, and rows of government officers stood at the door.  On the high wall, the archers of the Yamen stood on the ladder leaning against the wall, holding bows and arrows in their hands, looking nervously at the huge crowd of victims.  Ruan Dan, the county government's chief catcher, stood at the gate and shouted loudly over and over: "Fellows! Dear fellow villagers! Don't listen to rumors. The disaster relief food from the court has not arrived yet. If it does, we will arrange for distribution."  , but it hasn¡¯t arrived yet. The county captain who holds the seal has sent out urgent messages over and over again. However, the court is suppressing bandits and will not be able to come up with so much food for a while. This is because it is not just our county that is affected by the disaster, but many people across the country.  All places have been hit by disasters. There have been blizzards for more than ten days in a row, and many people have no food. Therefore, there are many places that need disaster relief, and our county cannot take care of it at the moment. But folks, please rest assured that the county captain loves the people.  Son, I will definitely get food for everyone! The relief food hasn¡¯t arrived yet, so don¡¯t believe the rumors" His words dimmed the hope on the faces of the victims again.  There was buzzing discussion.  At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Someone saw the relief food entering the city last night and entering the Yamen!" Someone else shouted: "That's right! I saw it with my own eyes. The carriage was loaded with a  Bags of food are coming into the city!¡± ¡°If the government doesn¡¯t distribute relief food, do they want us all to starve to death?¡± At this time, the victims started making trouble again like boiling water.  Ruan Dan's voice was no longer heard.  Ruan Dan¡¯s face changed when he saw the victims who were gradually losing control.  At this time, someone squeezed over, reached the bottom of his steps, and walked up.  Ruan Dan drew out his sword in horror and shouted: "Stop! What are you going to do?" The man stopped, raised his head and said, "I am the scholar Gu Yezhou, don't you recognize me?" Ruan Captou looked at it carefully,  Sure enough, it was Gu Yezhou.  He quickly returned the sword to its sheath, clasped his fists and said, "It's sir. Is there anything wrong?" "Yes! I'm looking for the county captain to report something I need. Can I go in?" "Yes, yes! Of course, I'm the first to be alive.  Go. ¡ª¡ªOpen the door! Open the door quickly!¡± The Yamen opened and Gu Yezhou stepped in. Ruan Captou immediately followed and ordered the door to be closed and no one was allowed to come in.  Ruan Captou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "These mud-legged people are really fucked! I don't know who leaked the news." Gu Yezhou's heart moved and looked at him: "The Yamen disaster relief food has really been exhausted  Has it been allocated?" Ruan Captou regretted that he had let it slip, but thinking that Gu Yezhou was a scholar, a disciple of the county magistrate, and a member of the Yamen, there was no need to hide it, so he whispered: "  It has been here for several days. However, the county captain has said that there is no rush to tell anyone. This matter must not be told to anyone, so as not to cause a civil uprising!  He said: "Of course I won't say it. However, since the food has arrived, why not distribute disaster relief?" "This, I'm not sure, hey, this is what the county captain meant."  "Well, has my bounty of more than one hundred guan been received?" "Well, to be honest, it has been received a long time ago, but the county captain also said that it will not be distributed for the time being." "Why?"  "I don't know, little one." As he spoke, he had already arrived at the signing room.  Tan County Lieutenant, who is temporarily in charge of the seal, works here.  However, at this moment, he stood nervously at the door, looking in the direction of the door, worried that the victims would rush in.  From a distance, I saw Capt. Ruan leading someone over. When I got closer, I saw clearly that it was Gu Yezhou, a scholar from the county.  As the second-in-command of the county government, of course he knows all the scholars in the county, including Gu Yezhou.  However, soul possessionBut Gu Yezhou didn't recognize him.  Fortunately, Ruan Captou stepped forward first and said, "Your Excellency, County Lieutenant, Mr. Gu asked to see you and said he had something important to report." County Lieutenant Tan glanced at Gu Yezhou and nodded: "Okay, let's talk in the room!" Two  The person entered the signing room and sat down.  The servant served tea, then withdrew and closed the door.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: Please give me monthly votes and recommendation votes, thank you!
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