"Your family...your family actually wants to distribute food to the villagers?"
"It's not about sharing food, it's about borrowing food." Mrs. Li responded with a smile.
The village chief's face turned red with excitement.
"Whether it's sharing food or borrowing food, it's all a good thing! Every family is worried about not having food in the autumn! Your family is really the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva. This saves the lives of the whole village!"
Li Laoer hurriedly said To comfort the old man, I wanted to help him sit down.
But the village chief couldn't wait for a moment and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to call everyone in the village."
After saying that, he ran away as the wind blew under his feet.
In less than a moment, more than a dozen families in the village gathered in the Li family yard.
Since the rain, the wells in the houses have water again, and they are busy replanting, but everyone has not been here for a long time.
At this moment, they were suddenly gathered together, and everyone thought that the village chief was taking them to thank the Li family for delivering water earlier.
Unexpectedly, the village chief said that the Li family would lend food to each family in the autumn.
This is simply a great joy!
Someone yelled at that time, "Seriously?"
"This is great. You don't have to buy grain in the autumn."
"It's okay if your family has money to buy it, but my family can't even afford it."
Everyone kept complaining. If it doesn't rain, I'll be sad. If it rains, I'll be even more sad.
The village chief banged his pipe and pot and shouted loudly to everyone.
"Shut your mouths and listen to me. In the previous drought, we all relied on the Li family's wells to survive. Now that there is no food, the Li family has offered to borrow food in the autumn.
Such a good family will settle here. Our Qingshui Village. We, Qingshui Village, are simply lucky. We can't let people feel cold!"
He coughed twice and continued.
"In this way, I will make the decision and ask Mr. Li Er to write a receipt. Each family will write their name and fingerprints on how much grain they borrow. Next year, each family will pay 10% more as interest if they borrow grain.
Because this year's grain will definitely be as expensive as gold. People If you don't sell a single grain, you will lend it to everyone to survive. You can't pay back the same amount next year. That's so heartless!
Do you agree?"
"Agree, agree!" The villagers nodded quickly.
No one is stupid, and all accounts are settled quickly.
Even now that the price of food has tripled, it would be a good idea for the Li family to ask them to pay back double the amount next year.
Unexpectedly, the Li family asked for 10% more talent, which was just like borrowing for nothing.
Someone was grateful and said loudly.
"From now on, when you are pulling weeds and harvesting in the fields, you will call me one. Since my family also needs to eat food, I should also work harder."
"Yes, me too. Call me one when working."
For a while, everyone else responded, and the village chief nodded with satisfaction. .
"That's it, the matter is settled. Don't be greedy and borrow too much! The Li family can only allocate fifteen acres of land. After all, there are many people in their family, and there are six of them, Lao Zhao, who will all eat together. "Here."
With fifteen acres of land, one family can get almost one acre of food, plus the radish and cabbage replanted in the field.
If we tighten our belts a little, we can barely survive until next spring.
For a while, Li Laoer re-wrote the deed.
The village chief is the guarantor, and the heads of each family come forward and put their thumbprints on their names.
After their names were written how much food they borrowed and how much they would return.
Clearly, clearly.
Everyone in the Li family stood under the eaves and watched quietly.
Jiayin hugged her grandma's neck and really admired this old lady.
Just borrowing food turned the whole village into allies of the Li family.
After all, the Li family's grain needs to be harvested successfully before they can borrow grain.
In the next two months, the whole village worked hard to help the Li family pull weeds and patrol to guard against wild beasts for winter rations.
Even more wary of other villagers coming to steal and destroy...
From a family fighting against all coveted dangers, to a village united as one.
One word difference, but a world of difference.
Sure enough, the villagers had hope, as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Early in the morning, the Li family rushed to the field. There were already more than a dozen villagers pulling weeds...
Things in the field came to an end, and Mrs. Li was in a good mood.
While the house was quiet, he closed the door and took his little granddaughter to count the money on the kang.
I used to sell vegetables, and the most I sold in one day was fifteen taels. Even the least one day is twelve taels.
I sold it for fourteen days and made a profit of one hundred and eighty taels. Get rid of the eighteen taels allocated to Manager Zhou. The twenty taels used to treat guests to dinner left exactly one hundred and sixty taels.
Even Mrs. Li, with her strong temperament, couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes.
Thinking about it, the family was worried about the eldest grandson's education. The whole family had to mobilize to spend one or two a month before they dared to decide.
Nowadays, let alone one tael a month, even ten taels can be afforded.
And the good news is already rolling on a lot of money.
This is silver!
She worked hard to grow and pull vegetables, and got back the money.
Old Mrs. Li was amused by her granddaughter. She hugged her granddaughter and kissed her twice.
"Grandma's lucky girl, my family will enjoy the blessings with you! Grandma will give you whatever you want!"
Jiayin immediately grabbed two silver coins.
Mrs. Li smiled even harder and tapped the tip of her granddaughter's nose.
"You earned this all, you can take as much as you want. Just leave some money for your brother to study."
Jiayin just likes money and plans to save some slowly. Be prepared for what flowers will be used for when you grow up.
Of course she won't have it all covered.
So, with a flip of her hand, she threw two pieces of silver into the space.
She started to nibble on the fruit and had no intention of taking any more money.
She is teething recently and her mouth is always itchy and uncomfortable. The fruit tastes good when chewed, and it can also grind your gums.
She almost took a few bites when she was free.
When Mrs. Li saw her granddaughter being so sensible, she couldn't help but feel strange again.
After I had collected my money, as soon as I went out, a carriage stopped outside the door.
It turned out that Liu Biaotou was the guest.
This is a distinguished guest!
Soon, Li Laosi came back from the fields, and Tao Hongying also started preparing food and drinks.
Biaotou Liu is easy to get along with, and everyone in the Li family likes him.
We chatted, ate and drank, and it was already dusk when we had to send him off.
When Li Laosi returned to the house, his expression showed a bit of hesitation.
Mrs. Li was busy bathing her granddaughter. Jiayin stepped up her calves, played with the water and started making trouble.
Jia An's family enjoyed having a water fight with her sister and helping her take a bath, but was driven away by Mrs. Li.
Jiayin stuck out her tongue at her brother, causing Tao Hongying, who brought in water, to laugh.
"I don't know how smart this girl is. She's not yet one year old, and she's already shy."
"We're grown girls, and knowing that being shy is a good thing."
In Mrs. Li's heart, her granddaughter is a blessing. .
Even if Tao Hongying is her mother, she can't say a word.
Tao Hongying was so dumbfounded that she stretched out her hand to help her daughter take off her clothes.
At this time, Mrs. Li walked in and said, "Mom, I have something to say."
"What is it?" Mrs. Li was confused. Jiayin also stopped patting the water and looked over curiously.
Li Laosi hesitated for a moment and whispered.
"I picked up a escort from the escort agency. It's very expensive. It's hard to let too many people know about this, so we can't go to too many people. Mr. Liu wants me to go with him.
There's also Jia Yi, so it's best to help too. . Go back quickly, I should be back in twenty days."
Before Mrs. Li and Tao Hongying could respond, Jiayin's heart pounded and she struggled to spit out a word.
"No!"