Shui Zheran thought for a moment, "Let the county magistrate draw a big pie first?"

Shui Ling shook his head, "I'm afraid it's useless."

"Then you can't just point at our family." Shui Zheran frowned.

Shui Ling thought for a moment and said, "Let's see what the county magistrate says first. Maybe he can find someone to dig it out."

"Yeah, okay." Shui Zheran nodded.

The father and daughter were chatting when they saw a group of women walking this way from a distance.

Shui Ling had a bad feeling in her heart. All the people here were women, so it would be difficult to deal with them if they were all making jokes together.

Soon, these women arrived in the yard, led by the sixth wife. She smiled and said: "Girl, can you order a chick?"

Shuiling raised his eyebrows without any trace, "Chicken boy?"

"Yes, isn't it true that every family has eaten up all their chickens in the cave? We don't have any eggs to give our children extra meals on weekdays, so I thought I would make a reservation with you. If you can catch us, we can exchange them for food." Liu Po

smiled.

Some people were unhappy, "Aren't you just a chicken, and you still need to exchange food for it?"

Liu Po ​​snorted coldly, "If you have the ability, you can catch her yourself. Why are you here with us?"

The woman didn't say anything. She would have caught her herself if she could.

Shui Ling thought about the old hens in his family. Each of them started to lay a nest. There were fifteen eggs in one nest. How could eight nests hatch fifty or sixty chicks?

"It's okay to make a reservation, but how much food do you plan to exchange for it?"

The sixth wife said: "Now every family has a surplus of food. How about one chicken and two kilograms of polished rice?"

"What? Two kilograms of polished rice? Why don't you go and grab it? How much is a chicken? A kilogram of polished rice is twenty cents." The woman shouted again.

Shui Ling glanced at it. He was unfamiliar and didn't know his name. He was not polite at the moment, "If you are willing to change, come register with me. If you don't want to change, please come back. I only agreed for the sake of my sixth wife."

The sixth wife came with her, probably because she was afraid that she would suffer a loss, so she explained her purpose and terms of exchange as soon as she came.

Those who are willing to change immediately come forward to register. Shuiling writes it down in a notebook. Most of them want one, and a few want two. Those who want two are hard-working people.

After recording, Shui Ling smiled slightly: "This batch was exchanged cheaply for the sake of the sixth wife. Who wants chickens and ducks in the future? Five kilograms of polished rice."

"Bah, why don't you go and grab it?" The woman turned and walked away.

Shui Ling smiled coldly, "I don't want to change it yet. Hens holding nests delay laying eggs. How many eggs will they lose after more than twenty days?"

After sending these aunts away, Shui Ling went to the backyard to see a circle of old hens. They were all lying down in full spirits. Wu Feng still didn't know where he had gone.

Shui Ling went to the cellar to take a look and took out some non-perishable food, eggs, dried vegetables, etc. After all, there were more people in the family, so he had to pay more attention.

As for the eggs... I said that I hid the chickens and picked them up when I was looking for them.

After putting the things away, Shuiling came out of the cellar and saw Hu Buyu and Hu Xinxin coming back carrying a basket of tender grass. She asked in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Hu Buyu grinned, "Mom said we can't eat and drink for free, so we were thinking about doing some work, but we can't do anything else except mowing the grass."

Shui Ling looked at the five or six kilograms of grass in the basket and said with a smile: "You guys are awesome, the horses will definitely like to eat it."

The two children were praised, their eyes brightened and they were a little shy.

Shui Ling did not stop them and said: "Work hard, sister will prepare delicious food for you."

"Okay." The two children smiled happily.

Wei Chenglin's son ran out, "Sister Ling, how about I let my father build a house here?"

Shuiling glanced sideways, "Feel free to feed the horse." There is still a horse occupying Hercules' cowshed.

"Oh." The little fat man was very obedient. He picked up the basket and went to feed the horse.

Shui Ling thought of the birds on the roof, so she said to the two little guys: "There are many birds making nests on the top floor. They are hatching eggs. Don't go up and disturb them."

"Well, we understand." Hu Buyu nodded, and they were also very good.

Suddenly there were more people in the house, and it was quite lively. The laughter of the older children and the cries of the little ones were full of life.

Shuiling cooked for Hu Yueyue every day and didn't find it troublesome. Hu Yueyue was embarrassed, but she didn't say anything. She just kept it in her heart. What's the use of just saying thank you?

Lin Jinhui looked at Shuiling adding a lot of supplements to her daughter's meal, and sighed in her heart. If nothing else, just the golden fish maw, which even the nobles in the palace might not be able to eat.

She touched her face, her skin became whiter these days as a daughter, and it was even better than when she was a girl.

She was originally sad that her man was about to lose his official position, but now she felt that it was not a bad thing. Without an official position, he would be light-hearted. If he had a good neighbor, his life would be the same in the future.

After she thought about it, she felt relaxed. She was busy with Su Qin every day, feeling comfortable and relaxed.

Five days later, the county magistrate brought people to dig cassava. He lost a lot of weight, but he was still in good spirits. He took some time to tease his grandson and then hurriedly stared at those people.

Although the people in the county were miserable, they were not desperate. Under the leadership of the county magistrate, they all worked hard and worked hard.

Those old, weak, sick and literate people who could not work could still receive food every day. For a time, those who scolded Hu Tu for running away became those who praised him.

Of course, the operations of Wei Chenglin and Shui Zheran are indispensable here.

A month has passed, and the county has taken on a new look. The originally messy streets have become orderly, and the collapsed houses have been rebuilt. The most important thing is that no money has been spent.

Hu Tu looked at the county that was hundreds of times better than before, and he felt very happy. It turned out that he could manage the county so well.

However, after the spring plowing, an order came down from the government and the city, and Hu Tu was still demoted from his official position. Although he was not punished, he could only become a poor man.

Hu Tu sighed and walked to Ruoshui Village with his wife and children. All his property was confiscated, except for the clothes on his body, not even a piece of cloth was taken out.

Wei Chenglin drove the carriage to catch up with them, "Brother... Hu, I will take you to the fourth brother's house."

"I have to disturb them again." Hu Tu sighed, like a rooster defeated in a fight. He said melancholy: "I feel very embarrassed."

Wei Chenglin smiled and said: "Don't think so much, this is just an order from the city, wait and see."

"Yeah." Hu Tu lost a lot of weight and actually showed a hint of elegance. He must have been a handsome man when he was young.

When they arrived at Wenxin Xiaozhu, Shui Zheran was dividing vegetables with Shui Ling in the yard. When he saw Wei Chenglin driving over, he understood what was going on.

The carriage entered the yard, and Hu Tu got out of the carriage. After landing, he pretended to be strong and said with a smile: "Brother, I'm here again."
Chapter completed!