Jiang Nv is indescribable

Chapter 176
Xiao Yuandu called people to prepare the horse, hesitated for a moment, then ordered Xiutu to go back to the inner house and get a set of normal clothes for him to put on.

Under the gray cotton cloak is an azurite round-neck robe, with a belt around the waist, and a long knife with a buried sheath.After thinking about it before leaving, he put down the knife again.

In addition to Xiutu, he also called two soldiers from the government, and the group of people dressed lightly and walked out of Wuxiong City with horses and whips.

It was Malan Village ten miles west of the city that Jiang Nu had been to yesterday.

Malan Village is located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by mountains. As a place where horses were raised, although it can't be called fertile land, at least the water and grass are abundant.Ordinarily, the people here should live comfortably, but the reality is not as expected.

As soon as you enter the village, you can see all the low and old houses.The doors of some houses are ajar, and occasional voices come out accompanied by smoke from the cooking. It should be a scene full of smoke and fire, but it is inexplicably lifeless.

Occasionally people passed by on the village road, and they were expressionless when they saw them, outsiders.

Randomly stopped a few people to inquire, and asked if something happened in the village?Either he waved his hands and didn't answer, or he walked away in a hurry, the reaction was really weird.

Until a skinny old man carrying dung passed by, Xiutu was about to ask questions, when a foul smell came, he hurriedly covered his nose.

Glancing at the young master standing by the side of the road, the young master tapped his left palm with a whip handle in his right hand, stepped forward hesitantly, and asked the old man, "What are you doing?"

The old man put down the burden tremblingly, and the old man squinted for a long time but didn't recognize who it was. At first, he thought it was a neighbor, but the accent seemed to be from a foreign country.

With a cry, he said, "Put dung on the vegetable garden." After saying that, he continued to sway forward with the burden on his shoulders.

Xiao Yuandu hesitated for a moment and followed.

Seeing that the old man was really struggling to carry the burden, he tilted his head and motioned for Xiutu to take over the burden.

The old man thought he was going to grab the dung, "I beg you to show your kindness, without these, the vegetables will not grow, and the food will not be enough—"

Xiu Tuxun was dizzy, and said with closed air, "Don't be alarmed, old man, I won't steal you, just point me in the right direction, and I'll carry it for you."

The old man couldn't believe it at first, but he became happy when he confirmed that what he said was true.

He kept praising them as good people, "Thank you. Go straight along the trail, the one on the left is there."

Xiutu was afraid of fuming the young master, so he quickened his pace.After all, the old man was a little worried, but his legs and heels couldn't keep up, and he gradually fell behind.

Xiao Yuandu walked beside him with his hands behind his back, raised his eyes to look at the surrounding farmlands, and asked casually, "Old man, is this year your Geng?"

The old man raised his hand to cover his eyes, and stared at Xiutu, for fear that he would backtrack and run away with his dung load again.

Xiao Yuandu asked him three times before he heard it. After thinking about it, he said not quite sure: "About seventy."

Xiao Yuandu nodded: "My old man has a long life."

Seventy has been rare since ancient times. Although this old man has a long life span, his life is not good. He loses his teeth and shakes.

"The old man has no children or grandchildren? Why don't we let them do the fertilization and land cultivation?"

"There is a son. He died of illness a few years ago, leaving behind two grandsons who are outside."

While speaking, he came to the vegetable garden with a fence around it, Xiutu opened the firewood gate to carry dung in, and after hearing the old man's words, he said, "Your two grandsons are too disgraceful, not one of them is filial in front of you."

The old man quickly waved his hands: "They are very filial! They came to visit me at the beginning of last month. There is only a little field at home, and I can manage it by myself. They are young and strong, so they can earn money by working hard."

Speaking of this, the old man sighed, "It's all about money. If there is money, why would my two grandchildren leave home. It's time to start a family."

Xiao Yuandu raised his eyebrows: "At the old man's age, Sun Xianglai is not too young. Since he is young and strong, he can do whatever he wants to make a living, and he won't be able to afford the money to get married."

"Exactly!" Xiutu agreed, "Could it be fooling around outside without telling you."

"Outsiders don't know, my two grandsons are the most diligent and willing to work, but no matter how diligent they are, they can't help—"

The old man hesitated to speak, as if he had something to hide.

I don't want to say more, and I don't want others to look down on my grandson, "Anyway, the old grandsons are doing serious things outside, and they are definitely not lazy."

Xiao Yuandu and Xiutu looked at each other, and then shook their heads: "I don't believe it. Old man, you must have been deceived by those two grandsons. Look at your age, and you are dressed in rags. As long as they have some conscience, Will you not let you spend your old age in peace?"

"You foreigner, how can you speculate randomly!" Seeing that Xiao Yuandu is tall and arrogant, the old man didn't dare to be angry with him, and snatched the dung ladle from Xiutu's hand, "I don't need your help anymore, you guys go!"

Xiao Yuandu clicked his tongue and folded his arms, "You old man, why don't you know a good heart? I'm complaining for you. Tell me where the two of them are working so that I can bring him back for you. They kowtow in front of you to admit their mistakes."

The old man was anxious and angry, "My grandson has a conscience! He didn't fool around! The two of them have always been upright, but no matter how upright they were, they couldn't fill the mouth of the county magistrate! That's why they were forced to leave home to make a living."

"Who?" Xiutu was stunned, glanced at the young master, and hurriedly said, "Old man, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Your family is poor, what do you do for the county magistrate?!"

The old man was in a mood of resentment and forgot his scruples.Probably holding back for a long time, finally had an outlet, threw the ladle, sat on the ground and poured bitter water with them.

"If you say it, you can't blame the current county magistrate, it's because the previous one is too harmful—"

Wu Youde, the former commander of Wu Xiong, had been in business for several generations. Although he became an official, he inherited some family traditions.

At the beginning of taking office, in order to show his friendly and kind side, Wu Youde led a group of county officials to go around to observe the people's sentiments, and the momentum was very large.

Everywhere he went, he asked about farming, cared for the lonely old, and refused to accept all the property offered by the head of the village.The common people thought that he was an honest and honest official who loved the people, and for a while there were voices praising him everywhere.

On this day, Wu Youde came to Malan Village.

At that time, Malan Village was the most affluent village within a radius of ten miles.It was the harvest season, and Wu Youde was very relieved to see the waves of wheat rolling in front of him. He called the local officials to inquire in detail about the customs of the village and the busy farming.

The Li officials were sincere and frightened, answered everything, and dared not hide it at all.

Wu Youde was quite satisfied with his answer, and suddenly asked: "How are the eggs sold in the village?"

The clerk was stunned for a moment: "Go back to Shangguan, three coins for one coin."

Wu Youde immediately ordered his entourage to bring [-] yuan and hand it over to the Li Li to buy [-] eggs from him.

The local official thought that the county magistrate's move was to take care of the folks in Malan Village, so he was so happy that he went to Zhang Luo to buy eggs.

There are more than a hundred households in Malan Village, and every family raises chickens, and every family has eggs.Even so, [-] eggs is still a large number, and the Li Li thought in his heart that if he couldn't make up all the eggs, he would go to the neighboring village to buy them.

Wu Youde was not in a hurry, "Tell me first how much the family can buy."

In the heart of sharing benefits and benefiting the villagers, the Li officials reported the number.

Wu Youde asked his followers to write it down, and said: "I'm not in a hurry to get this egg right now, I'll put it here with you, and I'll send someone to fetch it after it grows up to be a chicken."

He also earnestly urged to take good care of those unborn chickens.

Then he pointed to the account book in the hand of the entourage, "There is a fixed number of how much a family should have. I won't ask for more than one, but I don't like to lose money, so I can't afford less."

Li Li was dumbfounded.

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