My whole family is punching cards in the farming article to survive

One thousand acres of original ecological land plus more than [-] families of old, weak, women and children.

The only valuable thing in the entire farm is the three-entry house in the innermost part of the farm.

Although it seems to have taken a long time to build, the house is mostly built of stone and wood, and the house is solid.

It has been abandoned for so many years, and there is no sense of déjà vu of a dilapidated house.

This is much better than the house in Jinshui Village that their family just moved to back then!

"This place is much better than the small courtyard house in Yue Liao. If it weren't for the fact that this place has not yet reached the point of self-sufficiency, I would have wanted to move here directly."

Mayberry stood by the well in the backyard. After confirming that water could still be produced from the well, she felt that this place was a good place.

"Although this place is not the best and is a bit remote, it won't be so deserted that no one will take care of it."

Meiyou helped Meiberry look around and then put forward her own opinion.

"Isn't there such a thing? Those outside..."

Meili pursed her lips, thinking that suddenly there were dozens more people to eat, and the pressure suddenly came up.

"That's not what I said."

Mayu shook her head, apparently Mayberry hadn't noticed yet.

"As we walked along, the cultivated land in Zhuangzi was very obvious. The refugees who came to live in seclusion could obviously see it, but they were too timid to plant directly on it.

There are also some water conservancy facilities, waterwheels, and ditches. Although they look abandoned now, it is obvious that this Zhuangzi was very good at the beginning. Why were they abandoned here? "

"Ah... this..." Mei Berry couldn't answer, "Maybe... there's not enough manpower?"

However, Meiyou didn't answer this question, and only gave Meiberry a mocking look of "What do you think?"

Well, Mayberry doesn't believe it either.

What a wonderful village. It was inexplicably transformed into a deserted village. Mei Bei's heart was pounding.

In the future, she would still have to tell Jiubaoxuan or Xie Changxu about the farm.

In addition, after looking around, Meiberry still had to consider the food and drink issues of these "householders" who were temporarily classified as hers.

The water source in Zhuangzi is relatively stable, so Mei Qi doesn't have to worry about it.

But they obviously looked like they hadn't had enough to eat for a long time.

Meiberry, the food in her system space, was reluctant to touch it. This was the food she left for her family.

When she comes next time, she will have to ask someone to buy some food and bring it here.

While Mei Pei and Mei You were inspecting the house, Mei Youqian and several Jiubaoxuan guys went to look at the fields outside the yard. Wei Meili was already chatting with the old, young, women and children who Mei Pei decided to take in.

After chatting, I found out that some of these families had moved here for five to one year.

There are also several underage boys here, but the oldest one is only Tian Qi's age, and they all look like bean sprouts.

The rest are basically women, old and young. They all ran out because they couldn't live any longer at home.

Wei Meili couldn't help but sigh after hearing the various experiences of these people.

All the men were gone, and only the old and young were left in the family. Life was very difficult, and they had to face various taxes from time to time. It was really hard to survive, so they fled in the middle of the night;

In some families, the man was gone, and they encountered unkind elders and were directly sold by their in-laws. They ran away on their own halfway and came here when they were homeless;
There are also a small number of people who have been like wandering ghosts with nowhere to turn because they were born mixed-race, and finally stayed here...

This Zhuangzi is like paradise to homeless people like them.

In addition, there is a military camp, which makes it relatively stable.

It was just that several times it seemed that they were discovered by soldiers in the military camp, but they did not come to disturb them.

Occasionally when the weather is cold, bags of wheat and fish will even be thrown at Zhuangzikou.

That kind of unspoken tacit understanding also gave these homeless people, old and young, a short-term sense of belonging here.

"We will work hard when we wait for spring planting."

But now that the owner of Zhuangzi has come, not only does he have no intention of driving them away, he even hires them to work here, recognizing their intention to continue here.

Everyone has expectations for the future.Wei's pretty eyes couldn't help but feel a little sore at this look.

When Mei Bei and Mei You came out to find Wei Meili, Mei Bei saw her mother sitting with a group of people eating dark pancakes in a pottery bowl with a missing mouth.

That pancake, Mei Berry knew it wasn't delicious just by looking at it.

But Mei Berry and Mei You still took it without hesitation when they handed it to them.

That was their kindness and gratitude to themselves. Meiberry and the others did not show any dissatisfaction or disgust. They slowly swallowed the thick, even scratchy pancakes with the water they brought.

In the evening, Mei Bei and a group of people who came with Jiubaoxuan cleaned the Sanjin house. Everyone was going to spend the night here.

Thinking of what those people ate during the day, Meiberry struggled for a long time, and finally got into the mule's cart and took out an old pumpkin the size of a millstone and a ten-pound bag of cornmeal from the space.

Thanks to the fact that Mei Youqian and Wei Meili brought a lot of things on the mule cart because they knew they would most likely stay here overnight, no one aroused suspicion when Mei Bei suddenly took out the food.

Corn and pumpkin pancakes, although the conditions here are limited, the scones made from pure grains will not be unpalatable after all.

Early the next morning, before Meiberry and the others left, they distributed the dozens of kilograms of corn and pumpkin cakes to the farmers.

For these farmers who have been eating whole grains and wild vegetables for a long time, this kind of food is burnt on the outside and soft on the inside, mixed with the sweet aroma of old pumpkin and corn, it is simply a delicacy in the world.

Everyone was about to kneel down and worship Mei Bei, but fortunately, Mei Bei kept supporting them.

"Okay, okay, I have to eat enough before I have the strength to work! I estimate that I will bring people over again in a few days. Then they will bring various seeds and some food, and then everyone will have a comprehensive Spring plowing has begun.

Before that, I also hope that everyone can help me clean up the weeds on the fields in the village. "

Everyone agreed to what Mei Bei said, but Mei Bei looked at how sallow and thin they all were, and finally warned them to do what they could.

Finally, Meiberry also took out some vegetable seeds stored in her space.

"I see that you all have some land at your door. I have some vegetable seeds that come in handy."

"Master!"

A group of poor people looked at Mei Berry with tears in their eyes. They couldn't say anything for a long time. They just stared at Mei Berry, unable to suppress their gratitude.

"Okay, it's time for me to go back and make some plans for our Zhuangzi. I hope that the next time I come back, it will be when the good times really begin~"

Meiberry waved her hands to everyone before leaving.

After leaving the farm, Mayberry sighed several times on her horse as she walked back.

"Why are you sighing?"

Mei You saw that Mei Bei seemed to be a little distraught since leaving Zhuangzi.

"Suddenly shouldering the burden of raising dozens of people, I feel a little flustered~"

"It's not like your Zhuangzi can only support a few dozen people."

With the population of Mayberry, if I really want to plant all the fields in the farm, I guess there will be a lot more people.

Furthermore, although Jiubaoxuan said it had a thousand acres of farmland, Mei You made a special trip on horseback last evening.

The area of ​​​​Zhuangzi is much larger than this area, and it is not a problem to cultivate another thousand acres.

"Let's feed these people first and then talk about it~"

Mei Mei sighed. She didn't have high expectations for the labor force of these people. "The village is so big. If I really plant cotton, I will still need people to pick it later."

Not to mention that Mayberry also grows peppers and watermelons in addition to cotton.

"Before, Xie Changxun said that he would help me find another group of people, but now that I think about it, I guess I still need some guards.

Sigh~ It’s too late to tell him now, I’d better think of a solution myself~”

Mei You listened to Mei Berry's casual thoughts, and the veins on her forehead twitched inexplicably. With a deep and dangerous light in her eyes, she asked: "When did you get so close to that man?"

Meiyou: Oops, bad luck!Why did so many people pay attention to my sister during my absence?
Mayberry: Huh?

Yang Qingyue: Fighting
Xie Changshu: Rubbing the palms
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