During the lean years, I relied on space to pamper my husband and raise my children.

Mr. Cui's eyes were a little dazed.

Then Shen Qianning threw the captured man in the courtyard of the back office.

Then I told Mr. Cui what happened specifically.

At this moment, the man was trembling with fear.

Shen Qianning said in the village that he was familiar with the county magistrate. He didn't believe it. How could a country woman know the county magistrate?

But now, hearing Shen Qianning and Magistrate Cui chatting naturally, he knew that Shen Qianning was not lying.

Magistrate Cui frowned after hearing this.

"In other words, you discovered their plan and took action to destroy it."

Shen Qianning glanced at the man.

Magistrate Cui immediately asked people to take him down and imprison him.

After the people were taken away, Shen Qianning said: "Although I have sabotaged their actions, I don't think they will give up easily. These people are people who have not caught up with the spring plowing. There is no food left at home. If they don't steal, they will starve to death." "

It's okay now, at least I have something to eat.

When the heavy snow closes the mountains, maybe it will happen then.

Magistrate Cui looked deeply, and after hearing Shen Qianning's analysis, he felt that these people would not give up easily.

He raised his head and asked worriedly: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Shen Qianning was very serious: "First notify the villagers and ask them to be on guard against the sudden appearance of people from other villages. The other step is to strengthen the patrols of official officers. We don't say that people will be sent to every village, but at least Shangguan officers should be stationed in the town."

There are several towns under Pu County.

Arrange Shangguan missions so that when something happens, you can arrest people as soon as possible.

Magistrate Cui thinks Shen Qianning's proposal is better.

Asked: "Are you really going to pay taxes this year?" He still hoped that Shen Qianning could keep it for himself, even if he sold it for money.

Shen Qianning looked at Magistrate Cui and knew what Magistrate Cui was thinking. He smiled knowingly and said, "Didn't the imperial court assign tasks to you?"

Magistrate Cui said calmly: "It's divided! I was asked to hand over the grain this year, but we have just had a severe drought here, so it's reasonable that we can't hand over the grain! The people's lives are already hard enough, and it's fine if the court doesn't help. How can I make people’s lives worse?”

He is not a heartless person.

Shen Qianning is not short of food, and she believes that doing so will be beneficial to her and Xiao Feiye.

So he said: "I have decided to pay taxes, which can help reduce your burden a little. Moreover, I contacted Boss Chen. When the grain can be harvested, the grain will not be dried in the village. You can harvest it from the fields." Just pull it away."

Food is too eye-catching.

Transport it away early for peace of mind.

Magistrate Cui admired Shen Qianning in his heart.

"The pumpkin?"

Shen Qianning said: "Just ask for pumpkin seeds. After the pumpkins are harvested, I will dry the seeds separately."

The person was handed over to Magistrate Cui, and what needed to be said was said.

Shen Qianning went to find Chen Zhongqiu.

When Chen Zhongqiu heard that the rice would be harvested in a few days, he immediately said: "I will find someone to prepare it later."

Shen Qianning said: "It's best to find a man who is rich and thick. I'm worried that someone will come to the village to steal food."

She felt that those from other counties would not give up easily.

In order to survive, these people will do anything.

Precautions must be taken in advance.

Chen Zhongqiu also heard the question, and after asking for a while, he said: "I know the people you are talking about. There are more than forty of them."

Shen Qianning was shocked again.

He looked at Chen Zhongqiu in surprise.

Chen Zhongqiu continued: "The forty or so people you know should be just some of the people in the vicinity where they united. In fact, there are at least thousands of people from Laipu County in the next county. These people are scattered in various places. I used to I thought these people were just looking for something to do, but now that I think about it, they probably all wanted to grab food.”

He also heard it mentioned accidentally by a businessman from the next county.

I didn't take this matter to heart at first.

Now, I am beginning to worry about the people of Pu County.

Shen Qianning hates such people.

He frowned and said, "They are a little too courageous."

Chen Zhongqiu chuckled: "It's not just the big ones. These are the people who fled the famine. If you haven't fled the famine, you probably don't know how chaotic it is. Killing people just for a little food is normal. Many of them have money in their hands." Stained with blood."

Shen Qianning thought of the disappeared Mencun.

The world is too chaotic, and human nature can no longer withstand scrutiny.

Chen Zhongqiu saw that Shen Qianning lowered his head and said nothing, and was worried that his words had frightened Shen Qianning.

He quickly comforted: "Of course, don't be afraid. I will send someone to your village in three days."

Buying food from Shen Qianning's family is a trivial matter.

He mainly wanted to take care of Shen Qianning. After all, he had made a lot of money from Shen Qianning's food.

If anything happened to Shen Qianning, he would feel uneasy.

When Shen Qianning passed by the blacksmith shop, she bought a new woodcutter and a small dagger for each of her three children.

Shen Qianning was very careful on the way back to the village.

She didn't know how Uncle Xiao and the others confronted those people from other counties. She didn't meet those people again on the way back to the village.

When they were approaching Qingtian Village, Shen Qianning decided to remind Qinglin.

By the time she returned home from Qingtian Village, it was almost dark.

The village has set up a patrol team.

In the evening, a group of four people patrol for an hour and change the guard.

Naturally, Shen Qianning also has to patrol.

However, she doesn't want to take advantage of everyone.

He took out the uneaten grains in the space.

Let Qiu Shui and Shi Niangzi cook the paste for everyone to eat at night.

She also generously took a few eggs.

Beat an egg into the paste, stir it up, and add a little salt. To the villagers, this is delicious.

Shen Qianning was so generous, even the one or two people in the village who had objections had no objections.

Because anyone on patrol can have a drink at night.

So I set up a pot directly outside Shen Qianning's house.

The village is no longer quiet at night, but lively.

The woods outside the village.

Several people from other counties gathered together.

A woman who talks during the day is called Aunt Yuegui.

Aunt Yuegui is also a ruthless person. When her family was fleeing famine, they were targeted by someone who wanted to steal her family's food. She didn't want to be robbed, nor did she want her family to starve to death, so she resisted and took a kitchen knife to the three people who came to steal the food. Personal slashing.

Since then, Aunt Yuegui has become bolder.

Anyone who dares to target her family will end up badly.

Gradually, Aunt Yuegui became more and more courageous, and she began to steal other people's.

After the heavy snowfall, she missed the spring plowing and returned to the village.

Most people in their village did not catch up with the spring plowing, although food was grown in the fields.

But the grain growth was extremely poor, and there was not enough grain to grow.

Because of this, she decided to come to Puxian County to grab food.

Anyway, as long as they don't reveal each other's names, it will be difficult for the government to arrest them.

She visited many villages and settled on Niwo Village.

Because the rice grown on more than ten acres of land in Niwo Village is so good, one field can be used as the harvest of several other people's fields.