It was the first snowfall, and Mingyue City was covered with white snow at this time. Although the scenery was beautiful, it was not a good thing for most of the people in the city.

Along the way, Changyue has seen several houses collapse under the weight of snow, and he doesn't know how many casualties this heavy snow will cause, and how many people will die due to hunger and cold.

This is still the case in Mingyue City, let alone outside the city where the conditions are even worse.

The heavy snow had just stopped, and although the sun came out, it didn't make people feel much warmth. Changyue's ox cart walked steadily ahead, and it didn't take long to reach the gate of the city.

Sensing the approach of the bullock cart, most of the pedestrians gave way in a panic.

Although Changyue's car is an ox cart, but the interior decoration is quite gorgeous, one can tell that it is the car of a wealthy family, and the driver, Granny Feng, is well-dressed. In Mingyue City, only the City Lord's Mansion and the Fifth Family's family may be the only ones with such outfits. Only then.

Changyue lifted the corner of the car curtain, and saw that most of the people outside were dressed in rags, even if the cold wind was blowing as hard as a knife, they were not fully clothed, and some were even wrapped in straw mats.

Seeing Changyue like this, Ah Cai couldn't help stretching his small head to look out. After seeing the scene outside, he couldn't help but froze.

He thought, if he hadn't been brought back by the lady, he would have lived a more miserable life than those people outside.

Thinking of this, A Cai couldn't help tightening her thick and warm clothes.

Chang Yue frowned slightly, and asked Granny Feng aloud, "What's going on with these people outside."

Granny Feng sighed when she heard the words: "With such a heavy snowfall, many places outside the city should have been affected. These people should have become homeless in the heavy snow, and then fled to the city. Bar.

They are all poor people..."

Granny Feng couldn't help but sigh.

"In such a situation, wouldn't the City Lord's Mansion not help the disaster?" Changyue asked suspiciously.

"This old slave doesn't know." Granny Feng said with a chuckle, how could an old woman care about such things.

Changyue didn't ask any more questions after hearing the words, and put down the curtain after sighing.

Nowadays, there are many people entering the city and few people leaving the city, so Changyue and the others arrived outside the city in a short while.

At this time, Changyue heard a commotion, she opened the curtain again, and saw a large number of refugees gathered on the left side of the city gate.

Changyue learned from the conversation of the passers-by that it turned out that Jin Shuangshuang, the second apprentice of the city lord, was giving porridge and medicine there.

Changyue looked from a distance, and saw a girl in a yellow cloak busying herself under the protection of the guards. Watching her wipe the sweat from her forehead with her hands from time to time, it could be seen that giving porridge was a physical effort.

"Miss Jin has a kind heart." Changyue put down the curtain and said.

Granny Feng said disdainfully: "Whether the heart is kind or not, who knows if it's just acting."

Changyue didn't express her opinion on this, no matter whether she was sincere or kind, or acting, all in all, the victims had a bowl of hot porridge.

Even if that Miss Jin was really acting, judging by her appearance, she must have come to the gate of the city early in the morning. In such a cold day, her drive is worthy of praise.

The ox cart wobbled out of the city, and after an unknown amount of time, the ox cart stopped suddenly, and Chang Yue and A Cai couldn't help but lean forward.

A Cai couldn't stabilize his body, if Chang Yueyan hadn't pulled him quickly, he might have fallen headfirst onto the carriage.

"Get off everyone in the car, get off quickly!" There was a burst of yelling, and they seemed to have been robbed.

"Hand over all the money on your body, or don't blame me for being rude." The rude voice sounded again.

"Mother-in-law, what's wrong?" Changyue asked suspiciously.

"Miss, don't worry about it, it's just a few little thieves blocking the way." Granny Feng's voice came from outside.

When Changyue heard the words, she really ignored it, and continued to read a book quietly in the carriage.

A Cai originally wanted to lift the curtain to see the situation outside, but seeing that her own lady didn't care at all, so she followed her example and continued to hold the book and read.

The books Ah Cai read were all copied from the Li Family Library before Changyue practiced, and they all talked about the common sense of martial arts cultivation, and now they have become A Cai's compulsory subjects.

Outside, a group of tall and thick men were staring at Granny Feng fiercely, as if they were dissatisfied with Granny Feng calling them little thieves.

"You old man, you dare to talk to us like that, I think you are impatient." One of the big men said viciously, holding an iron ax in his hand, he chopped at Granny Feng after speaking.

Granny Feng stood still, and just slapped lightly, the strong man screamed and flew backwards, fell to the ground and twitched twice before dying.

When the other people saw this, their livers were torn apart, they didn't expect the old woman in front of them to be a martial artist, so they scattered and fled in all directions with frightened faces.

But Granny Feng would not let them leave so easily, she jumped on the snow with light movements, and slapped a few casually, and everyone who was slapped by her fell to the ground.

Judging from the movements of these people escaping, they should have learned some boxing skills, but they don't have true energy in their bodies, so they can't be regarded as warriors.

One of the big men saw that his companions were dying, so he gave up running for his life, turned his head, knelt down to Granny Feng, and kept kowtowing for mercy.

"My lord, please forgive me, we are also homeless because of the disaster at home, and we have no choice but to do this kind of thing.

I have the old and the young, and the whole family is pointing at me to make a living!I beg the adults to do me a favor and spare the little ones. "

"Mother-in-law!" Changyue lifted the curtain of the car when she heard the begging for mercy.

The strong man was overjoyed when he saw that there was a weak and weak girl in the car.He thought, such a beautiful girl shouldn't have the heart to have someone die tragically in front of her!
However, before the strong man begged for mercy, Changyue's cold voice sounded.

"Mother-in-law, let's solve it quickly, we are in a hurry, it's not good to go back too late."

When the strong man heard this, his expression instantly froze on his face.

"Hey Miss, the old slave is here." After saying that, Granny Feng slapped the strong man's celestial cap, and the strong man fell down with a "plop" with his eyes wide open.

Changyue didn't even look at the corpses lying on the snow, she put down the car curtain expressionlessly and continued to read.

Now that the heavy snow has just fallen for a day and a night, even if many people are affected by the disaster, it will not be reduced to the point of being a bandit.

It may be true that these people’s families have suffered a disaster, and it is also true that they want to get something for nothing, and it is also true that they seek wealth and death. Changyue will not sympathize with them because of this.

In fact, Changyue's guess was right. These people are actually hunters in the mountains. Because they have learned some boxing skills, they have been living a good life.

Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, they can't enter the mountains to hunt, so they gather together and have nothing to do, and they are malicious in their hearts, hoping to get a piece of money by robbing.

It's a pity that he died before he was able to finish his mission, and he kicked the iron board just after choosing the first target.

After finishing off the thieves, Granny Feng turned over neatly and returned to the bullock cart, and continued to drive towards the farm.

Not long after Changyue and the others left, a group of wild dogs came out of the woods, and they scrambled to drag the corpses all over the ground into the woods.

Because of the thick snow, it took Changyue and the others nearly an hour to arrive at the farm. If it weren't for the two bison walking steadily in the snow, they would have spent even more time.

The farm that the eldest lady sent Changyue to is not big, there are only a dozen families in total, and the people who live here are all descendants of the servants who made mistakes in the Li family.

The descendants of the servants are still servants, staying in the farm, if there is no special encounter, they will not be able to get ahead for the rest of their lives.

When Changyue arrived outside the farm, he saw many people busy outside from a distance. It turned out that two houses were overwhelmed by snow, and other villagers were helping to clean up.

Because the population in the farm is small, these villagers usually help me and I help you. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for people like them to survive in this world.

Zhuangtou quickly noticed the gorgeous ox cart outside, he thought it was a passerby who was delayed by the wind and snow, so he ran over quickly.

"I don't know where my lord came from, but do you need any help?" Zhuangtou said respectfully.

He looked about forty years old, with sallow skin, short stature, and his face was full of vertical and horizontal grooves. He knew that life was not easy at a glance.

Of course, in this world, not many ordinary people live a happy life.

This farm is called Lihuazhuang, and the head of the village is also surnamed Li. His grandfather was once a steward of Li's family, so he was given a family name.

Later, Zhuangtou's grandfather was fined to Lihuazhuang because of a mistake. Since then, the family has settled down in this Zhuangzi and has never returned to Li's mansion.

Zhuangtou originally wanted to provide some help to this passer-by and ask for some rewards, but when he saw the person getting out of the car, he realized that he had made a mistake.

Changyue helped A Cai get out of the car, and the head of the village saw a beautiful girl in the car, with a look of shock on his face.

At this time, Granny Feng introduced with a straight face: "This is the Seventh Miss of the mansion, and she will be the owner of this Zhuangzi from now on."

Zhuangtou was overjoyed when he heard the words, so he accepted him and bowed down.

"Young Li Gui has met Miss Seven."

The mansion had sent someone to inform them before that Lihuazhuang will be assigned to Miss Seven's name in the future, so that they will all obey Miss Seven's orders in the future.

At that time Li Gui was so happy!

As a Zhuangtou who has no news and hasn't dealt with the mansion seriously for decades, he doesn't know Changyue's situation in Li's family, let alone Changyue's inability to practice.

He only knew that their Zhuangzi would have a master in the future, and the master would never leave them alone, maybe they were about to usher in their bright days.

Seeing that Miss Seven has really come over now, how could Li Gui be unhappy?
Changyue raised her hand to signal Li Gui to get up, and asked softly, "Do you know where the Zhuangtou is? I want to see him."

With a smile on his face, Li Gui replied respectfully: "Miss Hui Qi, my slave Li Gui is the head of this Lihuazhuang."

Changyue was surprised, and then said with a smile: "That's just right, isn't it Li Gui? You can accompany me to look around in Zhuangzi."

"Hey!"

Li Gui responded cheerfully when he heard the words, the wrinkles on his face instantly bloomed like chrysanthemums, and the joy in his eyes couldn't be concealed no matter what.

While leading Changyue, Granny Feng and A Cai to the Zhuangzi, Li Gui introduced the situation in the Zhuangzi to Changyue.

Pear Blossom Village is an ordinary little village with no special features. It got its name because of the many wild pear trees growing around it.

Because the fruits of those pear trees are very sour and small in size, even the birds dislike them, so no one eats them.

Only when the pear trees bloom every spring, the pear trees full of trees are very beautiful, and this pear blossom village can barely be regarded as a scene.

But it is winter now, not to mention the pear blossoms, there is not even a leaf on the pear tree.

There are 72 households in Lihuazhuang. Counting the babies who are waiting to be fed and the elderly who are dying, there are [-] people in total.

There are about 120 mu of land, most of which are middle-grade fields, and only about ten mu are barely considered top-grade fields.

The number of fields sounds a lot, but the world's productivity is low. Even if the villagers work hard and intensively, the annual output of the fields is not much.

Moreover, most of the output has to be handed over to the government, so the life of the villagers is even worse.

Changyue followed Li Gui all the way, seeing him introduce her identity excitedly and solemnly when he met everyone, she just felt dumbfounded.

Like Li Gui, the villagers were so happy that they almost fainted when they knew that Changyue would be the master of Zhuangzi.

Granny Feng thinks that these people are very discerning, following her lady, your luck lies ahead!

All the villagers that Changyue saw were yellow and thin, similar to the Zhuangtou's appearance, but they seemed to be in good spirits.

Changyue then asked Li Gui about the situation of the Pear Blossom Village in the heavy snowfall, Li Gui frowned when he said this.

The crop currently grown in Lihuazhuang is a kind of grain called Ziyun wheat, which is a unique crop of the Li family. It is said that if eaten for a long time, it has the effect of strengthening the body.

The pasta that Changyue sometimes eats is made of flour made from this purple cloud wheat. Whether it has the effect of strengthening the body, Changyue has no special feeling, but the taste is indeed much better than ordinary flour.

It's just that this kind of wheat has a characteristic, that is, it is delicate.

As the saying goes, auspicious snow heralds a good year. If it is ordinary wheat, a heavy snowfall in winter may lead to a bumper harvest in the coming year, but Ziyun wheat is not good. Heavy snow will only reduce their production on a large scale.

It has been many years since Mingyue City has had such a heavy snowfall. Li Gui originally thought that he would grow some purple cloud wheat this year, and the mansion would definitely reward him next year.

Now that the snow is falling, let alone rewards next year, I will be thankful if I can not be punished.

All the Zhuangzi under the name of Li's mansion have to follow the mansion's arrangement for what to plant, only special crops such as purple cloud wheat need to apply additionally.

The government will generally agree to your application, but you have to ensure that the planting is good. If the planting is not good and you still apply, then you will be punished.

Although Lihuazhuang has been assigned to Changyue's name, the crops of this season still belong to the mansion.

In order to harvest Ziyun wheat in the coming year, Li Gui didn't sleep all night last night.

After hearing this, Changyue comforted him and said: "This heavy snow is a natural disaster, the mansion should not blame it, and I will ask you when I go back."

Li Gui was careless, and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Changyue.

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