Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

As soon as it rained that day, the fields were filled with busy figures of villagers. After working hard for several days, the villagers finally planted all the seeds.

Now that the fields were planted with crops, although there was not much food on hand, every household had someone working and could earn some money, so they would not starve.

The villagers who really have no rice to eat are now going to the mountains and fields to look for food. It has rained, and a lot of wild vegetables have grown. Anyway, as long as they are not lazy, they will not starve to death.

Although everyone planted the seeds, they were still worried. Right now, other villages had not yet found seeds, so for safety reasons, they had to be on guard against others stealing them.

People in every household dare not slack off and come to the fields from time to time.

When the rain stopped a few days ago, Shen Ping asked Sanchun to go back to her grandmother's house with some seeds and food.

Although the two sisters-in-law are rather narrow-minded, they are still her family members after all. If she lives a good life, she should also help the original owner's family members, Shen Ping comforted them.

The county government office was particularly busy today. Because it was raining, County Magistrate Xu convened an emergency meeting and the heads of every village arrived as scheduled.

County Magistrate Xu discovered a phenomenon. When it didn't rain before, all the village heads were worried and sad. But now that it's raining, they are all worried and sad, except He Guang from Kaoshan Village.

County Magistrate Xu looked around at the dozen or so village heads present and said, "Now that we are finally looking forward to the rain, I wonder if the village heads have planted crops in their fields?"

It would have been better if you hadn't asked this question. Once you asked it, everyone started talking and pouring out their grievances.

"We don't even have food to eat, where can we get grain seeds?"

"It's the same in our village. There are only a few rich families in the village who have planted a few acres of land. Everyone has no idea where to put food. Now that it's raining, wild vegetables are growing. Everyone is busy digging them up every day!

"I heard that all the fields in Kaoshan Village are planted with crops. Village Chief He, is this true?" asked Village Chief Liang of Dahe Village.

After hearing what this person said, everyone looked at Village Chief He. Village Chief He looked calm and happy.

County Magistrate Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "Village Chief He, is what Village Chief Liang said just now true?"

"That's right! Our village is indebted to Dachun Niang. She provided us with seeds first, and then she used the price of the peppers to buy us back."

"Oh? There is such a thing. Tell us about it!" County Magistrate Xu also became interested.

Then Village Chief He told the whole story in detail, and everyone was amazed.

"What is this pepper?"

"Why don't we go and beg her?"

As they talked about this, everyone really started to think about going to Kaoshan Village to ask Shen Ping for help.

"Hah~"

Shen Ping was holding her little grandson when she suddenly sneezed. She was afraid that she had caught a cold from being caught in the rain a few days ago, so she quickly returned the little grandson to Hong Gu.

If she knew that at this moment a dozen village heads were discussing coming to the county government office to ask her for grain seeds, she might really regret her original decision.

It is said that people are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of becoming fat. Village Chief He got something good and he publicized it loudly, not afraid of being remembered by others. If Shen Ping knew about it, he would really scold the village chief.

Seeing everyone talking more and more excitedly, County Magistrate Xu stretched out his hand and made a quiet gesture: "Listen to me, everyone, it is not realistic for these dozen villages to go to Madam Shen to borrow grain seeds.

Even if they are rich, their money doesn't come from the wind. Moreover, each village has at least a few hundred people, and at most a few thousand. It is not practical to ask Madam Shen to borrow money."

Everyone, please wait a little longer. I have already submitted a petition to the court, and I believe the funds will be allocated in a few days."

After saying that, County Magistrate Xu paused and said, "However, everyone can learn from Village Chief He. There are rich families in every household. You can also learn from Village Chief He and buy some seeds on credit from these rich families first, and then pay them back later."

After hearing what Magistrate Xu said, the hall suddenly became silent. Everyone was so tired of hearing the magistrate talk about submitting letters to the court to request funding.

It seems that the imperial court is unreliable, but if they are asked to ask the rich families in the village for help, they are not sure. After all, there are not just one or two families, and this is harder than climbing to the sky.

Next, the village heads reported how many acres of land each village had planted, so that County Magistrate Xu would have an idea.

In addition, County Magistrate Xu gave them the task of lobbying the wealthy families in the village to plant the seeds as early as possible.

Everyone had mixed feelings. The village chiefs of Dahe Village and Niugu Village, the neighboring villages of Kaoshan Village, were making calculations in their minds.

Especially the village chief Liang from Niugu Village, he had an idea in mind. He knew that the maiden family of Zhang Sifeng, the wife of Bangchui in their village, was in Kaoshan Village, and it seemed that she was a relative of Madam Shen. He would go and inquire about it tomorrow.

As soon as the meeting was over, Village Chief He hummed a little tune and got on Old Huang's ox cart and hurried back.

He had been in the limelight today and had gained a lot of face. Seeing everyone's envious eyes, he felt very happy. But he didn't expect to hear bad news as soon as he returned to the village.

As soon as he stepped into the door, the village chief saw a few more people in his house. Dingyuan took a closer look and found that they were Uncle Dazhu and Aunt Dazhu, as well as the shorty Sigong and the lame yellow-skinned uncle.

When the daughter-in-law Xiao saw the village chief coming back, she was immediately relieved. Just now, these uncles and aunts had been pouring out their complaints to her one by one, and she almost couldn't stand it.

She had had enough of being the village chief, earning little money all year and having to help others solve their problems all day long.

These villagers all had sad faces, and when they saw He Guang coming back, they all stood up.

Aunt Dazhu saw He Guang coming back and was the first to come forward, crying and saying, "Village chief, you are finally back. You have to make the decision for us."

The village chief frowned and said, "Aunt Dazhu, what happened to you? What happened? Stop crying and talk properly!"

"The five acres of land that we worked so hard to plant, all the grain seeds were dug up by others!" After saying this, Aunt Dazhu could no longer hold back and burst into tears again.

The short-legged Fourth Prince said, "Our fields are next to Aunt Dazhu's fields. Our situation is the same as Aunt Dazhu's, except that only two of our six acres of land were stolen, which is better than Aunt Dazhu's."

"And our family too!" The lame, yellow-skinned uncle also chimed in, "Three acres of grain seeds were stolen from our family. We borrowed this grain from Dachun Niang, and it was stolen just two days after we planted it. It's such a sin!" After saying that, he stomped his lame leg again.

"How could such a thing happen?" The village chief frowned. Dachun Niang was right. He didn't expect that someone would steal the seeds that were planted.

Stealing several acres of land in one night is no small matter. It is more difficult to dig it out than to plant it because you don’t know where the seeds are when digging.

"Besides your family, are there any other families that have the same situation?" After thinking for a while, the village chief continued to ask.

"For now, there are only a few of us here, but we are really unlucky."