The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

After settling the matter of Jiang Lai Di's burial, Jiang Muxia went to Qingfeng Villa alone the next morning while the weather was cool.

The courtyard gate was open, and a craftsman was already fetching water there. The door to the main room was open, and there were two figures busy in the small kitchen.

The whole yard was filled with the aroma of rice porridge and fried eggs with wild onions. The dining table had been placed at the kitchen door, and stools were placed in a circle in front of the table.

Xiao Yao came out with a vegetable basin and immediately saw Jiang Muxia standing by the well scooping water. She greeted her with a smile.

"Sister Jiang is here, let's have some food together!"

After Jiang Muxia washed her hands, she walked towards her, shook off the water droplets on her hands, and said with a smile: "No need, I've eaten you at home, you guys eat!"

Da Qi brought the ceramic basin with hanging ears and put it on the table. After greeting her, he went into the house and called the children to get up and have breakfast.

Jiang Muxia looked at their breakfast: a bowl of clear rice soup, a small bowl of cold shredded radish, a small plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a basket of multi-grain steamed buns.

She nodded. Life was not bad. Compared with most families in the village who could not even afford to cook, their breakfast was considered a delicious meal.

Seeing her eyes fixed on the food, Xiaoyao smiled sheepishly and advised: "Sister Jiang, why don't you try my cooking. Although it's not as good as the restaurant, you should be careful to change your taste."

There are so many children, and she doesn't know if the food is enough for them. She doesn't want to compete with the children for food.

Besides, she had actually eaten at home and was not really hungry now.

Seeing her firm attitude, Xiaoyao smiled and stopped persuading her.

Zhou Yue came out of the house and stared at her unhappily, his expression showing both dissatisfaction and aggrieved.

He had been here for more than ten days. Every day, apart from teaching these children martial arts, he would fetch water to water the vegetables and trees. He had no time to go to the county. If he calculated carefully, he had never seen Jiang Mutao since he came to the other courtyard. It was reasonable for him to blame Jiang Muxia.

Jiang Muxia made a boxing gesture towards his back, which caused the children in the yard to burst into laughter. Zhou Yue turned his head in confusion, but found nothing.

The children ran away laughing and ignored him, causing him to scratch his head in confusion.

The children sat down at the table, and only after Zhou Yue said "Dinner is ready" did they start eating their steamed buns.

Seeing that Xiaohu was not at the table, Jiang Muxia asked in confusion, "Where is Xiaohu?"

"He was busy until midnight last night. Let him sleep a little longer. I left some food for him." Da Qi answered vaguely while chewing a steamed bun.

"Busy until midnight?! What did he do?" Jiang Muxia was full of doubts. She couldn't imagine what could keep him busy until midnight.

Xiaonan put down his chopsticks, ran to the kitchen, and brought out a small wooden bucket with great effort. He came to her side and said, "Look, Sister Jiang."

The water in the bucket was as clear as a mirror, and the objects inside could be seen clearly. It turned out that there was half a bucket of Jin Chan lying motionless in the bucket.

"Brother Xiaohu heard from Brother Yusheng that you like fried Jinchan very much, so he started looking for it everywhere since the evening. He has been looking for it for three days, and was planning to ask Brother Zhou to send it to the county today, and then you came." Xiaonan said this in a burst of chatter, and went back to eat.

Jiang Muxia's heart moved. She didn't expect that this child, who was usually indifferent to her, was quite attentive to her preferences.

"She is thoughtful. Please thank him for me." She thought about the purpose of her visit and looked around. When she found no one, she said, "I came here today to remind you. The summer harvest will be in the next two days. This year is not a good year. A lot of wheat has died due to drought. There may be famine. You should always be alert and don't let anyone run into your house and steal the food."

She cast her eyes on Zhou Yue. "Especially you. You are the oldest here and have the best skills. I leave them to you. Please take good care of them. I am most afraid that the villagers will get hungry and come here to beat you up. From now on, lock the door tightly and don't open it during the day. If anyone comes to steal things, no matter who it is, beat them out directly."

She was not worried that they would starve here. Before the New Year, when she was transporting her own clothes and supplies, she had someone load a cart of food and hide it in the dark room under the main hall.

This food is enough for the children to eat until the end of the year.

What she was worried about was that Zhou Huaihua would take advantage of her absence to come here and show off and take the opportunity to ask for things.

The children chewed their food much less noisily. Although they had not experienced drought, they had heard people say that drought was the best way to keep it.

Starving people were everywhere, people were eating each other. After the disaster, the plague caused by not cleaning up the corpses in time could destroy a city.

How lucky they were to have met her in the most difficult times. She not only helped them find a job to sustain themselves with food and clothing, but also helped them repair and build houses, and provided them with meals during the disaster.

What they did could never repay her kindness.

Da Qi's eyes were filled with gratitude, and he sincerely said to her, "Thank you."

Jiang Muxia smiled, nodded at him, picked up the bucket and walked out.

"Have a good meal, I'm going home."

The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of April, and the temperature rose sharply.

The wheat in the fields has been harvested. According to Chang Juan Lancao, grain production has dropped significantly, with the yield per acre of land being less than one-tenth of that in previous years.

As expected, due to the long period of no rain, the weeds that grew everywhere in previous years have disappeared since the beginning of spring. Last year's taxes were already high, and every household did not have much surplus food.

In many families, as soon as the wheat ears came out, someone would harvest them to fill their stomachs.

Jiang Muxia was sitting on the second floor, remembering what Tang Zhongbai had told her two days ago, that Feng Nian had asked Xun Qing to take people to notify the village heads to start collecting taxes for this season, and the purpose given was that if there was not enough food, silver and money would be used to make up for it.

What she didn't know was that at this moment Tang Zhongbai was arguing fiercely with Feng Nian in the back court and was slamming the table.

After Tang Zhongbai slammed the table, he pointed at Feng Nian and shouted at him. Many guards stood outside the door, staring at the direction of the house, and no one dared to step forward to dissuade him.

"County Magistrate Feng, you need to be clear about your identity. As the head of a county, instead of trying to save the people from the dire situation, you are adding fuel to the fire. Are you worthy of the people of the county?"

Tang Zhongbai was so angry that his face turned red. At this moment, he wished he could give him a big slap in the face. How could such a county magistrate who totally disregarded the lives of the people be worthy of being a local official?

Feng Nian pointed at Tang Zhongbai and shouted, "Ignorant lunatic, I am the chief of Suanzao County. Tang Zhongbai, don't forget that you are just a small judge, and collecting taxes is not your job. Do your job well, don't use your status to pressure me. I can make you, the governor, dismiss me. Otherwise, I will have the final say on all matters in Suanzao County."

Tang Zhongbai was so angry that he called him by his name, "Feng Nian, if you really anger the people and start a riot, can you afford it?"

Feng Nian smiled coldly, with a look of disdain on his face, "They dare? It is a heinous crime to exterminate nine clans. Even if they were given ten courage, they would not dare to do it."

As if to confirm his words, a policeman rushed in from outside, without even knocking on the door, and ran straight into the house.

He looked flustered, was dirty, and had an egg-sized bump on his forehead, which was frightening to look at.

"Master Feng, something bad has happened. Clerk Xun has been beaten up by the villagers of Li Village. Please go and save him!"