Early the next morning, when Liu Yiyi and Liu Ertiao hurried to the county office, Wang Zhihong had left for half an hour accompanied by Huang Yi. Seeing the disappointment on Yanagi's face, Yanagi persuaded him and then took him with him to visit the farmers who were going to work for him in a few days.

According to the book, there are ninety-one households, three hundred and eighty-one. In the future, all of them are his employees and their families, and now it is the end of the year, and he should also go to condolences as a gift. Nagging and homely, pulling relationships. If possible, Yanagichichi wants to sign the labor contract with them as soon as possible. A work relationship without a contract is always reassuring.

Of the 91 households, 80 are clustered together, forming a small village. These are all the credit of Wang Kui, in order to facilitate farming, Wang Kui used his power to coerce and lure these farmers, and drove them all together. Now it's cheaper and I have a ready-made dry meal.

Yanagiichi took Yanagi to this village with 80 peasant households, and when he saw the situation of each family, he felt like he was in a slum. Poor, dilapidated.

The houses here are very simple, made of mud and wool grass, and many of them have cracks in the middle, but there are still many people living in them.

The farmers here are dressed in tatters, and many of them are still wearing autumn clothes, especially some children, whose whole bodies are swollen from the cold.

How did these people live so badly? Liu Yiyi looked sad, especially now that it was almost noon, and only three or four of the eighty families had cooking smoke rising, could they not open the pot?

Liu Yiyi pulled a child who was playing at the entrance of the village and inquired about the residence of the village principal.

The principal's surname is Li, his name is Dechen, he is an old man in his fifties, and he is also an elder, and he is very prestigious in the village. The home is in a thatched house at the east end of the village.

After inquiring clearly, Liu Yiyi took Liu Ertiao and rushed to Li Dechen's house. When he arrived, Li Dechen was dusting up the yard.

Look at his appearance, thin body, thin linen, black and white hair. The skin on his hands and face was dark, and he didn't know how long he had been exposed to the scorching sun.

At this time, Li Dechen also noticed Liu Yiyi and the others, and saw that they seemed to be coming towards his house, so he stopped the work in his hand.

When Liu Yi and the others got closer and closer, until they were in their own courtyard, Li Dechen bent down to greet them, arched his hands and asked, "I don't know where the two sons came from?" What do you see when you go to the little old man's home? ”

"Li Lao is polite," Liu Yiyi returned the salute and said: "In Xia Liu Yiyi, Gutian Village, this is my second brother, Liu Ertiao." ”

Li Dechen listened to Liu Yiyi's introduction, became more polite, bowed and said, "It turned out to be the new owner." The arrival of the new owner, the little old man has lost his welcome, and I hope that the owner will not be blamed. ”

Liu Yiyi's body let go of the way, avoiding Li Dechen's bow, and waved his hand: "Li Laozhan doesn't have to be so polite. After Li Dechen straightened up, he said: "I came here today to learn about the situation of the villagers, and by the way, I will discuss the matter of spring ploughing." Knowing that Li Laozhan was the main thing here, he came to disturb him. ”

Li Dechen saw that Liu Yiyi was polite and not as vicious as Wang Kui before, and his heart was also a little calmer. He respectfully invited the two brothers into the house, and said with some shame, "The two owners, please take a seat." The house was shabby, and Li was sluggish. ”

Liu Yiyi looked at it, and there was nothing in the room except for a dilapidated square table and three three-legged stools, which were indeed simple enough.

Moreover, Liu Yiyi also noticed that Lao Li's family did not have an incense case to worship ancestors. glanced at Liu Erjo, Liu Yiyi sighed in his heart, he didn't even have anything to worship his ancestors, so he could imagine the poverty of their family.

Liu Yiyi sat down on one of the benches, motioned for Li Dechen and Liu Ertiao to sit down together, and said: "Li Laozheng, I don't seem to be rich in any of the households in the village, and most of them don't even have a decent winter coat. Some of the children are still wearing single clothes, but why is this happening? ”

"Huh?" Li Dechen was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Liu Yiyi to care so much about the farmers in the village, not at all like the previous owner, regardless of the life and death of the villagers, his good impression of Liu Yiyi increased a little more. Xindao This proprietor may be more benevolent, so he boldly mentioned to Liu Yiyi: "If you go back to the proprietor's house, the annual work of each household in the village is only enough to make ends meet, where will there be spare money to buy clothes." In the past, it was better, and during the Chinese New Year, you could receive some example money from the owner and add some New Year's goods. But this year, the owner was arrested, the fields were confiscated, and we farmers were left hungry. ”

"Don't hide it from the owner, now most of the families in the village can only live on gruel, and some families even have a hard time drinking gruel. It all depends on the help of all households in the village to survive. Li Dechen had a look of affection on his face when he spoke, and he couldn't say how sad and helpless he was. People like them, who are stateless or lowly people, even if they really starve to death, no one will care or pity them.

"That's right." Liu Yiyi pondered for a while, and said to Li Dechen: "Li Laozhan, please go and gather all the men in the village, I have something to tell you." ”

Li Dechen said respectfully: "Yes, the owner." Wait a minute, most of the men in the village are at home now, and they will be able to gather all of them soon. ”

"Hmm." Liu Yiyi nodded, and when Li Dechen walked out of the door, Liu Yiyi pondered for a while, and asked Liu Ertiao: "Erjo, how much silver do you have on you now?" ”

Liu Ertiao stretched out his hand and touched it in his arms, and said, "There are only five texts." ”

"Wuwen? It's a little less. But one article counts as one article. Liu Yiyi said: "Lend me the money first, and I'll pay you back when I get home." ”

Liu Erjo could almost guess Liu Yiyi's next move, so he handed the money to Liu Yiyi's hand without hesitation, and said, "Big brother, if you need it, you can take it." Don't talk about the kind of gossip that hasn't been returned. ”

Liu Yiyi smiled, Liu Ertiao, the kid is finally more sensible.

Take the money, although the five cents are not much, it is enough for a family to eat for a few days. If you add more than 800 Wen on his body, it is enough for hundreds of mouths in this village to eat for a few days.

As for the future, let's talk about it later.

What Liu Yiyi wants to do now is to give these farmers a hope, a hope that they can live a good life and have meat to eat every day.

Moreover, this is not an opportunity for Liu Yiyi, an opportunity to win people's hearts and make these farmers follow him with all their hearts.