After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Halfway through the return journey, everyone was eager to return home. Apart from going to the hut and having lunch, they spent the rest of the time on the road.

The closer we get to Kaiyang County, the more and more refugees there are.

Among these refugees, 23 out of 10 people in the county were unable to harvest food during the spring harvest.

Nowadays, the price of food in Kaiyang County is as high as 50 yuan per catty for coarse grain, 150 yuan for medium grain, and 300 yuan for fine grain.

Banks and pawn shops were opened directly outside the city where refugees gathered, and people lining up to borrow money to buy food were queuing from morning till night. Business was booming, and the smile on the face of the cashier could never be gone.

A large number of people fleeing from other places have gathered in Kaiyang County, but the government has not issued any documents to solve the problem. Now the situation in Kaiyang County can only be described as chaos.

Along the way, Qin and Yao's family encountered countless people selling their children and daughters, and even young and middle-aged men and women who tied grass and sold themselves into slavery.

Renyazi's business is so good that now you can buy a young and strong person for five taels of silver.

Children were not worth much, and only those who had the right appearance could barely be taken into the city.

On the day Qin Yao and his party arrived at the county seat of Kaiyang County, the gate of the county seat had been closed for three days.

The people in the city were not allowed to leave, but not to enter, unless they obtained the official entry and exit documents.

If you want to go into the city to buy food, you must have a road leading to it and pay the entry fee to enter the city.

I remember at the beginning, the county magistrate vowed to tell the people that the granary had enough food, but he did not expect so many refugees to come from the neighboring government.

For the time being, it has not been decided whether the granary will be opened or not.

The people in this county hate and feel helpless towards those outsiders. If there were no refugees from outside, they would have already been receiving relief food from the government.

But it is not a problem if such days continue forever. The autumn harvest is about to come. If too many people die at this time, the political performance will not look good by then.

So, amid the scoldings of the county's victims, the government finally opened the granary.

Every morning and evening, all residents with household registration in Kaiyang County can come to receive disaster relief food based on their household registration.

As soon as this order came out, the business of buying and selling people outside the city became even more prosperous. People worshiped their adoptive fathers, adopted mothers, and voluntarily married into wives. If you go around the city gate, you can see dozens of cases.

The immigrants denounced the Kaiyang County magistrate for only caring about the people of the county and not caring about their life or death, and public resentment spread everywhere.

When Qin Yao and his party arrived at Jinshi Town, the government grain truck was about to be robbed.

Zhou Zheng, the nephew of the village chief, was responsible for escorting the grain truck. Seeing that the grain truck was about to be snatched away by a group of refugees who had planned it for a long time, he was anxious and angry. Just when he didn't know what to do, he suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Immediately, his eyes shone brightly and he shouted loudly: "Ms. Qin! Help, Miss Qin!"

In just a few days of return, in order to deal with the refugees, Da Zhuang and the two guards of the Ding family had already reached a tacit agreement with Qin Yao. When they saw Qin Yao drawing a sword, they immediately picked up the weapons at hand and followed him.

Qin Yao opened the way and fell down with the back of the knife. Ordinary people encountered her and had no room to fight back.

The two guards of the Ding family and Dazhuang took the opportunity to sneak in front of the grain cart and asked Zhou Zheng and other officials to push the grain cart and follow them.

Just waiting for Qin Yao to remove the obstacles and clear a road, he immediately rushed out protecting the grain truck.

Because the other party is a civilian and they don't dare to kill. Once they see the target breaking out of the encirclement and know that they have failed, their momentum will naturally weaken.

As usual, Zhou Zheng was determined to pick up the chains and seize the leaders and send them to prison. But now he encountered only civilians, so he could only sigh bitterly, instruct his companions to take back all the grain trucks, and then raise their weapons. Stick threatened to drive them away.

In the end, it was Qin Yao who cut the leader's arm with a knife and saw blood. Only then did the refugees retreat unwillingly.

Before running away, he turned around and spat.

Zhou Zheng was so angry that he immediately threw out the chains as if he was going to arrest them, and then the group of people hurriedly ran away.

"What's going on?" Qin Yao raised her knife and came to Zhou Zheng and others to ask about the situation.

I wanted to grab a handful of weeds from the roadside to wipe the blood on my knife. I couldn't catch any grass, but I touched a hand full of dry dust.

She almost forgot that, except for the crops that were still growing in the field, everything that could be eaten by the roadside had already been harvested.

The refugees from outside also know that crops are the lifeblood of farmers. If the crops in the fields are disturbed, the people of Kaiyang County will definitely fight with them.

They keep a tightrope in doing things, fearing the backlash if they don't do it right, so they leave the crops in the fields.

Not getting the grass, Qin Yao could only grab a handful of dirt, sweep the knife surface with the dirt, and handed it to Liu Ji in the car, signaling him to put it away first.

Zhou Zheng sighed, "Alas," "These foreign refugees do not have household registration in this county and cannot receive our relief food. They are all furious and come to steal government food without fear of death."

Qin Yao asked doubtfully: "Didn't the county magistrate ask for disaster relief food from above? How does the court plan to resettle these refugees?"

Zhou Zheng was just a small government official and didn't know much, but he had heard that the county magistrate had reported the disaster situation to the higher authorities.

"The county magistrate has reported the situation, but these refugees are not from us. The magistrate still has to report to the court and get an order from the court before he dares to move the granary. Even if it is eight hundred miles of expedited work, it will still take ten and a half days. Months."

Therefore, in the absence of clear instructions from the court, it is good for the county magistrate to take care of the disaster victims in the county.

And things are not that simple. The gambling house and the pawn shop are like a nest of snakes and rats, and there are other forces involved inside. They previously hoarded large quantities of low-priced grains and now sold them at sky-high prices. If the disaster is lifted so quickly, they will still How to make a profit?

Zhou Zheng couldn't express these words clearly, but Qin Yao thought of it and frowned slightly.

The strong dragon will not suppress the local snake. It seems that these chaotic days will continue for a while.

Zhou Zheng still had a mission, so he got out of trouble, thanked him, and left.

Watching the officials pushing the grain cart away, Ding Shi looked at Zhuangzi worriedly, "I don't know what's going on at home?"

Qin Yao remembered that a little girl from Ding Xiang was in the house, and asked him to go back quickly.

Ding Shi cupped his fists lightly, then left and rushed home.

Qin Yao saw that there were not many refugees staying outside Jinshi Town, and there were many Ding clan members, so Ding Xiang should be fine.

Liu Jike couldn't care about this young lady from a wealthy family. He was only worried about the 10,000 kilograms of wheat in his granary. He drove quickly to Liujiacun without any urging from Qin Yao.

Passing by Xiahe Village, the main road leading to Xiahe Village was lined with stone and wooden fences, and villagers were patrolling the entrances and exits.

When they saw Qin Yao, Liu Li and their group, they were surprised, and then someone with a familiar face said hello to them.

Liu Ji responded and asked about the situation in Liujiacun.

A villager from Xiahe Village said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with your village. People can't find them in that mountain ao. If you want to come, you have to go to our Xiahe Village first."

He also said: "I just saw Carpenter Liu and your eldest brother coming to pick up the wood from the caravan yesterday. I heard that your village is going to build a big workshop, specializing in making wooden boxes. My brother also went to apply for the job. Unfortunately, there were too many people and he had no choice. superior."

Everyone in the nearby villages knew that Qin Yao was the head of Liu Laosan's family, and they smiled flatteringly at Qin Yao, "Ms. Qin, can we go to recruit people next time?"

Qin Yao nodded: "Of course, I'll let you know next time when we recruit workers, it's getting late, so we'll go home first!"

"Hey, let's go slowly." The villagers in Xiahe Village waved their hands.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji both breathed a sigh of relief knowing that no refugees came to the village.

Liu Ji shouted "Come on!". Seeing the familiar scenery, Lao Huang knew he was home, so he spread his hooves and ran happily towards home.