Why does he act so superior, always asking questions, only about things he cares about, but never offering any help?

But since they needed his help, they couldn't possibly refuse to answer.

Fan Erzhu and Fan Sanzhu had no objection to carrying soil. They sincerely believed that the old village chief was right. Otherwise, the fields could not be cultivated and there would be no harvest. Without a harvest, there would be no food!

When they heard their father talk about the old village chief, the two of them straightened their backs with pride and agreed wholeheartedly.

Fan Damu took a deep breath, a hint of uncertainty flashing in his eyes.

All the families in the village survived, without having to sell themselves or their children. Not only did they survive, but they also had enough food to eat in the future.

In other words, he was the only one in the entire Shanshui Village who sold his property?

He knew his own grain reserves wouldn't last until the next harvest.

On the day the floodwaters receded, he went to check on the rice paddies early in the morning. Seeing the devastation, he didn't turn back and went straight to the prefectural city. He thought it was a wise move to sell his own property to save his family, waiting for others in the village to sell their children, or even worse, be left to die. But...

Wouldn't he become the laughingstock of the whole village?

He shook his head, looked at the three of them, narrowed his eyes, and asked, "Three or four taels of silver is not enough. Did you not tell me the truth?"

Oil, salt, and other such things all cost money! You can save on other things, but you can't save on these two.

A large family of more than ten people, three or four taels of silver may seem like a lot, but it can be spent very quickly.

"No! People in our village still raise rabbits, you know, Uncle Da Mu. Several rabbits were sold last month and started being sold this month. Those rabbits were really fat, and they sold very well." Fan Erzhu said with a hint of bitterness.

That rabbit was really fat, much heavier than a wild rabbit. I don't know how they raised it.

Fan Damu recalled the rabbit Fan Jin had given him last time. It was incredibly fat, weighing as much as two or three wild rabbits used to. He had his wife give two to his mistress, and he cooked the one for the steward. The steward kept praising how delicious it was and even asked him to find a way to get another one for him to enjoy with his wine.

Where could he possibly get this? It's only because others fawned over him.

Hearing Erzhu's words, he remembered that Fan Jin's family did indeed raise rabbits, and at the beginning of this year, the villagers traded old hens with his family for rabbits to raise, and according to the time, the offspring should be ready for market.

“They sell three or four chickens at a time, which is four or five hundred coins. If they sell them every ten days, they can earn more than a thousand coins a month. Uncle Mu, do you think they don’t need to exchange chicken and duck eggs for coarse salt anymore?”

Fan Damu felt suffocated and increasingly uncomfortable.

Life as a slave was miserable; his entire family was enslaved, while everyone else in the village lived comfortably...

There are so many refugees, why aren't they... refugees? Magistrate Wu is currently troubled by the disaster victims. If the refugees were diverted eastward, wouldn't that both relieve his master's worries and get rid of these wicked flies...?

After pulling a cart to the county government office and looking around, Xu Laosan, Fan Xiaoliu, and the other two immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to find Fan Damu!

The crowd was so dense that it completely blocked the entrance to the government office, making it impossible to get through. With so many people, how could disaster relief supplies possibly reach them?

Besides, if it were possible to get in through connections, which county magistrate, clerk, or yamen runner doesn't have relatives and friends? They were just from Fan Damu's village, so it was impossible for them to be favored.