He also found out that the villagers of Zhulin Village had basically never gone hungry because their village chief was always able to get food from other places.

But he was frustrated in buying food. If he wanted to buy food in a short period of time, the best way was to find Zhu Lei to cooperate.

But he didn't want to pay money, so he could only use the excuse of being a noble person to make Zhu Lei do it for him willingly.

Zhu Lei, worthy of being the village chief for decades, was very cunning and refused to take the bait.

It seems that he can only tell her the name of Miss Zhu Lei. He doesn't believe that Zhu Lei won't be moved.

As expected, Zhu Lei knew who the noble man behind Liu Quan was, and he became a little nervous.

"Master Liu, it's not that I don't want to get food, it's just that there's no other way."

"Village Chief Zhu, don't worry. The food is not for free. I will pay for it. Even if you don't believe me, you should know that the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not short of this little money."

"That was the case, Master Liu. You know, the village just experienced a locust plague some time ago. Where can we get food?"

Liu Quan knew that what Village Chief Zhu said was true. If it weren't for the locust plague, how could it be impossible not to buy food as long as there was silver.

But the locust plague was so severe that the price of grain rose so much that even the grain in the grain store was sold out, and he couldn't buy any more even if he wanted to.

But he couldn't give up the mission of being the young lady's substitute, unless he didn't want to live anymore.

After all, he was a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion who had signed a contract to sell himself. No matter where he escaped to, he might be caught by the Prime Minister's Mansion and taken back. Then he would not be able to turn things around, but would become a dead man.

You must know that the master has the power to execute any servant who escapes.

There was no way out, so he had to find a way to complete the task.

"Grandpa, I know where there is food."

Zhu Sijin stood beside them the whole time, listening to the conversation between Liu Quan and his grandfather. Of course he wanted to share his grandfather's worries.

"Four pounds, where do you think we can get the food?"

"Grandpa, this is even more obvious, Xinghua Village."

After hearing what Zhu Sijin said, Zhu Lei didn't take it to heart. Xinghua Village was just a small village with a few hundred people. It was extremely poor and there was no food there.

Seeing that his grandfather didn't believe him, Zhu Sijin became anxious.

"Grandpa, why don't you believe me? Not only Xinghua Village has grain, but Taohua Village, Lianhua Village, Zhoujia Village, Guihua Village, and Shitou Village also have grain."

"Si Jin, who did you listen to?"

"A friend of mine from Taohua Village told me about this. He said their village has formed a patrol team, and everyone gets ten kilograms of food every month."

"What!"

"Really?"

The first one was said by Zhu Lei, and the second one was said by Liu Quan. Both of them couldn't believe what Zhu Sijin said.

It is really impossible. What kind of year is it now? It is a famine year and we have experienced a large-scale locust plague. There is no harvest in the fields and the food at home is almost gone. Everyone is worried about how to get through the second half of the year.

However, several of the eight villages in Qingshan Town have formed patrol teams, each with 50 people, and each receives 10 kilograms of food from the village office every month.

What does this indicate? Only Zhulin Village is short of food. The other seven villages not only have no shortage of food, but also have plenty of food. The excess food can be taken out and distributed to the patrol team for free.

Zhu Lei and Liu Quan got a positive answer from Zhu Sijin, and they started to make their own plans.