county seat.
Jinghong Academy.
get out of class just ended.
Xin Yuanfang was memorizing at his seat.
A young man in a royal blue brocade suit suddenly approached mysteriously:
"Brother Yuanfang, I heard your family got rich recently? Three years of drought, eating meat every day?"
Xin Yuanfang is not an ignorant child.
On the contrary, he just heard this and immediately realized the problem.
He frowned, looked up, and looked at his classmate in confusion:
"Brother Chu, what do you mean by that? My family eats meat every meal, how could I not know that? Brother Chu also said that there has been a drought for three years, and my family has to support my studies, so how could we have extra money for meat?"
His eyes were sincere, as if he truly felt that the other party's question was strange.
The young man in royal blue brocade clothes scratched his head with the folding fan in his hand:
"Hey! I heard it from someone else. I don't know who was so bored as to spread the rumor that your family had recently become rich and that you had delicious food every day. Tsk! I thought it was my family!"
His family is a wealthy family in the county and has a small fortune.
There is also a grain store.
Therefore, even if Xiangcheng suffered a severe drought for three years, it would have little impact on their family.
In fact, when he first heard the rumor, he was also a little skeptical.
After all, although Xin Yuanfang looked a little thin, the clothes he wore were not bad.
Moreover, he is the only child from the village in Jinghong Academy.
Even after three years of severe drought, they still insisted on sending him to school, which shows that his family must be well off.
Chu Xingyu actually couldn't figure out whether the Xin family was rich or poor.
Xin Yuanfang smiled and said, "Yeah, I don't know who is so bored as to spread such rumors."
But my heart sank.
How could something happening in the village suddenly spread to the county town?
Or at this moment.
You know, the drought north of Xiangcheng has not eased.
Even in Xiangcheng, most of the area is still suffering from severe drought.
More and more people are leaving their hometowns.
Someone is bound to discover the differences in Changyuan County.
Once a large number of refugees arrive and hear these rumors, they will not even bother to investigate whether the rumors are true or not, and will rush to Xiayan Village in droves.
By then...
Xin Yuanfang pursed her lips and didn't think about it any further. She just lowered her head with a somewhat ugly expression on her face.
He was very sure that someone must be jealous of the Xin family, which was why such rumors were spread.
Chu Xingyu didn't notice the expression on his face, but sat down next to him.
The folding fan in his hand opened with a "snap".
He crossed his legs and even leaned back lazily:
"That's right. However, that person might not be bored, but has a grudge against your family. Brother Yuanfang, you should be careful to avoid being framed by a villain."
Xin Yuanfang nodded slightly: "Thank you, I will take note of it."
They are just an ordinary family of farmers. I don’t understand why some people would be jealous of them.
Seeing that Xin Yuanfang had listened carefully, Chu Xingyu stopped disturbing him from reciting. He closed his folding fan and turned away.
It’s a rare break time between classes, he needs to go out and get some fresh air so that he won’t be staring at his books all the time!
He's not stupid.
As soon as Chu Xingyu left, although Xin Yuanfang's eyes were still on the book in his hand, his thoughts drifted away.
No wonder, the elders at home were busy the last time I went home.
So, there were already rumors so early?
Xin Yuanfang frowned.
I wonder where this rumor came from?
*
Changyuan County.
County government office.
When he came to work today, Xin Sanlang felt a little uneasy.
His right eyelid twitched, making him anxious.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Xin Sanlang found out the reason.
"Oh no! Oh no!" A bailiff ran in with a pale face. "County magistrate, something terrible has happened! All the refugees outside the city have left!"
Xin Sanlang followed the yamen runner to the county magistrate's office, and heard the county magistrate's expression of indifference:
"Wouldn't it be better if they left? Do you really want those refugees to stay outside the city?"
The yamen runner swallowed hard to moisten his throat, then continued in panic:
"But those refugees said they were going to Xiayan Village to find food!"
"What?!"
The county magistrate stood up suddenly and said, "Go to Xiayan Village? What kind of food can we have in a ravine?!"
The yamen runner also looked helpless: "It's been spreading all over the city recently. They say...that Xiayan Village has become wealthy and the villagers can eat meat every meal."
"etc……"
The county magistrate suddenly remembered something and looked at Xin Sanlang. "Xin Zhubu, I remember your family is from Xiayan Village, right? Is your village really that powerful?"
Xin Sanlang's face was full of bitterness:
"Your Excellency, understand clearly. After three years of drought, who can still have any surplus food? It was only last year, when it first rained, that some animals came down to drink water, and we were lucky enough to have some meat. In this season, when we can't even get enough rice, who can afford to eat meat?"
They were shocked in their hearts, because the thing that their family was most worried about had happened.
The county magistrate also thought it made sense and quickly asked the yamen runner, "Where are they now?"
"They have already started heading towards Xiayan Village!" replied the bailiff.
"How do they know where Xiayan Village is?! Someone is leading them?!"
The bailiff pursed his lips and didn't dare to respond.
There was indeed someone leading the way, and the person leading the way was a student from Jinghong Academy!
The county magistrate's face darkened.
These things are more likely to cause trouble than to help!
"Quick! Notify the garrison and follow this county to Xiayan Village! Take our people with you!"
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