The youngest son quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there. As long as you don't arrest me, I'll do whatever we say."
He pushed Mrs. Ding away and left with Duan Fei and the others. Mrs. Ding and her eldest son and his family quickly followed.
Kang Yueran looked at the other family. They looked malnourished and their clothes were tattered. They seemed really poor. "Wang Hai, take your men to their house and take as much food as they have."
Liu Sanya straightened her back and shouted, "Wait a minute! Master, we are really poor. We only have two acres of sandy land. We really can't afford to eat. We are a family of four and are willing to sell it to you, Master."
"Being poor is not a reason for you to steal. If everyone who couldn't eat started stealing or robbing others, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
You want to sell it to me, so let me ask you, there are 3,000 people in Kaoshan Village and Qingping Mountain. Is there any work you can do that they can't do?"
Liu Sanya really has a unique skill. She replied, "I have a good memory. I can never forget the people I've seen or the numbers I've counted. I'm also fast at counting. If you don't believe me, you can test me."
Kang Yueran became interested. She casually asked a few arithmetic questions within 100, and Liu Sanya could answer them immediately.
She asked Liu Sanya to repeat the math problem she had just asked, and Liu Sanya repeated it fluently.
"Okay! Not bad! Then come with me!"
Liu Sanya's mother held Liu Sanya's arm tightly and kowtowed to Kang Yueran repeatedly.
"Please, Master, please don't take San Ya away. I'll go with you to do hard labor. My husband is gone, and it's just the four of us mothers who depend on each other. Please, Master, have mercy on us."
Xiao Wuzi pointed at Liu Sanya's mother and said, "What are you begging for? Why don't you thank the boss quickly? It's your family's good fortune that the boss likes your daughter."
Kang Yueran said: "If you are willing, you can go to Kaoshan Village together."
Liu Sanya kowtowed, her eyes a little evasive. "Master, we are willing! But my grandfather is still alive, and I'm afraid he won't want us to leave."
The little girl felt guilty. Kang Yueran stared at her with interest without saying anything.
Liu Sanya mustered up her courage and said, "My father passed away just a year ago. My grandfather, my grandfather, my grandfather has taken a fancy to my mother and always wants to take advantage of her. We, a family of four, live in fear every day. Please, Master, take us away."
Xiao Wuzi opened his mouth wide, "Your grandfather is such a jerk."
Kang Yueran said, "Wang Hai, go to their house and ask her grandfather to sign the indentures for these four people. You don't have to pay the 300-plus kilograms of grain, and give them an additional 500 kilograms to prevent them from accusing Qingpingzhuang of bullying."
Wang Hai agreed, asked three people to move the food, got some paper and pen from the donkey cart, and took Liu Sanya and the other three to their home.
Liu Sanya's grandfather wanted to keep Liu Sanya's mother, but after being frightened by Wang Hai, he obediently pressed his fingerprints.
Things were also going smoothly for Duan Fei. His youngest son restrained Mrs. Ding, and he led people to move the food away.
After harvesting the grain, Kang Yueran took 10,000 kilograms to Changming County, and Wang Hai took Liu Sanya and four others and the remaining grain and sweet potatoes back to Kaoshan Village.
When County Magistrate Cheng saw the food, he felt very welcome and quickly ordered people to transport it to the outside of the city gate to distribute to the victims.
After handing over the grain, Kang Yueran gave Duan Fei five taels of silver and asked Duan Fei to take his men back after dinner, as she wanted to go see Manager Hao.
Duan Fei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Boss, our dried meat is selling very fast. Do you want to go hunt a few more wild boars?"
The dried meat was very popular and sold very well. "Okay, then after dinner, go buy some torches and wait for me at the South City Gate. I have something to do and will come find you later."
Kang Yueran bought two boxes of snacks and went to Qiongbo Tower.
Business at Qiongbo Tower was slow, but Shopkeeper Hao was very surprised to see her. He asked about her recent situation and said that he had sent a letter to Shopkeeper Cheng, who would be back in a few days.
Kang Yueran didn't mention Qingping Mountain, but only said that she was living in the capital city and it was quite nice. "Didn't they say that everyone wants to go out? Why don't I see many people on the street?"
"Alas! The Tiger Gang was wiped out, and the bandits in Qingping Mountain turned good. Everyone was originally willing to go out, but who could have imagined that so many people in Daji Town fell ill. Some people said it was a plague, which scared everyone.
The doctor sent by Prince Ping to the county to check was told that the flood had polluted the well water and the people had drunk it without boiling it, so they got sick. It was not a plague.
I heard that sick people got much better after drinking the medicine prescribed by the doctor. Now everyone knows that water should be boiled before drinking.
Kang Yueran didn't know whether this was King Ping's idea or the doctor's idea, but describing the plague as an illness could indeed greatly reduce the panic of the people.
Shopkeeper Hao asked, "Girl Kang, is anyone sick in the city?"
"I haven't heard of that. The city has never been flooded, and there are many medical clinics. Even if someone gets sick, they will be cured quickly."
"That's good, that's good. You have to be careful too. The water must be boiled before drinking. Never drink it raw."
He suddenly thought of something and continued, "I met your village head a few days ago. He came to ask about you, and I said you went to the provincial capital."
Kang Yueran felt warm in her heart after hearing this, "Did he tell me what's going on in the village?"
"I asked, but he just said someone in the village was sick and was being treated. He asked me about collecting relief food, and I told him he had to go in person to collect it, and that he had to go every day. After hearing that, he took his people and left again."
It takes most of the day to walk from Fengtou Village to the county town, and you have to go there every day to get them, unless you live in the county town. "I'll go back to the village to see them in a few days."
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