"My wife, my husband."
Perhaps someone was heard talking, the knocking sound outside the door started again.
There was a knock on the door and begging sounds.
"Please, sir, give us something to eat. The children are starving to death!"
"Please, kind-hearted master and lady, please save us! We don't want anything, just some food..."
The cries for help came one after another, and occasionally there were children's voices mixed in, which was really heartbreaking to hear.
But everyone here has experienced the pain of disaster and knows that a momentary weakness will inevitably lead to more long-term trouble. There are only two villages nearby. If you give it today, will you return it tomorrow?
Jiang Yue's face was calm, and her voice was clear. "Look at the fields outside. They're all abandoned and there's no food to grow. I really can't give them away. The vegetables in the vegetable patch outside are tender. If you like them, you can pick them and take them away. It will also fill your stomach."
The crying outside stopped for a while, and then a woman's voice came again, "Please, kind-hearted lady, we just need a meal..."
Jiang Yue interrupted directly, "I don't have any kind heart. You should go to the government. The government is supposed to provide relief food, and you can also work or do military service to earn food. You won't starve to death."
Unless they are just greedy or come here to gather information.
The man outside was choked for a moment, and did not continue her words, but started crying again, "Please, Madam, have some mercy..."
Jiang Yue turned around and asked Yuan Zhuangtou, "How many people are there outside?"
Yuan Zhuangtou had just put a ladder on the courtyard wall and looked over. He was holding the kitchen knife tightly in his hand, obviously very nervous. "Madam, there are twelve adults and three children outside, and they are holding wooden sticks."
At this time, the knocking on the door turned into banging, getting louder and louder.
Jiang Nian took Jiang Yue's shoulders and led her back, "Yueyue, you and Aunt Yuan go in and rest."
Aunt Yuan's lips turned pale as she quickly advised, "Madam, you can't stand being frightened right now."
Jiang Yue nodded and handed him a knife, not the military knife, but an official knife.
Including Jiang Dashu's family, who had known Jiang Nian for a few years, they had never seen him fighting or killing anyone, let alone other people.
When they saw the official sword in his hand, they were shocked at first, but then they felt a little relieved.
"Open the door."
The two brothers, Dajiang and Dahe, who were guarding the door, opened their mouths to persuade Langjun that the refugees would soon leave without any benefits and there was no need to confront them head-on. But Langjun had an indifferent expression and glanced at them.
The two brothers felt a chill on their backs, frightened by his eyes, and hurriedly opened the gate.
Jiang Shan pulled his father back, then followed Jiang Nian with a wooden stick, and Jiang San also followed.
When the refugees saw the door open, they were delighted, thinking that the master and mistress of the farm were coming out to give out food.
They all knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude, but unexpectedly they heard the other party asking them to leave.
So you didn't come out to give things?
"There's no food for you here. If you're really starving, go find the authorities. They won't ignore you."
He glanced at the vegetable patch outside, which had already been completely plucked out. He felt impatient. Those were the good seeds Yueyue had given him! Wasn't it enough that they had been plucked out?
These refugees begged outside for half a day but couldn't get a single grain of rice. Looking at the tall courtyard wall, they became malicious.
Such a rich master, yet he has such a cruel heart! Why do they have to kneel for half a day for a meal, while some people can sit in a good house and eat delicious food?
God is so unfair!
Jiang Nian noticed the change in their eyes and hugged the official sword to his chest.
When these refugees saw the official sword, they immediately lowered their heads and dared not speak.
This guy... actually has an official sword on him. Could he be the Zhuangzi of some important official?
They glanced at each other secretly, slowly stood up, and left, looking back every few steps.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Nian turned around and said, "There are not many people coming here now. I guess they will be resettled in groups. You all should be careful and try not to go out. Stay in the backyard and work. You can also open a small piece of land in the front yard to grow vegetables."
"yes."
They usually followed their wives' arrangements and rarely heard their husbands speak. Now they felt that their husbands had great authority and a backbone.
Yuan Zhuangtou began to arrange people. Some of them went to the backyard to flatten the "grassland" as his wife called it, and others went to open up the land in front of the servants' room.
As Jiang Nian expected, people came knocking on the door every day to ask for alms. Sometimes there were only a few people, sometimes there were dozens of people.
The people in the courtyard were no longer as frightened as they were at the beginning. They just pretended not to hear anything. If someone banged on the door, Jiang Nian would rush out with his men. No one could defeat him with force. One person could knock down a group of people in an instant.
What's more, the official knife in his hand had already scared away a group of people.
This yard is eye-catching, but what attracts people the most are the pigpen and chicken coop at the edge of the field.
Late at night, when everyone was asleep, Fan Jin lay on Fan Bai and fell asleep.
Suddenly, Fan Bai stood up and knocked Fan Jin to the ground.
Fan Jin was startled and walked out the door.
Under the bright white moonlight, more than a dozen people were walking towards this direction.
"Bah! These masters are all cold-hearted and cruel. Their families have no worries about food and drink, but they are reluctant to even give them a little food. They deserve to die!"
"That's right! God is so unfair!"
"I smell a pigsty!"
"I heard pigs squealing and chickens crowing, quite a few!"
"Hahaha, let them eat all by themselves! Today we're going to move all these pigs and chickens out! It's been so long since I've eaten meat, I can even eat a pig raw! I'm so greedy!"
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