"What?"
"He has other favorite ways?"
"Ah...I don't want it."
…………
On the other side, Liu Feng was walking on the road. Snowflakes were floating in the sky. He walked into the horse farm with a head of snow-white hair.
Tian Laoba brought two people with him, carrying hay and moving back and forth in a horse trough.
Seeing that it was Liu Feng coming, he hurriedly went over to greet him enthusiastically.
"Didn't a lot of Shanggou villagers come to the banquet last night?"
Although there were a lot of people there last night, he still had some memories.
"I saw that many of them not only ate but also carried food with them. Were they very short of food?"
On the day of the wedding, a happy event, the villagers of Shanggou Village came to the banquet, and Liu Feng naturally would not refuse.
It’s just that the villagers of Shanggou Village didn’t eat in a very good manner, which almost caused a conflict between the two villages.
Liu Feng felt very strange, so he came to Tian Laoba early to find out what happened.
"Most of the villagers in Shanggou Village have run out of food."
"Some who have money and land are able to survive, while others have taken refuge in our Siwa Village."
"In Shanggou Village today, apart from the wealthy families, the rest are all poor."
"Now the mountains are covered with snow and drinking water is frozen. Life is difficult."
Tian Laoba put down the fodder and answered with a wry smile.
"So difficult?"
"What is this?"
"Many people can't make ends meet. Some families want to ask the village chief for some food on credit to get through the winter, but that village chief, ah."
When Tian Laoba mentioned the village chief of Shanggou Village, he couldn't help shaking his head.
"It's really not a joke."
"She actually wanted people with daughters to give them to her as concubines before she would give her some food on credit."
"As far as I know, the girls are all eleven or twelve years old."
Liu Feng raised his eyebrows: "Is there no good village chief these days?"
Tian Laoba smiled innocently: "Everyone in this area knows you. Everyone gives you a thumbs up when they mention you."
"Now every household in our Siwa Village has enough to eat and everyone can spend the winter warmly. Isn't it all thanks to your kindness?"
“The other villages around here are really envious.”
The villagers of Siwa Village have food to eat, which is earned by their work. Although it is a big pot meal, it is enough to fill them up.
The charcoal fires are the scraps or unextinguished fires left over from brick kilns and blacksmith workshops, and can be sold to villagers at low prices.
If you actually calculate the money, it's not much different from not having any money.
Basically, as long as these villagers worked for him, they would receive wages, but Liu Feng recovered 60% to 70% of the wages through other means, so there were only a few copper coins left in the hands of the villagers.
Even so, the lives of the villagers in Siwa Village are much better than those in other places.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Feng's eyes turned.
"Take a few people with you this afternoon, and we'll go to Shanggou Village and set up a tent."
"Village chief, what are you doing?"
"Selling food, of course."
Now Liu Feng has a lot of food in his hands. He bought it from the county town, transported it back from the water fort, and looted it from the Northern Barbarian Camp. These alone are enough to feed the entire Siwa Village for a year.
Although the hunting team led by Wang Dian provided much less meat after winter, the game they brought back was all top-notch. Liu Feng would take some of these out and let Wu Santong take them south.
A lot of grain and rice were exchanged for it.
Since there is so much stored grain, why not use it? Go to Shanggou Village to recruit a group of people and use them to expand your own strength.
When they returned home, the Mu sisters were taking Wu Xiangyue to pack up the gifts from last night. These things were basically mountain products, and Liu Feng didn't care.
Mu Wanqing brought the two of them into the account.
After packing up, I went out.
When they arrived at Shanggou Village, Tian Laoba and his men spent half an hour setting up the shed. Soon, the villagers of Shanggou Village gathered around and talked in low voices, but no one took the initiative to approach.
Liu Feng asked Tian Laoba to move all the grain on the ox cart and patted the bulging grain bags with his hands.
"These are all fresh rice. You can exchange them for anything."
"Those with strength can exchange it with their strength, and those with objects can exchange them with objects, such as land deeds and property deeds."
"There are plenty of vegetables and meat here, as well as oil. I've brought everything you need."
Seeing that they really came to exchange for food, the surrounding villagers immediately took action.
They rushed forward one after another.
The crowd was very noisy, but an old man appeared in front of Liu Feng first. He was pale and thin, and his clothes were half-closed.
"Do you want to take in a girl? My daughter is fourteen years old, but I don't want her to be harmed by that old man, the village chief."
The old man turned around and dragged a little girl out from the crowd.
The girl was very beautiful and had a thin face. She was pulled in front of Liu Feng by the old man and was sobbing while speaking.
"Village Chief Liu, everyone in the surrounding area knows that you are a noble man. Accepting her is better than being harmed by others, even if she only serves you tea and water."
"Village Chief Liu, I can sign a contract with you to sell my body, and let him warm your bed."
"Please."
As soon as this was started, the crowd went wild.
A group of poor families pulled their daughters to kneel in front of Liu Feng and begged bitterly.
Seeing the chaotic situation, Liu Feng immediately frowned.
These days, there is essentially no difference between selling oneself and buying wives and concubines. You still have to serve in bed, and do whatever the master says.
And they have no official status at all, they are just tools for the master to satisfy his sexual desires.
This group of people didn't know how much they hated the village chief. They would rather sell their daughters to Liu Feng than let the village chief harm them.
The girls in front of him were all young girls, each of them was about thirteen or fourteen years old, not old enough to be officially designated as husbands.
Once they reach a certain age, these poor families cannot afford the high taxes, so their daughters will be taken away. The more beautiful ones may become officials of the Music Bureau, while the ordinary ones will either be forced to marry off or kept in the military camp as rewards for the soldiers.
At present, Siwa Village has enough food, so even if it is sold to others, life will not be too bad, and at worst, they will not starve.
This is also the last plan that parents can make for their daughter in such troubled times.
"Village chief, we still have a few bachelors in our village. They are all strong and work hard. Why don't you take them in?"
Seeing these people shivering in the cold wind, so pitiful, Tian Laoba couldn't help but persuade them.
Liu Feng nodded, looked down at the girl who appeared first, with a melon-shaped face and willow-shaped eyebrows, and was very distinctive, so he bent down and asked.
"What's your name?"
Now Mu Wanqing is basically in charge of the household affairs, and the two of them assist. There are so many things in the account book every day that they are no longer able to take care of his food, clothing, and daily life.
At the very least, he was the village chief, and she was the village chief's wife, so it was time for someone to do the chores around the house.
Although he was looking for a maid, Liu Feng had principles.
It also has to be good-looking and iconic.
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