In the east of Hailing City, generations of rice grains are carried out from the entrance of Xujia Village.
The victims were busy carrying goods on their hands and shoulders.
The sudden influx of so many people into a small village frightened the villagers in Xujia Village.
Most of the villagers here are from the Xu family, and there are also many people with other surnames living here.
When they saw so many victims in ragged clothes entering the village, they were so frightened that every family closed their doors and hid in the courtyard shivering, praying that these people would not break in.
Xu Dai, who had just returned in the past two days, stood on the wooden ladder with a pale face, quietly revealing half of his head to check the situation outside.
As the number of victims increased, his face became paler.
Finally, with the help of his servants, he came down to the man who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair and drinking tea in the courtyard.
"Brother, there are more and more victims! What should we do? What if they go crazy and rush in and disturb the women..."
Xu Song glanced at him indifferently and said: "Come here as you come. The food accumulated by the family over the years has either been taken to Yongfeng Granary or brought to you to make tea. The rest is only enough for the whole family." A month's worth of money will be robbed, so what are you afraid of?"
When Xu Dai heard this, he stamped his feet and said, "Oh, that's not what I said. If those victims are jealous, they will grab whatever they see, whether it's food or furniture!"
Xu Song smiled slightly: "Calm down and wait and see!"
At this time, a servant who replaced Xu Dai suddenly shouted: "Master, the victims are coming soon!"
Xu Song turned to Xu Yong and said: "Go, open the door and hang up the lantern of our Xu Mansion!"
When the door was opened at this time, everyone in the Xu family courtyard was sweating.
But when they saw Xu Song sitting calmly in the courtyard, they couldn't help but feel calmer.
"Squeak..." The door of Xu Mansion slowly opened.
Four servants each set up a ladder and hung a large lantern in front of the gate.
I saw the huge character Xu written on the lantern.
Just when they had hung up the lanterns, the victims who were pouring in were used to seeing the courtyard door locked, but they didn't expect someone to open the door wide at this time. They couldn't help but be curious, and their steps slowed down.
"Whose house is that?" an illiterate victim asked the people around him.
At this time, when the local victims who were going to the countryside saw that family, they quickly raised their hands and said, "That's the Xu family in Hailing City where we have been officials for two generations!"
"Xu family? Why does it sound so familiar?" someone asked curiously.
As soon as he finished speaking, a disaster victim next to him took a hard look at him: "Did your mother-in-law's food go into the dog's belly? There is no food in the county, isn't it all the porridge run by the Xu family? !”
"Ah! Is this the Xu family? They are kind people!"
"Yes, the master of the Xu family is a kind man!"
"Everyone knows why we came to Xujiacun, and no one else is allowed to break in!"
"Yes, let me find out who disturbed the Xu family. No matter who he is, I will definitely fight for him when I get back!"
After a while, suddenly, a servant of the Xu family who was checking the situation outside turned around and said loudly: "Sir, some old people among the victims are coming this way!"
Sure enough, after a while, several old men with white beards and hair stood outside the courtyard. One of them said, "May I ask if your master is here?"
The servant said warmly: "Old man, our eldest and second masters are both here!"
At this time, Xu Yong's voice came: "Xu Liu, invite people in!"
The servant quickly said: "Everyone, my master has invited you."
The few old people looked at each other and walked into the Xu family courtyard.
Just as they were nervously looking around, a warm voice suddenly said: "Do you want to see me?"
When those old men saw a friendly man in his fifties or sixties, they quickly knelt down in the tunnel and said: "Kowtow to Mr. Xu! These days, we outsiders are relying on Mr. Xu to survive! I passed by your mansion today. , thank you very much!”
When the servants of the Xu family saw this scene, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them held their heads high and felt proud.
Xu Song quickly asked someone to help the old men up, and then said warmly: "The accents of these old men don't sound like locals. Where are they from?"
"I'm from Zhoujiapu, Xinghua County!"
"I'm from Gaoliangjian, Qinghe County!"
"I'm from Zhangjiaji, Gaoyou Prefecture!"
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Xu Song sighed: "The floods have wiped out the floods, and silkworms have begun to grow in Kyushu. The hard days are coming to an end. All of you, father-in-law, are old men in the countryside. When you go back, you will lead us to rebuild our homes!"
Several old men couldn't understand Li Bai's poems, but they did understand the last two sentences.
Thinking of the tragic situation at home, they couldn't help but burst into tears. Several of them knelt down and kowtowed again: "It's all thanks to Mr. Xu's grace that we can return home. We will make grass rings in the next life to repay the kindness of the Xu family!"
Xu Song avoided them and asked someone to help them up. Then he waved his hand and asked someone to bring them eggs in sugar water, a bowl for each of the elderly people.
"Eat, we don't have much food at home, so I won't save you any food. They left these eggs for me, don't be too little!" Xu Song sighed.
When the old people saw this, they swallowed their saliva and choked with sobs: "It's better for you, sir, to eat it!"
Xu Song smiled and turned to the backyard.
Several old men shed tears while finishing the sugar-watered eggs in the bowl. Then they thanked them profusely and left the Xu Mansion.
In the backyard of the Xu Mansion, Xu Dai gave a thumbs up and said to his eldest brother: "Brother, you still have a way. With this little favor, our Xu Mansion can still be safe no matter how big the storm is!"
Xu Song glanced at his brother lightly, shook his head, picked up the book and ignored him!
For the people of Xujia Village, nothing happened for the first time.
But at the east end of the village, the Huang family's old house, which had become increasingly prosperous in recent years, suffered a disaster.
Like the Huang Mansion in Fenghuang Dun, the old house's belongings were moved out by the victims.
Even the place where the Huang family stored grain in the village was directed. The rats in the warehouse shed tears when they saw the grain being moved by the victims.
When Hu County Magistrate came to the porridge with a group of wealthy people, the victims had already set up pots and lit a fire, waiting for the water to boil and rice.
When a group of Hailing's wealthy people saw this scene, they were trembling with fear.
However, thinking that the grain from my own granary was now transferred to Yongfeng Granary by the county, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
If in normal times, the grain bought at a high price was sold at such a low price, they would definitely make trouble.
But now, when they look at Lao Hu's back, they can only feel grateful.
Just when everyone came to the center of the porridge, suddenly a crowd of people in front of them were surrounding a person, yelling and cursing, and picking up mud and stones from the ground and throwing them at the person.
Just when everyone looked intently, they saw the man shouting like a pig: "Master Hu, Master Hu, help! I am Huang Dewang, come and save me!"
