Married a scholar

▍ After all, I can't bear it.

Looking forward to a torrential rain and hail that lasted all morning, everyone looked numb and desperate.

Some people even pouted.

After the disaster was over, there were people running staggeringly in all directions from every house.

Soon, without the cover of heavy rain and hail, those desperate weeping were so loud and so sad.

Meng Yining and Xia Wenze stood together at the gate and looked out at the fields, disregarding the ice and rain on the ground, and sitting on the ground crying heartbreakingly.

Even though Meng Yining was used to seeing all kinds of sorrow and despair in the last days, seeing a similar scene again, he still felt uncomfortable.

Let alone Xia Wenze, these are the village elders he knows, and seeing them so desperate makes him feel very bad.

He Guanshi and his respondent also stood behind the two of them, watching silently.

"I don't know how the village chief will respond." Meng Yining and the others have never experienced this kind of natural disaster in their generation, but the previous generation must have experienced it. There should be a set of measures to deal with this kind of thing.

Xia Wenze said: "I'll go to the clan to have a look in a while."

"Yeah." Meng Yining didn't plan to go to the Meng clan, he was a married man, so he didn't care about the affairs of the Meng clan.

After lunch, Xia Wenze took He Fangliang to the Xia clan.

Sitting in the study, Meng Yining looked at the records of all the harvested grain brought by Manager He, and handed over a few blueprints on the table, "You find someone to make these blueprints for me. "

Manager He took it.

Meng Yining said: "Let someone make a stone mill and come back. Gu Fengche has a look and bought two. There are also stone mortars, and I also get them. Find a room in the second courtyard and put them in. In the future, I will use the shelling mill at home. Don't go to Murakami's mill."

"Okay, master." Manager He understood what he meant.

"Weigh out [-] catties each of rice and wheat, and store them separately." Meng Yining knocked on the table.

"Ok."

Meng Yining thought for a while, then waved for Manager He to leave.

Brother Yi ground the ink for him, and asked softly, "Master, are you planning to bring out some grain?" He understood, his young master planned to bring out some grain to help the village.

Meng Yining nodded, holding a brush to write down what to do next, "There are more than a dozen families in the village who are already in difficulty. After this natural disaster, I'm afraid they will have no way to survive."

He's not hard-hearted, but he can't do more.

Sheng Mien fights Mi Qiu, and he can't rush to help.

What catches up is not business.

What's more, he didn't help for free, and these had to be paid back.At that time, it will be written in black and white, otherwise one will have two.Everyone can see how his family's harvest is this year. If this is done for free, some people will follow suit.

We are all from the same village, and those who are around the corner are all somewhat related. This one helps for free, and that one does not help for free?

Brother Yi nodded slightly, but his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he always felt that the young master should not be so helpful.But seeing that the young master didn't say much, he didn't ask any more.

Not long after, Xia Wenze came back with mud spots all over his clothes and shoes. "I'm going to change my clothes first."

"Let the kitchen bring some ginger soup." Meng Yining followed into the room to see him, "How is it?"

Xia Wenze looked a little heavy, "It's not very good."

Meng Yining nodded, thinking about it.

Xia Wenze changed his clothes and came out, drinking the ginger soup on the table. "The fourth uncle is leading people to help at the moment. The roofs of some people's houses have been smashed, and several thatched roofs in the village are gone. I plan to ask the family to help."

"It should." Naturally, Meng Yining would not disagree.

Xia Wenze called Guanshi He and told him about it.

Manager He immediately took people to the village.

"What about the clan? What's the arrangement?" Meng Yining asked. He remembered that there were several households in the Xia clan who were struggling.

Xia Wenze said: "The patriarch will arrange people to live in the ancestral hall first, and the school probably won't have classes these days, and people who have destroyed their houses will be arranged to live first."

"Yeah." Meng Yining said, "I asked the family to prepare some food." Meng Yining told him what he thought, "It is necessary to help, but not for free."

Xia Wenze nodded, "I understand." The human heart is insatiable, and those who are grateful will remember your kindness, but those who are a little bit crooked will make more progress, just like Ninger said, it is easy to be kidnapped by morality.

All are treated equally, if the request comes to the front, black and white, no one has to think too much.

In the future, if they want to live in the village, if they really don't help, it won't work. Like this is the best.If you lend food to you, the interest will not be considered and you don’t have to rush to repay it. If you want to read it, it’s fine. If you don’t want it, it’s okay.

Meng Yining said: "However, I remember that there are a few widowed elderly households in the village. There must be limited help for these people in the village, so let's help. I remember there are two families with only elderly people and grandchildren. If the village help If it is not in time, we will help for free. For the rest, we can come as we want.”

Hearing this, Xia Wenze reached out and hugged the man into his arms, "Ning'er."

"Huh?" Meng Yining looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"It's good that you are like this." Xia Wenze thinks Ning Ge'er is very good and behaves clearly.

Meng Yining rolled his eyes, "What's wrong? Many people should think that it's best for me to help with food from the family for free at this time?" At that time, some people in the village will definitely think so.

Xia Wenze rubbed his head, "We don't owe them anything, and they are not at the end of their ropes. Besides, they are not our responsibility. As you said before, helping is a matter of affection, not helping is a duty." Is that what you said. If they really reach the point where they have no way out, I believe Ning'er, you won't be so fussy, and you will definitely help for free." It's like Zhan Youxi's side, if they used to come and go The deal was okay, but later it became clear that with the help of the big brothers and the others, there was no need for Brother Ning to help Zhan Youxi, but he didn't. Brother Ning still bought food and things for there as always, changed.

"I'm not selfish in doing this." Meng Yining put his arms around his waist, didn't he think of helping him for free?What I thought about was that he, who has experienced the end times, knows people's hearts too well.Didn't he feel uncomfortable hearing those heart-piercing despair at noon?If it weren't for the fact that there is no care anymore, would he have told about the hailstorm?But he can't, he's not alone here, once it's said, let's not say whether everyone believes it or not, believe it, once it gets out, it's better, he may just lose his freedom, maybe he can still make a fortune, after all, this is ancient times, everyone They all believe in ghosts and gods.With the plane trader, Qin Tianjian may not be as accurate as him in calculating the weather.

But these are not what he wants. Is it so easy to be an official?This is the era of the monarchy where he would be beheaded if he said anything wrong. He was a first-class asshole, grassroots, did he really expect to be reused?

You know, if the emperor believes, you are fine. If the emperor does not believe, it is not impossible to be charged with an inexplicable crime.

Alone he is fearless.

But this is the era of destroying the whole family and punishing the nine clans.

Can he protect all the people around him who are related to him by himself?

No.

So Hail couldn't say anything, but he couldn't really ignore it either.

Orphans and widows, the elderly and children, if the village cannot help them, he can help them for free without asking for anything in return.

As for other people, he would not refuse to ask for money and food, but his brothers settled accounts clearly, and everyone wrote clearly in black and white, what should be done.

I don't want your interest, and I don't urge you to pay it back, but I have to have the necessary documents.

You can't make people think that he is a Bodhisattva.

"If I really come to ask for help, I don't ask them to remember our kindness. I just hope that they don't cause trouble for us in the future." They will go to the border after autumn. , the food city, and the establishment of department stores and supermarkets all need the help of the villagers, so just don't make trouble for them.

Xia Wenze knew what he meant, "Don't worry, the village chief and the clan will notice."

"I hope." Meng Yining sighed inwardly.

For several days in a row, all the villages were in chaos. Those who saved people were saving people, and the food that hadn't been spoiled had to be harvested quickly. Even if it was mixed with muddy water, they had to get back as much as they could, and they had to pick up as much as they could if it was not easy.

Shangyao Village is not having a good time these days. The roofs of more than a dozen households in the village were destroyed by the hailstones, many people were injured, and some elderly people were hit by the natural disaster and just passed away.

Crying, cursing.

Although Meng Yining and Xia Wenze didn't go to the village, Manager He took all the servants at home to help.

Helping to mend people's roofs, helping to transfer people.

Doctor Zhou was also very busy, and there was not enough herbs, so Meng Yining asked someone to buy herbs and send them over.

The school in the village and the ancestral halls of several ethnic groups were full of people. Meng Yining asked Aunt He to send some food over, not much, just for a few days.

Aunt He came back with a tired face, "Master, there are a few houses that are really miserable. They were waiting for the autumn harvest, but when the hailstorm came, there was nothing in the house. I heard the person next to me say, let alone store food at home. It’s almost impossible to open the pot.”

Meng Yining knew which companies he was talking about, "Thank you for your hard work, Aunt He, let's go and rest for a while."

"Yes." Aunt He went to rest.

Meng Yining sighed, got up and went to the study to find Xia Wenze, "Do you have enough money for Manager He to bring over today?"

After all, Meng Yining couldn't bear it, and discussed with Xia Wenze to ask Guanshi He to take 300 taels of silver to the village chief, saying that the money was only for the elderly and children in the village, as well as those who were really in need to build houses.

He didn't want his kindness to be taken away by some people.

Although he believed in the village chief, who had no selfishness?

"That's enough, I asked Manager He to tell Si Bo that the money will be recorded in the account no matter how the money is spent." Xia Wenzhe pulled him to sit beside him, "Don't worry, Si Bo will not let the money be contaminated by others .”

"Hmm. Hope."

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Good night~ Mejiu~