When Lu Sheige and Lu Xiaoli arrived at the pier, they went straight to Ding Wu's stall.

As soon as Ding Wu saw Lu Sheige, he knew what she was asking about.

In the past two days, there had been quite a big fuss about the town going to the countryside to collect the royal rations, and it was difficult for Ding Wu even if he didn't want to know about it.

"If you don't come to me today, I will go find you after lunch." Thinking of what he heard in the past two days, Ding Wu felt a little frightened.

"I heard that several people were arrested today for refusing to hand over the imperial rations. How serious a crime is it for refusing to hand over the rations? Those servants are still resting here. I heard them saying that if they don't hand over the rations, they will be punished lightly.

They will be forced to do hard labor, and in serious cases, they will be beheaded. When the time comes, we will first capture a few people as role models, and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, and see if there are still people who dare not to surrender."

After hearing this, Lu Xiaoli was so frightened that he grabbed Ding Wu's sleeve and started crying: "Brother Xiao Wu, my dad...my dad and the others were arrested."

"What?" Ding Wu grabbed Lu Sheige's arm, "How did Uncle Lu and the others get caught? Are you planning not to pay the imperial rations as well?"

"No, our family didn't say we wouldn't be friends." Lu Sheige pulled Lu Xiaoli and motioned for her to let go and not to hold on to Ding Wu's sleeves and cry.

After Lu Xiaoli relaxed his hand, Lu Xiangge continued.

"Early this morning, the village leader and two servants also went to our village. They said they wanted to hand over the imperial rations. Uncle Ma and the others shouted that we should hand over the rations. Then the charlatan said, our imperial rations should be handed over to the former

It doesn’t count, it’s the Great Shang Dynasty now, and it needs to be handed over again. He also said that if you refuse to hand over, you are supporting the previous dynasty and going against the current Great Shang Dynasty.”

"Really?" Ding Wu shuddered in disbelief, "It's impossible not to pay."

"Yes. Later, Chai Ye posted a notice on the wall and left. Muramasa didn't leave. Muramasa said that it was winter and he had to dig river embankments. He asked everyone to have lunch and go to Muramasa's village for a meeting. My father and the others ate

We went after dinner, but who knew, not even an hour later, Muramasa said again that my father and the others had been arrested."

After all, Ding Wu had attended a private school for two years, and he had exactly the same idea as Xiao Si and blurted out, "This is to scare the monkeys."

"Xiaosi, you have to pay for this food. When you get back, tell your aunt that if you don't have food, you'll pay her money. If your family doesn't have enough money, I'll go back and tell my parents that I'll lend some to your family. I'm still here now.

He has been detained in the town and has not been sent away. If he is not sent to Nanyang Prison then, it will be troublesome."

No wonder Ding Wu was afraid. Handing over grain to the emperor was originally a big deal, but now it involves supporting the previous dynasty and opposing the Shang Dynasty, which makes it even more serious.

Ding Wu didn't know the Lu family's family background. He only knew that his family was close to Shopkeeper Li, and Shopkeeper Li sold land to the Lu family.

Over the past six months, his family has gradually distributed some money to the Lu family, but if it were to buy land, it would definitely not be enough.

Now the Lu family has to pay the second portion of the imperial grain. The grain is definitely not enough. No one would save so much grain. If they don't have grain, they can only pay money. He has specifically inquired about this, and it is possible.

If the Lu family has no money, then he must persuade his parents to lend some to the Lu family to tide over the difficulties.

Not to mention how much money the Lu family made from his braised food recipe, the relationship between the two families was getting closer and closer, and his family couldn't just ignore it.

Lu Sheige nodded: "Yes, I know. Don't worry, brother Xiao Wu. I'm just here to ask what's going on. My mother is already at home raising food and money. If you don't help me by then, I'll come find Ding again."

Uncle and Aunt Ding can borrow some."

Lu Sheige didn't say that her family had money. Even if she believed in Ding Wu's character, she didn't dare to really believe it in the people around her.

The family bought land, a house, mules, and later cattle. In the eyes of the people of Wudun Village, these were all big events.

Although everyone's life is much better now than before, her family's life is also really good.

This time the village is pushing out the people from Xiaoxinzhuang, not because they are newcomers, they have bought land and built houses, and they have attracted people's attention.

People's hearts are not as old as they used to be. This is because some people are jealous of how good their family's life is.

This time they handed over the second batch of imperial grains. If her family handed over the grains or money without hesitation, they would really have been slapped by the thieves.

Ding Wu didn't know what Lu Sheige was thinking. He thought he could really help the Lu family this time, and he was quite happy.

Lu Xiaoli didn't know much about her family's financial situation, so she was very happy when she heard that Ding Wu wanted to lend money to her family.

On weekdays, she had no contact with Ding Wu and the Ding family, so she didn't know much about him.

At this time, Ding Wu could lend money to their family, which was no less than a benefactor.

Ding Wu blushed a little at Lu Xiaoli's grateful gaze, so he simply closed the stall and prepared to go with Xiao Si to see what was going on.

Ding Wu was cleaning up the stall while talking to Lu Xiaosi: "My uncle returned to the countryside this spring, otherwise it would be no problem to find my uncle. I heard that most of the cadres in the yamen have been changed. I will go and take a look with you.

, maybe you can meet one or two people you know."

Last winter, Aunt Ding's uncle resigned from his job and took his family back to the countryside on the pretext of poor health.

When dynasties change, a small official like him is lucky and nothing will happen to him, but if he is unlucky, his life may not be guaranteed.

Uncle Ding simply resigned and returned home, first saving the lives of his entire family.

Anyway, Uncle Ding has a house in Jiangjiaba Town, a house and shop in Nanyang County, and fields and brick houses in the countryside.

When the world is good, children and grandchildren will go out to do things and gain fame. When the world is bad, there is nothing wrong with retreating to the countryside.

The person Ding Wu admires most is his uncle.

The Hongying Army captured the capital, and although Jiangjiaba basically had little impact, a large number of those bad men were replaced, and only a few could stay.

If Uncle Ding was greedy for power, it would be hard to say whether he could save his life now.

In Uncle Ding's words, even if you can save your life and rights, what if the old dynasty returns?

How can someone like him, who worked as a lackey in the old dynasty for the new dynasty, continue to switch to the old dynasty and continue to serve as an official?

There is no such good thing in the world.

"Brother Xiao Wu." Lu Sheige pulled Ding Wu's arm and asked in a low voice, "Can you take the time to go to the countryside to see your uncle?"

Ding Wu asked curiously: "What to do?"

Lu Sheige didn't hide it either: "I want your uncle to help find some housekeepers."

"Caretakers?" Ding Wu stopped and said in confusion, "Xiaosi, are you stupid? With a yard as big as yours, how many more caretakers are needed to support the caretakers?

"

"It's not my yard."

The sun shone slantly on Lu Sheige's side, making it difficult to see her expression clearly. "Anyway, I'm useful. Just ask your uncle to find someone who is reliable."

Ding Wu looked at Lu Xiaosi up and down, wanting to ask more questions but knowing Xiaosi's temperament, he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Okay, I will take time to go to the countryside in the next two days to ask you. If not, you can

Don’t blame me.”

"No." Lu Shege shook his head.

How could it not be? Uncle Ding has been the pavilion chief for decades.

If he didn't have anyone useful, how could he resign early and return home to avoid trouble?
Chapter completed!