The number one scholar is a piece of shit that everyone wants

Needless to say, the one who suffered the most from the drought was the old farmer, because all the villagers rushed to the headman's house. If not now, when would they show their abilities?

An hour later, the fire in the headman's house was put out, but the granary was basically burned down. Apart from that, the other biggest loss was the house of his third son Xu Bai, which was left with only a frame.

With so many people putting out the fire, it's still burned like this, not to mention the adobe and thatched houses of the old farmer at the west end.

"Dad, the third son is not at home. He is out doing some work for our family. You can't be so partial. You just watched my house burn down..."

Zhuang Xu walked straight to the ground and started crying. Everything she should and shouldn't say was blurted out in her crying.

Speaking of Xu Changye, he is the fourth master of the Xu family. He and the clan leader and village head Xu Changjiang are cousins ​​from the same great grandfather.

Even though they are such close blood relatives, the village head can still join forces with outsiders to attack them for his own selfish interests. In his eyes, these distant relatives and outsiders are probably nothing.

As a result, the villagers' eyes changed all of a sudden. Their original intention to get close to each other turned into deliberate alienation. They were all afraid that they would become the second Xu Changye, the fourth master of the Xu family.

Seeing that no one made any comment on his defense, Xu Lizheng's face suddenly became long and dark, as if he was saying silently: Those who obey me will prosper, and those who defy me will perish!

At this moment, someone in the crowd shouted, "Let's go find Changye. Even if I die in the chaos outside, I don't want to be stabbed in the back by someone close to me."

This sentence speaks out the thoughts of everyone. They come and go in a rush. Although they are all rushing, their state of mind is indeed different.

Xu Lizheng was so angry that he fell backwards. He leaned on his second son and told his eldest son to go to each household to ask for food. Since they were all leaving, he should spit out his food.

He is now very glad that he distributed the grain in the first place, otherwise he would be heartbroken if all the grain was burned!

"Dad, didn't the third brother go and ask for help? Since they don't have any help, don't blame us for being unjust. Robbing a family is also robbing, robbing a village is also robbing, don't you think this is reasonable?"

Seeing that Master Xu was hesitant, Xu Qian began to persuade him with the old saying that he was familiar with:

"Dad, as the old saying goes, there is no poison without a heart, and a soft-hearted person can hardly achieve great things."

"Oh, by the way, Dad, there is a saying: To achieve great things, one should not be too particular about small matters; to make friends, one should not be too concerned about right or wrong..."

There is an old saying on the left and a common saying on the right, but in the end it was his father's own choice. Whether the result is good or bad, it has nothing to do with him. After all, he didn't say anything.

They were conspiring to plot against the whole village and then join the mob. They even considered how the Xu family would develop and build their careers in the future...

The villagers over there gathered outside Xu Changye's courtyard and shouted for a long time. Seeing that no one answered, they did not delay any longer and pushed the door open directly.

The daughters of the Xu family who stayed behind saw that the yard was not only missing the Song family's mules and carriages but also in such a mess, so they knew that they should take advantage of the chaos to set off.

Apart from feeling uncomfortable, they were also filled with suspicion.

They speculated that their father had received the news in advance and then set fire to the headman's house and the farmer's house. In addition to venting his anger, another purpose was to take advantage of the chaos to leave Xujia Village.

Although other people occasionally had this thought in their minds, in the end they all voted against it because of Xu Changye's kind personality.

What they are worried about now is where to go?

If they stayed in the village, they would fear revenge from Xu Lizheng. But they didn't know where to flee from the famine.

Just when they were hesitating whether to go north to look for Xu Changye and the others, Xu Bai led those refugees and thugs into the village in such a high-sounding manner.

If Ye Fanxing were here at this moment, she would definitely recognize who the so-called leader of the refugees is. It would be none other than Zhang Lei, the eldest son of Old Man Zhang who stayed behind in Dalui Village!

(I thought I had recovered well, but it turned out to be just a flash of life. I thought it was all just a waste of time... I'm really sorry, my dears. I broke my promise and gained weight. I can only write 1000 words a day this month...)