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The seven villages all bought large quantities of food from Li Mengyue. After the village heads announced that those who joined the patrol team would receive 20 kilograms of food from the village office every month, the villagers signed up enthusiastically.

Yes, that’s right, you can get 20 kilograms of food without having to buy it with any money.

Before, Li Mengyue thought that she would buy a village office at the price of two cents per pound.

Anyone who joins the patrol team can buy it from the village office at the price of three cents per pound.

Unexpectedly, the seven village chiefs chose to give food to the patrol team for free without any discussion.

Li Mengyue did not expect this move.

However, even if Li Mengyue knew, she would not interfere. Her purpose was to let the patrol team know the situation in the village in time to prevent refugees from entering the village to steal food.

Whether the village chiefs sold food to the patrol team at a low price or distributed it for free was none of her business.

Later, Li Mengyue learned about the behavior of the village heads and found out that some time ago, each village had made a lot of money just by catching locusts.

After all, ten thousand kilograms of grain cost twenty taels of silver, and Xinghua Village, Lianhua Village and Guihua Village each wanted twenty thousand kilograms, which would cost forty taels.

Compared to if she had not returned to Xinghua Village, forty taels of silver to the village office of Xinghua Village was definitely a large sum of money. Now that Village Chief Li said so, he took it out. How could she not be surprised?

In fact, what Li Mengyue didn’t know was that the seven village heads had already used more than 90% of the village’s money to buy food.

Because they have all experienced hunger, they know what it feels like to be hungry, and they also understand that their current life is hard-earned, and they must cherish it.

Once the refugees arrive, even if the government tries to control it, the price of food will definitely rise to a sky-high level, and then it will not be affordable for the peasants like them.

I’m afraid that even if I have money, I won’t be able to buy food.

During years of famine, the most important thing is not money, but life-saving food.

They now have the opportunity to buy food at a low price, so they certainly won't lose their minds and take it for granted that getting the silver is the safest thing.

Only by exchanging it for food and saving it can we survive.

And they also knew that although the villagers' lives were better than before, they were not much better and they could just barely get enough to eat.

Even if you make a lot of money from selling locusts, you have to save it for other things. If nothing else, repairing the house is very important.

Now the houses in the village are basically made of mud with straw roofs.

It would rain heavily outside and lightly inside. Not only would you not be able to sleep, you wouldn't even be able to find a place to stand inside the house.

Especially in the cold winter, what they fear most is snow.

If it snows heavily when you are sleeping at night, you may not be able to clear the snow off the roof in time.

The roof can easily collapse under the weight of snow, and people sleeping in the house can lose their lives without knowing it.

This kind of thing happens every year and they are really scared.

Now that the villagers have some extra money, they want to repair their houses. Not to mention building brick and tile houses, but at least the roofs need to be sturdier to withstand the attacks of snowstorms.

Someone is already working on this. They have bought bricks and tiles from the town and started repairing the roof. The house will be built in the early spring of next year.

In the seven villages, many young men like Li Dazhui and Li Yan had no money to build houses because their families were poor. When they reached marriageable age, they didn't even have a matchmaker.

Once the new house is built, I believe it will not be so difficult for these young men of marriageable age to find wives.

It is precisely because of these that the seven village chiefs allowed the patrol members to receive 20 kilograms of food for free.

Besides, this food is not for white-collar workers. It will take at most half a year, by which time the refugees will have been mostly resettled.

After all, it will take more than half a year. If the court does not take it seriously, some refugees will probably gather together and the Great Zhou will be in civil strife, which is something the court officials do not want to see.

By paying 1,000 kilograms of grain a month, they can protect the villagers' property to a certain extent, which is relatively cost-effective.

Another point is that they are not afraid to spend the village money on the villagers.

Anyway, the money was handed over by the villagers and is used to give to the patrol team. There is no problem with it.

With the support of these 20 kilograms of food, the seven villages quickly formed patrol teams and started patrolling that day. No one objected.

After all, the earlier they start, the earlier they can get food.

In fact, after the village leaders talked about the patrol team, some people did join in, but it was still a little short of fifty people.

It was not until the village leaders announced that they would give out 20 kilograms of food every month that a long line of people formed to sign up.

The patrol team is related to the property safety of the entire village. The village heads will not treat them casually, but will strictly screen them and only select people with good character, good physique and who are not cunning and dishonest.

After some selection, fifty strong laborers were successfully selected.

Those who were chosen held their heads high and chests out, wishing the whole world knew about it. Those who were not chosen hung their heads in despair, as if they had lost a lot of money.

That’s right, twenty kilograms of food a month is a lot.

However, the villagers also know that the reason why the village set up a patrol team is to prevent refugees from coming to the village to steal food.

As a result, the seven villages were suddenly on high alert, and even those who were not in the patrol team took the initiative to investigate the situation outside the village.

Li Mengyue naturally didn't know about this. When she arrived at the city gate and saw the scene in front of the city gate, her brows subconsciously frowned.

Even though she was mentally prepared and knew that the refugees would come sooner or later, she didn't expect it to come so soon.

Everywhere I looked, I saw refugees standing or sitting.

They all had haggard faces and were wearing tattered clothes. Many of them were even naked and could only use rags to cover important parts of their bodies.

Fortunately, the weather is not cold now. If it were winter, many people would be frozen to death by the cold alone.

And there is no trace of hope in the eyes of these people. Instead, they have become numb, as if the pressure of life has drained away their vitality.

Li Mengyue continued to walk forward. Just as she came in front of the refugees, suddenly everyone's eyes turned to Li Mengyue.

No, to be precise, he was looking at the backpack behind Li Mengyue.

Li Mengyue, who was about to raise her foot, stopped suddenly. She felt like a monkey in a zoo, being watched enthusiastically by people.

That's right. Li Mengyue, who looked very good in both her attire and complexion, was like a drop of water entering a frying pan among the refugees, causing crackling noises inside the oil pan. She was also like a starving dog who saw the big bone he had been dreaming about day and night. How could he not be excited?

[Host, gratitude value, gratitude value, these are all gratitude values, they are all our God! ]

[Tsk, you want to worship them as gods, I don’t care, but don’t even think about asking me to do the same.]

[Host, how can you say that? I...I misjudged you.]

【Oh, let’s untie it. 】

[Oops, host, I didn’t hear what you said clearly. I didn’t hear it clearly.]