Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

But Liu Quan is not stupid. He would never ruin his own show. Instead, he changed the subject.

"Village Chief Zhu, I have an opportunity for you to meet a noble man."

After a few words of nonsense, Zhu Lei understood the underlying meaning of Mr. Liu's words, and it was time to get down to business.

Although he didn't know what kind of opportunity would allow him to get close to a noble person.

But there was one thing he was very clear about, that is, he didn't want to give up, he wanted to seize this opportunity.

"Master Liu, let's not talk about anything else. I want to thank you for giving my family this opportunity."

"What? It's nothing. Si Jin and I are brothers. If there's anything good happening, of course I'll think of your family. But..."

When Zhu Lei heard this, his heart skipped a beat. This was the key point.

Liu Quan deliberately paused while speaking, while also paying attention to Zhu Lei's expression.

Seeing that there was no change on Zhu Lei's face, Liu Quan continued speaking.

"It's just that the nobleman needs food. As long as you can get 50,000 kilograms of food, your Zhu family will be registered with the nobleman, and you will be rewarded in the future. Even if your family wants to change its status, it will only take a word from the nobleman."

"Oh, who is the noble person that Master Liu mentioned?"

Zhu Lei looked at Liu Quan steadily, wanting Liu Quan to tell him who the benefactor was.

He is not stupid. Liu Quan just gave him a verbal promise and wanted him to take out 50,000 kilograms of grain. Not to mention that the entire Zhulin Village does not have that much grain, even if there is, why should he take it out?

Just because Liu Quan made an empty promise with his lips, he was forced to take out 50,000 kilograms of grain.

How is this possible? He would never do such a stupid thing.

Besides, it is a different time now. After the locust plague, not only their village, but even if it spreads to Qingshan Town, Wuning County, and even Qingshan Prefecture, there will be a shortage of food.

During years of famine, the most valuable thing is not silver, but food.

Food can save lives, but silver may not. Although it is absolutely impossible to live without silver, sometimes silver cannot buy food.

But now no matter what Liu Quan said, asking him to take out 50,000 kilograms of grain, he just wanted to curse and kick the man out.

But he knew he couldn't do that, because he didn't know who the benefactor behind Liu Quan was.

If he really didn't give him face and kicked him out of the house, if Liu Quan's master retaliated, he didn't know if he could afford it.

He would not take it to heart if the disaster brought about to the village, but he would never let his family be implicated.

Thinking of this, Zhu Lei said to Liu Quan sincerely: "Master Liu, I also want to share your worries, but I really don't have the ability to do so."

"Oh, is it so?"

Liu Quan was very angry when he saw that Zhu Lei refused.

But he knew he must not lose his temper, because he had failed to take good care of the food and had lost the food he had bought with great difficulty.

The key point is that he doesn't know who could take away the food out of thin air, which makes him panic every day.

Before the food was lost, he lived a comfortable life every day. With beautiful women as his companions, he could do whatever he wanted.

He was just an insignificant servant in the prime minister's residence and could be beaten and scolded by anyone. But ever since he caught the eye of the second young lady, those who had looked down upon him before have all been trying to curry favor with him.

This time he was sent to Wuning County by the Second Young Lady. As long as he can complete the task assigned by the Second Young Lady, he will really turn things around.

And he was able to find Zhu Lei because he had done some investigation and knew that Zhulin Village was only a small village of a few hundred people before, but later developed into a large village of two thousand people, which was inseparable from the village chief Zhu Lei.

He also found out that the villagers of Zhulin Village basically never went hungry because their village chief was always able to get food from other places.

But he was frustrated in buying food. If he wanted to buy food in a short period of time, the best way was to cooperate with Zhu Lei.

But he didn't want to pay any money, so he could only use the words of a nobleman to make Zhu Lei willing to do things for him.

Zhu Lei was worthy of being the village chief who had served for decades. He was very cunning and refused to take the bait.

It seems that he can only introduce the name of the Second Miss. He doesn't believe that Zhu Lei will not be moved.

As expected, Zhu Lei found out who the benefactor behind Liu Quan was, and he felt a little shaken.

"Master Liu, it's not that I don't want to get food, I just have no other choice."

"Village Chief Zhu, don't worry, the food is not for free. I will pay for it. Even if you don't believe me, you should know that the second young lady of the Xiangfu does not lack this little money."

"Of course, Master Liu, you also know that the village just experienced a locust plague some time ago. Where can we get food?"

Of course Liu Quan knew that what Village Chief Zhu said was true. If it weren't for the locust plague, how could he not be able to buy food as long as he had money?

But the locust plague was so severe that the price of grain rose a lot. Even the grain in the grain store was sold out, and he couldn't buy any even if he wanted to.

But he couldn't give up the task assigned by the second young lady unless he didn't want to live.

After all, he was a servant who had signed a contract to sell himself to the prime minister's mansion. No matter where he escaped to, he might be caught by the prime minister's mansion. Then he would not be able to turn things around, but would become a dead man.

You must know that the master has the power to execute any servant who escapes.

With no way out, he would of course find ways to complete the task.

"Grandpa, I know there is food there."

Zhu Sijin had been standing nearby, listening to the conversation between Liu Quan and his grandfather. Naturally, he wanted to share his grandfather's worries.

"Four pounds, where do you think we can get the food?"

"Grandpa, this is even more obvious, Xinghua Village."

After hearing what Zhu Sijin said, Zhu Lei didn't take it to heart. Xinghua Village was just a small village with a few hundred people. It was extremely poor, so where would they get food?

Seeing that his grandfather didn't believe him, Zhu Sijin became anxious.

"Grandpa, why don't you believe me? Not only Xinghua Village has grain, but Taohua Village, Lianhua Village, Zhoujia Village, Guihua Village, and Shitou Village also have grain."

"Si Jin, who told you that?"

"A buddy of mine from Taohua Village said so. He said their village has formed a patrol team, and each person can receive 20 kilograms of food every month."

"what!"

"really?"

The first sentence was said by Zhu Lei, and the second sentence was said by Liu Quan. Both of them couldn't believe what Zhu Sijin said.

It is really impossible. What kind of year is it now? It is a famine year and we have experienced a large-scale locust plague. There is no harvest in the fields and the food at home is almost gone. Everyone is worried about how to survive the second half of the year.

However, among the eight villages in Qingshan Town, several have formed patrol teams, and the fifty people who joined the patrol teams can receive twenty kilograms of food from the village office every month.

What does this show? Only Zhulin Village is short of food. The other seven villages not only have no shortage of food, but have plenty of food. The extra food can be taken out and distributed to the patrol teams for free.

Zhu Lei and Liu Quan got a positive answer from Zhu Sijin, and they started to make up their minds.