Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

There are many such elderly people.

It's just strange. She remembered that there were quite a few men here. Where did these men go?

"Second Aunt, where are Da Ma Ge and the others?" someone asked at the right time, expressing Zhou Guo's doubts.

The old man slapped his thigh and cried, "Damn it, he was taken away. I don't know where he was taken. He was said to be repairing something, but he never came back. I don't know if he is dead or alive."

All the men in the houses present were taken away. They cried and cursed the heavens and the earth when they talked about it. The children also cried along with them. It was so miserable.

Li's eyes moistened as she looked at Zhou Guo, "Why don't we take them all in? When I look at them, it's like seeing your father and your uncle. They were also taken away in the same way, and there's no news since. We don't know if they're dead or alive. How pitiful they are, with orphans and widows."

Zhou Guo glanced at her and said nothing. After a while, when everyone below was tired of scolding and crying, she slowly spoke, "If you want me to accept you, you have to sign a contract to sell your bodies. It's a death contract. I will never let you leave in this life. You better think it through."

Everyone was delighted. "I know it very well. I don't care whether I am a servant or a commoner. Being a commoner means I can't even get two hot meals. Those people can arrest and kill as they please. It's worse than being a servant. Let's be servants."

Zhou Guo nodded and said to the women at home, "Go down and take a look. If you know someone, take them in and take them aside. If you don't know them, ignore them."

After searching like this, I actually found two people that no one knew and had never seen before.

They were two young women, both around twenty years old.

He knelt there in a daze, with a bewildered look on his face.

Zhou Guo asked: "Where are you two from?"

A woman wiped her tears and said, "We are here to escape. All our family members have died. We happened to meet them and have nowhere else to go, so we followed them. Boss, please take us in. We can do anything."

"Yes, yes, I can do any work, including washing clothes, cooking, carrying water, and chopping firewood. I can endure any hardship."

Zhou Guo stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked around them left and right without saying a word.

Everyone in the yard didn't know what she was going to do and was very confused.

Li asked the old man, "Sir, what is our Guoguo doing?"

The old man looked at the two men again and again and said, "I guess the identities of these two people are not simple. I'm afraid they are spies sent by other families."

Wu Jiang looked at Hu Zi with a serious look in his eyes.

The two women knelt on the ground with uneasy looks on their faces, their heads lowered. They didn't dare to look at Zhou Guo. Upon closer inspection, they were trembling slightly. It was unclear whether they were afraid or cold.

Zhou Guo looked at it for a while, then sat back down and waved his hand, saying, "Get up. Since you have sold yourself to the Zhou family, you must abide by the rules. Anyone who does not abide by the rules will be thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves. As for what the rules are, someone will tell you later."

Everyone was overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed devoutly and forcefully.

At this time when they were desperate, Zhou Guo was able to take them in, give them food to eat and a place to stay. In their eyes, she was no different from the Bodhisattva.

After everyone left, Li asked Zhou Guo, "Master said these two people might be spies from other families. Is that true?"

Zhou Guo nodded, "It's pretty close. I walked around them a few times. Although these two are slender, they are not skinny. Their bones and flesh are well-proportioned. Their skin color is very different from others. They don't look like they often can't afford to eat. Although their hands are red, swollen and black, their necks are white. I took a closer look at the lining on their necks. The material is good. They are probably made by someone else and put on ours."

Li was anxious, "Why don't you drive them away? Why do you keep spies in your house?"

The old man reminded her, "Wu Ya is going to give birth before the New Year."

Zhou Guo said: "I know."

Looking at Wu Ya and Zhou Gu, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let anything happen to my family. Except for the busy farming season, no servants have ever come to our house, so they can't come in casually. Besides, this is just a business matter, no one would want to kill you!"

Li said, "You knew they were spies, so why didn't you chase them away? It's not a good idea to keep them at home. Who knows, they might steal everything on our farm next year."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, you have to believe me. I hold all these things in my own hands. No one can steal them. Not to mention them, even the women working in the farm can't do it. Besides, if I don't accept these two people, they will send people later.

They might even bribe our people. I might as well take them in. It's better to keep them under my nose than to let them hide in the dark. As long as I send two people to keep an eye on them, I will always know what their purpose is. It will save a lot of effort than to drive them away."

Zhou Mai and others came back and felt that Zhou Guo was right.

Zhou Mi said: "Rather than the enemy being in the dark and us being in the light, it is better for us to be in the dark and the enemy being in the light. It won't cause much trouble if we keep it under our noses. But everyone should keep their mouths shut and not reveal anything. If we alert the enemy, there will be no show."

Zhou Guo said: "That's right, I'll go down and give him some instructions."

Wu Jiang and Hu Zi were waiting for her. She didn't know how to arrange for the two people. Looking at Zhou Guo's appearance, she felt that the identities of these two people were not that simple.

Seeing Zhou Guo coming, he hurriedly asked, "Master, is there anything wrong with these two people?"

Zhou Guo said, "It's almost certain. Find two smart people to keep an eye on them. Don't let them find out. They should work like everyone else. Except for the urgent tasks, you can arrange the rest as you like. They should do whatever the women do. Over time, the fox's tail will be exposed."

The two of them agreed, and Wu Jiang said, "Master, don't worry, I will be careful and don't let them get close to the village."

Zhou Guo nodded, "After this group of people came today, the houses on the farm are no longer big enough to live in. But it's winter now, so it's hard to start construction. Let's squeeze in. After spring, we can build another row of houses in the back."

There were two such evildoers in Zhuangzi who might bring harm to people at any time. At first, the whole family lost their appetite and even had no appetite for meat.

After ten days, nothing happened. The two of them worked honestly every day without any abnormality.

The Zhou family felt relieved and gradually put these two people out of their minds.

Years ago, Wu Ya gave birth to the first girl among the Zhou family's grandchildren. She was nicknamed Xiaohua and was easy to raise.

Li said, "What kind of cheap name is this? It's better to call them cats and dogs."

Zhou Guo held the child in her arms. The child's head was only as big as her two fists. She said, "Mom, why is she so small? She is too small. Is she too small?"

Li scolded, "What are you talking about? Our little Hua weighs 15 pounds, how can she be small?"

The whole family gathered around Zhou Guo and looked at the child.