Li Xiaoshan came running over to tell me, "Sister, the government has sent food. It's under the old elm tree. Everyone is waiting for you."

The account book is with Lu Chengjing, and the grain will be distributed according to the account book, so Shang Wan's family will naturally have to go there.

"Wait a moment." Shang Wan came out of the shed, put away the axe, and went to the well to wash his hands.

Xiaohuan helped Shang Wan remove the sawdust from her hair and wanted her to change her clothes, but Shang Wan waved her hand and said, "No, the shed still needs to be repaired. I will continue when I come back."

Xiaohuan had no choice but to give up.

Lu Chengjing put the account book on his legs and turned his wheelchair over.

"Sister, where is Brother Shitou?" Li Xiaoshan looked around but didn't see Shitou.

Shang Wan said: "Shi Tou went to the city to pick someone up."

She took all the bricks and lime out of the space last night while everyone was asleep.

Shitou saw it when he woke up in the morning and thought he was seeing things. He wanted to ask Shang Wan about it, but Xiao Huan's words led him astray and he forgot about it after breakfast.

Now that we have the materials for building the house, we can also bring He Sizhi and his team to work. The family can't always live in the shed.

Shitou offered to go to the city to pick someone up, and after lunch he drove the ox cart into the city.

Li Xiaoshan asked curiously, "Who are you picking up?"

"We're building houses." Shang Wan bent down and picked up Yuanyuan, who was rolling happily on the cushion, and straightened the little hair on the little guy's head.

Li Xiaoshan said "Oh", ran behind Lu Chengjing's wheelchair, and said to Xiaohuan: "Sister Xiaohuan, you take a rest, I will push my brother-in-law."

These days, Li Xiaoshan has become familiar with Shang Wan and the others. Even Yuanyuan likes this little brother who plays with her.

Xiao Huan smiled and said, "You better be careful."

Li Xiaoshan agreed readily.

The boy eats a lot and is quite strong, so he can push the wheelchair with ease.

The little turtle was lying on Little Gray's head, and the two stayed together to guard the house.

The group was chatting and laughing, but they heard a noise before they reached the old elm tree.

Shang Wan raised his eyebrows. It was such a coincidence that the Lin family came back.

"Make way, make way, the scholar is coming." Li Xiaoshan shouted, and the villagers spontaneously made way for him, their eyes all fell on Lu Chengjing...the account book on his lap.

Shang Wan and Xiao Huan walked behind and followed in.

Shang Wan took a quick look and found that the person who sent the relief food this time was an acquaintance, Shan Dajun.

Next to Shan Dajun stood a strange man who looked about the same age as Village Chief Lin, with a slightly plump build and dark skin.

He has thick eyebrows, long eyes, a hooked nose, a lip as thin as paper, a goatee on his chin, a stern face and drooping brows. He doesn't give the impression that he is someone who is easy to get along with.

Judging from the Lin family's attitude towards this person and the word "li zheng" mentioned repeatedly by the villagers, this person should be the Qin li zheng who lives in Xiaohe Village.

When he saw Shang Wan and his group, especially Lu Chengjing who came in a wheelchair, Qin Lizheng's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand to stroke his goatee again and again.

When Old Man Wu and the others saw Lu Chengjing, they thought he had seen a savior, and hurriedly said, "Scholar, please judge for yourself. The method of recording work points is a method that everyone discussed. The Lin family did not send anyone to work, but now they want to take the lion's share of the grain. How can this be justified in the world?"

Lu Chengjing frowned, but before he could speak, Lin Jianshan, who was standing opposite him, said, "My family already had a share of the disaster relief grain distributed by the court. My father is the village chief, and he does a lot for everyone. My family should get the lion's share."

"Besides, Mr. Lu has gained benefits from keeping your accounts, so he is naturally on your side. His comments are also crooked. The head of the village is here, and we should listen to him."

Li Dashan spat, "You only talk about doing things, why don't you mention how much benefit your Lin family has gained?"

"Yeah, your family occupies all the good land, why don't you say it?" someone took the opportunity to question.

Liu Cheng said, "Your house collapsed during the flood. When you built the new house, all the men in the village worked hard. Apart from paying them, they should have provided them with food, right? But what kind of food did you cook? Not only was there no oil or meat, but it was hard to even get enough to eat."

Someone else echoed, "I'm so hungry that I don't have the energy to work."

Liu murmured quietly, "I didn't ask you for help, but you came here to ask for money, and you still have the nerve to blame us."

An aunt was not happy to hear this, "Who is asking for money? Liu Xiaolan, explain it clearly to me!"

"Yes, explain clearly!"

"Good intentions are not rewarded. Don't treat people like this!"

As they talked, they started to quarrel. The villagers pointed at the Lin family's noses and cursed them, saying all kinds of things, both vegetarian and dirty, with spit flying everywhere.

The Lin family was not willing to show weakness. When they couldn't win the argument, they started to bring up old grudges. Their voices became louder than the other, causing more than just chaos.

Lu Chengjing ignored the noisy group of people. He flipped through the account book while observing Qin Lizheng calmly.

Xiaohuan silently memorized the various disputes in the village, thinking that a quarrel could reveal much more information than specifically asking around.

Shang Wan came over holding Yuanyuan and greeted Shan Dajun.

"Brother Shan, how much food can our village get this time?"

Hearing Shang Wan greet Shan Dajun so naturally, Qin Lizheng glanced sideways and glanced at her again.

Even Lord Lian An treated Shang Wan with courtesy and showed a protective attitude. Naturally, Shan Dajun would not take advantage of him and was happy to flatter Shang Wan.

With a smile on his face, he pointed to the grain bags piled on the three carts and said, "All the grain on the carts is from Yushu Village, which has the most people among the nearby villages. The master specifically ordered an increase of 10%. I know the way to the village, so the master sent me here."

Shang Wan took a quick look and saw that there were three carts. Each cart could carry about seven to eight stone of grain. Together, the three carts would be enough for the villagers to eat for half a month, assuming they ate rice for three meals a day.

If you eat sparingly, it will be enough for a month.

Shan Dajun approached Shang Wan and whispered, "Master Lu raised thousands of dan of grain from the gentry, which solved your urgent need."

Shang Wan raised an eyebrow. How could the grain in the hands of the gentry be so easy to take? The Lu family must have suffered a lot this time, and they must have suffered a lot.

"Ahem, be quiet!" Qin Lizheng suddenly coughed twice and said with a stern face, "We are all from the same village, so be considerate of each other. What happened in the past is in the past. Now it is important to distribute the grain!"

"I am waiting to go back and report to you, sir. If we are delayed, who among you can afford it?"

Shang Wan curled his lips secretly. He started to talk in a big way as soon as he opened his mouth, which made it clear that he was trying to scare people.

But I have to say that this trick is very effective against the villagers.

The group of people who were arguing until their faces turned red and their necks became thick, all stopped talking and their minds turned back to distributing the food.

Many people looked at Lu Chengjing, Old Man Wu and others expectantly.

It was they who proposed the method of paying points based on work, and they also made a guarantee to the villagers that if the work ended up being in vain, the villagers would not do it.

Village Chief Lin bowed to Qin Lizheng with a face full of shame, and said helplessly, "Brother Qin, it is my fault that I, as the village chief, failed to govern properly, and the village has been messed up by an outsider. I am sorry to have made a fool of myself."

The words were directed directly at Shang Wan's family.

If Shang Wan's family had not moved to the village, Village Chief Lin would still be a well-known figure in the village, respected and flattered by everyone.

The Lin family also naturally enjoyed the welfare of the village. Even if a disaster occurred, there would not be some method of distributing grain based on work points that would suddenly emerge, causing the Lin family to suffer losses.

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