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Chapter 27 Some are happy and some are sad

The Yun family didn't know that the weather outside had changed.

They were awakened by urgent knocks on the door the next day.

The person knocking on the door was Yunqi, who had rushed back from the county town early in the morning. He heard that several nearby villages had suffered from a locust plague, so he came back to check on them out of concern.

Yun Yan came to open the door sleepily. Seeing that it was Yun Qi, he asked in surprise, "Brother, why are you back? Didn't I tell you not to come back?"

Yun Qi entered the house and asked anxiously, "Second brother, where are our parents? Did we finish harvesting the crops when the locusts came?"

"Mom and Dad are still sleeping. No, brother, when did the locusts come?" Yun Yan was still confused.

Yunqi was shocked. Could it be that his family overslept and didn’t even notice the locusts coming? All the remaining crops in the fields were gone?

"I heard that several nearby villages were hit by a locust plague, so I came back. I just saw many villagers crying desperately that they had no food. Don't you know?"

Yun Yan blinked a few times, and his confused mind finally became clear.

"No way. Yesterday we helped my uncle and my younger uncle harvest the crops and went to bed. We didn't know there was a locust plague."

After saying that, he rushed to Yun Huaiyuan and Xi's room, "Mom and Dad, hurry up, the locusts are coming."

Yun Qi: “…”

But I finally put my mind at ease. From what my second brother said, I knew that the grain for my family and my uncles had already been harvested.

The others had actually been woken up by the knocking on the door, and the six people who came from the restaurant to work had already gotten up. Yun Huaiyuan, Xishi, and Yun Xi were all lying in bed, too lazy to move, feeling that they hadn't gotten enough sleep.

Hearing Yun Yan's loud shouting, the three of them were so scared that they jumped out of bed and ran out of the house in a hurry, thinking that something big had happened.

Well, upon listening, it seems that something big has indeed happened.

"Wow, the locusts are really here. Fortunately, we haven't rested much in the past few days and have been working hard to harvest." Xi sighed.

Others had the same idea as them, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Yun Qi saw that his family was not affected and returned to the city that day. After all, Yun Yi and Yun Shuai were still attending private school in the city and had to go back home after school every day. He had to stay in the city to look after the two children.

The six people also followed back to the city.

When leaving, Yun Huaian asked Yun Qi to take away a cart of grain and told the villagers that the grain was already ordered by Yun Qi's employer in the city.

Many families in the village are having poor harvests now. Knowing that they have a lot of grain, many people will definitely come and borrow some.

It would be bad if the whole village did not lend money, but if we did, how could we borrow all the money with so many people?

Besides, it’s not a life-and-death situation yet.

Besides, regardless of whether the grain can be recovered after being lent out, many people may not get anything good out of it after borrowing it.

It would be better to let everyone know early on that they don’t have much food at home.

At this time in Gantang Village, except for the Yun family who had harvested all the grain from the land, all other households still had some grain left to harvest. Even many members of the Yun clan had only harvested two-thirds of the land.

There were even several households that did not even receive one-fifth of the crops. The yield per mu was already low, and since all the crops were not fully mature, the yield was even lower.

Finally, after careful selection, only a few dozen kilograms of mature fruits were found, and this was before they were dried.

If it is dried and shelled, it will only weigh about 10 to 20 kilograms.

There are at least five or six people in a family. How can they survive a year with such little food?

The key point is that this does not include taxes.

If we have to pay taxes, this amount of grain is not enough. We have to pay silver, which is a bit fatal.

Fortunately, within two days, the government posted another notice, exempting the people in the locust-stricken areas of Jiaozhou from taxes for one year.

This finally gives those desperate families a little more hope of survival.

The Yun clan members in Gantang Village were very happy to hear the news. Although they harvested the grain earlier this year, their grain was much more mature than others. In the end, they harvested 70% to 80% of the grain, minus the unripe 10%, leaving 60% to 70% of the grain.

This is about the same amount as the grain left over from taxes paid in previous years.

Many members of the Yun clan are quite satisfied.

The Yunxi family and the first and fourth branches of the Yun family were even happier.

Their crops were all harvested and almost all ripe, and they didn't have to pay taxes. The remaining crops were more than in previous years.

Just very happy.

It's really a case of some are happy and some are sad. Wang Youfu's family didn't harvest much grain this year. When he thought about the Yun family harvesting all the grain without having to pay taxes, he was so envious that his eyes turned red.

Wang Youfu felt jealous at home and finally ran to find Wang Fugui.

He said, "Brother, many families now have less than a year's supply of food, and people will starve to death. But the Yun family collected so much food, and they don't have to pay taxes. I think they should take out the excess food and share it with those families who have no food. In this way, those families who have no food may be able to get through the difficult times."

Wang Fugui's mouth twitched when he heard this. Although the words were a bit shameless, they did make sense.

We are all villagers from the same village, we can’t just stand by and watch someone die.

He pondered for a moment and said to Wang Youfu, "Find someone to notify each household and send a representative to attend the meeting."

Soon, all the villagers gathered together.

Wang Fugui first said a lot of high-sounding words, which were nothing more than that people in the same village should help each other, support each other, and overcome difficulties together.

Then we counted the families whose harvests were particularly poor this year, and there were more than a dozen in total.

Finally, it was suggested that the families with good harvests and abundant grain should provide some assistance to these dozen families, whether to lend or give was up to them.

His outrageous move made the Yun family laugh. They were the ones who harvested the most grain, followed by the Yun family.

He was obviously targeting the Yun clan. He was using the Yun clan's food to do Wang Fugui a favor. He only needed to ask, and those families who were short of food would be grateful to him. He would not appreciate the people who actually gave out food, as they would think it was their due. They would even feel resentful because of envy and jealousy.

Yun Songlin jumped up and down, pointed at his nose and cursed, "Wang Fugui, don't think you can be shameless just because you are the head of the village. How dare you say that you are blatantly stealing food? We have worked hard for half a year and finally collected some food. Our family is still not full, and you open your mouth and ask us to give it away. What the hell are you thinking?"

The head of the Yun clan also said with a straight face, "That's right. Who should we blame for their low grain harvest? Is it us? Others worked hard to harvest grain early in the morning, but they were lazy and slept at home. Now that they have no grain, they come to us to ask for it. You are so proud of it."

Yun Huaiyuan also spoke in a deep voice, "They just didn't harvest much food this year, it's not like they have nothing left at home. If you are short of food, just use the silver to buy it, we don't owe you anything."

After they finished talking, they left without waiting for Wang Fugui to say anything.

Wang Fugui was furious. He never expected that the Yun clan would be so disrespectful to him.

Looking at their backs, his eyes were full of anger and malice.