Morizheng's eldest daughter-in-law whispered: "Look for Uncle Ning. Their daughter and son-in-law have prepared a lot of steamed buns for him. I saw that he eats steamed buns every day. And he likes land and tells him well, maybe he can exchange land for his steamed buns."

Ma Damazi's eyes lit up, nodded, stood up shakingly, and slowly walked to Ning's father.

Ning's father had already eaten a steamed bun and was sitting there holding his shoulder and napping. When he left, his daughter and son-in-law not only gave him a steamed bun that he could carry, but also gave him a thick cotton jacket, cotton pants and thick cotton boots. So until now, although the cold steamed buns are not delicious, he was neither hungry nor cold.

He was closing his eyes to rest when he suddenly heard someone laughing and saying, "Uncle he."

Ning's father opened his eyes and saw Ma Damazi's flattering smile. He sat down quickly and asked in a panic: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I'm just talking to you." Ma Damazi smiled and said, "You said, we fled to the famine and went to the beach. Can we really find food?"

"Of course, there is seafood in the sea, and there are countless. This is what my son-in-law said. Famine will never starve the fishermen to death because some fish are eaten. So as long as we go to the beach, we can survive."

"That's right, I feel the same way. If we can really survive by relying on the fish in the sea, we really have to thank the Dragon Prince for his blessing. At that time, we should kill chickens and sheep, serve the grains and worship them!"

"That's it, that's it." Ning's father didn't know what Ma Damazi said to him and responded casually.

"Uncle, what are your plans when this disaster is over?"

Ning's father smiled and said, "Go back and continue farming. What other plans can you do?"

"Farming? How hard it is. Why don't you buy some land for others to grow and sit and eat rent on your own? That's comfortable. Now the land is so cheap, you can buy as much as you want."

"That's right, I bought some land. It should be enough for me to rent." Last time, he and his second son and they used their son-in-law Gu Yezhou as a dowry and exchanged their land for land. The two brought half of the land gifts. As a result, they rushed into the yamen with the victims who rushed to the yamen to grab the disaster relief mother. The second son was shot to death by the officers and soldiers. He went to claim the body and found that the land gifts he carried on his son were gone. Half of the loss was lost.

Ma Damazi said: "How can you feel that this land is enough? Of course, the more the better. Some wealthy families have the land. Hehe, even if they ride horses for three days and three nights, they can't escape their land. That's the real rich man."

These words made Ning's father yearn for infinitely. Not only did he smack his lips, this was something he had always dreamed of.

When he saw his expression, Ma Damazi knew there was a family and couldn't help but be happy and said, "Now, the price of land has dropped so much. A steamed bun can be exchanged for a mu of land. As long as there is food, it is really a great time to get rich. There is no better time than now. Do you think you can see?"

"Yes, it's right. But when I left, my son-in-law reminded me that it's important to survive now, and everything is for survival. I don't want to buy land or anything else, and I don't allow me to exchange land for steamed buns."

Ma Damazi was anxious and whispered: "Your son-in-law knows nothing! He is a scholar. He is just a fool. He knows what kind of crops are there? We farmers, without land, are they still farmers? Those who do business live to eat up, make small profits, and lose money. How can we lose money compared to the drought and flood that we have land? So, as long as we have land, we can rest assured!"

Ning's father nodded frequently when he heard this and said in a little frustrated manner: "This is the reason, but we have already gone so far, so we can't buy it here, right? It's not convenient to rent it out."

"Of course, the fallen leaves return to their roots. As long as the disaster passes, we will have to go back to our Gong'e Village. If you want to buy it, you will naturally have to buy the land there."

"Yes, I hope the disaster will pass sooner and buy it when I go back."

"That's too late!" Ma Damazi said regretfully, "Think about it, the disaster has passed. How could others not think of buying land? So, if you want to buy it, you have to take advantage of the present!"

"Now? Where can I buy it now?"

"I'll buy it with me. Let me tell you the truth. This time I really spent a lot of money and bought a lot of land, all of which were good paddy fields. At that time, I spent almost a bucket of rice to buy one acre of land. In order to buy these land, I spent all my food. It's worth the money. We are fellow villagers in the village. After decades in a village, I didn't look up and saw them. If you want to buy them, I'll sell them to you. How about it?"

After saying that, Ma Damazi took out a stack of land deeds from his arms and handed them to Ning's father, saying, "These are the best paddy fields in our village. I'll sell them to you. How about changing one acre of land for you? - When I bought these fields, it took me a bucket of rice to change it. If I change one bucket of rice to make steamed buns, I can make sixty or seventy. If I only change one of you, you will take a big advantage."

Ning's father was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Master Ma, I don't have many steamed buns. My son-in-law said that these steamed buns must be eaten with great importance and cannot be exchanged for things."

"Everyone said that your son-in-law doesn't understand. What does he know? If you don't change it now, you won't have this store after passing through this village!"

"That's okay. Anyway, my current land is enough for me to eat alone." Ning Fang was not greedy now and patted his chest, which contained the remaining half of the land.

Ma Damazi tried to persuade Ning's father but refused, so he began to increase the price and replaced ten acres of land with a steamed bun. Ning's father reluctantly agreed to exchange ten of them with him, so that there would be one hundred acres of land, and these lands were the best high-quality paddy fields in the village. This temptation was too great for Ning's father.

He took out a steamed bun from the tightly covered basket and handed it to Ma Damazi.

Ma Damazi took it and saw that the steamed bun should be called a steamed bun cake. It was probably to squeeze out space. All the steamed buns as big as fists were squeezed into the size of eggs. It seems that the steamed buns that Ning's father picked were enough to eat by the beach alone.

Ma Damazi begged him to change it. Ning's father could not withstand his soft and hard work, but he exchanged ten pieces of wood for 100 acres of land with him.

Ma Damazi then went back with the steamed buns, giving them to my mother and for their wife and children. My mother, who was already dying, gradually gained some strength after she had food.

Old Master Long kept paying attention to it. Seeing that Ma Damazi had successfully exchanged food, he also took out his own land deed and exchanged it with Ning's father at a lower price. Other people with fields in the village saw the name and used the land to exchange it with Ning's father for food. The offer price was even lower than Ma Damazi. The better twelve acres and fifteen acres for a steamed bun, while the medium paddy field required 230 acres for a steamed bun.

As a result, the village basically had all the land in Ning's father's hands, and most of the steamed buns he picked out were empty!

Later, the land was replaced, and Old Master Long and his friends exchanged antiques for him. However, Ning's father knew that this thing was not valuable now, and he began to worry about food because he had already left half a piece of food. His son-in-law said that it would take at least half a year to go to the beach, and the remaining steamed buns were not enough for half a year, so he refused to change it no matter how he said it.

Old Master Long and Ma Damazi, who had fields in the village, spent all their land, exchanged steamed buns from Ning's father, and insisted on walking forward for more than half a month.

It has been more than a month since they left Nanjia County and walked here.

For more than a month, there have been strong storms and snow. The severe cold and snow have turned into ice. It is very difficult to walk. I asked the people along the way and learned that it was still very far away from the beach. At this time, the villagers had almost eaten up all the food.

Those families who had no land and exchanged steamed buns with Ning's father had starved to death and froze to death.

Tian Dagui was one of them who starved to death halfway through the road.

He was originally tall and a good laborer, but such a person, because his body needs more food than others, was the easiest to be destroyed by hunger.

When Li Dongzi discovered that eating at Youcai night, Tian Dagui's legs and feet were swollen due to hunger. He could only move slowly with his wife's support. Dagui's wife couldn't eat enough, so she had no physical strength to support her tall husband. She only insisted on walking for two or three days. Dagui's wife couldn't stand it anymore. On a snowstorm night, she brought all the food in the family, and didn't even care about her son's calf, and ran away alone.

When Tian Dagui woke up the next morning, he found that his wife was missing, and the bag of food left was gone, so his son searched everywhere but couldn't find it. Only then did he realize that his wife left them and ran away alone.

Tian Dagui cursed, but he no longer had the strength to persevere. He could not curse after just a few words.

When Mori was ordering to continue moving forward, Tian Dagui wanted to struggle to get up, but his extremely weak body was no longer able to support his weight due to hunger. He swayed for a few times but could not support him to stand up. He begged Ergui's wife Youcai: "Come here and help me!"

Youcai still needs Tian Dagui's protection, so she could only swallow her anger and support Tian Dagui. She had half a bastard every night these days, so she still had basic physical strength, but to support a tall man like Tian Dagui walking in the snow and ice, the kind of hard work she could not imagine. After supporting Tian Dagui forward for a long time, Youcai understood why her sister-in-law escaped. If she persisted like this, she would be dragged down by him to death.

So, Youcai deliberately pretended to be injured in a fall in the afternoon, and she couldn't stand up and couldn't help Tian Dagui.
Chapter completed!