When Mrs. Ding saw so many people coming, she also gave Ding Rui a complaining look. Ding Rui shrugged and smiled. Mrs. Ding tapped Ding Rui's forehead with her finger and smiled "naughty".

Seeing the Dong family and Shaodong family approaching, everyone in the yard took a step back.

What are you afraid of? We are not tigers. But when Ding Rui thought about it, we are now in a feudal society. For thousands of years, the ruling class has been deeply ingrained in everyone's heart and cannot be changed by himself.

"My boss!" Zhang Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ding's mother and son coming over. At first, everyone was busy farming and had no time to pay attention to things nearby.

But the land in the distance has been planted. Everyone's eyes are focused on the ground nearby. In the past two days, although it rained every day, people came to his house without interruption.

The rain stopped today, and everyone came over in unison. Everyone asked him that although he was closer to his boss than others, he didn't know what his boss was thinking. There were forty people nearby.

There is no way to leave the remaining acres of land uncultivated like this, which is a pity.

Ding Rui picked up the bowl and finished the meal in two or three times. Compared with him, Ding was much more polite, but not slow. But the strange thing was that every time they came over to eat, Zhang Qing's family would avoid them because they were busy.

, so Ding Rui didn’t take it seriously.

When Ding Rui finished eating, sporadic light rain started falling outside. Because the Zhang family's place was small, there was no place to take shelter from the rain, but no one went back, and everyone was waiting outside.

Ding Rui held a stool and stood on it. "I know, everyone wants to ask why the nearby land is not cultivated?"

"Yes! Young Master!" Niu Er was the first to ask.

"Master, there are some seeds left, let's plant them!" Zhang Ping's family is poor and has many people, so he has been thinking about the remaining one and a half buckets of seeds these days.

The two of them took the lead, and others also expressed their opinions. It was all because of these more than forty acres of land.

Ding Rui remained silent and allowed everyone to speak out what was in their hearts. After an hour or so, fewer and fewer people spoke, and their voices became softer and quieter, to the point where they were almost inaudible. Ding Rui knew it was time.

"I know what everyone is thinking. I want to ask a question. There is only one question: How long can each family have food?" Ding Rui's words were thrown out, and everyone below was stunned. What is this problem? He divided the land.

does it matter?

"My family can still eat for a month." Niu Er was the first to stand up.

"My family can eat for four days." Compared with Niu Er, Zhang Ping's voice was much softer.

"My family can still survive for another month and a half." Zhang Qing understood a little bit why the Shaodong family asked this.

"Ten days."

"Fifteen days."

"eleven days."

"Thirty days."

... ...

After everyone finished speaking, Ding Rui's heart felt very heavy. The situation was worse than he thought. Although they said so, I'm afraid they have been eating chaffy vegetables recently.

Ding also did not expect that these tenant farmers were so poor.

"Okay!" Ding Rui yelled. "If I plant all the land with corn, I want to know how many people will not starve to death when the corn matures?"

... ...

He was answered with silence.

Yes, this is the effect he wants.

"Niu Er."

"Here!" When Niu Eryi heard the young master calling him, he puffed up his chest and walked up to Ding Rui with his head held high.

"Tell everyone about the vegetable seeds we bought."

"Ah? Oh~~~Oh~~~!" Niu Er is a smart man, and Ding Rui understands everything. "The young master bought two kilograms of green vegetable seeds, four kilograms of cabbage seeds, four kilograms of sweet potato seeds... these

All can be harvested in the short term... "

Niu Eryi said, Zhang Qing understood immediately. The Shaodong family is indeed not ordinary people, they think long-term.

With Niu Er's explanation, more and more people understood.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but no one felt cold, and no one wanted to leave. They felt like they saw a glimmer of light in the dark night. If Ding Rui gave them hope by giving them seeds, then now, he is giving them hope.

The source of their continued life.

... ...

In addition to growing vegetables, farmers also need to go hunting in the mountains to survive this lean season. At this time, Ding Rui just wanted to have enough food and clothing.

After several days of observation, Ding Rui and Zhang Qing discussed and decided to organize all the farmers.

Niu Er leads ten households and is responsible for growing vegetables.

Zhang Ping is also a hunter on weekdays, so he leads ten families to hunt in the mountains. Ding Rui emphasized that safety comes first.

Zhang Qing stayed at home and was responsible for teaching the children in the village how to read and write.
Chapter completed!