Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 375 The Officials Come Back Again

dong dong dong.

Ale stopped watering and asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"Is Yueyue at home?" The voice of Wang Ke'er's mother, Aunt Wang, came from outside the door.

An Yue was concentrating on folding clothes in the room. When she heard the knock on the door, she quickly put down the clothes in her hands and came out.

"Auntie, I'm here!" An Yue responded and walked quickly towards the gate of the yard.

The gate of the yard slowly opened.

When Aunt Wang saw that it was An Yue, she hurriedly said, "I just came back from the fields and happened to meet the village chief. The village chief asked me to bring you a message, saying that you should go to the west end of the village immediately."

Aunt Wang's tone sounded very anxious.

An Yue said politely: "Yes, okay. Thank you for making this trip."

Aunt Wang smiled and waved her hand, saying, "It's not a bother, it's not a bother. But the way the village chief spoke seemed to mean something important. He specifically told me to hurry up and not to delay."

An Yue nodded repeatedly and replied, "Okay, okay, I'll go back to the house, change my shoes and leave."

"Okay, okay, okay, I've got your message. Yueyue, hurry over there! I should go home for breakfast, too."

After saying this, Aunt Wang turned and walked towards the Wang family's house.

An Yue hurried back to the house, changed into cloth shoes, and prepared to go out.

Chunzhi reminded: "Miss, how about Chunzhi go with you?"

An Yue turned to Chunzhi, Daniu and Ale and said, "No need, don't worry, I'll be back soon."

"This is an urgent matter. I'm afraid the officials are here again. Please keep an eye on the situation on the road. Also, please keep an eye on the grain tax that we prepared in advance."

"Yeah, okay." They responded in unison.

Then, An Yue hurried out the door.

An Yue trotted all the way to the village chief's house, and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "What big thing happened? The village chief called me over so anxiously."

The roadside was filled with fog and the air was damp and stuffy.

On the way to the west end of the village, An Yue occasionally saw a few villagers bending over and working with their faces to the earth and their backs to the sky.

When the villagers saw An Yue, they all took the initiative to greet her.

An Yue responded simply and continued to hurry towards her destination.

They looked at An Yue's hurried figure. One of the middle-aged women asked in confusion, "The village chief called us to a village meeting, and Yue Yue was in such a hurry. Could it be that something big happened in the village again?"

An Yue's steps became more and more rapid, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

She didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off her face. She just wanted to get to the village chief's house as soon as possible to find out what was going on.

....

An Yue rushed to the gate of the village chief's house.

Knocked on the door.

dong dong dong.

Qin asked in the main room, "Is that Yueyue outside the door?"

"Yes!"

"Come into the yard quickly! The door is open for you."

An Yue pushed the door open and walked in.

I saw Qin busy packing wheat into bags, sweating profusely.

"Aunt, my uncle asked Aunt Wang to bring me a message. What's the important matter?" An Yue walked forward quickly, helping Qin and asked.

"Yes! Your uncle Jing went to the town early in the morning, but as soon as he arrived at the town entrance, he saw dozens of officials driving horse-drawn carriages out of the town, as if they were heading towards our village." Qin said worriedly.

"Aunt, what you mean is that the officials came here this time with the determination to take away the grain tax?" An Yue asked with a frown.

"Yes, I heard from your uncle that in the past few days, he met several unfamiliar people who came to inquire about the situation in our village. I wonder if it has anything to do with the official collecting grain taxes."

"I don't know the specifics. You should wait for your uncle and his son to tell you in detail."

After saying this, Qin deftly piled the tied cloth bags aside.

An Yue asked anxiously, "Where are Uncle Weng and Uncle Jing now?"

"They went to inform the villagers to prepare the grain tax and then hold a meeting. I think they will be back soon. Don't worry, Yueyue, just sit and wait for a while!"

As soon as Qin finished speaking, the village chief walked into the yard.

An Yue stepped forward and asked, "Why did Uncle call Yue Yue here so hastily?"

The village chief said solemnly: "Yueyue, this situation is not good! The officials are coming with great force, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with them."

An Yue hurriedly asked: "Village Chief, let's deal with it according to the method we discussed before, is it feasible?"

The village chief put his hands on his hips and said with a worried look on his face: "This is going to kill us ordinary people!"

A voice came from far away.

"Dad, it's bad, it's bad!"

After hearing this, the village chief turned his head to look at the gate of the yard and asked, "What happened again?"

Li Jing ran into the yard in panic and said, "Dad, it's bad. I just heard from Zhang Erdan at the east end of the village that he saw a group of sturdy men hiding on the hilltop near our village."

"I guess they are bandits from Dongwu Mountain, east of Shijing Town."

Qin, who was busy, stopped what she was doing when she heard about the bandits from Dongwu Mountain.

He asked, "What? Bandits from Dongwu Mountain?"

After hearing this, the village chief began to quickly analyze how to respond.

An Yue suddenly remembered that a few days ago when she went to the town to buy corn seeds, two men were waiting at the entrance of the town to rob her.

This coincides with what they said about the Dongwu Mountain bandits.

Village chief Li Huairen paced back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back.

Qin walked quickly to her husband and asked, "Huairen, on this side are the government, and on the other side are the bandits, this...what should we do?"

An Yue scratched his head and said, "So, the stranger that my aunt mentioned just now who was asking about our village must be the Dongwu Mountain bandit."

The village chief rubbed his temple and said in a sad voice: "We are all fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others!"

Li Jing squatted down in despair and said, "If the government comes to plunder once and the Dongwu Mountain bandits come again, at best our poultry and livestock will be lost, at worst our lives will be lost!"

"This...what should I do?" Qin said anxiously, clutching her apron.

An Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle, Uncle, Uncle Jing, although this matter came suddenly, we cannot lose our composure."

Qin shook her head helplessly and said, "Girl, we have survived various natural disasters, but this time I am afraid..."

The village chief lamented, "Although there are many people in our village, 60% of them are old, weak, and young."

After saying that, he raised his head and closed his eyes, and continued: "There are old people and children in our village. The bandits came so suddenly, and there was no preparation or precautions at all. We definitely cannot fight them head-on."

An Yue analyzed the situation quickly and asked, "Uncle Jing, do you know whether the officials arrived at our village first, or the bandits?"

Li Jing said without hesitation: "The officials arrived first, and they have already reached the east end of our village."