The house is big, but there is no furniture. A table has a broken leg, and the broken area is tightly tied with hemp rope, which is shorter than the other three. There is a tiled cube on the bottom and only two benches. It is most appropriate to describe it as a bare wall.

In addition to the old man, there is an old woman in the family with a child about six or seven years old. Although the little guy is young, he is not very brave. He hid behind the woman, grabbed the woman's clothes, but poked his head out from under his ribs, and looked at the strange guests with his big eyes open.

The old man was extremely hospitable. As he spoke, he packed a small basket of dried fruits from the side room and placed it on the table: "Several guests, their families are poor and there is nothing to be treated to. These are dried wild dates here, and the taste is delicious. They can't be eaten outside."

Qin Feng sat on a bench with enthusiasm, greeting the old man and sitting opposite him. Eunuch Le and Wu Ling could only stand. He picked up a date in his hand and put it in his mouth for a while. It was indeed full of saliva and delicious. He praised him and ate a few more. He looked back at the two people behind him and said, "You can try it too. It turns out that the most beautiful thing is a mountain and wild thing. I have never eaten this thing before."

Eunuch Le smiled and shook his head, but Wu Ling turned his head to look at him. Qin Feng just greeted him and ignored them again. Seeing the child snuggling beside the old man at this moment, he grabbed a handful and handed it to the little guy, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you see the child's parents?"

The old man and his wife were too old and they were obviously from their grandfathers.

The old man's face changed slightly, he gently stroked the child's hair, and sighed: "My son is gone. The Shuntian Army had a rebellion two years ago. He passed by us and walked with my son. Our family hid in the mountains. Only then did he escape this disaster. After a few years, there was no news. It must be gone. The wife also left later, and only we were left with our grandson."

"In the past few years, it was indeed in chaos." Qin Feng nodded sympathetically.

"Shuntian Army is harmful!" The old man's face flashed with hatred, "We were originally a big village, with hundreds of families and hundreds of people. Shuntian Army came, robbed grain and burned houses, and dared not to follow them, so he whipped them with a whip and forced everyone to leave their hometowns. Many families were completely out of their families, and we were already satisfied that we could still live."

An extremely embarrassed look flashed across Wu Ling's face, but Qin Feng ignored him, "Old man, Shuntian Army has been defeated long ago. Now it is the Ming Dynasty. Life is too peaceful and I can't fight anymore. How are you doing now? It seems that this is still very hard."

"It's a little harder, but there's hope!" The old man was excited. "To be honest, it's better for the emperor now. I know that we Changyang people have suffered a lot, and they say we won't collect taxes for three years! Although our family only has three people, they have more than ten acres of land!"

"The old man has no labor in his house, and how can he plant more than ten acres of land?" Qin Feng asked.

"Growing grain is definitely not possible. The old couple just planted some food points, which would make them mumbling. The rest were planted according to the requirements of the government. It was said that the imperial court planted it in Changyang County in order to take care of our Changyang County. It was something that the imperial court wanted. At that time, a special medicinal material dealer came to collect it, and we didn't have to go out."

"That's the Imperial Medical Office!" Qin Feng said with a smile.

"The old man can't remember what the name is. Anyway, they will come to collect it when it comes to the harvest season. At that time, I still remember that our county magistrate told a price. The old man came back and calculated it carefully. In a year, he could save dozens of taels of silver, and that life would be more abundant." The old man seemed very satisfied.

"How about the officials here?" Qin Feng asked.

The old man's eyes flashed, "The guest is not a medicinal material dealer, are you? Are you a high-ranking official who came to visit the capital for a private visit?"

Qin Feng laughed: "Old man, where do you start?"

The old man also laughed: "The old man has lived for most of his life. Although he has never seen the world, he still has some vision for people. When the guests see that they are not as stances as merchants, they have a sense of power. Well, just sit there and it will naturally make people scare. And you two followers don't look like drug dealers. Several groups of drug dealers have come here this year?"

Qin Feng smiled and looked back at Eunuch Le: "I thought I was hiding well enough, but I didn't expect that this old man could see it at a glance. Well, old man, you said it well. I was sent by the imperial court to secretly visit him to see if there are any officials who dare to make fish and meat the people."

After confirmation, the old man hurriedly stood up to greet him again. Qin Feng grabbed him and pressed him on the bench, "Don't be polite, old man, since it's a private visit, there is no need for any etiquette. My family members tell me about your officials here!"

The old man sat down and gave a thumbs up: "Isn't this a praising our officials here? The county magistrate Ma is also a good official, or the county magistrate Wu of our Tianmen County.

"Have you met Ma Jung-guard?"

"I have been here, but I don't look like an official, but I am more like an old farmer, rolling up my trousers and rolling up my sleeves and helping us loosen the soil and sow seeds!" The old man gave a thumbs up, "The old man has lived for so long. It's the first time he has seen such an official. Not to mention a high-ranking official in the county, the old man in the county, we can't see it easily. Now it's different. We have seen the county magistrate, Wu County Magistrate, and have seen it many times. A few days ago, he sent a batch of apple trees, saying that it was a new seedling that was cultivated from the Qinglin side, and we had to plant it. The Wu County Magistrate, even our Tianmen people, had no airs. He spoke softly and was very easy to speak."

"A apple tree?"

"Yes, the magistrate of Wu County said, let us plant and raise them well, and bear fruit in the future, but we will send them to Yuejing as tribute and give them to the emperor and his elders."

Qin Feng laughed again. Needless to say, this must be Ma Xiangnan's idea.

"The county hasn't collected money randomly, right?"

"No!" The old man shook his head repeatedly: "Not only did he confiscate the money, but during the Chinese New Year, he also sent someone to send us some food, saying that we were the ones who allowed us to survive the spring famine, and they were all the best lime rice. So I said that nowadays, all officials are good officials. There was such a thing in the past, and it would be good not to seek exploitation from us."

"It sounds really good, but just doing this is not considered a good official!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "This Wu Xing, when will you all become rich, that is a good official."

"It's getting soon." The old man was optimistic: "When we get this year, we will have money, dozens of taels of silver." Hearing this tone, dozens of taels of silver was already a huge sum of money in his eyes. "Also, there is still Yixue in the county. Last time Lord Wu came to us, he saw me, my little grandson, and told me that there is Yixue in the county, and he didn't have money to take care of food and accommodation. He asked me to send my grandson to him. He said that in this situation, it definitely meets the admission requirements for Yixue. When the young grandson is six years old, I will send him to study. Lord Wu said that if you have a future, you must study."

"You have also run a school here?"

"I heard that the court paid for it, and there were many other places. However, because there were too few people in Changyang County, only the county did it. Where to receive children who meet the conditions to study, this is a great thing. Studying is a expensive thing. We didn't dare to think about it before. The emperor is a good person. Not only can the children study for free, but he also takes care of food and accommodation." The old man said repeatedly. "In the future, when my young grandson is successful in his studies, he will also go to serve the emperor."

"That's good." Qin Feng nodded and smiled, "Old man, we are hungry, can we have a meal with you?"

Lao Yi said angrily: "Look at what you said, it's time for dinner, can you still leave? I've been cooking at the back of the old woman, but there's nothing to eat, but it can fill my stomach."

"Okay! Thank you, old man." Qin Feng smiled and waved to Eunuch Le. Eunuch Le immediately took out a note from his arms, looked at it, and changed another one. He didn't wear a small note. He took out a note first for one hundred taels. He thought that the emperor would give a reward, so he had to be more generous, but he remembered that dozens of taels were all big money in the eyes of this old man. He scared him with one hundred taels, and exchanged a note of ten taels and handed it to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng put the banknotes on the table and pushed them to the old man's hand, "We can't eat yours in vain. These are our meal fees."

The old man widened his eyes and said, "It's just a meal, what's the money worth? Don't want it." Ten taels of silver also scared the old man.

"Old man, didn't you say that I was a high-ranking official who came to the undercover investigation? If I eat yours for nothing and let people know, I will also study my first book. At that time, the emperor will make me unable to eat. Besides, since I am here to the undercover investigation, I must set an example, right?"

"But there are too many." The old man looked at him.

"Do you recognize this money?" Qin Feng asked with interest.

"Of course I recognize that now our Tianmen County uses this money. This is a new one issued by the imperial court, which is convenient, unlike the heavy copper coins used to be."

"But it's okay?"

"Of course it's easy to use. Anyway, we all use this money here now!" said the old man. "There's too much."

"If you spend more, it's the money I'll buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone for your grandson. Didn't you say you want to send him to study? Although there is no money to charge for food and accommodation, you have to buy these things yourself. It also costs a lot of money."

"Then I'm grateful for this adult. The current official is so good. The old man is lucky and can still meet such a good time now and meet such a good official like you."

Qin Feng smiled and touched the little guy's head: "Your grandson will have better luck."

"That's that's it." The old man hid Qian carefully and laughed so hard that he couldn't stop.

A meal consists of rice noodles and cakes made with wild vegetables. A large bowl of soup is also made of wild vegetables. There is no oil and is made of light water and has little soup, but Qin Feng eats it very sweetly.
Chapter completed!