"I don't know what happened?" Ma Mingfeng and others asked in confusion. Even the brothers Liu Zhaolin and Liu Zhaoqi looked puzzled.

But Liu Renbao said, "Although this Liu Lai is bad, it also gave us a good idea. As the saying goes, ill-gotten wealth is not desirable, and it will cause disaster. If our family had not obtained that wealth, there would not have been any Liu Lai. So these days, I have been thinking in my heart how to properly handle this wealth. Now after this, I suddenly have an idea. I decided to donate all of this wealth and distribute it to the villagers to help them survive the disaster. Even I planned to donate part of the food stored in my family. The other part I planned to transport to Bazhou and donate to the soldiers in Bazhou. The famine did not only break out among the villagers, but also the local military camps. The Ming army could not be without food."

In fact, Liu Renbao had a good reputation in the village before. Because he liked to help others, he was known as Liu Daliang. Whenever he encountered things like building canals and roads in the village, he always took the initiative to invest.

After the famine came, the Liu family took the initiative to help some poor families, but the disaster became more and more serious. There was no snow in a winter, and there was no rain since the beginning of spring. All the crops were almost dead. At this time, it was a time when the yellow and yellow food was not enough. Seeing that the income of summer grain was no longer expected, the villagers were all worried because if it did not rain again, they would probably not be able to eat food for at least half a year when the crops died. This would be a very terrifying thing for them.

In this way, the Liu family's help is like a drop in the bucket. Liu Renbao wanted to increase the support, but he never made up his mind. After all, so much food was produced bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit. Their family had accumulated more than ten years of food to have so many. What if the Liu family helped? What should the children do?

Until what happened last night, Liu Renbao certainly would not agree to give the food and supplies to those gangsters, but Liu Renbao also thought of a question: If the villagers were really hungry, they would probably choose to rush to the homes of wealthy families to grab food. What should they do when they really come to that time?

Don’t say that you can’t bear to use force against your fellow villagers, even if you really use force to protect your family’s wealth, there are only three of them, which can really stand the impact of hundreds or thousands of people?

So Liu Renbao thought about it over and over again, especially when Ma Mingfeng arranged a way out for himself, and in order to make his two sons make up their minds to follow Ma Mingfeng, he finally made up such a determination.

After hearing what his father said, the brothers Liu Zhaolin looked at each other, and nodded together. They all supported their father's approach, not only supported him, but also expressed deep admiration for his father's behavior.

Because few people can be willing to donate all their food in the year of the Great Wilderness, this is almost like handing over their lives to others for disposal.

However, Liu Renbao knew what Ma Mingfeng had done before. When he suddenly obtained a large amount of wealth, Ma Mingfeng was willing to give some of the wealth to the Liu family without any nostalgia, which fully demonstrated his open and honest character. Last night, Ma Mingfeng broke into a group of robbers alone and successfully helped the Liu family escape. This courage and wisdom are difficult for ordinary people to reach, and it also proves Ma Mingfeng's chivalrous heart.

What else can I trust when such a person finds a way out for him? What else can I trust when he is following such a person?

After listening to what Liu Renbao said, Ma Mingfeng also admired him very much. Although he had planned a way out for the other party, the other party might not accept it. After all, he had a family and a career, and his ancestors lived here for generations. Suddenly, the whole family left. Many people probably couldn't accept it. What's more, Liu Renbao was willing to take out all the food in his family. His mind and demeanor made him very much admire him.

In the next time, everyone cooperated with Liu Renbao to do a good job in disaster relief.

So in this case, trucks of grain were pulled to the large square of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in the village. Liu Renbao personally came out to invite some respected elders in the village and local A-level village chiefs to come and take charge of disaster relief.

After hearing this news, the elders and the clerks of the A-Chief praised Liu Dashan's righteous deeds, and even the gentry in the village wrote this righteous deeds in a note and prepared to report it to the magistrate as a local typical example.

However, Liu Renbao did not agree to the report because he knew that once it was reported, he would definitely be commended by the county or even the state. It would probably not be easy for him to go to Bazhou by then.

The villagers in the village were even more grateful for Liu Renbao's kindness. They recited the name of Liu Dashan and reminded their descendants that if they could survive this famine, they would never forget the kindness of Liu Dashan.

However, there are also people in the village who are forgetting their righteousness when they see profit. An old gambling man in his thirties forced his wife to get another portion after receiving the food. His wife disagreed, and the old gambling man reached out and beat him.

Ma Mingfeng saw this scene. Ma Mingfeng couldn't help but gritted his teeth in anger, rushed forward, punched and kicked the old gambling man hard.

"Who are you?" The old gambling ghost said immediately when he saw that he knew Ma Mingfeng, "I have four brothers. If you dare to beat me, I'll call you to beat you down together."

Ma Mingfeng rushed forward and slapped at the old gambling man again, making him scream and beg for mercy. The woman was also begging for mercy and then stopped.

Ma Mingfeng looked at the trembling old gambling man and sneered: "You asked your wife to get one more portion of food, do you really think we are all blind? We are food for relief, and we give it to good people to save lives. People like you are not worthy of eating it at all."

So Ma Mingfeng snatched the food from the old gambling ghost and handed it to his wife, and then said to his wife: "These food belongs to you and your children, and they don't have his share. If he wants to eat, he must work hard."

The woman nodded repeatedly, agreed with tears in her eyes, and kowtowed to Ma Mingfeng and thanked her.

Ma Mingfeng turned around, but sighed in his heart. He could only manage such things for a while, so how could he manage more? This woman just saw her husband being beaten and kept pleading with him, so she probably would have the food to her man after turning around.

But Ma Mingfeng could not have imagined that because the disaster became more and more serious, the woman really focused on the food, not for herself, but for her children. Later, the old gambling ghost became addicted to gambling and wanted to sell the food to gamble. Because her wife tried her best to block it, the old gambling ghost accidentally killed his wife in anger and was sentenced to be exiled to the army. Then he suddenly realized that he fought bravely in the army, his position was constantly improved, and he actually rose to the general flag. Later, the old gambling ghost fought bravely in the process of fighting against the Qing army, sprinkling blood on the battlefield, and finally redeemed everything he owed to his wife with his life.

In fact, there are many similar situations that the old gambling man repeatedly receives food, but Ma Mingfeng and others are supervising it carefully to avoid such a thing. After more than two days of busyness, the matter finally came to an end.

Next, Ma Mingfeng and others personally escorted the remaining food and accompanied Liu Renbao to Bazhou. After the matter was arranged, they embarked on the way to Beijing together.
Chapter completed!