Chapter 366 – Work for me and you’ll be fed.

They pointed their “weapons” at Wei Ruo, and one of them, a middle-aged man with a long stick, threatened, “Hand over your horses!”

Although the stick was pointed at Wei Ruo and the others, the man’s voice was clearly trembling as he spoke, and there was panic in his eyes.

Even the hand holding the “weapon” is obviously shaking, I do not know whether it is nervous or because of the weakness of the arm has no strength.

Wei Ruo glanced at Wei Jin Yi and said, “Second brother is gentle with his hands.”

“Uh-huh.” Wei Jin also answered.

Immediately after that, he dodged to the front of those people and easily took away the wooden sticks and stones inside those people’s hands.

Several people were dumbfounded.

This …… is a human being? It’s a fairy, right?

The women and children hiding inside the bushes behind the men were also panicking and making noises at this point.

Wei Jin also just looked at these people, and before he could speak, one of them couldn’t withstand the pressure and knelt down to beg for mercy:

“Good man spare your life, good man spare your life, we didn’t do it on purpose, we’re just so hungry!”

Wei Ruo said, “I can see that you are indeed hungry, but our horses cannot feed you.”

Saying this, Wei Ruo turned to Xiu Mei and said, “Meimei, give them all the dried sweet potatoes we brought.”

Xiumei nodded a little, then took out two large bags of dried sweet potatoes from the cloth bag on the horse.

Xiu Mei walked over to the men and handed them both cloth bags.

Without waiting for Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei to explain to them, these people reached for the dried sweet potatoes in the bag and began to devour them.

There were so many people that the two bags of dried sweet potatoes were divided into two or three slices for each person.

Seeing them like this, Wei Ruo and the others didn’t bother.

It wasn’t until they were done eating that Wei Ruo said to them, “Are you villagers from the neighborhood?”

The middle-aged man who started out threatening Wei Ruo and the others nodded: “We are from Renhe County, the Dahuo Village where we are located is originally the most difficult village in the county with the most difficult land, the land is small, the crops don’t grow much, in the past years they will be enough, in the past two years the weather is not good, the food we planted basically died out, the roots of the trees on the hills near our home are going to be eaten by us, we can only flee out .”

“Are you hiding in the mountains to avoid those government soldiers?” Wei Ruo asked again.

The man continued to nod, “Yeah! We’ve had old folks get taken and die, exhausted!”

At this point, the man’s eyes erupted with sadness.

Said the man looking back at the women and children hiding behind them men, “There are still some edible grass roots and bark in these mountains, and with water to drink, they can still survive for some days.”

Wei Ruo’s gaze fell on the bodies of those yellow-faced women and children, and the women nervously protected the children around them, not daring to meet Wei Ruo’s gaze.

Instead, the small children looked at Wei Ruo with curious and ignorant eyes.

“If I give you enough food and shelter, will you be willing to work for me?” Wei Ruo asked.

Wei Ruo’s question was asked so suddenly that the crowd was almost confused.

Wei Ruo added, “Working hard for me is inevitable, but it won’t make you too tired, the rest time you should have is there, and it won’t make you freeze and starve.”

This time they heard clearly that the young young gentleman in front of them was planning to hire them.

Several people nodded their heads in a hurry, “Willing willing willing, as long as we are given enough to eat, we can do whatever job we want!”

“Then there’s no problem.” Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo’s decision to do so so painfully caused these people in front of him to reveal a look of disbelief.

“Little Sir, are you serious about what you just said? You’re not making fun of us, are you?”

How easy is it to find a job that puts food on the table these days?

And for the young male in front of them to so lightly ask them people to stay and work for him, it was hard for them to believe that what he was saying was true.

“I’ve recently planned to acquire some fields and was in need of hiring people, so since I met you guys today, I’ll consider it fate.” Wei Ruo explained.

A few people remained confused.

“You guys wait for me here, I don’t have any food on me right now, I’ll go back in a while and bring some over for you guys, and when I’ve finalized the land I’m acquiring in a couple days, I’ll make arrangements for your accommodation.” Wei Ruo added.

Hearing this, several people’s eyes couldn’t help but burst into light.

This little dude said he was going to bring them some more food!

Wei Ruo turned her head to Wei Jin Yi and said, “Second brother, let’s go get them something to eat first while we come back to check on the situation.”

It’s still early in the day, so it’s still not too late to make a round trip.

Wei Jin also nodded a little.

So the four of them decided to return the same way first, before leaving, Wei Ruo said to these fleeing villagers of Dahe Village, “You continue to hide well, before you are formally employed by me, you don’t want to be caught opening up the land, I can’t help you if you are caught.”

A few people nodded, and they were still in a bit of a trance even until Wei Ruo and the others had gone out of sight.

Is this little dude telling the truth?

Is he really coming back?

Will bring them food and then have to hire them.

A few people muttered:

“He’s lying, isn’t he? Where else would anyone want to hire us?”

“But he doesn’t seem to have any need to deceive us; there’s nothing left in us worth deceiving him about.”

“And he really did just give us food, it was sweet and delicious, I haven’t had anything that good in a long time.”

A few people muttered for a while, coming to no conclusions.

But one thing was certain, and that was that they would have to stay hidden, and whether or not the little dude from just now would come back for them, they couldn’t afford to be caught doing the hard work of opening up the land.

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On the way back, Xiao Bei couldn’t help but ask Wei Ruo, “Missy, are you really planning to hire those victims?”

“Naturally it’s true, it can’t be me seeking their pleasure. What, do you think there’s a problem with my decision?” Wei Ruo said.

“No, no, I don’t dare to question Great Miss’s decision, I’m just curious as to how Great Miss decided to hire those disaster victims so quickly, no more inspection visits? In case they are of bad character.” Xiao Bei hurriedly explained.

“It’s nothing easy or not, I planned it before I came here, when I’ve organized the fields, I’ll hire some disaster victims, although I may not be able to help many people, but if I can help one, it’s one. I just happened to meet them, so I’ll settle them first by the way.” Wei Ruo explained.

Xiao Bei couldn’t help but admire, “You’re so nice, Missy.”

“That’s good?” Wei Ruo laughed.

Kohoku nodded.

“Then you’re asking too little for good.” Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo smiled and turned her head to ask Wei Jin Yi, “What does second brother think?”

“Wakey is fine.”

Wei Ruo snorted, “I’m not asking you if I’m any good, I’m asking you what you think of my idea of hiring those people I just met.”

“If they are grateful, they will be good candidates, if not, it is not too late to replace them.”

“That’s the point.” Ergo really did understand what she was thinking.