Only this green, not disappointing the spring

After chatting with Liu Ruyan, Shangguan Qingyue had a simple meal at Zhao's house and then went to the boys' school.

It was already a bit cold in early winter, but Zheng Qiao stood on the podium and kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

I haven't seen him for only a year, but he seems to have aged three or five years.

Shangguan Qingyue wanted to get angry, but then she changed her mind and realized that although she was the one who took the lead in building this village school, all the students' expenses were paid from the harvest from the school fields and had little to do with her.

Thinking of this, her steps, which were originally walking out angrily, gradually stopped, and she even couldn't help but chuckled.

Bingling raised one eyebrow when she saw this. She thought the young lady was going to be furious this time, so why did her expression suddenly change?

"Miss, are you okay?" Xiangxue looked at her master worriedly, thinking that the young lady might be so angry that she didn't know how to react.

"nothing."

Shangguan Qingyue shook his head first, then his eyes suddenly turned sharp, and he looked at the people around him and ordered:

"Xiangxue, Shuying, you two are familiar with the village, so go and ask around. I want to know what changes have taken place in the village in the past year.

Sister Bingling, please stay with Xiangxue. She doesn’t know how to fight, and I don’t feel comfortable leaving her alone.”

Xuanyuan Yan was listening to Bai Er's report at this time, which was about the changes in Xiangxue Village and the surrounding villages over the past year.

When he heard the other party talking about village school, he stood up suddenly.

"Let's go to the village school now, and we can talk about what we haven't finished on the way."

Bai Er certainly knew why his master had become so anxious. The future princess said that she had gone to the village school and had not returned yet, so she must have discovered the changes there.

Then, Shangguan Qingyue saw a man in a silver-gray cloak walking out of the forest where only bare branches were left.

"Qingqing, I'm here to take you home."

Shangguan Qingyue didn't say anything, just nodded quietly, and the two of them went back to Qingyue Villa together.

When the two walked back to the living room of 'Slow Cooking Life', they saw Nan Rongyuanzhi and his two apprentices, each holding an orange and eating with gusto.

The room is filled with the fresh scent of orange peel, which makes people feel happy involuntarily.

Nan Rongyuanzhi casually threw a piece of peeled orange peel into the burning fireplace and explained:

"In winter, if you put this orange peel in the furnace and burn it, the smell it emits can cure colds and coughs. How about it? It smells better than those damn incense, right?"

"Hmm, it smells good. I'll talk to my grandmother about it tomorrow. She should be more careful as she's getting older." Shangguan Qingyue said with a smile.

Seeing that the visitor was not as enthusiastic as usual, he took a wet towel, wiped his hands, and asked:

"Why, are you disappointed to find that the village is not as peaceful and harmonious as you imagined, with doors open all night and people living and working in peace?"

"Don't be sad, Ruoxi. When I first came to the village, I went to the village school and had a fight with those unlearned students. I also went to see the village head grandfather.

But mud is mud, it can't be propped up against a wall, don't worry about it, we just need to live our own comfortable lives."

Shangguan Qingyue raised her hand to ruffle her neatly combed white hair, and her mood improved a little.

I found a comfortable place to sit down, and the warmth immediately came from my feet and lower buttocks, and the coldness I had picked up from outside quickly dissipated without a trace.

"Little Stone is right. Most of the villagers are short-sighted. Once they have a little money in their pockets, they lose their way.

I asked Xiangxue and the other two to go to the village to find out the details so that we can decide what to do next."

Xuanyuan Yan peeled a bright yellow orange with his own hands, cleaned the veins on the orange segments one by one before handing it to the girl beside him.

"I asked Bai Er to go out and investigate early this morning, and we will compare the information we got after Bing Ling and the other two come back.

Qingqing, if you are not happy living here, we can take Grandmother and the others to Dengzhou Prefecture. No one will dare to cause trouble to us there."

It would be a lie to say I don't feel sad to see the village that I had put so much effort into go down the drain.

However, life is a process of letting go, and Shangguan Qingyue lives a relatively clear-headed life and will not be affected too much.

When it was getting dark, the three finally came back, all cold. Bing Ling was fine, but the other two looked very unhappy.

"Don't talk about it right now. Go take a hot bath and clean up and have dinner, then we can talk in detail."

Shangguan Qingyue was a broad-minded person. After thinking of a way to deal with the situation, he stopped worrying and his appetite was still as good as before.

After eating, Nan Rongyuanzhi couldn't help but pull the man over and take his pulse carefully. After checking the right wrist, he pulled the left hand over and continued to check, which made Xuanyuan Yan unconsciously nervous.

After about an incense stick of time, the other party raised his beard and snorted coldly.

"Humph, he's in good health, he just can eat!"

Shangguan Qingyue: ...

"Well, Xiangxue and Shuying, tell me what you two have found out."

Seeing that Xiangxue was having a hard time speaking, Shuying steeled himself, stood up and answered respectfully:

"Reporting to the young lady, I have discovered that at least 30 to 40 families in the village have concubines, and some even have more than one."

Enduring the embarrassment, she took a deep breath and continued:

"My biological father has two wives, and Sister Xiangxue's father has also taken a wife and a concubine. This is not only the case in Xiangxue Village, but also in Shuying, Fangfei and even some villages further away. There are many families like this.

The marriageable men and women in these villages have become popular in the eyes of outsiders, and even wealthy families in the city have married girls from the villages. This is why the girls in the village schools no longer have the heart to study hard. "

When Shangguan Qingyue learned that there was almost no wasteland in the village now, and all the land was planted with crops or medicinal herbs, she felt so happy.

Only hard work can bring wealth. Now that everyone has hope, even the lazy people in the past have become diligent.

But as the wallet becomes fuller with money, his lazy nature is exposed.

At first, he spent some money to hire poor villagers from the surrounding area to help with farm work. Later, he simply went to the city to buy one or two slaves to solve the problem once and for all.

Some city people began to be interested in village girls, and this provided another way to get rich.

At first, she insisted on letting her daughter become someone's principal wife, but later, after seeing the high betrothal gifts, she decided that it was no big deal to let her become someone's concubine...

The good morals of the people have been corrupted step by step, and will get worse.

Shangguan Qingyue decided to give it a try to save the good situation that had been created after spending countless efforts. If that failed, he would just let it fend for itself.

So, she looked at Xuanyuan Yan and said seriously:

"Ayan, let's build a Qingxin Academy in Shancang County, shall we? Give the students in the village school an assessment, and those with excellent results can go to the academy to study. As for the rest, I won't worry about that."

Zhou Xiaonan immediately clapped his hands and cheered.

"Sister is so smart. She actually came up with a good way to get rid of the problem! I knew nothing could stop you!"

Tsk, Shangguan Qingyue almost forgot that her good sister is her number one 'loyal fan'!