Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

Chapter 183 This Winter Is Not Too Cold

This is exciting news.

When the villagers found out, they flocked to the Lu family to express their gratitude.

"Don't thank us too early." Lu Ke'er said with a smile, "My family will pay for it. But we all have to chip in the manpower. But don't worry, my family will pay you according to the amount of labor."

The villagers became even more excited.

It's great that I found a job after the New Year. It's a good sign that I can make money as soon as spring comes.

In the past few days, the snow has been falling like catkins, dyeing the mountains, forests, grasslands, houses and courtyards with a layer of white. The ground outside the house has frozen into ice lumps, and the hard-working people have reduced the time they go out. Except for a few families who occasionally go up the mountain to hunt in the snow, most villagers stay at home. Every household has a fire, and the family sits around the fire, chatting about the past year and imagining the hope for the next year. Many people in Lingxia Village have found that since the Lu family became prosperous, their fellow villagers are also full of hope for the future.

Lu Ke'er and Li Zheng were wearing straw raincoats and walking in the snow on the path in the village.

"Ke'er, why do you want to go for a walk in the village on this snowy day? It's so cold outside." Lei Zheng asked in confusion while rubbing his hands.

"Grandpa Lizheng, I heard from my mother this morning that some people in the village have old, dilapidated and small houses. My mother is worried that if the snow falls heavily, these people's houses will not be able to withstand it."

Lei Zheng was stunned: "So you want to go and take a look?"

"Yeah." Lu Ke'er nodded. "My mother said that when she and my father returned to the village, they had nothing but some money. It was everyone who contributed beds and quilts, and rice. In the end, everyone helped build a house together, and only then did my parents settle down. My parents have always been grateful for the help the villagers had given to our Lu family. We didn't have the ability before, but now that our family is better off, we naturally have to help the village."

People like Lei Qiangen, Lin Yunhua and Lin Qin are a minority after all.

Moreover, when a person is extremely poor, how can we expect him to lend a helping hand to the weak?

"Good kid." Lei Zheng praised, "Your Lu family are all kind and righteous people. Ke'er, to be honest with you, our village is remote, with little land and few people, and there is a lack of money-making livelihoods. Most families live in misery. More than half of the houses in the village are dilapidated and old, and they can only survive for a year."

Lu Ke'er frowned and thought deeply: "Hasn't anyone in the village ever thought about doing something to make a living?"

"We have always lived off the mountains. Jinji Ridge of Luyun Mountain is a treasure mountain in the eyes of the world. However, only those of us who go into the mountains to make a living know that to make a few dollars, you have to risk your life. Every year, there are several people who die in the stomachs of wild beasts or fall off cliffs." Lei Zheng sighed as he looked at the mountains in the distance.

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a loud noise in the distance and someone screamed.

"It looks like Widow Zhang's house." Lei Zheng looked worried. "Let's go and take a look."

Widow Zhang once came to the Lu family to help cook when they were renovating their house. Lu Keer had a good impression of her. She was honest and hardworking.

Soon, the two arrived at Widow Zhang's house and were shocked by the scene before them.

It turned out that the old and dilapidated house of widow Zhang could no longer withstand the erosion of rain and snow, and half of it collapsed. Her elderly mother-in-law and young son were standing in front of the mess, holding their heads and crying.

"Oh my God, how can we live like this?" Widow Zhang's mother-in-law had white hair and tears streaming down her wrinkled face. She hugged her little grandson and cried bitterly.

"Grandma, where are we staying tonight?" The little grandson cried miserably, hugging his grandmother and shivering, "Grandma, I'm cold."

Widow Zhang was bending over, preparing to clean up the debris with her eldest son. When she looked up, she saw Lu Ke'er and Lei Zheng.

"Uncle Village Head, Ke'er, why...why are you here?" Widow Zhang wiped her hands helplessly and asked.

"I heard the noise and came to check." The head of the village asked, "No one was hurt, right?"

"No, no." Widow Zhang felt a little embarrassed and uneasy. "My house is in such a state, and I can't let you sit down. It's really..."

"Aunt, we are not outsiders." Lu Ke'er asked the village head, "Uncle village head, please help call some people to help Aunt Zhang repair the house. I will pay for the materials and labor."

Widow Zhang shook her head when she heard this: "No, no. Ke'er, I know your Lu family is not short of money now, but I can't just take your money for nothing. Your family's money didn't come from the wind."

Lu Ke'er was deeply moved and became more determined to help these simple villagers.

"Aunt, if you feel bad about it, just think of it as a loan from me. When you make money in the future, you can pay me back."

Lei Zheng agreed very much: "Ke'er is right. Songzi's mother, I will call someone to fix it for you. If it can't be fixed tonight, you can temporarily stay in the village ancestral hall for one night."

Widow Zhang didn't cry when the house collapsed, and she didn't cry when her mother-in-law and youngest son cried bitterly. But now she cried: "Ke'er, Uncle Lizheng, thank you, thank you... You have helped our family a lot."

Soon, the villagers learned that a corner of Widow Zhang's house had collapsed, and many people came to help.

But they refused the wages that Ke'er offered them.

"Ke'er, you've already helped the village a lot. This little bit of work is nothing to us, so how can we ask you for money?"

"Besides, we are all from the same village and it's just a matter of helping each other. We can't take the money! It depends on what the matter is and what everyone thinks is right." Lei Qi shouted and immediately got a response from everyone.

Seeing that everyone had brought a lot of wood and tiles, Lu Ke'er knew that they didn't even want her to buy the materials, so she couldn't help but smile.

This winter was not as cold as she had imagined.

She thought about it, took out five taels of silver and handed it to the head of the village.

"Ke'er, what are you doing? Didn't everyone say that you don't need to pay." The head of the village pretended to be angry and refused.

"Grandpa Lizheng, you misunderstood." Lu Keer explained, "This is the emergency repair fund I donated to our village. If anyone else's house is damaged and needs repairs, it can be paid from this fund. We can't ask everyone to chip in every time. Besides, it's not easy for the villagers to live right now."

She is the one with the best economic conditions in the village. She understands the principle that if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, but if you are rich, you should benefit the world.

What's more, being rich but being stingy will only make people jealous.

Lei Zheng thought about it and felt that what Lu Keer said made sense.

"Okay, I'll keep the money for you. I'll also write down where it's used in the future. Ke'er, you're being very kind."

Ke'er didn't expect that her unintentional action today would actually inspire many people in the village to do good deeds. This is a story for later.

She also didn't expect that her unintentional kindness, like the drizzle of spring rain, would silently change the concepts and destinies of many people.

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