Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

"Auntie, what are you pulling?"

"You are blind and can't see for yourself."

The villagers of Zhoujia Village were preparing to go home and were unhappy when someone blocked their way.

But when he saw that it was a young man blocking the road, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared immediately.

He immediately became friendly to Yang Zhijin.

"Sir, I am bringing rice home."

Yang Zhijin was immediately happy when she saw the green rice.

It seems that he works wholeheartedly for the people, and everyone really cares about him as their fatherly official.

Just yesterday, he gave the order for Yang Run to notify the entire county and have all villages and towns harvest in advance.

He thought the villagers would not listen, but he didn't expect their execution to be so strong.

In the time it took him to say that, several middle-aged men and women came over, each of them carrying or pulling the rice, trying hard to bring it home.

"Aunt, it seems that you really listened to County Magistrate Yang. When he told you to harvest rice, you started without saying anything. You didn't worry that the county magistrate made a wrong judgment and you harvested less grain."

"We are harvesting rice, what does it have to do with County Magistrate Yang?"

The aunt said puzzledly while wiping the sweat from her face with her sleeve.

"Didn't you collect them only because Magistrate Yang told you to?"

"Of course not. The rice will still be mature in a dozen days. Even if the county magistrate gives the order, it won't work. Who will compensate us for the reduced production?"

After the aunt said this, Yang Zhijin was a little confused.

If not his orders, then who else would?

"Oh, Mrs. Zhou, why are you talking to him so much? Hurry up and get the rice back. The village chief said that Miss Li will continue to collect locusts at two cents per pound, so that we won't have to starve for three to five years."

"What, is this true?"

"The village chief just came back from Xinghua Village. Tell me whether it's true or not."

"I'll go back right now."

She wanted to say a few words to Yang Zhijin, so she didn't want to waste time here. She pushed Yang Zhijin aside with her calloused and dirty hands.

He pulled the rice and walked home.

Yang Zhijin was not paying attention and was pushed, causing him to stagger. If the uncle who was talking had not helped him up, he would have definitely fallen to the ground.

"thanks, thanks!"

"Hey, uncle, what did you mean just now?"

Only then did the uncle look Yang Zhijin straight in the eye and said cheerfully, "Boy, judging from the way you are dressed and look, you are not a local, are you?"

"Yes, I'm here to see the local customs and practices."

"I told you, everyone in Qingshan Town knows Miss Li."

Yang Zhijin just heard the uncle mention Miss Li and he was wondering if the so-called Miss Li was the same person he knew!

Before Yang Zhijin could ask, the uncle answered his question.

"It's Miss Li from Xinghua Village. She is the benefactor of all the villages around us. Without her collecting locusts, I'm afraid I wouldn't be willing to harvest the rice now."

"But Miss Li said that when the locust plague comes, they should collect them all without any delay."

"The villagers have been busy since yesterday, working all day and all night to finally finish the work. I was just thinking about going back to sleep, but I didn't expect the village chief to bring back good news. Miss Li will still buy locusts at the same price of two cents per pound, which is one cent more per pound than before."

"I have no intention of resting now. I just want to catch more locusts and sell them for money."

"Dang Dang Dang!"

"Everyone in Zhoujia Village, listen up. Miss Li has sent someone to bring us some boiled herbal tea. Everyone should drink a bowl of it. After drinking, go home and rest for an hour before coming out to catch locusts."

"Dang Dang Dang!"

"Everyone in Zhoujia Village is listening..."

"Young man, the village chief asked us to get some herbal tea and go back to rest. I can't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving now."

Before Yang Zhijin could ask who Miss Li was, the uncle quickly walked away with the rice on his back.

"Hey, uncle, who is Miss Li?"

The uncle walked away without hearing these words at all. Yang Zhijin was destined not to get an answer from the uncle.

However, with Yang Zhijin's intelligence, he could think clearly without thinking too much.

Looking at the villagers of Zhoujia Village, they put the rice back home and ran to get bowls of herbal tea to drink.

Yang Zhijin quickened his pace towards Xinghua Village. He had a hunch that as long as he found Li Mengyue, the area affected by the locust plague would most likely not be so large, and the people would not fall into despair.

*

Xinghua Village.

Yang Zhijin noticed something was wrong as soon as she entered the village; it was too quiet.

It’s not that there is no sound, it’s just that no one comes out to move around, so naturally no one talks.

Only a few locusts were seen flying. A passing duck walked slowly by and pecked at the locusts with its beak. The locusts flying past its eyes went into its stomach.

Thinking of him coming from Zhoujia Village, the village chief asked everyone to drink the herbal tea and go back to sleep.

This means that the villagers of Xinghua Village are also resting at home, and will get up to catch locusts after they have recovered their strength.

"what!"

Suddenly Yang Zhijin looked at the fields in the distance.

"Is there still rice left to harvest?"

His purpose of coming to Xinghua Village was to find Li Mengyue, but he was unwilling to leave without finding her.

Coincidentally, before he reached the field where rice was being harvested, he ran into Li Mengyue who was walking towards him.

"Miss Li."

When Li Mengyue was thinking about what to do with the locusts she had received, someone stopped her.

"County Magistrate Yang, what's up?"

Yang Zhijin came to Xinghua Village to find a solution to the locust plague, so he didn't ask directly.

"Miss Li, how are you going to deal with the locust plague?"

"Yang County Magistrate, what nonsense are you talking about in broad daylight? You are the head of a county, and you are asking me, a little peasant girl, what's wrong with your brain?"

Yang Zhijin could hear the sarcasm in Li Mengyue's words, but for the sake of the people in the county, he had no choice but to give it a try.

"Miss Li, let's be frank. You went to the county government office to tell me about the locust plague. It was definitely not a whim. You wanted me to cooperate with you, right?"

Li Mengyue looked at Yang Zhijin steadily. She didn't expect that his brain was still working.

Since she went to the county government office yesterday, she has been waiting for Yang Zhijin to come.

I didn’t expect that the wait would last a whole day and night.

Fortunately, the locust army is still on the way and it will take time for them to reach Wuning County. Otherwise, with Yang Zhijin's speed, by the time he could react, the opportunity would have been lost.

"Magistrate Yang, what do you mean?"

Yang Zhijin understood Li Mengyue’s subconscious intention, which was to ask him to express his opinion on whether he wanted to cooperate.

"Miss Li, as long as it can stop the locust plague, Yang will obey your orders."

After Yang Zhijin said this, he felt that Li Mengyue might not be able to eliminate the locust plague.

But he knew in his heart that if he followed his way and a large-scale locust plague broke out, the end result would not be what he wanted to see.

Since he has no ability, why not ask for help.

As long as it can help the people reduce their losses, he is willing to listen to Miss Li temporarily.

After all, two months ago, Miss Li had anticipated the locust plague and took corresponding measures, raising tens of thousands of ducks.

Li Mengyue looked at the sky and knew that the situation was urgent. She needed to gather the strength of everyone in the county to fight against the impending locust army.

"County Magistrate Yang, have the grains in other villages and towns been harvested?"