Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Even the maid who served her personally was sent by her mother to monitor her.

Yu Xunmei sat by the lake in the backyard with her hands on her knees, staring blankly at the dark water until the water sucked away the last glimmer of light in her eyes.

"Miss, miss."

A voice called her several times in succession, and Yu Xunmei finally came back to her senses.

When she turned around, she saw that the person coming was her childhood playmate, her wet nurse's son - Asheng.

Ah Sheng had dark skin, but his teeth looked particularly white in the dark, and his eyes flashed with a dark light that only she could understand.

"Miss, why are you sitting here alone?"

Ah Sheng looked around but did not see the maid following Yu Xunmei.

Yu Xunmei withdrew her gaze. Ah Sheng didn't see the maid, so he simply sat down next to her.

"You..." Ah Sheng was about to speak when he was suddenly pushed to the ground by Yu Xunmei, and then a heavy object pressed down on him.

Smelling the faint scent of soapberry emanating from Ah Sheng, Yu Xunmei completely lost her mind and started to tear off his clothes.

Ah Sheng had already had an affair with her before, so how could he resist such an embrace? He was tall and strong, and he quickly clamped Yu Xunmei's hands, turning the tables and pressing her down hard.

Without any extra emotions, they followed their instincts to explore each other's pleasure deep inside their bodies.

After venting his emotions thoroughly, Yu Xunmei gradually regained her senses.

"Brother Asheng, please help me." Yu Xunmei's bewitching voice sounded in the man's ears.

Ah Sheng's young body couldn't stand such temptation. He tensed up and said in a hoarse voice, "Tell me, how can I help?"

Yu Xunmei leaned close to whisper in his ear.

"What do you want these things for?" Ah Sheng stared at her in surprise.

Yu Xunmei smiled charmingly, raised her white arms, and gently stroked his firm and tight abdomen back and forth.

"I heard this thing is really fun. If you bring it back, I'll naturally give you some benefits. Just tell me whether you agree or not?"

Seeing her innocent smile, Ah Sheng said with difficulty, "Since it is the eldest lady's order, Ah Sheng will obey."

"Brother Sheng is so nice!" Yu Xunmei smiled and kissed him on the face.

With a bit of uncontrolled passion, Ah Sheng couldn't bear it any longer and he suppressed the troublemaker hard. The suppressed gasping sound was heard again by the dark lake.

In the darkness before dawn, Yu Xunmei dragged her weak body through the night shrouded by invisible black fog and quietly returned to her room where the candle was still lit.

After changing out of her dirty clothes, she woke up the maid with a gloomy face.

"Go boil some water, I want to take a bath!"

The maid was so frightened that she got up, put on her shoes and ran outside.

Yu Xunmei sat in the bathtub, letting the hot water in the tub drown her inch by inch.

She raised her wet head from the water and looked at the sudden light that appeared in the house.

Its daybreak!

Nanman Prefecture.

Longtan County.

A grocery store and a cloth store opened in the county town, and the operators were naturally Wu Xingwang's family.

The grocery store was managed by Wu Yuan, while the fabric store was jointly managed by Zhao and his concubine Qian.

Ever since she could no longer rely on Yu Suqin, Qian completely gave up the idea of ​​competing with Zhao. She couldn't give birth anyway, so she might as well follow Zhao obediently. In the future, all the property of the Wu family would belong to Yuan Ge'er, and she believed that he would treat this young girl well.

Now she and Zhao are not like sisters, but better than sisters.

Wu Xingwang opened this grocery store at a very timely moment. The first batch of houses in the county had just been allocated and there was nothing in the houses. He was concerned about everyone's needs and helped them order all kinds of daily necessities.

No one has to spend money on food and drink, and there is a small amount of income every month. Everyone is very generous when it comes to purchasing things.

Wu Xingwang made a small profit from this.

As for those large items, Lin Yinan hired some craftsmen who knew carpentry and allowed people to make them according to their needs. She only charged the cost price of the wood and the craftsmen's labor fees.

The rice in the rice fields is almost harvested. The rice fields planted in the first season of the first year have a good harvest, which has made people in the entire Longtan County very enthusiastic.

On the threshing ground during the day, without any special arrangements, the old men and women in the county town would consciously take out the rags that they were reluctant to throw away, tie them to tree branches, and tirelessly drive away the hateful birds that stole the grain.

They would never allow the birds to eat the new grain that they had grown with so much difficulty before they even had a bite of it.

In this peaceful atmosphere, more than 10,000 refugees who arrived late from Nanzhou Prefecture finally arrived in Longtan County.

Looking at the tall and solid city walls, the refugees burst into tears.

They finally arrived at the legendary paradise in troubled times - Longtan.

"Oh my god! We're here!"

"Mom! Mom! Please open your eyes and look, we have come to a place where we can eat without having to sell our bodies!"

"Wow, God bless you! Dad! Mom! Your son has arrived where you couldn't go. You can rest in peace now!"

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The secret guards looked at the people kneeling down and crying out, each holding a bow and arrow, not daring to slack off for a moment.

"Whoever is coming, tell me your name quickly!"

The secret guard gathered his energy and shouted loudly, and the people under the city wall stopped crying and dared not make any loud noise anymore.

A well-educated man stepped forward and bowed to the secret guards on the city wall.

"My Lords, we are refugees migrating from the north to the south, and we have come here specifically to ask Longtan to take us in. Please let us know!" the scholar said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"Wait a moment, please refrain from making any noise."

A secret guard fired a flare into the sky.

Everyone under the city wall looked at each other, not daring to say another word, and waited quietly for the adults in the city to arrive.

Yunye and Yunyi, who were training in the mountains with nearly two thousand new recruits, were both startled when they saw the signal flare.

"Master Yun, something has happened in the county. Should we go back?" Yun asked Yun Ye with a serious face.

Yunye waved his hand and said, "Pass the order down, everyone take your weapons and equipment back to the city!"

When Lin Yinan arrived at the city wall, he saw the huge crowd below.

The condition of this group of more than 10,000 refugees was extremely bad. Although most of them were young and middle-aged, they were all skinny and their spirits were low.

"Tell me what you want?" Lin Yinan asked loudly.

The scholar who stepped forward to reply first did not look down on her because she was a woman.

He still stepped forward politely and bowed, "My name is Zhou Linzhao. I have fled all the way from the north. I would like to ask the Lord of your city to take us in."

Lin Yinan looked down at him carefully and said, "I am Longtan City Lord Lin Yinan. We have formulated a policy for those who come to seek refuge. It is on the notice board in front of your left. Please read it carefully. If you agree, we will accept you according to the process. If you have ulterior motives, you will be sent back to where you came from."

"Thank you!" The scholar bowed and expressed his gratitude.

The scholar pushed through the crowd and came to the bulletin board on the left front wall to read the still new notice on it.

The more Zhou Linzhao looked at it, the more surprised he was. Could the mayor of Longtan really be so generous as to provide food and resettlement for everyone?

"Sir, what does it say?" the illiterate refugee nearby asked anxiously.

Zhou Linzhao collected his thoughts and looked back at the refugees who were looking at him expectantly.

He cleared his throat and read the announcement aloud.

Zhou Linzhao stopped only after reciting it three times in a row.