Sister Han is good at farming

"What the people need must be met by myself!" This sentence has been lingering in Ruan Qingqing's mind like a magic sound.

It reminded her of Hua Xia’s grandfather.

For most of his life, the old man truly lived up to his motto: "Whatever the people need, I will do it myself!"

Some people live in superficial personal material desires, while others live with a deep sense of mission and responsibility.

This way of living is different, and the quality of life is naturally different.

She shook her head, shaking off the messy thoughts in her mind, and thought about how to survive.

It was already mid-afternoon when Ruan Qingqing and her group arrived at the old house. The atmosphere in the old house was a bit dull, and everyone looked unhappy.

"Qingqing, what's going on? Yesterday afternoon your father came back to inform us to flee together, but today the mayor told us not to move around freely, not even leaving the town."

When Li saw Ruan Qingqing, she immediately started to complain bitterly.

Old Master Ruan also frowned at her, "Why did you come back alone? Where are your parents?"

"My parents have already left the city." Ruan Qingqing said truthfully.

"What? You're leaving the city, why don't you take everyone with you?" Li jumped up immediately.

"Now only carriages of outsiders are allowed to leave the city, and locals are not allowed to leave the city at all. We can't leave at all."

"Then how did your parents get out?" Li asked with wide eyes.

"I traded the roast duck recipe for this opportunity with the merchant, but they could only spare one carriage. My parents and the others had no choice but to squeeze into one carriage with the luggage," Ruan Qingqing explained.

"Why didn't you go with your parents?" asked Mr. Ruan.

"My father was worried about you guys, and he wanted to stay, so I switched with him."

"Your father...Ah!" Old Mrs. Ruan sighed deeply.

During dinner, Ruan Qingqing hesitated for a while before finally speaking: "Grandpa and grandma, the difficulties we are facing now are the threat of plague and the problem of water sources. My idea is that everyone should take good precautions on the one hand, and send people out to find water sources on the other hand."

Old Lady Ruan became upset when she heard this, "Won't the court arrange for everyone to escape?"

Ruan Qingqing glanced at everyone carefully and said, "Grandma, this time is different from the past. If we are starving, the court may let us move to another place, but if it is a plague... we may even seal off the village."

When Ruan Wanxi and Ruan Shixing heard about the village closure, their faces turned pale.

"I heard that in history, when the plague was out of control, the soldiers would directly seal off the village and then burn it..." Ruan Wanxi said with trembling lips.

Ruan Qingqing nodded heavily.

"In order to prevent the worst outcome, children at home should not leave the village.

Aunts, make more masks to cover your mouth and nose at home, and use mugwort to fumigate around your home. All imported things must be boiled and cooked before eating. Uncles, I hope you can go into the mountains with me to find water sources or even caves that can be lived in. "

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

"Qingqing, has the problem become so serious?" Mr. Ruan asked with shaking hands.

"Master, we have to prepare for the worst. Also, I still hope that you can talk to the clan leader and the village chief. Preventing the plague is not something that we can do alone. Everyone has to get involved. Especially at this time, we can't eat random things, such as dead things outside or rats."

"Well, I'll go and remind the clan leader and the village chief tomorrow." Old Master Ruan nodded solemnly.

"After dinner, let's make the mask!" Old Mrs. Ruan also spoke.

"Tomorrow morning, I will light the dried mugwort I collected at home and fumigate the house." Liu also slowed down her chewing and spoke at the right time.

After dinner, Ruan Qingqing politely declined the attempts of Old Lady Ruan and others to keep her and returned to her home.

Ruan Wantie did not have time to make arrangements for the ten servants living in the house. He originally planned to let them follow the people in the old house to the county town, but later they could not leave and had to stay to guard the house.

"Miss, you're back."

"Uncle Liu, Aunt Wang, please tell everyone not to go out without permission. Also, find the dried mugwort at home tomorrow and fumigate the front and back of the house!"

After Ruan Qingqing gave some simple instructions, she simply washed up and lay on the bed to think about something.

On the other side, the people in the old house had not gone to bed either. The Ruan Wanjin brothers and others were crowded in Grandpa Ruan's room to discuss things.

"Dad, Mom, the fourth child came to my place early this morning. He said he would leave Qingqing with us and asked us to help take care of her. In addition, Qingqing is a lucky child, so let's all give her more trust. Who knows, she can really lead us through this difficult time.

I really didn't expect that things like water conservancy projects, overhead cranes, river mud, ways to increase grain production, locust prevention, and sorghum mats were all first proposed by Qingqing. Today at the dinner table, Qingqing talked about things in a clear and logical way, and I was worried that you wouldn't respond! "

Ruan Wanyin sighed for a moment.

Old Master Ruan squinted his eyes and puffed on his cigarette. After gently exhaling the smoke from his nose, he glanced at Ruan Wanyin.

"Do you think that I, your father, have lived so many years in vain? If it weren't for Qingqing, would the fourth brother have been able to quit gambling? Would he have been able to stay at home and farm honestly, or even become an official by farming?

As for the water conservancy project, the kid was the first to discuss it with me. I wanted to ask Lao Wu and Xing Ge'er to go and talk to the county magistrate together. It was my fault that I didn't agree because I was afraid of taking responsibility. If I had agreed at that time, they would have been remembered by the higher-ups, and it is not impossible that they would have been directly given an official position. "

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Ruan Wanyin and Ruan Wanxi both became interested.

Mr. Ruan ignored them and continued, "And the sorghum mats. If she hadn't said with certainty that sorghum stalks could be woven into mats, who would have thought of it? Even when I tried, I wasn't very optimistic. It was the child who insisted that it would work. If it didn't work, then there must be some mistake or omission in some step. Last year, our family earned nearly a thousand taels of silver just for weaving sorghum mats."

"Hiss, so many?"

"We don't have that much money. How could we have enough silver to buy a cellar and hide things in it? But this matter must not be spread outside through my mouth or your ears," Old Master Ruan instructed.

"Well, we know the seriousness of the matter." Ruan Wanjin and his brothers assured one after another.

"As for the ways to increase grain production, I can say that even old guys like me who have been farming for a lifetime cannot do as well as she does. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't be able to survive this drought. If it weren't for her, how could we have a good life like having enough food to eat during this drought? I'm afraid I wouldn't even dare to think about it in my dreams."

Mr. Ruan sighed.

"Speaking of the red mat, I have heard some news. It is said that the red mat sent by Mr. Zhou here is very popular with the emperor, so he asked the ministers to learn the spirit of perseverance and self-improvement of our Qingshui County. Because of this, many outsiders have come to our Qingshui County.

It made Qingshui County and even Lulin Prefecture prosperous for a while. If it weren’t for the outbreak of the plague and the reduction of water resources, the prosperity of Qingshui County might have reached a new level.”

"So, it was really her single-handed efforts that revived the stagnant Qingshui County during the disaster years!"

Nguyen Van Sik concluded.

"That's quite apt!" Ruan Wanjin couldn't help but nod.

"So with that child here, I do have some hope in my heart!" Old Master Ruan added after exhaling a puff of smoke.