Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"Mrs. Ma, I just happen to have something I want to tell you!"

When Ma Dajia saw Xia Shengsheng coming over, he immediately stopped what he was doing, looked at Xia Shengsheng with a smile and said, "Xia sister! Just tell me what you want to say. Why are you being so polite to me?"

Xia Shengsheng looked at the autumn heat above his head. The sun was not only dazzling but also scorching! He looked at everyone who was working listlessly.

So he said: "My family has prepared a lot of mung beans. Although it is late autumn now, the weather is still terribly hot. Working in such hot weather will delay progress.

Why don't you ask Sister Ma to arrange two women to help everyone cook some mung bean soup to relieve the heat? I will provide the ingredients needed. What do you think, Sister Ma?"

Everyone in Ma was delighted after hearing this, but then he thought, how much food would be wasted with so many people?

The construction of the city wall is not just for the Xia family, and we can't take advantage of them. If we do that, what kind of people would we be?

But looking at the villagers working hard and sweating profusely, the progress was indeed delayed, and suddenly I thought of a solution.

"Sister Xia, your idea is indeed a good one. Let me thank you on behalf of everyone. We should also prepare mung bean soup for everyone, so that the progress of the work can be improved.

But you can’t be the only one to pay for the ingredients. I’ll go back and tell my father-in-law to ask every household to take out any extra mung beans and sugar they have at home. If there’s not enough, Sister Xia may have to take care of it.”

Xia Shengsheng naturally agreed, so Ma Da went over to say hello to the boss and went back to find Village Chief Ma.

Xia Shengsheng went back to work first. After they made a decision, he would prepare the ingredients for everyone to see how to cook it.

On my way back, I happened to see a lively scene.

"What's wrong with you? Can't you see I'm working? Why do you always post things like that? Do you understand the propriety and honor of a girl?"

Tao Siyuan seemed to be so angry that his face turned red. He pointed at Liu San's granddaughter Erya and scolded her.

Erya looked around pitifully. Seeing that everyone was staring at her, her eyes were instantly filled with tears. She flicked her sleeves and ran away crying.

Xia Shengsheng felt a little strange. Tao Siyuan was not the kind of person who would curse others for no reason.

Erya is not from their team, so why would she come here to get scolded?

Others were gathered together chatting and laughing in low voices, while others were doing their own things and ignored him.

When Tao Siyuan saw the people leave, he seemed not as angry as before. He spat on his hands twice without any courtesy, waved the shovel, and continued to mix the mud.

He turned a deaf ear to those who wanted to laugh at him and pretended not to see anything.

Xia Shengsheng was puzzled at first, but later Jin Ling brought her the mung bean soup that she had specially reserved for her, and she learned the truth from Jin Ling.

Not long after she left, the girl named Erya came running over. Someone familiar asked her what she was doing there, but she didn't say anything. But when she saw Tao Siyuan, she felt like a young girl in love, and ran over with a blushing face.

At first she was just asking about Tao Siyuan's well-being, but later, when she saw that Tao Siyuan ignored her, she became more physical. Sometimes she wanted to wipe Tao Siyuan's sweat, and sometimes she snatched the tools in his hands to help him with his work.

They all came from Girls' Generation, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell what was going on. Some of them who had a good relationship with Erya's mother even went up to dissuade her, asking Erya to pay attention to her girl's dignity.

But Erya was very impatient and said to the woman who was trying to dissuade her, "It's none of their business."

Everyone felt bored and ignored her.

Tao Siyuan was originally considering the girl as his own and had to give her some face, so he didn't do anything too excessive.

Later, Erya increasingly regarded herself as an outsider, and Tao Siyuan could no longer bear it and scolded her a few words.

It was thanks to these few words that I was able to drive her away, otherwise I don’t know how long it would have lasted!

After hearing this, Xia Shengsheng covered her mouth and laughed. She didn't expect Tao Siyuan to be so popular.

But this peach blossom is not that good, it can be considered a rotten peach blossom!

Girls can bravely pursue the person they love, but they should not lose their own identity. If someone tries to get close to someone like Erya, any girl from a decent family will definitely be looked down upon, and it is no wonder that she is scolded and runs away.

Everyone laughed it off, and seeing that the parties involved had no reaction, the matter was over.

Some people who have a good relationship with Erya's family went to tell Erya's mother when everyone was resting, asking her to take good care of the child and not to make any jokes.

In particular, they said that Tao Siyuan was not some young man in the village, but he was someone who should not be easily offended, so they were told not to think about it and annoy him. He might stop doing business with the Xia family and affect their work.

Erya's mother didn't expect her daughter to be so stupid as to pounce on others. She thanked the person who came to report the news, grabbed Erya's ear and went home, where her mother scolded her.

After Ma Dajia discussed it with the village chief, the village chief also agreed with Ma Dajia's discussion with Xia Shengsheng about cooking mung bean soup for the villagers.

He also took the lead in contributing 20 kilograms of mung beans and half a kilogram of sugar from his own garden.

Then, Ma Da and Ma Er were asked to raise some money door to door.

In the end, we got a total of 115 kilograms of mung beans and two and a half kilograms of sugar.

Xia Shengsheng added another 100 kilograms of mung beans and kilograms of sugar.

Everyone saw and remembered Xia Shengsheng's efforts, and no one said they were not grateful to her.

Xia Shengsheng did so much to increase everyone's enthusiasm for work. In troubled times, if you want to survive, you can't rely on her family alone, or just a few people in her family. You also need the whole village to work together to overcome the difficulties.

So sometimes it’s okay to give a little more or a little less, and you can’t worry too much about it. As long as you can be clear about the big things, that’s enough.

As for the woman who would cook the mung bean soup, Mr. Yang and Master Li from Xia Shengsheng's family were assigned to do it.

Neither of them had ever done farm work before, and they had been working so hard these days that they were exhausted and could not produce much. It would be better to give them some light work so that they would not be too tired and there would be no need to separate those who could work from others to cook mung bean soup.

In fact, some families also want their daughters to do this kind of light work.

But when I think about the fact that both of Xia Shengsheng's family members are very talented and one of them can embroider, maybe my own children will be able to learn from them in the future.

How many people don't seek to learn? If I can only give some advice occasionally, I'll be thankful.

Therefore, no one had any objection to the work being assigned to two people.