Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Shen Zheng understood what Zhang Lizheng meant, and she recalled the characteristics of hybrid rice in her mind.

In addition to its high yield, the most notable features of hybrid rice are its well-developed root system, strong stress resistance, and ability to adapt to a variety of extreme environments.

The situation may not be as bad as they think.

The rain was so loud that Shen Zheng had to speak louder: "Zhang Lizheng! Let's not rush. Have you asked them to dig the ridges to drain the water?"

Zhang Lizheng nodded and pointed in a direction to Shen Zheng: "I asked the villagers to start digging from that side before!"

Shen Zheng could vaguely see a figure over there and felt a little relieved.

At this time, she didn't care about the mud or not and stepped directly into the rice field.

Xu Zhubu, who was standing by, thought she had slipped and quickly reached out to grab her.

Shen Zheng shook her head at him and pointed at the rice in the field.

This means she wants to go to the fields to check on the rice.

Xu Zhubu looked worriedly at Shen Zheng, whose entire body below the knees was submerged in the water. He slowly loosened his hand after seeing that she had stood firmly.

The rain was still so heavy and the sky was dark. Shen Zheng could hardly see the field, so she had to reach her hand into the water and grope around.

Her hand slowly moved forward and touched the roots of the rice.

At this time, the roots of the rice were still tightly connected to the soil, and she breathed a sigh of relief that the rice was not washed away.

Then she touched a few more rice plants forward, and their conditions were similar to the first one, with strong roots.

This is already the best result. We just need to wait until the rain stops and clean the rice leaves again. We must not let the silt on the rice leaves affect the heading and photosynthetic reaction of the crops.

With the help of Xu Zhubu, Shen Zheng climbed up the ridge of the field. She comforted Zhang Lizheng, who was worried:

"Don't worry. If the water is drained in time, there shouldn't be any big problems. You stay here and watch. I'll go to other villages and we'll discuss countermeasures after the rain stops!"

Even though Zhang Lizheng was very panicked, he could only nod and agree.

Faced with the natural disaster, they couldn't think of a better solution.

Zhao Xiu volunteered to stay and help them dig the ridges of the fields. In this heavy rain, the village that would suffer the most would definitely be Qingyuan Village, which had the lowest terrain.

Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu went to the remaining villages. When they arrived, every village had already spontaneously dug ridges to drain water.

When they arrived at Shanghe Village, which had the highest geographical location, they saw Li Hongmao in the crowd, who was supposed to be at the county government office.

Shen Zheng then realized that they had left in such a hurry last night that they had forgotten about him.

It was already daybreak, and the heavy rain finally showed some signs of abating.

The villagers of Shanghe Village have basically dug through the ridges of the fields, but the worry on their faces remains.

While Wu Li was talking to Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu, he kept looking at the river dam.

The reason is simple: they are afraid that the river dam will flood again. The lesson from the last time was too painful.

Although the county has renovated the river dam, the suffering at that time is deeply engraved in the hearts of every villager living in Shanghe Village.

Shen Zheng rubbed her sore arms and comforted everyone: "The rain has lightened a lot, and the river dam is solid now, so nothing will happen. We have been busy all night, let's go back and have something to eat first."

At this time, everyone realized that they had not slept the whole night and would definitely not be able to sleep if they went back to sleep. They had to go home to eat and fill their stomachs before coming back to guard.

"If you two adults don't mind, please come to my house to eat. Lotus's mother should have prepared breakfast."

Wu Lizheng sincerely invited Shen Zheng and the other two. Lord Shen and Xu Zhubu came in the dark last night. He was really moved. Some officials only know how to talk after the event, but he was different from the officials in Tong'an County.

Shen Zheng touched her stomach and found that she was indeed a little hungry, so she went to Wu Lizheng's house with Xu Zhubu.

As soon as they arrived at the door of Wu's house, they met He Hua carrying a food basket.

"Lord Shen!" She saw that Shen Zheng's clothes were soaked, and her tone was a little anxious, so she hurried over.

"You'll catch a cold! Come in with me and change your clothes."

After she finished speaking, she handed the food basket to Wu Lizheng, walked up to Shen Zheng, grabbed her and took her to her room.

It would have been fine if Lotus hadn't mentioned it. As soon as she mentioned it, Shen Zheng felt sticky all over. She sighed in her heart that both times she came to Wu's house, she wanted to wear clothes with Lotus flowers on them.

After they arrived at Hehua's room, she first asked Shen Zheng to sit down beside the bed, and then shyly opened a small cabinet in the room.

Shen Zheng noticed that He Hua's reaction was a little abnormal, and looked curiously at the cabinet where clothes were kept.

There was only one light blue linen dress in the closet. This material was considered excellent for an ordinary family, and the embroidery on the dress was exquisite, showing that the person who made it put a lot of effort into it.

Hehua carefully took the dress out of the closet, took a deep breath, and handed the dress to Shen Zheng.

She looked a little embarrassed, but her expression was extremely sincere.

"Master Shen, this is the dress my daughter made for you. I hope you don't mind it!"

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head, feeling a little excited. She personally gave the clothes she had made for Lord Shen to Lord Shen, but at the same time she felt a little worried.

She usually sold her embroidery to the embroidery workshop in the next town, but she didn't make much money. The fabric of this dress was the best she could afford, but she was also afraid that this dress was not worthy of Lord Shen.

She had originally planned to ask her father to give the dress to Lord Shen after it was finished, so that even if Lord Shen didn't like it, she wouldn't know.

But given the situation today, it was the best time for her to take out the clothes and give them to Lord Shen.

Shen Zheng thought she had misheard, and repeated it dully, "Clothes made for me?"

She had only met Lotus twice, and she didn't understand why Lotus made clothes for her.

Lotus encouraged herself in her heart, raised her head and looked at Shen Zheng in front of her: "Yes! When I first saw you, I wanted to make a set of clothes for you."

The more Shen Zheng listened, the more confused she became. Could it be that He Hua was like those designers, wanting to design clothes for the models as soon as she saw them?

Seeing Shen Zheng was puzzled, He Hua spoke out what she was thinking in one breath:

"I have always admired you, even before I met you. After I saw you for the first time, I had the idea of ​​making clothes for you. Since I am not good at anything but embroidery, I hope you can accept them!"

Shen Zheng couldn't describe the feeling in her heart at the moment. It was a mixture of sourness, fullness, and joy.

It’s like someone tells you for no reason that you are a good person and that you like them very much. This feeling of being recognized and treated with kindness is really hard to describe.

She just felt her eyes were hot at this moment.

He Hua saw her raising her hand to touch her clothes but not saying anything, and she felt a little panicked.

She secretly comforted herself that the dress was not made of silk or satin, so it was normal that Lord Shen didn't like it. She would buy some better fabric when she saved enough money in the future.

Make a better set of clothes for Lord Shen.