Wei Zhendong strode back home with the soaked child in his arms. After entering the yard, he shouted, "I'm sorry... Madam, I accidentally dropped Ruyi into the water just now. Granny Fang, please find some clean clothes and help change the child!"

Shen and Granny Fang ran out of the house and saw that the little guy was soaking wet, like a drowned rat!

"It's okay. I'll heat up some hot water at home for her to wash and change clothes. Thank you, Guan!"

Shen held the child and thanked Wei Zhendong. Wei Zhendong watched the mother and daughter go into the house, and asked Wei Dazhuang and Wei Chuang to clean up the fish!

Wei Dazhuang: "These four or five big fish are really big! They filled up a whole wooden basin. The little guy couldn't tell that he had such a skill!"

Wei Chuang pushed Wei Dazhuang and said, "You dropped the Duke's daughter into the water, and you still want to eat the fish?"

Wei Dazhuang...

"Haha! I don't want to eat rice or fish, can't I just drink the soup?"

In the house, Shen Ruyi was washed and dressed by her mother and Grandma Fang. She was a pretty little girl again. She ran out and saw a basin of fish under the porch at the door. She smiled and said that she would have fish for lunch today!

Wei Zhendong looked at the little girl and thought she was so adorable. He entered the house, held Shen Ruyi's hand, sat at the table, looked at Granny Fang and said, "Grandma Fang, take the fish to the big stove in the yard and stew them! If Ruyi wants to eat fish, let her eat as much as she wants!"

Shen in the room made some corn cakes. She planned to stick a circle of small cakes on the edge of the fish pot for her little girl to eat!

Wei Zhendong sat at the table, watching Xiao Ruyi take out some fried chestnuts from somewhere and eat them with great effort!

The man learned it after watching for a while. He sat there and carefully peeled chestnuts for the child. The little boy's mouth was full of chestnuts. He looked at his uncle Wei and said, "Uncle, you should eat more fish at noon today! Now that it stops raining, do you have to go to work?"

Wei Zhendong looked at the little girl and thought she was very smart: "Ruyi, how do you know it won't rain tomorrow?"

Shen Ruyi was stunned for a moment and then smiled and said, "Uncle, if it continues to rain, these big fish will not come out. These big fish are happy to come out to make bubbles and splash flowers because they see that it will not rain tomorrow. That's why I caught them and ate them!"

Wei Zhendong looked at Mrs. Shen and Granny Fang busying around in the yard. The delicious smell of fish soup drifted far away, and he felt that his life had become more lively...

At noon, Mrs. Fang served the biggest fish and placed it on the table, along with some stir-fried vegetables.

At noon today, Wei Zhendong had lunch with Shen's mother and daughter again. Wei Zhendong picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks for the little girl and carefully picked out the bones!

Shen looked at Wei Zhendong a little embarrassedly and said, "Official, I'll be the one to pick on the child, you just eat!"

Wei Zhendong felt that they were a happy family of three! He looked at the sky outside with a slight curve in his lips, and picked up another piece of fish and gave it to Shen.

"Madam, the rain may stop tomorrow. Once the rain stops, the water level will gradually drop, and the damaged farmland will be exposed. This year, there will inevitably be famine in the south!

So we definitely can’t collect food from the local area. I want to see where your food is?

I have already written a memorial over there, but I have not sent it out yet. I want to confirm the amount of grain. When I see the grain you plan to donate to the court, I will submit a memorial to His Majesty and ask for the title of County Princess for you!"

Shen's hand trembled, and she was so scared that the piece of fish in her hand fell on the table!

She looked at her little girl with a pale face. How could the Shen family have any food? She didn't bring any food with her when she left the Chen family. She only brought some bedding and several hundred taels of silver in her arms!

Once the food the little girl mentioned is gone, how should she tell this man?

Wei Zhendong was shocked when he saw Shen's reaction. Did he change his mind?

Shen Ruyi smiled and said: "Uncle, don't worry, it won't rain tomorrow, Ruyi will take you to check the food!

It is understandable that my mother was reluctant to part with it. After all, it was something that our family had left for us to save our lives!"

Wei Zhendong expressed his understanding. She was probably reluctant to give out the grains passed down from her ancestors. However, for their future, if she did not donate the grains, she would not be a good match for him in the future. In the future, when she entered the capital, she and her daughter would probably be criticized!

Wei Zhendong smiled. He looked at the mother and daughter tenderly and patiently analyzed the pros and cons to them.

"Young Madam, you can't be reluctant to give up those grains. Those grains are also a road to heaven left by your ancestors!

If you donate the grain now, you may not see any money, but you must know that in this time of great famine, if you donate a huge amount of grain, the court will definitely give you the title of county lord!

With the title of county lord, you will no longer be a commoner. You will be a noble lady with a fiefdom and rank. Little Ruyi will also be a daughter of the county lord. With me in the future, no one can take away everything from you!"

Shen looked up at Wei Zhendong, she bit her lower lip and didn't know what to say. In fact, she knew that what her daughter and Wei Zhendong said were right!

If she didn't want to continue living in this miserable situation, then she had to strive to move forward. However, she didn't see the food, and she was really afraid that her daughter was lying.

She knew that the Chen family had food, but she had never seen it, and the Chen family's daughters-in-law were not allowed to go!

The Chen family didn't let their daughters-in-law know how much grain was in the big granary. They were on guard against outsiders and worried about losing the family fortune!

Wei Zhendong said so much, but when he saw Shen was still alert, he knew in his heart that Shen was a little worried.

He decided that as soon as he saw the grain tomorrow, he would immediately submit a memorial to His Majesty! Asking for her to be given the title of County Lady. Only when the title of County Lady was given, the little woman would probably be able to accept him with peace of mind!

Sure enough, the rain stopped in the middle of the night, and early the next morning, the heavy rain that had lasted for six days finally stopped.

Wei Zhendong and his men began to move around near the military camp. Their people were all on this hill. After they had run out of food in the past few days, they began to eat the food from the Shen family.

No matter whether it was new grain or old grain, after 15,000 soldiers and officers ate it for several days, the Shen family did not seem to have less grain, which showed that they did have plenty of food!

Shen Ruyi packed up early in the morning. Holding a small basket of big goose eggs in her hand, she ran to the military camp to find Wei Zhendong!

The military camp was in an uproar at that time. The soldiers were all as happy as if they had seen their own daughter. Wei Dazhuang and Wei Chuang saw the little girl holding a basket of goose eggs and couldn't help teasing her, but she held the eggs tightly and refused to give them to anyone else, only to her uncle!

Everyone couldn't help but teasing: For the sake of this little girl, the Duke of Guo has to marry Mrs. Shen!

Shen Ruyi rushed into the tent holding a goose egg. Wei Zhendong's morning meal had already been served. It was some rice porridge and a plate of vegetables. This dish was probably fried by Wei Chuang, and it was a little mushy!

The little girl put the big goose eggs there and began to peel them: "Uncle, come and eat, these goose eggs are salty. After we finish eating, I will take you to see the food!

You must not let my mother know, she will be worried about the food again. Last night, she was worried about the food and couldn't sleep for half the night!"

Wei Zhendong couldn't help laughing. He and the little girl ate the slightly salty goose eggs together. It went really well with the rice porridge!

After eating, Wei Zhendong took the little girl out.

The rain stopped in the second half of the night and the water level has dropped two feet, but there is still a vast ocean at the foot of the mountain!

Shen Ruyi looked at the water. They couldn't swim there either. After thinking for a while, she looked at Wei Zhendong and said, "Uncle, let's make a raft and get out! We can't get out without a raft until the water recedes!"

Wei Zhendong stared at the little girl blankly: "What do you mean by piercing a tree?"

Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "We just need to chop some wood and tie them together side by side. It's best to have two layers of wood to make them sturdy. Then we can put oilcloth on top and sit on it. We can have people row at both ends and go out!

Wei Zhendong...

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