Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Zhou Yu also said to Qin Ying: "There are only two kinds of mushrooms nowadays. Is it because it is difficult to cultivate other kinds?"

"Because we're just starting to experiment, we don't dare to plant too many," Qin Ying explained quickly. "I'll try planting two more species later."

Zhou Yu had to give some encouragement.

After seeing Zhou Yu off, the Zhao family members closed the door and talked privately.

Aunt Zhao asked, "How long will Lord Zhou stay in our village? Doesn't he need to go back to the government office to work?"

Although Zhou Yu would go to other villages, he spent the most time in Tongshutun.

"Perhaps there hasn't been much going on in the government office recently?" Qin Ying guessed, but soon felt that it was impossible. "As someone in charge of such a large Qin County, there should be official business that needs to be handled every day.

"Unless he has a reason to stay here."

Aunt Zhao became uneasy and asked hurriedly, "What's that? He's an official. What can he possibly do in this little mountain village?"

"Mom, you're confused!" Zhao Hu couldn't help laughing, "Have you forgotten why Mr. Zhou came?

“Isn’t he just trying to take advantage of our luck to dig a well?

"We actually helped him dig three wells. I calculated how many people we saved... at least 20 or 30 villages, right?

"If we calculate it from a village of a hundred people, that would make two or three thousand... My God! That's a lot of people!"

Aunt Zhao raised her hand and patted him on the head, "You're so stupid all day long! What do you mean we should help you? Is that what we should help you with?

"What have we done? What will happen if this gets out? Can you please keep your mouth shut?"

Zhao Hu covered his head, pouted his lips and said nothing.

Qin Ying hurriedly stopped her and said, "Mother, calm down, Huzi is still young!"

Aunt Zhao couldn't help but sigh. Looking at An An tossing and turning on the kang, she felt a little worried: "Yingzi, do you think... can we protect An An?"

"Yes!" Qin Ying said firmly, "Definitely!"

Zhao Hu also said softly, "Mom, I promise I will never say that kind of thing again, no matter where I am!"

Aunt Zhao rubbed his head, her eyes a little red, "Son, it's not that mother is cruel, we must keep An An's secret!"

"I know," Zhao Hu said sullenly, nodding his head in his mother's palm. "I'll definitely keep a tight rein on my mouth!"

Qin Ying blinked away the tears in her eyes, sniffed and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore.

"I've been paying attention in the village lately, and it seems no one has said anything bad about An Bao.

"But Grandma Wang often tells people that our family is experiencing good fortune, and that anyone can experience good fortune, and that building good relationships with those who are experiencing good fortune will be of great benefit to you."

As she spoke, she found it funny, "People in our village seem to believe it."

"That's true," Aunt Zhao also laughed, "This way, our family's life will be much better in the future. Your Grandma Wang is such a good person!

"Speaking of Lord Zhou, he's quite lucky. Otherwise, how could I have run into you two right after arriving in the mountains?"

"Lord Zhou is a good official!" Zhao Hu exclaimed, "If it weren't for Lord Zhou, we might not even be able to keep the grain we harvested this year!

"Mom, sister, do you know? Lord Zhou has sent people to take down several gangs of bandits again!

"From now on, there will be no more bandits causing trouble in Qin County!"

Both mother and daughter looked over.

Zhao Hu then said carefully, "I'm quite familiar with Brother Xu Xia, who is by Lord Zhou's side. I heard this from him.

"Master Zhou knows that those bandits have done so many evil things, how can we allow them to continue doing evil?

"Not only did they send people to destroy the bandit's den, but when they distributed food, they also took the heads of those bandit leaders with them!"

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying both gasped. Only then did they truly feel that Zhou Yu really held the power of life and death in his hands.

Zhao Hu said with great joy, "I heard from Brother Xu that there are many villages in Qin County that are full of bandits. When famine strikes, their consciences are buried in their armpits.

"At first, they didn't eat their own family members, but took turns eating them with others. In the end, they even didn't let their own family members go!

"A couple may sleep in the same bed the night before, but the wife may be thrown into the pot and stewed the next day..."

Aunt Zhao frowned and quickly scolded: "Stop talking!" She turned her head to look at An An, fearing that such a cruel thing would scare the child.

But An An had already fallen asleep.

Qin Ying stroked the goose bumps on her arms, climbed onto the kang, put the child to bed, and told Zhao Hu to speak softly, "It's not good for children to hear such things."

Zhao Hu lowered his voice and said, "I won't go into details. In short, many people in the village are not good people and have killed people.

"But Lord Zhou can't just kill them all. After all, their inhumanity is forced upon them by this natural disaster.

"So we showed them what happens when they become bandits, to scare them, and then we gave them food, so they wouldn't dare to behave recklessly again."

Aunt Zhao asked curiously, "Have you ever asked where all this food came from, Lord Zhou? It's distributed throughout Qin County, so it's a lot!"

Qin Ying couldn't help but laugh, "Mom, our Great Zhou is so big! Back then, my mother and I came here and it took us almost half a year to get here.

"There are more places we haven't been to! Even though we're in trouble here, there are always places that aren't, and those places produce food."

Aunt Zhao shook her head and sighed, "Isn't the war still going on?"

Qin Ying thought of her biological father who died in the war, and her mood became depressed. After a while, she said, "It's not like they fight every day.

"After the territories were divided, all that was left was wrangling. Haven't we heard of any wars in the past two years?"

Aunt Zhao slapped her thigh and said, "Hey! Why are we talking about this? Ordinary people like us can't meddle in the affairs of big shots!

“Let’s just live our lives well now.

"Through this natural disaster, I've also come to understand that in the eyes of God, we humans are just like ants, and can be crushed to death at any time.

"If we don't live a good life, we might encounter a natural disaster or man-made calamity at any time and lose our lives!

"Thinking so much and thinking so far ahead is pointless!"

Qin Ying didn't dare to agree, but she didn't refute it. Seeing that it was getting late, she urged everyone to go to bed.

The next day, Xu Xia brought two people to get the mushroom seeds, and asked Qin Ying to explain in detail the things that needed to be paid attention to when growing mushrooms.

Qin Ying told him everything she wanted to say, and just in case, she also offered to let Zhao Hu go with her. Zhao Hu followed her to take care of the mushrooms every day and mastered all the techniques.

After collecting mushroom strains from other villagers, Zhou Yu took people to other villages.

In fact, the preliminary preparations have been completed. Everything is ready, and we are just waiting for the fungus strain.

It took several days to walk this circle, and it was almost the end of the year.

There is a big mill in the center of Tongshu Village, and everyone comes here to grind flour.

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying lined up to grind the cornmeal, then came back and ground it a second time using the small stone mill at home. After sifting, the fine flour was kept for mixing with white bread and dumplings, and the coarse flour was kept for making porridge.