After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

In August, the rice in the fields is about to ripen, and everything is golden.

The rice on Zhang Hulan's farm is planted early, so it matures earlier than other rice and can be harvested after a while.

The chickens and ducks on the farm have started laying eggs.

Zhang Hulan uses wood ash, mixes it with alkali powder, quicklime, rice husks and water, and then wraps the mixed material on the duck eggs.

Zhang Hulan also uses eggs to make preserved eggs. The workshops for preserved eggs and preserved eggs are similar, except that the materials used are slightly different.

Xiang Chunhua asked curiously, "Sister, what does this egg look like? How do you eat it?"

Zhang Hulan explained, "This preserved egg is a little black, with pine needle-like patterns on the surface. You can just dip it in soy sauce and ginger juice and eat it."

You can also use preserved eggs to make lean meat porridge, which tastes very good.

The ones made with eggs are called crystal eggs. When they are done, they are crystal clear and are also dipped in ginger soy sauce.”

"You're making me drool. How long will it take before we can eat?"

"Twenty days of pickling is enough."

Zhang Hulan's pig farm has also grown taller.

I bought five sows and one boar, and dozens of piglets.

The lotus roots in the field have now grown very tall, and the stems can be cut and fed to pigs.

Villagers could also cut pig grass and sell it to Zhang Hulan, at ten pounds for one penny.

Usually, it was the girls in the village who cut grass for the pigs and sold it. Villagers would send their sons to school, but their daughters were confined to the house to work. Zhang Hulan had no way to deal with this; she couldn't intervene in other people's homes.

Those girls took time out every morning and afternoon to cut grass for pigs, and could earn seven or eight cents a day. The children were very happy.

In late August, Zhang Hulan's family began to harvest rice.

Children and women are responsible for harvesting the rice, while adults are responsible for beating and threshing the rice with buckets.

There is a grain drying yard on the village, and there are children and women in charge of drying the grain.

After the millet was pulled back, the woman first used a rake to clean the grass debris from the millet, and then scraped the millet apart and spread it on the drying yard.

Let it dry in the sun for half an hour to an hour, then turn it over and dry it again.

During the busy farming season, Zhang Hulan would let Yang Xiaohui have extra meals.

There was meat every day and an extra meal.

The sun is strong at noon, so people usually don’t start working until noon.

Before going to work, you have to have a meal.

There is also mung bean soup in the morning and afternoon to relieve the heat. This treatment makes the people on the farm feel that they would be betraying their conscience if they do less work.

Just when Zhang Hulan was busy with the autumn harvest, a group of people appeared on the road leading to the village.

There were quite a few people, some riding horses and some riding in cars.

The group stopped in front of Zhang Hulan's farm. Someone rode up to the door and said, "Excuse me, is this Zhang Hulan's home?"

Yuan Gang looked at the person and nodded, "Yes, you are?"

The visitor said, "Is Zhang Hulan here? Our master is looking for her."

"Who is your master?"

The man took out his badge and Yuan Gang looked at it with a serious expression.

That was the badge of the Ministry of Justice. Yuan Gang didn't know why the people from the Ministry of Justice came to find Zhang Hulan.

The person who came urged, "Go and call someone quickly, don't waste time."

Yuan Gang said, "My wife is not at home. She is at the farm right now. I will go and call her."

Yuan Gang shouted inside, asking the people in the yard to watch the house while he went to find Zhang Hulan.

The visitor turned back and said a few words to the people in the carriage, and then the group walked towards Zhang Hulan's yard.

When Zhang Hulan heard that someone from the Ministry of Justice was looking for her, she was a little confused and didn't know why they were looking for her.

But she didn't dare to delay and immediately rushed back with Yuan Gang.

There were quite a few people standing outside the courtyard. Zhang Hulan stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I am Zhang Hulan, a humble servant. I wonder what the lord wants to see me about?"

The three people who got off the three carriages were none other than Marquis Jing'an, Wang Changming and Hong Jinhai.

They were out for more than three months and visited many places.

Two days ago, I went to the village where Luo Changqi and the other five lived. The villagers said they were with Zhang Hulan, so they came to find them.

Marquis Jing'an and Old Marquis Wang had never met each other, so they didn't know that the incident started with Luo Changqi and the other five.

Hong Jinhai asked, "Are Luo Changqi, Huang Zhong, Yuan Gang, Xu Hu, and Dong Jianyong here with you?"

Zhang Hulan nodded, "It's here with me."

"Go and call them all here. I have something to ask them."

They were looking for Luo Chang and the others. Zhang Hulan felt relieved, as she thought she had done something wrong.

Zhang Hulan had some guesses in his mind about the five people including Zhao Luochang. It was probably because Old Marquis Wang told the emperor about what happened in the old campus, and the emperor sent people to investigate.

Yuan Gang stepped forward and said, "I am Yuan Gang. The others are at the farm. I'll go get them."

Hong Jinhai looked at Yuan Gang and nodded, "Go ahead."

Zhang Hulan said, "My lords, the sun is shining brightly outside. Please go inside and rest for a while."

The sun was very strong outside and it was indeed uncomfortable to stand outside. It was just as hot in the carriage.

So the group followed Zhang Hulan into the yard.

Zhang Hulan immediately asked someone to prepare tea, water, and fruits.

There are melons planted on Zhang Hulan’s farm, and they taste very refreshing.

The melon was still in the well to keep cool. When Marquis Jing'an ate the melon, he felt refreshed.

They have been very busy these past few months. They have no contact with the government offices and have been running around in the countryside for a long time. It can be said that they have not been able to eat or sleep well.

Luo Changqi and the others came over quickly, and Hong Jinhai said, "Zhang, please step aside. We have something to ask them."

"Okay, my lord."

Zhang Hulan, Aunt Tao and the others left. Hong Jinhai asked, "When did each of you five join the army? How many units were you in? And when did you leave?"

Luo Changqi answered first: "I joined the army in the third year of Yongsheng. I started in the Hedong Border Army and then was transferred to the Shenwu Army. In the eighth year of Yongsheng, I was injured in the thigh and retired."

The situations of the other few people were similar. They all joined the army between the third and fifth years of Yongsheng, and then were injured and discharged from the army between the eighth and tenth years of Yongsheng.

Looking at the five disabled veterans whose hair was mostly white, Jing'an Hou and Hong Jinhai felt a little uncomfortable.

Hong Jinhai then asked, "Have you received any pensions from the imperial court in recent years?"

Luo Changqi looked at everyone, and then Luo Changqi answered again: "In the early years, it was given out every year, but we didn't want it. After that, there were no more than ten years."

Luo Changqi repeated what he had said to Old Marquis Wang. Marquis Jing'an and Hong Jinhai were both very angry.

This is not the first time they have felt angry. In the past few months, this has happened quite a few times among the people they have visited.

Hong Jinhai said to Luo Changqi and the others, "We are aware of this matter. The court will give you the due explanation."

Luo Changqi said: "It's okay, we are living well now, so we won't cause any more trouble for the court."

Hong Jinhai said: "This is not causing trouble, this is the explanation the court should give you."