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

After dinner, Li and Zhang Dahahua helped to clean up the dishes, and Wang helped Zhang Hulan make the bed.

A piece of fence was placed on top of the bed frame, then dry thatch was laid on it, and then a mat was placed on top of that.

It's still very hot now, so I don't need a blanket yet.

Shanzi did not refuse to move into Zhang Hulan's house.

Last night, he slept alone in the room and cried for half the night.

In the middle of the night, he dreamed of his grandmother. She told him to be well, and he promised her that he would be well...

Shanzi could also sense that Zhang Hulan was truly kind to him. He couldn't let Auntie Lan down; he needed her kindness.

He knew in his heart that the most important thing for him now was to survive. He remembered Aunt Lan's kindness to him and would repay her double in the future.

Zhang Xiaobing was so envious of Shanzi that he even wanted to swap identities with him, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

After Zhang Hulan made the bed in one room, she said to Shanzi, "Shanzi, you'll live in this room from now on. Just tell me if you need anything."

Shanzi nodded, "Well, thank you Aunt Lan!"

The three sisters Zhang Xinyao, Zhang Xinyi and Zhang Xinyue are particularly happy today. They will have their own home in the future and they will also have their own rooms.

In the afternoon, Zhang Hulan helped Shanzi move his things over.

There wasn't anything valuable in their house, probably just some pots, pans, and utensils.

There were still some uneaten Pueraria root at home, and they were all moved to Zhang Hulan's house.

After all the things were moved to Zhang Hulan's house, Shanzi handed a bag of copper coins to Zhang Hulan. "Auntie Lan, this is the wages I earned last time. It's all here."

Zhang Hulan asked, "Why are you giving it to me? Just keep it for yourself."

Shanzi said, "Auntie Lan, I know you are really kind to me, but I can't live and eat for free.

If there is any work in the future, Aunt Lan can let me do it. If you don’t let me do anything, I will feel uncomfortable living here.”

Zhang Hulan smiled and pinched Shanzi's face. "Okay, from now on, I'll let you do all the dirty and tiring work. Don't complain when the time comes."

Shanzi smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of being tired."

In the end, Zhang Hulan took Shanzi's money. She would definitely not use his money, so Zhang Hulan just kept it for him.

……

The rain did come, and two more rains followed in the following days. But it came too late, and the rice in many villages could not be saved.

The rice in Daping Village is in good condition. There was water supply before, so every family can still harvest some.

Just a few days before the rice harvest, a lot of people came to the outside of the village. They were the villagers who had fled the famine and returned.

They were all surprised to see the rice in the fields by the roadside.

"Our millet..."

"Oh my god... these millets, millets..."

The villagers were all excited. They had never thought that the millet in their fields was still alive.

When the water was first brought down from the mountain, Zhao Guoliang said that he would take care of the millet in his own fields first, but later he asked someone to help bring the water over.

I thought that if those who went out came back, there would still be some food. If they didn't come back, the grain would be divided among them.

There are also people working in the fields. When the millet is ready to be harvested, all the water in the fields must be drained out.

The people who were working in the fields came out, and they could hardly recognize those who were coming back.

They were all dressed in rags, looked pale and thin, and were covered in dirt.

The people who stayed in the village, although not rosy-cheeked, all looked energetic.

Zhao Guoliang asked, "How did you get into this state? Where did you go? Where are the others?"

At that time, about three hundred people left the village one after another, and now only more than a hundred people have returned.

The villagers who returned replied: "Some died, some got lost..."

A villager replied, "We were walking all the way to the capital, and we encountered many people fleeing famine. When there are too many people, chaos ensues. They grab whatever they can eat, and fights often break out. Many people were injured, and because they couldn't afford to see a doctor, they died."

"We finally made it to the provincial capital, but they wouldn't let the refugees in. Then we heard that local government offices were distributing relief grain, so we turned back. We've been on the road for the past month."

Zhao Guoliang sighed and said, "Alas... I told you to wait a little longer, but you wouldn't listen. You could have just left a day later and we would have brought water down from the mountain the next day."

Zhao Heigou was also in the crowd. He said, "Uncle, is there any shortage of food in the village?"

Zhao Guoliang said, "This is all thanks to Hu Lan. We brought water down, and then Hu Lan told the villagers about a kind of edible food. There's plenty of it in the mountains, so everyone has survived until now."

Zhao Heigou said, "Since she knew there was something edible, why didn't she tell us earlier? She caused everyone to run outside, and so many people died."

When Zhao Guoliang heard what Zhao Heigou said, his face suddenly turned dark.

Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing were also in the crowd, and the two brothers immediately became angry.

Zhang Hubing stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Heigou's collar, glaring fiercely and saying, "Zhao Heigou, say that again, my mother?"

"My sister owes you?"

"My sister asked you to leave?"

"If you dare to say anything nonsense again, I'll beat you to death..."

Zhang Hujun also looked at Zhao Heigou with a bad look. This grandson started looking for trouble as soon as he came back. He really deserved to be punished.

Some villagers also spoke up, "Black Dog, don't bite people as soon as you come back. Hu Bing is right, it was you who wanted to leave. The village head advised you so much, but you didn't listen, and now you blame others. I've never seen anyone as shameless as you."

"Exactly, who forced you to leave?"

Everyone in the village remembers Zhang Hulan's kindness, and since Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing are both here, they will definitely stand on Zhang Hulan's side.

In fact, the people who stayed in the village should thank Zhao Heigou. If these people had not left, there would have been hundreds more people in the village to distribute things, and they would have received less, and they might even have gone hungry.

The people who had come back together also felt a little resentful of Zhang Hulan for not telling them earlier that there was food on the mountain, but when they saw that everyone in the village was speaking up for Zhang Hulan, they dared not say anything.

Zhao Heigou had been hungry for so many days that his body was already very weak. Zhang Hubing grabbed him and he had no strength to resist.

Zhao Heigou asked Zhao Guoliang for help, "Uncle, they..."

Zhao Guoliang didn't give Zhao Heigou a good look and said, "Heigou, Hu Lan has done a favor for the village. If you continue to speak without restraint, I guess the village will not tolerate you."

Zhao Guoliang pointed at the rice in the field and said sternly, "The rice is only safe because Hu Lan led us to find water in the mountains. You all owe Hu Lan a favor. If you don't feel you owe her a favor, that's fine too. You can just give up the rice in your fields."

Zhao Guoliang then looked at Zhang Hubing and said, "Hubing, let him go. If he talks nonsense again, I will personally drive him out of the village."