newbobooks Chapter 196: If you can't die from exhaustion, work hard until you die
Chapter 196: If you can't die from exhaustion, work hard until you die
After curing Jinhui, Baili Zheng was rewarded by the system with 100 seconds of shopping time in the hypermarket.
Since the place I came out last time was in that bathroom store, it was natural that I would appear there this time as well.
With the items refreshed, he got a lot of water towers.
After discussing it, the two decided to find time to go to the seaside city.
Then find an opportunity to go out to sea and take out those water towers in the name of imported goods.
When the time comes, we will secretly transport it back and the two families will each get half.
As for my aunt and her three children, they will live with her family.
Qi Jianing didn't know what she was planning, and felt a little helpless when he heard it.
"No wonder you wanted your great aunt and her family to go to Lanxia County, so that's how it is.
So what should we do next, where do we store water and how do we store it?
How much water should I prepare to be enough? Sister Rong, I'm scared! "
She was almost scared to death when she thought about last year's disaster.
There will also be drought and locust plague, and no one knows how long it will last.
Just thinking about dying of thirst or starvation made her feel like she was almost unable to breathe.
"Aunt, when you go back, buy some more jars, water tanks, and the like.
If that doesn't work, there are also those big bamboo jars.
Prepare more water, boil it, and save it.
Cellar, remember to dig a cellar later, and make it as big as possible.
Forget it, this will be arranged after Jinhong finishes his exams, so you don’t have to worry about anything.
As for food, I will buy it for you later.
If you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can use the extra land in your house to grow vegetables.
Before the drought comes, let’s plant more, then dry and store them.
These can be used as vegetables or food.”
Qi Jianing nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Auntie will listen to you.
By the way, Sister Rong, if that's the case, should we also plant drought-resistant plants on all the farms of our Qi family?"
"Yes! I'll take care of this. Auntie, just give me the deeds and go back without any worries.
By the way, you should find some time to talk to your great aunt so that she can know what is going on and have a plan for what to do.
It is not convenient for me to explain it in detail before. When you sit together in private, tell her to call back all her family members in the northwest.
We are in the Jiangnan region, which is considered prosperous in the entire Daque Dynasty.
If even here we are not doing well, the situation in the northwest will be even worse.”
"Ok, I know!"
The next morning, Qi Jianing, who was heavy-hearted, took the letter written by Su Rongrong and went back to Lanxia County with Qi Xiaohui and others.
In the city, the three guards who brought Qi Jianing here last time all stayed.
Su Rongrong had long learned from Baili Zheng that these three were all illegitimate children of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, and they were all good at fighting and kicking.
But what they are best at is not martial arts, but their own strengths.
One of them was good at accounting and could tell if there was any problem in the account books.
A person who is good at doing business can guess the daily turnover of a shop just by looking at its location, the flow of people, and the items sold.
Another one is good at talking and dealing with people.
Su Rongrong kept these people because she wanted them to help her, and of course, she would not treat them unfairly.
By the time she had used these people to organize her family's properties one by one, Su Jinhong had already finished his five county examinations.
It was already mid-to-late February, and the continuous drizzles and late spring cold snaps that were common during the spring ploughing period had not appeared. Instead, the temperature was gradually rising.
Compared with previous years, it is obviously much hotter.
This made the common people, who had initially complained about the county magistrate's order to plant drought-resistant plants, feel relieved but also worried.
Fortunately, even if there is a real drought, they don’t have to worry about the fields having no output.
What is worrying is the upcoming harvest and the problem of water and food storage.
In those villages, the foresighted village chiefs, like Liu Quan, have ordered every household to contribute money and have people come to dig deep wells.
Not only that, he also ordered the villagers to dig bigger and deeper the village ponds and canals.
Every household tried every possible means to stockpile water, vegetables and food.
Anyone in the house who could get up and walk, regardless of gender, age or status, would go out to pick wild vegetables as long as they had free time.
The wild vegetables we dug up are not eaten immediately. Instead, we find ways to dry them and store them for future use.
Even those who usually like to cheat and play tricks have become diligent after comparing themselves with the disaster victims in Funing Prefecture and Anqing Prefecture last year.
It can be said that except for the small path that every household uses in the village, all other places with soil have been utilized by everyone.
Grow vegetables, sweet potatoes, and corn.
In short, as long as you are not exhausted to death, work hard.
If you don't work hard now and grow more vegetables and food, you will starve to death or leave your homeland in the future.
They all heard that according to the news from the government office, the area affected by this drought covered the entire Daque Dynasty.
Even if they wanted to escape the famine, they would have nowhere to go.
Other places may not be as good as their Lanxia County.
At least they prepared ahead of time.
If you really want to go out, you might end up dead!
At this time when everyone is busy and saving money and stockpiling goods, the first to be affected are the food stalls like Su Qiaoqiao's.
No one expected that the stall that had good business before could only make one or two hundred coins a day, and judging by the situation, the profit was decreasing day by day.
It was at this time that Su Jinhui came back with Doctor Jiang and others.
Because Su Rongrong left her address, as soon as he arrived in Lanxia County, he separated from Doctor Jiang and returned to Sujia Village first.
Everyone in Sujia Village was very busy at this time.
People who usually have nothing to do and are wandering around are now either busy weeding in the fields or digging wild vegetables in the wild or in the mountains.
It is also because in every household, except for one inconvenient person left to look after the house, no one else is at home.
Therefore, his return after entering the village did not attract everyone's attention.
Su Manman is different from the villagers!
She still stays at home every day, and the little girls and young wives who work for her also come to work on time every day!
It can be said that even the people in Lanxia County and even the neighboring counties knew that there would be drought and locust plagues coming.
But her business was not greatly affected.
Mainly, her audiences are all young men and women from wealthy families in various prefectures and even in the capital.
As for the news about drought or locust plague outside, due to the inconvenience of transportation, even Baili Chen wrote a letter back to the court, it was not spread.
Therefore, the people still live and work in peace and contentment, and things remain the same as they were in the past!
From the moment Su Jinhui stepped into the village, past memories flashed through his mind one by one like a fast-forwarded movie.
After he stopped at the door of the Su family, he took a few deep breaths before reaching out to knock on the door.
"Who?"