Escape from the desert

"Huang Xiancheng... If it's all right, Caomin has to go back to work at home, so first..."

Jiang Yan was interrupted by the village chief before she could finish her words: "What matters is the county chief, just follow us and wait for the county chief's orders."

He panicked, sweating profusely from fear, this Aunt Jiang was too bold, and Lord Xiancheng obviously hadn't finished asking, couldn't she see it?
Didn't see that the first time he opened his mouth, did Lord Xiancheng frown?I thought Aunt Jiang was a smart one...

The county magistrate didn't think there was anything wrong. He naturally thought that it was ordinary village women who didn't know the etiquette. After all, Aunt Jiang didn't know how to bow, and it was natural that he couldn't understand people's faces. He frowned not because of Aunt Jiang, but because of Aunt Jiang. Not every mountain has a water source... In this case, how will he solve the drought in the village.

"Anyway, I'm still going to try it. I wonder if Aunt Jiang can follow us up the mountain to find water sources? If you can find other water sources, it will be a great credit. I will report to the county magistrate and give you some awards."

Jiang Yan shook her head silently. In order to dig wild vegetables to find valuable things, she has been going to the mountains almost every day since she came to this world. If she is tired for her own family, she is more tired. For a few verbal awards from the county magistrate, it is better to go more often. Make some money.

She paused and said, "It's not difficult to find a water source. If there is one, as long as you follow this method, you will be able to find it. It's useless for me to go there, and it's the most energy-consuming way to build bamboo rafts to divert water from mountains. I just don't want to. It was the village chief and Lizheng who worked hard when they found the water source. They arranged the water in an orderly manner, with strong management, and everyone in the village was enthusiastic and diligent, so that the water could be successfully diverted.

The county magistrate nodded, looking at the village chief and Li Zheng with more admiration in his eyes.

Jiang Yan complimented everyone, the big guy was blushing when the magistrate looked at him, and for a while, Jiang Yan became more and more pleasing to the eye.

In fact, she was just speaking from her heart. The villagers of Linjia Village were more united than she imagined. From the discovery of the water source to the construction of the bamboo rafts, everyone in the village was unexpectedly positive and united. It seems that in the face of real disasters, people and people That contradiction is really trivial.

Huang Xiancheng nodded, the method sounds very simple, it should not be difficult to operate, and it is indeed difficult for a widow to follow a group of men to run around the mountains and plains.

"If the water source is found, I will report to the county magistrate, and then you will explain the process of building the bamboo rafts in detail." Huang Xiancheng showed some excitement on his face. He had a hunch that water sources could not be found in every village. , but definitely not everywhere.

In the past few years, the county magistrate was almost dismissed by the imperial court. Although he is still a magistrate, he is very embarrassed. Normal local magistrates usually change every three years, but they stayed in Yongan Town for five or six years. .

This year, if we can find water sources in the drought-stricken villages, stabilize people's hearts, and pay more taxes and grains, it will be considered a great achievement. Maybe we can rely on this to make a hole in the prefecture, and then the county magistrate will have the opportunity to transfer away. Just bigger.

Huang Xiancheng's small abacus sounded, and the magistrate was his brother-in-law. As long as his brother-in-law got along well, his future would not be bad. Maybe he could be promoted by another rank.

Jiang Yan bid farewell to the county magistrate and took Lin Bei to the house. The sun was shining and the air was hot and dry. There were still many people watching the carriages under the big trees in the threshing field, but few dared to go up. Before, everyone just gathered around, and those who were more daring would take hay to feed the horses.

After just walking for a while, Jiang Yan felt sweaty and uncomfortable.

"Mother, why are you sighing?" Lin Bei heard his mother sigh, and Xiao Jian's brows knit together.

Jiang Yan rubbed his head and said: "Then Huang Xiancheng said that there are more than [-] villages in Yong'an Town, and only our village has found the water source. Think about it, if it never rains, only our village will find the water source. Even if the village receives food, it will only become the target of public criticism."

"Mother means, when the time comes, those bandits who fall for the grass will come to snatch our food?" Lin Bei's crisp voice was not a question, but a statement.

Jiang Yan patted his head amusingly: "Do you still know what it means to be a pirate?"

Lin Bei's face was extraordinarily serious, and the waxy Zheng Taiyin said calmly: "I know! Big brother said that if my mother doesn't get better, there will be no rain this year, and if there is no harvest, there will be no food in our family, and big brother will bring Take us to the bandit den."

Jiang Yan looked at Lin Bei with a calm face, thinking that Lin Dong, who has always been honest and honest, would make such a decision, she couldn't help but feel a little scared, the original body actually forced several children to become bandits!
Before reaching home, Jiang Yan saw Liu Xiaomeng hurriedly walking towards the mountains and forests in the distance. That direction was neither going to the fields nor going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. followed.

"Mother, what is the second sister-in-law doing in the woods?" Lin Bei asked first.

Jiang Yan frowned and shook her head. She didn't know that it was a bamboo forest in the back mountain, surrounded by wasteland, and few people went there on weekdays.

Before the two of them walked into the woods, they heard a voice coming from inside. It was Yu Xuan's voice. Lin Bei was very excited.

"What's wrong? That's Yu Xiucai. I heard that he came to our village before, but I didn't see him." Lin Bei opened his dark eyes with undisguised excitement.

"Yu Xuan is your second sister-in-law's ex-fiancé. Your second sister-in-law is already with your second brother, and they still come out to meet. Don't you think something is wrong? Let's see what they say here first." Jiang Yan's face was calm and her voice was calm. Surprisingly cold, even Lin Bei felt his mother's displeasure.

His face changed, yes!Second sister-in-law and second brother are together!Then why did you come to see your ex-fiancé?

If the villagers knew about this, they would be soaked in pig cages!

He still wanted to speak, but Jiang Yan covered his mouth: "Shh, don't talk yet."

Jiang Yan looked at Lin Zi coldly. Lin Nan was stubborn and honest. When he decided to do something, he was full of energy. Liu Xiaomeng was the only choice that he insisted on after years of suppression and sparring. People are not worth it, and if she fails Lin Nan's affection, then she will not make the other person feel better!To her, Lin Nan is much more important than Liu Xiaomeng!
"Good sister, Xiao Meng, it's not like you don't know how difficult our family is. Now you are living so well in the Lin family. I just asked you to borrow some food. How can you refuse me." The sobbing voice kept saying: "No matter how your parents raised you, you can't live a good life by yourself, so forget us..."

The forest is dense, because few people step foot all the year round, and it is full of weeds and short bamboos, blocking the figures of Jiang Yan and Liu Xiaoyue beside Yu Xuan.