Start with planting a tree

Chapter 13 Barren Mountains and Salt-Alkali Land Outside the City

The alley outside the side door of Meng's house was tightly blocked by these five ox carts, and passers-by were often blocked and pointed at them.

"What are you doing with so many saplings? They must be sick!"

"Why don't you move into the mansion, block the road here, don't you think this whole alley belongs to his Meng family?!"

The pedestrian's voice was not low, and Meng Heyin heard it clearly.

In order to avoid being pierced through the spine, Meng Heyin was heartbroken, clapped his hands, and ordered Bai Miao.

"Bai Miao, call all the servants in the mansion to follow me to Baibei Mountain!"

"Ah?" Bai Miao was also worrying about how the young lady had planted so many trees by herself, when she heard her young lady asked her to find a servant.

As soon as Meng Heyin said the words, Bai Zhuzi immediately understood what she meant, "You are cheating!"

"Bai Zhuzi, the task is to plant five hundred trees, right?"

"Yes." Bai Zhuzi said.

"Then why do I have to do it myself? As long as I let the people in the mansion find a place to plant [-] trees!"

Bai Zhuzi chuckled, "Guess why this is your task..." She wanted to ruthlessly break through her fantasy, but stopped as soon as the words came out.

Meng Heyin continued to negotiate with it, "Your purpose is only to plant the tree as a result! No matter what the process is, it doesn't make any difference whether I planted it or someone else planted it."

"Miss, someone brought it here."

Meng Heyin took a look at it, and only brought a dozen or so, "Why are there so few?"

"lady……"

"Forget it, sixteen people will be sixteen people."

Ignoring Bai Zhuzi's angry roar, Meng Heyin stood at the door and directed the servants who came out of the yard in an orderly manner. After allocating vehicles to each of them, with Meng Heyin as the leader, a team of eight ox carts formed, and the first five The saplings were loaded, while the three cars behind were filled with people.

A convoy set off from the Meng Mansion and headed out of the city mightily.

Some people on the street who did not know the inside story but witnessed the whole process were greatly shocked, "Why did the Meng family suddenly start acting like a demon?"

I could vaguely see the figure of the woman sitting at the front, and someone next to me asked, "Is that the domineering second lady of the Meng family?"

Another person stood on tiptoe to look around, and said: "I think it must be, Miss Meng is well-known in the city for being gentle and virtuous, so naturally she can't do such an outrageous thing."

"The second young lady of the Meng family is really a monster."

Meng Xiyin, who came back from buying pastries outside, happened to pass by, heard other people's discussions, saw the tail of the convoy from a distance, recognized Bai Miao and Lu Wei at a glance, burst into tears, and ran into the mansion crying.

"Mother! Meng Heyin blamed me again, woo woo..."

When Meng Xiyin ran into the mansion to cry and make a scene, Meng Heyin and his party had already reached the city gate. When the guard saw Bai Miao, he recognized that she was the servant girl of the Meng family, and turned to Meng Heyin, who was surrounded by Bai Miao and Luwei. road.

"Dare to ask, but the second Miss of the Meng family?"

Meng Heyin, who was sitting in front of the bullock cart with a whip in his hands, jumped out of the cart, "Yes, what's wrong?"

The guard looked at Meng Heyin strangely, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "It's not peaceful outside the city recently, there are bandits making trouble, it's better for Ms. Meng's family not to leave the city."

Meng Heyin thought to himself that I don't want to go out of the city either, but thinking of the white bead whispering in his ear, he still earnestly said to the guard: "As you can see, we have something important to do, so we have to go out of the city."

Sure enough, the guard turned his head and saw the convoy coming from behind. Knowing that they might indeed have something important to do, he nodded to Meng Heyin, stepped back and opened the gate to let them pass.

"Thank you."

The guard was still a little worried, and warned: "Miss Meng must pay attention, and return to the city immediately after finishing the work, and don't stay outside the city."

The bullock cart was still moving, Meng Heyin turned around and looked back at the guards at the city gate for a long time.

Bai Miao noticed that she moved unnaturally in front of Meng Heyin, blocking her view.

"Miss, it's already far away, don't look at it, it will be rude to look at it again."

Meng Heyin turned his head back unreservedly, and didn't dislike the dusty roots of the sapling. He lazily lay down on the sapling and said with some regret, "Slender body, broad shoulders and thin waist, he is a good seedling for martial arts."

Luwei was a little motion sick, and felt uncomfortable for a long time, and then she recovered a little bit. Hearing this, she asked: "What kind of good seedlings? Miss, do you mean these saplings?"

Lu Wei scratched her head in embarrassment, "I don't understand either, I just bought saplings, haha."

Meng Heyin's leisurely feet stopped, feeling the thick saplings behind him, indeed!Reality!All!It's a good seedling!
She still couldn't help showing a standard smile with eight teeth, "Yes, you did a good job, why don't you move these down later?"

Luwei still didn't understand Meng Heyin's hidden malice, thought that the lady valued herself, and gave herself a chance to show off, happily said: "Okay! Luwei will definitely live up to the mission of the lady!"

Seeing that Lu Wei really didn't understand that he disliked her, Meng Heyin helplessly supported his forehead, feeling the pain in his back, so he changed his position and continued to lie down.

But after facing both sides and being able to see the surrounding environment, Meng Heyin became more and more frightened.

All I could see were dry trees, and not far from the road was a long depression that looked like a dry river.

On the other side of the road, there is a large piece of abandoned farmland. Meng Heyin began to wonder why no one cultivated such a flat place. When he looked inside the farmland, under the sunlight, many places reflected fine debris. With the bright light, it is clear that it is the precipitated salt and alkali, and this land can no longer be cultivated.

Looking at the past far away, there is no trace of greenery.Although the sky is blue in early spring, the yellow earth, yellow sand and yellow trees on the ground are harmonious and unified, making people feel at ease.But without greenery, there is no vitality, which means that this place is extremely vulnerable to wind and sand.

The most important thing is that Meng Heyin came to Jiang Country in his previous life.

Although the Jiang Kingdom at that time was not as rich as Shangyang, Yuan, and Xiao, it had fertile land and rich real estate, and it was considered the most peaceful country among the Seven Kingdoms.

Why has it become like this now?

"Has the land outside the city always been like this?" Meng Heyin rarely became serious and asked.

"Has it been like this since I was a child? But the land can still be cultivated a few years ago, and the Qiong River hasn't drained yet."

Meng Heyin thought for a while, "Then why is the mansion still full of greenery?"

"This is all thanks to the old man's father. I heard that there was a passing alchemist who fainted at the gate of the Meng Mansion due to hunger and cold. The old man rescued him. The alchemist told the old man that this place would be barren and difficult in the future, and advised the old man to leave here, but The Tailord also refused. In order to repay his kindness, the alchemist set up a formation in the mansion. From then on, no matter how the wind and sand attack outside, our mansion will always be full of water."

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