farming female castellan

Chapter 23
Huai Shan leaned against Chen Fan and said, "Sister Chen, I like the piece of agarwood you gave me yesterday, I like it very much. My mother cried with excitement, saying that I need agarwood, but agarwood is not easy to get."

Chen Fan patted Huaishan: "Then I'm so happy, I was afraid you wouldn't like it." She had read some materials about agarwood, and it was recorded in many medical classics, saying that it can nourish the internal organs, warm the waist and knees, go to Evil qi can invigorate qi and calm the mind, and cure mental insufficiency... It is also said that it can achieve different effects when combined with other medicinal materials, and the effect is excellent. It is also said that agarwood is very rare and is one of the rare and precious medicinal materials.This girl Huaishan, if she imitates the sayings of traditional Chinese medicine, she may have a lack of mind, her waist and knees are not warm, and her five internal organs are not healthy.From this point of view, it is very appropriate to give this piece of agarwood to Huaishan.

She suddenly remembered something, Huaishan called her sister directly, but she and Huaishan hadn't asked each other's birthday yet.

"What month were you born?" Chen Fan asked her.

"My birthday is the ninth day of August. How about you, sister?"

Chen Fan reported a random date: "I am born on the third day of March." Her birthday is actually in October, but she told the Liu family that she is already 12 years old, and she wants to be Huai Shan's older sister, so Only the first half of the date.

When we arrived at an open space in the west of the city, there were already many people lined up there.The four of them got out of the carriage, and the coachman pulled the carriage to a corner of the open space.The servants were carrying the porridge bucket under the cart.Liu Huairong was looking at the team of refugees.There are still a few yamen servants and soldiers in the open space maintaining order at the scene.

Six large buckets of porridge lined up.Chen Fan watched Huaishan gently stir the porridge twice, scooped a spoonful and poured it into No.1's bowl.

The porridge is made of brown rice and millet, with some chopped vegetables, it is quite a rich bowl of porridge.No wonder the old lady said it was burning better than many others, and no wonder the refugees on the road were not as good-looking as the ones at the gate of the city.

The brown rice here only has one layer of husk removed, and the brown rice layer is not removed, so the taste is not as good as polished rice.Grind off the brown rice layer, it is polished rice.White rice, not every common people can eat.But brown rice is actually more nutritious.In recent years, the trend of health preservation has risen, and the nutrition of brown rice layer has also been promoted, and it has also been made into various health foods.It is already a very popular practice to put some yellow millet and corn dregs when cooking porridge.

The refugees held their bowls carefully, reluctant to drink it in a few sips, sipping slowly in small sips.

While eating porridge, Chen Fan observed these people, and found that they were all old and weak women and children, and there were no young and middle-aged men.

Who are those two in front?Qian Xiaozhu and Qian Xiaohua?
Qian Xiaohua also saw her, and called out sister Chen in surprise.When she received the porridge, she stood beside Chen Fan, drank the porridge with a smile, and didn't leave when she finished.Qian Xiaozhu had no choice but to stand by the side.

The woman with two children was also there, and greeted Huai Shan and Chen Shan respectively.

The mother-in-law and the girl didn't see it.The little boy who asked her if there was a snake in the tree didn't see it either, where did he and his mother go?

Zhou Qiang's family was also there, but Zhou Qiang and several other young and middle-aged men were not there. The family said that they had gone out of the city to work.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the porridge is coming to an end.

The servants began to load the porridge bucket onto the carriage.The refugees did not disperse, and they all lined up again.Yamen servants and soldiers also stood in front of each team.Young Master Liu stood at the front of the line.

"They're about to start working," Huai Shan said.

Chen Fan looked at Liu Huaishan: "What are they going to do?"

"Go clean everywhere in the city, sprinkle lime, help people repair doors and windows, and carry garbage." Huaishan looked at Qian Xiaozhu and Qian Xiaohua, "Did you meet them on the road?"

Chen Fan nodded: "The elder brother is Qian Xiaozhu, and the younger sister is Qian Xiaohua." She looked at Qian Xiaohua again, "Is everyone okay? What have you been up to these two days?"

Qian Xiaohua said: "We are all fine, only sister Chu Sheng has not been seen since entering the city that day. Sister Chen, have you found your family yet?"

"Yes." Huaishan took over the conversation, "She is my cousin."

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything.

Qian Xiaozhu said he was going to queue for work, said goodbye to Chen Fan and the others, and dragged Qian Xiaohua to the queue.

Huaishan led a few people to the carriage: "The evening before yesterday, when the bandits encouraged a group of people to rush into the city, there was a lot of chaos. The bandits killed people and robbed everywhere. Some yamen servants and soldiers tried their best to catch the bandits. A lot of refugees were also arrested, some of them were like the group you met the day before yesterday. The county government and several big families sent people to gather the refugees to the west gate. The Luo family and the Li family soon The porridge was cooked and delivered, and gradually the refugees calmed down."

"How do you deal with the situation on the street?" Chen Fan asked.

"On the street, some refugees who are willing to work are taken to do things. Some corpses have to be transported outside the city, and some lime has to be sprinkled on the street. Now the weather is getting hot, and diseases are prone to occur. Those who are willing to work can take two Baozi, those who don’t want to work can only have a bowl of porridge a day.”

As Huaishan spoke, she lowered her voice and whispered in Chen Fan's ear, "Yesterday, there was news that several surrounding counties and prefectures also entered bandits."

Chen Fan was surprised.She also lowered her voice: "Is this planned by bandits?"

"Almost, a bit like it. There are a few cities that are miserable, and the Liu family is lucky to have you."

"Yuanfeng County is also fortunate to have big households like you." Chen Fan was not flattering, but admiring from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't know if there were people hoarding grain in Yuanfeng County to raise prices, but the few big households that participated in the disaster relief were absolutely remarkable.He has a benevolent heart that is willing to do good, and also has the wisdom and ability to handle things properly.When the turmoil happened the day before yesterday, she was able to quickly stabilize the situation while also taking into account epidemic prevention. She really admired it from the bottom of her heart.

Huai Shan smiled happily: "It seems that there are other righteous men in the county town. Some bandits were obviously killed by people with strong martial arts."

Strong martial arts?Chen Fan thought of Chu Sheng.Chu Sheng killed some bandits after entering the city?
The carriage entered Liu's mansion, and first arrived at Chen Fan's Lanxiangyuan.Chen Fan and Xiao He got out of the carriage, Huai Shan and Dao Sui continued to walk towards their yard.

There is already water in the house.Xiao Lian came over with the clothes and asked Chen Fan to wash his hands and face to change clothes.Xiao He also went to wash her hands, wash her face and change her clothes.

Chen Fan admired Liu's meticulousness.

Xiao Lian led Chen Fan to the west door, there was a carriage waiting outside the door, and beside the carriage stood a lean man in his 30s.

Xiao Lian went to the man: "Ms. Li, Miss Chen is here." Chen Fan and Mr. Li met each other, and Mr. Li said, "Ms. Chen, I will take you to see the fields first."

(End of this chapter)