My whole family is punching cards in the farming article to survive

"Oh my God!"

This time it was not just Meiberry who was surprised. Many people who had never traveled far since childhood, or who had fled to wealthy places, couldn't help but scream when they were approaching Fucheng.

Looking at the houses with various rag stripes on the hillside hidden in the woods from the foot of the mountain, those who didn't know it thought they were about to enter a robbery village.

"Why is it so broken?"

Mayberry looked down from the map, and now she still feels a little unbelievable.

"Your Majesty..."

The official uniform of Xiang Yi, the prefect who came down the mountain specially to greet Mei Qi, was washed white.

Mei Berry couldn't bear to look at it.

Xiang Yi was also very happy when he saw Mei Berry. On the way up the mountain, everyone got off the car and walked up.

Meiberry was not being pretentious, and the mountain road was not impossible to walk on, but she really wanted to ask, "Is there really no sedan?"

"No, the yamen doesn't have the money to hire him. If we let those detectives do it, I'm worried that they will neglect the county prince with their rough hands."

No Money said it confidently and well-founded, and Meiberry smiled awkwardly.

She once again wondered why it was so poor here.
Standing on the mountain road, Meiberry looked up at some fields and farms at the foot of the mountain. They were growing well. In fact, the fields were well maintained.

Even sweet potatoes and potatoes were grown, along with some crops she didn't recognize.

"In fact, if we raise a group of donkey carts and ox carts specifically for pulling goods, and transport vegetables and grains from the mountains to the mountains every day, we can create jobs."

Mei Mei walked beside Xiang Yi and whispered.

Xiang Yi raised his eyes and looked at Mei Berry, as if he hadn't thought about this.

"Just go down and carry it up by yourself every day."

Plum Berry: ...

"Then doing this every day would be a waste of time. After all, we can't spend time going up and down the mountain every day."

"That's not the case. I just need to get more someday. Besides, there is also farming and other things on the mountain."

Xiang Yi's answer was mainly about the lack of oil and salt.

Mei Bei took a deep breath and couldn't help but said: "But, there are always some people with limited legs and feet, women, young and old, and the weak and sick, right?
Can’t everyone be required to have the possibility to carry things up and down the mountain?In a large family, of course there is a backbone to work, but as I said, the backbone has to spend time doing these things on a regular basis, which is a bit of a waste of time.

If someone specializes in hauling goods, it creates jobs and frees up other people’s time to do more. "

Mei Bei said a long list of words in one breath, but in her heart she felt that Xiang Yi was a little bit off-kilter.

But soon, Xiang Yi said something that Meiberry couldn't answer.

"Junjun, Xianyao is suffering from the cold. None of the people you mentioned will survive."

It was like a fistful of hot cotton stuck in her chest. Guilt and embarrassment filled Meiberry's heart.

Her self-righteous talk seemed to be wrong.

"However, thanks to the woolen clothes and cotton taught by the Junjun, our life here has been much better in the past two years."

Xiang Yi smiled, with deep lines blooming at the corners of his eyes. He pursed his chapped lips and said, "This year we also received some seeds called 'watermelon' and planted them. I heard they are delicious."

"Yes, it's delicious!"

Mayberry's mood cheered up again after hearing Watermelon.

"When I get to the state capital, I'll take a good look at the situation here!"

Mei Bei's tone of voice was very firm, and Xiang Yi grinned when he heard it.

"I'm looking forward to what the Lord has to say."

When they arrived in Fucheng, Meiberry realized why the place on the map was darker and looked shabby and old.

The stones of the houses and city walls built here are all black or dark gray.

Even the wood used to build the house is like this.

Therefore, Mayberry saw large areas of black on the electronic map.

Mei Berry had previously wondered whether it was due to the smoke from cooking.

And the so-called color is probably because the people in Fucheng think that the darkness is too ugly.

Therefore, every household found some colorful objects, such as leaves, shabby fabrics, and other random colorful and useless objects, and covered them on the roof.

This is how your place looks to outsiders - ugly and poor.

"Who came up with this idea?" Along the way, Mei Berry felt that she really couldn't agree with this aesthetic.

The expression on Xiang Yi's face also showed approval. He couldn't tell which generation the rules were from, and he couldn't let the people change them, but Mei Bei could tell that Xiang Yi didn't like them very much either.

However, Xiang Yi also felt that Mei Bei would not like it, so they tidied up and renovated Mei Bei's house.

After hearing that her house would not be like that of ordinary people, Mayberry was relieved.

But when Mei Berry looked at the dark mansion, her face still showed a momentary dullness and loss.

"Why so colorful black?"

If Meiberry hadn't seen the exquisite cornices under the reflection of the sun, Meiberry would have really suspected that Xiang Yi had brought him to a certain fire site.

Looking at it from a distance, it was a big dark mass.

It's still dark up close!
Even though the geology of this place is very unique, the stones are black, and the wood used to build the houses is also ebony, it doesn't have to be so dark, right?

"No, no white ones?"

Mei Berry really felt that she couldn't understand her aesthetics, and her eyesight went dark in a real sense.

She doesn't discriminate against the colorful black, she simply doesn't like black!

This is summer!

How much heat does black absorb?
Wouldn't it be cooked if you go in?
"Originally, Master suggested that I whitewash the walls, but I thought it would look like a mourning hall."

Plum Berry: "...?"

Mei Mei really wanted to say that they must have never seen the Hui-style buildings with white walls and black tiles in the Jiangnan water towns.

It's all white and black, and it has the freehand beauty of ink painting. How come it has become a mourning hall for you?

"I think... is there any other place to live? I think this wall can be whitewashed."

Mei Bei refused the dark house. Facing Xiang Yi's hesitant face, Mei Bei said again: "Add more money to work."

"That's ok, please ask the Lord to move to the Yamen backyard to stay temporarily."

When he heard the money was given, Xiang Yi's honest and loyal attitude towards the people broke instantly. Mei Mei looked at it and called him a good guy!

The backyard of the Yamen is much better. Although it is not exquisite, Mei Li thinks it is generally beautiful.

If you can see it, you can live!
Meiberry spent a day getting settled, and that night Xiang Yi said that a banquet was going to be held to entertain Meiberry and those who came with Meiberry.

Meiberry felt a little embarrassed when she heard this.

She brought a lot of people to work, and it would be really expensive for the yamen to entertain them directly.

Even after resting in the house, Mei Mei asked Yinjiu and Qingshi which restaurant in Fucheng the banquet was held at while changing clothes.

After all, there were so many people that the yamen couldn’t even set up a table to accommodate the crowds.

But after she asked this question, Yinjiu and Qingshi's faces became a little weird.

"what happened?"

Meiberry noticed through the subtle changes in their expressions that something seemed wrong.

"Actually, the banquet...may not require one person per table?"

"Well, that's right. In restaurants, there are only a few people per table. Where is the banquet? I was so tired earlier that I didn't listen carefully."

"Go back to the county, Jun, at the county government office."

"Oh~"

Because she didn't ask a few questions, Meiberry ate the ancient version of a box lunch.

For the first time, Mayberry knew that the banquet could still be held like this.

Nearly a hundred people were eating lunch boxes in the yamen, and there wasn't even a place to sit. They looked at each other holding lunch boxes, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Originally, Mei Berry wanted to show exaggerated expressions such as surprise, astonishment, and collapse, but Yongyuan couldn't express them all.

So, Mei Berry could only pretend to be calm and comforted: "Okay, at least there are still two pieces of meat in it. The food is not bad."

After Mei Bei finished speaking, she saw Yongyuan take out a greasy chicken butt from her lunch box in horror. She was so frightened that she immediately lowered her head to look at her lunch box.

Fortunately, I am a chicken leg.

Meiberry: Sure enough, happiness comes from comparison~