After returning from rebirth, the eldest sister of Hou family destroyed her household registration b

Chapter 204 I Arranged

Chu Huanyan looked at the falling snow on the horizon with dull eyes. If it was just a guess before, she is now more and more certain that the cold disaster in the previous life may have been brought forward.

Fortunately, all the newly purchased grains had been transported into the warehouse yesterday. Just in case, she asked shopkeeper Wang to find someone to check the warehouse. After making sure that it would not get damp, she covered the rice grains with oil paper. It should be done for the time being. Nothing will go wrong.

However, if the snow continues to fall, houses in disrepair will inevitably be damaged.

She had tried to send people to spread the news quietly before, saying that there might be a cold disaster this winter and that time should be taken to strengthen the house, but the effect was very little.

In the imperial city, the rich people's houses are solid and they don't care about them at all.As for those poor families, towards the end of the year, they may not have any money left to spend on repairing their houses.

What's more important is that she can no longer remember exactly where the house collapsed in her last life. During that time, she was lingering on the hospital bed. Most of the news she heard was from the mouths of her servants, and her memory was not clear enough.

"Miss, don't stand here anymore, go and have a rest earlier." Crescent Moon persuaded, "It's snowing so hard, it won't be good if you catch a cold."

Chu Huanyan nodded and looked at the vast white outside the house. After a long time, she let Xian Yue close the door.

At dawn the next day, when Chu Huanyan opened her eyes again, she was delighted to find that the snow had stopped. Although the weather was still gloomy, she had a moment of respite.

She fastened her cloak and waited until the snow was cleared from the door before riding into the street in the carriage.

Chu Huanyan went out not too early, and the snow on the street had been cleared briefly, revealing the stone pavement.

But the thick snow piled up on both sides still clearly showed how much snow had fallen that day and night.

Chu Huanyan ordered the driver to travel through the streets and check out many houses. After a quick look, he found that there were obviously many problems in the alleys where most of the people lived.

There were even two houses where a big tree in the yard was broken by snow, which happened to hit the roof, smashing the tiles on the front, leaving a mess.

"Miss, what are you looking at?" Xian Yue followed Chu Huanyan and asked in confusion.

Although the snow has stopped, it is still very cold today. What if the lady gets cold while walking around like this?

"Xianyue, what do you think will happen if the heavy snow collapses the houses in this area?" Chu Huanyan stopped and looked at the narrow alley in front of her.

Xianyue was stunned, "There are many people living here. If the house collapses, people will inevitably be injured. But..."

Crescent Moon looked around. Although there was still thick residual snow, it would not collapse the house.

"Miss, are you overthinking it? Although it has been snowing heavily all day, hasn't it stopped? Look, the sun is almost rising in the sky."

Chu Huanyan raised her head following the sign of the crescent moon. Sure enough, the sun's light was faintly revealed behind the clouds in the sky. The snow high up had begun to melt. Drops of water fell from the eaves and treetops, but only after the wind. As soon as it blew, the chill became more severe.

Chu Huanyan withdrew her gaze, whispered a few instructions into Xian Yue's ear, and then walked out of the alley and returned to the Hou Mansion in a carriage.

At nightfall, Xianyue quickly walked into the room and told Chu Huanyan that everything had been arranged.

"Miss, do you really want them to take action?" "Yes, go ahead and give the order." Chu Huanyan nodded.

Xian Yue looked hesitant and looked at her young lady. In the end, she didn't say anything and quickly withdrew.

Another day passed, at noon, just after breakfast at Chu Huanyan's side, Xiao Jinzhi and Qin Li arrived.

"Two houses collapsed in an alley west of the imperial city last night, but they were both empty and no one was injured." Xiao Jinzhi sat down at the table and directly told the news he had just received.

"I arranged it." Chu Huanyan looked at Xiao Jinzhi, "Those two houses have been vacant for a long time. It is too late to buy them temporarily. However, I have already inquired about the owners of the houses and will make up for them through other means."

She had no intention of hiding this matter from Xiao Jinzhi. Of course, she believed that even if she wanted to hide it, Xiao Jinzhi would be able to find out later based on his ability.

"Why do you do this?" Xiao Jinzhi frowned, looked at Chu Huanyan, and said again the next moment, "There were rumors in the imperial city a few days ago that a cold disaster might break out, and everyone was guided to strengthen their houses. Could it be that you spread this news?"

"That's right." Chu Huanyan sighed, "It just doesn't work, so I made this move."

"So is there really going to be a cold disaster?" Xiao Jinzhi's eyes deepened.

Yan Yan is by no means a fool. Since she did this, it means that it is indeed important for people to repair their houses.But how did she determine that a cold disaster would occur?

Xiao Jinzhi suddenly remembered Chu Huanyan's reaction in the carriage when he heard that Qin Tianjian predicted that this winter would be a warm winter. Thinking about it now, Chu Huanyan's reaction at that time was already wrong.

"Yanyan, what do you know?"

Chu Huanyan pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and spoke softly: "I...had nightmares for several days in a row. In my dreams, there was heavy snowfall, a cold disaster broke out, and many houses collapsed, causing heavy casualties to the people. . I also know that this is ridiculous, but I just can’t rest assured, so I took this step, hoping that they can find a way to strengthen the house. And even if there is no cold disaster in the future, this is not necessarily a bad thing."

She really couldn't tell her about her rebirth. After all, it was too ridiculous. Even when facing Xiao Jinzhi, she never planned to tell him this.

"Seriously?" Xiao Jinzhi looked at Chu Huanyan.

The latter nodded, raised his eyes and looked directly into his eyes, "Actually, I'm not sure. After all, it's just a dream."

Their eyes met, Xiao Jinzhi looked quietly into Chu Huanyan's eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, no matter whether the things in the dream will happen or not, it is always right to take precautions before they happen."

Chu Huanyan breathed a sigh of relief, "I plan to use the collapse of those two houses to make the people aware of safety issues, but it's not reliable to rely on this alone to make them all repair themselves."

"Do you hope that the imperial court can come forward?"

"That's right." Chu Huanyan nodded, "If the collapse of the empty house this time can be used as a trigger, it would be best to let the court take the lead and organize the repair of the house. It's just..."

"Although the weather is different, it is still a bit difficult for the court to mobilize manpower and material resources based on this alone. After all, there are so many houses, even if they are simply reinforced, it is not a small number." Xiao Jinzhi said to Chu Huanyan.

"And we must hurry up and not delay any longer." Chu Huanyan paused, "So I also thought of a way."

(End of this chapter)