Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 21 Don’t tell anyone
  The locust plague is a different matter.

There is indeed no rain in the entire county this year, making it drier than the past two years.

Spring has been here for so long, but there was not a drop of rain before yesterday.

The riverbeds in many villages and towns have completely dried up, and in some villages, even wells don't have much water.

Ke Decheng was doing writing and calculation errands in the county government office. Ke Decheng mentioned these things when he came home, so Ke Xiucai knew about them.

Ke Xiucai's youngest daughter, Ke Xuelian, was married in the county. Her husband's father-in-law and her husband both worked as servants in the county government, so they had more information than ordinary people's homes.

Ke Xiucai remembered that his younger son-in-law had mentioned when he accompanied his daughter back to her parents' home not long ago that some states and counties outside were already recruiting troops, perhaps in preparation for that unspeakable purpose.

On the surface, it is adults like the county governor who are adding manpower to various ministries, but the real masters behind these adults may not be today.

Therefore, after thinking about who the manpower that has been being added is for, you should know the deeper meaning.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of recruiting more soldiers is to prepare for war. What is the purpose of fighting? Isn't it just for that position?
  Who among the vassal kings from all over the world really obeys the yellow-mouthed kid sitting on top now?

Aren't they all waiting for opportunities in secret?
  As long as one party moves first, can the other vassal kings still sit still?
  By then it will be the troubled times that Ke Muqing said.

So Ke Xiucai couldn't tell her at all. Don't make up such nonsense to refute her.

Just hearing about the land sale suddenly made Ke Xiucai still unable to accept it.

Whose land is passed down from generation to generation? After selling the land, who has the nerve to go see the ancestors? A hundred years later, how can we still explain to our ancestors?
  Ke Xiucai thought that she, a rebellious girl, could not have the brains to analyze the current situation, but she just revealed her analysis of the future situation.

Ke Xiucai couldn't help but ask more, "Did you really see Yang Daniu yesterday?"

Ke Xiucai had never believed in the theories of ghosts and gods, but today his belief was a little shaken.

Is it possible that people really go back to the underworld after death? Did he, a rebellious woman, really go to the underworld to meet Yang Daniu?
  "Dad, you look like you don't believe me. You don't believe me even if I tell you several times. In that case, why do you need to ask more questions?" Ke Muqing spread his hands.

"You are such a rebellious girl. The older you get, the more impatient you become in speaking."

Ke Xiucai glared at the rebellious girl standing in front of him angrily. After a while, he calmed down and said, "I have already found someone to send a letter to your two sisters. I will ask your brothers-in-law later."

"This is a big deal, you need to be careful, think again and again, consider again and again before making a decision." After Ke Xiucai finished speaking, he immediately reminded him of the temperament of his eldest daughter.

"You must not say this to others again. If you tell anyone about the locusts and it causes panic in the county, the county magistrate will definitely punish you for the crime of deceiving the public with your monstrous words."

"If the locust plague really breaks out, I'm afraid you will be treated as a monster and burned to pieces on the fire rack."

Two of his family members worked in the county government office, and Ke Xiucai knew very well who the gentleman sitting in the county government office was.

Not a good person at all.

Others do the work, take the credit, and take the blame.

"Let's take a look at the situation first. If the situation is really not right, we will find a way to inform the villagers secretly so that everyone can harvest the wheat early and avoid the locust plague first."

After the matter was finished, the two of them left the study. When they returned to the main room, Yang Jiye and the others had already finished moving the things, and the bullock carts had been moved to the side and parked. The old lady estimated that her daughter's family, who lived in the county, would be back soon, so she went to the kitchen and spoke to her mother-in-law, asking her to prepare more meals.

Although the Ke family is not a big family in the town, they still have several servants. They have a mother-in-law and a maid to do the cooking and cleaning. Ke Xiucai and his husbands also have two male servants. .

As the old lady expected, the two sisters Ke Hongxiu and Ke Xuelian came back with their families and drove two carriages. They counted the time and rushed to Wangshan Town without any delay as soon as they received the news.

Ke Hongxiu and Ke Muqing are twin sisters. They were born less than a cup of tea apart from each other, but when they saw Ke Hongxiu coming in, Ke Muqing finally understood what it meant to be born from the heart.

Although they are the same age, Ke Hongxiu looks much younger than Ke Muqing. She is wider and fatter. At first glance, she looks like a person who lives a life without worries. "Hey, what kind of wind is blowing today to bring you Ke Muqing here~" Ke Hongxiu is an unforgiving person. She has felt that Ke Muqing doesn't look like a sister since she was a child. After she became wiser, she no longer likes to call her sister. .

"I heard my dad sent someone to tell someone that Ke Muqing had returned to her parents' home. I thought I didn't wake up today and I heard it wrong." As Ke Hongxiu spoke, the speaker had already arrived in front of Ke Muqing.

"You girl, stop talking." The old lady was afraid that her eldest daughter would be angry and quickly gave Ke Hongxiu a wink to tell her to stop talking.

Only then did Ke Hongxiu calm down a little. When she raised her eyes, she happened to glance at the white gauze on Ke Muqing's head. She was stunned and blurted out, "Did you fight with someone? Did your head get broken? Did you get knocked stupid?"

She said several words but did not see Ke Muqing scolding her. She still sat there and drank tea. It was so unusual that she had to wonder if Ke Muqing had a bad brain.

"Your eldest sister and Boss Sun have reconciled and divorced, and the Sun family has moved away from the Yang family." The old lady was happy when she mentioned this, "Your eldest sister has woken up!"

Ke Hongxiu was astonished, "The sun is really coming out in the west."

The old lady was afraid that Ke Muqing would become angry if she continued on this topic, so she quickly moved the topic away. When she saw a few people coming in behind her, she asked Ke Hongxiu, "Why didn't your family come back together?"

"We were all busy. We rushed back suddenly and didn't have time to notify them." Ke Hongxiu explained casually, but in fact, she wanted to come back to check the situation.

If Ke Muqing is harboring evil thoughts, she doesn't want her whole family to come here and suffer.

Ke Xuelian came back with her twin siblings.

Two six-year-old children got off the carriage and ran in. Before they even stepped through the door, they were already shouting at the top of their lungs.

"Grandma! We are back to see you!"

Then I saw two chubby babies running in quickly, jumping directly into the arms of the old lady, giggling, and the laughter spread far away.

Couples Ke Xuelian and Yin Tang, plus Ke Hongxiu's husband Lou Guangdeng, followed behind carrying gifts.

Lou Guangdeng's brother-in-law, Ke Muqing, knew about him, so the old lady didn't introduce him much.

"Yin Tang is your younger brother-in-law. These two children are from their family. Haoran is the elder brother and Wanting is the younger sister. They also have an elder brother who is studying at the county magistrate school, so he did not come back this time."

Speaking of this, the old lady couldn't help but add another sentence, "The eldest son of the Hongxiu family was selected as a scholar a few years ago, and he took his younger brothers to the official school. The master often praised these boys for their talent in reading... "

The old lady suddenly stopped mid-sentence and hurriedly looked at her eldest daughter's face, secretly regretting that she shouldn't have said this to her eldest daughter.

(End of this chapter)