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Chapter 248 Who is Aunt Hua
At this time, two men's voices came from outside the carriage -

"Brother Li, are you back from the fields? I passed by your field a few days ago and saw that the ears of corn were growing well. I think you will have a good harvest this year."

"Oh, don't mention it! I heard someone say last night that locust larvae were dug out in the fields, so I rushed to the fields before dawn this morning! Guess what? They were all crawling out in a dense mass!"

"What??"

"Go and have a look at your fields!"

"..."

After they exchanged a few more hurried words, they each trotted away.

Inside the carriage, Ye Chenting looked solemn: “Locusts are extremely harmful and have caused a reduction in grain production in many places.

There is no time to lose, I need to go to the government office. You guys go to Xiao Fengnian's house first, and leave a servant who is familiar with the route for me."

As he said that, he was about to get off the car.

"Second brother." Ye Wanqing called him, "It's a long way to the government office. Let's ask the carriage to take you there."

Ye Chenting hesitated: "Okay..."

After Qianxi came back from buying milk and glutinous rice cake, the carriage drove towards the government office.

When they arrived at the government office, another carriage just stopped.

The attendant lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Slow down, my lord."

A tea-white figure was helped down from the carriage.

After Lu Jilian stopped beside the carriage, he shook his sleeves and looked over here.

Ye Chenting lifted half of the car curtain, and closed it after getting out of the car: "Master Gu."

Lu Jilian withdrew his gaze from the carriage and spoke politely, "Brother Chen Ting."

The atmosphere was stagnant.

Lu Jilian was the first to speak: "Brother Chen Ting, you have nothing to do today, why are you here again?"

Ye Chenting then regained his composure: "Just now I heard from a farmer on the street that locust larvae were found in the fields. So, I came here specially."

"Really?" Lu Jilian's expression remained calm. "The county magistrate and several others have arrived. Let's go in together?"

Ye Chenting nodded: "Please."

The two of them entered the government office together.

Not long after, Ye Chenting walked out of the government gate alone and got on the carriage: "Let's go to Xiao Fengnian's house."

"Second brother, have the adults said how to deal with the locust problem?" Ye Wanqing asked.

Ye Chenting frowned slightly: "The adults are arguing and no decision has been made yet. I see that there will be no conclusion for the time being, so I will leave first."

Got into a fight?

Chu Anlan sighed, "What's there to be fuss about? It's not like the Great Zhou Dynasty hasn't had locust plagues before, just deal with it as it should be dealt with."

Ye Chenting said: "The old man in the Ministry of Rites thinks that this matter should be reported to the court first, and let the Imperial Astronomical Observatory choose an auspicious day and time to offer sacrifices to the locust god in the fields."

Choose a day to offer sacrifice to the locust god?

Everyone present was shocked.

Ye Wanqing was surprised and suspicious: "The locusts have already hatched. Shouldn't we get rid of them right away?"

Chu Anlan sneered: "By the time they finished offering sacrifices to the heavens, the locust army would have already eaten and drunk their fill and flown to the capital. I don't know how these old stubborn people climbed to this position."

"Yes, yes!" Ye Chenxi ate the cake and said, "Although I didn't study hard, I know that locusts grow very fast!

Besides, it looks like it will rain in the next two days.

When it rains, it will not only be more difficult to drive away the insects, but the locusts will also grow faster and reproduce faster.”

Ye Chenting frowned and said, "That's right."

Ye Wanqing glanced at the sky and said, "It's almost autumn, and it will probably rain for a while.

Today is probably the best day to get rid of insects before the rain comes."

"What should I do?" Ye Chenxi felt that the cake in his hand was no longer delicious: "If locusts really become rampant in Lin'an, next year, I won't be able to eat such delicious cakes, right?"

Chu Anlan picked up a piece of cake and said, "Forget about the cake. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the people to get enough to eat."

Ye Chenting looked towards the government gate: "Helpless, I am just an official of the Hanlin Academy..."

If the people from the Hanlin Academy insist on interfering in food matters, they would be exceeding their authority.

That's it.

Ye Chenting retracted his gaze: "Let's not worry about this matter for now, let's go visit Xiao Fengnian first."

Chu Anlan raised his voice: "Mo Yan, go to Sanshui Lane."

The carriage started to move slowly. Not long after it went, the anxious voices of the people on the street came again: "Have you heard? There are locusts in Lin'an!"

"I heard about it!" the person on the other side replied, "I was just about to go to the fields to take a look!"

"You don't even have to go and see it. Just call the whole family and bring your stuff with you! I got up early to take a look and it gave me goose bumps!"

"Yes, yes! You don't know, if you use a bamboo pole to push the field, the little locusts will fly out in a swarm, densely packed!"

"Oh my God!"

"..."

The conversation faded away.

There was silence in the car.

Ye Chenxi held a cup of red date tea and drank it in small sips. He glanced at his second brother and sister, then looked at Chu Anlan.

Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows slightly at him.

Ye Chenxi stuck out his tongue.

Chu Anlan immediately spoke up: "Ye Chenxi, why do you drink water like a pomegranate, licking it with your tongue?"

Hearing the voice, Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenting looked towards their brother.

Ye Chenxi was dismayed: "How could I have that?"

"Do you dare to swear that you didn't?" Chu Anlan asked.

"I...I..." Ye Chenxi choked.

Chu Anlan looked at him with a smile: "Look, you feel guilty, right?"

Ye Chenxi glared at him: "Humph!"

Chu Anlan imitated him: "Humph!"

So silly.

The carriage soon arrived at Sanshui Lane.

The servants took the gifts out of the carriage and took them away, then stopped the carriage and horses by the roadside.

At this hour, it was breakfast time for people in Lin'an, but there were many people on the road.

All they talked about were locusts.

The farmers passing by all had worried expressions on their faces.

As they were about to enter Sanshui Lane, they saw a carriage slowly approaching from the intersection not far away and stopped next to their carriage.

Gu Chen got out of the carriage with his attendants and medicine box: "Prince, Princess, the eldest son, the second son."

Ye Wanqing asked, "Doctor Gu, have you had breakfast yet? If not, ask the servant to buy you one."

Gu Chen replied: "Thank you for your concern, Princess. I have already eaten at Aunt Hua's."

"Yeah." Ye Wanqing nodded.

"Sister, An Lan, who is Aunt Hua?" Ye Chenxi asked curiously.

Ye Wanqing glanced at Chu Anlan and smiled, "He's a friend that the prince met in Lin'an."

The entrance of the alley was noisy.

Common people passing by all looked over here in surprise.

Gu Chen looked at Ye Wanqing helplessly.

Ye Wanqing pressed her fingers to her temple: "We've been arguing all the way."

A smile appeared on Gu Chen's lips.

Ye Chenting asked Gu Chen: "Is this Aunt Hua a patient?"

Ye Wanqing motioned for Gu Chen to explain.

Gu Chenhan said slowly: "My dear, this Aunt Hua is a vegetable seller, and the patient is her daughter-in-law Alan, who has been paralyzed in bed for several years.

When Aunt Hua's husband and son went fishing on the river, they were persecuted and their bodies were thrown into the river and have not been salvaged to date.

Aunt Hua left her property to Alan, asked Alan to remarry, and then went down the river alone to find her husband and son.

Alan stayed at home and did not remarry. Instead, she worked hard to save money for Aunt Hua's travel expenses. However, she unexpectedly fell from a tree and broke her leg...

After Aunt Hua learned about this, she gave up looking for the bodies of her husband and son and rushed back home to look after her daughter-in-law...

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not abandon each other because of the hardships. Instead, they stayed together, depended on each other, and cared about each other.

The princess and the prince took pity on their plight, so they asked me to treat Alan first..."