Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 416 No way to ask for help
Simba and Cheng'er clamored to go out to help, and Mu Ai had to make three agreements with them, not to run far, not to get hurt, not to cause trouble, then let them go out, turned around and took the little daughter upstairs to change clothes and take a bath, and coaxed her to eat. He bought two pieces of snacks and patted her to sleep.

After getting up this morning, she drove for several hours, and just now she was surrounded again. The little girl was timid and frightened, so she slept very restlessly.

Mu Ai was worried about giving porridge outside, so she went downstairs and called Xihua, the youngest, in to accompany her, and then released the tall horses that had been held back for a long time from the space.

The Mercedes-Benz horse has a good memory, and three years have passed. When it saw Ouyang at this time, it only turned its head to ponder for a moment, then ran forward, whining, and rubbed its big head against Ouyang's arm.

Ouyang rarely showed a smiling face, stroked its mane and back, each of them was as affectionate as old friends they hadn't seen for many years.

Dayu and Tao'er also each led their own horses, and after bonding for a while, bowed their heads to salute Mu Ai, and then jumped up.

Ouyang led the Benz to Mu Ai and said in a low voice, "I'm going."

Mu Ai straightened the corners of his clothes for him, nodded and smiled, "Go early and come back early, waiting for your news."

Ouyang looked at the refugees in a mess in the distance. Without the protection of many brothers, the porridge bucket would have been squeezed to the ground, so he frowned and said, "Don't go out with you and other women. If you have something to do, don't go out." Let Cui Peng and the others do it, and put their own safety first."

Mu Ai smiled and nodded, "Understood, you have to play it by ear. If you encounter any difficulties, come back and discuss with me. Don't take risks by yourself. Besides, take good care of the two children."

Ouyang nodded, got on his horse, and with Dayu and Tao'er, the three of them got out of the aura shield.Those refugees gathered around the porridge bucket, which allowed the three of them to go to Rongcheng smoothly on the official road.

Mu Ai looked up at the increasingly hot sun in the sky, squinted slightly dizzy, swayed, and took a long time to recover.

Seeing it from a distance, Xiao An quickly threw the ladle in her hand and ran over, reached out to support her, and asked anxiously, "Ma'am, what's wrong with you, but you are too tired?"

Mu Ai forced a smile, waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm dazzled by the sun, it will be fine in a while, you go to work."

Xiao An frowned in disbelief, but there were people staring at the porridge pot again, so she helped her wife to sit on the porch, ran back and called Xi Chun to bring a bowl of porridge to serve.

Xichun placed the porridge bowl on the palm-width wooden fence, then held the chopsticks in both hands, and said with a smile, "Madam, this bowl and chopsticks have been washed several times by Ms. An, and they are very clean. You should eat some."

Mu Ai felt very dizzy and chest tight, and lost her appetite for a while, she was hesitating to pick up the chopsticks, when she heard Xichun's stomach growling, obviously this little girl was hungry after a busy morning.

She handed over the chopsticks and said, "I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later, you eat this bowl first."

With a flushed face, Xichun quickly waved her hand to decline, "I'm not hungry, Madam will eat first."

Mu Ai forcefully stuffed the chopsticks into her hands, then picked a bunch of grapes from the space and held them in her hands, saying, "I don't have an appetite, let's eat some grapes first."

Seeing this, Xichun no longer refuses, picks up the big bowl, and starts to eat in big mouthfuls.

After she finished eating, Mu Ai handed her the bunch of grapes with only a few missing grapes. Before she could speak, she heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and Mu Ai stood up, and saw from a distance that it was indeed Ouyang who had returned , I guessed in my heart, why did I come back so quickly in only two quarters of an hour, and who are those horses behind?

A group of refugees had already eaten porridge, and everyone saw hope, so it was not so crowded. The second time they took the porridge out, they lined up in an orderly manner, and even knew how to be courteous to the elderly and children.Therefore, Ouyang and the others successfully bypassed the crowd and entered the aura shield.

Ouyang jumped off the horse first, looked at Mu Ai who was coming forward, frowned, and shook his head slightly, "The gates of the city are closed, and the victims of the disaster are not allowed to enter the city."

Mu Ai also frowned, but seeing that he and Dayu Tao'er were sweating profusely from running, she said, "We'll discuss countermeasures later, let's go wash your face first."

Ouyang turned around and let out the people behind him, pointing to the man in the blue shirt and said, "This is Mr. Chi I met at the gate of the city."

Before Mu Ai looked at the person carefully, the person had already laughed and said, "Madam Xian doesn't know how to be an official. The inspector of the Water Conservancy Department, Chi Yuntao, has seen the lady." The man bowed his head and saluted respectfully, A few people behind him who were dressed as followers also bowed their heads.

Mu Ai felt that this person was really kind-hearted, and after searching in his mind for a while, he finally remembered, isn't this the official who used to stay overnight on a rainy night on the way to Rongcheng?

She hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and said with a smile, "Master Chi, I didn't expect to meet you here, let's serve tea in the hall first."

Chi Yuntao thanked each other and entered the hall courteously.

Xihua from upstairs heard the movement, came downstairs to see some guests, hurriedly went to the back kitchen to boil water, washed cotton cloth towels and wiped the faces of several people, and then made tea and served them.

Mu Ai picked two plates of fresh apples and grapes in the space and came out. Chi Yuntao and a few followers were obviously hungry and thirsty, and there was no polite manners. Everyone took an apple and ate it.

Seeing this, Mu Ai ordered Xihua to go to the back kitchen to prepare a few simple dishes. Xihua was worried that her young master and lady had never eaten, so she quickly went to work after receiving the order.

Dayu took a bunch of grapes and gave half of them to Tao'er. After eating dozens of grapes in one go, he felt his throat became much moister, and said angrily, "Mom, the gate of the city is closed, and I'm afraid not even a fly can fly in. Many victims are sleeping outside the city, and there are more elderly and children than here.”

Annoyance flashed in Tao'er's eyes, and she nodded, "My clan uncle also avoided seeing him. I thought he was an upright person, but I didn't expect...there are no leaves on the roadside here, and even the weeds are eaten up in the city. gone."

Dayu put down the grapes in his hand, and said a little nervously, "Mom, I... saw that those victims were so pitiful, so... I told them that we are giving out porridge here."

Tao'er also hastily said, "Auntie, I said it too, it's not all Yu's fault."

Mu Ai smiled lightly, and tapped them lightly, "You are all men, as long as you think what is right, do it bravely, and mother will not blame you. Since we donate porridge for relief, we are not afraid of disaster victims coming to eat. It would be good to save one more person.”

Dayu Tao'er's face immediately showed joy, and Mu Ai sent them to take a bath and change clothes, "Go upstairs, take care of Xing'er by the way, and come down for dinner later."

"Yes, mother (aunt)." The two answered and went upstairs.

Chi Yuntao and the others also ate until their stomachs were filled, and they got up again to thank them. Mu Ai waved his hands and smiled, "At this time, Mr. Chi should not be polite. Since Mr. Chi is a water conservancy inspector, I think it's important to understand this flood. Is the situation clear?"

Hearing this, Chi Yuntao sighed a long time, and said, "The official came all the way from Liecheng. He ran non-stop for four days on the road. What he saw and heard was shocking. This Lingjiang flood, disaster As for the three cities, Rongcheng is still relatively minor. Some villages and towns in the south are almost completely submerged.

Liecheng and Yacheng are better situated on higher ground, and the city was not flooded, but I don't know what the governors of the two cities planned. They closed the city gates and refused to let the victims enter the city, and they did not open warehouses to release relief.The lower official once broke into the Yamen of Liecheng Mansion, but the Yin of the Yuan Mansion avoided seeing them, and sent someone to spread the word that they could not open warehouses privately without an order from the imperial court.Xiaguan rushed to Yacheng again, and the government office there also said the same thing. Today they finally rushed to Rongcheng, but they couldn't even enter the city gate.When I was in a hurry, I met Ouyang Yishi and the two sons. I heard that my wife is here to help the people with porridge, so I came here boldly, hoping that my wife can find a way to save the people from danger. "

Mu Ai knew that he wanted her to use her status as a prince to force those officials to open a storehouse to relieve the people's danger, she pondered for a moment, but did not respond rashly, and then asked, "Master Chi stayed at our house last time, but since When the capital came out, did the imperial court notice the flood in advance?"

When Chi Yuntao heard this, the gloom between his eyebrows became more intense, "Madam is wise, the last time I came back to Huadu, it was indeed to report that the stone dams on both sides of the Lingjiang River were damaged. There was a severe drought for half a year, and there was no rain for many days. The official asked more than a dozen old farmers for advice. They all said that there might be floods after August, so they rushed to report to the court. Unfortunately, it took half a month after the memorial was handed in to get news that the court would send People came down to check, and if it was true, they would transfer the money. The official was worried, and hurried back to Lingjiang. The road encountered heavy rain, which caused trouble for his wife. However, the twentieth day has passed, and the official has not yet returned. See if any adult came here to check."

"Is it true that the imperial court has not received the news of the flooding of the Lingjiang River, so they don't know how widespread the flood is?"

Chi Yuntao shook his head, "On the third day of the heavy rain, the Lingjiang Shiba broke through the first gap, and the officials gave the memorial and sent it to the capital in an expedited eight hundred miles. It stands to reason that the imperial court had already got the news and opened a warehouse to release grain It's time for the order to arrive."

Ouyang was silent for a moment and said, "Why don't I go to the city to find out the news at night, and we can think of countermeasures."

Mu Ai nodded, and Chi Yuntao wanted to say how to get in when the city gate was closed, but when he thought about the identity of Ouyang Jianghu people, he was relieved. Those of them who have kung fu will fly over the walls and avoid the city defense army It is not difficult to get into the city.

At this time, Xihua came to report that the meal was ready, they got up and moved to the dining room, and a few attendants opened another table, leaving Mu Ai, Ouyang and the five children gathered together to accompany Chi Yuntao, also He didn't pay too much attention to the etiquette of respect and inferiority. He sat at the big round table made of nanmu wood and had a good meal in peace.

Although there were only a few simple dishes such as fried tofu, green vegetables, braised fish, etc., everyone ate very deliciously.At such a moment, such a complete meal is already a rare abundance.

　After so many years, I finally had a dinner made by my husband. Although the dishes were fried, I was very happy. Recently, he has been very nice to me. He was afraid that I would have a cerebral hemorrhage. He would wake up several times at night to look at me. I want to be greedy to make more money, save enough for the down payment as soon as possible, but also want to rest more, so that he doesn't worry, it's really contradictory, it would be great if money could drop from the sky.However, our husband and wife work together and work together, and one day we will finally earn the down payment and have a small family of our own.Hehe, just thinking about this makes me feel full of energy, and my head doesn't hurt anymore. Go ahead and code another thousand words. Thank you for your support, good night!
　　
　
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