Pastoral Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 297 Troubled Summer (3)
The aunts and aunts who had made money all smiled and greeted Li Zhu warmly when they saw Li Zhu, and brought some delicious food at home.

Seeing that the things were worthless, Li Zhu couldn't bear to reject their kindness, so he had to accept them.Then look for an opportunity to return the gift one by one.

Not only that, these women praised Li Zhu as soon as they saw Aunt Li and Yang Laoshi:
"Oh, sister-in-law/sister-in-law/auntie, your niece is a lucky star. No, not only has your family flourished, but our village has also been blessed. In the past few months, my vegetable garden alone has grown. A lot of progress."

Aunt Li smiled, with a polite mouth, but there was a gleam of color in the corners of her eyes and brows.

When it comes to growing vegetables, Li Zhu has long noticed that compared with modern times, there are many fewer types of vegetables in this era, and at the same time, there are more varieties that she has never seen before.Like tomatoes and peppers, there are none here.Also, neither corn nor sweet potatoes appeared.At first, she thought it was a geographical problem, but according to her observation, the area where she was located should be in the southern part of the Central Plains, which should be equivalent to the Shandong area according to China's geography.

Li Zhu wrote down these secretly, and went to the grain store from time to time to see if he found anything new.

After selling vegetables, Li Zhu started selling fish again.There are hundreds of acres of reed marshes around Yangjiaji, with wide waters and rich fish and shrimp.In Li Zhu's wasteland, there is also a pond with the size of an acre, and there are many fish fry in it. She likes to go fishing or net fish by the river when she has nothing to do. The big ones are either eaten by herself or sold.The smaller ones were thrown into the pond. Because of the Lingquan, the fish in her family not only grow fast, but also have delicious meat.She first sent a few to the restaurant owner who came to collect the vegetables, and it didn't take long for them to take the initiative to ask.Li Zhu sold them at a price slightly higher than the market price.These people hesitated for a while and accepted it.After all, the fish brought in from her house lived for a long time, and they were delicious.Guests love to eat, and those with a mouthful can tell it right away.

After the beginning of June, there appeared from time to time in Qinghe County some victims in ragged clothes and dragging their children with their children.They came from neighboring state capitals.Qinghe County is considered a medium-sized county, neither rich nor poor.When the weather is good, the people's life is still passable.At first there were dozens or hundreds of people. These people were either part-time laborers or coolies, and Qinghe County could barely accept them.Except for a few exceptions, there was no major disturbance.

But with more and more refugees, the situation has become more serious. After all, how many refugees can a county seat accommodate?First, the chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry of the people in the nearby villages were inexplicably reduced, and then the vegetable farms in the fields were also stolen, ruined, and robbed.As things piled up one by one, someone reported to Lizheng, but Lizheng had no choice but to report to the county again.But at this time, the relief food from the court was delayed.

At the same time, the surrounding bandits who occupied the hills also began to make up their minds about these victims.Started to recruit people everywhere, and it seemed to be growing.

This can be regarded as an eventful summer.The problem of the victims has not been resolved, and there is news that there are big insects harming people and animals on the nearby hills.

(End of this chapter)