Since I saw the Cowherd and Vega that day, the weather has become hotter and hotter day by day, and the water in the Ruishui River has become shallower and shallower, and the water level has dropped by almost half. Fortunately, the sweet potatoes are planted in Linjia Village, and all the leaf silt fertilizer in the forest has been used, and they have sprouted in the past few days and look very good.

Early in the morning, Mu Fushu took the Lin family and the old Lin family to make ice in the newly dug cellar in the backyard. Half of the thirty-square-meter cellar was piled with ice, a lot of which Mu Fushu took out in the space refrigerator. Her life has always been exquisite, and the sloppy appearance of stinky sweat all her life in summer is really not suitable for her.

Lao Lin carefully took out the ice from the tin bucket in a jacket, and said with a smile: "Auntie is so smart, this method is good, so much ice can be sold for a lot of money!" ”

Well, Lao Lin, as the daughter of the old head of the grocery store, is very business-minded. Mu Fushu also seriously considered selling ice.

The three of them came out of the cellar, and Mu Fushu found Mu Zhongjun to discuss the sale of ice. Mu Zhongjun was a little embarrassed, there was a distance from Mengyang City, and the ice might melt. Mu Fushu thought about it, the quilt can be insulated, but the cost is too great, so it is better to use a straw mat. People in the countryside have a good hand at weaving straw mats.

Early the next morning, Mu Zhongjun took a few house slaves into the city with two ice cubes wrapped in oxcart straw mats.

The first stop is the county office. The Wen County Commander is not big, but there is no shortage of money. The family is not short of money, the family has many fields and shops, the Wen family is not divided, every year there will be a sum of money distributed to each room, which is equivalent to dividends, even if the years are not good, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is also considerable for so many years.

When the ice cube arrived at the county office, Mu Zhongjun first unloaded half of the car to Wen County, of course the money had to be collected, but it was half cheaper than others. The remaining car and a half of the county order helped them find a few rich families to divide, but they were not enough. Mu Zhongjun promised to send it again tomorrow, and the two ox carts were sold for two hundred taels of silver, which was too cost-effective!

There are also two basins of ice in the study where Yang Weng teaches, and the collars of San Lang and Ah Zhu are tied well, so it can be seen that it is not hot at all. The abnormal weather made Yang Weng worried. Although he has only been an official for more than a year, his concern for the country and the people is true. The drought brought about the people's livelihood made him restless, and he had been worried about whether his body could take care of Saburo as an adult, but now that his body is better, he does not have to worry about food and clothing, and he has begun to worry about people's livelihood again. Nine years ago, although there was no war, the world was more difficult. Emperor Qi Huan only thought about eliminating dissidents and killing all his old ministers, so he was really not a good emperor.

Yang Weng suddenly remembered what the eldest lady said casually: "...... Mr. just thinks too much, what does it have to do with who is the emperor in this world and the people? The change of dynasties, if it is the people who suffer from the troubled times and the war, what does the prosperity have to do with the people? It's just that there are fewer deaths, and no matter how prosperous the times are, the people can't live as carefree and extravagant as the royal nobles. Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer! ”

Yang Weng felt that the eldest mother was right, but it was contrary to the way of governing the world that he had learned since childhood. The eldest lady sometimes has nonsense, it doesn't sound right, think about it carefully, and it's right, often make him think about it again and again, and always feel that this nine-year-old girl is really incomprehensible, saying that she understands, what she said seems to be a big rebellion, saying that she doesn't understand, and there is some truth when you think about it. This little lady is really loved and hated, and she was born in the countryside, what if she is a family? The head of the house said that he would lock her up and call her a "wicked obstacle"!

I thought of the head of the house, and I thought of my father. 's father is the current patriarch of the Wen family, and he is old but still worried about his son. The eldest brother has already passed back the news that he is not dead, and he doesn't know how to deal with his father and mother. Will you cry a lot? Or do you blame yourself for not hearing from you for nine years? In order not to drag them down, he didn't contact his family for nine years, and if he hadn't gone into the city to meet his eldest brother, he would still have been incognito. He became famous at a young age, but in the end he didn't achieve anything and dragged down his family......

Yang Weng felt that he was sorry for his parents, but his life for most of the past six months had brought him back to the world from the walking dead. Seeing his eldest mother, he had the motivation to live. Although he didn't get any other information from the Mu family, he was convinced that she was still alive. How could she be as stupid as he was if she was so smart? will be deceived and sent to the door to be slashed and killed? If I had been smarter, maybe I wouldn't have been separated for so long, and I don't know when we would meet again. When his parents see each other again, he will definitely urge him to get married, how can he be willing to spend his life with another woman?

Saburo knew that Uncle had been in a bad mood recently because of the weather. Uncle said a few days ago that his family is in Qinghe, Northland, which is a place of drought. When Emperor Qi Huan asked the nobles of the family to move to the new capital, the Wen family did not listen, and the Qinghe Cui clan stuck to the north, and now they don't know what happened.

Mu Fushu also knew that Yang Weng had been in a bad mood recently. When he got up from a nap in the afternoon, Mu Fushu made a few ice bowls and took them to the study.

Originally, there were no classes in the afternoon, but San Lang has been very energetic recently, the weather is hot, Yang Weng is not very interested and is reluctant to go out, only sitting in the study to read or write. Anyway, there is an ice basin, and life is very comfortable. When Mu Fushu came in, Yang Weng was writing, San Lang was also reading, and only Ah Zhu was sleeping on the low couch in the corner.

Mu Fushu divided the ice bowl, and the three of them ate silently, after eating, Mu Fushu sighed comfortably, and said to Yang Weng: "Mr. is worried about his family?" ”

"My father and mother are seventy-two years old," Yang Weng frowned, and the ice bowl could not extinguish the fire of boredom in his chest: "The northern land has been dry for more than three years, and the fields have been cut off, even if the family has money, they can't buy food, let alone use water. ”

Mu Fushu can understand the persistence of people in this era for the ancestral land. Even modern people are eager to return to their roots, and ancient people are even more difficult to leave their homeland. It's just that I'm going to die and still guard the ancestral land, it's really stubborn and don't want to die.

"Can't you tell them to move temporarily?" Mu Fu asked puzzledly: "As long as there are people, the fields and houses will not run away!" ”

Yang Weng smiled bitterly: "My father and mother are old and don't want to leave their homeland. ”

"What about the younger generation? Wait for them to die? Mu Fushu's words were sharp. I can't get used to the oppression of filial piety in this world: "The old man's idea is their own idea, why should they impose it on the juniors?" They are still young and have a long future, so there is no reason to die with the old man! ”

"Auntie!" San Lang was anxious, and he didn't understand why the eldest lady was so angry and open-mouthed, Uncle was uncomfortable enough.

Yang Weng was not angry, and said with a wry smile: "What the eldest lady said is right, the old man in the Xu clan has not realized that the consequences will be so strict." ”

Yes, the north has been dry for three years, and there have been grain sellers in the south, although the price is a little higher, the nobles of the family can still accept it, but I didn't expect that the south will also be in drought this year, I don't know how the south is? It is now the capital of the country, and if there is also a drought, it will not be far from the chaos.

Mu Fushu is rarely willing to use his brain to think about the national situation, and the more he thinks about it, the more terrible he feels. The people take food as the sky, and without food, the world will definitely be in chaos, can they be in a corner of peace when the time comes?

Of course, Yang Weng, who Mu Fushu could think of, also thought of it. Subconsciously, he wanted to see Emperor Qi Huan unlucky, but his conscience told him not to see the world in chaos. Sighing, he said helplessly: "There is a drought in both the north and the south, and I don't know how many people will starve to death." ”

"We are not saints, we can't save so many people." Mu Fushu made a straight face: "Sir, you just like to worry about the world, to be honest, what does it matter to you what the people do?" You're not an emperor! When the Wang family robbed the Sui family, they didn't see the people speak out, what are you worried about as an old minister of the Sui Dynasty? Your eldest brother has forgotten that the old master is happy to be an official of the Qi Dynasty! ”

These words were a bit heart-wrenching, and Yang Weng, who was choked, didn't slow down for a long time. The king of Shu is at least surnamed Yang, and the eldest brother is an official in Shu, so he can't be regarded as voting for the Qi Dynasty, right?

In fact, it is not to blame Mu Fushu, there was no emperor in her time, and the people were the masters of the country, of course, what the people can do is their own master, not the master of the country. It's all about living their own lives, who can control whom? She knows that the people are suffering, but she is not the emperor, the people are not her people, she can't be covered, what you can see can help, what you can do can help, she can't manage it, she won't get up, her ideal is not to be a virgin, it is to live comfortably, healthily and as she wants.

San Lang lowered his head, what the eldest lady said was right, they are not emperors, what does the people matter to them? When the Wang family killed the Yang family, they didn't see any reaction from the people, so why should they worry about the people? Now I have food, shelter and a big mother, which is enough. There are people who have the world to worry about the world's major events, and they have nothing to do with him and his aunt.

Yang Weng knew that the eldest mother began to speak loudly again, and he was unwilling to argue with the eldest mother. If you want to argue, he has gorgeous rhetoric, but he can't match the eldest mother's sentence, "You are not the emperor, what does it matter to you?" "He is indeed not the emperor, and it is a little ridiculous to say that he has the world in front of the eldest mother, and the disdainful eyes of the eldest mother seem to feel that she is selling her reputation.

Ah Zhu didn't know when he woke up, so he took a small bite of the half-melted ice bowl, looked at this and that, and finished eating it after a while. The sound of him putting the bowl and spoon was a little louder, waking up the three of them who were deep in thought. Mu Fushu got up and said, "If Mr. is not at ease, he will do his best to bring his family to Shudi." The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there will be no shortage of water and food in the near future. ”

San Lang also persuaded: "Uncle might as well discuss it with Wenxian Ling, bring the family as soon as possible, and everyone can rest assured that they are together." ”

Yang Weng thought about it for a long time, and after discussing with Wenxian Ling, it was decided that he would go back to Beidi to pick up his family and come to Shu for a reunion.

Mu Fushu has a lot of food in the space, but unfortunately there are no things like Qiankun bags, and Yang Weng can take it away. So three days later, Yang Weng took four strong men to drive a carriage back to the north to pick up people, and roughly calculated that it would take a month to come back at the earliest. This month, Saburo and they can only teach themselves. Fortunately, San Lang can teach Ah Zhu, and he can also learn by himself, and Mu Fushu will also practice calligraphy, and he will not delay much.