189. Ask for help from the War King's Mansion
I don't know what Ying Xiangde said to Ying Genmin, at least the Zhu family didn't make any more trouble when Ying Qiaoling returned to the door. Seeing Ying Qiaoling like that, it is estimated that she has a good life, her face is full of happiness, and the Zhu family who watched it was also a lot more relieved.
And the most dissatisfied is Ying Yanhe.
She saw the concentric knots embroidered with red cotton cloth worn by Ying Qiaoling, the hairpin that had been inlaid with silver and jade on the combed woman's sideburns, and a few elegant silk flowers.
If you look at it like this and compare it, you will find that Ying Yanhe, who was originally the most handsome in the Ying family, has become the bottom, and even Ying Yanqiu is a few points more beautiful than her.
Listening to the laughter outside, Ying Yanhe bit the quilt in the house and asked hatefully, "Why?" Why? Everyone is married, why don't I? I should marry the best, I am the best-looking, why can't I get married? Why......? ”
After being disturbed by someone in the early month, Ying Yanhe's face was wrong, and his eyes were also weird and terrifying.
She often stared at people gloomily, and a few times scared Yang Jiaoer and almost screamed, she complained to Ying Wenbo, saying that she didn't want to stay at home anymore, it was terrible to watch. It doesn't matter if she scares her, if she scares her son, it will be equivalent to killing her. When Ying Wenbo heard this, he was naturally angry, and he lost his temper at Du Shi, saying that Ying Yanhe was still so gloomy and scary, so he asked her to get out.
A woman who has lost her innocence is more intolerable than a widow who remarries.
In this way, Ying Yanhe's life is even more difficult. Theoretically speaking, except for Ying Xiangde, who has not changed his face towards her, the rest of the people are not obedient when they see her, even Du Shi.
She felt that Yan He had lost her innocence and had lost the value of use, even if she married someone else, she would give it away for nothing, and she would not get any benefits, so she had no patience with her.
If you want to eat, you can eat, if you don't eat, you won't be persuaded, and sometimes you will leave a few sentences: If you have the ability, you will starve to death, and if you don't have the ability, don't chirp crookedly in front of me.
Ying Yanhe's money was cheated away by Yu San, and she didn't have any money in her hand, even if she wanted to leave Guquan Village, she could only endure it silently, but her mentality became more and more distorted, and she felt that everyone was sorry for her, so that later, she did something that caught everyone in the Ying family off guard.
The Zhu family's troublesome matter was revealed, and the Xie family never went back to the old house once, and if there was something, he let Ying Xiangan go by himself. It's okay to help, ask for silver, no way.
Although the Zhu family was dissatisfied in his words, he was still a little jealous of this second son who was not controlled by himself, at least not as noisy as before.
After Yan Lian summed it up, her comment on the Zhu family was: She is very cheap, people treat her well, and she wants to kick her nose in the face. People treat her badly, she welcomes her carefully, what is it if she is not cheap?
The quiet and busy time always flies quickly, and soon, it will be September, and it will be half a month before the harvest of late rice and spring wheat. It's just that this rain hasn't rained since 20 days ago.
"Why is it getting hotter and hotter this day?" Xie wiped the sweat from his neck and asked a little tangled.
"Yes, the autumn has passed, and this day, it's still hot, and I can't sleep at night," Grandma Yu echoed.
Yan Lian stood on the roof, and after hearing the conversation between Grandma Yu and Xie, her heart flashed with unease. The weather is not quite right, not to mention anything else, even those two puddles are almost dry. This means that there is already a serious shortage of water.
People here do not have the habit of storing water, they use it day by day, and there are no wells at all...... Besides, the groundwater is gone, and the wells are dry.
"Mother," Yan Lian leaned against the railing and shouted to her, "Is there still water at home?" ”
"Not much, what's wrong? Do you want to take a bath? Xie Shi looked up at her and asked.
"No," Yan Lian shook her head slightly and said, "It's best to let Dad and Wenjie go to fetch water and fill all the buckets at home with water, I estimate that it will take a long time for this rain to fall," take precautions, and the water will not spoil.
"This ......," Xie Shi's heart trembled as soon as she heard her say this, and she knew very well what this meant. This wheat and late rice are about to be harvested, and if there is a drought at this time, it will affect the harvest.
......, "Yan Lian knows this better than anyone else.
In her heart, there is no distinction between who is important and who is not important, because all the grain harvest is related to her, and she can't watch the grain come to naught at the last moment.
"Mother, if you go and call your father back, you will say that you have something important to go to the village chief and ask him to come back first," Thinking of this, Yan Lian frowned and said.
"Okay," knowing that Yan Lian was thinking of big things, Xie didn't hesitate, and immediately went out.
When Ying Xiang'an, Ying Wenjie, and Fang Youzhan came back, Yan Lian told Ying Wenjie and Fang Youzhan to carry water, and she took Ying Xiang'an to the village chief to discuss it with him.
"Village chief, I haven't gone down for more than 20 days, the crops in the field are not important, the important thing is that everyone has no water to drink," Yan Lian did not greet the village chief when she saw it, and explained the importance of the matter straightforwardly. "You've got to find a way to get everyone to find water,"
"Looking for water?" The village chief was stunned for a moment, and said with some astonishment: "If there is a drought here, where is there no drought?" "Is this water so easy to find?
"That's what I said, but now it's just begun, how many people in this village can't survive just relying on a few spring wells in our village...... In the first half of the year, we had early rice, and every household still had some grain...... Besides, the puddles we dug are full of people who irrigate the ground, and there is no need to worry about the food in the field, but what should we do with the water that the people in the village drink? ”
The rain has been stored for so long, and I don't know if I can drink it, and if something goes wrong with it, who will be responsible.
When the village chief heard this, he felt that there was some reason, so he frowned and asked: "This day is starting to drought, and there is a shortage of water in every village, where can I find water?" "In previous years, when there was a drought, everyone waited for God to open their eyes.
"Go to the mountains," Yan Lian pointed to the dense back mountain and said, "The water in the village will dive so fast, mainly because the ground is shallow. But the mountains are different, there are intertwined trees and vines to cover and block, there must be water in the field, let the men in the village go to find it, everyone goes separately, and there will always be a ...... of water, "While it is not yet the last and most critical time, everyone should take precautions."
When the village chief heard this, he felt that what she said made sense, and remembered what happened in the spring rain before, which was all Yan Lian's attention, so he didn't refute it out loud.
He summoned the young and old of the village and asked them what they meant.
"In previous years, when there was a drought, everyone waited for God to open his eyes, just get through it, if they couldn't get through, everyone would die of thirst, it was better to listen to the village chief, go into the mountains to see, maybe you really find water," someone supported.
"But what if not?" Someone retorted.
There are those who agree and those who refute, and suddenly, the quarrel is endless.
"Don't make any noise," the village chief shouted, "If you are willing to go, everyone will make a statement, find water, and distribute it yourself, and if you don't go, there is no water, don't make noise." When the time comes, it's really dry, water is life-saving, who doesn't give it, don't make a fuss, I'll leave the words here first, if anyone is making a fuss to grab water, just get out of Guquan Village, understand? "The village chief's words are extremely serious, but at this juncture, it is not serious.
In previous years, when there was a drought, everyone endured it together, and it was the ability to survive it, and it was fate to not survive it, so they didn't say much. But this year, Yan Lian put forward such an opinion for the sake of everyone's good. But some people are diligent, some people are lazy, and what they want to do is not for nothing, so he wants to leave his words here first, and she doesn't ask for it if he can't go.
"Village chief, can I go with them?" Man'er Niang asked a little uneasily. There are no men in her family, but there are many children, and if there is a shortage of water, it is the children in the family who will suffer first.
These children were raised by her life, and if there is a case, it will kill her!
"Man'er Niang, you can stay at home with your children, and if you can find water, I will send some to your house, and everyone will take care of the orphans and widows first," the village chief made the first decision.
For this, the diligent person will not have an opinion, and the lazy person who talks a lot will have an opinion.
But no matter what the opinion is, the village chief has the final say, and no one can do it, unless you want to leave Guquan Village.
Yan Lian saw that the village chief was so decisive in the crowd, and couldn't help nodding, feeling that he still had some ability.
The people in the village are divided into two factions, some people are conservative and want to live by guarding a few wells in the village, and some people decide to go up the mountain to break through, maybe they will find water, of course, Ying Xiang'an's brothers have gone to find water.
Du Shi was full of dissatisfaction with Ying Xiangde's approach, feeling that he had been deceived. Although she was dissatisfied and nagging, she still picked up the water in the village, in case Ying Xiangde didn't find the water, wouldn't her family want to drink the northwest wind?
Regarding the affairs of Guquan Village, the secret guards told the emperor one by one, which shocked the emperor's heart. He thought that when the drought came, Ying Yanlian would use the water stored in the previous spring rain, but he didn't expect her to let the villagers go to the mountains to find water, I don't know if there will be a miracle this time.
Because what has not been realized, if there is not, it is a matter of labor, so the emperor did not do the same, and he had to wait until the matter in Guquan Village had a result before thinking about whether he could do it.
Some of the villagers went to find water, while others were worried about this year's harvest, and Yan Lian was vaguely worried when she saw that the people in the village were not united at all. This irrigation and watering have to find someone, no matter what the delay is, everyone can't afford to lose, so they have a plan, and wrote a letter overnight, asking Ying Wenjie to send it to the capital Zhanwang Mansion and hand it over to the housekeeper.
His identity is too sensitive now, Wen Jie is fine, his clothes are a little shabby, his hair is messy, who can pay attention to it.
Soon, Ying Wenjie brought a letter written by Yan Lian, and began to go to the capital before dawn, and when he arrived, the city gate had not yet opened. He waited outside the city for a long time before the gates opened. After giving Liangwen the money to enter the city, he hurried to the palace of the king of war.
Because he had been there before, he was not stopped this time, and when he saw the housekeeper, he handed him the letter written by his sister, and waited for his orders.
The steward wondered what was so important, and before the city gate was opened, he entered the city.
He opened the letter in his hand, and when he saw that it was written about the grim scene in Guquan Village today, the most important thing was hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, and his heart trembled. He has always wondered how the woman that the prince values can be like that, how can a country woman be worthy of his own prince.
He is just a subordinate, helping the prince manage the Zhanwang Mansion, and he is not qualified to ask about this. Now, when I see such a clear letter written in the letter, I have a strange feeling in my heart, and I am even more surprised to see what the letter asks. That's not a trivial matter, but hundreds of thousands of catties of grain.
What this represents for Qin Guo, he can't imagine anymore.
Actually, for Yan Lian, this is nothing special at all, she has seen too many such things in her previous life. It's just that here in this world, they are all sweeping the snow in front of their doors, and the people attach importance to heaven and earth as important as life, and those rich and noble families will only take the opportunity to exploit and don't care about the lives of the people at all, so the people and the rich and noble families will never be united.
In this way, only Guquan Village has caused today's special situation because of its special relationship. And the grain, only Yan Lian's hand holds the most.
"Childe, you go back first, and after dawn, I will order someone to go to Guquan Village," the housekeeper said to Ying Wenjie with a smile, and his attitude was quite polite.
"That'...... That's good," Ying Wenjie was very embarrassed by his polite appearance, and scratched his head with a red face and didn't know what to do.
Ying Wenjie didn't dare to delay, and immediately left quietly. And the housekeeper didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly summoned someone to arrange the matter...... This is the only thing that has been done since the establishment of the War King's Mansion.
In the eyes of the people in the capital, the War King's Mansion is probably the most mysterious and low-key.
Soon after Ying Wenjie rushed back to Guquan Village, the housekeeper sent someone. According to the letter, he took the title deed, went directly to the village chief, and asked him to gather everyone.
With such a powerful method, where did the village chief dare to hesitate, and immediately rang the village bell, which attracted the doubts of the villagers, wondering what the village chief should do when he was busy at this busy time?
"Listen well," seeing that the people were almost here, the people from the Zhanwang Mansion stood up and said loudly: "Now, the situation in Guquan Village is not optimistic, the harvest of this late rice is in sight, if the drought continues, this year's harvest will be lost, and everyone will have no food." No one knows what next year's harvest will be, so ...... We came today to divide the people of the village into two sides, and while going into the mountains to find water, we used the spring rain of early spring this year to irrigate the fields and ......,"
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Every time I am serious about the code word, every time I am bothered by miscellaneous things, I am so depressed and crazy! Asking for a commuter pass...... Laziness seems to be despised .......