Because he remembered the things in the west, Yi Ranchen simply found someone to keep an eye on the west.

In this case, you can prepare for something.

In fact, Yi Ranchen was worried not only about the drought, but also worried that those people would come to them without food.

After all, the two sides are not very far apart, but fortunately, they are not very close.

Hopefully, nothing he's worried about will happen.

After breakfast, Gu Yao carried a basket that he hadn't carried for a long time and went into the mountain.

A few days ago, because of what Yi Ranchen said, Gu Yao felt a little uneasy in her heart, so today she planned to go to the mountains for a walk and relax herself.

I haven't been in the mountain for a long time, and the changes in the mountain are still very great.

First of all, the path that Gu Yao walked out of before is gone, and it is all overgrown with weeds at this time, but fortunately, Gu Yao has special abilities, and there is no need to worry about something suddenly coming out of this grass.

Looking at the towering trees all over the mountain, Gu Yao put one hand on his waist, and stroked the trunk with the other, muttering to himself: "Since Yi Ranchen said something about the west, I always have a sense of foreboding. ”

"Let's hope it will rain in a few days, lest there be a big drought, and a lot of people will die." I hope she's thinking too much, after all, it's a big drought!

It hasn't happened in hundreds of years!

"Whoa." The leaves were gently blown by the wind, as if they were answering Gu Yao's question, but after a while, they regained their calm.

Gu Yao smiled and took a deep breath, "Just let me see what is more on this mountain!" With that, he started again and headed forward.

Not only did Yi Ranchen know that it hadn't rained in the west for several months, but Xuanyuan Qiu also knew, after all, their Xuanyuan family also had their own caravan.

"Boss, it seems that the situation in the west is not good!" Shopkeeper Shen just received a letter from Xiangmanlou on the west side today.

"How?" Xuanyuan Qiu looked at the ledger in his hand and asked without raising his head.

Shopkeeper Shen almost wrinkled his face together, "The person in charge of the restaurant in the west said that the fields in several villages over there have dried up. ”

"He also asked a few local villagers that if it doesn't rain again that day, all the crops in this field will be gone."

Xuanyuan Qiu raised his head and looked at Shopkeeper Shen with a heavy face, "What about our side?" ”

"The situation on our side is fine, there are no symptoms of water shortage, but there are several nearby counties in Zhuangzi that have seen the water level of the river drop." Shopkeeper Shen said.

Xuanyuan Qiu put down the brush in his hand, "It seems that our side has little influence." ”

"Why is it not big!" Shopkeeper Shen was anxious.

Xuanyuan Qiu asked a little puzzled: "Isn't there no big impact on our side, and I haven't heard of any village where the crops can't survive!" ”

Shopkeeper Shen said: "It's because nothing happened, so the impact will be great!" After a pause, he said, "Boss, if something really happens somewhere else." ”

"There's nothing on our side, wait

They can't get along anymore, and not all of them will come to us, so how can people not worry. ”

Xuanyuan Qiu smiled, "You, you're just worried too much, isn't it just that it's not raining, maybe it'll be fine in a few days, besides, the world is peaceful these days, who wants to leave their hometown!" ”

"The owner, this farmer is a farmer, and the farmer is relying on the crops, if there are no crops left, why do they stay where they are?" Shopkeeper Shen is really in a hurry!

Xuanyuan Qiu sighed, "Okay, in this way, you let people closely observe the situation in the west, the situation is really serious, we are making the next plan, how about it?" ”

Shopkeeper Shen frowned, "I can only take care of this." "After all, the drought or something is just their speculation.

But after all these years, I really haven't heard of a place that hasn't rained for months!

"Alright, you go down, I still have something to do." After Xuanyuan Qiu finished speaking, he picked up the brush again and looked at the account book.

"Okay." After the shopkeeper Shen finished speaking, he left, and suddenly, only Xuanyuan Hill, who was working hard, was left in the room.

As the days passed, the people of Lingxian County did not know what was happening in the west, thousands of miles away, and they lived the same life as usual every day.

Wake up early and go out to work.

At noon, several people gathered together, eating hot noodles and chatting.

When I returned home at night, my daughter-in-law and children were hot on the kang.

Yi Ranchen stood at the door of the store and looked at the people who were laughing and laughing, shook his head solemnly, sighed, and turned around and entered the store.

"Young Master Chen, what's happened to you all this time?" Xu Lian was very puzzled in his heart, and after struggling for a few days, he finally asked.

Who knows, Yi Ranchen just glanced at him, shook his head, and went upstairs.

At this moment, Xu Lian wondered even more in his heart, what happened to this young master!

Could it be that you quarreled with Miss Gu?

No, haven't the relationship between the two of them always been very good!

But speaking of which, this Miss Gu hasn't been to the county seat for a long time, so there really is something wrong between the two!

Yi Ranchen didn't know that because he didn't tell Xu Lian about the west, Xu Lian began to guess that there was a problem in the relationship between him and Gu Yao.

"Is there really going to be a big drought in the west this year?" Yi Ranchen stood by the window, looking west, muttering to himself.

On his desk was a letter from the man he had sent to the west, which contained specific matters in the countryside to the west.

In the west, there is relatively little river water, and most of it is relying on God's rain to nourish the fields, or store snow water.

But this year, since the end of the Chinese New Year, there has not been a single rain, the stored snow water is long gone, and even the fields in some villages have cracked.

It is said that some families who are already in difficulty have begun to have no food.

"Ugh." Yi Ranchen sighed lightly.

On the mountain, Gu Yao was facing one

Roots resemble tree roots, and things look at each other!

A quarter of an hour ago, Gu Yao, as usual, carried her back basket into the mountain, who knows, not long after entering the mountain, her feet were unstable and she fell.

"I'll go." Gu Yao's ass landed on the ground, her face full of disbelief, "What happened?" Who am I? Where am I? ”

After standing up, he found the culprit who tripped over himself.

A erected root?

"What is this?" Gu Yao touched her hand, and then a string of information entered her mind.

Cassava, a drought-tolerant and high-yielding crop.

The tubers of cassava can be processed into flour, bread and edible flour.

Cassava also has a unique ability to resist drought, retaining moisture at all times after transplanting and rarely dying due to lack of water.

As a result, cassava is likely to become an important crop in arid regions.

......

Gu Yao blinked, what does this mean?

She also walked through this place yesterday, but there was nothing at the time!

After digesting the news in his head, Gu Yao's face stiffened again.

The tuber roots of cassava are rich in starch, but all parts of the plant, including roots, stems and leaves, contain toxic substances, and fresh tubers are more toxic.

Cassava is poisonous!!

But the good thing is that you just need to remove the skin of the cassava.

Gu Yao dug the cassava out of the ground, "Tut-tut, where did this cassava come from, but the growth period of this cassava is too long." ”

It takes 9 to 10 months.

Shaking his head, he put the cassava into the space, intending to wait until it was useful.

After walking around the mountains, Gu Yao took the harvested rabbits and pheasants home with them.

As soon as he entered the house, he received Yi Xuan's warm hospitality.

"Sister, sit, drink tea, sister, eat a snack." Yi Xuan poured tea and served snacks and fruits to Gu Yao, his face was full of surprise.

"Mother, what's wrong with this kid?" Gu Yao looked at Yi Xuan with a confused expression and asked Qin Shufang.

Qin Shufang smiled and shook her head, "Who knows, it was fine just now!" ”

Gu Yao grabbed Yi Xuan and asked vigilantly, "What's wrong with you, did you take the wrong medicine?" ”

"I didn't take any medicine." Yi Xuan smiled and held a small bowl of watermelon, "Sister, eat watermelon." ”

Gu Yao didn't ask anything, she simply enjoyed Yi Xuan's service, calling the other party to pour tea for a while, and asking the other party to take snacks and fruits for a while.

It's all about using Yi Xuan as a little maid.

Qin Shufang watched from the side, and shook her head helplessly, it was the first time she had seen Yi Xuan like this!

After being busy for a while, Yi Xuan's small body couldn't bear it, after all, he was still young, "Sister, are you happy?" ”

"Happy!" Gu Yao said beautifully.

Yi Xuan observed it and found that Gu Yao was really happy, so he leaned over with a smile and whispered, "Then sister, can you take me to see my eldest nephew!" ”

"What?" Gu Yao forked the watermelon with a fork and was stunned over there, "You kid works so hard."

To please me, just to meet your eldest nephew? ”

"That's right." Yi Xuan said happily.

It was Qin Shufang on the side, with a suspicious expression, "What a big nephew!" ”

Gu Yao stuffed the watermelon into his mouth, swallowed it, and said, "It's Brother Chen's child, his eldest nephew." ”

"Yes." Yi Xuan smiled and said, "I haven't seen my eldest nephew for a long time, sister, let's go see him tomorrow, otherwise, he will forget about me." ”

In this way, his jade pendant was given away in vain, and the jade pendant cost him a lot of silver.

Qin Shufang was a little crying and laughing, "This kid, I really don't know what to say about him." "At such a young age, I still think about my eldest nephew.

It's really frustrating!

Gu Yao nodded at Yi Xuan's head, "Stinky boy, there are really a lot of tricks." He still learned to please, but, "What if I don't take you there!" ”

"That's not going to work." Yi Xuan glared, "You have accepted my kindness, how can you not take me there, as the saying goes, eat people with a soft mouth, and take people with short hands." ”

"Where did you learn this?" Gu Yao wondered, "Why is your mouth so sharp!" ”

Yi Xuan covered his little face and said, "Sister, you can take me there." ”

(End of chapter)