Chapter 58: The Plague Emerges
The master took Yun and walked with him.
"Teacher."
"Master."
Su Xuning and Li Qing bowed to Zhu Liji.
The four of them were standing by the river, and not far away there was a group of officials who were helping the people in the village to carry things, of course, they were ordered by Su Xuning to do so.
Just such a small thing is enough for the county order to establish a tall image in the hearts of the people.
"Mother."
Li Qing gently rubbed Yun Ji's hair and said, "This is the county magistrate." ”
Yun Ji made a scholar's salute to Su Xuning and said, "My lord." Then he whispered to Li Qing: "This is the chief examiner of the county exam." ”
"It turns out that you are Jiang Yun and his mother Jiang Li!" Su Xuning suddenly realized, and said in his heart: "No wonder. "It seems that a golden phoenix will fly out of this mountain nest! Su Xuning couldn't help but sigh.
"If you have any difficulties in the future, you can go to the county government to find the official, as long as the reasonable official can do it, he can help you."
Su Xuning was obviously throwing an olive branch to Li Qing, and Li Qing accepted it without pretension.
"Thank you, then, for you have stood here for a long time, and if you go to the woman's house to drink water, the flood is merciless, and everything in the house is destroyed, and the only way to drink is the spring water that quenches your thirst." Li Qing smiled.
"No need, the house has not been repaired, it is inconvenient to bother, if there is a chance in the future, the official will visit Shilitang and visit his home." Su Xuning did stand for a long time and had a dry mouth, but because the Jiang family was full of women, his reputation was not good.
"In this case, the little woman will no longer bother the adults in their work, and if the adults have anything to use, just mention it." Li Ching Road. She didn't want to be polite with Su Xuning for a long time.
Su Xuning has the official spirit of being an official for many years, and Li Qing is a literati, so he feels very unhappy with Su Xuning's official spirit.
Although the officials in these years are all literati, even the three major and five rough military attaches will dance and write when necessary. But this does not prevent Li Qing from disliking the atmosphere of officialdom.
It is true that everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high. Su Xuning's arrival has obviously enhanced the status of the Jiang family in the village, and the effect is immediate, which is reflected in the construction of houses. Three days to lay the foundation, six days to build the walls, one day to build the beams, four days to build the roof. In just half a month, three wooden houses were built, and the home was all available.
In order to prevent cracks in the house due to the moisture drying of the wood, the villagers added another layer of bamboo to the outside of the wooden house. So from the outside, these three rooms look like bamboo houses. When I looked inside, I found that it was made of wood, and the roof was made of silk thatch.
After the flood, there were no haystacks in the village, and no one burned tiles, and even if there were tiles, everyone could not afford to pay for them, so they had to cover the grass.
In addition to the Jiang family's house, several such houses have been erected in the village, which is the fastest way to build a house.
Jiang Shi has been looking at the house that is getting more and more perfect these days, and the smile on his face has gradually increased. It's pleasing to everyone's eyes, no scolding, no more leg pain, no more soreness in the waist, and it feels great.
Li Qing naturally would not treat anyone who came to help, and paid some wages in private. At this time, who will push and shout? Almost all of them put away the coins under Li Qingsan's polite words.
Two months later, the vast majority of the village's households are living in new houses, and a small number are under construction.
After the last few days of flooding, the crops were basically withered, and the villagers sorted out the land in November, planted wheat, and hoped to harvest spring wheat the next year.
The mulberry tree is fine, but the leaves are gone. It's almost winter, and these mulberry branches have to be cut off and grow again next year.
The most pitiful thing is that the silkworms raised in the village have been rescued, except for a few families who have rescued them, the others have been washed away by the flood. Many people's silkworms have cocoons and are about to harvest a batch of silk, but unfortunately God is ruthless.
In the next year or two, the standard of living of the whole village will decline, and that's how cruel it is.
Although the Jiang family has some prescient factors, it is not much better.
During those days on the mountain, Li Qingsan would teleport to Shangjing from time to time to buy medicine for the villagers, and the family's savings of nearly 400 taels cost 780 taels. In addition, the house was built recently, and it cost dozens of taels of silver. The remaining silver taels are in order to leave a way for Yun Ji to study and the future, and the family is now tight on food and clothing.
Li Qing and Jiang also volunteered every day to help the families in the village rebuild their homes, but they never found an opportunity to make money.
The loom was also broken and needed to be repaired, but fortunately, the latest embroidery that Jiang got was taken with him, and the semi-finished embroidery was preserved. It's just that the silk cloth on the loom is pitiful, and all of them are destroyed.
With the intervention of Su Xuning, the village school was quickly rebuilt. Those who can afford to send them to study will send their children again. Hearing Yun Ji said that more than a dozen people did not go again, it seems that the family has been hit hard and can no longer continue to go to school.
Yun Ji was forcibly taken away by Master Zhu after resuming school in the village, on the grounds that he was a seven-year-old baby who couldn't help much. It's better to study hard and strive for a good ranking in the next year's government exam.
The Jiang family is very supportive of Master Yu, and it is enough to have her and Li Qing at home.
After being rebuilt, Shilitang has finally regained some of the feeling it had before the disaster.
Li Qing didn't know what was going on outside now, and since the flood had receded, she hadn't teleported out to see it again, and only stayed in this small corner to concentrate on the restoration work.
As everyone knows, the outside world is about to become a pot of porridge now.
"Master Gu, this fever first started in Qixia Village, Chongxian County, that village was the worst flooded, and the entire village was almost dying, I thought that I had done a good job of protection, but who knew that it actually started to start a fever, and then gradually spread." The little officer with his fist clenched said and his voice became quieter and quieter.
Gu Xiangwan turned his back to the government officials: "Send someone, isolate immediately, and remember that you are not allowed to kill until the situation is not serious." Gu Xiangwan said.
"Yes." The little official clasped his fists and saluted, turned to leave.
The epidemic prevention powder he configured was already an enhanced version, but there was still an epidemic, and Gu Xiangwan blamed himself a little.
It is imperative to find out the source of the epidemic and solve it as soon as possible.
Gu Xiangwan immediately ordered the team of imperial doctors he brought to stand ready and set off for Qixia Village, Chongxian County. Now that the disease has gradually spread to the villages around Qixia Village, it seems that the scope of quarantine should be increased.
After Su Xuning learned about this, he was in a hurry, although it didn't happen in Lexu County, but it would be passed over.
The master said: "Now, we should sound the gongs and drums and publicize it widely, and ask the doctors to pay attention to the movements on their own territory, and never let the undeveloped land be infected with the epidemic." ”
"You're right, send the order down quickly, and contact the villages quickly."