Four years later, in the spring of March, Xishan Village, the small courtyard of the Gu family. Wen Yi put down the account book in her hand and looked at Uncle Zhang with a smile, with a look of approval in her eyes: "It's really worthy of Uncle Zhang, everything is done thoughtfully." ”

Uncle Zhang squinted happily, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "The little one just does what the old lady and young lady tell him to do, but he doesn't dare to live!" ”

Wen Yi smiled and shook his head: "Who didn't do this?" Why don't you see that other people's families can prosper? Those who can manage things are either waiting by the master's side for many years, or they have children, but some are too stupid to do things, some are not standing, but they rely on the master's power to cause trouble everywhere, and some think they are shrewd, fooling the master, and profiting from it, and the master's family is still fighting famine, but his family is a mountain of gold and silver...... How many big families have been defeated by these villains! When my grandmother brought Uncle Zhang up, it wasn't that no one had gossiped, and there were also people who recommended people to come, but my grandmother shouldn't have it, and only believed Uncle Zhang. How is it now? In the end, it was Uncle Zhang's ability that made those people slap their mouths, and they no longer dare to underestimate you! If you used someone else at the beginning, you don't know what kind of person is today! ”

The proudest thing in Uncle Zhang's life is that he was promoted to be in charge, and he took care of the master's property prosperously, although he knew it in his heart. He just acted according to orders, and most of the decisions were made by Mrs. Lu and Miss Nine Wen Yi, among which literature and art were the main force, so he has always been grateful to the two masters, but seeing that the family business of the sixth room is becoming more and more prosperous, he is also a little complacent. However, he is honest, and when he heard the young lady praise him, he was proud, and said with a red face: "The small one is that the old lady and the young lady bought this property, and bought the medicinal fragrance valley, carefully cooked, and boiled for a few years, and now there are more than 800 taels of income every year just for the grain, fruits, vegetables and medicinal materials produced!" This year, the fruit groves on the slope can also be harvested, which is another one.

In addition, the southwest slope that I received from my uncle and wife last year has now been turned over and is about to be sown in the autumn. Another output! From now on, our family doesn't have to worry anymore! The people outside know, who doesn't praise the old lady for being wise and shrewd, and the young lady is smart and capable! ”

Wen Yi smiled, but didn't care: "The people outside are just showing affection on their faces and saying a few polite words." The income of more than 800 taels is less than a fraction of the long house, who will look at it? It's still the beginning, and let's see the future. ”

Uncle Zhang was even happier when he heard this, and he was excited for a while before he pressed down and said, "Yes, the little one listens to Miss's orders!" ”

Wen Yi ordered the girl to put the account book into the mirror box in the middle, locked it, and took the key to put it close to her body, before she said: "Yesterday, I went into the city to ask my uncle and aunt to do the thing, I don't know what happened?" ”

Uncle Zhang hurriedly said solemnly: "Yes, I have counted according to Miss's instructions, and there are still 80,000 catties of sweet potatoes in our storehouse, which were originally prepared to be planted, because Miss ordered the southwest slope to be planted with corn this year, so it was still untouched, just waiting for the farm to be busy, and when the green and yellow were not received in April and May, it was just sold." After a pause, he hesitated, "Miss, I heard that corn is grown in the north and in the mountains, and we rarely eat it, why did Miss change it?" ”

Wen Yi asked lightly: "After the beginning of spring this year, how is the rain?" ”

Uncle Zhang thought for a while: "Less! The beginning of spring has not been serious yet! There were only two days when there was a little rain, and the rest of the time the sun was mostly out at that time. Suddenly, my heart was shocked, "What does Miss mean?"

"What the time of day is, no one of us and other mortals knows, but I heard from the old people in the village that this year's rain is afraid that it will be less than in previous years. Although corn is not edible, it is more drought-tolerant than other crops, and grows faster, if it goes well, it can be harvested in summer, and then it is okay to replant a crop of corn, or change to plant melons and vegetables. In this rotation, we can get more food a year. Originally, sweet potatoes were more cold-tolerant, but they grew slowly, and in the middle of spring, they needed to be harvested in the sky, so it was better to plant corn instead. Over the years, my eldest cousin has been letting people plant sweet potatoes on the southwest slope, and the land has been fattened, and there will be more production than that. ”

Uncle Zhang suddenly realized: "I see! Miss has a point! Although there is no drought yet, it is good to plant corn because it grows faster! Sweet potatoes are not very easy to eat, and the price is cheaper, but some people still like the corn, so it is better to sell it when it is transported to Cannes!"

Cannes is a big port, where people come and go, and traders from the north and south gather, so naturally there are many people with different tastes from the locals. But Wen Yi's intention is not to sell for money, in her memory, there is a drought along the Taiping River this year, and even the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River will be affected. Many fields have no heads. She just saw that the corn was harvested early and the yield was high. I planted corn instead. In her previous life, this drought led to civil unrest, and she didn't spread the news to warn the world, so she could only do her best to reduce her own losses.

Thinking of this, she asked again: "I said that the ancients dug a few more wells in the village, do you have a charter?" ”

Uncle Zhang didn't know why she suddenly asked about it, so he replied: "Now everyone is busy with farm work, just wait for a while, miss, although there is little rain this year, but now it's spring, isn't it said that spring rain is as expensive as oil?" In the summer, there will be rain, and there may not be a real drought, so don't worry. ”

Wen Yi smiled bitterly in her heart, it was not easy to tell him the truth, so she said: "You just don't forget this matter, in April and May, if there are strong laborers in the village who don't need to be busy planting vegetables and beans, you will divide them into several pairs of people, distribute tools, and ask them to dig a few more wells in front of the village and behind the village. After a pause, "When our long-term workers dig wells, they tell them to dig more deep wells, and after they are finished, let people watch them carefully, and don't ask people to use water indiscriminately." When it matters, you can't get money for it! ”

Although Uncle Zhang didn't understand why she was so cautious, he still responded one by one.

Wen Yi said again: "As for the sweet potatoes counted out in the library, you are so good that you have asked someone to cook them, store them carefully, don't call them moldy, and at the same time put a word outside, saying that anyone who can't afford to buy grain seeds can come to make a contract, as for the harvest after the autumn, hand over 20% of the output, let's sow the sweet potatoes for them." First come, first served, but a family can only take more than 200 catties at most, not many! ”

Uncle Zhang exclaimed: "Isn't this equivalent to giving it away for nothing?!" Miss, there are a lot of families who don't have money to buy grain seeds nowadays, didn't a few families in our village last month have to ask our family to take over the land because of the famine? The young lady was kind enough to allow them to continue cultivating the fields, and after three or five years they would make up the land money, and then throw them and ask them to take back the title deeds. But they are villagers in a village, so it doesn't matter if they help, what do the people outside have to do with us? They don't give the mortgage to our family, if they don't have a harvest, won't our family lose money?! ”

Wen Yi is bent on reducing the number of farmers affected by drought in the Pingyin generation as much as possible, as long as the people are in turmoil and survive for a year, it will be better next year.

Pingyin County is not a big place, and a few villages around Taipingshan account for all the villages and towns in the county, although her ability is limited, she is not unable to do anything. Originally, she tried several times to persuade her uncle's family to move to Cannes or Pingyang, but she was not persuaded to do so, but her eldest cousin entered Pingyin County to study because of his improved health. He really didn't have anything to think about, so he couldn't tell them directly that Pingyin City was going to cause civil unrest this year, so tell them to move out quickly, right?!

She sighed secretly and said: "I have a number in my heart, tens of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes are limited to us, but the poor family can go, and if they don't plant, they can make rations, and if they win, they will have the opportunity to produce. If you just think that I am doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, let it go in the name of my grandmother. ”

Uncle Zhang hesitated for a while before he reluctantly responded. Wenyi instructed a few more things before letting him step down.

The eldest girl came in with a box and said, "Miss, other people's families do good deeds and accumulate virtues, it is common to give porridge and medicine, and there are also people who build bridges and roads, or adopt orphans and widows. Like Miss, she gave away sweet potatoes for nothing, but she had never seen them!"

Wen Yi smiled and didn't speak, and the other big girl next to her, Huan Dongkui, glanced at her and scolded with a smile: "Idiot! It is better to give people fish than to teach people to fish, give up the seeds and ask people to cultivate, and the sweet potatoes that will be recovered in the future, as long as our family is er, the rest is his, people have hope, who doesn't want to spend effort?! Sweet potatoes have a large yield, don't think that we only accept er achievements kui ding, maybe it will be big! Such a thing that can get li and get a good reputation, only Miss Cheng can come up with it, but you idiot can't figure it out! ”

Shisu was not angry, and after thinking about it carefully, there seemed to be some truth: "I understand!" Others give porridge and medicine, but it is a hammer deal, today to get, tomorrow may not be, unlike the seeds, the village family takes the seeds back, is to the future will have a harvest, the family can settle down, if there is really no food, sweet potatoes can also be eaten, they will not starve to death. Chao Wenyi smiled, "The old woman usually does a lot of good deeds, but even if she gives more money for sesame oil to the temple, it is not as good as the young lady who saves more people." ”

Wen Yi listened to it funny: "Don't pat me on the back." I know that I am going to lose money this year, but I am just doing my part, and I have a lot of food and clothing at home, just to repay the villagers for their care in the past few years. She didn't want to continue the discussion, so she asked Shiso, "What's the box you're holding?" It's not our thing, is it?

Zi Su hurriedly put the box on the table: "This is sent by Miss Biao, saying that it is the dim sum she has newly learned to make this year, let Miss taste it." ”

Wen Yi smiled and said, "I just heard yesterday that she wants to learn to do it, and she can give it away today to taste?" It's really fast enough, but I don't know what it tastes like? She opened the box, and saw that there were four small compartments inside, each containing four kinds of snacks, one of which was best recognized, and she could tell that it was pea yellow, but it was cut crookedly, one of which was broken, and the other three were not recognizable at all. Wen Yi hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether she should muster up the courage to try.

Dong Kui pursed her lips and smiled, glancing at Shisu: "There is your favorite pea yellow, let's try it for Miss!" ”

Shisu twisted her face fiercely: "You little hoof, don't you often say that you are the most loyal?" Why don't you confess at this time?! ”

After Wen Yi hesitated for a long time, she finally reached out and picked up a piece of pea yellow, and the two girls cried out in surprise: "Miss! She glanced at them: "With my cousin's temperament, if she hadn't done the best, she wouldn't have asked someone to send it, and it shouldn't be a big problem." After that, he had the courage to break off a piece and eat it, and was silent for a long time before he gave a sigh: "It tastes good."

Wen Yi smiled and watched him go out, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked Dong Kui: "Can I send it to my uncle's house for too long this year?" Seeing Dong Lyho shaking her head, she wanted to bite her lip, so she ordered: "Tell someone to load the car as soon as possible and send it over, the eldest cousin's total supply cannot be broken." And ask someone to ask, how did he study in the county? Is there anything unsatisfactory? ”

Dong Que replied suspiciously, went out to call someone, Wen Yi sat at the table, thought about it for a long time, and finally could only sigh.

It's a pity that Wen Yi's explicit secret agents have all been in vain, Nie has learned very well in the county, and has made a few friends who can talk to him, plus his health has improved, and the class is also going well, and his aunt Qin also plans to give him a good birthday this year, Nie persuaded him on the grounds of study, but it was inevitable that his family would set up a table of wine, and Wen Yi lived in Xishan Village because of his busy farming, and he was also invited.

When she returned to Xishan Village the next day, Wen Yi was in a somewhat gloomy mood, thinking of the joy of her uncle and eldest cousin connecting last night, she didn't say anything to persuade them to move.

Fortunately, the delivery of sweet potatoes went very smoothly, seven days later, a total of more than 100 families received sweet potatoes back, of which more than 80 households were from the villages around Taiping Mountain, Wen Yi secretly inquired about their land, a total of more than 1,000 acres, although it was a drop in the bucket, but it was better than nothing. She also ordered Uncle Zhang to save the remaining more than 4,000 catties of sweet potatoes in the warehouse, prepare to make relief food in the future, and then let him take the spare labor to dig a well.

After finishing these things, Wen Yi was about to take someone back to the village, when the family guarding the medicine Xianggu suddenly came to report: "Old Doctor Xiao called his apprentice Xiaoliu to come today and took away thirty-seven kinds of medicinal materials, each of which is five catties. Xiao Liu brought another kid and said that he would let that kid get the medicine in the future, and he and Xiao Luo would not come again. ”

Wen Yi was taken aback when she heard this: "What's going on?!" They have always received it before, haven't they? ”

The family said: "Yes, for more than three years ago, Xiao Liu and Xiao Luo have always come to receive it, but I heard that Xiao Liu is going to leave the school, and Xiao Luo also has something to go home, so Dr. Xiao found another medicine boy to take over."

Wen Yi was surprised, and while she was pondering, Zi Su interjected and asked: "I often hear people say that no one who studies medicine can't be a teacher in ten or eight years, so how can Liu Housheng be able to become a teacher in less than four years?!" ”

The family didn't know the reason and didn't answer. Wen Yi knew in his heart that the person was not learning medical skills, but soldiers, and more than three years was not a short time

Over the years, in addition to the beginning, she and the man could meet a few times, and later when they got older, they could only hear from others. Although she couldn't see each other often, after three years, she had become accustomed to it, and someone would go to Yaoxiang Valley regularly, occasionally talking to the caretaker's family about a few health recipes, and then she would make some soup according to the recipes, either to give to her grandmother, or to use it herself. During the New Year's holidays, she prepared three gifts and asked someone to send them to Dr. Xiao, including clothes and food, and she took care of them carefully. Sometimes, she was also secretly frightened, feeling that she was doing something that was not in accordance with the rules, but she felt that the two of them were frank and unrestrained, and they could not speak to others all the time, so they suppressed their fear and formed a tacit understanding in the same form. Now that I have heard from the Lakers, that person is going to leave the school, what about after he leaves the school?

Wen Yi was still entangled with herself, but she didn't know that on the top of the Taiping Mountain Heavenly King at this time, Liu Dongxing was kowtowing to Xiao Yi to resign.

Xiao Yi sighed and said, "I won't say anything more, you are a smart child, but your heart is a little extreme, and in the past few years, I haven't seen you have any bad thoughts." I can tell you to read it, and the rest depends on your creation, you go, in the future, don't mention that I am my student, and I will not recognize you. "Then he turned his head and went straight to the medicine.

Liu Dongxing solemnly kowtowed to him three times. He retreated, and before he went out, he was dragged to a remote place by Luo Mingmin, and asked: "You suddenly want to leave, is it related to the few people you met when you went out last time?" ”

Liu Dongxing turned his head silently, Luo Mingmin was deflated, and said angrily: "This time your uncle and aunt are going to ask you to go back and let them call you!" If you can go down the mountain and go forward, I won't say anything, but I didn't expect this to be the result!" He kicked a rock away in anger, and suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which...... You're eighteen years old! After you go back, maybe you will have to get married, you ......" hesitated, "What are your plans in mind?" ”

"What can you do?" Liu Dongxing said lightly. "This is the event of a lifetime, and I have made up my mind that I will not let them manipulate me at will! It's a big deal! ”

"I'm afraid it won't work, right?" Luo Mingmin sighed, "Your uncle is the patriarch, he opened the pick, who will speak for you?" It's a big fuss, and it's you who suffers. After a pause, his eyes lit up, "Hey, you say...... The key is that you can accept what their husband and wife say? I remember...... I guess that girl is your aunt's niece, isn't it? ”

Liu Dongxing frowned, a familiar slender figure appeared in his mind, remembering the resolute look between the man's eyebrows, he couldn't help frowning, and seriously thought about the feasibility of this matter.