The men of each village and the men of each village looked at the river that had overflowed to most of the embankment, and watched the river water rushing to the east, and their nerves were tense.

If it was a previous year, such a large water would have almost overflowed the embankment, and they had begun to embark on the road of escaping to higher places, and now they can still hold on, which is the result of their county magistrate constantly urging people to raise and compact the embankment these days.

I only hope that this embankment can be held this year, although according to the experience of previous years, they did not plant much land after the summer harvest, but after all, they still planted some, if the embankment can be kept, not only can their harvest be kept, but even they do not have to drag their families to flee.

If they can not flee, who wants to leave their homeland?

In this way, Shen Jingcheng, who was running around on the bank of the river every day, saw that he was black and thin. God was still open-minded, and there was a flood in the first year of his tenure, and for nearly two months, as the rainy season passed quietly, the water level in the river gradually dropped.

From the first day when he saw the water level falling, the people who insisted on the river showed smiles on their faces one by one, and the tense atmosphere by the river gradually became laughter, and almost everywhere Shen Jingcheng inspected, there were people who greeted him with a smile.

Although Shen Jingcheng didn't recognize all these people, he would also nod when someone greeted him.

Another half a month passed, and as the sky no longer rained at every turn, most of the water that overflowed the embankment slowly retreated into the river, and the villagers who were guarding the bank also went home happily to prepare for the autumn harvest.

Shen Jingcheng returned to the yamen and had a rare good night's sleep, and when he got up the next day, he wrote a letter to Gu Jin, and by the way, he handed an excerpt to the imperial court, asking that this year's tax grain be kept in the county for the construction of the embankment after the autumn.

The prefect of Guide Prefecture received Shen Jingcheng's excerpt, and he happily handed the excerpt to the capital.

It is rare that Yuhe County has not had a big flood this year, and he is also very relieved.

You must know that when Yuhe County is flooded, the refugees almost come to Chaofu City, and he has to manage it, no matter what.

And now Shen Jingcheng just wants to keep the tax grain, and he doesn't need to give money and food to support people, what can't he agree?

Besides, Shen Jingcheng was personally assigned by the old emperor, plus he also counted the autumn grain in Yuhe County, so there was not much in total, so there was really no need to embarrass people.

Everything went smoothly on Shen Jingcheng's side, and Shen Jiaao also ended his days of learning to swim and began to supervise the life of Shen Jiaao and Shenjia Village's autumn harvest.

In addition to some fields under the mountain, Shenjiaao mainly produces all kinds of fruits on the mountain, all the good quality is transported to the capital and some prosperous capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, and the average quality is transported to the various Shen family shops along the road for wholesale sale, and the remaining small fruits that are crooked, or there are bruises, bumps, and the fruits are not good-looking, so they hire the women in the village to make all kinds of preserved fruits.

The new grain chief here is the first batch of more powerful families to settle here with her and Shen Jingcheng, and now they also live in Shenjia Village.

When the new grain chief went to the capital, he also specially came to the door to ask for advice on the procedures for getting the time.

Although Gu Jin knew about these, she didn't know the specific location of the Yamen of Kanhe, so she wrote a letter to Shen Jingcheng. Shen Jingcheng also quickly replied to the letter, and almost everything he knew was written in detail in the letter.

After receiving the letter, the new grain chief thanked him again and again and set out on the road to the capital.

And because this was the first year that Shen Jingcheng did not take care of the harvest in Qingshan County, Gu Jin stayed again, and all the crops in the field were put into the warehouse, and winter wheat was planted in the field, and after paying the taxes, she took her children and Gu Xiu to Yuhe County again.

Now that the weather is getting colder, Gu Jin deliberately pulled a cart of ginger grown on his own mountain when he left.

This ginger was found by her and Shen Jingcheng on the mountain in Shenjia'ao back then, knowing that this thing can drive away the wind and keep out the cold, she left some seeds every year, specially planted for winter, and now those ginger fields have spread to the size of two acres.

In previous years, there would be people from the pharmacy who came to collect these gingers, and the price was not low, but this year, because Shen Jingcheng was going to build a dam in winter, she kept all of them and didn't sell them at all.

As a woman, although she has never served as a servant, she also knows that building a levee in winter is a chore, and the wind is strong by the river, and often a north wind blows up, which can freeze people thoroughly.

And with these gingers, a lot of such things can be avoided.

Of course, she is not simply kind-hearted, let alone not distressed about the lost silver, but it is her husband who does this, so she can only try to ensure that people don't get sick and don't die because of the dam repair, so that this man who is obviously doing good deeds will end up with people complaining.

However, Gu Jin thought about it a lot, and was still taken aback when he saw Shen Jingcheng.

In the backyard of the county government, Gu Jin looked at Shen Jingcheng, who had lost a lot of weight and darkened a circle, and almost didn't know him.

"How did you lose weight like this?"

"Running to the river every day, isn't that what it is?" Shen Jingcheng smiled and hugged her in his arms, and let out a long breath.

Although he is so busy every day that his feet don't touch the ground, he always feels empty and unsteady in his heart, and now that he sees Gu Jin, his whole person seems to be complete in an instant.

At this moment of warmth, Xiao Youping, who was held in Gu Xiu's arms, saw that his mother was hugging a black man, and suddenly howled in his throat, crying and running out at the same time.

"Wow Wow Wow ......"

His mother, how can you hug others?

Gu Xiu was startled by his sudden swoop, and hurriedly hugged the bear child in his arms, for fear that he would suddenly run out and fall into a dog and eat, after all, this incident has not never happened.

Gu Jin heard the child's cry here, and hurriedly withdrew from Shen Jingcheng's arms to pick up Xiao Youping in Gu Xiu's arms.

"This kid has been recognized so well lately, and no one is allowed to hug him except me and Ah Xiu." Gu Jin hugged the child over and complained to Shen Jingcheng with a smile.

Shen Jingcheng looked at this seven or eight months old, fat and almost like a ball, and his eyes were full of surprise.

Why haven't I seen him for three months, and this kid has grown up a few laps, and he is still as fat as a ball?

Xiao Youping saw that this black man was always looking at himself, and his head was immediately buried in Gu Jin's arms, and his two small fleshy claws grabbed Gu Jin's clothes, revealing only two black eyes, and quietly looked at Shen Jingcheng, his eyes were very vigilant.

(End of chapter)