"What else can I do? We can only hope that the government can send someone to take care of us, and if no one takes care of us this time, we will see if anyone will take care of it in the future, or when we will be lucky, someone in the city will be able to take us in to work."

The refugee who spoke sighed heavily, he couldn't be selected this time, and his face couldn't hide his disappointment.

Lin Bin wrote down what the refugees said one by one, looked at their disappointed faces, and was silent and speechless, only squeezed out a sentence dryly:

"It's going to be fine."

"Maybe."

The refugees didn't care about his reaction, after all, they thought Lin Bin was just passing by, and after a few perfunctory complaints, he retreated back to the corner outside the city gate.

Lin Bin stood up, took one last look at the refugees, and then turned to leave.

When he returned to the courtyard where Ye Hao lived, the sky was just numb and dark, and a few sparse stars hung in the corner of the sky.

"Wait."

Lin Bin stopped and looked in cautiously.

I saw a painting case laid out in the middle of the courtyard, and the lamp was lit on the painting case, and Ye Hao was holding a paintbrush in one hand, and he was sketching in front of the begonias in the garden.

"I'm almost done painting here, I'll be able to come over when I'm done."

Seeing that his face was full of vigilance, Ye Hao explained with a smile.

Although the girls all lived in the dormitory of the old wasteland, the business of the weaving workshop still had to be done, and Ye Hao wanted to take advantage of these few days to try to design a few more patterns for the weaving workshop, so she sketched in the courtyard in the afternoon.

When Lin Bin came, Ye Hao had already laid out the draft to dry, because she was worried that Lin Bin would step on it, so she called him back.

After listening to Ye Hao's explanation, Lin Bin looked left and right, suddenly sprinted a few steps onto the wall, stepped on the tiles and walked into the courtyard, and then jumped into the courtyard.

Ye Hao knew that he was good, and when she saw him doing this, she didn't say anything, but asked:

"What's the matter with such a hurry?"

Lin Bin nodded.

"Madame told me before that I should keep an eye on the movements of the refugees, and there has been some progress today."

Ye Hao was in good spirits, immediately put down the paintbrush in her hand, and waved her hand to let her take it away.

"Come with me."

Ye Hao called Lin Bin, and the two went to the study together.

"Tell me, what's wrong with those refugees?"

As soon as she entered the study, Ye Hao asked eagerly.

Lin Bin thought about it, picked the most important one and said first:

"The head of the Ministry of Agriculture sent someone to the next county town to arrest refugees."

"What?"

Ye Hao's face was shocked.

"Some of the refugees fled, and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture probably felt that there were not enough people, so he asked people to take his privately raised men to the next county town to catch the refugees, and I went with them, and I just rushed back."

Lin Bin's call contained a lot of information, and Ye Hao digested it for a while before he understood.

"How many refugees have fled?"

Ye Hao combed through the matter and decided to figure out the most important thing first.

"Most of the women and children have fled, and there are a dozen or so men who can work, and the rest know at a glance that the number is not right."

Lin Bin deserves to have been staring at it, and he has a very accurate grasp of the key information in it.

After hearing what he said, Ye Hao's heart suddenly sank.

That's a lot of people who ran away.

"Where have they fled, have you been paying attention?"

Ye Hao pondered for a moment and asked.

"I think I went to a nearby county, and I saw a few refugees who escaped in the next county."

"Hmm."

Ye Hao thought about it and asked:

"Tell me what you saw in the past."

Lin Bin recalled for a moment and said slowly:

"Most of the refugees in the next county town are gathered outside the city, according to them, they can enter the city from there, but the people in the city are very xenophobic, they don't have a good face for these refugees, and they basically can't find any work to support themselves, so they can only continue to stay outside the city."

To be honest, it's actually better to build a house here in Ye Hao and open up wasteland, at least Ye Hao really wants to help them.

After listening to what Lin Bin said, Ye Hao knew that the lives of those refugees were somewhat difficult, but even so, they were unwilling to come to their side to help clear the wasteland.

Something must have gone wrong.

The first problem is the main book of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ye Hao's expression was slightly grim, she remembered Xie Yunshu's reminder to her at the beginning, and she felt a little remorseful in her heart:

"This is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture...... Hey, I'll go over and see it tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Ye Hao called Steward Yue.

"Steward Yue, I want to go to the scene today to see the situation of the well."

Ye Hao thought about it for a night, and felt that she could go to the old wasteland by going to see the well drilling, and then turn to the wasteland next door, so as to bypass the master of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Steward Yue naturally agreed.

"Yes, ma'am."

On the old wasteland, the girls had already started construction early, and when Ye Hao and Steward Yue arrived, they happened to see a few girls coming out of the dormitory.

Seeing Ye Hao and the others coming, the little girl greeted happily:

"Madam, Steward Yue, you are here!"

"yes, you started working so early."

Ye Zhenle greeted them.

"It's cool to wake up early, and it's better to do it faster."

The little girl carried a hoe and made a gesture of plowing.

Seeing that they looked skilled, Ye Hao was also relieved in her heart, and turned her head to look at the dormitory again:

"Are you still used to living here?"

The little girl nodded.

"It's a good place to live, everyone usually takes turns to be responsible for hygiene, and we will sit together and chat at night, we used to ...... It's not that comfortable."

The little girl's voice became quieter and quieter, and Ye Hao knew that she was afraid that she would remember what happened in the Qinglou before.

"If there's something you're not used to, tell me."

Ye Hao said gently.

"If anyone bullies you, come and tell me, don't worry about no one taking care of you."

"Uh-huh!"

The little girl nodded vigorously, and a smile appeared on her face again.

Ye Hao was also affected by her, and she kept smiling after that.

Steward Yue led Ye Hao around the dormitory, and Ye Hao found that they kept the dormitory in good order, and pickled a few jars of sauerkraut in the shade.

It does seem that he is used to life here.

Ye Hao put her mind at ease and followed Steward Yue to check the progress of the well.

The well has been half-drilled, the huge pile stands at the mouth of the well, and it is chiseled down one by one, Ye Hao stood on the side of the well and looked inside, only to see some water stains faintly coming out at the bottom, and it looked like it was about to hit the groundwater.

"In about two days, we'll be able to get it roughly ready."

Steward Yue called the foreman in charge of drilling the well and asked the foreman to report the detailed progress to Ye Hao:

"After that, reinforce the wellhead and erect a wooden wheel, and it can be used in three days at most."

Ye Hao listened carefully and asked again:

"Do you need to reinforce the walls of this well?"

"Yes."

The foreman gestured to the stone piles next to it.

"After that, we will use these stones to strengthen the walls of the well so that they do not mix with the loess."

Ye Hao picked out a few more questions to ask, and the foreman answered them one by one, without shirking or procrastinating at all.

This is what professionals do.

"Don't worry, you noble, we will definitely open this well as soon as possible."

The foreman solemnly agreed.

Ye Hao completely put her mind at ease.

"Then I'll trouble you."

In three days, the well will be ready for use, and the land that the girls have cultivated will be able to be irrigated with the water from here, and there will be no need to go so far to fetch water.

Ye Hao looked from afar, girls

A large area of wasteland has been reclaimed, and the transplanted vegetables are supported by special wooden shelves to prevent them from collapsing.

Two little girls are watering vegetables one by one with gourd ladles and buckets.

In the distance, three or four girls lined up, carrying the water and walking briskly, occasionally stopping to wipe their sweat, and immediately picking up their burdens and walking back.

When the girls were tired of cultivating the wasteland, they sat down on the ridges and rested for a while, and then continued to plough the ground.

Everyone was working hard, and Ye Hao looked at them with a relieved smile on her face.

This is the life she hopes to give them, not relying on the help of others, but relying on her own efforts to create a future.

A girl noticed Ye Hao's gaze and called the people around her to wave at Ye Hao together:

"Madame!"

Ye Hao heard it, and also stood on tiptoe and waved at them.

The girl said something to the people around her, then took something from the back basket on the side, ran towards Ye Hao, and unfolded the oil paper bag in her hand under Ye Hao's surprised gaze.

"Madam, this is the lotus cake we made ourselves, would you like to taste it?"

The girl handed the oiled paper bag to Ye Hao, and looked at her with sparkling eyes.

Ye Hao happily accepted and picked up a piece to taste.

"It's delicious."

"It's all for Madame."

The girl handed the whole oiled paper package to Ye Hao, and then ran back in a hurry.

The warm wind blew her braids, the girl smiled brightly, chatting with the people around her, while trying to swing the hoe, Ye Hao could sincerely feel her happiness.

Until she went to the wasteland next door, Ye Hao maintained a good mood.

However, as soon as she stepped next door, Ye Hao felt an unusual aura.

Unlike the old wasteland, there is little land to be cultivated, and the timber is piled up on the ground, next to a half-dug pile of grass, and a few wooden stakes are scattered on the ground.

It's pretty much the same as the last time she came to see it.

The only difference is that last time there were at least people pretending to be cultivating here, and now, there are not a few men in the entire wasteland.

Ye Hao's complexion immediately sank.

"What about people?"

Ye Hao said coldly:

"In such a big place, there is not a single worker?"

Steward Yue also felt incredible, he thought about it and proposed:

"Why don't you go to the place where the refugees are stationed first? Maybe there's more people over there."

said so, but Ye Hao felt a little uneasy in her heart, she felt that the situation over there might be worse.

Sure enough, when Ye Hao and Steward Yue arrived at the refugee area, they saw a group of officers and soldiers surrounding the shack, and the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture was standing behind the officers and soldiers, shouting something in red ears.

"What is this doing?"

Seeing this scene, Steward Yue asked in disbelief, and wanted to step forward to check.

The bad premonition came true, Ye Hao's eyes were cold, and she stopped Steward Yue:

"Wait and see what happens."

The two of them just stood seven or eight feet away from the officers and soldiers, quietly watching the situation over there.

"You cunning people!"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture scolded.

"Gave you face, didn't you, and you still want to collide with this official? This official just wants to supervise the progress of your house construction, and if you don't do it one by one, you won't succeed!"

It's funny to say this, Ye Hao asked him to help the refugees build houses, not to let him work with the refugees.

This man is good, he puts on a high stand, he doesn't have a good eye on these refugees, and it's not surprising that the refugees want to resist.

"Phew! You dog!"

Refugees cursed from the encirclement.

"It's obviously to coerce us to work for you, and find someone to trick us into saying that it was arranged by the government, who are you fooling!"

"That's it! I said why do you only choose the old and the young, women and children, it turns out that you lack these people here!

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"You officials, none of them are good! The old man is 70 years old this year, and you still have to move the wood, you want me to die!"