Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 477 Village People

"Before the great flood came, I thought that it had been dry for a long time and I didn't know when it would rain."

"After a long drought, it is inevitable that there will be heavy rain. So the woman proposed that the villagers dig a drainage ditch in front and behind their houses."

"Not long after, as expected, a huge storm really came. The storm continued for several days."

Hearing this, everyone felt very depressed.

"Natural disasters are terrible, but no one in our Baili Village has ever fled famine, and no one has ever died."

"Later, after the natural disaster, the villagers quickly repaired their houses and cultivated their fields."

The village chief tried his best to control his emotions. He turned to the magistrate of Qi and said, "Sir, that year was a disaster that only happens once in a hundred years. Fortunately, we had Yue girl, who thought of everything first, so Baili Village was able to survive step by step."

After hearing this, Magistrate Qi couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He looked at An Yue in disbelief and asked, "How did the girl know that these natural disasters were coming?"

"Your Excellency, let me give you an example first."

“I wonder if you can feel that there is an invisible rope in this world?”

“It felt like there was a long hemp rope tying all the living species together.”

"The top of the hemp rope is the man who rules over all things, followed by birds and beasts, snakes, insects, rats and ants."

"When the weather is good and the harvests are good, all birds, beasts, snakes, insects, rats and ants dare not cross the human class."

"But once a natural disaster occurs and the living environment loses balance, the order on the hemp rope will be disrupted."

"When there are severe droughts, floods or earthquakes, humans are the most direct victims, followed by birds and animals."

"On the contrary, snakes, insects, rats and ants living underground will be more conducive to their survival and reproduction, causing disasters."

"It is not difficult to imagine that during a severe drought, snake, insect, rat and ant plagues are inevitable. The most common disasters we see are rat and locust plagues."

Magistrate Qi nodded and said, "Yes, not bad, not bad. Miss An Yue's analysis makes sense."

At this time, Xiaobao, who was sitting in An Yue's arms, was tired from playing and fell asleep in An Yue's arms.

An Yue carried Xiaobao to the east ear room and handed him over to her sister-in-law Meng Xiuer.

She leaned close to her sister-in-law's ear and whispered a few words to her.

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Everyone sat in the yard, and before they knew it, half an hour had passed.

Magistrate Qi stood up and said, "I just heard from you that Baili Village has dug several deep wells. I wonder if you could take us to have a look?"

An Yue came out from the east wing and said without hesitation: "There is a deep well to the east of my yard. Please follow me."

Qi County Magistrate responded: "Oh? Fine then, let's all go and take a look!"

Afterwards, a group of people followed An Yue out of the gate and walked towards the east side of the yard.

Soon, everyone arrived at the deep well.

An Yue walked forward, gently grasped the handle of the windlass, and turned it skillfully a few times.

After a while, a bucket was slowly lifted up, filled with water.

The well water was clear and cool. County Magistrate Qi smiled and walked forward to wash his hands, feeling the beauty of having a deep well in the village.

After washing their hands, several people leaned over the well to check the water level.

"Well, that's great. If every village had a few deep wells like this, the villagers wouldn't die of thirst even if there was another drought."

The master beside him echoed: "Yes, yes, the water from this deep well is really clear and cool!"

Magistrate Qi turned to his advisor and said, "Please record the size and depth of this well."

"In order to prevent droughts from happening again, I have decided to gradually promote the digging of deep wells throughout the county after returning to the county seat."

"Yes, sir." The lawyer took out paper and pen from his cloth bag and began to write in a very eloquent manner.

"Oh, and that big warm bed, record that, too."

"Yes, sir."

"Village Chief, Miss Anyue, please take us around the village again!"

The village chief and An Yue looked at each other and nodded.

The village chief respectfully said, "Sir, let's take the small path first and go all the way to the west end of the village. When we come back, we can take the main road. What do you think?"

"Well, that's great."

Magistrate Qi and his family of three, as well as the village chief An Yue, walked slowly along the path.

Magistrate Qi looked at the fields around the path curiously.

In the paddy fields, there are neatly arranged rice seedlings growing lushly.

Magistrate Qi pointed to the rice seedlings in the paddy field and said with a faint smile: "The rice seedlings are growing well!"

The village chief explained: "Yes! Ever since Yue Yatou developed the compost, almost all the excrement from poultry and livestock in every household in the village has been dumped into the paddy fields."

"I see. There is an adequate supply of fertilizer in this paddy field. No wonder the rice seedlings are growing so well."

Came to a cornfield.

The corn planted early was already half a person's height, while the corn planted late had grown to the knee's height.

Magistrate Qi looked at a large cornfield, spread his hands, and laughed heartily, "Haha, very good, very good. Looking around, it's all green!"

The group continued walking towards the west end of the village.

Along the way, we saw many villagers weeding in the fields.

On the way, I met two villagers who were carrying dark and fertile compost and preparing to apply it to the fields.

When Magistrate Qi saw this, he followed curiously.

He wanted to see how the villagers applied fertilizers, and from time to time, he would get close to the villagers to inquire about methods of managing corn.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the west end of the village.

The population is relatively concentrated at the west end of the village, and there are large tracts of vegetable fields.

Cucumbers, eggplants, spinach, peppers, water spinach, taro, etc. are planted in the vegetable garden.

Looking around, the villagers were all busy with their own work.

There were a few children, about ten years old, carrying baskets on their backs, walking along the village path, playing and cutting grass to put in the baskets.

Turning around, I saw two young men carrying manure and preparing to go to the vegetable field to water the fields.

On a small mound not far away, there were a few women chatting and laughing, weeding with hoes.

When Magistrate Qi saw that all the villagers were hardworking and simple, his eyes were filled with satisfaction.

Walking and looking around along the way, the village chief discussed farming matters with the county magistrate and the legal advisor.

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Finally, we arrived at the west end of the village, near the village chief’s house.

The village chief invited Magistrate Qi and his entourage to his home to have a cup of tea and rest for a while.

After County Magistrate Qi agreed, everyone walked towards the gate of the village chief's courtyard.

Came to the village chief's house.

Qin warmly served tea and water to entertain everyone, and everyone sat in the yard of the village chief's house drinking tea.

After a while, when the villagers at the west end of the village learned that the county magistrate was coming to Baili Village, they all came over.

The village chief, Magistrate Qi, and the legal advisor sat in the middle of the yard.