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Chapter 15 Going deep into the countryside

The next day, Qian Xiaoxing and Jia Ling packed up their belongings, and Si Yingying came over and brought them to the outside of the yard. After a while, a team of carriages could come from a distance. The leader was Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu got off the car and said, "Princess, you have already bought the food, farm tools, cloth, etc. you told me that I had bought, and the cars behind them were all on them."

Si Yingying slowly walked past the convoy and looked back and said, "Very good. I made money from Shandu this time, and finally I have the money to buy things and improve my life for the people in my fief."

"What the princess said is that the people in the fiefdom have indeed suffered for the past few years. I am also buying other supplies one after another and distributing them to the people of the whole country at that time." Butler Lu leaned over and replied.

Si Yingying remembered that she always blackmailed Qian Xiaoxing's money and asked with a smile: "9527, some of these items were bought by your money. Do you still feel sorry for now?"

Seeing that money had turned into supplies, Qian Xiaoxing felt sorry for what else, so he had to say, "I have said it a long time ago. For the people of Si State, I sacrificed my head and shed my blood without a single complaint."

"It's good that you have such a high awareness. It's hypocritical. I won't say much. Let's get on the car and try to arrive at Yingwang Village at noon." Si Yingying led the two of them to the carriage. When Butler Lu waved his whip, the carriage slowly headed towards the west gate.

After leaving the west gate of Liufeng City, the road is not spacious and there are many bumps. You have to slow down and move forward slowly.

Along the way, Qian Xiaoxing looked around the fields outside. Since the sun was scorching these days and there was no rain, the soil in the fields gradually became dry and cracked, and the rice was shriveled and almost died.

Many people are constantly diving from afar under the scorching sun, watering the rice with wooden spoons one by one. From time to time, children are walking through the fields and bringing bowls of cool tea to adults.

When the people saw Si Yingying, they stopped working and stood and waved to Si Yingying. Si Yingying also waved his hand all the way to greet the people.

"I said Yingying, aren't they tired of diving like this? Can't they dive in diving for irrigation?" Qian Xiaoxing asked in confusion.

Si Yingying shook her head and smiled, "What you said is simple. How much manpower and financial resources are needed? Do you know? Everyone has a problem with eating now, so if you have the energy to do this, let's talk about it when you make money."

Qian Xiaoxing was speechless after hearing this. He couldn't do anything without money. The less money he had, the harder he was, the more he was. It was a vicious cycle.

At noon, the convoy finally arrived at Yingwang Village and saw that there were already many people at the entrance of the village to welcome Si Yingying and others.

The village chief of Yingwang Village is an old man in his fifties. Although he is thin, he is energetic. Everyone in the village likes to call him Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu has long heard of people reporting that the main official came and is waiting for Si Yingying at the entrance of the village.

When Uncle Xu saw the carriage and horses arrived, he met and said, "Princess Yingying, I haven't seen you for a long time. Everyone in the village miss you very much. Look at you, you are getting more and more beautiful."

Si Yingying said happily: "Uncle Xu, I just came back from Shandu, and I miss everyone very much. I won't come to see you anymore. You can arrange the items in the car and give them to everyone at that time."

"It's OK when you come, bring us something. Princess Yingying, you are so nice to us." Uncle Xu said politely.

"You usually take care of Si Guo, and these things are far from what you have paid." After Si Yingying said that, she got off the carriage and waved her hands to everyone, calling out all three, four, five, and six.

"Princess Yingying, the third aunt's family has given birth to another fat baby, and they are still waiting for you to name it."

"Princess, Sangouzi has married a wife, that wife is so handsome."

"Princess, the harvest in the fields is fine this year, and I can pay more taxes."

"My sow gave birth to eight little pigs not long ago."

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Everyone followed Si Yingying affectionately and told all the big and small things about the village. Si Yingying listened happily and exclaimed, "Is that so good...really?"

Qian Xiaoxing watched Si Yingying and the people frowning, frowned slightly, and was wondering. When Butler Lu saw Qian Xiaoxing's expression, he smiled and said, "This is the case with the princess. She is very good to the people, and the people are also very good to her, and they all love her very much."

"Brother Zhong, I'm just a little hungry."

"So that's the case. I'll arrange for someone to cook immediately." Butler Lu led the convoy into the village and arranged for the followers to set up a pot to cook.

Then, Butler Lu and Uncle Xu arranged for each household in the village to collect items. Everyone held white rice in their hands and reached out to touch the cloth. Their faces were filled with joy and thanked Si Yingying one after another.

"Brother Qi, where will we stay at night?" Jia Ling rarely spoke along the way and suddenly asked.

"It seems that you and I can only squeeze into a kang at night. Due to the environment, I can't do anything about it. It seems that it will be difficult for me to keep my innocence at night." Qian Xiaoxing said with a smile.

Jia Ling glanced at Qian Xiaoxing and said, "Even if I stand all night, I won't sleep with you."

While talking, Butler Lu asked the two of them to come over to have a meal, and the group started eating happily around the big pot. During the meal, people came over from time to time and brought the vegetables they had cooked at home. Some people brought the eggs they usually collected, some brought fresh vegetables, and some were freshly picked mushrooms in the mountains, which made Qian Xiaoxing nodded and thanked.

After dinner, Butler Lu asked the convoy to return and asked Si Yingying: "Princess, where can I spend the night?"

Si Yingying did not answer, but asked Qian Xiaoxing: "9527, do you want to spend the night at a farmer's house?"

"I, whatever." Qian Xiaoxing replied.

"Okay, you can live at Uncle Xu's house today. Butler Lu, we should spend the night in Songyue Garden." Si Yingying said.

Qian Xiaoxing was stunned after hearing this and asked, "Why, don't you live with me? Where is Songyueyuan?"

"Didn't you say you should inspect the people's situation? How can you investigate if you don't go deep into the masses?" Si Yingying mocked Qian Xiaoxing and said, "Songyueyuan is a summer resort built before, just on a mountain not far from the village."

Qian Xiaoxing was about to object, but Si Yingying said again: "Don't forget your responsibilities and stop thinking about playing."

After hearing Si Yingying's words, Qian Xiaoxing suddenly had nothing to say. So let's take a few days to inspect. After finishing, you must go to the Summer Resort and have a few days to have fun.

In the afternoon, Si Yingying led Qian Xiaoxing to a walk around the village. There were 261 households and a population of 830. Due to the wars in previous years, there were not many strong laborers, only more than 130 people.

The village is in a valley, with a small river in the valley. Although there are not many fields in the valley, you can get water nearby in the river during drought, and the harvest is pretty good. I heard from Uncle Xu that if the flood comes during the flood season, all the crops in the fields will be buried, and there will be no harvest.

Qian Xiaoxing came back around and had some plans in his mind. Seeing that everyone had to use wooden barrels to get water, it was a waste of labor, so he built a water truck first.

Qian Xiaoxing said his thoughts, and Si Yingying was very supportive after hearing this. She had seen the water truck with her own eyes, and it was no problem to raise the water by several meters. So she immediately ordered the village laborers to start cutting wood, find craftsmen who can do carpenters, and start making preliminary preparations.

In the evening, Si Yingying asked Qian Xiaoxing to live at Uncle Xu's house, and he took Jia Ling and Butler Lu to Songyueyuan.

Qian Xiaoxing followed Uncle Xu to the home. Uncle Xu's house was three tiled houses. The exterior wall had a large floor peeled off due to wind and rain. Uncle Xu said to Qian Xiaoxing embarrassedly: "The house is dilapidated, so you can't get used to living there."

"It's okay for Uncle Xu. I'm not a young man. I'm also an authentic farmer." Qian Xiaoxing walked into the house with a smile.

"Old woman, come and welcome the guests." Uncle Xu shouted into the house.

After a while, an old man walked out of the kitchen, wiped his hands with the bib in front of him and said, "Please sit down quickly, the meal will be ready soon."
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