"This yam can not only be used as food, but also as a medicinal herb!"

"What did I say? Right! It strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the kidneys and astringes essence!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers present all showed strange expressions, their eyes, like those of wolves and tigers, staring intently at the yams in the basin.

It looked as if the wooden basin contained rare and precious treasures.

Ignoring the villagers' expressions, Li Changlong became increasingly proud as he spoke, recounting how Lu Qiqi had told them about the yams when they fled the famine, and how she had helped many disaster victims.

This drew praise from the villagers.

"The village chief is indeed a kind person! He not only cured our village of the plague, but also saved so many disaster victims. What a great act of kindness!"

"Yes! The village head will surely be blessed, grow up safely and quickly!"

The villagers who had just said "Grow up quickly" immediately felt embarrassed.

In his opinion, it was extremely inappropriate to say that Lu Qiqi, a girl of marriageable age, was growing up quickly. He said with annoyance, "I just said it offhand when I was talking about my own daughter. Please don't take offense, Your Highness."

Lu Qiqi, not wanting to take offense at such a kind offer, smiled and said, "It's nothing."

Seeing that Lu Qiqi didn't mind, Niu Shuizhu immediately said, "This stuff is excellent, I want to grow more of it, and nobody can take more from me!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone laughed at him, "Shuizhu, you've already had three daughters, you should take a break. Eating more won't help! Besides, in our village, daughters are valuable, but sons can't find wives!"

"Go away, you don't know anything!" Niu Shuizhu chased away the people who were laughing at him, saying, "Having a son can support a daughter, and when I die, I won't let my husband's family think that my maternal family has no one to rely on!"

Tianping Village has been poor for generations, and by the time it came to young people like Niu Xiaozhou, most of them couldn't find wives.

If you have a daughter, she can still get married; if you have a son, you can't find a wife, and you have no hope left.

Therefore, the concept of valuing sons over daughters is extremely rare in Tianping Village.

On the way back, Lu Qiqi walked ahead as usual, with Niu Dahang and his son following behind her.

On the quiet country road, not a single sound could be concealed.

"Xiao Zhou, go and get some yams later. Let's plant more of them; they're good for the kidneys! They're great!"

Niu Dahang deliberately lowered his voice, but every word still reached Lu Qiqi's ears.

She just didn't understand, how come the people in Tianping Village don't have kidney deficiency?

Why do people want to take yam supplements after hearing that it can nourish the kidneys and astringe semen?

After leaving Tianping Village, Lu Qiqi bid farewell to Niu Dahang and his son, and then went to Tianlong Village.

According to Li Changlong, the rice seedlings in Tianlong Village are growing well and are ready for transplanting.

When Lu Qiqi arrived at the fields of Tianlong Village, she happened to run into Tian Dalong.

Tian Dalong sat on the oxcart, with three-inch-long rice seedlings piled up on the cart behind him, their green leaves forming a small hill, as if he were carrying a small patch of grass on the road.

"Village Chief Tian," Lu Qiqi called out.

Tian Dalong was wearing a straw hat, his eyes obscured by the brim. When he looked up, he recognized Lu Qiqi and said, "Greetings, Township Head."

Lu Qiqi nodded and asked, "Are you going to plant rice seedlings?"

Tian Dalong looked back at the rice seedlings behind him, his face beaming with joy. "Yes, this is all thanks to the medicine given by the village head. It's a real treasure!"

"I've been growing grain for so many years, and I've never seen rice seedlings grow so plump and strong,"

The potion was made from spiritual spring water, so Lu Qiqi knew its effects all too well and wasn't surprised at all.

She asked, "Do you know where Monday is?"

Li Changlong went to Tianping Village, so Zhou Yi naturally took over the rice planting work in Tianlong Village.

“I know, I know,” Tian Dalong said. “I’ll take you there.”

After saying that, Tian Dalong stepped aside for Lu Qiqi, wanting her to sit down.

But upon closer reflection, he felt it was inappropriate. Lu Qiqi was an unmarried young woman, and it was truly unsuitable for her to sit side by side with him on the oxcart. If someone saw this, it would damage her reputation, and he would have committed a grave crime.

“This car is dirty, shouldn’t the township head walk a bit?” Tian Dalong said.

Lu Qiqi said calmly, "Alright, please lead the way. I'll just follow behind the oxcart."

As Lu Qiqi walked along the country road, she would occasionally encounter villagers returning to their village. These villagers would often bow to her, and although their bowing posture was awkward, they would still do it.

Tian Dalong's oxcart finally stopped, and Lu Qiqi, after taking two steps, also stopped.

There were paddy fields ahead, and oxcarts couldn't pass through, so people had to carry the rice seedlings on the country road.

The villagers of Tiandalongchong, facing the loess soil and with their backs to the sky, shouted, "The rice seedlings are here! Everyone, come quickly and take them to plant, don't be late!"

If rice seedlings are kept out of the soil for too long, they will not survive.

Among the villagers who stood up and looked up, Lu Qiqi saw Zhou Yi.

At this moment, Zhou Yi stood up with his trousers and sleeves rolled up. He walked barefoot toward Lu Qiqi, his hands covered in mud, and his clothes and trousers were covered in mud stains.

He greeted Lu Qiqi, "Miss Lu."

Lu Qiqi nodded, "Come and take a look."

Zhou Yi naturally knew what she wanted to see, pointing to a tunnel where rice seedlings had been planted, "Those are the rice seedlings that were planted the day before yesterday. I went to see them today, and they can be watered in a couple of days."

Following the direction Zhou Yi pointed, Lu Qiqi looked at the planted rice seedlings, their uniform emerald green color standing upright in the field.

She said, "Never plant seedlings that have been left overnight. Plant only as many seedlings as you can, otherwise they will grow slowly."

He spoke softly, but loud enough for all the villagers present to hear clearly.

The villagers only knew that Lu Qiqi was good at medicine, but they didn't expect her to be so knowledgeable about farming as well.

Suddenly, she became an even more revered figure in everyone's hearts.

......

All the rice seedlings in Tianlong Village have been planted, and all the vegetables in Tianping Village have also been planted.

Lu Qiqi estimated that the messenger from the escort agency should have returned by now, given how much time had passed. She wondered how the matter she had entrusted to the messenger was progressing.

Just as she was about to go into town, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

Li Changlong immediately went to open the courtyard gate, and the person outside was someone he never expected!

And he, a man barely twenty years old, suddenly had tears in his eyes.

"father!"

Who else could be standing in front of him but Lu Dahai!

When Lu Qiqi saw Li Changlong standing outside the courtyard gate calling for his father, she couldn't sit still any longer. A thought flashed through her mind: Could it be that her third uncle had come to Heshun Prefecture in person?

As she lifted her skirt and quickly walked out of the courtyard gate, she saw Li Changlong and his son Lu Dahai embracing each other and weeping bitterly.

An overwhelming feeling welled up inside me, a mixture of bittersweetness and joy.

Lu Dahai and Zhou San were not the only ones who came to Heshun Prefecture with him.

As soon as Wednesday saw Lu Qiqi, he happily called out, "Sister Lu!"

The crisp voice instantly brought Lu Qiqi back to her senses, and she smiled and responded.

On Wednesday, Lu Qiqi ran over with a grin and said, "Sister Lu, we've come to bring you seeds."