"It's time for lunch. After lunch, we'll leave and leave the house to my brothers." Qiu Yinong looked at Qiu Hansheng and the others.

Qiu Hansheng and the others told her in unison to go without worrying about her family.

Qiu Yinong smiled and said yes, then the family went to the dining room. Not long after, Qiu Qinghe and his sister also came over.

They didn't know what happened, and Qiu Yinong didn't tell her about it.

After dinner, Qiu Yinong and the others set off.

The only people who went this time were Qiu Qinghe and his sister, Qiu Yinong, Chu Hongyun and Jing Xu.

Qiu Maocai drove the carriage, Jingxu also sat outside, Chu Hongyun rode alone on horseback, and Qiu Yinong took Qingyuan and Qiu Qinghe in the carriage.

The group of five quickly left the village and headed towards Anqing Prefecture.

As soon as Qiu Yinong and the others left, Qiu Wanjin called the village head and invited the whole village to hold a meeting under the beech tree.

Tell everyone what Qiu Yinong said before she left.

To make everyone mentally prepared, the villagers said they all knew about it. With Qiu Yinong's early warning, everyone began to be vigilant.

Fortunately, Taohua Village is located on high ground, and the surrounding villages are similar, but there is also a small village with more than 30 households in the lowlands.

We have to pay attention to their safety at that time, as most of the people in the surrounding villages are relatives.

Soon the villagers of Taohua Village dispersed, notified other villages, and asked the villagers in the lower villages to pack up their belongings and temporarily send the elderly and children to relatives in higher places.

Taohua Village even opened several newly built houses at the entrance of the village, saying that they could be temporarily rented out to villagers living in the lower-lying areas.

However, these houses were still under construction, so the village head found the village chiefs of several other villages and asked their strong men to come and help with the construction just in case.

I heard that they gave money, food, and accommodation to the villagers living in low-lying areas.

Strong men from several surrounding villages joined in and said that they only needed food and drink and no money was needed.

They also do their part to contribute to the righteous cause of Taohua Village.

Knowing that a disaster is about to strike, most people are kind-hearted, but there are also some busybodies who think that Peach Blossom Cheng is worrying too much, and even say that they are hypocritical and are just trying to trick people into working for them.

Qiu Lizheng and his men were too lazy to argue with them and just focused on their own affairs.

"Qiu Lizheng, you said earlier that there was a major flood in Anqing? Is that true?"

"It's almost autumn, will there really be another major flood?"

Villagers from other villages who came to help asked Qiu Lizheng curiously, don’t big floods usually occur during the plum rain season?

"It's really unusual. Generally speaking, major floods occur during the plum rain season, but this year it seems like there's no plum rain season at all."

"It only rained a little bit, not as much as it usually does in a day."

Qiu Lizheng also felt that this year was abnormally tight.

"Yeah, it's almost autumn, and there's suddenly a flood. I was wondering why there weren't any refugees this year."

"After all this time, there weren't any major floods this year?"

Others also started talking at once.

Qiu Lizheng shook his head: "I don't understand. I don't know what God is up to."

"Maybe there was a flood, but those who fled didn't escape to our side." An old man wiped the sweat off his forehead and also spoke.

Qiu Lizheng nodded, it was possible.

"Don't think too much. Everyone, please help me and get this done."

"Don't worry, Qiu Lizheng, we will do our best."

"Yes, Qiu Lizheng, we must do a good job."

Qiu Lizheng said yes repeatedly and walked towards the village with his hands behind his back.

Just as Qiu Lizheng left, the women from the village came with food.

It is sesame cake with soy milk, both sweet and salty.

"Come on, come on, one sweet and one salty for each of you. The soy milk is here, so feel free to drink."

Those who came to work were dumbfounded. Taohua Village is so rich! They started working for only a short while and they were already being given meals?

It's still something new that I've never seen before.

A young man took the pancake and asked curiously, "Auntie, what is this? I've never seen it before."

"This is a new pastry that just came out of the oven in our pastry workshop today. It's called Shaobing. Try it. It's so fragrant and delicious."

The young man took a bite out of curiosity, his eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded continuously.

After eating several mouthfuls, he quickly praised: "It's delicious, really delicious, uncles and brothers, please try it quickly."

The others also washed their hands and came over. As requested, each took a sweet piece and a salty piece.

Everyone has different tastes, but both sweet and savory are popular.

"They are all delicious. The sweet ones are crispy and fragrant, and the salty chives are also very fragrant and delicious."

"Working in Taohua Village is more profitable than what I could earn in the county. If there are any good opportunities like this in the future, please let me know."

A man smiled at his relatives in Taohua Village.

His relative said cheerfully, "Sure, my family will also be building a house soon. When the time comes, you can come over and I'll pay you and give you food."

"Even the food at my house isn't this good."

The man was puzzled and looked at the pancake in his hand and asked, "What are these?"

"Oh, because this row of houses was proposed by Xiaoliu to be built for new villagers who want to settle in Taohua Village in the future."

“The welfare in the village is definitely better.”

"Hahahaha, then we have to pray that there will be more jobs for us to work in your village in the future."

"Of course there are. Our village is undergoing massive construction and we don't have enough manpower. You guys should work hard. If we need you in the future, the village head will definitely invite you first."

Those who came to work nodded continuously after hearing this. Indeed, if they were to cheat and act cunningly, no one would dare to hire them to work in the future.

After eating, everyone went back to work cleanly.

Qiu Lizheng came over with his hands behind his back and looked twice. Seeing that everyone was busy and energetic, he nodded with satisfaction and went back.

…

As for Qiu Yinong, she headed southeast.

That night we entered a small town called Qingfeng Town.

"It's getting late, and it's not suitable to travel anymore. Let's find an inn to stay for the night and set off early tomorrow morning." Chu Hongyun said to Jingxu.

Jing Xu hummed and began to look for the inn. He looked around and pointed ahead and said, "That looks like an inn."

Qingfeng Town is only a day's journey away from Qingquan Town, so how could it be so deserted?

Chu Hongyun rode forward. A waiter, looking listless, sat at the door. He looked up at the sound of horse hooves and asked, "Sir, would you like to have dinner or stay the night?"

"Stay overnight and have a meal." Chu Hongyun looked at the inn in front of him with a frown.

This inn is really a bit shabby. I don’t know if it is clean or whether there will be insects biting the inn.

The carriage soon arrived. Qiu Maocai looked at the inn in front of him and frowned.

But he still got off the carriage and took the footrest.