Wei Chengzong had previously told her not to give up the credit, hoping it would make her speak more assertively in the future, but he hadn't used such an urgent and forceful tone.

But after arriving in Dingshui Village today and learning about the yields of sweet potatoes, wheat, and rice, Wei Chengzong's attitude towards her changed.

Previously, his respect for her mostly stemmed from Lu Yanzheng's status. Now, probably due to the propaganda of Village Chief Li and others, he thinks she is a person of great righteousness.

Jiang Qinyu didn't think much of the misunderstanding, after all, she had indeed made contributions to Dingshui Village and the people of Biancheng, even though her original intention was not to help them.

Right now, she already has enough to eat and wear and can live a peaceful life. But with the system constantly upgrading, her curiosity has been piqued. She really wants to see what other good things will come out of the system and how it will eventually upgrade.

To upgrade the system, she needs to unlock different shopping mall areas and earn points. She can also earn points by selling items from this world and her own shopping mall in the system's shop, which she can then use to buy what she needs.

In retrospect, helping the people of Dingshui Village was just a side effect, and helping Lu Yanzheng go to the border town to teach the people how to grow sweet potatoes was only because she had accidentally taken military pay belonging to the border army, and she went there to put her mind at ease.

Now, because of what happened before, the matter of Liu Ruyi has arisen. In order to prevent people like Liu Ruyi from taking credit and potentially doing something bad in the future, she agreed to Wei Chengzong's plan to promote the planting of high-yield grains in Yongshan County.

In short, everything was done in accordance with the prevailing trend.

Since Wei Chengzhong told her to keep the credit for herself, he must have some other ideas, but he was in such a hurry to go back that he didn't have time to tell her in detail.

Jiang Qinyu thought about what Liu Ruyi had done in Dingshui Village and felt that she really couldn't let her gain any advantage.

Jiang Qinyu slept fitfully all night, and was woken up by the noise outside the next morning.

She quickly got up, washed up and tidied herself up. Too lazy to make breakfast, she just took out some bread and milk from the system and ate it.

When she came out of her house, she found that the village was filled with joy.

"Aunt Qin, is there some happy occasion in our village?" Jiang Qinyu asked when she saw Aunt Qin from next door come out.

Aunt Qin smiled and said, "It's a happy occasion, but it's a happy occasion for Liu Erleng's family."

"Huh? What happy event is happening at Uncle Erleng's house?" Jiang Qinyu asked, puzzled.

Aunt Qin was clearly very happy. "His eldest son married a girl from town. I heard his family runs a general store!"

Jiang Qinyu was still puzzled. Why was Aunt Qin so happy about such a joyous occasion in Liu Erleng's family?

Aunt Qin watched the commotion for a while, then turned around and saw Jiang Qinyu's bewildered expression. She smiled and said a few more words.

"You know what happened in our village before, right?" Aunt Qin asked, looking at Jiang Qinyu.

Jiang Qinyu nodded, "Of course I know."

Dingshui Village used to be the poorest village in the surrounding area. Not only would girls from the town not marry into the village, but even people from the neighboring Xiahe Village were unwilling to marry their daughters there.

“Things are different now!” Aunt Qin said with a smile. “Our village has water and food, and the villagers are united. Didn’t Doctor Gu’s family also come from the town?”

"Yes, Dr. Gu and his family have settled down in the village?" Jiang Qinyu really didn't know that.

When Dr. Gu and his family came, Village Chief Li really wanted them to stay, but the old doctor didn't agree immediately.

Aunt Qin nodded and said, "We've settled down. It's right next to Old Meng's house at the end of the village. We worked together to build a new house for him, and now even Doctor Gu's small clinic is open!"

Hearing this, Jiang Qinyu was genuinely surprised, "Our village has a clinic now?"

"Of course!" Aunt Qin said proudly, "Our village is the only one in the surrounding area with a clinic."

Although the clinic is small, and it's actually just a consultation room set up in Dr. Gu's courtyard, isn't that still a clinic?

At this point, Aunt Qin continued, "In the past, no one wanted to marry into our village, but now, anyone who knows about our village is vying to marry into our family!"

Jiang Qinyu understood now. There was a drought outside, and there was a shortage of water and food everywhere. But Dingshui Village not only had water but also food, and even high-yield grain varieties. Anyone with a brain would want to come and live in Dingshui Village.

The Gu family used to live in the town, but now they've settled in Dingshui Village. So it's not hard to understand why people from the town would marry their daughters to them.

“This is indeed a joyous occasion. I must take something to Uncle Erleng’s house to offer my congratulations.” Jiang Qinyu smiled as well.

Aunt Qin chuckled, "Before you came back, several families in our village had married off daughters, and some had even married off their daughters. But the married daughters still live in our village with their husbands' families."

Jiang Qinyu was secretly astonished upon hearing this. Wasn't this a disguised form of marrying into the family? And it involved bringing the whole family along.

Neither Village Chief Li nor Meng Tianze mentioned these things before, probably because they thought they were minor matters and there was no need to bring them up.

Regardless, Liu Erleng and Jiang Qinyu were still somewhat acquainted, and she always had to show her appreciation when his family got married.

Jiang Qinyu picked out two pieces of leather, a pound of white sugar, and a piece of similar cloth as a congratulatory gift.

Liu Erleng's wife, Jiang, came out beaming with joy. After taking the things Jiang Qinyu brought, she was even happier. "Ah Zheng's wife, it's enough that you came. Why did you bring such expensive gifts?"

The leather and cloth were both valuable items, and the white sugar was something she had never seen before. She only learned that it was sugar that Jiang Qinyu had just mentioned was for diluting with water.

This gift is the most valuable congratulatory gift the Liu family has received today.

Jiang Qinyu didn't take it to heart and smiled, "Auntie, you're too kind."

She was led to her seat, which happened to be the same table where Madam Chen and Aunt Qin sat.

"Old Chen's family," someone teased Aunt Qin, "so many people in our village have gotten married, why hasn't your second son made a move yet?"

"Don't mention that brat anymore," Aunt Qin said with a headache. "I've told him several times, but he won't agree."

Not only was Chen Shao unwilling to get married, but Chen Hong was also unwilling to marry out, and she kept pestering Aunt Qin not to arrange a marriage for her.

Suddenly, Madam Chen spoke up, "Your son, Ashao, is still young, so it's fine if he stays a couple more years. But your daughter, Xiaohong, is of age, and things aren't going well outside right now, so let's keep her at home for a while longer!"

"Yes, Old Chen's family. Although their children's marriages are important, their lives are more important. The water shortage outside is so severe. They can take a wife, but they can forget about marrying off their daughter, unless they give her to the ** family and bring the whole family of the son-in-law to live with them."

"Speaking of water shortage, I heard that the people from Xiahe Village have all moved away to Jianshui Village further south, where there is still some water..."

Hearing the aunties at the table talking about the water shortage, Jiang Qinyu suddenly remembered that if sweet potatoes, wheat and rice were to be promoted throughout the county, water would be a big problem!

I wonder if Wei Chengzong has a solution?