Wang Bo left quickly and returned quickly.

As soon as he returned, he gave Jiang Qinyu a thumbs up, saying, "Sister-in-law Lu is really amazing; she actually came up with something like a water pump."

A few days ago, Grandpa Jiang and his men installed the three water pumps they had made on the other side of the valley. Wang Bo went down and tried them out, and the water in the lake could indeed be pumped up.

“It’s not what I thought,” Jiang Qinyu said with a faint smile, “I saw it in a book that my older brother had years ago.”

Anyway, the eldest brother of the Jiang family is gone, and a lot of his belongings have been disposed of, so no matter who comes to investigate, they won't find anything.

"I see." Wang Bo nodded, his impression of Jiang Qinyu becoming even more peculiar.

Liu Ruyi asked with a puzzled look, "If there were really records of such a thing, wouldn't it have been promoted in Dayue long ago?"

"I don't know, I just saw it by chance. I don't remember everything, it was Grandpa Jiang and the others who filled in the gaps." Jiang Qinyu spread her hands, looking innocent.

No matter how much others doubt her, as long as there is no evidence, she insists that she knows nothing.

Liu Ruyi didn't say anything more, because Meng Tianze was already calling for Wang Bo to set off.

"Sister-in-law Lu, please take good care of Miss Liu while I'm away," Wang Bo instructed Liu Ruyi, then earnestly asked Jiang Qinyu.

Jiang Qinyu was speechless. She wasn't familiar with Wang Bo, so why should she take care of someone for him?

Although she really wanted to reply, "I can take care of her, but that's at a different price," Jiang Qinyu held back in front of so many villagers.

"If it's within my capabilities, Miss Liu, you can come to me if you need anything." But it will cost extra.

Jiang Qinyu silently added a sentence in her mind.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Lu. I'll be going now." Wang Bo thanked her, said goodbye, and left with Meng Tianze.

Jiang Qinyu and the others also began to climb the mountain and head towards Tiger Valley.

She had just descended from the ridge to halfway down Tiger Valley when the system notification sounded in her mind again.

[Ding! Sufficient items detected to complete the mission. Please collect them as soon as possible!]

Jiang Qinyu looked up and realized that, well, she had previously thought that unlocking the fruit and vegetable area would be difficult, but now she found that a valley could handle it.

So Liu Ruyi discovered that after arriving in the valley, Jiang Qinyu checked the water pump and then continued digging up fruit tree seedlings.

What's even stranger is that she clearly saw Jiang Qinyu dig up so many saplings, but after a short while, there weren't many left in her basket.

"Sister-in-law Lu, did the saplings you dug up fall off?" Liu Ruyi asked.

Jiang Qinyu knew that Liu Ruyi was observing her, but in order to distinguish the ten types of saplings that had been collected, she still took advantage of Liu Ruyi's inattention and added those ten types to the system.

Upon hearing the question, Jiang Qinyu replied without changing her expression, "I dug some up and broke them, some were not suitable for planting on the reclaimed land, and some didn't taste good, so I threw them all away."

Liu Ruyi turned around and saw some seedlings thrown on the ground. She then understood, "So that's how it is."

After saying that, she added, "Sister-in-law Lu, I'm quite interested in life in your village. Could you teach me how to do farm work?"

"I'm sorry, I can't help with that either. My father-in-law did most of the farm work at home before," Jiang Qinyu said directly.

She doesn't know how to farm at all; she just knows some common sense than most people, which she learned when she was doing her internship in the countryside.

As for the land the Lu family allocated to her... she could just ask others to help her cultivate it, she only needed to ask.

Liu Ruyi immediately gave a disappointed "Oh", then squatted down on the ground and said dejectedly, "Brother Wang's mother doesn't like me either. Although she seems to treat me well on the surface, I know she doesn't like me."

"Wang Bo said you were from the capital, so why don't you go home?" Jiang Qinyu asked while mentally submitting the task items to the system.

Liu Ruyi looked up at her and asked, "Sister-in-law Lu, do you know the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children?"

“I’ve heard of it.” Jiang Qinyu nodded.

Liu Ruyi said with a hint of self-mockery, "I am a concubine's daughter in my family. I was sent to the border town by my family. Originally, I wanted to win over Marshal Qin for my family, but I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the border town, I encountered the alliance between Dayuan and Xiqiang to attack Dayue. Marshal Qin was killed in battle..."

The border town was briefly lost at that battle, and countless people in the town were killed or injured. She also almost lost her life and fainted. When she woke up, she saw Wang Bo.

"Dayuan and Xiqiang have formed an alliance?" Jiang Qinyu's expression suddenly hardened. "Why hasn't the imperial court issued a public announcement?"

The border war is urgent, and the imperial court will definitely conscript soldiers and rations, but there has been no movement so far, which is very abnormal.

Liu Ruyi shook her head, "I don't know either, but when I left the capital, there were many factions within the court, and the current emperor was greatly troubled by them. It is said that he has already retreated to the inner palace."

Jiang Qinyu: "..."

She was at a loss for words. Natural disasters were rampant, foreign tribes were eyeing them covetously, and the court was still embroiled in internal strife. How could the emperor possibly find peace in indulging in his harem?

No, that's not what she should be thinking about now. What she should be thinking about is the alliance between Dayuan and Xiqiang. If the border town can't hold out, Yongshan County will be the next line of defense for Dayue!

Are they forced to flee from war now, having just decided not to flee from famine?

Jiang Qinyu's brows were furrowed tightly, and she couldn't even pay attention to the system's message in her mind that she had unlocked the fruit and vegetable section. She also had no interest in the new task.

Wang Bo certainly didn't ask Liu Ruyi any questions, otherwise he would never have returned to the village.

Should she tell the villagers?

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