At the beginning of July, the crops that were planted earlier can be harvested gradually. This year's harvest is not good, and many of the wheat ears are dry and grainless. The harvest is likely to be several times less than last year. Many people rely on the crops in the fields to fill their stomachs. One year's harvest is the family's food for a year.

However, compared to other places where not a single grain is harvested, they are lucky that the crops here can still support their livelihood.

It is dry and rainless today, and even the water level of the Fenshui River is constantly dropping. The most feared thing is that one day the water source will be cut off, and the water in the river will dry up. At that time, they will also be without water to drink.

The Fen River has never dried up in the past hundred years. The geographical records still record the drought a hundred years ago. The water in the Fen River dried up, and many people died that year. Once the river dries up, the food in the fields will not grow. The people will be hungry without food, and hunger will kill them.

This river has nurtured countless people. I only hope that its water can be so continuous.

Cao Xiangnan just came back from Nanyang. This time he came back in a hurry and did not stay in Nanyang City as long as before. When he went to Nanyang, Shen Zhengyang had not returned from Fengdu yet, and he didn't know whether he was still in Fengdu City or returning to Nanyang City.

Shen Zhengyang, the silly boy, was also sincere to him and regarded him as a real friend, so he went to the Shen Mansion and left a message to Old Lady Shen, saying that if there was anything in Nanyang City, they could go to Fenshui Town. After all, in troubled times, small places are much better than big places. Even if he couldn't help the Shen family too much, he would try his best to help them a little.

Old Lady Shen thanked the boy for his kindness, but didn't accept it, nor did she refuse it. She asked someone to prepare a gift to send the boy out.

After the summer, the time gradually became shorter, and the sky got darker earlier than in summer. When Cao Xiangnan came back from Nanyang City, it was late that day. But the matter was urgent, so he had to hurry to the village.

"Wanfeng, I have to go to the village again." He went back home first, put down all the things, and was about to go to the village.

"Okay, husband, you go early and come back early, be careful on the road." Qi Wanfeng did not ask her husband what happened, but reminded her husband to be careful on the road. It was chaotic outside at this time, and he did not want her husband to go to the village when it was dark. However, he did not say this out loud, knowing that her husband was in a hurry to go to the village.

"I'll cook some supper for you, you can come back and eat it later." He said.

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan responded, looking at his wife who was reluctant to leave him, he said, "I will be back soon, you wait for me at home." Qi Wanfeng pulled the child who was clinging to his father and told her husband to go and come back quickly. After finally seeing dad coming back, he left again. Little Baoer was sobbing. An An came to comfort his younger brother and told him that he would be back soon.

Qi Wanfeng asked someone to close the door after watching her husband's carriage leave.

There were more thieves in the town, and many people had things stolen from their homes. At this time, people were hungry, so naturally some people would take risks and do something bad. Fortunately, no thieves had come to the house. Speaking of thieves, Qi Wanfeng remembered the things that happened at home.

After living in the town, he was far away from the people in the compound. To be honest, it was much quieter without anyone coming to the house every few days. Qi Wanfeng still liked living in the town, as there were fewer things to do.

But it looks like they will have to move back to the village soon.

"Okay, everyone should get ready for bed. Mom has to prepare some food for Dad. Dad didn't eat anything on the way back." Qi Wanfeng picked up Xiao Baoer who was following behind him and had to wipe the little guy's body to prevent him from getting prickly heat when he sweated.

After Xiao Baoer got his first prickly heat, he took care of him carefully, for fear that the child would get prickly heat again and no one would have to sleep at night.

The weather this year is particularly hot, hot and sunny, and the heat is unbearable. Fortunately, we have survived day by day, and it will be cool soon. After autumn, it will be winter.

"Daddy's coming back. I don't want to sleep." Little Bao'er twisted his little body and turned his head to stare at the door.

Daddy said to wait for the next time, Bao'er wanted to wait for daddy.

"You lie on the bed and wait. Daddy will be back soon." You will fall asleep when daddy comes back. Qi Wanfeng smiled in his heart. As long as he can deal with this little bad boy, he will feel much more relaxed. Little Bao'er is not difficult to take care of, but there are more things to do than Lele.

"Really?" Bao'er asked.

"Really." How could mother lie? Mother would not lie, Qi Wanfeng nodded seriously and said.

Cao Ruile followed behind his mother and listened to mother lying to Bao'er to go to bed. He just listened and didn't say anything.

"An'an, Xiangzi, Xing'er, go wash your faces and go back to your rooms to sleep, do you understand?" Qi Wanfeng took the younger ones back to their rooms, and he didn't care about the older ones eating and sleeping.

My husband has ordered that the children are not allowed to let the servants in the house serve them, and they should do their own things by themselves, and only ask for help when they can't do it, so the children in the family have developed independent personalities, and they learn to do everything by themselves, and only ask for help when they can't do it.

"Okay."

"Good night, Mom, let's go back to sleep."

He didn't need to worry about the older ones anymore. The little An'an who used to like running to Mom's bed no longer ran to Mom's bed. He went back to their room with Xiao Xing'er. The two little brothers had a good relationship and ate and slept together. The carriage went into the village. At this time, everyone in the village had closed their doors, and there were still sporadic candles lit in the village. Cao Xiangnan went to Li Zheng's house and knocked on Li Zheng's door. He heard a voice from inside, "Zhao Mom, it's me, Xiangnan." He answered and the door was opened for him.

Li Zheng in the room also heard the sound. He was taking off his clothes and preparing to go to bed when he heard the knock on the door. He put on his clothes again and went out.

Cao Wenwu, the third son of Li Zheng's family, heard the voice and came out of the house first. Seeing that it was Cao Xiangnan, he asked in surprise, "Brother Xiangnan, what are you doing here so late?" Without waiting for a response, he led the people inside.

"Father." Seeing his father standing at the door, Cao Wenwu called out.

"Yes, I just happened to have something to do, so I hurried over." Cao Xiangnan went inside, sat down and told Li Zheng about the situation in Nanyang City. There was no time to notify others to come over, so he told Li Zheng to notify others tomorrow.

Li Zheng listened and his face became solemn.

"There are quite a few refugees in Nanyang. I'm afraid they will come over here, so we have to prepare as soon as possible." The situation developed faster than they imagined. Once the refugees came over, they had to harvest the food they planted in the fields as soon as possible.

Refugees are not scary, but bandits and robbers are the most scary. Once people are hungry, they will steal and rob. When

Cao Xiangnan went to Nanyang, he also heard that many places had rebels. To put it nicely, they are rebels, but to put it bluntly, they are robbers, who are doing robbery under the guise of rebels. Life is unbearable. People are forced to become bandits and robbers. Human nature becomes weak in the face of hunger and has no weight at all.

"Okay, I understand this." Li Zheng naturally understood this truth, and he said, "I will go to the fields tomorrow to see whose fields can be harvested, and then I will go to their families to harvest the grain."

The grain at home must also be hidden well, and it is better to be prepared for the worst. Food is life-saving. The grain of this season will at least last until next year, and there will be a long winter. After winter, crops can be planted in the fields.

Cao Xiangnan had already felt that something was wrong long before, and he made preparations early. This year, he also planted a lot of land, but there were also many people this year. Fortunately, the crops were planted early, and when he went to see what could be harvested tomorrow, he wanted to take it back, so as to avoid any accidents if he was late. Now he could harvest as much as he could.

Not knowing how many things will happen in the future, Cao Xiangnan just hopes that the world can settle down soon, and they can live a good life without having to go through the suffering of this chaotic world.

Hearing that King Yi was named the General of Zhenbei and led his troops to the northwest to quell the rebellion, he was relieved about this, knowing that once King Yi went, this battle would definitely be won. But the old emperor was like that, and the prince made the eldest prince the crown prince, so Cao Xiangnan was also worried.

Since they were all on King Yi's boat, in order to show his sincerity, he asked Chuchuyu to transport the grain bought from Chuchuyu, and asked Chuchuyu to transport it to King Yi. Together with it, there was also the processed medicinal powder bought from Luo Ronghuan at a "brotherly price", and the materials he prepared for King Yi, all of which were transported to King Yi.

Soldiers at the border must eat a full stomach to have the strength to fight. How can they fight with an empty stomach?

Cao Xiangnan knew that Chuchuyu had a way to send things to King Yi.

After the flood in the south, there was a plague. It was not known how many people would die. He just hoped that this disaster would be over soon. He sent the prescription to Zhao Xianzhi, hoping that it would be useful.

"Okay, I'll go back." After delivering the message to Li Zheng, Cao Xiangnan hurried back to the town, fearing that his family would worry. Li Zheng personally sent him out the door and waved, saying, "Be careful on the road."

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan replied, "I'll come again tomorrow morning." Li Zheng

nodded, and it would be better for him to go back quickly.

Fortunately, they didn't encounter any troubles during the night trip and returned to the town smoothly.

Seeing her husband coming back, Qi Wanfeng felt relieved and said with a smile, "The midnight snack is ready. I was afraid that it would be cold when you came back." Cao Xiangnan hugged his wife, kissed her twice, and said with a smile, "Thank you, wife."

"Don't make trouble!" Qi Wanfeng pushed him away, but not really, and smiled.