A lot had happened in the past few days. Daqing Mountain had been measured out, and it was eight hundred acres. This was because Ma Youcai had someone give her some water, so it was far more than eight hundred acres. After paying the silver and getting the land deed back, Daqing Mountain would be hers from now on.
Li Yun asked Lu Shao to build a wall at the entrance of the village to prevent the people from Anqiu County from taking advantage of the situation and entering Qingshan Village to extort money. Of course, the newly built pond was also inside the wall.
Li Yun also told the village head and villagers about the drought in Anqiu County and shared her thoughts. The villagers initially opposed the plan, but after seeing the wall, they stopped talking.
The rice in Qingshan Village has been harvested and is drying in the wheat field. Li Yun plans to wait until the villagers have dried and collected the rice before bringing the people from Anqiu County over.
Moreover, Du Kun had already delivered the wind cabinet yesterday. She planned to sell one and give one to Qingshan Village as usual. She also planned to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
So today, Manager Cui asked someone to go to the town to pull the wind cabinet out to sell.
The price has been set. A wind cabinet sold to landlords and wealthy families costs one hundred taels, and a wind cabinet sold to villagers costs thirty taels. This is the cost price. Iron was too expensive in ancient times, and wind cabinets require iron.
The wind cabinet of Qingshan Village was handed over to the village chief yesterday. Today, the village chief’s rice has been dried and the wind cabinet can be used.
The water level in the river has dropped to my ankles, and I can clearly see what's in the river: crabs, river shrimps, fish, various snails, and even scallops.
Li Yun brought his parents-in-law, Dabao and his two siblings, and several servants to the river, carrying buckets of water to catch fish and pick snails.
When we arrived at the river, many villagers were already catching fish, but they didn't want seafood like crabs, just fish.
"Ah! It hurts! Help!" Suddenly, a child's cry for help came from above.
Li Yun asked her family to wait where they were while she went to see what was going on.
It turned out that Aunt Hong’s grandson was pinched by a crab and was crying in pain.
"Mrs. Chen Ye, please help me think of a solution." When Aunt Hong saw Li Yun, she felt like she saw a savior. She quickly hugged her grandson and asked Li Yun anxiously.
"Auntie, don't be anxious. Put your hand in the bucket and let the water cover the crab. It will naturally release its claws." There was a half bucket of water nearby, and Li Yun asked Aunt Hong to put her grandson's hand in the bucket.
Sure enough, when the water flooded over the crab, it let go of its claws and swam away.
Aunt Hong quickly pulled her grandson's hand out, and the place where it was clamped was already bleeding.
Li Yun quickly asked Aunt Hong to take her grandson to see a doctor to treat his wound, and then returned to his family to catch crabs.
The villagers were afraid to catch crabs. They saw clearly that Aunt Hong’s grandson was pinched by a crab, and the place where he was pinched was bleeding.
The villagers were afraid to catch crabs. Li Yun ignored his family's objections and happily picked up snails and caught crabs. Soon, the six buckets were full. Li Yun happily asked the servants to take the buckets home. Only Chen Mo and his wife and Dabao's three siblings followed behind with unhappy faces.
Li Yun's family only caught one bucket of fish, and the other five buckets were filled with shrimps, crabs, snails, conchs and scallops.
When I got home, I poured the snails into two large basins and put some iron utensils in.
"Master, is there anything I can do?" Yu Jing said to Li Yun.
"Clean these up." Li Yun said to Jing.
"Yes, master." Yu Jing led people to start cleaning.
Li Yun made a steamed crab, garlic shrimp, pickled fish, braised fish, and spicy conch. She kept half of it on the first floor and took the other half upstairs. She wanted to enjoy seafood all day.
Chen Mo, Qin Lanlan and Dabao had already smelled the fragrance upstairs. When Li Yunduan came up, they were so greedy that they were almost drooling.
After everyone was seated, Li Yun started eating first and asked everyone to follow her.
Hmm, this is the taste! Li Yun ate the crab with a satisfied look on his face.
Chen Mo and his wife and Dabao's three siblings were also attracted by the delicious food and began to scramble to eat. The room was filled with sucking sounds from time to time.
Everyone here was enjoying the meal, but Shangguan Feiyun was not happy.
Since Cheng Shan returned to Beijing, Ma Youcai returned to the county government to handle matters, and Shangguan Feiyun also rushed to Anqiu County with An Er and An San.
After two days of travel, Shangguan Feiyun arrived in Anqiu County. Instead of going directly to the county government office, he found an inn to stay in.
Along the way, we saw people from Anqiu County fleeing to Qingshan County. The crops in the fields were withering and some of the land was beginning to crack.
The drought in Anqiu County is indeed severe, but not severe enough to force people to flee.
After staying in the inn for three days, I basically figured out the reason.
Anqiu County is surrounded by mountains and forests, with few rivers and a normal water shortage. Therefore, crop yields are not high. Many people rely on picking wild vegetables and fruits to make a living. Only a few villagers go into the mountains to hunt, so Anqiu County has always been the poorest county in Qingzhou Prefecture.
It has not rained this year and many crops have died of drought. Due to the continued high temperature, many villagers are short of water. Villagers living near the county government office came to the government office and asked the county magistrate to send some water.
As early as three days ago, County Magistrate Gao had people guard the only river to prevent nearby villagers from fetching water.
When the villagers came to ask for water, they were sent away by the constables ordered by County Magistrate Gao.
Some villagers couldn't survive without water. Thinking that their families were dying of thirst, they decided to grab some water.
Everyone thought that dying of thirst was death, being beaten to death was also death, but if they could grab some water, there would still be a glimmer of hope.
Some villagers organized young men to grab water from the river. At first, the constables were able to control them, but later, as more and more people came, the constables could no longer control them and secretly sent one constable back to the county government to report.
When County Magistrate Gao found out, he was so angry that he threw the cup and went to the river with the county constable and yamen runners.
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