In any case, she won't buy water to irrigate the lake again.
As for whether or not to flee the famine this year, that's beyond her control.
In any case, her family would never flee the famine, even if the destination was the capital.
Although she longed for the hustle and bustle of the capital, she also loved the leisurely life in the mountains and countryside. If she could just buy a mountain, build a rural farm, hire a few servants, and hire people to work during the busy farming season, wouldn't this kind of retirement life be the envy of everyone?
Of course, she still has to work hard before she can think about a life of retirement.
For example, how about making your presence known to the emperor one last time?
A leisurely retirement requires sufficient financial support, right? Otherwise, she's just an ordinary farm woman, someone everyone can step on. Not to mention whether she can enjoy a retirement life, her days will definitely not be leisurely!
But besides promoting sweet potatoes, what other way is there to bring her name back to the emperor's attention and get him to reward her again?
There's no rush to solve this problem. If we think about it slowly, we'll eventually find a solution.
Now, can she buy the mountain?
Seeing Yue Jiuyue clearly distracted, Lin Chaodong assumed that Yue Jiuyue was also worried about the water issue, and he couldn't help but feel guilty. He felt that he was really a bad person. It would be useless to say this to his mother. It would just add another person to the stress.
Lin Chaodong carefully touched the string of blisters on the corner of his mouth, hissing in pain!
However, if no crops are grown this year, many people probably won't even have the chance to feel the pain.
Fortunately, their mother was still alive, and she had a considerable amount of money, earned from selling sweet potatoes and from imperial rewards, so their family should not starve.
Lin Chaodong was sitting opposite Yue Jiuyue, lost in thought, when suddenly there was a knock on the door. The door was being pounded on loudly, and someone was shouting "Help!"
Did they come to their house shouting "Help!"?
Yue Jiuyue's first reaction was that someone was trying to scam her.
It's no wonder Yue Jiuyue thought that way, because Nanhu Lake was dry, and there was no hope for this year's crops. So many villagers started looking for ways out, either selling their children to brokers, or sending them directly to other families to be child brides or child husbands. Some elderly people even starved themselves to save trouble for their children...
What Yue Jiuyue saw most these days were matchmakers coming to propose marriage, families with daughters coming to meet directly, and even some bold girls wanting to force a relationship...
So this is one of the reasons why Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei are unwilling to stay at home. Their unmarried status, coupled with the fact that everyone knows her family is rich, makes them extremely popular in the marriage market.
Of course, it wasn't that no one had designs on Lin Chaodong. However, after he encountered a girl who sprained her ankle again, he immediately called Liu Shi out. Even after that, he was almost harassed by someone. After that, he would avoid young girls whenever he saw them, even if the girl was lying on the ground. He would ignore her and pretend not to see her. The girls who had designs on him could only stomp their feet in anger and then turn their attention back to Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei.
The girls are under a lot of competition, and Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei are under a lot of pressure too.
When they were at home, matchmakers would come to their door every day, or unfamiliar old women would bring their daughters to visit. The girls' eyes were so blatantly menacing that they seemed to want to devour them whole, which really terrified them.
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