Chapter 273 Thriving
Cui Qingyi smiled and said, "If I, the village chief, try every possible means to save them, and they still don't know what's good for them, then by then, things here will be beyond my control."
Captain Wu was stunned when he heard this. The more he interacted with Cui Qingyi, the more he felt that the Dongping Township Lord was indeed different from others.
As a military general, he was responsible for safeguarding the peace of Qinghe County.
When he first encountered the unrest in Luhua Town, he reported the situation in detail to his superiors.
He actually didn't believe that a woman like the village chief could solve the problems in Luhua Town, because in Captain Wu's opinion, many people here had the potential to become bandits.
He firmly believed that if problems arose in Luhua Town again, they would have to be resolved by force, and this forceful suppression would also mean that Luhua Town might completely disappear from the territory of Dajin.
This is also one of the reasons why Captain Wu has been stationed here with his men.
But in less than a month, when he walked on the streets of Luhua Town again, he felt the earth-shaking changes.
This change can be seen in the clean and tidy streets and the sound of reading in the schools. What is even more shocking is the mental state of the people that is visible to the naked eye.
This is very strange and wonderful. It seems that the village chief has some unspeakable magic.
At this point, Cui Qingyi looked at Captain Wu and said, "I heard that Captain Wu's family also runs a shop. Once the factory building in Luhua Town is completed, Captain Wu, would you be interested in cooperating with me?"
Captain Wu was stunned again. It was no secret that his family ran a small business. The business was not big, but the only advantage was that it was his own shop and he had the final say on what kind of business he wanted to do.
It was rare to meet someone so suited to his taste, so Captain Wu was also happy, "My family is a small business, if the village master needs it, just go to the shop and find it."
Captain Wu didn't know that the good relationship he made today brought different opportunities to the Wu family shop.
Half a month later
The Jingwei caravan returned and brought back the mulberry and tea seedlings that Cui Qingyi needed.
While waiting for the huge caravan to transport the saplings into Luhua Town, the people of Luhua Town ran out to watch. This was the first time in decades that such a large caravan had entered Luhua Town.
Nong Hui had been packed up and sent over by Nong Qi a long time ago. Seeing the caravan that the village chief mentioned coming, she couldn't wait to take Xiao Liu to see the saplings.
Ever since she knew she was going to help the village chief with farming, Nong Hui has been extremely excited. Perhaps farming genes run in the blood of her family of farmers.
Especially when he knew that she was a girl, the village chief did not feel that he was fooled by the farmers. Instead, he praised Nong Hui by saying "women are as good as men", which made Nong Hui smile and swear that she would cultivate the land of Luhua Town for the village chief.
From then on, she went to the fields every day to observe the crops grown by farmers. This observation really helped her solve many hidden dangers in grain growth.
Lu San is a rare honest man among the brothers of the Lu family. He has been dealing with the land all his life. In the entire Luhua Town, apart from the one or two acres of fertile land that every household has, Lu San's family has the most reclaimed wasteland.
But even this old farmer who had been dealing with the land all his life was stunned by what the little girl said. It was the first time he knew that there was such a position as agricultural official in the court. It turned out that farming was not just about sowing seeds. Even the problem of poor soil fertility that had always troubled them could be solved by the agricultural officials.
Lu San was both afraid and terrified of Cui Qingyi, the village chief, but he admired Nong Hui, the young girl who knew how to farm, from the bottom of his heart. As an old man, he wished he could follow Nong Hui and help her every day just to learn more.
After checking the saplings, Nong Hui took the booklet with her records and went to Cui Qingyi to report on her work.
This is a habit that Nong Hui developed after coming to Luhua Town, and it was also introduced to her by the people around Cui Qingyi.
There are many complicated things to do in Luhua Town. Cui Qingyi took a lot of time to sort out the clues and assign tasks to different people. These people only need to report to her every day on the progress of their work.
For example, the diligent and hardworking Chunmei is valued by Cui Qingyi, and now she is in charge of the matter of digging tree pits for the people. Even her little girl has become the class monitor under Master Zhang in the school, collecting the classmates' homework for Master Zhang every day.
Under these subtle influences, not only the adults, but also the children began to compete with each other, seeing who read better, who completed their homework better, and who was more valued by the teacher.
Nong Hui really liked the feeling of working for Cui Qingyi, especially when she was surrounded by the people and asked all kinds of questions. Nong Hui felt as if she had become like her father and brothers, which was what she had always envied and wanted to be.
"Village leader, it's still some time before we can plant mulberry and tea trees, but I saw that some of the roots of the saplings brought back by the caravan have begun to dry up, so I plan to arrange for the people to plant the trees in the next few days, on these hills to the east..."
Nong Hui's plan was extremely detailed, with strict standards for everything from tree planting to subsequent maintenance. Cui Qingyi listened without commenting, "You've done a great job, just as good as your seventh brother. I couldn't be more confident leaving this to you."
Seeing that the planting plan he had worked so hard on had received strong support from the village chief, Nong Hui went to work again with great confidence, completely unaware that just now, the Dongping village chief was leisurely eating fruit and reading a storybook.
The people of Luhua Town have never been as busy as they are this year. The main factory building of the township has not yet been completed, but notices have been posted calling on everyone to plant trees.
Those elderly people who had already started to enjoy their old age at home and were waiting for their sons and grandchildren to take care of them also stood up when they saw this.
They can no longer do other physical work, but they can still send their children to school every day. Even mothers-in-law who have not cooked for more than ten years have rolled up their sleeves and taken over the spatulas from the young daughters-in-law.
Every day, he would carry his lunch basket early in the morning and go to the fields and mountains to deliver meals to the young laborers at home.
The prosperous days lasted for several months.
As the first snow quietly arrived in Qinghe County, the people of Luhua Town were surprised to find that time could pass so quickly, but they still felt that they had a lot of things to do.
The factory building that the village chief wanted has been built, but they have only repaired less than one-third of the road. And the things that the small farmer asked them to build to keep the saplings warm have only been built for two hills. What if the saplings that they planted with so much effort are frozen?
Lu San was full of worries and wanted to rush into the mountains to get busy immediately.
Fortunately, the village chief's people came door to door to inform everyone, "Today is the first snow, and the village chief has specially invited a caravan to come to the town to hold a market. Today is a day off to go to the market."
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