Although the Taoist priest's prayer for rain has come to an end, the difficulties faced by Shizai Village have not been resolved.
Instead, it became more severe.
Xia Manni couldn't sleep one night and started to have wild thoughts.
This was the first time she couldn't sleep since she came here.
She thought it was probably human intuition, she always felt that something might happen here.
Just as she had thought before, there was a high probability of a natural disaster occurring here.
This natural disaster should be drought. In the process of human development, the environment will adjust itself within a certain period.
For example, why did dinosaurs become extinct?
They have experienced severe natural disasters, including drought and water shortage, forest fires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes and storms, etc.
There are records of people fleeing famine and danger in ancient times, and this happened many times.
Xia Manni was worried that the water shortage here would be so severe that even drinking water would be difficult. If that day really came, would she still be able to lie down here with her children?
She wants to stay in her comfort zone forever, but if she can't survive, she has to get out of her comfort zone.
Their family has a large population, and supplies are consumed quickly. If that day ever comes...
Does she need to do something in advance?
As time went by, the villagers of Shizai Village no longer squatted in the fields because they were running out of water to drink.
Every household has very limited water supply. At the beginning, the well could be used normally, but now it takes half a day to pump out half a bucket of water.
All the villagers have to queue up for half a day, and it’s a bit difficult for them to do anything, so who would care about the life of the crops?
Finally, at the end of spring, the crops of this season could be said to have been completely destroyed.
The people are really suffering. There is no food and no water. How can they survive?
At this time, Xia Manni decided to go to the county town to test the waters.
A month had passed since she last went to collect her pension. She thought about the county magistrate who had never shown up, and wondered what a mess the government office was in.
Xia Manni brought the children to the county town, but there were few people in the county market.
Those who sell things can’t find buyers, and those who buy things don’t have water to drink, so how can they have the mood to buy things?
The county town is better than the countryside because they don't need irrigation.
There is still plenty of water in the nearby rivers and wells, but there are many wealthy families in the county town, and water waste is quite serious.
Therefore, it is not much better than the village.
Xia Manni found the yamen and discovered that there were four guards at the door before, but now there was only one person standing at the door.
"This big brother..."
"Please get in the car, sir."
Several carriages stopped at the door not far away, and only then did Xia Manni notice them.
Several people walked out of the main gate of the yamen, and the one walking in front was Lord Zheng, whom Xia Manni had met once.
Following behind him was the big guard who had entered before, and behind him were probably servants and the steward.
The servants were carrying bags and luggage, obviously looking like they were going on a long journey.
"Constable Zhou."
Seeing that their carriage was about to set off, Xia Manni hurried forward to say hello.
Zhou Pukuai heard the voice and looked back. It turned out to be the young lady from the Xia family.
"Madam Xia, why are you here?"
After Constable Zhou finished asking questions, he remembered that Madam Xia should have come to collect the pension.
"Constable Zhou, where are you going?"
Xia Manni answered the question irrelevantly. Constable Zhou did not answer directly, but turned around and looked at Lord Zheng.
He was wearing casual clothes today, looking like a young master from a wealthy family.
Xia Manni heard from Constable Zhou that this Lord Zheng was only three years older than her.
He became the county magistrate at such a young age, so he must be an extremely outstanding person.
But this person's character is not commendable. I still remember the last time he said bad things about her behind her back.
Lord Zheng glanced at Xia Manni, thought for a moment about who this person was, and then said casually, "Don't come here again."
Xia Manni: What do you mean? Don't come again?
"Master Zheng, what do you mean?"
Zheng Yingyan: "Let's go."
He was about to get in the car when Xia Manni grabbed his clothes.
"Master Zheng, please tell me what you mean? Are you leaving?"
Zheng Yingyan said arrogantly: "Let go of your hands."
Xia Manni was not stupid. She always felt that this matter was not simple.
Zheng Yingyan saw that Xia Manni was not afraid of him, and he couldn't pull his clothes back.
Although there were not many people coming and going in front of the yamen, their arguing still attracted quite a few people.
Finally, Zheng Yingyan gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what do you want to know?"
"First, are you leaving? Second, what do you mean by not letting me come? Third, why are you leaving? Is it related to the drought?"
Xia Manni's three consecutive questions made Zheng Yingyan look at her with new eyes.
Although this village woman looks good and is quite brave, she is actually not that stupid.
He was also smart for telling him the first, second and third.
I only heard Zheng Yingyan say: "First, I'm leaving and won't be coming back. Second, if I don't let you come, you won't get any pension in the future. Third, it's related."
The third question was answered very briefly, and Xia Manni wanted to ask again.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Yingyan asked his servant to pull Xia Manni away.
"Why is there no pension? Will the weather get worse later?"
At this time, Zheng Yingyan had already gotten on the carriage, and the carriage started moving as soon as he got on.
Xia Manni ran after him for a few steps and then stopped.
"Mom, why don't you chase me?"
Although Erwa didn't understand what his mother said to the adult, he felt that this matter was very important when he saw his mother chasing the carriage.
But Da Wa didn’t think so. His mother was chasing him desperately just now, so why did she stop?
"Mom? What's wrong?" Big Brother asked with concern.
"It's okay, I already know the answer." Xia Manni said.
It turned out that just now when she was following the car, Zheng Yingyan lifted the curtain and told her what she wanted to know.
"The pension is a gift from a noble person. If the noble person stops giving it, it will naturally disappear. I heard that if a disaster breaks out here, the court will make the people here migrate to the north."
After hearing this, Xia Manni was a little dazed, and the carriage accelerated and left at this time.
"Come on, let's go home and talk about it."
Xia Manni was walking on the road and thinking, who is this benefactor?
Could it be Zheng Yingyan? This nobleman's attitude is really not very good. Does this mean that the Xia family's pension has always been provided by this nobleman?
Migrate to the north?
Haha, that sounds nice.
Isn't it just leaving your homeland? Those who can survive flee from famine, and those who can't survive die here.
It seems that Lord Zheng is in a hurry to go back. He may have received some news from his family, or the court may have given him other appointments.
No matter which possibility it is, the family background of this Lord Zheng is definitely not simple.
So what should she do?
Xia Manni stood under the scorching sun and for the first time felt powerless towards this dynasty.
What should we do?
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