Chapter 73 Entrusted with Teaching She could guess Bai Miao’s distress.
"Miaomiao, I'm counting on you this time too."
"How many people were rescued this time?" Bai Miao asked. He was not surprised that Bai Wei came back to requisition food and supplies. After all, this was not the first time.
Bai Yu and Bai Xi went back with the simple purpose of preventing those who had sent them to sea from seizing power, but they still underestimated the cruelty of war.
Today, Feng State is full of battlefields. The upper class will do anything to seize power, which has led to the people's miserable lives.
They have strong fighting power and cannot bear to see the people suffer. From the first time they rescued someone, they couldn't stop and saved many people one after another.
These people were unable to return to their hometowns due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, and they finally met a savior who treated them as human beings. They followed behind them, helping with work and saving others at the same time.
As time went by, the food they brought back was naturally not enough, so they had to ask Bai Wei or Bai Qiao to take people out to sea and bring back food from the island.
With the development over the years, a business model has been formed on the island. Even if the amount of food on the island is insufficient, the materials and gold and silver exchanged over the years can be used to purchase food, which can finally meet the needs of Bai Yu and Bai Xi.
This time it is a new wave of calls.
Bai Wei listened to Bai Miao's question and coughed awkwardly. "There are several thousand more people this time, but don't worry. Xiaoyu and Xiaoxi have found an excellent grain-growing area. I'm here to bring some grain back with me. Once this batch of grain is planted and harvested, we won't need to bring in grain from the island anymore."
"In that case, won't you have to stay inland forever?" Bai Miao grasped the key point of Bai Wei's words.
"But with so many people, if we let them go back alone, if they get caught again, they'll pose a threat to us. Instead of that, it's better to protect them from the beginning," Bai Wei thought about what had happened in the past few months and said to Bai Miao seriously, "Miao Miao, you didn't see the situation of those people with your own eyes. The warring parties didn't treat them as human beings at all. When we rescued them, many of them were just skin and bones. If they leave us, they will be in trouble sooner or later."
"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but..." Bai Miao wanted to say that she had seen similar situations in books, and even some illustrations. The wars written about in history were only a few strokes, but when it came to the people today, they were all devastating disasters.
Bai Yu and Bai Xi are strong enough to protect the people. Even if they can't let them live and work in peace, at least they won't starve to death.
If they were still inland and had not obtained the shells, they would have become victims of the war. Perhaps all members of the Bai family would have completely disappeared under such circumstances.
"Forget it. Since the eldest and second sisters want to protect them, let them have the final say. I'll prepare some more sweet potatoes for you. Sweet potatoes have a high yield and can feed more people. They are more suitable for planting."
Bai Wei nodded immediately: "Okay!"
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"Miaomiao will be angry, right?"
"Even if she is angry, we can't abandon this place at this time." Bai Yu looked at the people around him. These people were the civilians rescued in the past few months. Although their conditions did not look good now, they were unwilling to leave.
If you stay, there is still a chance of survival. If you leave, you will most likely lose your life soon.
"If I hadn't come back, I really wouldn't have known how dire the situation back home was. I thought we were already having a hard time on the island," Bai Xi said with emotion. "These people originally had homes and farmland on the shore, but now they have to leave their homes."
"So the outbreak of war is cruel to the people no matter what."
"I hope the war will end soon."
"I hope Miaomiao won't be angry."
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"Don't be angry first. After all, war is cruel. Many adults can't even take care of themselves, so it's hard for them to distract themselves and take care of children."
Bai Miao looked at the timid eyes of the children on the boat and didn't know what to say.
She was almost nine years old and felt that she was not a child, but Bai Yu and Bai Xi actually sent a boat full of children to her, which made her speechless.
"We have a lot of things to do in the new base we've built. If we leave these kids here, we'll have to distract ourselves with taking care of them. We really don't have the energy. But they're not completely incapable of doing anything. They can do some minor tasks, but you'll need to arrange them."
Bai Miao couldn't help but sigh and asked, "Do these children have parents?"
"Most of them are gone, and a few were abandoned by their parents," Bai Wei said. "Besides these children, there are also some... women who suffered more..."
Not all women have no chance to fight back during war. Many women who are used to doing farm work are strong and can resist even if they encounter evil people.
However, the strength difference between men and women, as well as other reasons, still causes many women to suffer more.
Bai Miao didn't refuse, and turned to ask him: "Is there anything else?"
Bai Wei shook his head repeatedly: "No more, don't worry."
Bai Miao finally nodded and said, "Okay, then leave these people to me. I'll send them to a sanatorium. It's a secluded place where no outsiders will go. They can be rested there in peace. There's also a lot of work to do there."
Bai Miao was talking about the forest plane.
However, apart from her, Bai Yu and Bai Xi, no one else knew the situation in the plane. They only knew that there was a remote island that could accommodate many people to live and farm, and from time to time a batch of food and cloth would be sent from there.
Whether it is a child or a woman who is more injured, they all need to live in an undisturbed environment, and a secluded place is most suitable for these people.
After Bai Wei left with the food, Bai Miao arranged matters on the island and sailed away with the women and children Bai Wei had brought with him, taking them to the island where the three sisters had settled early in the morning.
The house here is still there. Every time a ship comes, the people on the ship will stop here to rest, so the house has not been damaged too much.
After arranging the boatmen to stay on the outer island to rest, Bai Miao took the women and children and walked deeper into the island.
After walking for a while and blocking their vision, he asked them to close their eyes, and then used a pass card to take them to the forest plane.
Today, the residential area in the forest plane has been fully formed. In addition to the planting and breeding areas, there are also large areas of houses. If outsiders come here, they will find that this place is a paradise.
The pass card drop point was not far from the residential area. Bai Miao and his men walked for a while and then arrived at their destination.
After telling Lin Yu the general situation, she quickly nodded and expressed her willingness to take care of these new women and children.
“It might be a little tiring.”
"No, it just so happens that things here are almost done. Everyday things are just some trivial matters of farming and raising chickens and ducks. Everyone is feeling bored. With these children here, everyone can be busy," Lin Yu said loudly, and then whispered to Bai Miao, "Many people here have lost the ability to have children. They are worried about what to do when they are old. Miaomiao, you have sent so many children this time. Can you let everyone recognize them as godparents?"
People at that time did not have such advanced technology as later generations.
When you have to farm to support yourself, not having children means having no one to rely on when you are old, which is extremely painful.
Bai Miao knew what they were thinking. Although he felt that he could support them even if they didn't have children, having a child who was nominally their own was also a kind of support for them.
So she did not refuse Lin Yu's request and nodded directly.
"There are both older and younger children being sent here this time. Pick out some younger ones who don't remember much and explain to the older ones that they should be treated as your own children from now on," Bai Miao suggested. "There's a war going on in the country right now, so there might be other children sent here in the future. Sister Lin, please take care of them."
"Don't worry, there aren't many things to do here. It's just about raising a few more children. There's not much to worry about," Lin Yu said, looking at Bai Miao, raised his hand and poked her cheek, "but you, it's not good to be so serious at such a young age. It's amazing that you can save so many people. Everyone is very grateful to you. The people who were not saved are not your problem. The people who were saved and survived are the ones who are worth being happy about, do you understand?"
Bai Miao tried to smile: "It would be great if there were no war."
Lin Yu didn't say anything else, just opened his arms and hugged her.
After a long while, she said, "Miaomiao, if you have time, can you come and teach us how to read and write? That way, when the children grow up, we can teach them how to read and write."
“But what we learn is not what we learn in China.”
"It doesn't matter," Lin Yu shook his head. "We study and learn to read not to take the imperial examinations and become officials, but just to learn more about things, such as...how to make these vegetables grow well, or how to make these grains produce high yields, or something else. You know a lot, so can you teach us?"
Lin Yu is not as smart as Bai Miao, but she can guess Bai Miao's distress.
Bai Miao has read a lot and understands so many things at such a young age. There must be many things hidden in her mind. If she were left alone to think about it, she might feel even more uncomfortable.
Instead of thinking about things that bother you, it is better to focus some of your energy on trivial matters, so that you can distract yourself and avoid getting stuck in a dead end.
Bai Miao didn't know what Lin Yu was thinking. He just thought about it after she proposed it, and finally decided to let them know more about the outside world: "I will teach you how to read and tell you stories by the way, okay? I have many stories. You can listen to them one by one, and learn to read while listening. Maybe it will be more efficient."
Lin Yu smiled and said, "That's best, as long as you don't let us compete with you and think we are smart too. Just let us learn too much right from the start."
Bai Miao had this problem before, but that was with Bai Yu and Bai Xi. Later, after she realized that not everyone had a photographic memory like her, she never made the same mistake again.
However, Lin Yu's suggestion was indeed effective. After that, she began to teach on both sides, not only telling stories to Lin Yu and others, but also telling stories on the island.
He quickly distracted himself and stopped worrying about what was happening with Bai Yu and Bai Xi.
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