Gu Hong didn't say anything, just stared at the frail woman in front of him.
Shen Ningsi used to think that Gu Hong's carefree behavior made people angry, but now that Gu Hong was staring at people in silence, Shen Ningsi realized that it would be better for this person to be as cheerful as before.
Shen Ningsi pulled Gu Xiuwen, “Wen’er, Jun Ye is also worried that we will be blamed.”
Gu Xiuwen's voice was gentle, but his words were stinging.
"Since he has no idea who my mother is, what right does he have to give me orders?"
Gu Hong laughed angrily, "What do you need to know about her?"
"Right!" Gu Xiuwen said in an icy voice. "Of course, General, you don't need to know anything. With the brave and skilled Gu family army behind you, you can easily flatten the Black Cloud Village. Who do you need to know?"
He earned fame and respect on the battlefield, but his wife and children suffered injustice in Wanning Village.
Gu Xiuwen never told Gu Hong that An An and Kang Kang were born prematurely because Shen Ningsi was almost humiliated and was frightened, so the child was born prematurely. Shen Ningsi even had a near-death experience, so he didn't want to talk about these grievances.
But Gu Xiuwen felt it was not worth it for Shen Ningsi!
Gu Hong opened his eyes wide, "You little bastard! Stop right there!"
Gu Xiuwen didn't even pause.
Shen Ningsi was stunned for a moment before he came out with a smile to smooth things over, "Wen'er is not usually like this. Maybe he is a little uncomfortable today. Please don't mind it, General."
"Yeah." Gu Hong clenched his fingers, "I won't argue with an ignorant little brat."
San Yazi glanced at Gu Hong. The general always mentioned Wen Ge'er on the battlefield. What made the general most proud was Wen Ge'er's admiring eyes, but now...
Shen Ningsi wanted to speak to Gu Xiuwen to appease this grumpy soldier, but after thinking about it, he turned around.
Anyway, this man was ordered to provide disaster relief. Once he completes his order and leaves Wanning Village, even if he has a grudge against Wen'er, we will never have any dealings with him in this life.
No one could hear clearly what the three people said. They just saw the mature Gu Xiuwen walk aside alone and felt a little confused. After all, in their memory, Gu Xiuwen had never had a quarrel with anyone.
Soon everyone's attention was attracted by the military officer.
The man drew his sword, his eyes fierce.
"Let me be frank. Your Majesty has repeatedly prayed for rain at the Temple of Heaven but has yet to receive it. The fact that such a frail woman is willing to take it upon herself is truly admirable, not to mention that she has already handed over the water control technique. If anyone dares to say a word I don't want to hear..."
Gu Hong swung his sword, and the sound of it breaking through the air gave people goosebumps.
"I don't mind teaching him how to thank his benefactor!"
The "teaching" that the military officer mentioned must have nothing to do with words.
Shen Ningsi looked at Gu Hong's cold face and felt a little warm in her heart. Gu Hong's words were indeed unpleasant, but whether in Heiyun Village or in front of the people, he was protecting himself.
Shen Ningsi suddenly didn't want to pursue Gu Hong's ambiguous looks anymore. As long as his heart was good, wasn't that enough?
Shen Ningsi walked to the front and lit the straw. Just a little spark instantly caused a raging heat wave, and the golden-red flames made everyone's face look a little red.
Shen Ningsi looked up at the black smoke and dust, "Sorry, in order to quickly raise the temperature in the area, I can only do this."
The air quality is bad nowadays, and burning straw is strictly prohibited, but Shen Ningsi has no other choice now.
"Madam Gu, don't we need to do anything else?" someone asked loudly, looking at the flames. "We even specially prepared black dog blood!"
At the moment when he finished speaking, he suddenly felt some scattered drops of water falling on his face, very light and hardly noticeable.
He looked up and behind him, "Damn it, what are you mumbling about? You're drooling on your grandfather's face!"
He turned around and found that his brother was also looking up at the sky. He thought of an incredible answer and suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Gu Hong wiped the end of his eyebrows, and the water marks on his fingertips quickly disappeared, but they were indeed water marks!
"Master, it's raining." Sanyazi's voice trembled.
"I saw it." Gu Hong said.
He looked at Shen Ningsi who was standing in front of the flames. The woman was still extremely thin. Just looking at her figure, one could not imagine that she was a woman who had just given birth to a child. There was not a bit of flesh on her face or waist.
But such a thin woman shouldered the hopes of countless people.
Someone suddenly fell to their knees, their legs weakening, and howled, "It's raining, it's finally raining, God, please finally open your eyes and look at us!"
It’s not that they can’t shed tears, it’s that they haven’t had water for so long that they have no tears left to shed.
After another half a quarter of an hour, everyone finally felt the rain falling on their bodies. Their clothes were wet and the dirt on their faces was all washed away.
Shen Ningsi's face was covered with water, making it look even paler. She turned around and smiled, "Everyone, go back and get some water!"
These words finally awakened everyone's dazed mind. They ran towards home, thanking Shen Ningsi loudly.
Fan Xing pushed aside the umbrella his men held for him and said, "On behalf of the people, I want to say thank you, Madam Gu!"
He doesn't want to hold an umbrella, he wants to clearly feel hope falling on him!
Fan Xing's voice trembled. "As long as there are clouds, we can light the straw to draw water, right? I will immediately write a memorial to the court, along with Madam Gu's method of controlling the water flow. It's not just Wanning Village that's suffering right now. If it could rain everywhere, the crisis in the world would be resolved!"
"Absolutely not!"
This is what Shen Ningsi is most worried about. "Lord Fan has also seen that burning straw has caused a lot of black smoke. It's okay if the smoke is small, but if everywhere is filled with black smoke, the people's lungs will definitely be uncomfortable."
Shen Ningsi has not forgotten the pain he endured from the smog hundreds of years later.
"Burning straw can only be used in a very small number of areas with severe water shortages. The famine problem in other places..."
Ana Shen clenched her fingers, “I’m already thinking of a way.”
Fan Xing said nothing, and even the excitement on his face disappeared.
Shen Ningsi knew what he was worried about, "Don't worry, Master Fan, I am more anxious than you to find food that can be grown in arid land."
"Although famine is raging everywhere, the situation in Wanning Village is far more severe than elsewhere. Otherwise, important figures like you and Jun Ye wouldn't have come all this way to provide disaster relief, right? I know that time is running out for Wanning Village, and I will do my best to find something to fill their stomachs."
Whether it is rain or relief grain allocated by the court, they can only solve the immediate problem, and the people of Wanning Village can only save themselves.
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