Looking in Jiang Qinyu's direction, Wang Bo said confidently, "Mother, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
A woman like that would naturally understand the disadvantages of her family not being part of the village.
He never expected that Lu Yanzheng would be able to marry such a woman.
"Brother Wang, are you looking for Sister-in-law Lu?" Liu Ruyi suddenly asked. "Could you take me with you?"
She was really curious about Jiang Qinyu, whom everyone was talking about, and wished she could be friends with her.
Wang Bo nodded, "No problem, we'll go home and get some things before we go over."
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang immediately became displeased. "Why are you looking for her? Shouldn't you be looking for the village chief?"
The village chief is always the one in charge in the village, so why would they want to find a young widow?
Wang Bo didn't even want to talk to his mother anymore. After all this time, she still hadn't figured out who held the power in the village now.
Unfortunately, they couldn't find Jiang Qinyu because after dealing with matters at the ancestral hall, she took her two children to the fields.
During the time she was away, the tap in her space was always on, but not at full blast; it was just letting water flow continuously.
She got back too late yesterday and didn't have time to check on the fields, but judging from the village wells, it seems everyone can use some water now.
"Auntie, grass has sprouted in our field!" Shufan said excitedly, pointing to a few green shoots in the field.
Pan'er cheered and rushed into the field, "There are some here too! And here... Wow, there are more than a dozen grass plants in our field!"
Jiang Qinyu's lips unconsciously curved into a smile. Standing on the edge of the field, she looked around with great satisfaction.
It seems that not a single piece of plastic water pipe she buried was wasted. Look at the little bit of new green in the ground now, won't the autumn planting be ready?
The two children ran around in the field, while Jiang Qinyu squatted down and used a small hoe to dig into the soil at the edge of the field to check how moist the land was.
Even after ten days of watering, only about twenty centimeters of soil in the ground remained moist.
It seems we need to continue releasing water into this area, but we can't release too much at once, as that would arouse suspicion.
And there's another problem: she has to retrieve the plastic hoses she's put out before the villagers start plowing and preparing the land.
In other words, from now on, she has to keep a close eye on the villagers' land preparation.
Actually, this is easy to handle. The villagers have more experience in farming than she does. Before preparing for autumn planting, they will definitely check the condition of the land. She only needs to focus on her own land. When it's almost ready for planting, she can find an opportunity to take back the plastic hoses from other people's land.
Having figured this out, Jiang Qinyu called out to the two children, "Shufan, Pan'er, we're leaving!"
After confirming the situation in the field, she still needed to go up the mountain to take a look. After all, there was still a task from the system. Although there was no time limit, she should complete it as soon as possible. Once the fruit and vegetable area was unlocked, she would have free access to vegetables and fruits in the future.
Jiang Qinyu carried a basket on her back, while Shufan and Pan'er also carried small baskets woven for them by Old Man Lu. The three of them, aunt and niece, walked together towards the mountain behind the village.
The area around Yunshan Mountain remains barren. Apart from some drought-resistant trees, all other plants have withered and died, and there is not a single patch of green to be seen on the entire perimeter.
"Auntie, are we going to the back there?" Shufan asked, pointing to the depths of Yunshan Mountain.
Jiang Qinyu shook her head, "No need, let's just walk around the edge of the green area, I'm looking for something."
Shu Fan nodded as if he understood, and said like a little adult, "If we want to go into the deep mountains, Auntie must call the villagers to come with us."
“Yes!” Pan’er quickly nodded in agreement. “There are tigers and wild boars in the mountains. It’s too dangerous. Auntie can’t go alone.”
Jiang Qinyu was both amused and exasperated. "Alright, alright, with you two little helpers, how could I dare to take any risks? You two can rest assured!"
As they spoke, the group had already entered the Yunshan area.
Jiang Qinyu opened the map and, sure enough, there were no green dots, indicating that there were no fruit tree seedlings in this area.
It wasn't until the three of them, aunt and niece, arrived at a place where they could see a bit of green that Jiang Qinyu finally spotted the small green dot on the map.
With a goal in mind, Jiang Qinyu headed straight for her destination and found three hawthorn saplings nearby.
It was only at this point that Jiang Qinyu realized how difficult this task was to complete.
First, she needs to find ten different kinds of fruit tree seedlings, and then she needs ten seedlings of each kind. That is to say, she currently has three hawthorn seedlings, and she has to find a way to make up the ten, otherwise the seedlings of this variety will have been collected in vain.
Thinking about this, Jiang Qinyu had a headache; this task was really difficult to complete!
Because she had two children with her, Jiang Qinyu didn't dare to go deeper into the Yunshan Mountains. After searching for more than an hour, she led the children down the mountain.
Today we harvested five kinds of fruit tree seedlings: wild hawthorn, wild blueberry, wild bayberry, wild jujube, and wild persimmon. Except for the ten hawthorn seedlings, none of the others were complete.
Jiang Qinyu didn't give up. With the map as a guide, she was sure she could find everything.
When the three aunt and nieces returned home, it was past lunchtime, but Jiang Qinyu had already given the two children biscuits and bread while they were in the mountains, so none of them were very hungry.
Even so, meals still need to be prepared, since the child is growing and can't just eat snacks and bread.
"Go inside and rest for a while. Auntie will make you something delicious," Jiang Qinyu said, washing the children's hands and faces and patting their heads.
Other families haven't been cooking much lately because the village's wells are still under water rationing, but Jiang Qinyu has water, so she can cook anytime.
Fortunately, during the days she was away, when the village was distributing water, Village Chief Li had someone deliver water to her house and poured it into the newly made water tank.
After the family split up, the kitchen, toilet, and shower room in Jiang Qinyu's courtyard were all newly built, and everything else in them was also newly added.
Moreover, regarding her decision to install a separate shower room, Li Village Chief's eldest son had once advised her against it.
At that time, farmhouses combined toilets and bathing facilities, but they used dry toilets. In summer, the smell was so strong that people dared not breathe inside; in winter, they were not warm enough to take a bath.
She had just taken the ingredients out of her spatial storage when she heard an unfamiliar male voice coming from outside the courtyard.
"Sister-in-law Lu, are you home?"
Jiang Qinyu quickly covered the things up, then went to the courtyard gate. "I'm here... Is that you?"
The person who arrived was Wang Pozi's eldest son, Wang Bo, who also brought back the news of Lu Yanzheng's death.
Standing beside him was a graceful woman, smiling at Jiang Qinyu.
"Sister-in-law Lu, I need your help with something. Would it be convenient for us to come inside and talk?" Wang Bo asked with a reserved smile.
Jiang Qinyu was surprised to see that he was carrying something in his hand. This person was really different from Granny Wang. He actually knew not to come empty-handed.
"Please come in. There's no room for guests, so we'll talk in the courtyard. Please bear with us." Jiang Qinyu let the two in without closing the courtyard gate.
She probably knew why he came. Since Village Chief Li hadn't given any approval, Wang Bo had come to curry favor.
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