Lin Ru: "Do you think I'm joking with you?"
"I not only know that this jade pendant is useful for identifying relatives, but I also know who your relatives are!"
"If you trust me, go directly to Marquis Zhenbei in Yuzhou!"
"Take this jade pendant and say your mother's name, and you will know who your relatives are!"
Xu Yixuan looked at the jade pendant in his hand and remembered his mother's appearance when she was dying. She had taken this jade pendant and told him to go to Yuzhou, but she hadn't told him who to look for before she breathed her last!
He could only bury his mother on the spot with tears in his eyes, so that she could rest in peace.
He didn't have much hope. How could he find someone in this vast sea of people with just a jade pendant?
That's why he gave this jade pendant to his benefactor!
It turns out that the person in front of me is actually a goddess! If that's true, then it's a real relief!
He gripped the jade pendant tightly in his hand, feeling as if his mother's spirit had been protecting him all along the way!
"Miss Lin! I'm so sorry! If it's really as you say, I'm afraid I won't even be able to give you this jade pendant!"
"But once I find my family and settle down, I will definitely repay you properly!"
Lin Ru smiled and shook her head, "No need for repayment! Just live a good life from now on!"
Xu Yixuan was about to say something more when he was interrupted by Kang Dachuan's excited voice from outside!
"Goddess! We've arrived!"
Lin Ru: "Okay, I'll go down now."
As soon as she got off the carriage, she called Wu Juan to her side and said, "Take some money, some water and food, and give it to Xu Yixuan! Let him take the things and leave! He should be almost fully recovered!"
Wu Juan was somewhat puzzled as to why her young mistress had been acting strangely ever since Xu Yixuan left, and why she was being so kind to him! Nevertheless, she followed Lin Ru's instructions and went to fetch the grain and money.
Meanwhile, Wu Ling, standing beside him, was visibly unhappy, looking like a large, abandoned dog!
Lin Ru even started to miss Xiao Yue!
Kang Dachuan stepped forward respectfully: "Goddess! Just two more steps and we'll reach the fields!"
"Do you want to wear a veil?"
"I'm afraid those beasts will hurt you!"
Lin Ru waved her hand, "No need! Let's just go!"
So they hurried towards the fields ahead. Along the way, Lin Ru saw many emaciated, malnourished children. Whether they were boys or girls, they all carried large baskets on their backs that were disproportionate to their size!
They hurried off to the other side!
Among them were children who knew Kang Dachuan, who greeted them very politely!
Kang Dachuan responded to the group of children with a smile, but after they left, the smile on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by a deep sigh!
“These children are all sensible! Nowadays, every household has no food to eat, so everyone can only go up the mountain to dig up some wild vegetable roots and tree leaves!”
"Now the wild vegetables and leaves on the mountain have been almost completely eaten!"
"If we don't harvest the grain today, I'm afraid none of us will survive after autumn!"
Lin Ru looked at the cracked earth beneath her feet and fell into deep thought.
They walked a little further and then they heard the buzzing of the locusts!
There was only a small group of villagers at the fork in the road, while the rest of the villagers were in the fields, each holding a long stick with a tattered cloth tied to it, waving it around incessantly. There were also people helping the scarecrows, hoping to scare away the locusts!
However, the effect was minimal, and the locusts continued to devour the crops in large swarms!
Some people nearby tried to light some mugwort or similar things, but these only provided temporary relief! Nowadays, there aren't even many tree leaves left, let alone something like mugwort!
These people really had no other choice!
When they saw Kang Dachuan leading his men over, they all quickly stopped what they were doing and ran over to surround Lin Ru and the others!
"Village head! Have you really invited the goddess here?"
"Could this beautiful girl be a goddess?"
"She's too young."
Does it really work?
"Goddess! Please, save us! This food is our lifeline!"
"Please, please save us!"
Lin Ru looked at the dark, thin faces in front of her. Due to excessive fatigue, there were dark circles under their eyes, and everyone's body was soaked with sweat!
However, unlike their dark and thin appearance, the millet in these fields was lush and green!
The rice growing nearby is also growing very well!
"Kang Dachuan! How many fields around here grow like this?"
Kang Dachuan: "Your Grace! The land in our Peach Blossom Village and Apricot Blossom Village is basically like this!"
"I'm not sure about other places, but if you live in a village along the river, and you work hard, it should be like this everywhere!"
"These locusts probably came to wreak havoc on the farmland because they couldn't find any other green leaves!"
Lin Ru nodded. "Okay! I understand the situation!"
"Fellow villagers, hang in there! I've come up with a solution! If you have time, you can catch more locusts!"
"This thing is actually edible!"
A child in the crowd said with obvious disgust, "This thing is very hard to catch, has little meat, and tastes terrible!"
The adults nearby chimed in, "And these things seem to be poisonous. I remember a while ago, that Erzhuzi was so hungry that his vision was blurry, so he caught and ate these locusts. Unexpectedly, he got a bad stomach after eating them and died within two days!"
Kang Dachuan nodded and said, "Goddess! You may not know this, but this thing is indeed poisonous. Several families have suffered from stomach problems after eating it! So now no one dares to eat it!"
Lin Ru nodded and didn't say anything more, but she instructed Wu Ling beside her to catch more locusts!
She and her men prepared to return!
But just as she was about to turn back, the crowd began to stir!
These people were afraid that the goddess they had finally managed to invite would abandon them!
They all knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Ru!
"Goddess, please don't go!"
"Please, show me your power! Communicate with the heavens and ask them to take these locusts back!"
"Yes! Please, Goddess, let the heavens send down more rain! If it doesn't rain soon, the river will be dry!"
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