Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 323 After the Flood

Soon, the kitchen was cleaned up and Meng Xiuer was ready to leave.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law grabbed Meng Xiuer's arm and prevented her from leaving the kitchen.

Grandmother Zhou pointed at Daniu Ale and Chunzhi who were picking the remaining silk cocoons at the door of the west wing.

Curiously asked: "Why are you running? We won't eat you! Tell us quickly, who are those people?"

"Them! They are Yueyue's right-hand men." Meng Xiu'er answered without hesitation.

The aunt scratched her head and asked in confusion, "A capable helper? What does that mean?"

Meng Xiuer raised her head and rolled her eyes and answered, "Uh...the person who helps her with farm work."

Grandmother Zhou shrank back and asked in a low voice, "I know they are helping with the work, but what is their relationship with that girl?"

Meng Xiuer smiled and said, "Grandmother and mother's high fever has just subsided, so they should rest more. Xiuer still has many important things to do, so I'll leave now."

After Meng Xiuer finished speaking, she walked out of the kitchen and went into the room along the eaves.

Grandmother Zhou pointed at Meng Xiuer's back and complained to her aunt Zhang in a bad mood: "Huh? I have such a bad temper! Zhang Ling, look at her, she has learned bad things from that girl, and she dares to be so rude to us!"

Seeing this, Zhang hurriedly comforted her mother-in-law Zhou and said, "Mother, don't be angry. Xiu'er may really have something important to do."

Grandmother Zhou was still a little unhappy and grumbled, "Even if you are busy, you shouldn't be so rude. You are really becoming more and more unruly."

Zhang no longer paid any attention to her mother-in-law Zhou. She knew her mother-in-law too well. The more she flattered her, the more pretentious she became.

Zhang turned around and went back to lie down on the floor.

Zhou grumbled a few words to the kitchen door, feeling bored, and sighed, "Forget it, I don't bother to care about her!"

After Meng Xiuer returned to the room, she told An Yue everything that had just happened.

The aunt and the sister-in-law sat on the edge of the bed, laughing so hard that they couldn't stop.

……

After a while, An Yue said to Meng Xiu'er, "Sister-in-law, they may need to drink the medicine a few more times. You can make it for them then!"

Meng Xiuer took An Yue's hand, patted the back of her hand gently, smiled knowingly and said, "Sister-in-law knows this, Yueyue, don't worry!"

……

It drizzled all day long.

Time passes by breath by breath, and in the blink of an eye, another day has passed.

The next day, early in the morning.

The wind stopped and the rain stopped.

Everyone got up early.

The blue sky makes people feel refreshed.

There were strong winds and heavy rain for several days and nights, and rain flowed down from the roof, making holes in the ground of the yard.

Chunzhi and Meng Xiuer were making breakfast in the kitchen, while Daniu Ale was filling a mud pit in the yard.

An Nian was reading in the room, while An Yue took Ba Shi for a walk outside in the yard.

Thanks to the drainage ditch dug in advance, a large amount of rainwater was drained away smoothly, and the courtyard inside and outside was safe.

Soon, breakfast was ready.

Everyone sat around the octagonal table in the main hall to have breakfast.

An Yue temporarily took in her grandmother Zhou and her aunt Zhang, but after two days of getting along, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw that An Yue had the final say at home and managed the household in order.

Now, when the two of them saw An Yue, they all lowered their heads and remained silent, and their tempers were visibly restrained.

He no longer blamed, beat or scolded her like he did in the past, and he never dared to yell at An Yue again.

Now, everyone was having breakfast in the main hall. Without An Yue's consent, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could only sit in the kitchen to eat.

Although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sitting in the kitchen and whispering to each other, it was ultimately just their temporary stubbornness.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone had breakfast.

Meng Xiu'er was cleaning the house, An Nian was feeding the chickens and dogs, Daniu A'er was still cleaning the mud puddles in and outside the yard, and Chunzhi and Anyue were going around their own fields.

Although my grandmother Zhou and my aunt Zhang's fever had subsided, they still had persistent coughs.

An Yue and Chun Zhi, each carrying a backpack and the other leaning on a bamboo pole, walked out of the yard gate.

As soon as I went out, I saw a series of ditches washed out by the flood on the hillside.

The soil on the road was very soft and sticky.

An Yue and Chun Zhi came to the field and saw that the grass around them had begun to show signs of life again. The potatoes planted in the field had survived the drought, but they were still watered from time to time during the drought.

But in the end, the potato vines could not withstand the scorching sun and withered.

After several days of strong winds and heavy rains, the withered potatoes began to sprout small green tips from their roots.

Chunzhi looked at the soft and moist soil in the field and said happily, "Miss, that's great. We can grow vegetables again in the future."

"Yes! However, before planting, the land needs to be specially processed."

Chunzhi was a little puzzled and frowned and asked, "What do you mean, young lady?"

"Has Chunzhi forgotten about the locust swarm that passed through the area before?" An Yue turned her head and asked with a faint smile.

"What does this have to do with locusts?"

"Although they have passed by, they have also laid many insect eggs in the soil. As long as the weather temperature meets their hatching conditions, the eggs will hatch quickly."

"Miss, what you mean is that there is a high possibility of a second locust plague?" Chunzhi scratched his head and said.

"Yes! Therefore, we have to take special measures when farming and try our best to avoid a second locust plague." An Yue said as she squatted down.

She was going to dig up a potato and have a look.

"Then how should we deal with it?" Chunzhi asked with interest.

"Well, I still need to think carefully about how to deal with it." An Yue responded casually while digging the soil in the ground.

After a few tries, An Yue dug up the soil and saw that the potatoes in the ground were already as big as goose eggs.

An Yue said with a look of surprise: "Not bad, not bad. The three of you have finally not worked in vain."

"Although the leaves of these potatoes have been eaten clean by locusts, the potatoes are still intact in the soil. Although they are growing slowly, they are still growing."

An Yue dug out the potatoes, removed the skin and mud, and put them in the backpack.

She stood up, brushed the mud off her hands, and prepared to go to the paddy field to take a look.

Looking up, I saw that all the fields, big and small, were now filled with water.

At this moment, the rain on the slope was flowing down from high to low.

The running water hit the stone wall forcefully, making a "plop, plop" sound.

An Yue and Chun Zhi were walking on the path. Chun Zhi pointed to the terraced fields not far away and said with regret: "Miss, please look at the other side. The rain has washed away half of the terraced fields on the slope over there."

An Yue looked in the direction Chunzhi pointed and responded, "Yes! Those terraces have collapsed to this point, and there is no need to spend manpower to rebuild them, so we can no longer grow rice."

Chunzhi shook his head and sighed: