The sun was about to set when Xingnong returned to the village.
When she passed by Gu Yuxia's house, she heard Gu Ping coming out impatiently: "Mother, will you help me borrow the money or not? If you don't, you'll ruin your granddaughter's future."
Gu Yuxia came out and said, "No, your aunt is right. The Yao family must be wrong. Forget it. Your mother and I will never help you borrow money."
Gu Ping was so angry that she couldn't help but say, "How can a grandfather block the future of his granddaughter? If Yingying doesn't have this good marriage, I won't come back! You only care about helping my brother's family, and don't think about me, leaving all the good things to your sons and grandchildren!"
Gu Yuxia and Song were furious when they heard this.
What are you talking about
Gu Ping walked out angrily and happened to see Xingnong passing by. Her eyes lit up: "Xingnong, my cousin wants to tell you, can you lend me the jade ruyi given by the emperor for a while? I will return it to you in a few days! I haven't been feeling well recently, and I want to borrow some of the blessing to go back and recuperate, hehe..."
Before Xingnong could say anything, Gu Yuxia and Song Shi hurried out.
Gu Yuxia: "Xingnong, don't lend it to others. The things bestowed by the emperor cannot be lent to others!"
Song nodded: "Yes, if she is sick, she can just go see a doctor! Yu Ruyi is not a doctor, nor is she a medicine, she can't cure her illness!"
Gu Ping was so angry that she couldn't help but yell, "Dad, Mom!"
Xing Nong nodded to Gu Yuxia and Song: "Uncle, aunt, I know that if you lend out the things bestowed by the emperor, you will be beheaded. Don't worry, I won't lend it."
Gu Yuxia nodded: "Yes, I won't lend it!"
Then he said to his daughter, "Yu Ruyi will not be lent no matter what. Forget this idea and find a suitable marriage for Yingying. Don't even think about that! Do you understand?"
Song nodded: "Your father is right. Well, it's getting dark. If you are not sick, go back and lie down!"
Really, they were still reclaiming wasteland, and she hurriedly pulled them back. They thought something big had happened!
Nowadays, no matter how big the problem is, it is not as big as opening up the wasteland!
Gu Ping was so angry that she turned around and left. She swore that she would never come back!
How can there be such parents who don't wish the best for their daughter? !
After Gu Ping left, Gu Yuxia said to Xingnong, "Xingnong girl, hurry up and open up the wasteland. Your grandmother and the others have already gone to open up the wasteland!"
Song took the hoe and handed it to Xingnong: "Yes, yes, yes, our village has decided to reclaim all the wasteland near Taohua Village and Meihua Village tonight. These lands are close! Tomorrow we will reclaim wasteland farther away! You should hurry over too!"
Xing Nong took the hoe and nodded: "Okay."
After saying this, the strong old couple hurried back to open up the wasteland.
That night, all the villagers of Taohua Village, except children under ten years old, were working overnight to reclaim the wasteland.
If it hadn't started to rain heavily in the middle of the night, no one would have wanted to go back to sleep.
It rained heavily that night, waking up everyone who was sleeping, and everyone was worried.
The rice in the fields began to turn golden, and everyone planned to start harvesting in two days, but unexpectedly it rained heavily again!
In the second half of the night, many people hardly slept and were praying at home that the rain would stop soon.
Fortunately, the rain stopped before dawn and the sun came out.
Without any incitement, many people rushed to the government office to inquire about the high-yield grain varieties.
Li Yong had just posted the notice. He said to the people who came to the door: "Dear fellow villagers, the notice about high-yield grain has been posted. It's here! Starting today, you can bring your household registration and red deed to the government office to exchange for high-yield grain. ..."
Li Yong read out the contents of the notice.
When the people heard this, they were as excited as the villagers in Taohua Village. They asked if it was true and how there could be so many grain seeds for everyone to exchange.
Li Yong said: "The official documents from the government office have been posted. This has the official seal of the county magistrate, how can it be fake? Everyone, hurry home and get the household registration certificate and grain to exchange for it!"
Li Yong left these words and went back to report.
Soon, groups of people came to the official document. Those who could read read it to those who could not, and everyone was very excited.
Within half a day, the news spread throughout Futai County.
The common people took their household certificates and red deeds to obtain high-yield grain seeds. Those who did not have red deeds but only white deeds went to the government office to exchange them for red deeds in order to obtain high-yield grain seeds.
The county magistrate was in the toilet. When he heard the news, he was so shocked that he ran out to confirm without even pulling up his pants.
Wasn’t the batch of high-yield grain seeds in Funing County sold away at a high price last time
How come there are still high-yield grain varieties available for people to exchange
Moreover, according to the exchange method stated in the official document, how many high-yield grain varieties would be needed
Although Futai County is a small county, it has at least 10,000 or 20,000 acres of farmland, not to mention that it is not considered wasteland!
But official documents actually encourage land reclamation and give away high-yield grain seeds for free
Where do these high-yield grain varieties come from
He hurried to the room where Ren Zilin's office was.
"Sir, is what the official document says true? Do we really have so much grain to exchange for the people? How come I don't know about it?"
Ren Zilin was writing this month's county magistrate's diary. Hearing this, he nodded without even looking up: "Of course, otherwise how would I dare to post such an official document."
The county magistrate asked anxiously, "The county magistrate is really amazing. I wonder where did you find so many high-yield grains?"
"Of course I bought it! You came here just to ask about this? Is this matter very important to you?" Ren Zilin finally looked up at him.
The county magistrate's heart skipped a beat and he said hurriedly, "I'm just curious about how the county magistrate is so capable! He actually got so many high-yield grains for the people of our county! Haha, this is really great!"
Ren Zilin lowered his head: "I am very good in many ways! You will know it later, so please step down!"
"Yes!" The county magistrate rolled his eyes in his heart, responded and then walked out.
Then he couldn't help but glance at Chu Tiankuo who was sitting not far away reading a book. Did the master cheat him last time? Did the county magistrate buy more than just the 20,000 kilograms of high-yield grain
No! Even if it wasn't just the 20,000 kilograms of high-yield grain, they also had other preparations, and it was impossible for them to have so many high-yield grains to exchange for the people!
To meet the demand for grain in the fields of the entire Futai County, including the wasteland, it would take at least 100,000 kilograms, right
The imperial court could only get hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain seeds from the State of Zhao, but how could a small county magistrate like him get 100,000 kilograms of high-yield grain seeds? How was this possible
He hurried out and went back to his room to write a letter.
Ren Zilin asked Chu Tiankuo: "How much grain did you get from Prime Minister Liang in exchange for the 20,000 kilograms of fake high-yield grain seeds from Futai County?"
"Not much, just 20 kilograms of grain for 1 kilogram of seed."
Ren Zilin did some calculations in his mind: "So he used all the grain he bought from us at a high price to exchange for those fake grain seeds?"
"almost."
Ren Zilin: "… Prime Minister Liang will be pissed to death this time, right?"
"That's nothing." What comes later is important.
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