God-given peasant wife's good fortune

Chapter 197 A Bucket Is Better Than Countless Herbs
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"It's not difficult." Su Kefang knew that Xu Siyi had an exquisite heart and was also a kind person, so he told her so much.

There are some things that she can't do or have the patience to do, but Yan County Magistrate Yan Zhongting can do it.

What Su Kefang told the yamen master was much more detailed than what he told Xu Siyi. The yamen master recorded everything Su Kefang said in the book, and then sent it to Tougou Town in a hurry, and handed it over to Yan Zhongting.

When Yan Zhongting read the notebook sent by the master, he was enlightened, and the worries of the past few days suddenly disappeared.

He has been an official for many years but has never really contacted the people at the bottom. He has only seen floods, droughts, locust disasters, etc. Said that it was the first time I saw it with my own eyes, so I couldn't think of an effective solution for a while.

In the past few days, wherever he went, there was a desolate scene. Apart from bringing some food to the villagers from other places, he had no way of doing anything else.

This feeling of powerlessness made him realize that he had been an official for so many years in vain. In the past, he always pretended to be high-minded, accusing the officials of the court who only know how to flatter and ignore the sufferings of the people. He always thought that there was no one beside him except himself. People really care about the people.

But it was only now that he realized that he was the one who was most ignorant of the sufferings of the people!
"Master? Are you unwell?" Seeing that he was out of his mind and his face was ugly, the master couldn't help shouting worriedly.

My master hasn't had a good night's sleep these days, and the master is afraid that he won't be able to hold on.

"Prepare the horse, go to Fengguo Village!" Yan Zhongting returned to his senses and gave instructions to the master and whispered to the people around him about the situation here for a long time before getting on the horse and heading to Fengguo Village.

It was already evening when Yan Zhongting arrived at the entrance of Fengguo Village. He asked his men to take the horse away, and took a few people into the village on foot.

As soon as they entered Fengguo Village, Yan Zhongting and the others felt that the atmosphere of Fengguo Village was very different from the places they had visited in the past few days.

Although it is evening, the villagers are still busy building houses. There are two large sheds in a spacious area in front of the village, and two smaller sheds not far away. Smoke was rising from the temporary stove, and the smell of rice came out, and Yan Zhongting couldn't help swallowing. Apart from eating some steamed buns and cakes these days, he hasn't eaten rice for a long time.

Some old people and older children were talking outside the shed while twisting straw ropes, and a few younger children went to the stove from time to time, but were waved away by a woman and a girl who were in charge of cooking. Hurry up, but after a while, the children came together again, and the woman and girl laughed and cursed and let them go, but they were not allowed to get too close, so as not to be scalded by the fire and the food in the pot.

The peace here is in stark contrast to the bleak scene they saw along the way just now. Looking at the innocent smiles on the faces of the children and the longing for the future on the faces of the adults, Yan Zhongting's eyes were inexplicably red, and he felt guilty. , there is self-blame, and even more gratitude to Su Kefang.

He thanked her for helping the people here get out of the nightmare of natural disasters, and thanked her for giving him and the people a hope.

"My lord, someone is coming." A yamen servant beside Yan Zhongting reminded.

After Su Peng was reminded, he discovered that a dozen or so strange men had come to the village entrance. They did not look like refugees or fellow villagers in the nearby villages.

Both Yan Zhongting and the yamen servants were wearing casual clothes, no wonder Su Peng didn't know their origins.

Seeing Su Peng coming, Yan Zhongting nodded to the yamen servant beside him, and the yamen servant took two steps forward and said to Su Peng, "Uncle, is Su Kefang from Fengguo Village here?"

"Su Kefang is my daughter. She is not here now. I wonder why everyone is looking for her?" Su Peng looked at them cautiously.

The yamen servant took a look at Yan Zhongting, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, the magistrate of Huaitang County in front of you, Mr. Yan, we heard that Su Kefang has a way to filter dirty water into clean water, so we came here to have a look."

"Lord county magistrate?!" Su Peng was startled, and was about to kneel down to Yan Zhongting, but was stopped by the yamen servant.

"Uncle, Mr. Yan is visiting privately in Weibo, so don't disturb the folks."

"That...then... my lord, the panic of the grassroots." Su Peng was so young that he met the magistrate for the first time, and he was so nervous that his tongue was tied.

"Uncle, let's call him Master Yan." The yamen servant said.

"Yes, Master Yan, Master Yan!" Seeing Yan Zhongting's kind face, Su Peng gradually calmed down.

"Su Lichang, right? Since your daughter is not here, why don't you show us the filter bucket made by your daughter." Yan Zhongting spoke for the first time, with a slight smile on his face.

He heard his daughter-in-law mention that her sister's father was the head of a village.

"Yes, please, Mr. Yan." Su Peng respectfully led a group of people around the villagers and headed for the river.

When Su Peng filtered a bucket of polluted light yellow river water into clean water with a filter bucket in front of them, Yan Zhongting and others were shocked.

"Master Su, how many of these filter barrels do you have in your village?" Yan Zhongting asked excitedly.

With this filter bucket, people can drink clean water, and the chance of getting sick can be reduced accordingly!
Therefore, this filter barrel can be worth countless medicinal materials.

"There are only three in our village, and the others are given to Lin'an Village and Xiangfang Village. If Master Yan wants it, let her get a few more when my daughter comes back." After spending a short time with Yan Zhongting, Su Peng is very condescending to this The county magistrate no longer had the fear just now, so he spoke much smoother.

"Master Su, when will your daughter come back?" The yamen servant beside Yan Zhongting seemed more anxious than his own adults.

"My daughter and son-in-law should be back in these two days." The news that Xiang Zirun and his wife went to the county to get food has not been disclosed to the villagers, but Su Peng is one of the insiders.

Yan Zhongting pondered for a moment, then asked: "Master Su, if we stay here for two days, will it disturb the villagers?"

"Of course not!" After Su Peng finished speaking, he looked at Yan Zhongting in embarrassment: "It's just that we have just been hit by a disaster here, and there is no place to live, and the big guys are all crowded in the same shed. Will this be too wronged Yan Zhongting? Sir?"

This is the magistrate in front of him. Even if he is kind and amiable, Su Peng dare not ask them to give the villagers a share in the shed.

Hearing this, Yan Zhongting laughed: "It would be nice to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It's not that I haven't slept in the wild before. If it won't disturb the folks, can I ask Mr. Su to make arrangements for us?"

(End of this chapter)