Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Chapter 212 Visit to Mr. Yu

Shanshan has been learning embroidery from Master Li, whose embroidery skills are no worse than those of Mrs. Su.

Shanshan has great talent, but if she wants to learn Master Li’s unique skills, she will need a few more years of experience.

Ye Chao and Er Cheng are now skilled enough to beat anyone in the family except Xia Shengsheng.

But if the two of them work together, Xia Shengsheng will not be able to defeat them.

Xia Shengsheng is now just giving the two of them some more changes in training, and in addition to attending Mr. Yang's classes, they are also learning military tactics with Xia Shengsheng.

The art of war taught by Xia Shengsheng combined modern and ancient elements and re-formulated some courses to make them more suitable for the two children to learn.

Ercheng is no less skilled in martial arts than Ye Chao, but when it comes to learning military tactics, he is not as smart as Ye Chao.

If he fights against Ye Chao, he will always be defeated.

In this way, Xia Shengsheng felt that Ye Chao was the general who led the troops to fight, and Er Cheng was the general's right-hand man and a brave pioneer.

However, this vanguard cannot be completely incapable of commanding troops, as this is a taboo on the battlefield.

Therefore, Ercheng never slacked off in learning the art of war.

Except for Kaoshan Village, other villages are no longer as lively as they used to be, and the population has also greatly decreased.

But since the imperial court distributed disaster relief grain and exempted taxes in the disaster-stricken areas for three years.

Many people who fled famine returned to the place where their ancestors had lived for generations.

Rebuild your own home.

After the imperial court distributed grain seeds, everyone worked diligently to cultivate the land, striving for their bright future rather than living for their dead family members.

After a month of hard work, almost all the land was planted with seeds, and as much wasteland as possible was reclaimed, in order to harvest more grain this year.

Xia Shengsheng's land was the first to be planted.

Because the drought had just ended, everyone seemed to have a unified understanding and no one planted rice and wheat, which were not drought-resistant crops.

Xia Shengsheng's family planted two acres of corn, and the rest was planted with peppers.

Because of the drought in recent years, although the price of peppers on the market has been adjusted, the peppers can still be sold for another one or two years.

So I planted a lot again this year!

After asking Xia Shengsheng for his opinion, the villagers planted peppers on half of their land and planted high-yield crops on the other half!

This way, not only can we have food to eat, but we can also earn money.

After all the seeds in the field were planted, Xia Shengsheng began to plan for the expansion of the factory.

After several months of investigation, Craftsman Chen arranged a marriage for Chen Siyao.

The family ran a liquor store. They had parents and brothers, but almost all of them died in the drought, leaving only a 19-year-old boy.

Although if two people get married, life may be difficult without the help of their parents-in-law.

But the young man had good character, and there was another advantage, that is, she didn't have parents-in-law, so she could be the head of the family after she got married, and Chen Siyao would not be bullied by her mother-in-law or be forced to follow rules.

Although there is no help from the parents-in-law, Chen the craftsman has only this one daughter, and whatever happens in the future will definitely belong to her, so he is not afraid of this.

So this marriage was arranged for Chen Siyao.

The two will get married at the beginning of next year.

This way the date is not so urgent and it also allows the two people to prepare for the wedding.

Chen Siyao also began to prepare to embroider her dowry at home.

Because Chen Siyao was getting engaged, she came with her father to tell Xia Shengsheng the good news, so Xia Shengsheng was the first to know it.

That day, Xia Shengsheng took Yiyi to visit Mr. Yu, who had returned ten days ago.

Except for Xia Yi who helped drive the car, the other children were left at home and not brought along.

After arriving in the city, I felt that all the streets were particularly deserted. Not as prosperous as before, but better than the chaos during the drought.

"Mom, are we going directly to Mr.'s house?"

Yiyi sat in the carriage, not forgetting to maintain her posture. Her body was straight, her hands were placed neatly on her legs, and her voice was particularly gentle when she spoke.

"Let's go buy some things first. We don't have enough stuff with us, and it's unreasonable to visit so suddenly!"

Xia Shengsheng felt that she had to become cautious when talking to her eldest daughter, unlike when joking casually with other children.

It's true that one person's appearance affects another person!

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions!!"

Xia Shengsheng bought a candy gift box from Qiqi, which was put in a bamboo basket. This was something she often gave to Mr. Yu in the past, and the children in Mr. Yu’s family liked it very much.

Because it was spring and the fruit trees had just sprouted, Xia Shengsheng did not prepare a fruit gift box, but instead prepared some preserved fruits and pastries!

I also got some factory-made vermicelli, rice noodles, and instant noodles of various flavors.

After arriving in the city, I originally wanted to buy some girl’s red wine from a brand I often bought from before.

Unfortunately, that restaurant was closed, so they had to change one. The braised daughter's stew at that restaurant was not that good, so Xia Shengsheng bought two jars of Bamboo Leaf Green and some other gifts and took them to Mr. Yu's house.

After arriving at Mr. Yu's house, Xia Yi went to knock on the door first, and Xia Shengsheng and Yiyi also got off the carriage.

The person who opened the door was the same old woman as before. When she first opened the door and saw Xia Yi, she was a little wary. Later, before Xia Yi could say anything, she saw Xia Shengsheng and Yiyi behind him.

"Mrs. Xia, Miss Yiyi, you are here!

I will go and tell them right away, please ask Madam Xia and Miss Yiyi to wait for a moment!!”

Xia Shengsheng replied with a "OK" and waited outside the door with Yiyi.

They wrote a letter to Mr. Yu before coming, and only came to visit after receiving a reply, so they were not afraid of visiting suddenly while Mr. Yu was not around.

Not long after the lame man went in, Mr. Yu came out to greet him personally.

"Long time no see, Madam Xia, Yiyi, are you all okay?..."

Xia Shengsheng and Yiyi were welcomed in. Xia Shengsheng asked Xia Yi to move the things from the carriage and hand them over to Mr. Yu's family, and just wait for them in the carriage.

She took Yiyi with her and followed Mr. Yu to the small reception hall. After sitting down, Mr. Yu and Xia Shengsheng told each other about their situations.

Knowing that everyone is safe and sound, I feel much more relieved.

Yiyi has been very worried about Mr. Yu's situation in the past two years. After all, she has been unable to contact Mr. Yu since he left Ning'an Prefecture, so she has been worried about him until now.

The master and the disciple also reminisced about the past for a while.

Mr. Yu and his family left early. Although they encountered some robbers on the way, the losses were not severe and there were no major casualties among his family members. Compared with other families, their situation was relatively good.

After Ms. Yu settled down in her mother's home, she tried to write to some of her beloved disciples, asking them to go to her if things were too chaotic here.

But the person who delivered the letter died on the way and never returned.

It was too chaotic outside, and Mr. Yu had no way to contact the people here, so he lost contact.

Since settling down, Ms. Yu started contacting several of her students, but only Yiyi and another student named Nanyin were contacted, and there was no news about the others.

Mr. Yu was also very relieved that Yiyi and Nanyin were safe and sound.

Because I just came back and have a lot of things to settle, I don’t plan to start classes so soon.

However, some of Yiyi's courses still tested her. Mr. Yu was a little surprised when he found that Yiyi had made great progress.