A Blessed Daughter

  Chapter 23 Wasteland in the south of the city

   Regarding the wasteland in the south of the city, the nanny wrote back to Wei Ruo, telling Wei Ruo that the wasteland in the south of the city belongs to the land without an owner, and the law belongs to the government. If the people want to cultivate it, they must get the approval of the government.

In the past, the magistrates of Xingshan County were not very stuck in the matter of reclamation of ordinary wasteland. The wasteland in the south of the city is land that most people don’t want. They have no reason not to agree to plant land that does not bear any crops.

  However, now is a special period, and Japanese pirates are rampant. Although the south of the city is less likely to be disturbed by Japanese pirates due to its external terrain advantages, which is a hundred times better than the east of the city, it is still a bit risky after all. For this reason, the government does not allow ordinary people to go out of the south gate.

  It is useless for ordinary people to take that piece of land, but the government does not agree.

  Ordinary people can't do it, so if it's the Captain's Mansion, is there such a possibility?

  Although Wei Ruo didn't want to have too much involvement with the Captain's Mansion in these matters, the skinny beggar he saw on the street that day appeared in his mind from time to time.

  And what she learned about the situation in Xingshan County these days, natural disasters and man-made disasters may not have much impact on the Xiaowei Mansion, but the people living at the bottom are already suffering unspeakably.

  She knows that if things come to fruition, she can help some people within her ability, although not all, but at least one can help one, and one can live one, and that is a fresh human life!

   And she herself really wants to complete the improvement experiment on saline-alkali land.

   After thinking about it again and again, Wei Ruo came to Cangyun Garden where the Yun family lived.

  Yun just finished checking last month's account books with the store manager.

  The shopkeeper went out with his front foot, and Wei Ruo came in with his back foot.

   "Why is Ruo'er here? Wait a minute, mother will deal with these account books first." Yun didn't specifically avoid Wei Ruo, whether it was because Wei Ruo was her daughter or because she felt that Wei Ruo couldn't understand the account books.

  Wei Ruo was not in a hurry, and stood by for a while looking at the account books in Yun's hands.

  After reading a few pages, Wei Ruo found that the shop was in a state of loss.

   It can be seen that the economic situation of the Wei family has been really bad in the past two years. Not only the crops in the village are in short supply, but the income of the shop is also not ideal.

   After a while, Yun finished reading the last account books, put them aside, and then dragged Wei Ruo to sit on the next step.

   "Did Ruo'er come to see mother for something?" Yun asked.

  Wei Ruo has been back to Wei’s house for more than a month, and this is the second time he came to see him. The first time was because he wanted to visit Zhuangzi in the north of the city.

  So Yun can conclude that Wei Ruo came to him today for something.

   "Mother, I heard that Zhuangzi's harvest in the past two years has not been very good, and the grain produced is not enough for the family to eat." Wei Ruo asked.

  Yun was obviously taken aback when he heard that, obviously he didn't expect Wei Ruo to say that.

  Sighed slightly, he said: "You shouldn't have worried about this matter, and I don't know which servant has the most mouths. Mother must punish him properly."

   "It's not that the servant is talking too much, but I saw it when I went to the north of the city that time." Wei Ruo said.

   "Oh, that's right, you should understand this." Yun said.

  The child grew up in the countryside, and what he has been exposed to most every day is farming. It is understandable that he knows more than the average lady who is raised in a deep boudoir.

  Yun explained: "It's not our family's business. It's the entire Xingshan County, and even the entire Taizhou Prefecture. The harvest in the past two years has not been very good. Our Zhuangzi in Xingshan County is no exception."

"But Ruo'er, don't worry too much. Our family is not that bad. With your father's salary and some savings in the family, life is a bit difficult, but it's not too bad. It's just that the people are suffering. It’s not easy for the Japanese pirates to make trouble these years, and the bad age makes it even worse, and these days are getting sadder every day.”

   Seeing that the groundwork was almost done, Wei Ruo asked about the saline-alkali land in the south of the city.

   "Mother, the wasteland in the south of the city is still empty. If it can be planted, it should be able to solve the problem of feeding many people."

  Yun smiled and shook his head: "Ruoer, it's a good thing for you to think about your family, but the wasteland outside the city is so desolate that not a few weeds can grow, because the soil there is really bad, and nothing can survive."

   "Mother, when I was in Mojiashan, there was an old woman who taught me how to grow crops on the barren and desolate land. Maybe it can be applied to the wasteland in the south of the city."

   "The conditions of different barren lands are different. Xingshan County is close to the sea. As the old people know, crops cannot be grown on land close to the sea. This is different from the land you had in Mojiazha."

"Maybe that method will work too? Mother, if we can grow crops on the barren land, we can feed a lot of people. It is also a meritorious achievement, and it will also be of great use to my father's career. "

  When Wei Mingting's official career was mentioned, Yun's expression changed.

  But after thinking for a while, I still feel that the feasibility is not high.

   "Ruoer, your idea is very good, but this matter is really not that simple..."

"It's really not easy, but mother, even if we fail, we have nothing to lose, and we will let everyone know that our Wei family is working hard for everyone to eat, which is another gain." Wei Ruo analyzed to Yun's pros and cons.

   Yun thought about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case. For the Wei family, reputation is a very important thing. If you can get the love and support of the people, it will be very beneficial to your husband's promotion.

   What's more, because the anti-Japanese war has not made much progress, the imperial court is quite dissatisfied with the many soldiers in Xingshan County, and recently there is news that they will be dismissed from Xingshan County.

   This also caused her husband to stay away for the past few days and nights, thinking of ways to cure the Japanese pirates day and night.

   Yun Shi was a little moved.

  After thinking deeply, Yun said to Wei Ruo: "My mother can't decide this matter. I will talk to your father after he comes back and let him make up his mind."

   "Okay." Wei Ruo also knew that Wei Mingting had to make the decision if this matter was to be carried out.

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  Wei Mingting still didn't show up when having dinner at night. He hasn't shared dinner with everyone for ten consecutive days.

   Counting the first meeting, Wei Ruo has only met him four times so far, and each time he couldn't say a few words.

  I thought that there was no chance to tell Wei Mingting about the wasteland in the south of the city today, but before Wei Ruo fell asleep, Cuiping came to pass the word on Yun's behalf, telling her to go to Cangyun Garden, saying that her father wanted to see her.

  Wei Ruo dressed neatly again, went to Cangyun Garden, and saw Wei Mingting whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

   Still looking serious and serious, but compared to when we first met, he was a little more tired, and there was an additional wound on his arm, wrapped in a white cloth, it seemed that he had been injured for a few days.

   "I just heard from your mother that you have a way to grow crops on the wasteland in the south of the city, but is it true?" Wei Mingting asked.

  (end of this chapter)