Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

The rain that had lasted for more than forty days finally stopped, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Xiancheng brought someone back in the afternoon to replace Zixuan and let Zixuan go back to rest.

"Master Zhao, now that the rain has stopped, although the water level cannot be seen to have dropped, it will not rise. We will watch it for a while this afternoon. Just leave a few young men to patrol in the evening, and the rest can go back to rest. . Everyone is very tired these days. This time the whole county will work together to overcome the difficulties. I will present the reward to the court." Before leaving, Zixuan gave Zhao County Cheng a few words.

"Don't worry, sir. I'm here to watch. If something happens, I will definitely ask you for instructions. As for awards and the like, I'm not asking for extravagant things. We are all natives, and we are lucky to be able to keep our home." Zhao The county magistrate said with a smile. Originally, according to the regulations of the imperial court, officials were not allowed to serve as officials in their place of origin. However, the area east of Zhendong has only been under the ownership of the imperial court for a short period of time, and many people in the county government were recruited from the local area, and Zhao Xiancheng was no exception.

"Speaking of which, everyone has to thank you. If it weren't for your foresight and foresight, you could have built the dam in advance. This time, our town in the east would have suffered heavy losses like other places." Someone next to him said.

Zixuan smiled and shook his head, "This flood disaster relied on the unity and unity of the people in the county to avert danger at the critical moment. No matter how capable I am, I only have one pair of hands. What can I do? Okay, now This is not the time for us to praise each other. Although the levee has been saved, the situation everywhere is still not optimistic. We must keep our spirits up and not be careless. "

Everyone laughed, and then Zixuan led some people back to the village. They had not rested for a long time. Under the arrangement of the village chief, they lay directly on the kang of the villagers' house and fell asleep.

Zixuan and others slept soundly, and no one could get up until daybreak the next morning. The women in the village prepared breakfast, and then the village chief came to Zixuan's door, knocked on the door gently, and asked everyone to get up.

After a night's rest, although everyone was still a little tired, they seemed to be quite energetic. Everyone got up and had breakfast, and then Zixuan took people to the embankment again.

Today's weather is pretty good. Although the sky has not completely cleared up, it has stopped raining, and the clouds in the sky are not that thick. Zixuan stood by the river, watching the water level gradually falling, and finally felt relieved. "It seems like there's nothing serious going on in Nonijiang. I just don't know how the rest of the place is doing? So, Mr. Zhao, you immediately send people to see if there are any places affected by the disaster. Didn't we also send some people Are you guarding the first few positions? If nothing happens, let those people come back. It won’t be easy anymore, the crops in the field will probably be reduced, alas.”

"This is already a blessing. You don't need to worry about it. Fortunately, there were no casualties among the people. Some of the crops in the fields were lost, and the rest was used as food rations. At most, the income was less. After the disaster, we can make enough money. My stomach is already good, we can't be too demanding on anything else," Zhao Xian Cheng advised from the side.

Zixuan saw that nothing major happened here, and he was too tired to relieve himself, so he took the people back to the county government office.

Jinghan has been on tenterhooks these days, fearing that something might happen to Zixuan. After all, the sky was clearing up, and I felt a little more at ease. Suddenly I heard someone in front of me saying that the master was back, so I ran out without caring about anything.

When he came to the door, he happened to see Zixuan coming in from the outside. Jinghan stopped at this time and watched Zixuan approach her step by step. Jinghan smiled, seeing her beloved appearing in front of her intact, her confused heart for the past few days finally found its place. She smiled, but shed tears. Jinghan didn't wipe the tears on her face, she just smiled and let the tears cover her beautiful face.

Zixuan walked up to Jinghan in a few steps, reached out and wiped Jinghan's tears directly with his sleeve. "Silly lady, why are you still crying when I come back?"

Jinghan shed more and more tears, and finally couldn't help but throw herself into Zixuan's arms, hugging Zixuan's waist and holding on. "You're finally back. I'm so worried about you."

Zixuan hugged Jinghan hard, placed his chin on Jinghan's head, and patted Jinghan's back with his big hands. "Okay, madam, don't cry. Isn't my husband back in a good mood? Look at you, it's finally sunny today. If you cry again, you may get flooded again, which will be bad."

Although the two people were not separated for life or death, this feeling of fear made them cherish the time they spent together. Zixuan waved his hand and told the servants in the yard to do whatever they were supposed to do. Then he hugged Jinghan and the two of them entered the house.

Qian and Chunxing, holding Qingyuan and Qingyao respectively, looked at the couple with smiles. "Okay, let's go play in front and let your parents stay for a while." Qian said to Qingyuan.

Although Qingyuan is young, he is very sensible, "Well, okay, if mom is crying, let daddy comfort mom. Otherwise, my aunt can find two pieces of candy for my mom. Isn't that what my aunt did when I cried in the past? Are you coaxing me?" There is a hint of seriousness that does not belong to this age on the childish face, and the soft and waxy voice makes people feel much better after hearing it. Originally, Qingyuan should be called Qian's grandma, but Jinghan thought it was too awkward and was not as catchy as aunt, so Qingyuan and Qingyuan called Qian's aunt.

Qian gave Qingyuan a kiss and said, "Good boy, let's go find some candy later. Now let's go to the front to play with my aunt." After saying that, he hugged Qingyuan and left. Chunxing hugged Qingyuan and also Followed to the front yard.

In the room, Jinghan finally stopped crying, and still held her arms around Zixuan's waist, showing no intention of letting go.

Zixuan had a handkerchief in his hand and was wiping Jinghan's face. "She is the mother of two sons, and she still loves to cry." Zixuan said with a smile while wiping. After all the tears on her face were wiped away, she held Jinghan's face and pressed her forehead against Jinghan's forehead, "Madam, it's my husband's fault that I didn't let someone send you a letter, which made me worry. From now on. No matter where he goes, my husband will find a way to let his wife know about him," Zixuan said in a low voice.

Jinghan shook her head, "A man should have his ambitions in all directions. He is a parent and a member of the common people, so how can he only care about the personal affairs of his children? Jinghan knows it in her heart, so she has not been there these past few days. I didn’t ask anyone to go to the river to find you. I was just a little worried. Now that I saw my husband was well, I couldn’t control myself and cried. What should my husband do in the future? There is no need to worry about Jinghan. Jinghan is not one of those young things. "My little girl." Jinghan said, feeling a little embarrassed. She just couldn't bear it anymore, so she lost her composure. At this moment, a lifetime of wisdom may be ruined.

Zixuan hugged Jinghan and couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the infinite affection in Jinghan's soft words. He lowered his head and kissed Jinghan's forehead gently, then rolled his lips down to cover her delicate lips.

The two were entangled for a long time, and Zixuan finally let go of Jinghan, "If it weren't for the broad daylight, I would really like to have a good intimacy with you." There was obvious desire in Zixuan's voice.

Jinghan looked up at Zixuan. Zixuan had obviously lost weight due to the fatigue of the past few days. There were obvious blue and black spots under his eyes, and it was obvious at a glance that he had not slept well at all in the past few days. "Look at how you endured it, your eyes are all wet. I'll ask the kitchen to make you something delicious later to recuperate." Jinghan caressed Zixuan's face distressedly.

Zixuan held Jinghan's hand, "Stop talking about me, haven't you lost weight too?"

The two of them just cuddled each other, Zixuan whispered about some situations on the embankment, and Jinghan listened without saying a word.

God seemed to be really crazy. From then on, it never rained again. Zixuan sent people to check various places in the county. Fortunately, protective measures were taken everywhere, and there were no embankment breaches or other situations. There is just a lot of water in the ground, and it looks like it will take a few days to clear up.

Getting such news is the best for Zixuan. The worry that I had been feeling for the past few days was finally let go. Due to this year's spring drought and summer floods, it seems that the crops in the fields are bound to reduce production. Fortunately, Zhendong is not solely paying for food. As long as there is enough food left for the people, it will be fine.

Zixuan gave these people in the yamen a few days of leave and asked them to go home and have a good rest for a few days. Ziwen was very tired from all the busy work these days, but he was thinking about his family, so he told Zixuan that he wanted to go back and see home.

Zixuan naturally agreed. Although he knew that his home was in a mountainous area and normal floods could not invade there, he still felt uneasy without definite information. Furthermore, the family should be informed of the situation here, otherwise the family would be worried.

So Zixuan sent Changxing to follow Ziwen and go home together to report the news.

Although the floods have receded, the subsequent problems are not over yet. In the entire Longzhou area, the eastern part is mountainous, so the damage was minor. But from the center to the west, there are plains. Except for the east part of the town, the rest of the areas were seriously affected.

The prefect of Longzhou is now full of anger. It would be fine if the entire jurisdiction was hit by a disaster. This natural disaster is unavoidable. But nothing happened in Zhendong. The reason was that the magistrate of Zhendong took precautions at the beginning of spring. Doesn't this show his incompetence?

"Come here, send people to Zhendong to collect grain. Now people everywhere are affected by the disaster, and the crops in the fields have been flooded. The people can't even eat. Since there is nothing wrong with Zhendong, let's collect a batch of grain from there. Come here and use it for disaster relief." This reason should be considered very legitimate, right?