Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

When Su Qingyu arrived, everyone was holding bowls and preparing to make rice.

"My boss."

"My boss."

"What do you want to eat?" Su Qingyu nodded with a smile and leaned over to take a look.

"Master, we have a good meal. There are vegetables, meat, soup, and white rice. It's better than what we had before."

"That's right. Where could I eat big white rice and this big meat before? It used to be a luxury to even smell the smell of meat."

Lu and Ruyi were helping to share the food and came over: "Miss, don't worry, everyone is eating well, there is rice, meat and vegetables."

"Don't worry, boss. It's okay. Don't worry about us."

"That's good."

Su Qingyu went into the kitchen and took a look. She was relieved when she saw that the food was really good.

The weather is cold now, and it occasionally snows. There is no fresh vegetables to eat, but since sprouts were grown in the cave, there is no shortage in the village.

There are also some fresh bamboo shoots. Dig out the bamboo shoots and bury them in the soil. They can't be left there.

"Okay, you guys eat, I'll go to the village gate to have a look."

"It's easy to go, boss."

Su Qingyu waved her hand. As I walked, I thought, now that my godfather's people are here, there are an extra hundred people in the village who need to eat and drink.

There is a lot of food stored in the village, enough to eat.

But what if five hundred people come? Once Renzhou is stable, I am afraid that these people will be dragged away to dig iron and rocks, and I will have to help them with food matters.

Su Qingyu arrived at the village gate while thinking about it.

"Sister! Are you back?" Qingxing saw her and trotted towards her. Qingyang saw him and followed him.

Su Qingyu looked at the two brothers and sisters with a smile. They had not seen each other for a few days, and they seemed to have grown up a lot: "Don't stay at home."

"Sister, I like staying here." Qingyang said.

Before Su Qingyu could speak, Qingxing said, "Brother has been practicing archery these days. Three or four of the ten arrows can hit the target!"

"Really, so good?" Su Qingyu happily looked at Qingyang, who was just ten years old.

Qingyang scratched his head: "Not half the chance."

"Brother, you are already very good. There are still people who miss the target with ten arrows."

"You just practiced. You are pretty accurate with this. Take your time and do it step by step."

"Um."

"have already eaten?"

"Well, I've eaten everything. I ate with everyone,"

"Isn't it novel to eat in a big pot? I don't want to go home to eat." Mother Su no longer enjoyed eating at home. Su Qingyao teased the two siblings.

"Dad and brother are eating here, so I won't go back. Besides, sister, you're not here either."

Su Qingyu talked to the two brothers and sisters and went up to the gatehouse.

"Qing Lao, are you here?"

"Dad. What's wrong?"

"It's okay. Our side is in the middle. No thieves can turn over."

"That's good. But we also need to arrange people to do patrol work, and prepare more arrows.

"Don't worry, dad knows what's going on. Xiang Shang and Fuchang have taken people to patrol the surrounding mountains."

"That's good."

In the city of Renzhou, several groups of troops attacked several times, but they couldn't get in, so they all stopped. Seeing that the city was safe, Pei Nian sent Ma Mingwen's people to see Su Qingyu.

Pei Cheng was a little worried: "Sir, we need them now."

"It's okay. I know where they are going. There is danger in the city, and it's still too late to call them back. There are food and people in the city now. If you close the city gate tightly, even if a hundred thousand troops invade, you can still defend it for a month."

"Besides, Ma Mingwen responded to the letter and said that if we need it, he will send reinforcements."

"Then the observer over there..."

Pei Nian thought that there was no news from Yang Bi, and his heart sank.

"Sir, we are under the jurisdiction of Mr. Yang. Originally, there was something going on in Renzhou, so we mobilized troops to other states and cities. No matter what, it was faster than Ma Mingwen's..."

But Mr. Yang looked at it, why... there wasn't even a reply letter! Seemingly helpless.

Are you going to let them fend for themselves?

That shouldn’t be the case. Renzhou harvested so much grain this autumn and drove Master Pei down. Are you planning to send someone else here?

Is there a better candidate than Mr. Pei? Pei Cheng couldn't figure it out.

Pei Nian's heart was constantly changing.

Ma Mingwen replied immediately, but Yang Bi from Yuzhang didn't say a word. There were no letters from colleagues in neighboring cities saying they were willing to help.

Pei Nian's heart was heavy.

Once Ma Mingwen's 400 people arrived in the mountains, they brought more confidence to the mountain people.

Originally, we had harvested a lot of grain this year, and we planned to sit happily around the warm pit as a family and eat various snacks.

Who would have thought that when the thieves outside saw that their lives were getting better, they would come in and rob them, causing them to suffer even in the winter.

They all packed their bags with their hearts in mind, ready to hide in the mountains if necessary at any time.

The food is also packed well.

I didn't expect it to be used at all.

The villagers themselves drove the people away, then the governor sent people to help, and now their mountain master sent people to support them.

No more fear.

When the village owners heard that Ma Mingwen had sent people, they all felt grateful and personally brought various kinds of food with the villagers, which were delivered to Ma Fang and others.

Ma Xin took a look and saw that there was no place for these five hundred people to live in the mountains.

Since the marshal wants to dig some iron and stone back, let's go there.

After some discussion with Su Qingyu, a hundred people were left behind.

Su Qingyu selected another ten people from Xingengzhai, plus several bandits who had surrendered, and a group of hundreds of people set off to the place where the iron ore was last discovered.

Su Dahu told Su Qingyu that he wanted to lead people there.

Su Qingyu thought for a while and then agreed. Then leave the matter to him and let him handle it with full authority.

Originally, when they didn't come, Su Qingyu also thought of sending people to dig the iron ore.

Their villages all need some sophisticated weapons.

Wooden and bamboo arrows are not very lethal, so we still need to make some iron arrows.

Weapons, everyone in the village must have at least one. If something goes wrong, they cannot wait for others to come to the rescue. They must also be able to protect themselves.

There were six to seven hundred more people wanting to eat, and Su Qingyu suddenly became nervous.

There is food, but you can’t eat meat and white rice every meal, right?

Su Qingnao asked Xiang Zhen to hang a message about collecting soybeans and various beans in the shop.

In each village, a lot of beans of all kinds were harvested. The beans were planted in every possible way in front of, behind, and on the hillside, and everyone harvested a lot.

Originally there was food to eat, so everyone imitated Su Qingyu and fried beans for the children to eat as snacks. Now when I see the shops collecting them, I pick them all up and sell them.

Su Qingyu got the beans, so he selected some that could sprout and put them in caves in various mountains to sprout, while the soybeans were ready to be ground tofu.

Each made a variety of tofu for everyone to enjoy.

Miners in the mountains can't just eat two gray steamed buns at a meal like Su Dahu and others did before.

You want the horse to run but don’t feed it. You can't do this kind of thing.

The previous mine owners were probably afraid that the miners would run away once they gained strength, so they left the miners to work half-starved.

But Su Qingyu was not afraid of them running away.

Everyone is voluntary. If you don’t want to leave, you can’t leave. If you have gone and want to go back, you can withdraw at any time. She would keep them fed and give them wages.

When the village is stable and the bandits stop invading, she will recruit more strong laborers in each village. The salary is one to two taels per month. I am afraid that there will be more people who want to go there.

But we can’t extract people yet.

If bandits attack the mountain again, it would be a bit bad if there is no one left.

For now, it is better to guard the village and provide food and drink for the godfather's hundreds of people.