Some sentimental villagers burst into tears when they saw such a mess of ruins.
After all, this is where they have lived for a long time.
As soon as the village chief came down from the mountain, he was looked for by Hu Lizheng. Xianping County suffered from severe drought and then floods, and the common people and netizens were in dire straits.
The county magistrate had already reported the situation to the court, who allocated some funds and exempted all local people from paying taxes for three years.
The purpose of calling the village chief over was to allocate the money for rebuilding the village to the village chief.
The amount of silver distributed was not much, and it was only more than 300 taels in each village and town. It was barely enough to be used to rebuild the village.
It's just that all the villagers' houses have been destroyed. Even if they want to go up the mountain to cut down trees and rebuild their houses, the trees on these mountains combined are not enough for them.
When the village chief encountered such a thing, he suddenly became bald with worry. He couldn't bear it anymore and ordered Xiaowu to invite Cheng Hanyan to help him come up with ideas and solutions.
Cheng Hanyan has a smart brain and is much more flexible than them.
When Xiaowu came to ask Cheng Hanyan for help in figuring out a solution, he felt a little embarrassed when he saw Song Yutong cooking in the kitchen.
Song Yutong made it very clear at the beginning. If you encounter any trouble in the future, don't always think of asking his family for help. Their family is not a charity.
"Sister-in-law, Brother Hanyan." Xiao Wu said hello in a stuttering voice, unable to spit out the words until her throat was tight.
Song Yutong just glanced at him and saw the clues.
No matter how disappointed she was with the villagers, Song Yutong was still a kind person after all, and she never really thought about never helping these villagers again.
Those were all words made out of anger, and he couldn't do anything. Understanding Xiao Wu's dilemma, he turned around and said to Cheng Hanyan.
"If you have anything to do, you two go out and talk about it, don't get in my way in front of me." Song Yutong was very angry.
Xiao Wu glanced at Song Yutong gratefully. He was not a shrewd person but he knew how to read. Naturally, he knew that Song Yutong had agreed to Cheng Hanyan's help.
"Daughter-in-law..." Cheng Hanyan was still worried that Song Yutong would be unhappy, so he whispered in her ear. "I'll be back in a minute."
Song Yutong nodded, indicating that he agreed.
Cheng Hanyan immediately followed Xiao Wu out without any burden. Ji Chengan stuffed firewood into the stove and looked at Song Yutong's duplicity and suddenly revealed a teasing smile.
But in my heart, I feel that this woman Song Yutong is getting more and more interesting.
I can see a different side of her every day, which is really a treasure.
"You actually care about those villagers. Even if they are greedy and don't remember your kindness, you will still care about them."
Ji Chengan was not as mentally burdened as others, and he opened his mouth to expose Song Yutong's deliberately indifferent appearance.
"If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute." Song Yutong's thoughts were exposed and she glared at Ji Chengan fiercely.
But not long after, Song Yutong couldn't help but talk.
"I'm not that holy. There are bad villagers in a village, but there are also good villagers. I can't kill a whole boatload of people with one stroke. At worst, if we don't have a good relationship, we won't have contact with each other in the future."
"If I were really asked to look at Aunt Li, Sister Xiaoya, the village chief's family, and Uncle Hu, who are all good people in the first place, homeless and with nowhere to go, then I would definitely not be able to bear it."
Song Yutong seemed to be explaining to Ji Chengan, but also seemed to be brainwashing himself.
She is indeed not such a saintly woman, and she would feel resentful if Cheng Hanyan was asked to go out and give advice to the villagers.
But after all, we are people in a village, we don’t look up when we look down, even if some things are not good, there is still a good side.
If you really encounter any difficulties, you may say you dislike it, but you will still give it a try.
This is the human touch in a village.
So even though those villagers obviously have many bad things, sometimes they can become very cute.
"You make me appreciate you a little." Ji Chengan looked at Song Yutong with a bit of novelty.
"You appreciate me, but I don't appreciate you. You can't even control the temperature of the heat, so you're not as good as my husband. You can go to the hall and go to the kitchen, which is much better than you who can't carry two pieces of meat in your hand."
It's not that Song Yutong doesn't look down on Ji Chengan, it's that this guy's behavior really makes people look down upon him.
After all, he looks like an aristocratic son from a rich family, and he can't even do a job like carrying water.
Isn't it just a matter of exerting effort? Both Nai Tuanzi and Cheng Xiuwen did things more quickly than him, a grown man.
Ji Cheng'an could spill one of the mountain spring water in the reservoir when he carried two buckets of water. But when he walked from the backyard to the kitchen, he could spill half of the water in each of the two buckets.
There is also a lid on the water reservoir that I can’t open. Even after being taught four or five times, I still can’t learn it.
The water pressure device on the water tank in the kitchen can be pressed twice and the water will flow up. Cheng Xiuwen and Nai Tuanzi learned it immediately. Ji Chengan was so clumsy that he almost broke the water pressure device.
Not to mention those who chop wood and make fire. In the beginning, Cheng Xiuwen gave me step-by-step instructions. What a great guy.
He was such a grown man that he almost burned down the entire kitchen, and almost cut off his own legs while chopping wood.
He doesn't look like a working man at all. At first glance, he looks like a pampered nobleman.
When eating food, you should chew it carefully and follow table manners. A meal can last for an hour and kill people.
It's good now. After living in his house for more than ten days, I can do all housework more efficiently.
"I said, which family do you belong to? Your injuries are almost healed. Why don't any of your servants come to look for you? I want to get the thousand taels of silver I promised you earlier. Let's see.
Our family is almost running out of food now."
"Uncle Ji, Mr. Ji, shouldn't you also take some money out first and buy some food for me?"
Song Yutong was indeed short of some money at the moment, and as everything was in dire straits after the disaster, the Song family was afraid that their house would also be washed away by the flood.
When the time comes to rebuild the house, it will probably cost a lot of money. But now, she doesn't have much money on hand.
Naturally, she had to ask the enemy in front of her for her share of the money in advance. In the future, if something happened to the Song family, it would be better to rebuild the house. At least she would be able to get it when everyone needed it.
Ji Cheng lived in Chengjia peacefully for so many days. Not all of his injuries were healed, but most of them were healed.
Today, Xianping County is still in chaos, so there is nothing wrong with him taking advantage of the chaos and leaving.
But it was Song Yutong's excellent cooking skills that tickled his stomach and made him not want to leave so early.
He was also thinking of recruiting Song Yutong back home as a cook.
Just leaving empty-handed without taking anyone with him would be a shame for his gluttonous stomach.