Goodbye, Never to Meet Again
Rice prices are rising every day, and vegetable prices are not far behind.
Prices of medicinal herbs have been rising repeatedly, and ordinary people are the ones who are suffering the most.
Many ordinary people are having a particularly tough winter,"Liu Xiuyuan he hurriedly walked in.
"I heard that things are very chaotic in the city right now. Last night, many people stormed into the government office and looted grain."
It seems this winter will be even harder to endure.
Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:
"No, this winter is even harder to endure; the real test will begin next summer when we need to stockpile water."
Let's try to help as many people as possible. Remember, the more water we stockpile, the more people we can help.
Zhou Wanwan wandered around the mountain village for a while, and then began to communicate with the plants there. Finally, she found a water source.
What she was looking for was a deep water source, one that could guarantee them enough water for at least one or two years.
Zhou Wanwan immediately ordered people to start digging a well, when she overheard someone say, "I heard the people of Zhou Family Village are looking for you everywhere! They're probably looking for revenge."
Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and said:
"Who will retaliate against whom is still unknown! Zhou Family Village is almost finished now."
I plan to visit Zhou Family Village today.
Zhou Family Village has been developing really well lately.
With her memories from her past life, Old Madam Zhou led Zhou Family Village to enjoy a life of luxury.
On her very first try, she earned a lot of money, and then bought a lot of grain. Now, the grain in Zhou Family Village is piled up like a mountain.
Old Madam Zhou even bought several maids to serve her.
Now she doesn't have to worry about anything at home, big or small.
Old Madam Zhou sat at the doorway, cracking sunflower seeds and sipping tea, saying:
"At least we won't have to wander around anymore in this life. We had a really miserable life in our last life."
At this point, we had run out of food and were starting to prepare to flee the famine.
The eldest son's wife said:
"If it weren't for Mother, I don't know what kind of life our family would be living!"
"We are able to have food and drink now, all thanks to you."
Old Madam Zhou waved her hand and said:
"Now that our whole family is working together towards a common goal, things are definitely different."
It can't all be attributed to me! Your father deserves credit, but you all deserve credit too.
Once we make money this time, we'll buy houses, land, and shops in the city.
"Then we'll be the first in Qingshui County."
Old Man Zhou grinned from ear to ear. "Old woman, you're amazing! I wonder how Fourth Brother and the others are doing."
Old Madam Zhou snorted coldly:
"We can't find them now; they're probably hiding outside!"
If you find them, arrest them immediately.
Zhou Wanwan is no good, and she knows too much. I'm afraid she'll bring bad luck to our family."
Old Man Zhou nodded in agreement:
"These people are really good at hiding; why bother?"
If we really stay at home, wouldn't we be able to eat whatever we want?
Old Madam Zhou snorted coldly and said:
"They're not from our family after all; they'll never be ungrateful wretches."
Don't worry about them. If someone hadn't given our family money back then, I wouldn't have taken him in.
However, the fabric of the little shirt he wore back then was quite nice. I wonder what his background is.
The second daughter-in-law asked curiously, "Mother, what kind of clothes was the fourth son wearing when he was brought here?"
Old Madam Zhou went straight into the inner room and quickly brought out a set of clothes, saying, "These are all I'm wearing, along with a jade pendant. It was on the third son before, but it disappeared later."
The third daughter-in-law said softly:
"These clothes look unusual; they must belong to a wealthy family."
Look at this brocade satin fabric! It's so smooth and soft, it feels like touching the clouds. It's completely different from the coarse cloth shirts we usually wear!
And these stitches are so fine, you can't even find a single loose thread. Only the top embroiderers in a Suzhou embroidery workshop could weave something like this."
Old Madam Zhou had never thought of it that way before, but now that she's thought about it, it really might be true.
Her face darkened as she said:
"Then we can't let the fourth brother live. We have to find a way to get rid of him, in case his background is really unusual."
"If they take us back, will we still have any good days left?"
The third daughter-in-law nodded, and suddenly they all fell to the ground with a "thud".
After a while, Zhou Wanwan came into the house and said, "These are my dad's clothes from when he was little! They are indeed quite different; we should keep them safe."
Zhou Wanwan put the clothes away and looked at a pot of daffodils in the room, saying, "Little Daffodil, you must know a lot, right?"
The daffodil looked at her and said, "Please call me Fairy..."
Zhou Wanwan sighed helplessly and said:
"Fairy, do you know everything about their family?"
If you tell me, I'll take you back to the mountain stronghold, okay?
The daffodil shook its flower and said, "What do you want to know? The water in my pot is almost dry, could you please water it for me?"
Zhou Wanwan poured it some water, and it gulped down two mouthfuls, saying, "This water is so sweet! Why do I feel so energetic after drinking it?"
Zhou Wanwan looked at it and said, "Because this water is no ordinary water. If you are willing to tell me some things, you can drink this kind of water every day from now on."
Narcissus nodded and said:
"What do you want to know? Do you want to know where she hid her silver?"
Right under my table, if you move the table, you'll see the bricks inside are movable.
Zhou Wanwan opened the brick directly. Inside was a box, which was full of silver and a lot of gold jewelry.
These should be Old Madam Zhou's recent gains.
Narcissus continued, "That's not all! This old lady is quite resourceful; she hid many things under her bed."
Liu Xiuyuan rummaged under the bed for a while and pulled out several cloth bags.
Opening these cloth bags revealed them to be filled with dazzling jewels, all of them priceless pieces of jewelry.
Zhou Wanwan and her people toured the Zhou Family, carrying daffodils, and then began searching for the Zhou Family's grain.
The Zhou Family's grain was indeed hidden very well, but Shui Xian knew quite a lot and soon provided several clues.
The big trees in the village also told a lot, and those big trees looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:
"Aren't you that mute boy from the village? You can talk now?"
Look at me, I'm over 600 years old. Why don't you take me with you?
Zhou Wanwan looked at it with a half-smile and said, "If you want me to take it away, that's no problem, but you also have to tell me where they've hidden their grain?"
The elm tree is right outside the Zhou Family, so there must be a lot of clues about it.
The elm tree spirit shook its branches and said, "I know, I know, I'll take you to find it right away."
Zhou Wanwan supplied it with energy, and it pulled its roots out of the ground, saying:
"Ho ho ho ho ho... I'm finally free!"
Little girl, I'm leaving now. I want you to see all around me. Goodbye, and never again.