Chapter 69 Locusts
What if you agree to him rashly and the two of you don’t get along with each other day and night in the future?
He took him there, even if he couldn't get along, it would be hard to drive him back, right?
He hesitated and said: "What about the students in the school? Who will teach them?"
Mr. Wan was stunned when he heard this, and then his face became a little ugly.
He only thought about his own future and did not think about the students in the school.
Therefore, he didn't know how to answer Shen Mu's question.
At this time, a student happened to come out for convenience and happened to overhear their conversation.
Then he went back with a cold face, and then told all the other students what they said.
Everyone was silent.
My originally high mood also dropped.
Mr. Wan was silent for a while and then said with a smile: "I didn't think carefully. I'll think about it carefully later."
Shen Mu couldn't say anything else, so he nodded and extended his hand to invite him into the room for tea.
On the other side, Shen Jintang also went to Zhuangzi.
Now the person in charge of Zhuangzi is a man who looks honest but is very shrewd.
It is now early June, and the winter wheat in the field has not yet matured, but it has already begun to turn yellow.
Shen Jintang estimated that it would take about half a month to harvest.
When they arrive in Yichang County, they will definitely not be able to keep spending money on food.
At that time, people will be transported into two trucks and sent to Yichang County.
As for vegetables, she has already planted an acre of vegetables in the space, which is enough for their family to eat.
The mulberries on the hillside are now ripe.
Shen Jintang mobilized the tenants in the village to pick the mulberries.
It took two full days and the mulberries picked weighed about two to three thousand kilograms.
Shen Jintang collected them all into the space.
Wait until you have free time to brew mulberry wine.
The weather is very hot now, and those silkworm eggs can be hatched and raised in the silkworm room in the village.
Shen Jintang hatched some silkworm eggs and gave them to the tenants in Zhuangzi to raise them.
Except for the grain harvested from the fields, other things are not shared with the tenants.
Shen Jintang then promised to give them thirty cents a day to help him raise those silkworms.
After the silkworms form cocoons, they can be transported to Yichang County.
Those tenants did not expect to have such extra income, and Shen Jintang happily promised that he would raise those silkworms well.
Shen Jintang taught them the precautions and experience in raising silkworms.
If you don’t understand anything, you can write to her in the future and go to Yichang County to ask.
As long as you control the temperature and humidity and keep the mulberry leaves clean when raising silkworms, you will generally not get sick.
Doctor Zhang from Shou'antang in town also came to Shen's house several times to ask Shen Jintang some medical skills that he didn't understand.
After staying at home for four or five days, the family was ready to leave for Yichang County.
This time Shen Jintang spent money to buy a carriage in the town and hired a coachman.
After all, Shen Mu is the county magistrate, so traveling by carriage is a must.
It is much more convenient to buy a carriage.
The people who came to see me off this time were the same people as before.
After everyone chatted for a while, Shen Mu and others set off.
When the Wu family received the news and rushed to Sanhe Village with their hastily packed luggage, they found that Shen Mu and his family had already disappeared in a carriage.
Wu Wanqing looked at their closed courtyard door and stamped her feet angrily: "Brother-in-law, why are you like this? He didn't even say hello to us when he left."
She looked at Mrs. Wu with the baggage in her hand and asked expectantly: "Mom, are we going to chase her?"
As long as she catches up, she will follow Shen Mu shamelessly to see what they can do to her?
Before Mrs. Wu could speak, Mrs. Wu said in a cold voice with a solemn face: "What are you chasing? Go home."
After all, Wu Wanqing did not dare to disobey Mrs. Wu, so she could only give up unwillingly.
Although Yichang County is not as far away as the capital, it still took more than ten days to get there.
On the way, Shen Jintang discovered that locusts appeared in crop fields in many places.
The closer to Yichang County, the higher the frequency and density of locusts.
Although it is not to the point where the locusts pass through and no grass grows, the large swaths of locusts flutter their wings and fly by, and the rustling sound is still numb.
After a tiring journey, when their carriage finally stopped at the gate of the Yichang County Government Office, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
A government official saw Shen Mu getting off the carriage in his official uniform. He calculated his identity and guessed his identity, so he quickly jogged into the county government office to report the news.
Not long after, three men wearing different clothes walked out quickly.
As soon as they saw Shen Mu's official uniform and the ultimatum and documents he held in his hand, they immediately confirmed his identity.
"The lower official Liang Deyu is currently the county magistrate of Yichang County and has met the county magistrate."
"The lower official Fu Xiaocheng is currently the chief registrar of Yichang County and has met the county magistrate."
"My master Dong Hongyu from Yichang County has met the county magistrate."
All three of them are in their forties and all have short beards.
The statures vary from height to short, fat and thin.
Shen Mu quickly stepped forward and helped the three of them up one by one, and said gently: "You three don't need to be polite, please get up quickly."
Liang Deyu and others stood up and invited Shen Mu to enter the county government office.
Seeing Wu Qiuniang and others following behind Shen Mu, they were startled and asked with a smile: "This is your wife and children? Then follow me to the backyard of the county government to settle them down."
The group of people filed into the backyard of the county government office.
This is a courtyard as soon as you enter, and there are quite a lot of rooms. There are several pots of withering flowers and plants placed on the wall of the courtyard.
These rooms are spacious and bright, and they are also very clean.
Not luxurious at all.
Shen Jintang randomly chose a room and moved all his things in.
Since there were enough rooms, brothers Shen Yunxian and Shen Yunxuan each chose one.
As for Shen Mu, he was dragged by Liang Deyu and others to go to the county government office to discuss the matter.
"It stands to reason that you have been working hard all the way, so I should let you rest for a day and discuss the matter tomorrow." Liang Deyu said apologetically.
"No problem." Shen Mu smiled and asked, "But is there anything urgent that needs to be dealt with?"
Dong Hongyu sighed and asked, "Did you see anything special during this trip?"
In this special situation, Shen Mu frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "Are you talking about locusts?"
Hearing this, the other three people nodded.
"Sir, although the locust plague in our Yichang County has not reached a particularly serious level, if it continues like this, it will definitely affect the livelihood of the people in a few days." Dong Hongyu said with a wry smile.
Chapter completed!