The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 176 The sky is sunny

The people who were buying food near the door were moved by Jian Yue's words, and they bowed to her with gratitude.

"Thank you, Miss. You are a good person!"

"Good people will be rewarded. We will always remember your kindness."

"I can't speak, so I'll kowtow to you!"

Jian Yue hurriedly asked Yuan Shi to stop them from kowtowing.

How could he kowtow to her in front of so many officials? Wouldn't that be like stabbing a thorn in the hearts of the officials?

Even if the highest-ranking official here is her father, it won’t work.

Ninety thousand taels of silver was equivalent to buying himself political achievements in disguise, and also gaining the gratitude of the people. Yan Xiuyuan finally let go of Jian Yue's previous robbery of Xie Chujiao's silver.

The officials watched the people buying grain for a while. Yan Xiuyuan came out and said a few words to calm people down, and then they went to inspect elsewhere.

Food and medicine were in short supply, and the prices of medicines in all drugstores were raised. Some poor people passed by Bao'an Tang Pharmacy and went in with the mentality of giving it a try. As a result, they found that the price of medicines in this store had not increased. Moreover, they were pills, which did not need to be boiled, and were very convenient to take. However, there was a condition for buying medicines, that is, the patient had to come in person, and the doctor who treated the patients was a genius doctor's apprentice who had only studied medicine for a few days.

Some patients who were desperate had no choice but to ask Jian Yue to see them. Jian Yue made a pulse record for each patient and asked them to show their household registration to verify their identity. The patients' families were very dissatisfied and thought Jian Yue had too many problems. Some of them turned around and left, leaving only a few patients.

Jian Yue asked the remaining patients to take the medicine on the spot. She explained the dosage and usage in detail before sending them out.

The patients and their families thought that Jian Yue's attitude was quite good, and their distrust of her was reduced a lot.

After returning home, the patient took the pills for two or three days with trepidation, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the effect was very good. It is no exaggeration to say that the medicine cured the disease. Since then, the reputation of Bao'antang Pharmacy has been spread.

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, the sky that had been covered with dark clouds finally cleared up. The people who had been trapped for more than a month were so happy that they cried and laughed. Some frail elderly, weak women and children did not survive such a cold winter, and their bodies were left at home because of the blizzard. Now that the weather was clear, many families were preparing for funerals. The coffin shops and funeral clothing shops in the city were the busiest.

After the roads in the city were opened, Jian Yue had people transport food, cotton clothes and quilts outside the city to sell, in order to facilitate the people in the nearby villages.

Although the snow stopped, the official road was blocked for a while, and the supplies from outside could not be transported in. During the period of waiting for the snow to melt, if the supplies were not delivered, people would still die of hunger and cold.

At the end of the month, all the food and cotton clothes that Jian Yue had stored were sold out. Yanling Prefecture was the least affected by the disaster because of her support. The death toll was the lowest among the surrounding prefectures. Jian Yue's name was spread because of this. Yan Xiuyuan also gained a good reputation.

Jian Yue doesn't care much about these false reputations. Just do what you can as long as you have a clear conscience.

Since the first month of the lunar year, she has been going to the farm whenever she can. She has planted nearly 300 mu of winter wheat. These winter wheats are not only related to the harvest, but also have very important significance. As long as she succeeds in planting, Nanchang State will promote the planting of winter wheat.

Before the blizzard, she asked Liu Da and Wang Ping to hire people to cover the wheat fields with straw mats. After the blizzard, she hired people to deal with the snow regularly. Although some wheat seedlings were damaged, it was much better than having no harvest at all.

As soon as February came, she asked the farmhands to apply fertilizer. A new batch of medicinal herbs were planted on the land that had been vacated after the medicinal herbs were harvested before the New Year.

The few acres of experimental fields specially set aside were well taken care of by the people on the farm. Jian Yue also began to prepare for hybrid wheat.

The snow gradually melted, the spring breeze brought warmth, and some tenacious weeds sprouted early.

It's already February, but the temperature is still not high. The snow in some gullies has not melted away yet.

The soil in Xiaodong Village was not very good, so Jian Yue asked them to spread fertilizer on the land first, and then planted spring sorghum.

That day, An Bo sent in several invitations. Jian Yue flipped through them and looked at them. One was an invitation for the birthday party of Meng Tongzhi's daughter, one was for the flower-viewing party organized by Wang Tongpan's wife, and the other was for the spring party of Shen Canjiang's daughter.

Jian Yue was not familiar with Shen Canjiang's family. Both Meng Tongzhi and Wang Tongpan had conflicts with her, and Jian Yue felt that they were not doing a good job of paying New Year's greetings to the chickens.

Besides, tripping up opponents and framing them at banquets is the specialty of the ladies in the deep mansions. Jian Yue has no close friends, so she goes out in the dark and it is easy for her to fall into a trap when attending such a banquet.

So, Jian Yue threw the post aside and went to do other things.

In the afternoon, Xie Chujiao sent Madam Liang to Yue's house. It turned out that she had also received invitations from these three families. However, she was so fat that she could hardly take a step and could not attend the banquet. In order not to lose courtesy, she asked Jian Yue to go home on her behalf.

Nanny Liang smiled warmly at Jian Yue: "Miss, although you and Madam don't get along very well, in the eyes of outsiders, you and Madam are a family. If some interpersonal relationships are not handled properly, the master will be laughed at, and in serious cases, it will affect the master's career."

Jian Yue was unmoved and said calmly: "I grew up in the countryside and don't know any etiquette. Isn't my stepmother afraid that I will embarrass myself when I go out? Then again, whoever wants to laugh can laugh, can they lose a piece of meat? As for affecting my father's career, that's simply nonsense. Can families without women entertaining be officials?"

Nanny Liang is upset.

She had never seen a young lady who was so good at making up lies. She was indeed from the countryside, simple-minded and irrational.

"Miss..."

"Madam Liang, don't say anything," Jian Yue interrupted her, "I don't like to attend such banquets. Master has assigned me a lot of homework, and I'm very busy. Besides, Yan Lingshan is already ten years old, so can't she go?"

People in this dynasty matured early. They got married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so many girls were taken out by their mothers at around ten years old to learn how to socialize and meet people of the same age. Jian Yue didn't believe that Xie Chujiao would be kind enough to bypass her own biological daughter and find her stepdaughter who she didn't get along with.

Seeing her resolute attitude, Nanny Liang didn't know how to persuade her for a moment. However, she couldn't complete the task assigned by the Madam, and she couldn't report back. Just as she was thinking about persuading her again, she heard Jian Yue say, "Muxiang, send Nanny Liang out."

Nanny Liang’s face darkened.

After all, she was the most respected nanny in front of the lady, but this little bitch didn't even give her any face.

The angry Nanny Liang was forcibly sent out the door by Muxiang.

After the last batch of liquor came out of the cellar, Jian Yue stopped brewing...