webnovelfull Chapter 108 Departure to Fuzhou
Chapter 108 Departure to Fuzhou
"Well... our milk tea shop has only been open for a month. We shouldn't rush to open a branch, right? Besides, we only have six cows, and the milk is not enough." Seeing that their milk tea business was booming, Shopkeeper Yang sold his own cows to them.
"Not entirely. My mother and I have agreed to plant tea trees, and we have already bought a hill. I want to go to Fuzhou to see if there are any other plants suitable for growing in the mountains besides tea trees." In fact, she planned to go to Fuzhou and bring back the cotton seedlings when she came back, so that it would be easier to explain.
"Okay, I'll talk to Manager Yang tomorrow morning and let him take care of the milk tea shop business. I'll accompany you to Fuzhou." Lin Jingce nodded naively.
Normally, they wouldn't stop Shen Wanning from doing something. But since they couldn't stop her, and couldn't let anything happen to her, they decided to go with her.
"Hey, brother, it's okay. I can go there by myself. With cassava and it's raining, there shouldn't be any refugees on the road." He couldn't follow her, otherwise it would be inconvenient to take out his cotton seedlings.
"But I'm still worried. You're a woman who's never been far away. How can I let you go alone?"
"Brother, believe me. I will definitely come back safely. It will take at most three days to go there and back. I will be back."
Lin Jingce pursed his lips and hesitated, "Okay then, you must go and come back early, and be careful on the road. If you encounter refugees, run away quickly, and don't be reluctant to spend money on things that can be solved."
"Don't worry, big brother. I know all this. I'm not the kind of person who values money over life." Shen Wanning said with a smile.
In the early morning, all was quiet, and a glimmer of light appeared on the eastern horizon. Shen Wanning had already gotten up and boarded the carriage to Fuzhou.
There were eight people in the carriage. Besides Shen Wanning, the remaining people were four men and three women. Judging from the way they spoke, they were probably two couples, and the other man was the younger brother of one of the couples.
"This heavy rain came just in time, otherwise I would have worried about running out of cassava flour at home."
"Yes, the rain came at a perfect time. We can't plant rice, but we can plant wheat by the end of this month. Having wheat flour to make steamed buns and pancakes is better than having nothing to eat."
"Hey, why are you all going to Fuzhou?" someone in the car asked.
"We! It's been raining for a few days, so we planned to buy some vegetable seeds. But who knew that the seeds in the county had already been sold out. So we planned to go to Fuzhou and try our luck to see if we can buy some."
"Are vegetable seeds so popular?" Shen Wanning interjected.
"Yes, it finally rained and the soil became soft, so of course everyone took this opportunity to plant vegetables. Most of the villagers had already planted their seeds and eaten the vegetables before they grew up." A woman spoke in a gentle tone, a bit like Wen.
Although no one knew each other, after a few words and chatting, the people in the car quickly became familiar with each other.
Shen Wanning didn't talk much, mostly just listening to them, occasionally smiling and replying, or nodding. With her outstanding appearance, everyone had a good impression of her.
"As we walked along, there seemed to be some refugees on the road. It's raining, why don't they go home to farm instead of wandering outside?" A younger woman asked as she lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out the window.
Shen Wanning hadn't noticed this before, but after hearing what she said, she lifted the curtain and took a look. Indeed, there were still quite a few refugees wandering the streets. They were all dressed in rags, but they weren't as thin as before.
A man scoffed, "Farming is not that easy. They are not from the nearby villages. I don't know where they came from. If we go back now, what will we eat on the way? We can't even make it home safely."
"Yes, I heard that in order to provide relief to the disaster victims, the county magistrates of several counties took out the rice that was left in the warehouse for use as seeds and gave it to the disaster victims to eat. When they go back, they don't even have seeds. What will they use to farm?" another man continued.
"So they can only be refugees forever? How pitiful!" The woman showed an innocent look of compassion.
Her husband shook his head and put his arm around her waist. "Don't think too much. The prefect and the county magistrate will take care of them."
"Since the prefect and the county magistrate have opened their granaries to distribute grain and set up tents to distribute porridge, why are they still wandering around outside? Are the county and Fuzhou still distributing porridge now?" Shen Wanning asked another question.
The man who had just sneered replied, "It rained heavily for several days in a row a few days ago, and all the sheds collapsed. They have nowhere to live, so they can only wander around outside!"
Her wife continued, "Yes, I heard that since the rain, the prefect has stopped distributing porridge. He said that they should return to their registered places and continue farming."
Shen Wanning sighed in her heart, estimating that after opening the granaries and releasing grain for so many days in a row, there would not be much grain left in Fuzhou City.
They walked and talked all the way until around 7:30 in the evening, when it was already getting dark. They arrived at a place called Hekou Town, where the coachman led them to Yuelai Inn.
At the Yuelai Inn, several couples requested a medium-sized room, while the other man shared a room with the coachman. Shen Wanning didn't want to attract attention, so she also requested a medium-sized room.
As soon as she entered the room, a pungent musty smell hit her. Shen Wanning frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable. When she saw the yellowed quilt on the bed, with a few stains on it, she felt even more disgusted.
"Sir, your hot water is here!" Shen Wanning was looking around the room when the waiter's voice came from outside. To say that waiters in ancient times were really fast!
She was about to say she didn't want hot water, but if it got out tomorrow that she, a woman, didn't take a shower in such hot weather, she would be embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, she responded, "Come in!"
"Okay!" The waiter pushed open the door, poured hot water into the bath tub, took off the towel from his shoulders, and placed it on the edge of the tub.
After the waiter left, Shen Wanning locked the door and went into the express delivery station. She took a comfortable shower and changed her clothes. Her luggage was mostly in the express delivery station, and she only had one set of clothes in her bag, just for show.
After the waiter poured out the water in the wooden barrel, she went into a small room in the express station and slept there for the night. The air conditioner was on and it was so comfortable.
It's been hot recently, and she often does this when she is at home. After the live broadcast at night, she rests directly in the express station and comes out the next morning. Anyway, she can hear the sounds outside in the express station.
On the morning of the second day, the group had a bowl of noodles at the inn and set off at dawn.