But Chen Kang was a coward who was afraid of death. He had several mouths to feed at home and dared not go out. He would rather starve to death than go out. This made Wang so angry that she stood at the door and cursed for a long time.

Looking at her husband, who was only thinking about the future of himself and his children, Xiao Zheng felt warm in her heart. If she were allowed to choose again, she would still choose Chen Ping!

There was not much time left for them, so the family of three sat in the house and talked for a while. Xiao Zheng prepared food for him for the journey.

At night, they reluctantly saw him off.

........

When Zheng arrived at the Chen family, he also criticized Chen Yan.

However, because the third brother's temperament was a little more naughty than the second brother, he was scolded by her, for she was afraid that he would be too skilled and bold and might have an accident on the road.

After scolding her, she said with a distressed look on her face, "You and your second brother must take good care of each other on the road. Don't worry, wife, I will take care of you!"

Zheng then looked at Cui Yunzhu and said, "My third daughter-in-law, why don't you move back home? Your mother is worried about you living alone."

Um.......

For a moment, Chen Yan and Cui Yunzhu didn't know how to answer. They both stood there awkwardly. They had never expected that Zheng would come back and ask her to move back.

In a flash, Chen Yan immediately thought of an explanation.

"Mom, she hasn't been feeling well these days, so she won't go back and forth."

"I don't want anyone to disturb her either. Just stay at home and have a good rest. No need to move!"

"Yes, yes, my husband is right. I was thinking that he would leave soon, so I forced myself to prepare some things for him. If it were any other time, I might not even be able to hear you knocking on the door."

Cui Yunzhu pinched herself hard as she spoke, tears almost coming out.

"Is it still so serious now?"

Seeing the tears in her eyes, Zheng asked worriedly, "Do you want to ask Doctor Li to prescribe a few more doses of medicine? Don't worry about wasting food, we have plenty at home."

"No need to prescribe medicine. I am drinking it, but it will take some time for the medicine to take effect."

Yes, this Chinese medicine requires a course of treatment. I remember that in the past, women in the village who were infertile went to Dr. Li to get medicine, and it took them a year or two before they got better.

My daughter-in-law's stomach pain during menstruation may take a year or two to cure.

After Zheng arrived, she saw Cui Yuzhu was still baking cakes for the third child, so she did not disturb the couple while they were saying goodbye.

She glanced at the third brother reluctantly before walking out the door, leaving the two of them room to talk.

As soon as Zheng left, Cui Yunzhu patted his chest in fear.

"Luckily you think quickly, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to leave."

"What are you afraid of? Mother won't interfere in our affairs. If you insist on not living in the old house, she won't force you to do so."

Chen Yan took over the work from her and started making pancakes skillfully.

"I know, but I have to find an excuse. What if she knocks on the door these days and no one opens it?"

Fortunately, I had just used the excuse of having a stomachache to tell Zheng that even if she came to knock on the door, I might not be able to hear her, so I was able to deal with it.

"By the way, do we need to get some carts to haul the food?"

Chen Yan nodded. "The village chief has asked every household to prepare. Anyone with a cart should use it. However, we cannot make it too conspicuous. So we are going to split into two teams. One team will set off tonight, and the other team will set off in an hour."

"Where is that granary?"

Cui Yunzhu asked curiously. She had never asked about the location of the granary and thought it would be in Shalin County.

"It's in Migu Village in Changnan County."

"Migu Village? How come I have never heard of it?"

Chen Yan looked at her with a smile, "By the way, this Migu Village is behind your Xiaoqiao Village."

What a little fool.

Behind Xiaoqiao Village...

Xiaoqiao Village is already one of the most remote villages in Changnan County, but I didn’t expect that there is a Migu Village that is even more remote than it!

It’s no wonder Cui Yunzhu didn’t know. She had never been out when she stayed in Xiaoqiao Village. The day she went back to Chen’s house with Chen Yan was her first time back to the town!

Chen Yan seemed to know what she was thinking and raised his hand to ruffle the woman's soft hair.

"It's okay if I don't know. If I hadn't asked the village chief, I wouldn't know either."

"It is said that Migu Village is an uninhabited village. The flood in the past took away the lives of many villagers. Most of the villagers have died."

"Migu Village was not very populous to begin with, and most of them died, so the village is basically a deserted village now. I don't know why they hid the grain there at that time."

"Then how did Gao Yingming know about this granary?"

Cui Yunzhu was very puzzled. How come the people in Shalin County knew more about the granaries in Changnan County than they did?

Chen Yan recalled what Gao Yingming said yesterday. Originally, this granary was built by the previous magistrate of Changnan County.

The reason why Gao Yingming knew about this was because the county magistrate of Shalin County came to Changnan County for disaster relief and mentioned building another granary. After the previous county magistrate of Changnan County agreed, the two discussed and decided to build the granary in Migu Village.

Later, after the previous magistrate of Changnan County died unjustly, the only person who knew the secret was the county magistrate of Xiashalin County, apart from the officials close to him.

Unfortunately, after so many years, those around him who knew the truth were either dead or injured.

The famine happened to happen, and the county magistrate of Shalin County knew that no one in Changnan County would know the location of the granary, so he revealed the matter to Gao Ruzheng.

His original intention was to use this batch of grain to stabilize the situation in Shalin County. However, who knew that man proposes, God disposes. He and Gao Ruzheng died before they had the chance to send people to transport the grain!

Fortunately, Gao Ruzheng had a trick up his sleeve and told Gao Yingming about this matter in advance. Although it took a long time, the granary was finally brought to light.

"So, it's not us who are taking advantage of Shalin County, but Shalin County that is taking advantage of us?"

Chen Yan thought his wife's idea was good, and he smiled and replied, "That's right. The flood in our county ten years ago caused huge losses. It's conceivable that the grain storage in that warehouse should be huge. With the lessons learned from the past, the post-disaster reserves must be very careful."

Cui Yunzhu seemed to be fascinated by the story and was looking forward to their trip to Migu Village to find the granary.

........

Night fell quietly, but the whole Yulin Village was brightly lit.

The families who were going to transport grain lit torches, and the whole family came to see the men off, crowding the village roads.

After counting the number of people, the village chief comforted the villagers. He had originally planned to go with them this time, but Chen Yan and the others refused to let him go, saying that he was an old man and there was no point in him joining in the fun with them young people.

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