Quick Wear: The scripts given by the system are all wrong
Chapter 87: The Widow Who Married in a Farming Story (12)
"Host, I have one more thing to tell you." Yuanbao said hesitantly.
"Yuanbao, what's the matter?" Xu Nian became nervous.
"In the original plot, in a month's time, there will be a severe drought across the country, and all the crops in the fields will die of drought. There will be no harvest of grain this year, and the famine plus the imperial court's taxation will make the people live in dire straits." Xu Nian's face turned grim as Yuanbao finished speaking.
"Yuanbao, how long will the drought last?" Xu Nian thought that if it was a short time, they could still hold on.
"There has been a severe drought for three years."
"So long?" Xu Nian could imagine how many people would die if it didn't rain for such a long time.
"Yuanbao, do you have any props for artificial rainfall for sale?" Xu Nian gritted his teeth and asked with determination.
"Host, do you want to spend points to bring rain to save people?" Yuanbao was surprised. Xu Nian has always been very stingy.
"There has been a severe drought for three years. When there is no food, people can do anything. When that time comes, Mu Qingqing will follow her parents to escape the famine. How can I save her? She will either starve to death or be eaten by others. In order not to take risks, I'd better spend my points to do this task!" Yuanbao didn't believe Xu Nian's unreasonable arguments.
It knew that Xu Nian was soft-hearted and she didn't want to face a world full of corpses and broken earth.
"Host, even if you use your points to bring rain, you can only keep one side safe. When the refugees gather here, chaos will arise."
"How large will the area of integrated rainfall be?" Xu Nian closed her eyes. Although she was just a passer-by, she couldn't just sit there and do nothing.
"A thousand miles of land costs one thousand points, and a hundred miles of land costs one hundred points." Yuanbao quoted honestly.
"It's so expensive, it's like stealing money!" Even if Xu Nian used all the points for this mission, it rains once a month or so, and those ten thousand points would only be enough for a year at most.
This mission was a huge loss, and she even had to pay for it herself.
"Yuanbao, I choose an area of a thousand miles for rainfall." Xu Nian felt extremely painful. It was not that she did not want to choose an area of a hundred miles, but that an area of a hundred miles was too small.
There has been a severe drought for three years, and it only rains in this one place. By then, all the refugees will flock here, and Xu Nian is afraid that the area of a thousand miles is too small.
"Host, don't worry. There will definitely be enough rain by then."
"Yuanbao, I feel like I'm doing something stupid." Xu Nian lamented. She didn't know whether the result of her doing this would be good or bad, but she would save as many people as she could, and she couldn't handle too many of them.
"It's a good thing that the host has a clear conscience." Yuanbao's comfort made Xu Nian feel a little better.
"Yuanbao, I want to be alone." Xu Nian became withdrawn.
Having lost contact with Yuanbao, Xu Nian sat alone in a daze, trying to comfort his wounded heart.
"Niannian, the water is here. Niannian, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly so sad?" Wang Puan put down the water, squatted in front of Xu Nian and asked nervously.
"Wang Puan, I want to cry." Xu Nian pouted her lips and tears welled up in her eyes. She really wanted to cry.
"Don't be sad, Nian Nian, tell me if you have anything." Wang Puan's comfort did not make Xu Nian feel better. When she saw him, she thought of the points she lost due to failed mission.
"Wow! Wang Puan, it's all your fault." Xu Nian really cried. Her points, her money.
She has been so stingy for so long that she would rather not spend points when completing tasks if possible.
Now she has to spend so much money on her own initiative, she feels uncomfortable!
"Okay, it's all my fault, Nian Nian, don't cry." Wang Puan thought about what he had done and didn't understand what made Xu Nian sad again.
"Wang Puan, please buy more food these days." Xu Nian's words jumped too fast, but Wang Puan could only nod in agreement.
"Okay, I'll go buy it tomorrow."
"Wang Puan, let's go back to Butou Village and farm!"
"Don't worry, Nian Nian. I opened a store in town with someone else, and the money I made is enough to support us. I also rented out the land in Butou Village, and the food I paid is enough for us to eat."
Xu Nian came to his senses and realized that the property Wang Puan was talking about was not that simple. "Wang Puan, you are not a country gentleman now, are you?"
"Niannian just discovered it!" Wang Puan sighed.
"How is this possible? How did you do it?" Xu Nian thought about it, but couldn't find out what Wang Puan had done!
He hung around her all day long, and occasionally went out for a while, and when he came back he would bring her some cakes or something.
"Niannian, you don't care about me at all." This time it was Wang Puan's turn to complain.
"Think about it yourself, how do you look like a country gentleman?" Xu Nian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a serious expression.
"It's my fault. I didn't tell Nian Nian the truth." Wang Puan's admission of fault was over.
The next day, Xu Nian talked to Mu Qingqing about storing grain. Unexpectedly, Mu Qingqing's family ran a grain shop, so Xu Nian asked Wang Puan to buy more.
She had no other thoughts but to buy enough food for this year.
The price of grain is not high now, but it will soar after the drought. In addition, with the speculation by some people, grain will be difficult to buy in the later period.
Although Xu Nian decided to use points to bring rain, she didn't know what the final price of food would be like.
I hope the mountains and rivers are safe and the people are healthy.
A month passed quickly, the weather started to get hotter and hotter, and Mu Qingqing complained more than once that she missed modern air conditioning.
Xu Nian also thought that even the wind was hot in this weather. He drank bowl after bowl of herbal tea, but it was still hot.
"Niannian, is there going to be a drought in this weather? It hasn't rained for half a month, and the sun is shining brightly every day. It makes people feel uneasy." Mu Qingqing muttered.
"Don't worry, it will rain." Xu Nian thought it was about time for the first rain to fall.
"Niannian, you are so calm!" Mu Qingqing was waving a fan, her hands were almost like fire wheels, but the sweat on her forehead never stopped.
"If you keep calm, you will feel cool." Xu Nian's words made Mu Qingqing roll her eyes.
"Why isn't your jealous guy here today?" Mu Qingqing found it strange. Wang Puan took care of Xu Nian every day, like a treasure. It was rare that she didn't see him today.
"I don't know where he went. He may be back soon." Xu Nian didn't care about anything that had nothing to do with her. She didn't care about what Wang Puan was going to do.
"It's okay if he's not here. Let's go to my house and I'll make you iced tea." Mu Qingqing said, holding Xu Nian's hand.
"Qingqing, have you figured out a way to cool things down?" Xu Nian was pleasantly surprised.
"Yes, I asked my father to buy me some saltpeter, so it's no problem to make iced food." Mu Qingqing boasted proudly.
"That's amazing." Xu Nian followed Mu Qingqing to her home, watched her do everything, and they finally drank iced herbal tea.
"I'm finally alive." Mu Qingqing took a few gulps of the iced tea.
"Qingqing, if you open a shop and sell this, you can make a lot of money." Xu Nian took another sip, and the heat in his body was finally relieved a lot.
"Hey! This saltpeter is not cheap. The consumption level in this town is not high. Who would spend money to buy this? I might as well make it and drink it myself, just for fun." Mu Qingqing doesn't have any big ambitions. It doesn't matter whether she can eat well and live well or not.
"That's right. I can't keep this business without power and influence." Xu Nian finished the herbal tea in one gulp and did not forget to take a bowl with him when he left.
"Tsk! I have to support you and your lover!" Mu Qingqing's joke made Xu Nian laugh and cry.
When I took the herbal tea back, I happened to meet Wang Puan who had just returned from outside. He drank the herbal tea with sparkling eyes, but smartly didn't ask anything.
That night, heavy rain fell all night long for thousands of miles, and the sultry weather of the past few days was finally washed away by the heavy rain.
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