In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He Huaian finally reacted and hurried back to the yard and pulled Jin Cuihua back into the house.

"Silly woman, go back to the house and put on your clothes first."

"You idiot, you have the nerve to say that to me. You weren't wearing any clothes, and you even misheard rain as fire. I really thought there was a fire, and you scared me."

This rainfall exceeded the boundaries of Ningyuan County.

It also covers parts of Lan County, Wei County, Liu County and Pei County. Lan County and Pei County in particular have received considerable rainfall.

Although the rainfall was not much, it was enough for the crops to enjoy the sweet rain and grow wildly all night.

Every 1mm of rainfall is equivalent to pouring about 650kg of water into one acre of land.

Now it's summer and the fields are prone to drying out. Farmers water the fields every day, but they don't know how many buckets of water they need to irrigate one acre of land.

A 2.2 mm rainfall can ensure that no additional irrigation is required for several days.

Carrying water for irrigation is hard work.

The news of rain in Ningyuan County quickly spread to Licheng and then to the provincial capital.

The prefect was happy that it was raining in Ningyuan County, but unhappy that only Ningyuan County and several surrounding counties showed signs of rain.

At this time, we are about to enter midsummer, which is the period when crops grow most vigorously.

Only Ningyuan County and its surrounding areas had rain, and the drought in Ningyuan Prefecture was not actually alleviated.

The disaster situation in Yongning Prefecture is still very serious.

The government, from top to bottom, has made preparations for disaster relief.

In ancient times, information was blocked.

The people of Shiliu Village, who had relatively good weather, devoted themselves to tending the crops. In addition to the rain from heaven, there was also water from He Qiudi's port, so the fields were not short of water.

Everyone just hopes for a good harvest, and no one dares to waste a minute.

In July.

The He family's main task, apart from their 70 acres of land, is to make soap.

During this period, He Huaian sold the soap to Licheng and received some orders in Licheng.

The He family soaps have to produce 500 pieces every day.

And there is no worry about sales at all.

Five hundred bars of soap every day means that the He family has an income of more than five taels of silver every day. In addition, He Huaian uses soap for bundled sales and promotional sales. After deducting the income from soap, the grocery store can still make thirty or forty taels of income every month.

In other words, the total income of the He family was nearly one hundred taels of silver per month.

This does not include He Huaizhang's salary and the income from the land.

After the sales of soap stabilized, He Qiudi began to think about developing and making perfumed soap.

As soon as August came, He Qiudi knew that she could choose to have rainfall again.

The radius of this rainfall is meters centered on her.

It is three times the diameter of the first rainfall.

The rainfall is still 2.2mm.

The area with a radius of 88 kilometers with the point as the center is a very wide area.

He Qiudi didn’t know whether it would rain next month, and she didn’t want the rain to fall in the Xirong territory outside Lan County.

After calculating the area, the straight-line distance from Licheng to Shiliu Village is no more than 80 kilometers.

So he decided to go to the provincial capital, Licheng, on the pretext of buying spices and dyes.

It just so happened that He Huaian was going to Licheng to deliver a batch of soap, so the brother and sister went to Licheng together.

Old Mrs. He was worried, so she arranged for He Huaiping to accompany her.

He Sanlang insisted on going to Licheng with his aunt, and He Qiudi waved his hand and took He Sanlang and He Qinglu with them.

Licheng and Shiliu Village are only separated by Pei County, so they are actually not far away.

If you drive fast enough, you can go back and forth in one day.

He Sanlang had only one sentence to express how happy he was.

"Long live the old aunt..."

But he was quickly stopped by He Qiudi: "Don't do that. Sanlang, you can't say that carelessly. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, it will be a capital crime."

He Sanlang quickly covered his mouth, fearing that he would say something wrong.

He Qiudi seized the opportunity and gave He Sanlang a lecture, and then he stopped.

Because we are going to Licheng, we have to set off early.

At about three o'clock, Grandma He got up to cook for them.

At four o'clock, they got up and washed.

At half past four, when it was just light, they set out in a mule cart carrying their luggage, soap, and weapons.

There were several thousand bars of soap in the mule cart, which could not accommodate so many people, so He Huaiping drove the cart and He Huaian rode a horse.

Everywhere along the way from Shiliu Village, there was severe drought.

The land was cracked, the grass was yellow and withered, the crops were growing sparsely, and some villages were sparsely populated. Ragged refugees passed by the roadside, staring at their carriages with a pair of distracted eyes and lifeless eyes.

We arrived at a pavilion to rest.

He Huaian said: "The drought is more serious than when I went to Licheng last month. There are ragged people on the official road, which means that some people have fled to the city to make a living. However, there are green camp soldiers from the patrol inspection department to maintain order on the official road, so it is still safe for the time being."

When Old Lady Li sold her land to the He family and went to Licheng, some people had already fled from famine.

But they could not escape far. At most, they could escape to the capital city, where they would be stopped outside the city and not allowed to go further south.

Without a guide, you can't go far.

He Qiudi is not afraid of insignificant refugees.

Just seeing these refugees made her feel sad.

Her abilities are limited.

There are only supplies and water in the port, and rainfall once a month, and it is not known whether there will be rainfall next month.

At about ten o'clock, they arrived in Pei County.

At the west gate of Pei County, many farmers gathered near the city gate, and there was a severe shortage of water in the city.

The moat has long dried up, exposing the riverbed.

Some children were begging on the street. They dispersed after being scolded. But not long after, they gathered together again and begged passers-by.

But few people give.

There are so many people in need of food that if we give it to one, we have to give it to another.

Such a huge amount of money cannot be solved by ordinary people's personal charity.

He Qiudi used the excuse of going to Pei County to eat something and go to the toilet, and she took the opportunity to pour a lot of water into the well in the city.

The mule cart arrived at Licheng at noon.

Licheng is much more prosperous than Ningyuan County.

However, there were more refugees gathered near the west gate than in Pei County, and the area outside the gate almost became a gathering place for the victims.

And these disaster victims were not allowed to enter Licheng.

He Qiudi felt very uncomfortable when looking at these disaster victims.

But her ability was limited, and the number of people she could help was also very limited. The only thing that comforted her was that Yan Shi's uncle was a good emperor who worked hard to govern the country, and the officials of Yongning Prefecture and Yuhu Prefecture were selected by Yan Shi's father, most of whom were relatively honest and good officials who worked for the people.

Even though drought has occurred and it is difficult for the victims to survive, the government is still trying to find ways to change the situation.

He Huaian was very familiar with the inns in Licheng, so he chose a relatively safe and comfortable inn when he came here with a few children.

He Qiudi and He Qinglu shared a guest room. She asked He Qinglu to play with Dalang and Sanlang, while she went into the port space, washed and dressed up carefully.

At noon, they ate at the inn.

After lunch, He Qiudi took a few juniors to take a nap in the inn, while He Huaiping and He Huaian went to deliver the soap.

They had planned to go shopping again tomorrow and leave for home early the day after tomorrow.

Because he got up too early, He Qiudi returned to his room and fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

No one even knew when He Huaiping and He Huaian would come back.