OBS Chapter 394 Stay Away from Bai Zhen
Chapter 394 Stay Away from Bai Zhen
Shen Ruolan looked at Ji Ning's cheerful back and couldn't help but smile. Seeing Mu Jin at the door, she said to her, "Mu Jin, go call Master Cheng who is in charge of building the house."
"Yes, ma'am," Hibiscus replied.
Aunt Liu came in with two cooked sweet potatoes and said to her master with a distressed look on her face: "Master, you just came back, don't be so tired, take a rest and try this year's new sweet potatoes."
Shen Ruolan looked at the steaming sweet potatoes, quickly put down the account book in her hand, picked up one and ate it in a good mood, saying: "This year's sweet potatoes seem to be a little bigger than before."
Aunt Liu said, "These two are still medium-sized. Ji Ning weighed the largest one and it weighed one and a half kilograms."
Aunt Liu was very happy in her heart. Her master was getting better and better, and they also enjoyed a lot of blessings.
When Shen Ruolan heard that the largest sweet potato weighed one and a half kilograms, she stopped eating them and quickly looked through the account book to see the total sweet potato production this year. When she saw that the sweet potatoes had exceeded 30,000 kilograms, she said happily to Aunt Liu, "Aunt Liu, that's great. We can grow a lot of sweet potatoes in the future."
The master was happy, so was Aunt Liu. However, she still asked the question in her mind, "Master, although this sweet potato tastes good, it has no special features. Ordinary people can only eat it twice at most. How are you going to make money with it?"
It is said that like master, like subordinates. Today, Liu Gu and others are as money-grubber as Shen Ruolan. As long as she discovers something new, they all think it is used to make money.
Shen Ruolan picked up a sweet potato and explained to Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu, I grow these sweet potatoes not only to make money, but also to benefit the people."
Seeing that Aunt Liu was still puzzled, she continued to explain, "This sweet potato is a treasure in the era when people could not get enough food. More importantly, it is drought-resistant and has a short growth cycle. It can save lives at critical moments. That's why I want to grow it."
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and the corn she had just found are all drought-resistant seeds. With these seeds, while enriching their tables, it also gives ordinary people more choices when farming.
This is probably the most meaningful thing she has done since she traveled through time.
After listening to her master's words, Aunt Liu suddenly realized something and said, "Master, I am superficial."
After she finished speaking, she looked at her master and said with sincere admiration: "Master, your love is boundless. The people of the world are blessed because of you."
After hearing what Aunt Liu said, Shen Ruolan smiled silently without giving any further explanation.
Speaking of which, does she have boundless love?
No, she is not that great, she just loves money.
However, the prerequisite for loving money is that she must first make more ordinary people live a good life, so that she can earn more wealth.
Therefore, she and the common people only take what they need.
Not long after, Mu Jin came outside the door and reported: "Madam, Master Cheng is here."
Shen Ruolan responded from inside the room: "Come in."
"Yes," Mu Jin said, and she opened the door and said to Master Cheng, "Master Cheng, please come in."
Cheng Zhong said "Hey" and walked in, bowed to Shen Ruolan and said, "I greet the village chief."
Shen Ruolan put down the account book, pointed to a chair beside her and said to Master Cheng: "Master Cheng, please sit down."
"Thank you, village chief." After Cheng Zhong finished speaking, he walked to the opposite side of Shen Ruolan and sat down with a restrained look.
Shen Ruolan looked at him and asked, "Master Cheng, how are the houses in Xiaofu Village being built?"
Wherever they lived, any flat and habitable land was turned into fields by them.
In order to let every villager have a home of their own, she found a flat area on the mountain and built houses there to distribute to the villagers.
Cheng Zhong told Shen Ruolan truthfully: "To reply to the village master, so far, 70 towers have been completed, 50 are in progress, and there are 350 towers that have not yet started construction."
Cheng Zhong admired his village chief very much. He had been building houses for so many years, but he had never built such a large and neat village. He wondered how happy the villagers would be when they moved in from here.
Because not everyone can afford to live in such a red brick and tile house.
Shen Ruolan heard that 70 houses had been completed. She was silent for a moment and asked Master Cheng, "When will the other 50 be completed?"
Cheng Zhong calculated the progress and said to Shen Ruolan, "If you want to tell the village master, the other fifty will probably take until February after the New Year."
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "Because the master in charge of burning bricks and tiles told me that due to the cold weather, the speed of burning bricks and tiles is much slower than before, and it can't keep up with our expenses."
"Okay, I got it. If there is a shortage of bricks and tiles, you can lay the rest of the foundation first, and we can deal with the rest after the new year." Shen Ruolan said to Cheng Zhong.
"Yes, village chief." Cheng Zhong replied respectfully.
Shen Ruolan said: "It's okay, you can go down first."
"Yes," Cheng Zhong said, then stood up and left.
After dinner that night, Shen Ruolan instructed Ji Han, "Ji Han, the weather is getting colder now. Go to a few large kitchens and check how many households there are with elderly people and children under one year old."
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she added, "I plan to give priority to allocating houses to this type of people."
After hearing what his master said, Ji Han hesitated for a moment, and said with a somewhat uncomfortable look: "Master, I often hear that there are young men who want to get married, but they have no place to live, so everyone holds back."
When Ji Han said this, he looked at his master and said, "Master, in my opinion, why not give it to this kind of young people first?"
Ji Han didn't think there was anything wrong with his master's allocation, but there were many men and women in the village who would sneak out at night to have sex, and he had caught them several times, which was very embarrassing.
After Shen Ruolan heard Ji Han's words, she was silent for a moment and said, "But if we divide it this way, let alone the current 70, I'm afraid that even if we build another 300, it won't be enough."
You know, there are many single men and women in her mountain area. If this request is made, those old, weak, sick and disabled people will have to wait in line for a long time before they can live in a warm house.
Ji Han thought of the single men and women in the village, and it was indeed as his master said. He thought for a while and said, "Then let's do as the master says."
"Well, go ahead." Shen Ruolan said.
"I'll take my leave." Ji Han came to the door and saw his sister was there. He told her, "Ning'er, take good care of the master these days and don't let her be busy too late."
"Third brother, I understand." Ji Ning responded to his brother obediently.
Ji Han nodded to his sister and walked away. However, after a few steps, he turned back and warned his sister: "Stay away from Bai Zhen in the future. He is not a good person."