Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 977: The Situation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Why isn’t the scale specified?” Ye Muyu asked.

The county magistrate did not understand why she asked this.

When Chu Heng heard her words, he specified the scale of the map.

“Actually, we can use the same scale according to the specific area and display it on the same map. It will be much clearer.”

After Ye Muyu said a few words, she saw that Chu Heng was getting busy, so she did not say anything more.

He turned around and went to talk to the owner of the courtyard.

“Madam, why are you looking for me?” An old woman had white hair and a face full of wrinkles. The skin on her hands was dry and cracked from doing farm work for a long time.

“Aunt, how many locust trees are there in your village?” Ye Muyu asked.

The old woman was enlightened after hearing her description of the locust tree species. “Ah, about the tree you mentioned, there aren’t many in the village.”

“What about the nearby villages?” Ye Muyu asked again.

“Actually, many of the trees on our side have been cut down.” The old woman did not understand the benefits of planting trees. She explained the reason. “The village used to grow rice grains. However, the yield has not been high. We still need other coarse grains to barely fill our stomachs.”

“But in recent years, there has been a lot of rain. Our village’s terrain is relatively low, and there are often situations where our food gets ruined by floods. Because of this, many fertile fields have slowly become ordinary fields. The yield is even lower,” the old woman said with a bitter smile

“The villagers couldn’t make a living, so they could only chop firewood to sell. Some trees of good quality could even be used to build houses. Gradually, there were fewer trees.”

When Ye Muyu heard this, she remembered that there were indeed no trees in the village along the way. She was speechless for a moment.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I came from the hill beside the river. I saw some trees there,” she said.

“That’s the local forest. Those trees belong to the imperial court. We commoners don’t dare to chop them. If we’re caught, we’ll be imprisoned.” The old woman was startled and waved her hand.

“Thank you for your reminder, Auntie.” Ye Muyu finally understood. Because of the flood, the trees were cut down, and when the trees were cut down, the flood would become more severe.

She heard the old woman say, “That’s why all the young people in the village have gone to Yuzhou. There’s no way to survive in the village. They can earn money by moving things at the dock there.”

“Madam, are the two lords here to deal with the flood? If we can strengthen the dam upstream, it will definitely be effective.”

Ye Muyu did not comment. After all, the problem of the river embankment had always been sensitive.

Because of this, many local officials were replaced.

After Ye Muyu finished asking about the situation, she was a little disappointed. However, she thought that although there were fewer locust trees in Lin Village, there were still other villages, as well as the local forest. There were ways to plant them.

By the time she returned after asking about the situation, Chu Heng had already finished his discussion with the county magistrate. The two of them planned to set off for a further river to take a look.

This time, Chu Heng did not bring her along. “The journey will be bumpy. You’ll be very tired.”

“Alright then.” Ye Muyu did not insist.

Chu Heng only returned when the sun was about to set in the afternoon.

After that, he did not stay any longer and returned to the county in a carriage.

He could not return to Yuzhou for the time being. He had to stay in the county for a while.

At night, Chu Heng was called out by the county magistrate for dinner.

Ye Muyu saw the county magistrate’s women.

Fortunately, she often attended banquets in Nanchang County, so she did not make any mistakes. After dinner, Ye Muyu returned to the guest courtyard, exhausted.