Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 326: No worries about food and clothing

An Yue gave the village chief a brief explanation of the medicinal effects of Artemisia annua and suggested that the village chief let the villagers pick some Artemisia annua and boil it in water to drink every day.

After An Yue finished speaking, the village chief expressed his full agreement.

So, yesterday, the village chief called a village meeting with all the villagers and talked about several things.

The first thing is to strictly require the villagers to refuse to accept refugees. Once they accept refugees, countless refugees will flock in.

By then, not only will it be impossible to save others, but even the villagers in the village will find it difficult to protect themselves.

Besides, the refugees came from all directions, and no one knew who among them was suffering from plague or malaria.

Afterwards, the village chief asked An Yue to explain to the villagers in detail how to prevent the epidemic.

The second thing is about repairing houses after the storm.

The village chief asked the men in the village to help each other, repair the houses of each household as soon as possible, and then work together to resist the invading refugees.

The third thing is to strictly prohibit villagers from leaving the village without permission. Once discovered, they will be immediately expelled from Baili Village.

Finally, An Yue distributed all the Artemisia annua she had picked to the villagers one by one.

The villagers were asked to pick the Artemisia annua in their hands, and the unique smell and distinctive bitter taste of Artemisia annua were specifically explained to them. The more detailed the explanation was, the easier it was for the villagers to identify the Artemisia annua on their own.

After the village meeting, An Yue returned home and told her family everything the village chief had said at the meeting, word for word.

After hearing this, Daniu and Ale became extremely alert, fearing that refugees from other villages would come to their doorstep, so they became extra vigilant.

Nowadays, several roads leading to the town are blocked by landslides, and one has to take several detours to get into the village, which has formed a natural barrier.

For the villagers, although the blocking of this road has caused many inconveniences, it seems that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages at the moment.

The government is certainly anxious to collect summer taxes, but with these barriers in place, they can delay it for as long as possible.

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A few days passed by.

These days, the yard inside and outside has been cleaned up by Daniu Ale and his team.

An Yue thought that her grandfather, uncle and brother An Qing were not at home, and her grandmother and her family's thatched house was blown to pieces by the wind, and the village chief was busy running back and forth for the villagers whose houses had collapsed.

There was no time to take care of them, so An Yue had to ask A'le and Daniu to help them repair the house.

After the thatched house was repaired, my grandmother Zhou and my aunt Zhang’s cold symptoms were almost cured.

It was noon on this day.

An Yue woke up from her nap and went to the kitchen with a wooden basin to fetch water to wash her face.

Looking at my grandmother Zhou and my aunt Zhang, they were sitting on low stools in the kitchen eating the leftover taro from lunch.

At lunch, they were clearly given enough food to fill their stomachs. Even if there were some taro left over, it should have been eaten for dinner.

At this moment, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sitting there eating in a very arrogant manner. An Yue was really furious when she saw this.

She said to Zhou and Zhang, "Go back to your own homes tomorrow!"

When the two heard this, as if they had discussed it in advance, they immediately covered their foreheads, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law groaned in pain at the same time: "Ouch, my head hurts..."

An Yue took the ladle and scooped water while saying, "Don't pretend. I have been very kind to you these days."

"I have asked the great bull Ale to repair your thatched cottage. Now it seems that you are almost well, so you can go back now!"

When the two heard An Yue say this, they screamed even louder.

“Ouch…it hurts…it hurts, it hurts so much…” The two men covered their heads with their hands and screamed.

Grandmother Zhou was even more exaggerated and funny. She covered her forehead with one hand, supported the wall with the other, and lay down on their mat on the floor.

An Yue didn't even look at them.

After a few breaths.

An Yue was carrying a wooden basin and preparing to go to the yard. She suddenly stopped at the door of the kitchen, stood there and said without looking back: "You are also very old, don't force me to ask them to kick you out of the yard gate!"

After saying that, she carried the wooden basin and went to the bluestone slabs in the yard.

After hearing An Yue's firm words, the two of them began to cry out in pain more and more weakly.

They knew that their lives would be miserable once they returned to the thatched hut.

They sat on the floor with their heads down, lost in thought.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were silent for a long time.

Zhang finally couldn't help but ask, "Mom, are we really going back?"

"Why not?"

Zhang said with a worried look on her face: "We have been barely making ends meet all this time. We have only had a few full meals here. Now we have to go back. How are we going to live in the future?"

Zhou snorted thoughtfully and said, "If we can stay here one more day, then we can stay one more day."

Zhang said with some embarrassment: "Mom, if we continue like this, she will only hate us even more."

Zhou said with a frown, "Do you think I want to be here? I have to be humble and look down on her every day, but now, no matter what, I have to survive first!"

After Zhou finished speaking, she sighed and continued, "If she really drives us out, even though we still have some food at home, we should save it and eat as long as we can!"

"But...but with that little bit of food left, we can't last long."

Then, the two of them shook their heads helplessly and sighed again.

At this time, everyone woke up from their nap.

Da Niu, Ale, Chunzhi and the other two were in the yard, weaving baskets with An Yue.

My grandmother Zhou and my aunt Zhang were honest and dutiful people who stayed in this family. They never wandered around and only stayed in the kitchen.

Daniu Ale would occasionally go to the back mountain to chop firewood and cut grass for pigs in the wasteland. In their spare time, Daniu Ale and Chunzhi would follow Anyue to learn bamboo weaving.

When it comes to bamboo weaving, Ale is more talented and can learn it with a little guidance.

Although Chunzhi is not as talented as Ale, he is much better than Daniu overall.

An Yue simply let Daniu and Chunzhi divide the bamboo strips and bamboo threads, while she and Ale were responsible for weaving them.

Several people were busy in the yard. An Yue said, "Daniu Ale, dig up all the potatoes in the field tomorrow!"

Chunzhi interrupted, "Miss, Potato is still too small now."

"Well, what Chunzhi said is right. The big ones are at most as big as a fist, and the small ones are only the size of an egg. But right now, there is a food shortage everywhere. Digging them up and putting them in the cellar will make us feel more at ease, right?"

Ale nodded and continued, "Yes, the young lady is right! We will go and dig it up tomorrow."

An Yue nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Well, after we dig them up, we'll put them all in the cellar. We'll have potatoes, taro, and so many chickens and ducks laying eggs in the future. We won't have to worry about our family's life for the time being."

Chunzhi looked at An Yue with longing eyes and said, "Yes! It's great to have you here! Even in this year of natural disasters, our family still has no worries about food and clothing."