Chapter 234 - Chapter 234: Inspecting the Brewery_i (1/2)
Chapter 234: Inspecting the Brewery_i
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“Mother, I am going to take the provincial examination this autumn. I don’t want any distractions.” Wei Yichen rushed to say.
“Alright, alright, I won’t mentionyour matters for now.” Mrs.Yun replied, “But don’t worry about your sister’s affairs either. Although I have minor disagreements with your eldest sister, she is still my own flesh and blood. I will definitely select a suitable son-in-law for her when it comes to marriage.”
Following that, Mrs.Yun said, “Previously, I thought that Ruoruo, with her temperament, might not be able to marry into a prestigious family, so I thought of finding a decent scholar or a farming family. Now it seems she has her own destiny. I am glad about this.”
Wei Yichen couldn’t say anything else, so he let the topic rest here.
After chatting about family matters for a while and seeing Wei Yichen looking tired, Mrs.Yun asked him to go rest.
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Upon returning to Tingsong Garden, Wei Ruo immediately went to her study to write letters.
First, she wanted to instruct the people on the farm to be vigilant against the malignant seedling disease, and if they found any problems with the seedlings, they should immediately notify her.
Second, she wrote to her nanny, urging her to step up the efforts she’d previously mentioned to help her find her potential fiance.
The attitude of Madam Tongzhi today reminded her, letting her know that she must speed up her efforts.
If she was indeed as Mrs.Yun thought of her, not being worthy enough for prestigious families, that’s fine, she could delay for another two years. But if a family like the Xiu family took a fancy to her, Mrs.Yun could have such thoughts. If her marriage was decided at that point, it would put her in a rather passive position.
“Miss, the blight disease you saw today, is it the same as the one we saw in Huzhou Prefecture a few years ago?” Xiumei asked.
Wei Ruo nodded: “The symptoms seem to be the same.”
“That’s terrible then, the weather has been bad for the past two years, with irregular wind and rain, it’s hard to harvest a high yield. With this added problem, there’s no certainty for food production.” Xiumei expressed her worries.
“I’ll try to find time to go around these few days, persuade those that can be persuaded, for those that can’t be, I’ve tried my best.” Wei Ruo said.
Even though Wei Ruo encountered a setback at the farmers’ houses today, she still wanted to try her best.
This was a matter of saving people’s lives, if the food production was short, many people would die.
Xiumei nodded, at that time, their young lady was scolded by many people when she was persuading people in Huzhou Prefecture. At that time, their young lady was only ten years old, no one believed her words, and the scolding was very harsh.
But luckily in the end, there were sensible people who listened to her and carefully checked the seedlings, confirmed that there was a problem and chose to believe their young lady.
Among them, was the village head of Mo Jiazha, under his strong recommendation, the village of Mo Jiazha decided to replant the late rice variety from their young lady, as a result, that year, Mo Jiazha had a big harvest, while some surrounding villages suffered a total loss of crops.
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In the following days, Wei Ruo, when she had the time, would go to the villages near Government City under the identity of Xu Heyou. If she found anything wrong, she would communicate with the local farmers.
The situation was similar to when Wei Ruo was in Huzhou Prefecture, or even worse. It was inevitable to get scolded, and getting driven out of the village with an unceremonious shove was the least of it.
Wei Ruo didn’t mind, she did what she needed to do, and let fate decide.
Today, Wei Ruo came to Stone Village, where she opened her Brewery. The brewery was still under construction, and Wei Ruo’s visit was just in time to check on the progress.
Arriving at the designated place, here where the distillery was located, the back was against a large mountain and a stream ran in front.
The surroundings were very pleasant, already, several houses had been added to the originally barren flat ground.
As these were houses used for brewing, they were significantly different from ordinary houses.