Dressed as an old woman, I carry the system and my son to escape the famine

"Ahead is the Dikengyuan that's been rumored about in the city, right?"

As a local official, Magistrate Ning had heard about these things related to people's livelihood. He had also paid attention to them, but he didn't take them too seriously. Just the Dikengyuan wouldn't change anything.

Even if he was the county magistrate, he couldn't force the people of Dahezhuang to hand over the construction methods of the Dikengyuan. They were also helping the people build houses, so he didn't interfere.

Therefore, this was the first time for him to see the appearance of Dikengyuan, which was still a bit shocking.

"Exactly."

The village elder responded honestly, without even the slightest thought of explaining or introducing him. However, anyone who is smarter would not respond so dryly at this time.

Magistrate Ning asked casually. There were high-yielding grain seeds ahead that caught his attention. The Dikeng Yard was not enough to distract him, so the group walked towards the sweet potato field.

Before they even got close to the fields, the people who had been staying in the village rushed over.

Everyone stayed ten meters away and did not dare to come forward. They originally planned to drive away the outsiders who came to the village. Who would have thought to take a closer look but found that the other party was wearing official uniforms. This really scared everyone. Not light.

If they hadn't seen the village chief in the crowd, they would have run away long ago.

"They are villagers of this village. Please don't be offended."

"No problem."

Magistrate Ning waved his hands indifferently. He searched the nearby land with his eyes. After looking around, he didn't see what he wanted. There were only dry weeds all around. His sharp eyes fell on Lin Youshu. Could it be that these stupid people dared to lie to him?

When he thought of this possibility, his eyes became more and more dangerous.

I thought he would rather serve as an official in Zhangzhou City for five years, but no one has ever had the courage to fool him.

“Where is the high-yield food?”

"Right, right here."

Feeling the oppression coming from Magistrate Ning, the village chief was already sweating. He had never experienced such a posture before, and he was inevitably a little panicked.

Once a person is anxious and fearful, these words are useless.

Seeing Lin Youshu's behavior, Ning showed his disdain and glanced at Yao Shu standing next to the village chief. He still had some impression of this woman and immediately raised his hand.

"Come and take me to a place where high-yield food is grown."

He never thought about it, maybe he was already somewhere.

Yao Shu, who was suddenly called out, was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that she really didn't expect that there would be a chance for her to avoid being exposed.

"Reporting to your lord, the high-yielding sweet potatoes are here."

Yao Shu immediately bent down and pulled out a large bunch of sweet potatoes from the ground. With the hoe Shen Nanshan handed over, she dug out all the sweet potatoes buried in the ground along with the vines, and piled them on a table. " hill".

Seeing sweet potatoes with his own eyes, Ning Quan lost his usual composure. His eyes widened and he stared at the pile of sweet potatoes in front of him without blinking, and said in disbelief.

"Is this just a harvest of sweet potatoes?"

Yao Shu didn't need to answer his questions, the facts were already in front of him.

He estimated that it was almost seven or eight kilograms. If an acre of land had such a yield, it would be more than twenty stones, forty or fifty stones. After calculating this amount, he could no longer keep calm. .

This is enough merit to be awarded a title!

"Come here, dig out the sweet potatoes from this acre of land and count them."

At this time, someone had already set up tables, chairs, tea and snacks under the shade of the trees. Magistrate Ning sat aside to rest. His eyes became more and more fiery as he looked at the sweet potatoes that were being dug out.

He is really lucky to have such a huge achievement. I think when his term comes next year, he will be able to leave the remote place of Zhangzhou.

When he thought of this, his attitude toward the person who sent him the credit became a lot more enthusiastic, and he could be said to be amiable.

"Lin Youshu, I heard that you have the reputation of being a child? Sit down and talk."

"No, thank you sir."

The village chief sat on the chair with his back straight. His body was stiff and he only dared to sit on one-third of the chair. When had an old boy like him ever been looked down upon by the county magistrate?

This is the first time.

Faced with the county magistrate's pleasant attitude, he became more and more uneasy. He even peeked at Yao Shu frequently, hoping that the other party could give him some hints. He really didn't know how to deal with it.

After the two of them asked and answered questions for several rounds, the county magistrate asked.

“Where did these sweet potatoes and potatoes come from?”

really! The village chief secretly said, "It's going to be bad." Now he really didn't know how to answer. Of course he knew where the sweet potatoes and potatoes came from, but he didn't dare to tell the truth for fear of dragging Yao Shu into trouble.

The scene suddenly became quiet. As the silence lengthened, the atmosphere became heavier and heavier. The county magistrate could only be heard saying coldly.

"Is it possible that there is something in this that should not be told to others?"

He was suspecting that the source of the grain was improper. If this was the case, he could just take all the credit on himself.

"No, it's not..."

The village chief stammered and couldn't tell the reason. Even if he came to this point, he still didn't directly tell the whole story. However, his eyes looked at Yao Shu uncontrollably. He really didn't want to. Knowing what to do, he could only ask Yao Shu for help.

All this was seen by Yao Shu. She could no longer stay in the crowd and did nothing, so she took a step forward and said.

"Please tell me the origin of this, sir."

"allow."

Ning Quan glanced at Yao Shu and did not hesitate. He had already discovered that Yao Shu was unusual. It could be seen from various details that this woman's status in Dahe Village was extraordinary.

"Potatoes are what we found on the way to escape. They were in a deep mountain in Nanyang Prefecture. The women and others were so hungry that they had no choice but to discover that potatoes were edible. As for the sweet potatoes, they were grown by women. Bought from a foreign merchant..."

Yao Shu answered the county magistrate's question with a score of 70% true and 30% false. This was no different from what she told the people of Dahezhuang Village and could withstand investigation.

She kept paying attention to the county magistrate's reaction out of the corner of her eye, fearing that he would become greedy.

"In this way, you have made a great contribution."

Ning Quan stroked his beard leisurely. He was completely relieved that the grain came from a legitimate source. The next step was to see how he operated to get greater benefits.

This Dahezhuang man is really unethical. Since he got such high-yield grain, he should report it to his parents as officials as soon as possible.

Now that things are making a big fuss, if he wants to avoid the people of Dahezhuang Village and make his first contribution, it will be a bit troublesome.

"What kind of credit is this for us? We are just growing some food to fill our stomachs. We have to thank you for making the decision for us, otherwise this food would have been burned in vain."

Yao Shu did not dare to accept his words.