Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The Chinatsu sisters and the secret guards were busy preparing dinner.

"Hu Shao, come with me to the village for a walk."

Lin Yinan wanted to see the living conditions of the villagers in this remote village.

Hu Shao pulled off the water bag and took a big gulp, then wiped his mouth casually and tied the water bag back around his waist.

"Let's go! Sister, I'll take you there."

Yun Shiyi was worried and followed closely behind.

Qianwu, who had just returned from collecting firewood, saw this and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Qianxia.

"Since Master Eleven is following us, you should not go along and cause trouble."

Qianwu pouted and walked into the kitchen with firewood in her arms, looking dissatisfied.

The village was neatly built, with three rows of newly built thatched houses.

Walking on the spacious and flat village road, villagers who had returned from the fields came one after another and greeted Hu Shao enthusiastically.

"Master Xiao Hu, I caught a lot of loaches in the fields. Come to my house for dinner tonight!"

"No, you guys eat, I have something else to do tonight." Hu Shao refused again and again.

The villagers live a hard life and it is not easy to get some meat for meals.

An auntie came towards them carrying a basket and smiled lovingly when she saw Hu Shao.

"Master Xiao Hu, look at these fresh wild vegetables. I'll make your favorite soup noodles tonight. Would you like to come to my house and have a bite?"

Hu Shao looked at Lin Yinan who seemed to be smiling beside him, and said with difficulty, "Aunt, my sister is here, and the family is already cooking. Let's go another day. I will definitely go another day."

"Ah! You are Master Xiao Hu's sister? You look like a fairy!"

Facing the self-familiar aunt, Lin Yinan curled the corners of his mouth slightly and greeted politely, "Thank you for taking care of Hu Shao when he was in the village."

"No, it's just a bite of food. Compared to the help that Master Xiao Hu has given us, it's nothing." The aunt said with a smile, "I'll go home first. Remember to come and have soup noodles in the evening."

The aunt walked away with the basket, and Lin Yinan teased Hu Shao.

"I never thought that wherever Master Hu goes, everyone loves him and flowers bloom wherever he goes."

Hu Shao puffed out his thin chest and said proudly, "Of course not!"

Lin Yinan smiled and continued to walk forward.

Yun Shiyi, who was standing behind him, glanced at his thin body and couldn't hide the disdain in his eyes.

Such a weakling, he could be pushed down with just one finger.

Hu Shao, who was good at observing facial expressions, saw the disdain in his eyes and said unhappily, "Eleventh Brother, do you look down on me?"

"too skinny!"

"What?" Hu Shao scratched his ears, not understanding what he meant by that.

Yun Shiyi stopped and looked at him, saying word by word, "I said you are too thin and can't stand being hit."

"You, you want to hit me?"

Yun Shiyi shook his head and didn't want to waste time talking to him. Whoever had the spare time would beat him up?

Lin Yinan turned to look at Hu Shao and explained for Yun Shiyi, "Yun Shiyi said that you are too thin. If you encounter any trouble, you will be knocked down in two moves."

Hu Shao immediately looked sad, he didn't want to be so thin.

It’s all because I was too hungry before. Now no matter how much I eat, I can’t gain weight back.

He clenched his fists and decided that from today on, he would eat two more bowls of rice at each meal, increasing it from the original three bowls to five bowls.

At this time, Lin Yinan stopped in front of a family's yard and looked at the woman who was squatting on the ground and hammering rapeseed with a wooden stick.

The wooden stick in the woman's hand was thick on one side and thin on the other. The thick end was used for striking, and she used all her strength every time she swung it.

"Aunt Huang, are you harvesting rapeseed?" Hu Shao leaned against the fence and greeted Aunt Huang inside with a smile.

Aunt Huang looked up and saw several people standing outside her fence. One of them was a tall man dressed in black, with a black cloth covering his face. If Hu Shao hadn't been there, she would have been frightened at first sight.

"Master Xiao Hu, the door is not locked, come in and sit down."

"Sister, do you want to go in?" Hu Shao asked Lin Yinan.

Lin Yinan, "Let's go in and take a look."

Hu Shao pushed open the door of the fence and led the way in.

"Master Xiao Hu, who are these two?"

"Aunt Huang, this is my sister. She is passing through the village and wants to stay here for the night."

Aunt Huang smiled and stood up and walked into the house, shouting, "Nizi, move two chairs out. Someone is coming home."

A girl of five or six years old appeared in front of everyone carrying a chair, and Hu Shao hurried forward to help.

Lin Yinan sat on a low stool, and Aunt Huang came out with a few bowls of water.

She glanced at Lin Yinan's combed hair and said with a smile, "Madam, have some water. I made it this afternoon."

Lin Yinan picked up the bowl and took a sip. The water in the bowl was still a little warm.

The girl was wearing a patched short-sleeved coat and stood close to Aunt Huang, too timid to look at anyone.

Lin Yinan's gaze lingered on the child's arms which were covered with red rashes of varying sizes. Some of the rashes were scratched to the point of breaking the skin and bleeding, which looked shocking.

Aunt Huang noticed her gaze and was afraid that the child would scare the guests, so she quickly hid her behind her.

After becoming a mother and seeing her child, Lin Yinan's heart softened a lot.

"What's wrong with the child's hand?" she asked gently.

The smile on Aunt Huang's face suddenly turned bitter. "The weather is hot and the child's skin is tender. This is caused by mosquito bites."

"Didn't you light some mosquito repellent grass for fumigation?"

"I ordered it, but it still doesn't work." Aunt Huang said helplessly.

It is impossible that it is completely useless. The herbs at that time are all pure natural, and their efficacy is naturally better than those grown in greenhouses in later generations.

"Can I see that mosquito repellent plant?"

Aunt Huang nodded, got up and went into the house to take out the half-burned mosquito repellent grass.

Lin Yinan put down the bowl, took the mosquito repellent grass and put it to his nose and smelled it, "This mosquito repellent grass smells wrong, something is missing."

"These are just random mosquito repellent plants picked up by villagers on the mountain. No one knows which ones are mosquito repellent plants." Aunt Huang said helplessly, "No wonder it took so long to burn and it didn't work at all. Nizi was still bitten like this."

Lin Yinan stood up and walked out, "I'll go find it and show you."

"It's almost dark."

Aunt Huang felt a little uneasy. She felt a little guilty about the people passing by going out in the dark to help her find mosquito repellent grass.

"It's okay, we'll be back soon." Hu Shao said and followed him out.

After leaving the yard, Lin Yinan asked Hu Shao to take her to find a canal or a stream.

The aquatic plants are most luxuriant in these places.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yun Shiyi and Hu Shao returned to Aunt Huang's yard with a bundle of mosquito repellent grass.

Aunt Huang's husband and two sons had returned from the fields and were sitting in the yard, taking advantage of the still bright daylight, weaving baskets to carry things.

Aunt Huang, who was cooking in the kitchen, came out. She didn’t expect Lin Yinan and the others to come back so soon.

“Do these really repel mosquitoes?”

She squatted on the ground and looked carefully. These weeds could be seen everywhere in the fields.

Lin Yinan picked up the moxa, wormwood and calamus cut from the ground, tied them into a bundle and handed it to her, "Put these in the fire, the smoke they emit can repel mosquitoes."

Aunt Huang looked at the things in her hand and was about to leave when Lin Yinan stuffed another handful of mint into her hand.

"You can boil this water for Nizi to take a bath. The rash on her body from the mosquito bites will heal quickly."

"What is this?" asked Aunt Huang.

Lin Yinan said, "This is called mint. It has the effects of anti-inflammatory and analgesic, cooling, relieving itching, detoxifying, dispelling wind and heat, and stimulating appetite and digestion."