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

As she spoke, she stuffed the basket into Qianwu's arms beside her, took Nizi's hand and pointed it to the village chief's wife.

"Look at my daughter's hands. Last night, she took a bath in the water boiled with the herbs that Madam brought back. This morning, the rash has disappeared a lot and it doesn't hurt to touch it anymore. With these mosquito repellent plants, she can sleep through the night and won't be bitten in the middle of the night anymore."

The village head's wife looked at it carefully and said, "It is indeed much better. Nizi, how do you feel?"

"It doesn't itch or hurt anymore. Soaking in the medicine makes my whole body cool. It's so comfortable." Nizi said softly.

Aunt Huang's smile deepened. "This is all thanks to Madam's method. I plan to make Nizi another bath tonight."

"Aunt, you can also crush the medicine and apply it. Mint is cooler and the child is weak, so don't soak him again." Lin Yinan said at the right time.

After hearing this, the village chief was about to organize the villagers to cut mosquito repellent grass, but was stopped by Hu Shao.

He explained to the village chief in detail how to use mosquito repellent grass and some precautions.

Lin Yinan added, "The most important thing is not to damage their roots when cutting them, so that they can grow again every year."

The most important thing is to keep growing and develop over the long term.

"Yes! Madam is right." The village chief nodded repeatedly.

Then Lin Yinan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and said, "Village Chief, can anyone in the village make this tool?"

The village chief frowned and stared at the picture on the paper.

"What is this and what is it used for?"

"This tool is called a flail. It can be used to thresh grains. This way, people don't have to squat on the ground and hammer, which saves a lot of effort." Lin Yinan said.

Hu Shao leaned over to take a look, his eyes lit up, "Village Chief, I know who can do it."

He has stayed in this village the longest and is very familiar with the villagers.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get him."

Everyone stood in the yard, and the village head's wife and Aunt Huang began to invite Lin Yinan to eat the pancakes they had made.

Lin Yinan was indeed hungry, so he didn't bother to be polite with them and tried one pancake in each basket.

"It's delicious! It tastes just like the ones my mother bakes." She praised it generously.

The village chief's wife took the opportunity to start a conversation, "Madam, are you from the north too?"

"Our family originally lived in Pingcheng."

"Oh, that's not far from us. My family is originally from a county under the city."

Lin Yinan nodded. That was the city she fled through when she first arrived.

“It’s quite close indeed.”

The village chief's wife talked to Lin Yinan about the local customs and practices on this topic. The only place the original owner had been to was Jiancheng, so Lin Yinan didn't know much and could only agree with her with a smile.

"Are you used to living here?"

"We came late, so if we save the grain we planted at the end of last year, we can still hold on until the new grain comes in," said the village chief's wife.

Aunt Huang smiled and sighed, "Although there are more mosquitoes here and it rains a lot, there are a lot of edible wild vegetables in the mountains."

The village chief stood there smiling, but he couldn't get a word in when the women were talking.

Soon, Hu Shao came over with a young man holding tools.

When the village chief saw the person coming, he understood and handed the blueprint to the young man.

"Will you do it?"

The young man nodded cautiously after reading it, "I'll try it."

The flail is like a nunchaku, consisting of a long handle and a solid piece of wood cut into a drumstick shape. Both of them are connected by a rotating shaft with a round hole, which makes it easy to rotate and saves effort.

The villagers who learned the news of what was happening here gathered outside the yard to watch.

The village chief would ask the villagers to find whatever materials were needed to make the flail.

This thing is not difficult to make at all. The difficult part is the place where the shaft is connected, which requires drilling holes in such thick wood.

After several trials, the flail was finally completed after an hour.

The villagers who were nearby immediately brought over the unhulled rapeseed from their homes and laid oilcloth underneath. The village chief, acting as a test subject, raised his flail and hit the rapeseed on the ground in full view of everyone.

He raised his hand high and the flail came down hard.

After a moment, the village chief laughed heartily and said, "This is really a good thing!"

"Village Chief, let me try!"

"I'm coming too!"

The villagers rushed to try out the flail and praised it highly.

Lin Yinan pulled Hu Shao aside.

"Since you are staying, take this opportunity to promote this tool and save the villagers some effort. There may not be anyone in other villages who can make it. If possible, you might as well take the young man to other villages and teach them."

"I'll listen to my sister." After her enlightenment, Hu Shao's mind suddenly became clear.

"I'll leave two secret guards for you. There are many wild beasts in the forest, so try not to sleep outdoors at night."

After instructing Hu Shao, Lin Yinan turned around, said goodbye to the village chief, left the village, and continued on his way to Chi'an.

Yun Shiyi led the way. He had previously followed Yun Mo to Chi'an to suppress bandits and knew the way.

After leaving the village, the woods became more lush as we walked forward.

Even the road that Yun Mo and his team had opened up before was overgrown with all kinds of weeds. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to find, and this road was winding upwards.

The mountain road was difficult to travel on, and they had to be very careful not to be scratched by the thorns on the roadside while riding on horseback.

About an hour later, Yun Shiyi, who was walking in front, stopped.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Qianxia looked forward in confusion.

Lin Yinan got off the horse and was about to walk forward when she saw Yun Shiyi walking towards her quickly.

"Madam, there is a landslide on the mountain road ahead, and the way up the mountain is blocked."

As he spoke, he and Lin Yinan came to the blocked mountain road.

There are towering mountains on one side of the road and a steep slope on the other.

The rolling rocks just blocked the mountain road tightly. There were faint signs of large pieces of boulders on the collapsed mountain being cracked and loosened. The road was shaky and rubble was still falling. It looked extremely dangerous.

Even if they all had martial arts skills, they would not dare to take the risk. Besides, people could pass but horses could not.

"It seems that we have to think of another way."

Yun Shiyi took out a map and looked at it carefully with a frown. "We can only avoid this road and go up the mountain from the side."

"Everything is up to you." Lin Yinan was not familiar with this place.

They got on the horse and returned to the foot of the mountain along the original route, choosing to take a detour up the mountain. Yun Shiyi led the secret guards in front to clear the way, while Lin Yinan and his two servants followed behind.

The mountain was steep, and even though the sun was high in the sky, the lush trees in some places prevented even the sunlight from penetrating. The woods were dark and cool, and the air was filled with the smell of rotting leaves.

Could this be the legendary miasma?

For safety reasons, Lin Yinan still asked everyone to cover their faces with cloth.

She kept looking around, trying to tell which was which, but it was all in vain.

Fortunately, the Yun family's secret guards were very capable and could identify directions, so they led them through turns all the way.

Qian Wu quietly asked the secret guard, "How do you determine the direction?"

The dark guard said, "Look at the rocks, the ant holes, and the lush branches and leaves of the trees."

"Don't all the trees in this forest look alike?"

"It's different. The south is prosperous and the north is rare." The secret guard raised his face and said proudly.