Chapter 249 Working Together

Before Shen Ningning spoke, the old village chief's eyes were already sharp.

He sternly reprimanded: "His second aunt's family, what you said is wrong."

"After Ningning became a princess, she transferred all the food and fiefs given to her by the court to us."

"Every month, I distribute the grain that belongs to you according to the number of people in our village."

"There is so much grain, and there are only you and your wife in your family. It is estimated that it can fill two large jars now. Do you think it is not enough to eat?"

"You are talking like this now, do you think I didn't give you enough before, do you think I deducted it?"

The man waved his hand hurriedly: "That's not what I meant, don't be angry, village chief."

Liu's wife stood up and said something fair.

"Thanks to Ningning's help, we have never lacked rice, flour, and salt at home."

"I have a large family, and we have saved up until now, and there is still a jar of food left to eat."

"But Ningning, you have to tell everyone the truth. We have no problem buying cold-proof equipment. We are just afraid that there will be no snowstorm this year, and it will be a normal year. How can we survive? Won't we lose everything?"

Shen Ningning's face was serious and majestic.

She said: "Auntie, don't be afraid of spending the wrong money. If there is a natural disaster and people are frozen to death, no amount of money can buy back a life."

These words made all the villagers who were still hesitating in their hearts determined.

Chen Ye stood up and said calmly: "I'll listen to you, young lady. I'll go to the street to buy cotton and linen for a coat."

"My mother is old and can't stand the cold. No matter what, I have to prepare in advance."

After he said this, someone followed up: "Yes, my grandfather's legs are not good and he is paralyzed in bed. It seems that I have to prepare too."

The old village chief said: "We can't buy things without any rules. We have to listen to Ningning's advice on how to keep warm."

Shen Ningning nodded her head.

"If you uncles and aunts believe me, just do as I say."

"You don't have to go to the city to buy things for the time being. My friend's mother misunderstood my meaning and just raised the prices of those cold-proof items."

"The market price is definitely not appropriate at this moment. Qingzhou is the closest to our capital, and a carriage can reach it in one day and one night."

"If any of you have relatives or friends there, you can ask about the prices there."

The old village chief immediately looked at the crowd: "Heiwazi, isn't your aunt's family in Qingzhou?"

A tall, black and fat villager came out.

"Yes, I'm going to my aunt's house to get some New Year's goods, so I'll go there to inquire about the cold-proof items."

Shen Ningning reminded him: "Charcoal, cotton clothes, cotton and linen, burning matches, flints, oil lamps, all of these need to be asked."

As he said, the little guy took out a thousand taels of silver notes and handed them over.

Heiwazi was shocked: "Princess, what are you doing? I can't take your money."

Shen Ningning shook her head: "I know that everyone's money is not easy to come by, I'm afraid we need to collect it together."

"After you go to Qingzhou, if the price is right, buy as much as you can. After you come back, you can buy it from me at the original price."

"Uncle Hei has worked hard on this trip. I will pay for your travel expenses. Brother Chen, you can go with Uncle Hei and use my carriage. You two can take care of each other on the road."

Chen Ye nodded immediately.

The old village chief said: "The New Year is coming soon. The shops will be closed at that time. I think there is no time to waste. You two should set off now."

Heiwazi and Chen Ye went out immediately and packed their bags.

Shen Ningning said to the remaining villagers: "The roofs of the houses need to be repaired and reinforced. Do it quickly while it's not snowing."

Otherwise, when the heavy snow collapses the roofs, I'm afraid there will be nowhere to run.

Mrs. Liu said proudly, "Last time, Ningning, after you told my old Liu about it, he checked our roof."

"Sure enough, there were a few loose spots, and they were all fixed."

Uncle Liu was not good at speaking, so he said silently.

"The roots of my loquat tree were also surrounded by a broken quilt. If there is a cold disaster, the tree will be afraid of freezing. If you have cotton clothes that you don't wear, prepare them early."

The villagers immediately started to discuss, and each family gave ideas on how to prevent freezing.

In the end, the old village chief had to use his walking stick to hit the ground again.

Everyone calmed down.

The old village chief said seriously: "Why are you so anxious? Listen to what Ningning has to say."

Shen Ningning smiled: "Actually, what the uncles and aunts said just now is right. We should not only prepare for the cold, but also prepare food."

"The most important thing is firewood and charcoal. As for charcoal, I have seen it in the city. The amount is scarce due to the drought. I am afraid that the court will not mine much, and even less can be circulated in the market."

"So, we must prepare more firewood in case of emergency."

The old village chief shouted: "Grandma Chen, doesn't your brother's sister sell wood? Ask her."

Grandma Chen was surprised: "But her family sells furniture wood."

"You can ask, the scraps, you can cut them up, and you can burn them. Don't worry about the good wood or the bad wood." The old village chief waved his hand.

Grandma Chen nodded: "Okay, I will ask when I visit tomorrow. My brother's home is not far away, in Guangyang County."

Shen Ningning licked her pink lips and made a summary.

"No matter what the disaster is, I will do my best to help everyone, so we can definitely get through this together."

"It's just that everyone's hearts must be gathered together. We must know that there is strength in numbers. Only if we protect the whole village can we survive."

Everyone nodded repeatedly: "Ningning is right, that's the truth."

The villagers of Xiangyun Village have long experienced the matter of working together.

When the drought was severe before, they were united under the leadership of Shen Ningning.

How severe the drought was at that time, but only in their Xiangyun Village did no one die in the disaster.

This is all the credit of the little guy, so this time, the villagers believed what Shen Ningning said.

At this time, several young people took the initiative to say: "Then let's help the old man who has no children at home to inspect the roof."

Someone agreed: "Okay, I'll go too. By the way, take a good look at the home of the crazy scholar."

Everyone discussed enthusiastically.

Whoever has extra quilts, take them out to share and wrap the roots of all the loquat trees in the village.

Loquat trees are the source of income for Xiangyun Village, so they must be protected.

The strong young men agreed that some of them would be responsible for chopping wood.

Some of them would patrol the village and help when they came across doors and tiles that needed repairing.

However, in the end, everyone found that they had considered everything, but lacked one thing.

"No one in our village knows medical skills, which is terrible."

"Yes, if there is a snowstorm, people from outside can't get in, and we can't go out, but if someone happens to be sick at that time and there is no doctor, it's over."

I have to go out today, so I'm a little lazy, and there are only 2 updates, hehe~~