Chapter 283: Descending From The Sky
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Chen Yong, who had finished reading the notebook, rolled his eyes. “Bullsh*t, Little Girl Ning did this herself. What has it got to do with Shen Congjun?”
The adviser coughed lightly and remembered something. “By the way, Miss Ning heard that you haven’t been eating and drinking for the past few days, so she specially made a bowl of lotus seed soup for you. It’s iced now. Do you want to have some?”
Chen Yong touched the blisters at the corner of his mouth and got someone to send it over. He prepared to read the documents while eating.
It was only when the things were in front of him that he realized that not only had Xiaoxiao prepared lotus seed soup to reduce the heat, but she had also made him a plate of various snacks. There was the Mianmian Cake that Shen Congjun often bragged about, as well as the small biscuits that the Third Prince and the others often brought to the academy. In short, they were very fragrant.
The adviser, who was worried about the adult’s health, heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the empty plate. He was filled with gratitude to the Ning Family’s good cook.
The prefect had been worrying too much recently. He did not know how long it had been since he had a decent meal. He was afraid that the prefect would tire himself out.
After eating and drinking his fill, Chen Yong felt energetic again. His endurance should be stronger, so he asked what he had been worried about the past few days. “How much has the water level increased after the cut-off?”
The adviser was also puzzled for a long time. “It didn’t increase. Instead, it decreased a little.”
Chen Yong stopped flipping through the documents. “Huh?”
In order to properly repair the dam, they had painstakingly cut off the river water. Logically speaking, the water that was cut off should rise higher and higher. How could it fall?
Filled with doubts, he personally went to the dam and realized that the water level was really below the previous scale. He could not help but look up at the sky and mutter to himself, “Could it be that the weather is too hot and the water has dried up?”
As he turned around, he saw a familiar figure not far away.
“Little Girl Ning?”
Hearing someone call her, Xiaoxiao retracted her hand from the river and greeted him. “Hello, Sir. Have you eaten?”
Relying on the seemingly endless water body in the space, she absorbed the rising water of the Dusk River after it was cut off, trying her best to buy time for the dam to be repaired.
Chen Yong touched the corner of his mouth. After confirming that there were no snacks left, he walked closer. “Girl, you’re so considerate. What are you doing?”
Xiaoxiao pointed at the river and said, “There are so many fish inside.”
Chen Yong saw that it was true. “Why are there so many? There was nothing a few days ago.”
Xiaoxiao, who had just scattered more than 10 portions of bait inside, said, “Perhaps the heavens know that everyone has worked hard and specially sent them over to give the hardworking people a meal?”
Chen Yong’s heart skipped a beat.
The government could not afford the food of so many laborers, so everyone who did manual work could only eat steamed buns and dry rations to quench their hunger. There was no oil or water in the big pot of vegetables, and there was nothing to look forward to. Chen Yong did not mind paying for some meat, but the Imperial Court did not allocate such money. This precedent could not be set. Otherwise, it would be difficult to serve conscription in the future.
What Shen Congjun did could not be repeated unless they did not want to be in the bureaucracy anymore. Moreover, Shen Congjun could use the new rice seeds to make up for it later, but he could not.
But what if what he used to subsidize was “falling from the sky”?
Chen Yong was a person who did as he thought. That afternoon, he called for a few bailiffs and started fishing under Ning Anhui’s guidance. He reaped a huge harvest.
At night, he even let his thoughts wander and announced that two wild boars had accidentally crashed into a tree and fainted when they came to drink water. After some consideration, the officials decided to stew the fish they caught during the day and the wild boars that came knocking on their door for everyone to eat.
The commoners cheered and worked even harder..
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