Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Dreaming Is Faster

The clerk noticed that these two men were quite perceptive and knew how to align with his words, and he truly breathed a sigh of relief.

Now hearing that they actually had a method to deal with the locusts, he instantly straightened his back: “You have a method? Quickly, tell me how to deal with it.”

The two brothers did not hold back, recounting the entire process of how they dealt with the locusts, and lastly, they brought out a set of protective clothing that had been washed last night.

“Your methods sound quite good indeed.”

The clerk picked up the clothes and took a look. There was no smell of sweat, but due to some marks left by the dead locusts that were hard to clean, there were still some traces visible.

Qi Quanjin scratched his head: “It’s because the elders at home have experienced it and have always been quite scared, so the villagers got together to come up with these methods.”

“Hm, not bad at all.”

The clerk nodded: “Alright, you two wait a moment. This matter is very important, I need to go discuss it with the master, I might need you to supplement information later.”

While speaking, the clerk had already put down the brush.

Qi Quanjin and Qi Ercai exchanged a glance and felt a bit nervous.

Are they about to meet the master?

Although Concord City is just a county town, the master is a county magistrate, but he is an official after all!

But they did not dare to express any desire not to meet the master, they could only obediently stand aside and wait for the return of the clerk.

The clerk went quickly and returned quickly.

“Follow me, the master wants to see you.”

As the clerk spoke, he waved his hand, indicating the two to follow.

The two of them stopped breathing for a moment and hurriedly followed in the clerk’s footsteps to the backyard.

Having never seen a official before, the two did not dare to look around, always keeping their heads low and following along, if they couldn’t see the back of the person’s heel, they might even get lost.

Finally entering a room, they were immediately greeted by a scent.

It wasn’t the scent of cosmetics but an indescribable fragrance of wood.

“Which of you two is the village head of Yongping Village?”

A slightly deep voice sounded.

Qi Quanjin promptly stepped forward, clasped fists and bowed, speaking towards the direction of the voice: “In response to the master, I, commoner Qi Quanjin, am the village head of Yongping Village.”

This village head was chosen by several families.

Even the Qi Family unanimously agreed to let Qi Quanjin take the position.

Qi Quanjin initially did not want to take the position, but when asked, everyone shook their heads, showing an attitude of desperately not wanting the position.

So it was settled on him.

“I heard you have a method to deal with the locust plague, now tell it to me in detail.”

After the county magistrate finished speaking, he remembered to let the two sit down.

But the two brothers were too afraid to fully sit, just perched on the edge of the chair.

However, now they did raise their heads.

Upon raising their heads, they realized the room they were in should be a study, opposite them was the main seat.

In front of the main seat was a table, behind which sat a middle-aged man dressed in regular clothing, looking older than Qi Dafu.

But when they met the gaze of the county magistrate, the two hurriedly lowered their heads again.

Qi Quanjin didn’t know how much the clerk had said, and couldn’t ask, so he had to start explaining from the beginning.

The county magistrate listened and continuously nodded, asking a few more details.

By the time Qi Brothers left the government office, it was past noon.

“Fourth Brother, I’m all sweaty.”

Qi Ercai said, flapping his back twice.

Qi Quanjin smiled wryly: “Second Brother, so am I. Touch my back, the clothes must be soaked!”

Touching it, Qi Ercai laughed: “When you were talking to the county magistrate, you seemed at ease, I thought you weren’t nervous!”

“How could I not be nervous!”

Qi Quanjin laughed even more helplessly: “Let’s go, let’s eat something, then bring back what we need from home.”

“Let’s check out the second courtyard first!”

Qi Ercai suggested.

Qi Quanjin had no objections.

The brothers drove the carriage to the second courtyard, inspected it inside and out, found nothing unusual, then locked the door, found a noodle shop to eat a bowl of noodles, and began shopping.

By the time they returned to the village, it was dusk.

In front of each house hung a red lantern, bringing some light to this lone small village.

The biggest gain from this trip into the city was the village’s matters being finally settled.

Within the jurisdiction of Concord City, there was a new small village named Yongping Village, and all the household documents were redone.

Qi Quanjin delivered the household registration documents to each family and received a circle of praise.

As for how the government will handle the locust disaster wrongs from here on, Qi Quanjin did not know.

From now on, their days returned to the previous state.

Clearing land, farming.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, with a not-so-big rainfall occurring during that time.

The water level in the pond rose a bit.

It was because a thick layer of water plants floated on the pond, reducing evaporation, otherwise, the pond would have long been dried out.

Each family also stored a lot of water in large and small tanks and basins.

Everyone feared encountering drought again, so they thought to store more water.

“Quanjin, it hasn’t rained for almost half a month now, I see the flow of the small river up front slowing significantly.”

Qi Zheng sat on a small stool, taking a couple of puffs of his pipe: “It can’t go on like this! The crops of each family need watering now, relying on people to carry water back and forth, that little water just wets the surface.”

Lately, these few old fellows have recovered their health, and walked around the garden and fields every day, seeing the crops’ leaves curled from the sun, they were really worried.

Qi Quanjin was also concerned about this matter, and since the old man asked, he said, “Dad, I’m thinking of going to the city in the next couple of days to see if there’s a master who can dig wells. Our village has few people now, one deep well should be enough.”

“Alright, if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, go to the city early! Dig early, settle early.”

Qi Zheng shared the same sentiment.

On the second day, Qi Quanjin went to the city with several family members.

They not only had to find a master to dig wells today but also needed to tidy up the second courtyard.

Originally, they didn’t plan to take the children, but when Qi Manman heard about going to the second courtyard, she was the first to insist on tagging along.

As the most pampered little girl in the family, her request was naturally granted.

Qi Shilang, who always followed his sister, upon hearing this, also clamored to go, but was subdued by Qi Quanyin’s force.

Five-year-old Qi Shilang cried until snot bubbles appeared, looking pitiful as if he was a child picked up from outside.

Finally, Qi Manman felt sorry for Brother Xiao Shi and suggested letting him follow, and so, Qi Shilang got the chance to go to the city once.

As for the other boys at home, they also wished to go.

But there was no need for the adults to suppress them, as the two doctors immediately vetoed the idea.

They were now at the herb identification stage, and whenever the weather was good, the doctors personally took them up the mountain behind to find herbs.

Want to go to the city for fun?

Forget it, dreaming is faster.

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