Chapter 316 Here comes the New Year gift for you!

"You...what do you want to do? I am an official sent by Lord Judge to investigate the actions of you group of refugees!"

Niu Sangui was so panicked that he carried Master Tongpan out to give him an advantage.

Qiao Ran looked at this man's pretentious look and twitched the corners of his lips in disdain.

"I remember you. Didn't Jia Tongpan take you with him last time to register household registration information for us people at the city gate? Then you should also know that I signed an agreement with Jia Tongpan. This Devil Valley and This land within a radius of ten miles belongs to us, the people of Qingshui Village, and is at our disposal. Now, we are just setting a fire to burn those trees so that we can open up wasteland for farming. Doesn't this violate the national law and the agreement?"

Niu Sangui choked, with guilt in his voice: "Of course I know this. I was ordered by Lord Tongpan to see if you have spread the mountain fire to other forests? If the fire is uncontrollable, you will have to The government mobilized people in the city and suburbs of Beijing to help put out the fire."

Qiao Ran pointed at the mouth of the Devil's Valley: "Oh, then go and see for yourself, Lord Official! Look at the scope of this thick smoke, it's only a small area, how can it spread to other places? We only burn Devil's Valley The trees inside will not burn to other places.”

Niu Sangui hesitated when he saw this little girl generously letting him go to Devil's Valley to see it in person.

I heard that there is miasma in the Devil's Valley, and there are many monsters. What if I get entangled by those monsters as soon as I enter the valley?

These refugees only dared to camp outside the entrance of the valley instead of entering the valley. Perhaps they were afraid of being entangled by miasma or monsters, right?

Anyway, looking at the scope of the thick smoke, it really doesn't look like it has spread to other mountains.

He rolled his eyes: "Since you say so, I believe you."

He looked around again and asked suspiciously: "Aren't there hundreds of people in your village? Why are there only these people left? Where have all the men gone?"

Qiao Ran smiled lightly and said: "Of course we went hunting and felling trees to open up wasteland. After all, we don't have a salary from the court. If we don't find food by ourselves, will we starve to death? The rats on this mountain are very fat. One can be eaten. Two meals."

Niu Sangui looked at a skinned animal of unknown origin held by a woman who came back from the stream, and thought to herself, are these refugees eating rats?

Thinking about the filthy rats crawling around in the stinking ditches and garbage dumps in the city, he almost vomited out the vegetarian pancake he had just eaten in the morning.

Even if he eats vegetables and porridge every day, he doesn't want to eat that disgusting big rat!

When he thought about how close this place was to Devil's Valley, what if those rats came out of the miasma forest and contracted those strange diseases, he turned pale with fear.

Ignoring the women behind who were staring at them with kitchen knives, Niu Sangui forced his way out of them, ran a dozen steps away from the people of Qingshui Village, and said in a hasty tone:

"Well, since there is nothing wrong here, I will go back and report to the Lord. You must remember the words of Lord Tongxuan and you are not allowed to enter the city! Otherwise, you will all die!"

After saying that, Niu Sangui didn't care how the fire in Devil's Valley burned, turned around and ran back to the mountain road, as if he was afraid that the people in Qingshui Village would catch up and infect him with the disease.

The government officials who came with him saw that Niu Sangui was running as fast as a dog, so they quickly turned around and ran after him.

Qiao Ran looked at those people running away like the plague and sneered, were they scared away?

She doesn't want people to know that the miasma in Devil's Valley can be solved yet. Otherwise, she's afraid that Jia Tongpan will regret it, take back Devil's Valley, and send their group of refugees to a more difficult place, or break them up. They were resettled in small villages in remote counties and towns.

Even if Jia Tongpan doesn't take back Devil's Valley, I'm afraid those rich and powerful people in the capital will covet the treasure of Devil's Valley.

They have just settled down now and have not yet established a firm foothold, but they cannot stop those people from plundering Devil's Valley.

Her idea was to hide it from the outside world first, and let the whole village quietly open up wasteland and farm in the Devil's Valley. First, they would solve the problem of food and clothing, and then grow fruits and vegetables to sell in the city. They could start with Juxian Cooperate with the building and make some money to make the whole village rich.

First, live a life of making a lot of money for a few years, and then save more money. Only when you have money can you do things easily.

It is said that money can make the world go round. At worst, if you spend some money and buy some thick thighs, you can protect Devil's Valley from being taken away by greedy people.

Children in the village are sent to school as much as possible. Knowledge changes destiny. This is an eternal truth.

Just when Qiao Ran thanked all the sisters-in-law, aunts and grandmothers, and was about to go into the tent to continue her drawings, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and the sound of people talking getting closer and closer on the mountain road.

She walked to the mountain road and saw that there were several carriages filled with grain, meat, and vegetables.

Each of the two carriages had a big fat pig tied up, and it was groaning uncomfortably as the carriage jolted.

There were several cages of live chickens and ducks on each of the other two carriages. There were also bags of grain and baskets of cabbage and radishes on the other carriages.

Before Qiao Ran came forward to ask, a head popped out from each of the two carriages and waved at Qiao Ran.

"Miss Qiao, happy New Year! Wish you a happy New Year in advance!"

"Girl Qiao, on behalf of my master, I'm here to send you a New Year gift!"

"Shopkeeper Chen? Butler Zhou?"

Qiao Ran asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"

The carriage stopped in the open space in front of the tent area. Shopkeeper Chen and Butler Zhou jumped out of the carriage and walked towards Qiao Ran with smiles.

"Isn't it the New Year's Eve in two days? I thought you couldn't go to the city to buy, so I gave you these meats and vegetables to celebrate the New Year."

Butler Zhou's always serious face became tense when he saw Qiao Ran. His face smiled like a chrysanthemum, which made Shopkeeper Chen, who was familiar with him, look at him sideways several times.

Why is this old boy smiling so broadly at Miss Qiao? Why haven't I seen him smile at me like this before?

Seeing that Butler Zhou was the first to express his stance, he quickly said:

"Me too, I'm thinking about you people in the mountains and wild forests, and you haven't even started growing food and vegetables in this wasteland! I'm afraid that you won't have any meat or vegetables to eat during the New Year, so I mixed some from the back kitchen and sent it to you. Have a happy first New Year here.”

"On behalf of the whole village, I would like to thank you both! Thank you also, Mr. Mo! If he comes back, please convey my gratitude to him on my behalf!"

Qiao Ran was truly moved.

Although he knew that these two people were so kind to him because he had saved Mr. Mo and was the only one who could cure Mr. Mo's poison.

However, they were able to fully consider what their group of refugees needed most, and promptly sent clothing and food, and now they also sent meat and vegetables that were very scarce in this winter. They were really thoughtful!