Chapter 440 How terrible is it?

When Zheng Huiniang heard such praise, she smiled happily and turned into a flower.

She said modestly: "How can I do a good job? It's because the ingredients you sent are good and the seasonings Ranran bought are good, so I can make the dishes you like."

Mo Beihan thought that when he fled with the Qiao family, even an ordinary white radish used by Zheng Huiniang could make delicious food that he had never tasted before. He believed that Zheng Huiniang's cooking skills were indeed the best. But seasonings are indeed indispensable.

Thinking of several recipes that Qiao Ran sold to Juxianlou, they have become the signature dishes of Juxianlou, and some seasonings, such as chili, pepper, fennel, etc., have to be bought from Qiao Ran.

It seems that this little girl has a lot of secrets. I don’t know how she, a little farm girl, got these rare things.

The lunch was too full and it must have been uncomfortable riding the carriage, so Mo Beihan suggested that he follow the villagers into the valley to see the progress of building their homes.

He also wanted to see how terrifying the terrifying Devil's Valley was.

That old guy Jia Tongpan chose this place and drove hundreds of people from Qingshui Village to fend for themselves. The conditions in Devil's Valley at that time must have been very bad.

Only when he knew how the little girl was being made difficult for, could he decide what kind of miserable end Jia Tongpuan and the people behind him would end up with.

The old village chief readily agreed and asked a few men to help the ghost doctor set up a tent. He and Qiao Ran took Mo Beihan, Butler Zhou and the idle ghost doctor into the Devil's Valley.

Follow the paved road into Devil's Valley, and you will see a large forest in front of you.

Those trees are quite old. If they were cut down, it would take a lot of time to cut down one tree.

To open up wasteland for farming, not only do you have to cut down trees, but you also have to dig out the tree roots in the soil, which is quite time-consuming and laborious.

After passing through a large dense forest, we came to the middle of the valley, where the miasma originally existed.

Seeing that the large field that had been reclaimed after burning the wasteland had been divided into blocks, ridges had been built, and canals had been connected, Butler Zhou sighed:

"You have really managed to transform such a large piece of wasteland from being full of trees and weeds into fertile farmland! It really has to be admired!"

The old village chief said proudly: "Thanks to Ran Yatou! If she hadn't led everyone to dig isolation belts and set fire to the forest, we really wouldn't have been able to do anything! If she hadn't come up with the method, let's not say this There are huge paddy fields, and we don’t even dare to come in and cut down trees to open up wasteland! The miasma forest was burned down by a fire, and only Ran Yatou could come up with such a bold solution."

Mo Beihan looked at the dense trees and weeds around the area, as well as the hillsides on both sides, and nodded:

"It's really bold! Setting fire to the forest is not something that most people would dare to think about. Not to mention that in winter, there are dead branches and hay everywhere. Even in spring, burning the forest still involves great risks. If you are careful, the wildfire will spread out of control, and you will not be able to escape responsibility when the time comes."

The old village chief nodded repeatedly: "Isn't it? That's how Jia Tongpan threatened us back then. He said that if we burned the forest and accidentally spread the mountain fire to the mountain and burned the forest ten miles away, then we would Everyone in the village will die. How can we dare to burn the wasteland casually? Thanks to Ran Yatou, she came up with the method of digging an isolation belt to burn out the wasteland without letting the mountain fire spread."

Mo Beihan secretly admired that this method was indeed something that only that girl could think of. If it were him, he would not have thought of such a good method.

After looking at the paddy fields and reclaimed dry land on the hillside, the group walked towards the new village under construction.

A group of men are digging fish ponds. One of the dug fish ponds has been filled with water. This fish pond will be dug soon.

When everyone saw Butler Zhou, they all greeted him warmly. After all, Butler Zhou had come several times to give gifts on behalf of the palace, and most people in the village knew him.

When they saw Mo Beihan, everyone in the village was stunned. The straightforward man waved his hand familiarly and said, "Mr. Mo, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why do you have time to come to our village?"

Others who thought about Mr. Mo's identity quickly gave him a hand and reminded him: "That is the prince of the palace, and he will be the prince in the future. You are really familiar with it!"

The man was stunned for a moment, then realized belatedly that he had been too casual, and quickly suppressed his smile, becoming a little frightened.

"The... Your Majesty, I... the common people..."

The group of people were at a loss. They didn't know whether they should kneel down when they saw the Crown Prince. After all, the Crown Prince's status was higher than those of the prefects and county magistrates. They had to kneel down when they saw the county magistrate, let alone the future prince. .

Just when everyone was about to bend their knees and salute, Mo Beihan smiled and said:

"No need to be polite, fellow villagers! When I was in trouble, I was rescued by Miss Qiao. It was you who took me in and allowed me to stay with the team to recuperate. Today I am here to thank you all and come to see you. Just think of me as the kid you took in back then!"

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

A group of men spoke restrainedly.

Mo Beihan chatted with them about the fish pond they were digging, and asked Qiao Ran who wanted to dig it to raise fish, and immediately continued chatting with them with interest.

For a moment, everyone forgot his identity and chatted animatedly with him.

Qiao Ran looked at Mr. Mo who was mingling with the villagers, found Qiao Erhe, and asked when the fish pond would be dug.

Qiao Erhe said happily: "It will be completed in two days! Ranran, our family will soon be able to raise fish, ducks and geese. Uncle Er is so happy! It's good to be busy! Be busy, these days Only then can we have hope.”

Seeing how happy her second uncle was, Qiao Ran also smiled: "Yes, second uncle, we will be busy with a lot of things in the future! Just don't complain about being tired then."

"No, no! What does it matter if you are tired? We don't have to pay taxes for the past three years. What we plant and raise and harvest are all our own. If we are tired, we can gain something. No matter how tired we are, my second uncle will be happy."

Qiao Ran was truly happy to see her second uncle. She knew that her choice to stay in the village and in Devil's Valley was a very correct decision.

Although the family is not short of money now, they can buy a big house in the city, and then go to Renyazi to buy a dozen servants and servants, and live a wealthy life like a wealthy family with clothes to stretch out and food to eat.

However, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

If it were to suddenly transition from a farmer's family to the luxurious life of a wealthy person, I'm afraid the family would not be able to adapt.

This is still a small thing. If you are not used to it, you can adapt slowly.

But if people don’t have to work at first and have nothing to do every day, they will become lazy and even their human nature will change.

If you get it too easily, you won't cherish it.

If you get too much, you will want more.

Qiao Ran doesn't want her family members to become squandering waste, nor does she want to test human nature, make her relatives turn against each other, and make the family uneasy.

Only by letting everyone start from scratch, accumulate wealth bit by bit, and work together to slowly improve life, will the family have cohesion and cherish the hard-won good life more.

Therefore, even if she could immediately let her family live a life of a wealthy family with no worries about food and drink for the rest of their lives, she was unwilling to do so.

Mrs. Qiao was not willing either, so the grandfather and grandson agreed not to let the family take advantage of those huge banknotes, but to let them slowly build their homes like the people in the village.

The Qiao family's family tradition is indeed very good. Even though everyone knew that Qiao Ran had made a lot of money and could buy a big house in the city, no one said anything.