Chapter 475: Praise from the Assistant Magistrate’s wife (1)

A Blessed Daughter

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“The book the eldest young lady read was truly invaluable. I had the matrons on my estate follow her instructions and purchase a new batch of rice seeds, then raise fresh seedlings to replace the old ones. The nearby farmers, however, didn’t listen to her. As a result, the seedlings on my estate are perfectly fine—lush and green—while those farmers are in a panic. Large patches of their seedlings have collapsed, turned yellow, and withered. Their crops are practically beyond saving!”

Replacing the seedlings took a lot of work, but it saved the crop—and with it, this year’s hopes. In the end, it was absolutely worth the effort.

After hearing the Assistant Magistrate’s wife describe the situation, Yun Shi first looked surprised, then her face filled with a warm smile.

She had originally worried that something might go wrong and that she would only end up causing trouble for the Assistant Magistrate’s wife. She hadn’t expected Ruo’er to truly have such ability.

Seeing the delight written all over the Assistant Magistrate’s wife’s face lifted Yun Shi’s mood as well.

The Assistant Magistrate’s wife continued, “I’ve also heard that many villages near the prefectural city have suffered recently. They didn’t heed the eldest young lady’s advice to replant the seedlings. Now, as the seedlings grow, they’re turning yellow, wilting, and falling over. And it’s already mid-April—raising new seedlings now may be too late.”

In Taizhou prefecture, rice planting started early. Seeds were sown before the Qingming Festival*, seedlings were raised for forty days, and transplanting usually began in late March of the lunar calendar.

*Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday when people visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, offer food and incense, and remember the dead. It usually falls in early April.

Now that it was already mid-April, even if they started over and went through another forty-day seedling period, there simply wouldn’t be enough time.

Hearing this, Yun Shi was startled as well. This year’s rice seeds for her household had been purchased with her eldest daughter’s help, and the seedlings in their fields were growing well with no issues. She hadn’t known such problems were occurring elsewhere.

“Is it really that bad?” Yun Shi asked.

“For those who ignored the advice, yes,” the Assistant Magistrate’s wife said. “But some families listened and grow extra seedlings early. Now that the old seedlings have developed problems, they can still replace them in time.”

That made Yun Shi think of the village they had passed on the way to the Xu family’s estate—the one where her daughter had argued with several farmers. It seemed that argument had been about this exact issue.

So the farmers who had been upset with her daughter really had suffered losses.

Yun Shi didn’t feel sorry for them at all. Her daughter had warned them kindly, and they refused to listen. What happened afterward was entirely on them.

“So the eldest young lady truly helped me immensely!” The Assistant Magistrate’s wife praised Wei Ruo once again.

Yun Shi felt quietly pleased and quickly replied modestly, “Ruo’er just happened to come across it by chance. Being able to help was simply her good luck.”

Wei Ruo had just returned from Tianqin Courtyard. As soon as she stepped through the door and was about to head back to Wangmei Courtyard, she was stopped by Cuiping, whom Yun Shi had sent to wait for her.

Cuiping informed her that the Assistant Magistrate’s wife had arrived and had specifically asked to see her, requesting that she go to Cangyun Courtyard at once.

Wei Ruo said nothing and followed Cuiping to Cangyun Courtyard.

The moment she entered the room, she saw the Assistant Magistrate’s wife rise to greet her.

“Miss Wei,” the Assistant Magistrate’s wife called out warmly, her expression gentle and kind.

“Madam Xu,” Wei Ruo replied, giving a slight curtsy.

“There’s no need for such formality,” the woman said, taking Wei Ruo by the hand and guiding her to a seat nearby.

“You’ve just come back from your studies. You must be tired, am I wearing you out by calling you over to keep me company?” the Assistant Magistrate’s wife asked with concern.

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