Chapter 481: People from the neighboring village came to ask Wei Ruo for help (1)
A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 481: People from the neighboring village came to ask Wei Ruo for help (1)
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Young Master Xu had not only helped them so much, but had also given them such a valuable opportunity. He had to seize it properly.
“Mhm.” Wei Ruo nodded.
After finishing her discussion with Shi Dayou, Wei Ruo prepared to leave Shitou Village.
However, when she reached the entrance of the village, she encountered a large crowd—a thick crowd gathered there—dozens of people, men and women, young and old alike.
Wei Ruo didn’t recognize any of them. Judging by their clothing, they appeared to be nearby farmers.
“Young Master Xu, please help us!”
The moment they met, the crowd began pleading, surging toward Wei Ruo as they spoke.
Xiumei stepped forward at once, positioning herself in front of Wei Ruo. “If you have something to say, say it properly. Don’t come any closer!”
Shi Dayou also stepped forward and called out loudly, “Everyone, calm down. If you have something to say, let’s talk from a distance!”
Shi Dayou recognized them—they were all from neighboring Xiaoxi Village. Their village was separated from Shitou Village by a mountain; walking around the foot of the mountain, it would take only about half an hour to reach.
Xiumei’s sharp rebuke and Shi Dayou’s words had some effect. The crowd finally stopped advancing and stepped back a little, opening some distance between themselves and Wei Ruo.
Then they began talking all at once, explaining their purpose:
“We’ve come to ask Young Master Xu for help. All the seedlings in our fields have died, and it’s too late to raise new ones!”
“That’s right, that’s right! We heard Young Master Xu has a way to help us!”
“Young Master Xu, please, show us mercy and save us! We won’t have anything to eat this year!”
“…”
So many people speaking at once, voices overlapping. Wei Ruo listened for a while before she roughly understood their meaning—their rice seedlings had died, and they had come to seek her help.
Although Wei Ruo couldn’t remember their faces, listening to their account made it clear who they were: people she had previously warned and advised, but who had chosen not to listen to her.
Because Wei Ruo had previously gone around inspecting the surrounding farmland and, whenever she discovered cases of rice seedling blight, she had tried to persuade the farmers to re-raise their seedlings.
Those who had listened to Wei Ruo’s advice would certainly have replaced their seedlings by now. The ones who had come to seek her out at this point were undoubtedly those who had refused to listen back then.
Wei Ruo looked at the crowd and said loudly, “Quiet.”
After she spoke, the crowd finally fell silent and turned their attention to her.
Once the noise subsided, Wei Ruo answered them bluntly:
“I already told all of you what needed to be said back then. If you didn’t re-raise the seedlings, once something went wrong, it would be too late. Now that the situation has already come to this, coming to me will be of no use.”
At once, the people in front of her began talking over one another in protest:
“How could there be no solution? We’ve all heard that you gave Shitou Village a batch of excellent rice seeds—seeds that can still be planted late and produce a high yield!”
“That’s right, that’s right! You clearly have rice seeds! You can help us!”
“Young Master Xu, if there’s no harvest this year, we’ll starve to death! You can’t be so heartless and ignore whether we live or die!”
“……”
However, those who had come to find Wei Ruo were firmly convinced that she had a way to help them.
“I’m sorry. I can’t help you,” Wei Ruo replied.
“Young Master Xu, this is letting us die without lifting a finger!” an old man leaning on a walking stick cried out, striking the ground hard several times. “How can you be so cruel? Are you really going to watch us die right in front of you?”
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