Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 197: Pointing out the flaws in the landscape, quite experienced indeed?

Wu Qingfeng's thoughts wandered for a moment as he wondered if he had said something wrong.

Just then, Liu Zi returned to the house first.

After everyone left, Wu Qingfeng turned to look at Lin Chang'er, "What's wrong?"

Lin Chang'er looked at him and teased, "You seem quite experienced in giving advice on state affairs?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Qingfeng immediately understood. He smiled gently at Lin Chang'er and said in a mild tone, "It's not that I'm deliberately neglecting you. You know, none of my elders are here."

Although Pei Sihai is considered a senior, he is not qualified to interfere in matters of marriage, while Old Madam Bai is qualified.

However, his family is bound to be dissatisfied with this marriage. Wouldn't it be making Old Madam Bai dislike him by having her intervene?

The most suitable person would be his aunt, but it's not easy for her to leave the North, unless there is news of her twin grandson and granddaughter.

Moreover, “your situation is also special. I think I should talk to Aunt Gu privately first, and then consider what to do next.”

Lin Chang'er tilted her head, "What if Mother isn't happy?"

Wu Qingfeng straightened his posture. "Then, shall I try using power?"

Lin Chang'er chuckled, "And then be like a rat crossing the street, hated and beaten by everyone?"

Wu Qingfeng raised an eyebrow. "I'm the mouse, and you're the female mouse."

Lin Chang'er gently poked her head. "I don't want to be a mouse."

Wu Qingfeng chuckled, "I think Aunt Gu likes me quite a bit. If all else fails, I can become her godson. Why let the good stuff go to waste?"

Lin Chang'er reached out and rubbed his face. "Adopted son? How could you even think of that? When you return to the capital, your mother will surely kill you."

"Then what do you suggest? You've known Aunt Gu for a long time, give me some advice."

Lin Chang'er slowly pushed aside the fire and dug out an egg. "Now that you have a plan, just do it your way."

Wu Qingfeng's eyes lit up. "You mean, Aunt Gu won't stop us?"

Lin Chang'er took a twig and poked the egg in the ashes, then told him the heartfelt words that Gu's mother had spoken to her when she first came here.

Wu Qingfeng remained silent for a long time, then said, "No wonder!"

"No wonder what?"

"No wonder you're still willing to stay in the Gu family after Gu Sanlang is gone, treating his family members as your own."

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "It's all about reciprocity. If they treat me well, I will naturally treat them well in return."

I handed him the egg. "Want some?"

Wu Qingfeng took it, tapped the shell to peel it open, and just then Lin Chang'er peeled out another egg. He handed her the half-peeled egg, saying, "You eat first."

Finally, he picked up the newly dug-out eggs himself.

Wu Qingfeng gave some of the remaining items to Bai Shaoan, and Lin Chang'er took the rest to Gu Silang, Xiao Jinyu, Lin Yanqing, and Zhou Li.

Gu Xiaolu and Gu Xiaoman went to bed early with their mother, so Lin Chang'er didn't wake them up.

After a night of heavy rain, the river swelled considerably, and the rain did not lessen the following day.

On the way to the county town, Lin Chang'er frowned as she looked at the rushing river. "If this continues, the dam upstream will eventually give way."

Wu Qingfeng also frowned. If Xin'an County upstream were to release floodwaters, the most affected would be Ninghai County, followed by the neighboring Yuhai County.

But if this rain continues, flood discharge is inevitable.

Each preoccupied with their own business, the two barely spoke on the way to the county town.

Fearing that it would delay Wu Qingfeng's time to go to the yamen, he only unloaded the goods in a hurry when passing through the town before heading to the county seat.

Lin Chang'er escorted the person to the side gate of the county government office before delivering the goods to Yunlai Restaurant.

Then, the goods destined for the prefectural city were delivered to Old Zhu's place. Due to the heavy rain, Old Zhu invited Lin Chang'er to sit at his shop for a while.

Lin Chang'er told him about the landslide that happened yesterday.

Old Zhu also sighed with emotion, "We finally managed to stop the pirates. Who can defend against natural disasters? Fortunately, now your Linshui Village can be considered to be united as one."

"However, the county government was also very busy yesterday. I heard that the yamen runners went to the countryside to check dilapidated houses one by one."

"I heard that several houses collapsed in several villages last night. It's thanks to the county government's intervention that people were evacuated in time, otherwise those families would have suffered! I must say, our new magistrate Wu is really a man of action."

Lin Chang'er pursed her lips and smiled, "Who says otherwise! But when I entered the city today, I saw that the river was swollen. If it's like this downstream, I'm afraid it's even more so upstream?"

She hesitated, then Old Zhu immediately sat up straight. "You mean, it might cause flooding?"

Lin Chang'er glanced outside twice. "Uncle, neither of us has said this before, but it's always good to be on the safe side."

Old Zhu nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, my niece is right. It's better to be prepared. I need to give those old buddies a heads-up. In case, even if we can hold on downstream, what if upstream..." If upstream wants to release floodwaters, even Lord Wu can't stop it!

Even if he were to be impeached as the magistrate of Xin'an County, how would the loss be calculated?

Lin Chang'er thought for a moment and then asked, "Uncle, do you know anyone who sells quicklime?"

"Yes, I do have some, but what do you need quicklime for?"

Lin Chang'er didn't hide anything from him, "If there really is a flood, after the floodwaters recede, it's best to disinfect the houses with quicklime, and the livestock should also be covered with quicklime and buried deep."

Old Zhu said "Oh, oh" twice, "What's the logic behind that?"

Lin Chang'er explained the principle to him in general terms.

Old Zhu nodded, "I didn't expect my niece to know so much."

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "When my father was still alive, he often traveled around and saw and heard many strange things."

Lin Chang'er was already used to this excuse, and now she brought it up again without batting an eye, as if that was how Lin Xiucai was.

Old Zhu had no doubts whatsoever, and even felt a little regretful, "What a pity, if Brother Lin were still alive, I would definitely drink and chat with him."

Lin Chang'er: "..." That's unnecessary, wouldn't that give us away?

Lin Chang'er said, "If my father knew of Uncle's intentions, he would surely be pleased in the afterlife."

Old Zhu waved his hand and asked her how much quicklime she should buy.

Lin Chang'er countered, "Uncle, do you want to build a good reputation for yourself and the Zhu family?"

Old Zhu became interested. "How so?"

Lin Chang'er said, "Lord Wu is busy with official duties and cannot think of everything. If you want to do something good and benefit future generations, Uncle, you should buy more and donate it to the county government so that it can distribute it to the people of the prefecture and county."

"Of course, we bought it with real money, so we can't just donate it for nothing, right?"

"When the time comes, we'll definitely have to make sure Lord Wu remembers it. We don't need any reward from the court, we just need the people of the prefecture and county to remember us, right?"

Old Zhu nodded, "That makes sense, but we need to bring my old buddies along, otherwise they'll definitely come after us."