219 Chapter 219 Consequences


    The final result was that he was sentenced to death and executed immediately.


    As for his subordinates, some were exiled, some were sent to the mines, and some were arranged to build roads. In short, none were allowed to go free.


    Later, Bai Jingping took the me and wanted to resign, but County Mayor Kong did not ept it. Instead, he made him responsible for public security.


    Bai Jingping became ruthless after this incident and adopted a strict crackdown strategy.


    !!


    For example, if you stole a chicken, you would be fined ten taels of silver, beaten fifty times, and paraded in the streets for three days.


    The entire county finally quieted down.


    At the same time, Zhou Ying took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to make and sell a batch of mooncakes, earning nearly 2,000 silver.


    However, the following autumn harvest was miserable. Crops near the river could be harvested, but not those further away.


    Zhou Ying had grown two seasons’ worth of white sweet potatoes, and the manor had also harvested nearly a hundred acres of white sweet potatoes. As for the potato vines, they were all collected and turned into feed for the cattle and sheep.


    Fortunately, the taxes were waived after the autumn harvest, and the county organized many strongbor forces to repair all the riverbanks so that people could survive the winter.


    In the winter, all kinds of bean sprouts became the main dish because there were no radishes or cabbages. However, their price was high because of the limited number of beans.


    Seeing this, Zhou Ying took the opportunity tounch green garlic and yellow garlic, which made a lot of money again, but the business was still worse thanst year.


    The only thing worth celebrating was that Tian Jiawang and Qiuniang hade together.


    For this reason, Zhou Ying bought a courtyard nearby and arranged for the couple, Qiuyu, and the others to live there.


    After that, the new year passed in a lukewarm manner. After the new year, there was heavy snow, which made people finally cheer.


    After the snow melted, the spring plowing began. That day, Gu Chengrui and Zhou Ying had just returned home when the patriarch and vige chief came to find them.


    “Grandpa vige chief, uncle, what’s the matter?” Gu Chengrui asked.


    “Yeah, we have some serious business to discuss with you guys.” The patriarch said.


    “Then pleasee in. Since we have nothing to do today, Ying can cook a few dishes, and we’ll have a drink.” Gu Chengrui said.


    “Yes, you guys sit down first. The food will be ready in a while.” Zhou Ying greeted them and turned around to the kitchen.


    She first made them a pot of tea before starting to cook. However, now was not the time to show off.


    Therefore, Zhou Ying only made four home-cooked dishes.


    Twice-cooked pork, pan-pasted tofu, vinegar-fried bean sprouts, and fried peanuts.


    After serving it, she made Zhajiangmian for herself, took out a cucumber from her interspace, washed it, and ate it together with her noodles.


    On the other end, after the three of them had a drink, the vige chief asked, “Chengrui, does your restaurant still ept chili this year?”


    “Yes, I was just about to tell you about this. We’re nning to nt the seedlings now that the snow has melted. I wonder how many nts the vige is deciding to nt?” Gu Chengrui asked.


    “I don’t dare nt wheat this year, so I n to nt a lot of chilies.” The vige chief said it with a heavy heart.


    “But there must be a limit. After all, grain is the foundation of our food. The price of grain outside has increased a lot.” Gu Chengrui said.


    “Everyone knows that, but what can we grow now? We can only grow vegetables. “We can only harvest and grow autumn grain after the rainy season.”


    “I do have something here. It’s a nt we found in the mountains two years ago. Although it doesn’t fill you like grain, it can be eaten as a staple.


    “The key is that the tender leaves can also be eaten, which is very suitable for the currentck of food and vegetables.”


    “What is it?” The vige chief’s eyes lit up.


    The patriarch immediately perked up his ears.


    He quickly remembered the grass-like thing they had nted in their backyardst year and asked, “Is it the one you nted in the backyard for two seasonsst year?”