I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 168 - 165: Easing Cousin’s Troubles

Xu Modun was still in East Bridge Village, just cleaning up after the recent mudslide.

But Beishi Community is poor. Several villages under the commune are in debt year after year. These villages are different from Qingshan Village. Qingshan Village’s poverty is man-made, which he previously discovered. Now, Qingshan Village no longer needs relief, but other villages do, especially the three villages affected by this recent mudslide.

Yin Zhen made a round and came over, "Mo Chen, I found out that the problem is quite serious. Even without this mudslide event, some people in the village are having a hard time getting by. Some families are even planning to send their daughters away because they really can’t afford to support them. What do you say we do?"

Xu Modun showed no emotional reaction to this issue, as if he had long anticipated it.

"East Bridge Village has a population of four hundred eighty households, three thousand three hundred and sixty-two people. It is the largest village in Beishi Community in terms of population. Last year, it suffered from a locust plague, resulting in poor crop yield. The village applied for a reprieve from handing over public grain, which was approved. But even so, last year they only gathered enough grain to last half a year. For the other half, they barely got by by digging wild vegetables from the mountains and catching fish from the rivers. Earlier this year, the commune allocated another batch of relief grain, but judging by the situation now, this year’s summer harvest..."

"Mo Chen, this time it’s not a natural disaster; it’s their ignorance. Can you just blow up that mountain casually? Look at the trouble it caused, and now you have to clean up the mess."

"Since they don’t understand, we’ll make them understand. Once we get back to the commune, I’ll call for a geological expert to come and take a look before making plans. Also, find someone from the village committee to come over; I have something to discuss with them."

Xu Modun didn’t know that someone had already arranged for the grain he was most worried about to be on its way to him.

And the geological hydrology expert he needed was also sent on the way to him by someone.

Vehicle 212 was waiting for the convoy to load the grain and then opened the road at the front. When passing the exit of Nanxi City, an elderly gentleman and his assistant were already waiting there.

Yan Jinzhi politely invited them into the car. The elderly gentleman glanced at the back seat where there was a little girl, and he automatically sat in the front passenger seat, while his assistant was sent to sit in the car behind.

After getting seated, the elderly gentleman turned around to look at Yan Jinzhi, "Brat, is she your girlfriend?"

Yan Jinzhi neither confirmed nor denied, only introduced the two of them.

"Yueyue, this is Mr. Shu, just call him Grandpa Shu."

Jiang Mingyue obediently greeted him and introduced herself, "My name is Jiang Mingyue, from Qingshan Village."

After all, it was not convenient to chat from front to back, so after seeing each other, they just did their own things.

Jiang Mingyue wanted to do something, but the bumpy mountain road made her severely car sick. Seeing her discomfort, Yan Jinzhi let her lean against his shoulder with her eyes closed, and even grabbed her hand to press on the point between her thumb and forefinger.

He pressed comfortably, and with the discomfort subsiding, she gradually drifted off to sleep.

Mr. Shu, who was sitting at the front, secretly watched the young couple and felt particularly proud. He thought to himself that when he returned, he would call Yan Chuang to boast. He had seen with his own eyes how this Yan boy was smitten with a girl, letting her lean on him and even massaging her hand... Tsk! It gave him goosebumps. Haha! That old chap probably still doesn’t know his grandson has found a girlfriend.

Mr. Shu, who held a big secret, appeared as energetic as a young man when getting off the car. On the other hand, the young girl in the back seemed disoriented and confused when she got off.

"Ahem... I say, Jinzhi, the young girl is afraid she won’t be able to do much. Why not let her continue to sleep in the car?"

Yan Jinzhi, as if not hearing Mr. Shu’s underlying meaning, said calmly, "No need, it’s good for her to get down and move around, also to get some fresh air. The car isn’t very comfortable."

Mr. Shu: "..." You just pamper her. Haha! Poor Yan Chuang is sighing daily in front of him, worried his grandson won’t be able to woo a girl...

However, after Mr. Shu went to the bathroom and returned, his mouth dropped wide open.

What did he see? The young girl who was just disoriented in the car was now unloading grain alongside other strong men? While others carried one bag at a time, she wielded one bag in each hand, like carrying two pillows.

When Xu Modun heard someone was coming over to donate over twelve thousand pounds of grain, he felt as excited as anything. When he rushed over and saw this scene, he was even more shocked than Mr. Shu.

The bitterness in his heart surged like a flood breaking through a dam. The once delicate young girl, after only half a year in the countryside, had gained strength to an astonishing level. Were Jiang Family’s two brothers dead? Asking a girl to work like this, they actually treated her like a man.

Jiang Mingyue was focused on her work and was unaware of the person who suddenly appeared beside her, even though this person exuded a thick air of oppression.

Until:

"Get down, what are you doing, a girl, working here? Is this something you can do? If you don’t get down, I’ll throw you off."

Only then did Jiang Mingyue realize the tall man standing next to her: handsome face, upright posture, tsk, very exquisite and smooth hair, just that face looked as if someone owed him ten thousand eight hundred.

"What? Don’t you recognize me?"

Ahem... "Cousin."

Hearing the girl call him in a sweet tone, Xu Modun’s anger subsided instantly, but he still urged her to get down quickly.

"Alright." Clearly, she was doing the work of two people and was still not being put to good use.

In the following time, Jiang Mingyue didn’t have much chance to participate; a group of men accomplished the deployment with gusto. Her cousin wasn’t simple, and the people he brought were all impressive. She recognized Yin Zhen, who she had seen before. He was a friend of Xu Modun and seemed to have become his right-hand man now. There was also Lian Fengyi, another of Xu Modun’s friends, who she had heard was good at math and statistics. Now she saw it with her own eyes; it only took him a quarter of an hour to lay out all the data, leaving Xu Modun to just make decisions.

Tsk! Such a strong team here in the commune is a waste of talent.

Once the grain distribution was completed, the people were appeased, and the best solution was found for Shishan Shui Liu, just waiting for the county to dispatch the water conservancy construction team. Once everything was settled, it was already three o’clock in the afternoon.

Previously, only mindful of constant busying around, Jiang Mingyue hadn’t realized she was starving until now. Earlier, she had used a villager’s stove to steam some buns as a cover, with enough buns dipped in jam to supply everyone.

However, it was only when Xu Modun fainted that people realized he had a fever. Qiao Mingtang looked puzzled, "I didn’t see his face flush!" Jiang Mingyue remembered that in the original memory, this cousin didn’t have a flushed face when he had a fever, but by watching his ears, one could notice. However, everyone had been busy; who would pay attention to someone else’s ears?

The buns were momentarily set aside as everyone hurriedly carried him into a temporary tent. Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Mingyue took out the fever medicine she had already prepared from the basket and stuffed it into Yan Jinzhi’s hand.