Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 366 Special Hidden Mission 7

Houses in the capital are very scarce, and the better ones have all been bought by some nobles.

However, Deng was lucky. When she was 220 years old, she finally bought a four-story house, which cost her 53,000 taels of silver.

However, the house is quite far from the imperial city, so Mu Xingsui will have to get up early when he goes to the palace to take up duty.

The other four families are also looking for houses. If they don't find one now, they will have to wait until my father retires and returns home to look for one. It will definitely be very busy by then.

In a blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Yun Chu is one year older.

In February, the emperor finally approved Mu Zhenrui's request to retire and return home.

The person who succeeded as the new Minister of Rites was Vice Minister Kong Zhongxi, who is now the new Minister of Revenue.

Mu Zhenrui is no longer the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Rites’ Mansion has been taken back. Yun Chu and the others have also moved to a new mansion.

Mu Xingsui and Yuan had not left yet, so Mu Yunning was going to get married in May.

They planned to return home after Mu Yunning got married.

On the ninth day of May, Mu Yunning got married.

Three days later, Mu Yunning returned home.

Mu Yunning's face looked rosy, and you could tell that she was living well.

After Mu Yunning returned home, her grandparents began to prepare for returning home.

"Master, Miss Seven wants to see you for something."

After Yunchu came in, Mu Xingsui put down his pen and asked, "Yunchu, what's the matter?"

"Father, I want to go back to my hometown with my grandparents and fulfill my filial duties to them."

"Tell the truth." Mu Xingsui believed that there must be more than one reason why Yun Chu went back.

"Father, I just want to go somewhere else. I have been in the capital since I was born, and I have never had the opportunity to visit other places in Chuyue Country. So I want to go somewhere else and live there for a while."

"The Mu family's hometown is in Xiazhu Village, Jianxi County, Qingzhou. Our ancestors were from a poor family. After several generations of hard work, the Mu family has become what it is today." Mu Xingsui said, "You have lived in Beijing since you were a child. If you return to the countryside, you may not be used to it."

"Don't worry, Dad. I will definitely get used to it. Dad, please." Yun Chu said coquettishly, "In a few years, I will get married. After I get married, I will have no chance."

Mu Xingsui's heart softened when he saw Yun Chu acting like a spoiled child.

Among the children, only Yun Chu would act coquettishly towards him, so he was still very partial to Yun Chu.

"If your mother agrees, I agree." Mu Xingsui said.

"Thank you, father." Yun Chu left happily and went to find Deng.

After much persuasion from Yun Chu, Deng finally agreed.

Finally, Yun Chu went to find his aunt.

When Gao Xiu heard about this, he asked, "Are you going to go back with me?"

"Yes."

Gao Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. Since it wasn't the lady's request, she had nothing to worry about.

"Go ahead." Anyway, in two years, the child will return to Beijing to visit her parents.

"Aunt, remember to take the medicine I made for you after I left. They are all for conditioning your body and can make you strong."

"Okay." Gao Xiu nodded and said, "Remember to be filial to the old man and his family when you go back."

"Got it." Yun Chu nodded.

Mu Zhenrui and Yuan were a little surprised to know that Yun Chu was going to go back to their hometown with them, but they were still very happy that the child was willing to stay with them and fulfill their filial duties.

On May 27th, Mu Zhenrui and his team set off.

In a blink of an eye, they had been on the journey for half a month.

"Grandma, are you feeling better?"

"I'm feeling better now. It's a good thing you came with me." Yuan had a little heatstroke. After taking Yun Chu's medicine, she didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore.

Mu Zhenrui said, "It's hotter this year than last year."

"Indeed." Yun Chu said, "Also, some streams along the way have dried up, and the water level of the Luo River that we saw earlier has also dropped quite a bit."

"You kid, you even saw all these." Mu Zhenrui was a little surprised.

"And Grandfather, since April, the rainfall has become less and less. I'm worried about a severe drought."

Not only in the capital, but also in other parts of Chuyue Kingdom, there has been less rainfall, as well as in the south.

The south is a rainy place, and it rains less this year.

If there is a severe drought by then, the entire Chuyue Kingdom will probably suffer.

Mu Zhenrui also frowned, "Let's observe along the way."

If the situation is not good, he will write a letter to his son and ask his son to submit a memorial.

Along the way, the grandparents and grandchildren would visit farmers and check the river water levels.

In this way, he returned to Qingzhou after investigating along the way. After arriving in Qingzhou, Mu Xingsui immediately wrote a few pages of letters and asked the post station to send it back to the capital as quickly as possible.

Half a month later, Mu Xingsui received the letter. After reading the letter, Mu Zhenrui reported the matter to the court the next day.

Emperor Chu Ren: "Lord Mu, have you brought your father's letter?"

"I brought it." Mu Xingsui took out the letter.

The eunuch came down and presented the letter to Emperor Chu Ren, who attached great importance to it after reading it.

If it is true as Mu Zhenrui's letter said, then many places in Chuyue Country will probably suffer from severe drought next year.

Emperor Chu Ren sent people to investigate, and then discussed with court officials how to deal with the situation if a severe drought really occurred.

On the other side, Yun Chu and his friends returned to Xiazhu Village.

The Mu family's ancestral home has been maintained and repaired by all the family members over the years, so they can live there when they come back.

"Grandfather, I plan to go into the mountains tomorrow."

"Be careful yourself."

"Ok."

When Mu Zhenrui returned to the village, he couldn't stay idle, so he worked as a teacher in the village, taking turns teaching classes with the original teacher.

The next day, Yun Chu went into the mountains carrying a basket. There used to be a valley in the mountains, but now it was gone.

In addition, Yun Chu also discovered that animals were migrating. These animals sensed the natural disaster in advance, so they left.

Yun Chu found the rain talisman in his own space, but when he took it out, it turned into waste paper and could not be used.

The natural disaster in Chuyue Kingdom cannot be interfered with by human beings.

After collecting herbs in the mountains, Yun Chu returned to the village before dark.

"Grandfather, today I noticed that the number of animals in the mountains has also decreased. They must have sensed the dry weather and migrated away."

"Grandfather, it would be better for the clansmen and villagers in the village to make preparations early and not sell the grain harvested this year." Who knows how long this drought will last.

"Okay, I will discuss this matter with my clansmen." Mu Zhenrui nodded.

The next day, Mu Zhenrui told the villagers about the Tiangan incident.

Although Mu Zhenrui didn't say it, many elderly people in the village had actually discovered that the rainfall this year was very little and there was a fear of drought.

Now Mu Zhenrui reminded again, so the villagers of Xiazhu Village started to store food this year and also went to the mountains to collect pine cones, walnuts and other storable foods and stored them.

Some women in the village also returned to their parents' homes to inform their families.

In October, Emperor Chu Ren posted a drought notice in the State of Chu Yue.

Let the people save water and store food.

At the same time, the Chuyue Kingdom was building a reservoir to ensure that the people had water when they were short of water.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of June in the seventy-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty.

Two-thirds of Chuyue Country has not seen rain for a year.