The Lucky Heiress

Mrs. Yun froze, and then an image of her husband and some of his words about their eldest daughter’s education popped up in her mind.

Wei Jinyi continued to say, “When older sister wanted to reclaim the wasteland south of the city, mother also thought her behavior was unreasonable, not something a young lady should do. However, it has now been proven that there is nothing wrong with big sister’s actions.”

“If mother still thinks it’s not appropriate, I’ll have Guard Jing consult father.

But, this will certainly take some time and delay the rescue work.

“If what eldest sister chooses today influences her negatively in the future, I

am willing to take full responsibility.”

This was the first time Wei Jinyi had said so much to Mrs. Yun.

After listening to Wei Jinyi’s statement, Mrs. Yun’s frown deepened. After a long while, she said to Wei Ruo, “I can’t control you anymore, do what you want. Any consequences will be on your head.”

With that, Mrs. Yun left.

Wei Ruo turned to exchange a glance with Wei Jinyi.

Wei Jinyi added, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen.”

Wei Ruo shook her head, “I’m not worried. I’m just happy that you stood by me instead of lecturing me.”

Wei Jinyi responded, “I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong, so why should

I reprimand you?”

Wei Ruo couldn’t help but laugh, “Hehe, big brother, I find myself liking you

more and more.”

At her words, Wei Jinyi’s cheeks turned faintly red and he turned his head aside, saying in a low voice, “We should go back to the government office.” “Hmm,” Wei Ruo responded, and then, along with Wei Jinyi, set off for the government office again.

When they returned to the government office warehouse, Xiumei had already arrived with the wet nurses, bringing with them two full carts of supplies.

“Miss, there aren’t many quilts. We didn’t anticipate this situation so we didn’t stock up. We can only prioritize giving them to the elderly, children, and women.” Xiumei explained to Wei Ruo.

Previously, Wei Ruo had only ordered them to stock up on food and coal and hadn’t specifically instructed them to stock up on quilts and cotton.

“Hmm, has the rice, sweet potatoes and charcoal arrived?” Wei Ruo asked.

“The charcoal was transported over, and some rice and sweet potatoes were brought too. We also cooked a large pot of porridge and baked a batch of sweet potatoes. I brought some of the cooked ones over. Some are still being baked, and once done, Uncle Xu will bring them over.”

The sweet potatoes were baked in batches because they didn’t want the first batch to cool down, and they didn’t want the people here to wait too long, so Xiumei brought a portion over first.

“Let’s go, let’s distribute these to everyone.”

Wei Ruo personally helped to serve the porridge and distribute the sweet potatoes.

Wei Jinyi and Xiaobei also helped distribute the quilts.

There weren’t enough people in the government office now, so they did what they could.

Everyone received a bowl of hot white porridge and a sweet potato. The crowd ate with tears in their eyes.

An old man fell to his knees and bowed in gratitude to Wei Ruo and the others,

“Miss Wei, we can’t repay you for your immense kindness!

Other voices joined amidst the choruses,

“Miss Wei, you’re truly our savior! Our whole family owes you our lives.”

“Miss Wei, you’ve bestowed us with fertile land, built us new homes, you’ve already given us more than we could ask for. Now you are braving the rain to save us again, providing us food and clothing, we really don’t know how to repay you!”

Wei Ruo replied, “You don’t need to repay me in any way. Just live well, farm well, take good care of yourselves and your family, and be a good person.

That’s enough.”

The crowd unanimously agreed:

“Don’t worry, miss, we will!”

“We won’t let your painstaking effort go in vain!”

“Miss, we will remember your words!”

“You’ve nothing to thank me for, you should rest first.” Wei Ruo comforted the crowd.

Magistrate Qian came to visit the relocated people, and just happened to hear the crowd expressing their gratitude to Wei Ruo, which made him sigh inwardly. Miss Wei was certainly not an ordinary young lady.

In the whole Xingshan County, she was the only young lady from a prominent family who could command such respect from the people.

Magistrate Qian originally worried that the people temporarily sheltering in the government warehouse would become restless, so as the parent-official, he specially came to reassure them and put their minds at ease. But it seemed there was no need now.

So, Magistrate Qian didn’t interrupt, and instructed Secretary Chen to assist Miss Wei well.

He had other things to do. As for the people in the south of the city, he could rest assured leaving them to Wei Ruo s care.

Afterwards, Wei Ruo distributed the white porridge and sweet potatoes to Secretary Chen and the other government officials.

Everyone worked hard for half a day without even having time for a meal. Drinking the hot porridge and eating the fragrant baked sweet potatoes now, they felt a warmth spreading from their mouths to their chests.

Wei Ruo also served a bowl for Wei Jinyi: “Have a taste, big brother.”

“Hmm.” Wei Jinyi took the porridge and sweet potato.

“And this, for you.” Wei Ruo secretly handed Wei Jinyi a strip of dried squid, “Only you have this. Eat it secretly.”

It wasn’t that Wei Ruo was stingy, but that there were only a few pieces of dried squid, not enough to be shared with everyone.

“Hmm.” Wei Jinyi hid the dried squid given by Wei Ruo in his sleeve. Actually, he wasn’t that greedy, but Wei Ruo’s words “Only you have this,” made the dried squid seem especially precious and special.

Afterwards, Wei Ruo also began to eat her own.

There were no proper tables and chairs there, so like everyone else, Wei Ruo and her group sat on the ground.

While Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi were eating their porridge, more bad news reached the government office.

A landslide occurred in a mountain village to the west of the city, burying an entire village under mud and rocks.

Magistrate Qian gathered all the officials and decided on a plan.

After a little while, Wei Ruo caught Hong Ping returning from seeing the Magistrate and asked him, “What is the situation with the casualties?” Hong Ping shook his head: “It’s not clear, the road to the village is blocked by the landslide, we have no idea what the situation inside is.

“Has anyone gone there yet?” asked Wei Ruo.

“Just now, while we were discussing, someone reported that your father, Miss Wei, has already led people there for the rescue, so Magistrate Qian let us return.”

At the moment, the government office doesn’t have enough personnel, and has to rely on the force of the military.

Wei Ruo nodded, knowing that the army has already been notified and would be involved in the rescue, she didn’t think there should be a problem.

Rescuing landslides was not something Wei Ruo could really help with, and she decided not to add to the military’s troubles by heading over there herself.

She would do what she could here.

After replenishing their energy by eating the porridge and baked sweet potatoes, Wei Ruo checked on each of the people sheltering in the warehouse, making sure to prescribe medicine for those who felt unwell or had caught a cold. Xiumei and Xiaobei were instructed to brew the medicine.

Later, Wei Ruo reminded the officials and Hong Ping, “If anyone feels unwell during the night, administer the medicine immediately — do not delay..