It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 157

It is not easy to find a "Hexia Village" or "Hexia Village" about which there is no more information.

Jiang Yan ran out of the farm in silence, and relying on his only remaining memory of the direction the tenant farmers came from, he quickly headed southeast.

It was already dusk, but one could still see many ordinary people fleeing the city in groups with their families.

From a safe distance, Jiang Yan made a megaphone of her hand and asked loudly, "Big Brother and Big Sister, do you know how to get to Hexia Village?"

Someone in the team looked up at Jiang Yan, and then continued on their way in silence like most people.

Jiang Yan repeated it several times, but no one answered.

After passing another group of people, still no one answered, so I racked my brains to come up with a jingle and started shouting:

"Don't get infected, don't get infected, wash with clean water before meals and after defecation—"

"Excuse me, big brother or sister, how do I get to Hexia Village?"

"It's not contagious, it's not contagious, boil the raw water before drinking it—"

"Excuse me, big brother or sister, how do I get to Hexia Village?"

"Don't get infected, don't get infected, cover your mouth with a scarf to avoid the disease—"

"Kind brother and sister, how do you get to 'Hexia Village'?"

……

Jiang Yan followed the group for a short distance, shouting until her throat was dry, but no one paid any attention. Disappointed, she began to feel a belated sense of embarrassment. Was the jingle she had made up really that bad?

Jiang Yan stopped following and was about to find someone else to test the effect when an old man in the team was trotting out, being carried by two older men. "Little girl, don't leave so quickly."

Jiang Yan was delighted when he heard the voice, and then looked around to confirm that the little girl was referring to him.

Seeing the old man getting closer and closer, and about to exceed the safe range, Jiang Yan instinctively took a few steps back. The old man took a few steps closer, and Jiang Yan took a few more steps back.

The old man was speechless by Jiang Yan's evasive action: "Stop, stop, stop, old man, I have something to tell you, don't retreat anymore."

Jiang Yan smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, I'm just keeping my distance. I won't get sick if I don't touch you."

When the old man heard this, his trembling legs suddenly became nimble. He quickly took a few steps back and said in a trembling voice, "Are you sick?"

Jiang Yan shook her head: "Probably not."

"That's good, that's good." The old man felt relieved and picked up the question he was about to ask, "Do those methods you just mentioned really work?"

"If we do it well, we should be able to achieve 40% to 50%." Jiang Yan said this with some guilt. After all, it was difficult to implement it well given everyone's living conditions, and the effect might be even lower.

But even if it was only 40% or 50%, it was still exciting news for the old man. He immediately called the two uncles waiting on the side to take him back to the team.

"Huh?" Jiang Yan quickly spoke up to stop him.

The old man turned around and grinned, "I almost forgot. Now I have to cover myself with the towel."

Jiang Yan: "No... Uncle, you haven't told me how to get to Hexia Village yet."

……

Fortunately, this group of people finally agreed to help Jiang Yan figure out how "Hexia Village" went. But the new problem was that they had no impression of this village.

"What about 'Hexia Village'? The He in the surname?" Jiang Yan asked.

"do not know."

"What's under the '禾' character in rice?"

"Rice is a good thing. Rich people love to eat it. I see that the rice sold in the grain store is very expensive."

Jiang Yan: Okay, they don’t know this either.

"What's under the '荷' in lotus?"

"What is this?" a group of people discussed at once, "I've never heard of it before."

Just when Jiang Yan thought she could skip it again, a young woman said hesitantly, "I might know where it is."

Only a small number of people in Heding Prefecture can speak standard Mandarin. Most people speak in dialects with their own regional accents. For example, the word "lotus" mentioned by Jiang Yan is pronounced as "whua" by this aunt's maiden family.

With the help of [whua] Xiacun, the grandparents, uncles and aunts who were inspired began to try to find the village for Jiang Yan using their own accents.

Soon, Jiang Yan acquired various villages including but not limited to "Hexi Village", "Huaxi Village", "Huaxi Village", etc., which were spread across the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest suburbs of Heding Prefecture.