Wei Ruo's carriage headed north and, when it reached near Mantou Mountain north of the city, the manager there had already received instruction from Madame Yun and was waiting.
After arranging for full-time workers to replant seedlings in the vacant areas, Wei Ruo excused herself to take a neighborhood walk and consequently left in the company of Xiumei.
Wei Ruo noticed that the paddy fields were relatively weak along the way, and there were large swaths of crops that were dead.
Some paddy fields were even in worse shape than those of the Wei family.
This was not a good sign; if this trend continued, the autumn harvest would be troubling.
Her nurse had mentioned to her earlier about Xingshan County's grain conditions this year, but she only understood how severe the situation was after witnessing it herself.
Wei Ruo then accompanied Xiumei to Xiaoyang Mountain.
