12dz Chapter 525: The Baby is Born (1)
Chapter 525: The Baby is Born (1)
However, grain was just a means for Li Mengyue to attract merchants. When many merchants knew that someone in Wuning County had a large amount of grain at a very low price, there was a steady stream of merchants coming to buy grain.
Li Mengyue's method is indeed very useful. You know, the most precious thing during disaster years is food. Many times, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food.
However, when the merchants arrived at the market in Xinghua Village, they found that in addition to low-priced, high-quality grain, there were also honeycomb coal, cotton-padded clothes, and quilts, which made them see business opportunities.
The courageous businessman bought a large amount of honeycomb coal, cotton clothes and quilts from Li Mengyue without any hesitation, and transported them to other cities to sell.
The arrival of merchants also revitalized the economy of Wuning County and even Qingshan Prefecture.
You have to know that the ultimate goal of businessmen is to make money. If they see a way to make money, they will certainly not let it go.
Therefore, every merchant who came to Qingshan Prefecture brought a large amount of goods, and most of these goods were of good quality and low price, and were deeply loved by the people.
Before, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Qingshan Prefecture. These refugees participated in the construction of water conservancy projects, received daily wages, got enough A-grade houses, and were allocated houses and fields. They rekindled their hope for life.
I worked hard every day and wanted to improve my family's living conditions. I didn't keep all the money I earned, but used part of it to buy daily necessities.
As a result, Qingshan Province had a very large market, and the merchants also smelled business opportunities. The items they brought were all related to people's daily lives, and the prices were not expensive. Both local people and refugees could afford them.
The consequence of doing so was that the economy of Qingshan Province was revitalized and people's living standards were much higher than before.
The goods brought by the merchants were quickly sold out when they arrived in Qingshan Prefecture. They would then buy a lot of goods from Li Mengyue and sell them in other prefectures. They made a lot of money from this buying and selling, so Li Mengyue was also very well-known among the merchants.
With the addition of merchants, merchants from the prefectures surrounding Qingshan Prefecture took away large amounts of food, cotton-padded clothes, quilts and honeycomb coal.
Since the price was really not high, both ordinary people and local rich people bought a lot of them, so it really played a role after the extreme cold Little Ice Age came.
However, many poor people also suffered from the snowstorm, leaving them without houses to live in and food to eat.
Li Mengyue responded quickly and provided food and tents needed for disaster relief. Xie Ruiyuan also made timely arrangements to prevent the disaster from expanding further, and the people who had already been affected were properly resettled.
Only in this way could we arrange all the disaster relief in the prefectures surrounding Qingshan Prefecture within just three days and come to Beiling City with peace of mind.
But even though they had prepared for the worst before coming, they did not expect the situation to be so bad.
Although Xie Ruiyuan had already asked Qingxi to bring coal mine detection equipment to the northern border to survey the coal mines, and had people make honeycomb coal day and night and build kangs at the same time.
But although the idea was beautiful, it was difficult to actually put it into practice. When Qingxi arrived at the northern border, it was already snowing heavily.
Whether it is mining coal or building kangs, it is not easy. The progress is slow, so that the amount of honeycomb coal produced is not enough for the people in the entire northern border to use. There is no way to build kangs when it snows heavily.
Although merchants brought in food, cotton-padded clothes and quilts, these could only alleviate the cold but could not solve the root cause of the problem. In other words, many people were still suffering from the cold.
As time goes by, the disaster will naturally become more and more serious. Therefore, Xie Ruiyuan's disaster relief work in the northern border not only took a long time, but also consumed a lot of energy. He was unable to leave until Li Mengyue was about to give birth.
Xie Ruiyuan couldn't leave. Li Mengyue wanted to go back to Xinghua Village, but Xie Ruiyuan stopped her, so she couldn't leave.
In fact, if Li Mengyue really left without caring, Xie Ruiyuan would have no choice.
After all, Li Mengyue can return to Xinghua Village in the blink of an eye by using teleportation.
But when she saw the reluctance in Xie Ruiyuan's eyes, she really couldn't bear to leave.
Besides, Xie Ruiyuan was the first person she met in this world, and also the first man in her two lives. She had taken Xie Ruiyuan to heart without knowing when, and cared about his joys and sorrows. She also liked to be with Xie Ruiyuan.
Because as long as she is with Xie Ruiyuan, she feels at ease.
She knew that no matter what happened, Xie Ruiyuan would protect her and would not let her get hurt, and she was very much looking forward to the birth of her baby.
Now Xie Ruiyuan has no way to leave Beiling City. How can she ignore Xie Ruiyuan's feelings and run back to Xinghua Village to give birth?
And she loves her baby very much, and she also hopes that the father will be by the baby's side when it is born.
In addition, the conditions in Xinghua Village are indeed limited, and she is pregnant with quadruplets, a rare condition. Even if she can ensure that everything goes well during the delivery, she still has to face the issue of how to take care of the babies after they are born.
But how could she know how to take care of a baby? She couldn't count on her father Li An and her two younger brothers who were so young, and Qing Ning didn't know anything either. So after much thought, she decided that it would be better for her to stay in Beiling City.
After all, Xie Ruiyuan was in Beiling City, and Doctor Luo also stayed in the mansion on the grounds that she was about to give birth.
Xie Ruiyuan also sent a letter, asking Canren and Qingning to come to Beiling City from Xinghua Village.
The days passed one by one, and finally the day that Li Mengyue had been looking forward to and Xie Ruiyuan had feared arrived.
That day, Xie Ruiyuan was walking with Li Mengyue in the yard when Li Mengyue suddenly heard a snapping sound in her ear.
She didn't take it too seriously and continued walking a few steps, but the more she walked, the more she felt something was wrong because she found that her pants were wet.
"Xie Ruiyuan, it seems like the amniotic fluid has broken, and the baby is about to be born."
"what?"
Xie Ruiyuan's face suddenly turned pale and his hands shook violently, but he forced himself to calm down and picked up Li Mengyue without saying a word.
"Hurry up, get the midwife ready, and call Dr. Luo over, the princess is about to give birth."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Qing Ning was very panicked, but she also knew what to do at the moment, so she hurried to call the midwife and Doctor Luo.
Fortunately, the midwife was kept in the mansion, waiting for the mistress to give birth.
Soon Li Mengyue was lying on the delivery bed. The delivery room had been prepared long ago and was warmly decorated. The four grandmothers were all in the room, preparing to welcome the new life, adding a bit of mystery and solemnity.