Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 325 - 317: Everyone, Did the Child Get Lost or Was He Taken Away?
"Any kind-hearted person, please help me, help me find my child!"
Seeing her so distraught, the people around couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable in their hearts.
Many here are parents themselves, and the missing child from the Zhang Family is a promising student at the school, excelling in studies. Zhang Yue, Ruan Qingsong, and the other teachers are also extremely anxious.
They have already called everyone to search the surrounding area carefully.
However, the disappearance of a child inevitably reminded some villagers of a past incident where children were sold.
Back then, the Zhu family acted inhumanely, yet now everyone is living without worrying about food and clothing. Selling children is an unforgivable crime, who would be so blind as to commit such shameless acts?
As the crowd started discussing, Ruan Mian first calmed their emotions.
"Everyone, whether the child wandered off, was taken, or is trapped somewhere encountering danger, no one can say for sure."
"The urgent task at hand is to find the child; as for other speculations or rumors, don’t spread them carelessly."
After speaking, she walked to Lady Zhang and helped her up: "Lady Zhang, the whole village will help you find your child. Just crying here won’t help; it’s better to think carefully about places the child frequents and give everyone some clues."
"If nothing else, you could provide us with clothing your child usually wears; I have some hunting dogs at home, perhaps they can follow the scent and help us search."
Upon hearing this, Lady Zhang dared not delay and quickly took Ruan Mian to her home, fetching several pieces of clothing her child often wore.
"Miss Ruan, I implore you to help me! Yu is the only heir of my family, he absolutely cannot come to harm!! Otherwise... Otherwise, as a mother, I don’t want to live either!"
"Lady Zhang, rest assured, I will help you, but as a mother, you must keep your mind steady now. If you only focus on your sorrow, who will wholeheartedly search for your child?"
She comforted, "Wuheng City is only so big, and especially now during the busy farming season, there are people everywhere. Asking around might find someone who has seen the child?"
Moreover, with her space’s Spiritual Animals, they will follow the scent to help and likely bring news soon.
The two hunting dogs at home were originally purchased by Yun Xiu from the market in the garrison. After she raised them in her space, they’ve become quite perceptive.
However, before the matter was resolved, the plantation area had another issue the next day.
Early in the morning, Lord Lin’s servant found Ruan Mian: "Miss Ruan, Lord Lin wants you to visit the wheat fields outside the city, reportedly there is a problem with the wheat."
"What happened to the wheat?"
The servant said worriedly: "Today, many farmers came to Lord Lin claiming the wheat leaves have inexplicably collapsed in large patches."
No one mentioned any problems with the wheat yesterday. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
Thinking about this, Ruan Mian first went to the plantation area, where the previously lush green wheat now showed yellow-brown, spindle-shaped lesions on the leaf sheaths and stems, spreading in cloud patterns.
The once vibrant crops now appeared wilted.
Seeing her arrive, Lin Yuantang’s face was also solemn.
"Miss Ruan, previously some farmers discovered symptoms, but when encountering plant diseases before, burning some grass ash using traditional methods could manage them. But now, perhaps due to the large planting area, the disease spreads rapidly, and farmers have made no progress after two days of treatment, with the situation worsening today. Do you have any solutions?"
Ruan Mian examined carefully, while the farmers nearby were visibly anxious, sighing deeply: "Our spring wheat harvest this year might be lost by more than half!"
As soon as those words were spoken, other farmers were visibly disheartened, watching helplessly as their many days of labor seemed wasted.
But the reason Ruan Mian remained silent was because this was Fusarium blight, which is typically found in warmer southern regions.
Though Wuheng City sees rain after spring, it isn’t excessive. Could it be... a soil issue?
She quickly collected some soil samples for analysis, finding the soil fertile, but unturned before this land was wild, neglected for long. At the time of digging, it seemed they didn’t pay attention to extra sterilization, thus some soil carried fungal hyphae through winter.
After spring passed and temperatures rose, the initial fungal sources invaded aggressively.
"Sir, I’ll go back and think of a method."
Upon finishing, a farmer suddenly stood up: "Miss Ruan, these wheat seedlings were all bought from you, and now with such a major issue, why are you leaving rather than resolving it here? Could you be plotting something?"
"Li Yu, what nonsense are you saying?! Miss Ruan has done so much that everyone has seen, why would she go through such elaborate scheming for trivial gain?"
"Mr. He, human hearts are unpredictable, no one can say for sure. Normally, why would such problems arise with these seedlings? And even if they occur, why are our long-term treatment methods ineffective?"
Ruan Mian slightly raised her brows, looking at the man named Li Yu.
Familiar face, yet his words made Ruan Mian feel amused.
She walked to Li Yu and spoke directly: "Mr. Li, don’t judge things based on your limited perspective."
"Prior treatment methods, facing such large-scale planting, were they truly effective?"
"Moreover, I’d like to ask you, has the price Lord Lin paid for the seedlings from me been higher than those sold at the usual market? Additionally, you claim I have ulterior motives, what could I be scheming for?"
"Money? How much can I make? Profit? What benefit can I obtain from you?"
"If after all my hard work, I end up supporting thankless individuals like you with limited knowledge! Then I could easily walk away, leaving you to fend for yourselves! There are plenty in the village who know how to grow food, self-sustaining!"
Her angry declaration left Li Yu speechless!
It also made those around uneasy, fearing that because of this incident, Ruan Mian might bear a grudge against them and truly abandon them.
They quickly reassured: "Miss Ruan, please don’t mind such narrow-minded folks, we all trust you!"
"Indeed, Li Yu, I think your mind must be muddled!"
Seeing her truly angry, Lin Yuantang had to intervene: "Miss Ruan, this matter naturally has nothing to do with you. For now, let’s focus on how best to salvage the crops."
Ruan Mian’s previous words didn’t require further explanation; others had already stood up for her, reproaching Li Yu.
If not for Lin Yuantang stopping them, someone might have physically confronted him.
Currently, although many wheat stalks appeared collapsed, the infection was in its early stages and still salvageable.
Upon returning home, she touched the Jade Bracelet in solitude.
The room within the space that could exchange medicines emitted a pleasant medicinal fragrance, usually exchanging medicines with goodwill value. However, she had never exchanged anything other than medicines for humans there, so she couldn’t ascertain her success in doing so now.
