Yingbao didn't respond.
Half a year ago, it's likely that the County Magistrate had just taken office and hadn't yet turned his attention to this issue.
She walked slowly with Youyou and her younger brother towards the market on the outskirts of the village. Indeed, several soapberry trees were missing from this stretch of tree wall.
However, after having been cut in half, the remaining section of the soapberry trees sprouted new shoots, and perhaps they could be saved.
When no one else was around, she would water the trees with water from the Pupil Spring to help them grow branches more quickly.
The circle of soapberry trees around the village wasn't totally closed off. There were paths left open in several places.
Paths to Xichen Village and the fields each had two routes, and there was another that led outside the village, near the market. This route was wide enough for two carts to pass side by side with room to spare.