LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 78 Lord He inspects Xishan Village
March is the time when grass grows and warblers fly, and birds sing and flowers smell fragrant. But now, the entire field is dry and cracked, and there is silence. The sun was high and the sky was as blue as a gem, without a trace of cloud. In the river in front of Xishan Village, the water level in the past few days has dropped rapidly to the river bed visible to the naked eye, and all the jagged and strange rocks on the river bed are exposed on the water.
Fortunately, the fields at the foot of the north mountain in Xishan Village had been pumped up with water trucks for watering in the past few days, and the ponds in the fields were also full of water. Even though most of the soil in the field in their village across Yuanjiawan has cracked, the field at the foot of the mountain in the north of their village is still green, and the leaves of the mulberry trees in the field have grown to be as big as a palm. Many families in the village have begun to Raising silkworms.
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she was in the peach forest, watching the villagers carrying the old and the young to the cemeteries at the foot of Xishan Village to sweep their graves. Then she remembered that it was already Qingming Festival. The original owner's father was killed by bandits, and his body was brought back to the Yuan family for burial. After her mother died of illness, the Yuan family didn't spend much time on her care, and hurriedly buried her in a public cemetery on the outskirts of the capital without bringing her back. He was buried in the Yuan family.
During the Tomb Sweeping Day in previous years, the original owner only took Fifteen and Sixteen to pay homage to their mother's grave. After their father passed away, they had never been able to return to their hometown to pay homage to his father. In the past, they couldn't worship because of the long distance, but now that they were in the southwest, they had to go to worship anyway. She planned to tell them about it when she came back at 15 or 16 at night.
In the afternoon, Yuan Chuyi was customizing the inn's menu with Shi Pang, the chef of Xiao Mansion, in the tea shed. After Xiao Jing returned to Beijing, Fatty Shi was idle in the mansion, so Qiao Shenkun sent him to serve as the chef of the inn on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. Tomorrow is the opening day of the inn, and I am currently doing final checks on the menu.
While she was busy, there was the sound of gongs and drums outside. Yun Duo and Xuan Feng ran out curiously to watch the excitement.
"It's the prefect He who came to inspect our village." After seeing the excitement, Xuanfeng ran back and said to Yuan Chuyi, "This morning, the prefect called the village chiefs and Li Zheng of the villages near Fucheng to the government office to inquire about them. Regarding the village’s drought resistance, the village chief was commended by the prefect for his outstanding performance in drought resistance, and Mr. He even came to the village in person to see the ponds and wells.”
Yuan Chuyi nodded in approval, "Uncle the village chief did a great job indeed. He led everyone to dig ponds to store water, and also led everyone to dig wells. He is indispensable for our village to be able to do these things well!"
"Didn't Madam come up with the idea of digging ponds and wells? Why didn't Madam have any merit?"
Yuan Chuyi chuckled, "Why do I need such a small amount of merit? It's enough for me to have your father as my backer. If the village chief has merit, it will be recorded in the book, and maybe he will be promoted in the future."
Xuanfeng nodded understandingly.
At this time, there were voices outside the tea shed, and Xuan Yue walked in quickly from outside, "Madam, Mr. He is here!"
Yuan Chu hurriedly asked Yun Xuan to help him stand up, and led everyone in the store to greet him. When He Yutang saw that Yuan Chuyi actually brought someone out to greet him, he hurriedly walked forward to Yuan Chuyi, clasping his fists with his hands and bowing slightly, "I have met Princess An before!"
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, he bowed slightly and returned the salute, "Master He, you are so polite! Just call me Mrs. Xiao! Master He, please come to the store quickly!"
When the entourage saw Master He saluting the Yuan family so respectfully and calling him Princess An, they were immediately petrified on the spot.
As soon as Luo Yecheng heard Lord He call Princess Yuanchu Yi'an, the big beads of sweat on his forehead immediately rolled down like raindrops, and they couldn't stop no matter how he wiped them away.
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, He Yutang sat down to chat with each other one after another. Then He Yutang took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him respectfully: "When the official received urgent letters from 800 miles away from the capital this morning, one of them was from An. The king’s letter to his wife, please read it!”
"Thank you, Mr. He!" Yuan Chu took it with both hands. When she saw that the recipient on the envelope was indeed her, she put it in her sleeve and smiled at He Yutang, "I'll look at it when I get home."
He Yutang understood and laughed, "Madam, this has made a great contribution to the spring drought! If it weren't for your suggestion, we wouldn't have taken this drought to heart."
"Master He, that's a compliment. I only took it to heart after listening to the uncle in charge of my village." Yuan Chuyi said truthfully with a smile.
"Madam, you are too modest." He Yutang said with a smile, "I heard from the village chief here that you have planted new crops, which are growing well in this drought. I wonder what they are?"
"Then Master He, why don't you go to the fields with me?"
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she knew that corn, cotton, and sweet potatoes were all good species, and she wanted to use Lord He's help to promote them. Now that Lord He wanted to see them, she took the opportunity to take him to the field to check them out.
The more than 100 acres of corn in the field have grown as high as a person's waist, and the plants are thick. The sweet potato vines climbing on the ground are already three or four feet long, and they look green at first glance. Each cotton plant has leaves on top, and they are green.
Wuchu introduced the crops in the field to He Yutang one by one, and finally asked someone to pick up some sweet potato seedlings and said, "These sweet potato seedlings can be used for cooking. Do you want to give it a try?"
He Yutang laughed, "Okay, it's so helpful. Princess, let them pinch some and let the officials take them back to taste!"
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately asked someone to pick a few handfuls of sweet potato seedlings and pack them for He Yutang to take back.
He Yutang suddenly remembered the last time Xuanfeng went to the Yamen to report that their chickens were poisoned to death, "Madam, last time the two hundred chickens in the house were poisoned to death, did Master Luo handle the matter to Madam's satisfaction? "
"..." Yuan Chuyi couldn't help but look at Luo Yecheng, whose face was pale.
But before she could speak, Luo Yecheng knelt down in front of them with a bang, "Princess An, forgive me, Lord He!"
Yuan Chuyi still had a gentle smile on his face, "Master Luo, what do you mean?"
He Yutang also looked puzzled and looked at Luo Yecheng, "What crime did Mr. Luo commit?"
"Xiaguan...Xiaguan..." Luo Yu looked at the two people standing in front of him. He didn't know for a moment whether they were pretending to be confused and asked him to confess, or whether they really didn't know anything. The beads of sweat that had settled down rolled down again.
"Master Luo looks very hot!" Xuanfeng said with a smile, "Would you like me to get you a basin of water to wash your face?"
Looking into Xuanfeng's eyes, Luo Yecheng was so frightened that he kowtowed to the ground, "I know my crime. I know my crime. I don't dare to do it anymore. Please give me a chance, Princess He!"
He Yutang still didn't understand. A gentleman in a long robe who looked like a staff member came forward, respectfully handed a ledger to He Yutang, and whispered a few words in his ear. He Yutang's face suddenly showed anger, he hurriedly opened the account book to check, and suddenly became furious.