Chapter 707: Extremely Hot

Luo He always thought that doctor was the best.

Only after meeting this noble person did I realize how powerful the doctor was.

Luo Hedu looked at Xiao Yueyao with bright eyes of admiration.

Luo He looked at his mother sleeping, his nose felt sore and his eyes were slightly red.

"In fact, my mother has not been sleeping well in recent years."

When she was asleep, her mother's brows were tightly furrowed.

But at this moment she could clearly see that her mother's brows were relaxed.

It looks like he is sleeping very soundly.

Her mother also had a peaceful smile on her face.

Luo He looked both excited and happy.

"It's noon now. Master, what do you want to eat? I'll cook for you."

Now Luo He knew that the nobleman's surname was Xiao, but he didn't know how to address him.

So she calls her master just like her mother does.

Xiao Yueyao tried to correct the address, but Luo He insisted.

Xiao Yueyao had no choice but to open a workshop again. They would probably still call her the boss.

Xiao Yueyao said: "Just eat something simple!"

She went to the carriage and took out a wooden bucket of instant noodles.

"Just soak it in hot water and eat one pack per person. There are also ham sausage and tea eggs here, which are perfect to put in."

"After eating, I'll go to Hongluo Mountain in the afternoon."

Prepare food well in the evening.

Xiao Yueyao felt uneasy until she went to Hongluo Mountain to take a look.

"Noodles?"

Luo He was very excited watching this. They could only eat white flour rice during the Chinese New Year, and they couldn't eat it on weekdays, let alone noodles.

Luo He had never heard of instant noodles.

This is what Xiao Yueyao brought into the space.

If you are short on time and it is inconvenient to cook, you can just eat instant noodles.

She went to the carriage to get it, which actually meant she went to the space to get it.

Xiao Yueyao said, "Pour hot water into it and soak it in hot water for three minutes. It will be ready and you can eat it."

"If that's not enough, have two bowls."

Each bowl is actually quite sufficient.

Luo He said: "No, no, we can't take the master's things. The master has helped us a lot."

To Luo He, the master is the benefactor of their entire family.

Xiao Yueyao said, "Take it and eat it. I'll need your help to take it to the mountain to have a look in the afternoon."

"Your father hasn't come back yet, so don't make it yet. Just make it when he comes back."

"Yes, Master."

After a while, Xiao Ping woke up.

Xiao Ping also smelled a rich fragrance.

In her dream, she seemed to have returned to the time when she first lived in the Marquis' Mansion.

At that time, her father was the chief steward of the Marquis's mansion, and her mother was the young Marquis's wet nurse. She was also a person who was given special training in the mansion, so she had very good food and clothing in the mansion.

They never went hungry, and their master treated them very well.

We can eat delicious food made in the kitchen during every festival.

Smelling the fragrance, she felt as if she was back to that time.

At that time, as a member of the Marquis' Mansion, people would look up to you when you went out.

While sleeping, Xiao Ping woke up.

The moment she woke up, she realized where she was.

She felt her body become very light.

She hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time.

I felt like I had a very deep sleep, and when I woke up, my whole body felt relaxed.

I feel very energetic.

It's a magical feeling.

When Xiao Ping got down from the bed, Luo He saw her and said, "Mom, you're awake!"

Xiao Ping nodded and said, "I'm awake. I feel relaxed and I slept well."

As he spoke, Xiao Ping looked at Xiao Yueyao and said, "Thank you, Master!"

Xiao Yueyao looked at her and said, "You look good now. I brought some instant noodles, which are already prepared. You can have a bowl too."

"You were malnourished before, so you can't eat a lot of meat and fish all at once to make up for it. Eating some noodles or something like that would be better."

Xiao Ping was grateful to Xiao Yueyao, and she now believed that her body could be recovered.

Even Luo He believed it. Seeing her mother looking so energetic, her eyes became red with excitement.

Xiao Ping asked Luo He to go to the field and call Luo Wu back.

Along the way, Luo He also told her father everything.

When Luo Wu came back, he was very grateful to Xia Qingnuan.

If Luo Wu didn't know that Xia Qingnuan didn't want anyone to kneel down, he would have knelt down to her.

After eating instant noodles at noon, Xiao Ping and his family were amazed by the taste of the noodles.

They really think instant noodles are delicious.

Xiao Ping even missed the noodles he had eaten in the Marquis' Mansion in the capital.

Xiao Ping quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing Luo Wu and Luo He excitedly eating instant noodles, she felt a little guilty.

She also hopes that her family can eat noodles whenever they want.

She had eaten all kinds of delicious food when she was a child, but Luo Wu and Luo He had never eaten them.

And there was Luo Chuan, who was lying on the bed unconscious.

But looking at the young master, Xiao Ping felt more powerful.

With the young master around, she doesn't have to worry about anything.

Everyone had a full meal at noon.

Xiao Ping looked at Su Ling and Su Yang, and was happy for the young master.

Although Su Ling and Su Yang are young, they look smart, sensible and good-looking.

After dinner, in the afternoon, Luo He accompanied Xiao Yueyao to Hongluo Mountain.

Of course, Xiao Yueyao took Dabao and Erbao to Hongluo Mountain to see it.

Dabao and Erbao are well-trained, so climbing mountains and walking are naturally no problem for them.

Originally, Luo He wanted to carry them on his back, but they didn't need to.

"Sister Luo, we can walk by ourselves."

"Sister Luo, this route is very simple."

Luo He looked at them and thought they all spoke very nicely and looked very good.

It’s so beautiful!

She couldn't help but scream inwardly.

Xiao Yueyao looked at Dabao and Erbao, who were very excited and energetic, and smiled and said, "Don't worry, they won't be tired."

Dabao and Erbao have been exercising for the past two years, and Su Xueyi also taught them martial arts and horse stance.

Even if you go to a college, there are martial arts masters teaching you martial arts.

The two babies have a very good foundation.

Taking them out to play can also allow them to exercise and experience the customs and scenery of various parts of the Dayan Dynasty.

After being brought into Hongluo Mountain, Xiao Yueyao immediately saw the huge cocoa fruit hanging on the cocoa tree.

The sight of each cocoa tree made Xiao Yueyao's eyes light up.

Dabao and Erbao naturally saw it too.

The two babies like to eat chocolate, so they are naturally happy to see cocoa fruits.

"Mom, cocoa fruit."

"Wow, so many cocoa berries!"

When Dabao and Erbao saw the cocoa fruit, they hurried forward and touched it with their hands to confirm that it was real.

Xiao Yueyao didn't expect that there were so many cocoa fruits on the entire Hongluo Mountain.

Now we can build a bigger chocolate workshop.

There are many mountains here. When people know that cocoa trees are useful, they will probably plant them.

Luo He looked at his master's happy expression, but in fact he really didn't understand what cocoa fruit was.

I don't even know what cocoa beans can be used for.

Although she didn't know, she knew how powerful her master was, so she remained silent and said nothing.

After a walk around the mountain, Xiao Yueyao took Dabao and Erbao back to the county that afternoon.

She went directly to the county government office to buy Hongluo Mountain and the ten acres of land next to Luojia Village.

Xiao Yueyao wants to buy them all.

The county yamen runners were stunned when they heard Xiao Yueyao say that she wanted to buy mountains and land, especially Hongluo Mountain and the land near Luojia Village.

The bailiff thought he had heard wrongly.

"Miss, do you really want to buy the main piece of Hongluo Mountain and ten acres of land near Luojia Village?"

“It’s very remote over there!”

Although no one had bought the mountains and land in the nearby village for a long time, the yamen runner still couldn't help but remind the woman in front of him.

The woman was dressed with an extraordinary temperament. It was obvious that she was not an ordinary person, nor was she from their Nanye County.

So he couldn't help but want to confirm it.

Lest you buy it later and blame them.

Such a person has status and background, and it is not someone that ordinary people can offend.

Xiao Yueyao directly took out the banknote and said, "I'm absolutely sure. Tell me how much it is!"

Naturally, the yamen runner didn't dare to ask for a higher price.

"That mountain is bigger, so it's more expensive, eighty taels of silver. The land in the village is cheaper, one tael of silver per mu."

Luojia Village is too remote, the land is barren, and it is not easy to grow crops and vegetables.

I don't know what this person bought it for.

Xiao Yueyao directly took out ninety taels of silver and bought the mountain and ten acres of land.

The government was also excited to see so much silver, as this would generate revenue for the county government.

You have to know that the emperor is now so strict that the county magistrate dare not take anything from the people in order to ensure his official position.

The requirements for these yamen runners were also strict.

So they just receive a salary on weekdays.

In addition, their Nanye County is remote and the government office actually doesn't have much money.

Who would have thought that there would be ninety taels of silver all of a sudden?

If the county magistrate knew this, he would be so excited!

I don’t know whether I will give them some red envelopes.

Xiao Yueyao also gave each of the clerks and yamen runners a red envelope of one or two taels of silver.

The two of them were so excited that they almost worshipped Xiao Yueyao.

The two of them were even more excited to promote the land around Nanye County to Xiao Yueyao.

and the surrounding mountains.

But there are no cocoa fruits on other mountains, so it is useless for Xiao Yueyao to buy a mountain.

So she only bought Hongluoshan.

After buying the mountain, Xiao Yueyao asked Luo Wu to contact people in the nearby villages to help build a workshop.

Of course, the style of the workshop can be directly imitated from the previous workshop. Xiao Yueyao directly took out the drawings and explained them to the team of craftsmen, and the carpenters knew how to do it.

Two or three nearby villages came together to help.

Xiao Yueyao paid everyone their wages.

She only brought Xiao Yi and Xiao Ju here this time, so naturally there was no one to buy ingredients and cook.

But the village rule is to provide meals.

Xiao Yueyao only paid wages every day but didn't provide meals.

The villagers were naturally happy.

And when they learned that they could build a workshop here and hire villagers to do the work, needless to say, they all worked very enthusiastically.

Even Luo Wu Xiaoping took the villagers to the mountains to pick cocoa beans and process them in advance.

Fortunately, the workshop was built quickly. After a workshop was built, Xiao Yueyao asked people to work in a factory first.

The cocoa beans are processed and fermented in advance so that they can be used to make chocolate.

Xiao Ping and Luo Wu are managers.

At first, Xiao Ping's health had not recovered yet, so he helped to record some things.

Luo Wu is strong.

A few days later, when Luo Chuan woke up and his body had almost recovered, he wanted to help with the work.

Xiao Yueyao made sure that he was fine before letting him do the work.

Naturally, the big commotion here could not be hidden from people in other villages in the county.

After asking around, everyone found out that the red fruit was called cocoa fruit, and it was actually a good thing.

But Hongluo Mountain was bought by Xiao Yueyao, so no one could go to Hongluo Mountain to pick cocoa beans. They could only find a way to grow cocoa beans on the mountain.

Because Xiao Yueyao said that there are cocoa fruits in other places and they can be collected at any time.

This also stimulated the enthusiasm of local people to plant cocoa trees.

Of course, Xiao Yueyao also asked the post station to send a message to Hezhou.

She asked her men to deliver a batch of cement.

She plans to repair the road here.

However, when Xiao Yueyao was planning to build the road, the county magistrate started to get involved and tried to stop them from building the road.

Because the county magistrate was afraid that Xiao Yueyao would destroy something or attract attention from above.

He just wanted to be promoted when he took office without any achievements or faults.

Xiao Yueyao naturally ignored them.

I just think this county magistrate has a problem with his brain.

Of course, the county magistrate's wife's surname was Du, and she asked the Du family to arrange people to cause trouble and prevent Xiao Yueyao from repairing the road normally.

Xiao Yueyao now asked Xiao Yi to settle all the old and new accounts together.

The man who accompanied Luo He last time turned out to be the son of the county magistrate's original wife. However, after the county magistrate's original wife died, Mrs. Du became the head of the family.

Mrs. Du wished she could kill Nie Feibai.

However, this time, Nie Feibai directly sacrificed his own family for the sake of justice and collected evidence that Magistrate Nie and the Du family were illegally oppressing the people.

As a result, both County Magistrate Nie and the Du family were dismissed from their posts and investigated.

The prefect of Nanzhou City was directly replaced, and a better county magistrate was transferred to Nanye County.

In this way, Xiao Yueyao can do her work normally.

Road construction can continue normally and the chocolate workshop can continue to operate.

Of course, when the new county magistrate learned of Xiao Yueyao's identity, he excitedly came to pay her a visit in person.

He even actively asked people from the county government to cooperate with Xiao Yueyao.

Now everyone knew that Xiao Yueyao was the princess.

"Oh my god, Miss Xiao is actually a princess!"

"You haven't been to Hezhou, so you don't know. She is the daughter of Princess Yanning and Marquis Xiao. Hezhou is now so well developed and prosperous, and it was built by Lord Su and the princess."

"You don't know how much everyone loves Princess Xiao and hopes she will come to their place."

"I didn't expect that Princess Xiao would come to our place and build a workshop here. Our Nanye County will be prosperous in the future."

"Everyone, hurry up and plant the cocoa trees. The princess said we'll harvest the cocoa berries, and we'll harvest them anytime."

"Isn't that red fruit?"

"The princess said it was a cocoa fruit, so it must be a cocoa fruit."

"Is it really the princess?"

"Look at this road! How can ordinary people like us ever see such a road? This is the legendary cement road that only exists in Hezhou!"

“What kind of road is cement road?”

"It's this kind of road. This kind of road is a cement road. Look how flat the ground is. Even on rainy days, there are no potholes. Whether you walk or use a horse-drawn or ox-drawn cart, there are no bumps."

"Yeah, it's amazing, it all looks good."

After a section of the cement road was repaired, after it rained in Nanye County, people actually went out to the streets to feel the cement road.

"Look everyone, it's so clean and tidy even when it rains."

"Even if you step hard on it, you won't sink into the mud. The soles of your feet will be clean, and only a little water will get on them."

Everyone looked at the cement road with curiosity.

This made the people of Nanye County even more excited.

Some of them even went to Luojia Village to see what the newly built workshop was like.

Originally, everyone was afraid to cross that river on rainy days.

But when everyone arrived at the river, they found that the bridges over the river had been repaired.

The bridge was also very wide, and two or three carriages could pass side by side.

After the cement was transported, the road from Luojia Village to the county was quickly repaired.

However, Xiao Yueyao also wanted to build a road from the county to the provincial capital's wharf, so that it would be convenient to transport goods in the future.

Xiao Yueyao was building a road here, and even the prefect was alarmed, and he held a meeting to actively cooperate with the princess's actions.

The prefect even went to the village to meet Xiao Yueyao in person, hoping to be of some help.

With the prefect offering to help, Xiao Yueyao felt much more relaxed.

Just have someone give the cement to the prefect and let him arrange people to build the road.

Of course, Xiao Yueyao also arranged for people to teach everyone how to build roads.

Because people here don’t know how to use cement.

How to build a road.

In this way, Xiao Yueyao only needs to keep an eye on the chocolate workshop.

Xiao Yueyao was very familiar with the process of hiring people.

So it was handed over to Xiao Ping.

After half a month of recuperation, Xiao Ping's body has completely recovered.

Xiao Yueyao prepared the medicine herself, and since she started building the road and workshop, she paid wages every day.

The Luo family used the money to buy some flour.

There is only rice grown in the south, no wheat is grown.

So if you want to eat noodles, you have to buy flour.

Luo Wu also remembered what Xiao Yueyao said, that he needed to replenish nutrition to get better.

I have to say that Luo Wu really treats Xiao Ping very well.

Although their family was poor before, Luo Wu was reluctant to give his food to Xiao Ping.

But because the Xiao family was exiled in earlier years, Xiao Ping suffered a lot on the way, and after falling into the water, he did not get enough nutrition and his body became weak.

Xiao Ping quickly recovered after buying eggs and noodles and taking the medicine prepared by Xiao Yueyao.

So she is the manager of the workshop.

Xiao Ping used to work in the Marquis' Mansion, so she could handle the workshop matters with ease if she was given the responsibility.

She can also read and write and keep accounts.

You can record a lot of things.

Xiao Ping helped to hire everyone, and Xiao Yueyao taught them how to make chocolate with clear division of labor.

When the first batch of chocolate was successfully produced, Xiao Yueyao tasted it and was completely relieved.

"Mom, is this chocolate with filling?"

This time I made chocolate sandwiches.

There is also original chocolate.

Of course, the packaging must also be exquisite.

Xiao Yueyao even found someone locally to order exquisite boxes.

There are small compartments in the box for storing individual chocolates.

Xiao Yueyao said, "Yes, this is chocolate with filling. How does it taste?"

"Mom, it's delicious."

“Anything chocolate is delicious.”

Xiao Yueyao smiled softly.

It has been more than a month since I came to Nanye County, and the chocolate workshop is finally completed.

The roads and bridges have also been repaired.

The first batch of chocolates can be shipped to Hezhou.

Of course, you can also sell it directly here.

Now, merchants from Nanzhou City have come to negotiate, hoping to order chocolate from Xiao Yueyao's workshop to sell.

Xiao Yueyao set the price, selected two merchants, and gave them agency rights so that they could sell the chocolates.

So when summer comes, the weather really gets hot.

"Mom, Nanzhou is even hotter than our Hezhou!"

Xiao Yueyao asked, "Are you homesick?"

Su Ling nodded and said, "Yeah, I miss Dad."

After being out for more than a month, they missed their father and worried that he was not eating well.

Xiao Yueyao said, "After packing some chocolates in a couple of days, we'll go home."

Xiao Yueyao has space, so she doesn't have to worry about the chocolate going bad or melting.

Moreover, since the road was repaired, the speed from Hezhou to Nanye County has become much faster.

Since they were preparing to go back, Xiao Yueyao naturally wanted to buy some thin noodles, so she brought Dabao and Erbao to the noodle shop to eat noodles.

This time it was the old lady's daughter-in-law who was in the store.

When she saw Xiao Yueyao bringing Dabao and Erbao in, her eyes lit up and she excitedly rushed forward, "Excuse me, is this Madam Xiao?"

Xiao Yueyao said: "It's me!"

"You guys are finally here. Mom has been saying how much it's all thanks to you guys these days. She's been looking forward to you coming to eat noodles."

Xiao Yueyao was slightly stunned.

The woman smiled and explained enthusiastically, "Last time, Madam Xiao said that our Nanye County would be prosperous, and my mother believed her. We came back that day and gathered enough money to buy a new shop. Although it's a bit out of the way, near the easternmost part, the price is cheap. Who would have thought that after the princess came to repair the road and build the workshop, more people would come to our Nanye County, and the housing prices really went up."

“The store on the easternmost side has become a store in a good location.”

"Now the child's father is taking the child to renovate the store. The new noodle shop will open in a few days."

"Nowadays, many people come to Nanye County and eat noodles, so business is booming..."

The woman smiled happily and thanked Xiao Yueyao.

He personally made noodles for Xiao Yueyao, Su Ling and Su Yang. The noodles were full and filled with eggs.

Xiao Yueyao didn't expect that after she mentioned it at that time, the old lady actually believed her.

Seeing the changes in Nanye County, Xiao Yueyao was also happy.

Nanye County was very deserted before, but now it is much more lively.

There are more people on the streets.

The main reason is that the roads are easy to travel on, and the chocolate here is famous, so more merchants come here.

There are also many horse-drawn carriages on the streets.

There wasn't a single carriage on the street before.

After eating the noodles, Xiao Yueyao said, "Do you have those dried noodles here? They're not cooked yet. I'm thinking of buying 50 kilograms."

Not only can you eat it yourself, you can also share it with your family.

Let the emperor have a taste, let my parents, my elder and second brothers, and Su Xueyi's colleagues have a taste.

I originally wanted to buy a little, but after thinking about it, I realized that a little was not enough, so I just bought 50 kilograms.

When the time comes, put it on the carriage, and then just put the space on the carriage.

When the woman heard the number, she was stunned.

"Fifty...fifty kilograms?"

They don’t have that many thin noodles at home.

But I was excited in my heart.

It turns out that you can not only sell cooked noodles, but you can also sell dried noodles.

In fact, when they opened a shop, they were just running a small business.

That's some hard-earned money.

Because the flour is not grown by ourselves, we buy flour to make noodles.

They themselves are reluctant to eat it.

So when the woman heard the weight, she couldn't believe it and suspected that she had heard it wrong.

Xiao Yueyao nodded and said, "Yes, you heard it right, it is indeed fifty kilograms. Do you have any in your store or at home?"

"We don't have that much at home, but we have about 20 kilograms in our hometown village."

Xiao Yueyao said, "If it's convenient, we can go to your house to buy it sometime."

The woman hurriedly called her youngest son from the back to look after the store, and personally took Xiao Yueyao, Dabao and Erbao to the village.

Fortunately, their village was not far from the county and it only took a quarter of an hour to get there by horse carriage.

At this time, the old lady was kneading dough to make thin noodles at home.

When they learned that Xiao Yueyao and Dabao and Erbao had arrived, they welcomed them excitedly and warmly.

When Xiao Yueyao came to the yard this time, she saw thin noodles hanging on ropes all over the yard.

There are indeed quite a few filamentous noodles.

The old lady explained, "It's too late to cook the noodles right after they're pulled, so we make them ahead of time and dry them in the sun. That way, the noodle shop always has enough noodles for customers to eat."

Xiao Yueyao nodded and said, "That's indeed the truth."

Xiao Yueyao said that the old lady didn't want any money to buy these thin noodles.

Later, it was Xiao Yueyao's insistence that the old lady decided to just take a little.

However, Xiao Yueyao still calculated the cost of dough and labor, and gave a fair price of one hundred coins.

The old lady was reluctant to take it at first, but Xiao Yueyao said, "Old man, there will be many foreign merchants coming here in the future. You can try selling these dried noodles, and everyone can take them home and cook them themselves."

“It can also increase the harvest.”

"And when the orders get bigger in the future, we can encourage the villagers to make these thin noodles together."

"These noodles are very thin. I think it would be better to call them dragon beard noodles. It sounds better."

The old lady thought this was great and Lianlian praised it highly.

Xiao Yueyao also ordered some more, thinking that when someone was delivering chocolate, she would come here to get the noodles and send them to Hezhou.

Su Ling and Su Yang saw a lot here, and they also wrote travel notes and drew pictures.

After packing up everything and handing the workshop over to Xiao Ping for management, Xiao Yueyao took Dabao and Erbao back to Hezhou.

Upon learning that Xiao Yueyao had returned, Su Xueyi went to the dock early to pick her up in person.

Xiao Yueyao had been away from Hezhou for more than a month, so he naturally missed his mother Yao very much.

So when Xiao Yueyao got off the boat, she saw her own carriage on the side of the road at a glance.

Su Xueyi got off the carriage, walked quickly to Xiao Yueyao, and hugged her tightly.

Xiao Yueyao felt a little embarrassed and said, "Someone is watching us."

People in this era are always a bit conservative.

If you hold it like this, everyone will see.

Besides, they are public figures now.

Everyone in Hezhou knows these two.

Besides, Dabao and Erbao are next to us.

"Before, Dabao and Erbao were still saying they missed you."

Su Xueyi then reluctantly let go of Xiao Yueyao, squatted down and hugged Dabao and Erbao.

He also missed his two sons, who were his and Yao Niang's sons, and he loved them too.

"father!"

"father!"

The two babies called "Dad" in a clear voice, and Su Xueyi felt a sense of satisfaction in her heart when she heard it.

"I'm glad you're back. Let's go home."

Su Xueyi took Xiao Yueyao, Dabao and Erbao on the carriage and returned to the mansion.

Along the way, Dabao and Erbao chattered about what happened along the way and on the way to Nanye County.

Only in front of their parents would Dabao and Erbao be so talkative.

The family returned home, sat together, and talked with a warm feeling.

Of course, they talked for a long time. After eating and washing up in the evening, Su Xueyi carried Xiao Yueyao to bed.

When he looked at her, his eyes were extremely hot.

It seems to contain too much affection and longing.

When Xiao Yueyao met Su Xueyi's eyes, she understood everything and her face turned a little red.

Su Xueyi gently touched Xiao Yueyao's eyebrows with her fingers and called her in a low, hoarse voice: "Yao Niang!"

"Yeah, I'm here."

He lowered his head and placed his lips next to her ear, asking persistently, "Do you miss me?"

These three simple words, with a seductive tone, made Xiao Yueyao's heart tremble uncontrollably and palpitate.

How can I not think about it?

Of course she did, but Xiao Yueyao was not used to saying it out loud.