Chapter 256 Bloody Disaster
"Ai Qiushi seems to be really concerned about you." Xiao Jiuyue looked at her and said, "How has Ai Qiushi been exercising lately? It's already autumn now, and it will be winter soon. Is his health okay?"
At the beginning of last winter, I heard that Ai Qiushi fell ill.
"Much better now. He goes to the back mountain with Brother Jinwen to practice martial arts every morning. He hasn't been sick for two months!" Lianxin said with great joy when she mentioned this: "Before, he would be sick for three to five days at most in a month, and he would have to take medicine for half a month."
"Let him work hard and train to have a good body."
As soon as Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Lianxin's face turned as red as a monkey's butt. Xiao Jiuyue said with interest: "Lianxin, what I mean is that I want him to exercise well so that he can help me modify more tools in the future. Otherwise, a sickly person who can't even lift a hammer, how can he make anything?"
"Miss." Lianxin looked up in shock. Seeing the teasing in Xiao Jiuyue's eyes, Lianxin stomped her feet and ran away with an excuse.
"Lianxin, are you thinking of something wrong?" Xiao Jiuyue shouted at her back. Lianxin ran faster this time, staggered, and almost fell to the ground, which made Xiao Jiuyue laugh.
"Miss, what's wrong with Lianxin? Did the rash from yesterday not go away? Is she having a fever today?" Luo Kui walked into the room with a puzzled look on her face. She looked at Xiao Jiuyue and asked, "Lianxin's face was red just now. Is there anything wrong?"
"Is there a possibility that it's shyness?"
Xiao Jiuyue shook the tea in her hand, and before Luo Kui could react, she asked, "How about you go to the government office?"
"Miss, here's a letter from Lord Rong!" Luo Kui said, taking out the letter from his bosom and handing it to Xiao Jiuyue, saying, "Lord Rong is very busy. I see there's another case to try soon. Someone's things were stolen, and someone's family is fighting again..."
"Do these matters still need to be handled by Lord Rong personally?" Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow and looked at every stroke of the words on the letter. Just like Rong Xun, he was very serious and methodical. When he saw the words on the letter before, he was not surprised.
Most of what was written in Lord Rong's letter were words of praise. For example, the thresher had been presented to the emperor. The emperor was very happy and praised it and gave some symbolic rewards!
When Xiao Jiuyue saw the reward items, the corners of his mouth twitched and he asked, "What did Lord Rong send?"
"It's outside. It's too heavy. I haven't had time to bring it back yet." Luo Kui said as he trotted out again. Not long after, he returned with a food box and said, "Miss, is this the snack that Lord Rong sent? This Ruyi cake looks like a cake from Shengjing."
Luo Kui looked at the cake and felt that it looked very familiar. The Ruyi cake only had a nice name, but its taste was not as good as the mung bean cake!
"This is from Shengjing, and it's a reward from the emperor." After Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Luo Kui was so shocked that she could fit an egg in her mouth. She looked at the Ruyi cake again, swallowed her saliva, and her eyes seemed to be a little unconvinced.
"Divide the cakes among them and let everyone have a taste." Xiao Jiuyue continued to read the letter. There was not a single word of nonsense in Rong Xun's letter. After talking about the reward, he began to talk about increasing grain production. He decided to wait until the grain was grown next year before reporting it to Shengjing!
Xiao Jiuyue put down the letter and felt that her previous decision was not wrong. A thresher could not change anything. What she could really do was to grow more crops, earn more money, and get more say!
In ancient times, food was extremely important!
"Butler Jin." Xiao Jiuyue had just opened her mouth when Luo Kui, who had just distributed the cakes, came back and asked doubtfully, "Miss, didn't Butler Jin go out to visit relatives?"
She had always kept the fact that Manager Jin went to Shengjing to gather information a secret. Even when her grandmother asked about it, she said that Manager Jin had gone on a long trip to visit relatives.
"Luokui, you and Lianxin go and count how much silver you have left." Xiao Jiuyue planned to count how much silver they had left, and buy more land this year so that they could grow more crops next year.
"Miss, do you want to buy anything? There are quite a few things in the storeroom. As for the banknotes, you'll have to go to Madam." Luo Kui said, explaining, "Miss, the housekeeper, a lot of the family's expenses and income, the money, are in Madam's hands!"
"If you're in a hurry, I'll go right away." Luo Kui barely finished speaking when Xiao Jiuyue rejected her, saying, "It's so late, my mother is already asleep."
Xiao Jiuyue stretched lazily. Luo Kui seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Miss, guess who I ran into on my way back?"
"Meet... Lei Yan?" Xiao Jiuyue thought about it and only thought of this person.
"No, I ran into Hua Qing!" Luo Kui said excitedly, "At the entrance of the village, I ran into Hua Qing talking to a man pushing a piece of sugarcane!"
"Miss, you don't know that Hua Qing is good at beating people up and likes to use茭貝 to predict good and bad luck. I didn't expect that she can also tell fortunes!"
Luo Kui thought about this and danced excitedly as she followed Xiao Jiuyue's words, saying, "She told the man pushing the sugarcane that he was going to have a bloody disaster. That man was so angry that he picked up the knife and tried to scare Hua Qing. Then, guess what happened?"
"I was beaten up by Hua Qing." Xiao Jiuyue didn't even need to guess. With Hua Qing's character, he never hesitated when it came to taking action!
"Right!" Luo Kui continued gesturing, saying, "I don't know how Hua Qing attacked. I didn't see it clearly, I just saw the man being knocked down."
"It would be great if I could learn a few moves from Hua Qing, but Hua Qing said that I'm already old and my bones are old, so I can't learn at all!" Luo Kui was furious when she thought of this. She said, "Miss, I must learn well, so that Hua Qing can see that I'm not old yet, I'm still young!"
Luo Kui touched her face and said, "I'm only sixteen years old this year. Isn't that the prime of my life?"
"Come here, let me take a look." Xiao Jiuyue waved towards Luo Kui. Luo Kui leaned forward with her collagen-filled face, as if ready to be picked. Xiao Jiuyue pinched her face and said, "You're not old at all, you're still young!"
"That's right!" Luo Kui covered her pinched face and grinned, "But the young lady is the most tender. Her face is just like a newborn baby. Aunt Shi even asked me quietly if the young lady was a fairy in disguise. Otherwise, how could she be as beautiful as a fairy!"
Xiao Jiuyue raised his hand and poked her forehead. Luo Kui covered her forehead with a look of grievance. Xiao Jiuyue said, "A woman's appearance is not important. What matters most is that she lives a comfortable life."
"That's right. Otherwise, no matter how pretty she is, it's all in vain." Luo Kui seemed to remember something and said, "Miss, do you still remember Huang Chunxi?"
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