Chapter 009 Chapter 9
After understanding the situation, they said goodbye and had to quickly deal with the engagement matter. They definitely could not enter the fire pit.
Cheng Yishu was very curious about the time-traveling girl. After all, she was a fellow villager, and he really wanted to meet her.
Therefore, after Lady Xuan Guogong and Wei Wanyue left, the carriage of the Imperial Master's Mansion was also ready. Cheng Yishu was ready to see what kind of person that fellow villager was, so as to decide how to treat her.
The hope of Xiaguo's rejuvenation still lies with him, but this burden is not very friendly to him as a hedonist, so...
He now urgently needs someone to share this with.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yishu got on the carriage. The dishes were already prepared in the carriage. They were all recipes that Cheng Yishu knew and input into Sishu's program, and then Sishu would instruct the chef to make them.
The taste and preferences are more to his liking.
Speaking of which, Cheng Yishu held his head helplessly. Fortunately, he had a seasoning package. The salt was a little bitter now, so the taste of the dishes was a little strange. It was actually delicious. After all, the chef was really skilled, but it was still not perfect.
So this also led to Cheng Yishu having to find a way to get the salt, oh yeah, and sugar...
This made his head hurt just thinking about it.
Sishu cannot help with these matters, so he is still short of people.
The car was driving on the avenue and out of East Street, the noise outside became louder. East Street was close to the imperial palace, so there were no small vendors there. Most of the people there were the residences of important officials of the court, as well as some residences of the royal families' side branches.
Walking out from East Street, West Street becomes much more prosperous.
Cheng Yishu opened the window and looked outside. Under the wooden shed, a steaming soup pot was opened. The milky white thick soup was in the spoon of the old man who was buying noodles. He poured it over the noodles in the bowl, and it looked fragrant.
The vendor with the next umbrella came over and said something to the old man with a smile. The old man took another bowl, poured thick soup into it and handed it over.
A little further ahead, shop assistants were welcoming customers and seeing them off, and children with pigtails were standing by the roadside holding candied haws in their hands.
Cheng Yishu lowered the curtain and closed his eyes. A gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked a lot calmer.
The atmosphere of worldly life is the most healing.
Although he didn't plan to experience it himself, seeing it was enough to make people feel at peace, wasn't it?
Perhaps, it is possible to save this country.
He never had a strong sense of belonging here from the beginning to the end. Even though he knew he had traveled through time and met those people at the pinnacle of power in this world, he still did not have a sense of belonging.
He is naturally cold-hearted, and even in modern times, he is a person who lacks a lot of security.
What's more, he suddenly traveled here. If he didn't have the golden finger, if he wasn't a person without any worries, he would not have planned to continue living.
The carriage stopped at the door of a house. Cheng Yishu jumped off the carriage holding the system cat. The coachman tied up the horse, and at Cheng Yishu's signal, he walked over and knocked on the door.
A cute little girl opened the door and stuck her head out. She was stunned when she saw the coachman and Cheng Yishu behind him.
She silently stretched her head back and shouted inside: "Miss! There is a fairy-like gentleman outside."
The groom frowned. This little girl was so rude.
Cheng Yishu didn't mind, after all, he himself was an impolite person.
After a while, a girl with gorgeous looks and charming temperament came out. The girl raised her head, and the moment she saw Cheng Yishu, her eyes lit up, and she walked towards Cheng Yishu in small steps.
Cheng Yishu smiled at her and said, "Will you come with me?"
The moment he saw this person, Cheng Yishu was sure that this girl was someone who could be used.
The little girl obviously saw something. She raised her head and looked into Cheng Yishu's eyes. After seeing Cheng Yishu's clear eyes, she nodded and said, "I'll go with you."
The little girl behind obviously didn't know what was going on. Why was her young lady leaving with this immortal-like young man?
It seemed like they didn't even say anything, but it seemed like they said something.
"My name is Zhao Yuan."
"Cheng Yishu."
Zhao Yuan followed Cheng Yishu into the carriage. After seeing the snow-skin milk cake on the carriage, she felt happy. She looked at Cheng Yishu inquiringly, and Cheng Yishu nodded. Zhao Yuan immediately picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.
After putting the food in her mouth, she sighed and said, "It's delicious, not too sweet."
As we all know, the biggest compliment Chinese people have about desserts is that they are not too sweet. This is the most delicious pastry Zhao Yuan has eaten since he came here.
The little maid did not follow them, but stayed to guard the house. There were only her and Zhao Yuan in the house. There were originally other servants, but Zhao Yuan really didn't like them, so they were all driven away.
She was the only one left there, and she was waiting there to wait for Cheng Yu to come and say something to Cheng Yu.
Zhao Yuan, who was lying in the carriage with his legs crossed, looked at Cheng Yishu and asked, "How did you get here?"
Cheng Yishu touched the system cat and said, "I was forcibly dragged here, but I am already dead in modern times."
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "I had a car accident and I don't know if I'm dead or not. After I came here, I almost died from drinking..."
The moment he saw Cheng Yishu, the feeling of being a kindred spirit made Zhao Yuan certain that he was the same person as himself and came from the same place.
Especially after they looked into each other's eyes, Zhao Yuan became more certain of her thoughts, so when Cheng Yishu asked her if she was willing to go with him, she agreed.
Feeling the wetness on his cheeks, Zhao Yuan was a little at a loss. Cheng Yishu picked up the handkerchief and handed it to him. He looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "You..."
He couldn't empathize with Zhao Yuan's emotional fluctuations, but as a gentleman, he still had to comfort a girl when she cried. After all, Zhao Yuan was his recognized helper.
Cheng Yishu rubbed the system's little ear and asked, "Can she go back?"
The system cat was drowsy, but after its sensitive ears were kneaded, it woke up immediately. It raised its head and looked at the girl sitting opposite. The originally ice-blue cat eyes were dark, and pink codes were flowing. It glanced at Zhao Yuan and said, "She can."
Zhao Yuan looked at everything in front of her in surprise. After the system cat's eyes changed color, she knew what it was.
She looked at Cheng Yishu in surprise and said, "This, this, this!! Is this the so-called system???"
Cheng Yishu nodded and said, "Yes, he is my system, Nanbowan."
This was the name that System Maomao strongly requested. He felt that only in this way could he reflect his awesomeness and the glory he had in the past.
Cheng Yishu didn't have any objection. After all, he didn't call anyone that. The words he called most often were baby, cat, and little cutie.
System Cat also likes these names.
But for others, especially Zhao Yuan, she cannot call her that.
After hearing this, Zhao Yuan stopped crying and just collapsed there wailing, "Am I really not the protagonist? I am so miserable!"
Then she got to the point again and said, "Can I go back???"
The system cat licked its paws, looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "You are currently missing. When the vehicle hit you, the magnetic field around you was wrong, causing you to fall into the space-time rift and come directly here. If you want to go back, you just need to tear the space-time rift open again."
But Cheng Yishu couldn't do that, because his body was gone. It was a contract signed between his soul and the system, and his current body was also prepared for him by the system.
The space-time rift is repulsive to him, so he can only go back when the system has enough energy to open the space shuttle.
Zhao Yuan's heart began to pound. God knew how depressed and devastated she was when she came here.
She looked at Cheng Yishu with tears in her eyes and said, "From now on, you will be my heaven. Whatever you say is what I want you to do, as long as you send me back."
She stretched out her hand, palm facing up, knelt on one knee and said to Cheng Yishu: "You! You are my God."
Cheng Yishu's face was dark. He looked at Zhao Yuan with dead eyes and said, "Who are you trying to embarrass? This joke is over. Thank you."
Zhao Yuan sat back with a smile. After such a long period of depression, she finally relaxed. She slowly exhaled and said, "I really...really almost died. I wanted to commit suicide, but the knife cutting my wrist was too painful. At the moment of bleeding, I thought again, what if I can't go back, then I will really die. When I met Cheng Yu who was being chased, I thought at that time, I should go up to help him block the knife, so that I might die for saving people."
"Later, I didn't die. Cheng Yu regarded me as his savior. Knowing that I had nowhere to go, he found me a place to live and hired people for me. Oh, yes, Cheng Yu is the son of the general here..."
Cheng Yishu nodded slowly, with an indescribable expression, and said, "I know. I know you because of Cheng Yu..."
He looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "Chengyu's fiancée found me and asked me to calculate her marriage with Chengyu..."
Zhao Yuan was stunned. She frowned and said, "He has a fiancée?"
She really didn't know this. When she was with Cheng Yu, she asked him if he had any concubines in his mansion. After all, as a person who had not yet been assimilated into the ancient world, she could not accept the idea of sharing a husband with other women.
Of course, if she had enough money to support a few more gigolos, that would be fine.
People all have double standards.
Cheng Yishu briefly explained the situation to Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan's face turned dark. She was really speechless. She said, "Damn it, those words were just about the fun he and I had in bed! Is that what he said to his fiancée?"
Cheng Yishu couldn't help laughing. He looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "None of this matters anymore. I'll tell you the details when we get to my mansion."
System Cat has already printed out the system contract. The prerequisite for sending Zhao Yuan back is that Zhao Yuan has to help Cheng Yishu do something for five years.
Otherwise, why would Cheng Yishu do such a thankless task?
It takes energy to tear open the space-time rift. If it weren't for the national destiny, they wouldn't be able to send her away.
So, helping the development of this place and working for Cheng Yishu are what Zhao Yuan wants to pay before returning home.
When they arrived at the Imperial Master's Mansion, Cheng Yishu told Zhao Yuan about his own affairs and the affairs of this world.
After hearing this, Zhao Yuan signed the agreement immediately. What a joke, why not hug someone so powerful? As for Cheng Yu, come on, they are adults, they know what they are talking about, and Cheng Yu also deceived her, didn't he?
She also gave Cheng Yu enough joy and saved Cheng Yu's life.
Now, she has Cheng Yishu as her financial sponsor, so what can she do? Especially since this financial sponsor is so powerful, she can go back after helping him for five years.
These five years have been a journey of experiencing life.
Cheng Yishu was very satisfied with Zhao Yuan's decisiveness and arranged a hotpot dinner that night to express his gratitude.
When the two of them were eating hot pot around the table, they were completely sublimated. Zhao Yuan gave Cheng Yishu a thumbs up and said, "Boss, you are awesome! I have made hot pot before, but the taste is just not right."
System Cat jumped onto the table and ate beef on his plate. Hearing this, he puffed out his chest proudly and said, "Awesome! These are all from my system mall."
Cheng Yishu gently stroked the cat's head and said, "Yes, baby, you are the best."
Zhao Yuan blinked, looked at the shy little appearance of the system cat, and gave a thumbs up again. He was indeed a big shot, and he could directly control the small system.
Cheng Yishu smiled and said, "You see everything but don't say it out loud."
During their conversation, Cheng Yishu also learned about what Zhao Yuan did. In modern times, Zhao Yuan opened a small company of her own. She had a car accident while traveling. She had some feelings for Cheng Yu, but not much. When she decided to work for Cheng Yishu, she was not going to be involved with Cheng Yu.
As for love? She was leaving, so she planned to keep a few nice guys who suited her taste, the kind that both parties were willing to have.
Cheng Yishu had no opinion on this; he would not interfere in the emotional lives of his subordinates.
After eating hot pot, the task points arrived on time. Cheng Yishu raised his eyebrows. Twenty thousand points, really good.
He purchased a batch of daily necessities from the system mall and generously gave a set to Zhao Yuan, including towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, etc.
There are also soaps and other daily necessities.
When seeing these things, Zhao Yuan was so happy that she went crazy. God knew how much she had suffered during this period of time. Even though Cheng Yu gave her a place to live and money, she still couldn't get used to the things here.
Now that she has something to get used to, she is more motivated.
After buying all these things, the total cost was less than one hundred yuan. Cheng Yishu picked and chose in the system mall and directly purchased the renovation construction team. He bought the electrical wiring first, and then he could use the electrical appliances directly after buying them. All of these were taken care of by Sishu. As for Zhao Yuan, she had them in the mansion, so she could use them.
It is spring now and summer is almost here. Cheng Yishu plans to install floor heating before summer comes, the kind that can be used to boil water.
Everything needs to be renovated in advance. This will be his future home. If he wants to live comfortably, he needs to prepare everything.
Zhao Yuan agreed with this wholeheartedly. The two chatted for half the night and finalized the following matters. Cheng Yishu needed to split up into pairs to earn task points, but it was not convenient for him to contact the families of those ministers, so this matter was handed over to Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan would be responsible for finding out the information, and he would be responsible for taking the task, and then the two would work together to help.
By the way, Cheng Yishu exchanged some seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corns and the like. Sishu will take her to the farm to check it out tomorrow. The seeds given by the system all come with planting manuals. Because Cheng Yishu bought enough, the manual given is a piece of glass-like thing.
Zhao Yuan didn't know anything about planting or other things, but with the planting manual, she could just talk to the people in the farm according to what was in the manual.
After finishing, the two returned to the room. It was the first time that Zhao Yuan slept so soundly and comfortably since he came here. Cheng Yishu was not going to attend the court either, so Sishu directly sent someone to ask for leave.
Xia Zhang was very unhappy. He looked at the empty space below and his expression became gloomy. His national teacher did not come...
The others were also stunned. They had thought that the Imperial Master would at least stay for a few more days, but unexpectedly, he did not come on the second day.
Looking at the cold air emanating from the emperor above, the people below were as quiet as chickens.
Everyone began to miss the time when the Imperial Master was here yesterday. At least when the Imperial Master was here, the emperor was in a good mood.
The left prime minister lowered his eyes, looking obedient, and pretended not to see the look from the right prime minister next to him.
The Right Prime Minister was speechless. He looked at the Emperor who was emitting a sense of oppression. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make."
Xia Zhang raised his chin with an indifferent look, and the right prime minister took over the matter concerning Cheng Yishu.
A group of old foxes made a rough guess about Cheng Yishu's affairs based on yesterday's bits and pieces. Although it was not all, it was almost correct.
They guessed that Cheng Yishu needed to split up the resentful couple to obtain something called mission points, and this thing called mission points could be used to exchange for anything Cheng Yishu wanted, including things that were good for their Xia country.
By analogy, they need to help Cheng Yishu obtain mission points so that Cheng Yishu can exchange them for things and make the Xia Kingdom prosperous, so that they can enjoy wealth and glory safely and ensure the safety of their descendants.
After all, these are troubled times, and who knows if something bad will happen to your family and wipe out your descendants.
There will certainly be struggles for power, but before vying for power, they must first ensure the prosperity of their country. Those who can reach high positions are not fools.
Looking at these, Xia Zhang became interested. He fully affirmed the memorial and decided to go on a private visit in disguise after leaving the court to meet his imperial teacher.
As his Majesty's low pressure disappeared, the Left Prime Minister immediately began to flatter him, turning a blind eye to the Right Prime Minister's glaring eyes.
The right prime minister sneered but was not angry. He stroked his beard, hoping that the left prime minister would still be so cheerful when he left the court.
At the same time, the wife of the Left Prime Minister knocked on the door of the Imperial Master's Mansion, and Zhao Yuan was responsible for receiving her.
When the wife of the left prime minister saw Zhao Yuan, she was still surprised. When did the Imperial Master's Mansion have a new hostess? She looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "I wonder if Miss Zhao..."
Zhao Yuan smiled gently, lowered her eyes and said, "I was originally an orphan. I was separated from my parents and brother when I was young. Yesterday, I met my brother again by chance..."
The wife of the left prime minister nodded in understanding. It turned out to be the sister of the imperial master. She had heard that the imperial master had gone to pick up a girl with great fanfare. They thought that the imperial master's mansion would have a mistress. It turned out to be the sister...
Thinking of this, the wife of the left prime minister looked stern. It seemed that the national teacher was really capable. After all, she had never heard of the national teacher looking for her sister before. With all the preparations, she directly brought her sister back...
What does this mean? It means that the Imperial Master already knew where my sister was, and was just waiting for me to be ready so that I could go and get my sister back.
So, the wife of the left prime minister turned cold, were those rumors true? The girl who was adopted as the adopted daughter in her own mansion was really the daughter of the old man's previous lover...
That old guy just wanted to recall the past by seeing the things?
The two chatted for a while, and then the Left Prime Minister's wife stood up to say goodbye. Zhao Yuan knew what the Left Prime Minister's wife was going to do at a glance, because she had heard it from the boss.
After seeing off the left prime minister's wife, Zhao Yuan immediately went to find Cheng Yishu to gossip about the matter.
Cheng Yishu was lying on the sofa, cracking melon seeds and reading a storybook. When he saw Zhao Yuan coming over, he blinked. Zhao Yuan whispered to Cheng Yishu about the performance of the Left Prime Minister's wife just now.
Cheng Yishu became interested, and a pink light flashed in his eyes, because Xia Yanqing was gone, and that woman had no one to rely on, and now the wife of the left prime minister knew about it, what did this mean? This meant... there was going to be a good show tonight.
He and Zhao Yuan looked at each other, both of them had the desire to watch a good show. There was no other way. The nights in ancient times were too boring, and going out shopping was tiring, so...
Cheng Yishu looked at the system cat, and the system cat immediately understood. He said: "You can unlock the live screen projection by spending the task points close to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
He also wanted to see what would happen tonight. Who doesn't like to watch spectators?
After agreeing on a time, Zhao Yuan took his things and followed Sishu to the manor, while Cheng Yishu continued to drink scented tea and read the storybook on the sofa in the small garden. Although the storybook was quite boring, it was better than having nothing to read.
The system in the room was transforming its structure, so Cheng Yishu bought a hot spring bath and spent 10,000 task points to transform the wiring, buy the hot spring bath, and install floor heating.
The remaining several thousand mission points were used to buy furniture, various cooking pots, and some small appliances, such as lamps, water dispensers, and filters.
There is no need to think about large appliances as he can't afford them for the time being.
And Cheng Yishu found that the most expensive thing in the mall is not home appliances, but knowledge...
The Yellow River management plan directly requires 30,000 task points, 15,000 new water wheels, and 20,000 new textile machines.
These can be imitated based on the real thing, so they are very expensive.
However, home appliances that cannot be imitated are not that expensive, even air conditioners and refrigerators.
The same goes for guns and ammunition. The higher the quality, the cheaper they are, and the lower the quality, the more expensive they are.
Both low-end and expensive ones represent that in this era, they can be mass-produced based on what Cheng Yishu has in his hands.
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