Chapter 397: Earth Can Catch Fire
With Su Tai's support, Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong were able to set off with Shen Yi.
Fortunately, there were still more than thirty yamen runners there this time, so protecting the two little kids was not a problem.
Su Tai was worried that the two children would cause them more trouble, so she gave each of them a red envelope of one or two taels of silver to express her gratitude.
One tael of silver was equivalent to their monthly salary. After receiving the silver, everyone promised to protect Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong well.
After the team left, Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to take a look at the house.
The twins followed along.
As soon as the two little guys walked into the alley, they pinched their noses in disgust, "Mom, what's that smell? It stinks! No wonder people suspect we are piling manure!"
Shen Yuean retorted, "This is not the smell of a pile of manure. This smell is much worse than a pile of manure!"
Su Tai's beautiful eyebrows frowned.
The yamen runner who led her advised: "Madam Shen, if you can't stand it, let's go back. This house is temporarily uninhabitable."
Even these rough men can't stand it, let alone women.
Su Tai gritted her teeth and lowered her head, and said to the twins, "Mom wants to go in and take a look. If you don't want to go, you can go back to the county government office first."
The twins held Su Tai tightly, one on each side, and said, "We'll go wherever mom goes!"
Su Tai wanted to be moved, but it was obviously not appropriate to say anything sentimental here.
"Then let's go!"
She followed the yamen runner with her two children. The gate of the courtyard was not locked and opened easily with a push.
The yamen runner explained, "The yard is so smelly that even dogs would run away. There is no need to worry about thieves. We didn't lock the door so that we could get in and out quickly."
Su Tai was speechless, "I understand."
It was not until they arrived at the backyard that they could see the pond clearly. The pond was not small. Originally estimated to be about 1.5 meters, it was dug three meters deep to clear the silt. Looking at the sticky gray-black silt with a foul smell at the bottom, Su Tai frowned so much that he almost crushed a fly to death.
The yamen runner asked, "Didn't you find any fish or shrimp when you were digging?"
The yamen runner shook his head. "It's strange. Although the water in the pond is half dry, there is still water and the aquatic plants are dense. It shouldn't be empty."
Afraid that Su Tai would not believe him, the yamen runner took her to see the dried mud that had been dug up, "Everything in the pond is here."
The twins covered their mouths and noses and whispered.
"Brother, this mud stinks more than the cow dung at my grandfather's house. It's annoying just to look at. Did you bring anything?"
Shen Yuean stared at Shen Congyu with her beautiful big eyes.
Shen Congyu stole a glance at Su Tai and shook his head vigorously, "No, mom is here, she will scold us to death soon!"
That being said, his little hands couldn't help but reach into his pocket to grope around.
It just so happened that Su Tai and the yamen runner walked away.
The two little guys looked at each other and each took one. "Run after you order. Don't get your clothes dirty, or mom will beat us to death!"
"clear!"
Su Tai had just found a small shovel to collect some silt when a loud noise came from the side.
I saw the two troublemakers in her family running wildly as if they were being chased by dogs.
"Chen Congyu! Shen Yuean! Stop right there!" Su Tai yelled angrily.
The yamen runner was startled, looking at this and that, and quickly ran towards the two children, "Ouch! Second Master and Second Miss, it's not fun here when it stinks like this, don't hurt yourselves."
After calming the twins, the yamen runner immediately picked up a broom to clean up the mess. After seeing the two children's masterpiece, the yamen runner was shocked, "What happened?"
Su Tai raised her hand high, but before it fell, she hurried over to take a look after hearing the news.
I saw sparks coming out of the pile of dry mud. When the wind blew, the sparks became stronger and a cluster of orange-blue flames appeared.
The yamen runner turned pale with fear. "Is this a ghost? How can the soil catch fire?"
Su Tai thought of something and quickly took some dry mud to pack it up. He said seriously, "Bring some water and put out the fire first. Also, inform Lord Lu about this and send someone to guard this yard. Don't let anyone accidentally break in again, especially don't light a fire here."
The yamen runner hurried to do it, and Su Tai also led the confused twins back.
Along the way, the two little guys kept their heads down and said nothing, for fear of reminding Su Tai of their existence and getting beaten again.
Su Tai had no time to deal with them. After returning to the county government office, he immediately found an excuse to enter the time and space gate and sold the bag of soil to the automatic trading cabinet.
After scanning, the information about the pile of soil appeared on the screen.
"50 grams of coal, one ton, one thousand virtual coins, are you selling it?"
Su Tai's guess was confirmed, and she felt uneasy for a long time.
Lu Tong also learned of the strange situation in the villa and thought that Su Tai was frightened, so he asked his wife to come and comfort her in person.
Su Tai chatted with Mrs. Lu for a long time. After sending the people away, she decisively took the twins back to Shenjiazhuang.
The matters of the other courtyard can only be dealt with after Shen Yi returns.
She waited for half a month.
As soon as Shen Yi returned to the county government office, he heard about the villa and went to take a look in person. After learning about Su Tai's abnormality, he went to see Lu Tong first.
"Lord Lu, the sale has been settled. The herdsmen want a lot of food. We will pay them according to the price we agreed on before. They can accept it. This is the contract."
Lu Tong took the contract and read it carefully, feeling very happy, "Chen Yi! You are simply my benefactor! The problem that gave me a headache was solved so quickly, I don't know how to thank you."
Seeing that he was happy, Shen Yi mentioned casually: "We found out after we went to the ice field that the grain sold by the Zhu family to the herdsmen was more than ten cents more expensive than in the grain shop. The Zhu family should not know about this yet. When they receive the news after the autumn harvest, I am afraid they will have opinions about you."
Lu Tong's smile gradually faded, and he snorted coldly: "They are just merchants. Can they compete with the people of Zhaohua County? In my opinion, Brother Shen is now rich and powerful, and he can do business in the county. It is not a good thing for anyone to have the Zhu family dominate alone."
Chen Yi sneered, "I understand what Lord Lu means, but I still have many villagers behind me. The county town is too small. It's just a waste of time to compete with the Zhu family. If you are interested, you can support many merchants. One family can't compete with the Zhu family. How about ten families? Or a hundred families? A single flower does not make spring, a hundred flowers blooming together is beautiful, don't you think so!"
"What a great show! If that's the case, I won't force you. Thank you for your hard work. My sister-in-law will take the children back to Shenjiazhuang first. You should go back and take a look. It won't be too late to come to the county government office in two days."
"Thank you, sir!"
After leaving the county government office, Shen Yi immediately rushed home with his two children.
After rushing and hurrying, they finally returned to Shenjiazhuang just as it was getting dark.
The villagers who were building the village school were returning in groups of two or three. When they saw Shen Yi, they greeted him one after another.
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