Chapter 450 Oil Mill
Shangguan Kang had never mentioned his mother to anyone before, and he thought his heart would suffocate if he did.
But now feeling the comfort of Sister Shen in front of him, he felt a little better.
At least I can breathe normally.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned that."
Shangguan Kang shook his head and said, "It's okay, Sister Shen. I was just holding it in before, but now that I've said it, I feel much better."
What Shangguan Kang said was the truth.
Talking to Sister Shen in front of him, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.
Shen Yueyao knew that she couldn't comfort him about Shangguan Kangniang's affairs, so she could only say: "In the future, you can go out for a walk more often and see the scenery in different places, so that you won't have such random thoughts."
Shangguan Kang nodded seriously.
He also felt that since he was able to go down the mountain and enjoy the scenery at will, his breathing became lighter.
He also sleeps well every day, which is a feeling he can't describe.
If he sleeps well, he will feel refreshed when he wakes up the next day.
In this way, Shen Yueyao and Shangguan Kang were talking, and Shen Yueyao was wondering when she would go back to Xinghua Village to ask her parents about these things.
Why do I feel that the third brother looks more and more like Shangguan Kang?
Shen Yueyao thought of her father's great strength and martial arts skills when he was a child.
Moreover, when they were young, it was obvious that their brothers were very smart and wanted to study, but their parents didn't seem to want them to study for the imperial examinations.
They will be taught to read and write, but they are not expected to study for imperial examinations.
I don’t want them to go to the capital.
When my third brother was twelve or thirteen years old, he longed to visit the capital, but his parents' faces changed when the capital was mentioned.
I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, but now I think about it carefully, how could my parents, who are from the country, know how to read? Their handwriting is very beautiful.
What's more, my father's martial arts are not ordinary martial arts.
Just as Shen Yueyao was thinking, the door of the private room on the second floor opened.
Cha Zhenghao and the others were waiting at the door of the private room, very anxious.
Of course, no matter how anxious they were, they didn't dare to disturb Cha Maocai.
Seeing Cha Maocai wake up and come out, they all looked at him with excitement and anticipation.
I wanted to ask something, but tried hard to hold it back.
Cha Maocai opened his mouth and said, "Dad, Second Uncle!"
Cha Zhenghao and his second brother were very excited when they heard Cha Maocai calling them naturally without any hesitation.
But they still couldn't make out what the name meant.
"Mocai, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
In fact, Cha Zhenghao didn’t know what to ask. He just wanted his son to say a few more words to see if he was still stuttering.
Cha Maocai was stunned for a moment, still a little dazed after just waking up. He shook his head naturally and said, "Dad, I'm fine."
"I just feel a little hungry."
Cha Maocai speaks so fluently very naturally.
These two sentences were enough for Cha Zhenghao and the others to tell the difference.
"Okay, it's really okay."
Cha Zhenghao excitedly stepped forward and hugged Cha Maocai, almost bursting into tears on the spot.
Cha Zhenghao's second brother Cha Zhengkun also secretly wiped away his tears.
Now that Cha Maocai’s stuttering was cured, the Cha family suddenly saw hope.
Cha Maocai was also stunned for a moment. He seemed to come back to his senses at this moment and felt that he was no longer stuttering.
"Dad, did I stutter when I spoke just now?"
This was also a tentative sentence said by Cha Maocai.
But after he finished speaking, he was also stunned and really stopped stuttering.
"Dad, Second Uncle, I... am I okay now?"
He paused in his words, not because he was stuttering, but because he was a little shocked and a little bit unbelieving.
He himself found it incredible to hear his own fluent speech.
He had tried to speak fluently countless times before, but the words that filtered through his mind sounded smooth, but when he spoke, he stuttered.
This is something he has no control over.
He was also devastated.
But now, listening to his own fluent words, his heart beat faster with excitement.
"Yes, it's fine. It's really fine."
Cha Zhenghao choked and his eyes were swollen.
He couldn't believe it and suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"Son, please say a few more words."
"Dad, it was Boss Shen who cured me. I want to thank Boss Shen."
Cha Zhenghao quickly composed himself and said, "Yes, yes, I want to thank Mr. Shen."
Cha Zhenghao hurriedly pulled Cha Maocai to Shen Yueyao's side.
The other members of the Cha family also wiped the tears from their eyes excitedly.
So exciting.
Their trip to the capital was not in vain, as the young master cured his stuttering.
From now on, the young master will no longer be looked at with strange eyes, nor will he be ridiculed and looked down upon by others.
The young master can now raise his head and talk to people.
Cha Zhenghao and Cha Maocai came to Shen Yueyao and knelt down in front of her.
"Thank you for curing Maocai."
"Thank you, Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yueyao was actually startled. She quickly stood up and said, "Hurry up and get up. People who know me know that I don't like being kneeled like this. Hurry up and talk."
Cha Zhenghao and Cha Maocai stood up.
They carefully sat down beside it.
Cha Zhenghao choked up and said, "I don't know how to thank Mr. Shen. Consider these tea leaves as a gift to Mr. Shen. If Mr. Shen has any instructions in the future, my Cha family will do its best to support and help."
You know, when Mr. Shen cured Maocai, it was equivalent to saving their tea family.
Cha Zhenghao is the current head of the Cha family, so naturally he dares to say such things.
Of course, it is also because Shen Dong’s family is nice and worth making friends with, so Cha Zhenghao dared to say this.
However, by saying this, they are actually trying to curry favor with Mr. Shen.
It is also equivalent to having a layer of protection from the court.
You have to know that Mr. Shen’s identity is not ordinary.
She herself is a sixth-rank lady, not to mention that her husband is the top scholar.
The top scholar must be valued by the emperor.
Although he didn't quite understand, Cha Zhenghao said this from the heart and was truly grateful.
Shen Yueyao didn't act pretentiously, "Then I won't be polite to you."
Medical fees are charged for treating illnesses and saving lives.
Otherwise it would be like a favor being turned into a grudge.
When Cha Zhenghao heard that Mr. Shen agreed, he felt relieved.
If Mr. Shen refused, they really wouldn't know how to thank him.
Cha Maocai was also excited, and was still in a trance at this moment. He was so excited that he had not fully recovered.
Shen Yueyao looked at him and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? If so, you must speak up."
Cha Maocai thought about it carefully and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all. I just feel like I've forgotten something very important."
But if you think about it carefully, his memory over the years is not confused and he hasn't forgotten anything.
Cha Maocai didn't know that what he had forgotten was his memory when he was four years old.
Shen Yueyao said: “It should be nothing, it may be just an unimportant thing, or it may not be a big deal, so don’t worry.”
She even helped him forget what was said in the store during his treatment.
In this way, he would not remember the stimulation he received at the age of four.
So now Cha Maocai doesn’t have any psychological problems, and his brain has been injected with the power of spiritual energy to repair it, so he can think clearly now.
And because of this little bit of spiritual energy, he will be smarter in studying in the future.
But Shen Yueyao didn't say these.
If you don’t know, you will know how to work hard.
If you knew, you might not work hard because you think there is external force.
Cha Maocai trusted Shen Yueyao very much, nodded, and didn't think too much about it.
But he was still a little confused. Why did he stutter when he spoke before, but now he can speak normally when he wants to?
The Cha family was very excited.
Cha Zhengkun thought that once Cha Maocai got better, he could go to the academy to study normally.
He glanced at the people from Lulin Academy and couldn't help but ask, "Boss Shen, I'm sorry to have the audacity to ask another question."
Shen Yueyao thought it was okay to ask a question.
Cha Zhengkun asked, "I wonder what the conditions are for Lulin Academy to accept students?"
When Cha Zhengkun asked this question, he was still very nervous and worried.
Because he felt that asking this question was actually a bit inappropriate, but he still wanted to work hard for Maocai.
Since the eldest brother and Maocai were not in a position to ask, he asked instead.
Shen Yueyao asked Shangguan Kang beside her, "For an outsider like me, are there any conditions for me to enter your Lulin Academy?"
Shangguan Kang looked at Cha Maocai and asked, "What kind of knowledge does he have?"
Cha Zhengkun helpfully answered, "My nephew is a scholar, a student on government academy."
This means that when he took the examination for the scholar, he scored relatively high, so he became a student on government stipend.
Shangguan Kang thought for a moment and said, "I remember there was a senior who didn't get in through an admission notice. He was first recommended by an acquaintance, and then his family donated a building to the college. He also had to pass the entrance exam."
Shangguan Kang looked at them and said, “Since you know my sister Shen, I can give you some convenience, but I can’t make exceptions for the other conditions for the academy.”
After all, he is not in charge of the academy, his father is.
His father also put a lot of effort into the academy.
Secondly, we have to be responsible for the seniors in the academy. It’s not possible that the seniors entered the academy that way, while others can enter the academy without paying anything?
If a precedent is set, countless people will want to be admitted through special exceptions, which will not be good for Lulin Academy.
Shen Yueyao naturally would not interfere with the rules of the academy.
She just asked questions to help, she didn't care about anything else.
Cha Zhengkun and the others were very excited.
This time they brought silver and planned to visit the dean of Lulin Academy the next day.
With this plan in mind, the tea family decided to stay overnight in a village at the foot of the mountain.
…
Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Yueyao went home early.
The main reason was that she and Su Xueyi had agreed that Su Xueyi would get off duty early today so that they could go to the Imperial College together to pick up Dabao and Erbao.
Su Xueyi still found the feeling of picking up Dabao and Erbao from school very novel.
When she returned home, Shen Yueyao saw that Su Xueyi had already returned home.
Shen Yueyao was stunned for a moment, then said, "You're leaving duty so early, does the Hanlin Academy have any objections?"
Su Xueyi smiled gently and said, "The Emperor knew that the Imperial College's children's class entrance exam was taking place today, and that Dabao and Erbao were taking it, so he asked me to come back early."
Shen Yueyao said happily: "The emperor is so kind."
This is a really good leader.
Su Xueyi smiled and said, "Well, the emperor is a wise ruler."
Su Xueyi could imagine that under the leadership of the current emperor, the Great Yan Dynasty would surely become prosperous and powerful.
In this way, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and perhaps more people will be able to have enough food to eat and clothes to wear, and will not starve or freeze to death in the winter.
Shen Yueyao thought for a moment and said, "Strawberries are ripe now. Tomorrow when you are on duty, bring a basket of strawberries for the emperor to eat."
The reason she dared to bring these strawberries to the emperor was because she planned to pick them from the space and bring them to the emperor to eat.
Don't worry about what might go wrong.
No matter what, you must be extremely careful about what you feed the emperor.
Su Xueyi nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing that it was still early, Shen Yueyao said, “I think it’s still early. I’ll prepare dinner first and then pick up Dabao and Erbao later.”
Anyway, she and Su Xueyi wanted to go early so that Dabao and Erbao could see them as soon as they came out.
But if you go too early, you will just have to wait at the door.
So she cooked first.
Su Xueyi said gently, "What are you going to make for dinner? I'll help you."
Shen Yueyao said: "We haven't eaten leek boxes for a long time, so let's make them!"
Su Xueyi's expression changed as she listened to Jiucai Box.
They haven't eaten for a long time.
Chives are not available for purchase outside, so naturally, you cannot eat various foods made with chives.
Yao Niang is very busy on weekdays, so Su Xueyi naturally wouldn't let her busy herself with cooking.
Su Xueyi sighed, "It's true that I haven't eaten for a long time."
When Shen Yueyao heard this and looked at Su Xueyi's expression, she knew that Su Xueyi also wanted to eat.
Shen Yueyao said, "I'll knead the dough first, and you help me pick the chives."
“Actually, there’s not much need to pick them. They’re mainly taken out from space.”
Shen Yueyao said as she entered the space and pulled out some leeks from it.
The leeks in the space are very clean and fresh, and they look very green and delicious.
There was no one else in the kitchen, so Shen Yueyao could enter and exit the space in front of Su Xueyi.
Su Xueyi looked at the chives that Yao Niang took out from the space. The leaves were bigger and fresher than those grown in the ground, and they looked very good.
There weren't any rotten leaves, just a little dirt.
Su Xueyi sat aside and gently picked the leeks, then washed them.
Shen Yueyao began to knead the dough.
She kneaded the dough with spiritual spring water as usual.
Food made with dough kneaded with spiritual spring water is delicious.
It smells very good.
The two of them were busy together, and the kitchen was filled with a warm atmosphere.
As if thinking of something, Shen Yueyao said, "Oh, right, I bought some soybeans at the gate of the Imperial College this morning. A village lady carried a shoulder pole and walked over 20 miles to carry them. Her shoes were all torn, and it looked very sad. It reminded me of the time in Liuhe Village..."
Shen Yueyao told Su Xueyi about buying soybeans in the morning.
Su Xueyi was silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "There are many remote villages near the capital. Emperor Taizong and the late emperor didn't care much about them. If it weren't for those places being so close to the capital, the people there might not be as well off as they were in the original Liuhe Village."
"The current emperor wants to take charge, but many things need to be done bit by bit. Emperor Taizong and the previous emperor left behind many shortcomings."
Shen Yueyao thought about it and realized that the emperor had too many things to take care of.
Moreover, the emperor had few people available before, so he could only focus on the overall situation and could not control some details.
"I was just thinking, the price difference is too big, it's doubled."
"The farmers worked so hard to grow soybeans, but the middlemen profited from them. There's nothing wrong with them making a profit, but they colluded with grain merchants and stores, forcing them to lower the price of soybeans as well. This left farmers with no other options and forced them to sell to those who went to the village to buy soybeans."
"Logically speaking, since many people in Beijing eat tofu, there's a market for it, and people are buying more soybeans, but farmers can't get a good price for their soybeans."
Su Xueyi knew that Yao Niang was the kindest person.
"I've thought about opening a grain store to collect food, and I've also thought about opening a tofu workshop, but neither of those can directly solve the problem."
And she was too busy to do so many things at once.
"But I thought, if we can build a road, it will be more convenient for them to walk out of the village. They can go out more often without having to walk on bumpy roads where they might fall accidentally."
"By the way, they all carry things on a shoulder pole, and almost no one uses a cart. I'm thinking of promoting a cart with one wheel, which would make it more convenient to transport things."
Farmers generally cannot afford horse-drawn or ox-drawn carts.
But a cart is the most labor-saving and convenient way to transport things.
A small cart can hold a lot of things.
The cart uses the principle of leverage, so you only need to maintain balance and don't need to use much force when pushing things.
"I drew some drawings for the emperor before, and there was a cart on them. Hasn't it been promoted yet?"
Su Xueyi said, "The emperor gave the blueprints to the Ministry of Works and asked them to make them. However, the Ministry of Works is also very busy. Even if they can make these, it will probably take some time. Moreover, after they are made, they may be used in the imperial farm first."
Shen Yueyao's expression froze as she listened.
"I'll find a craftsman to make it first, and then have someone sell it at the village market."
"In fact, after seeing the model, some carpenters can also make it."
Su Xueyi naturally knew that the cart was a good thing.
When I went to the fields in Liuhe Village to harvest potatoes and sweet potatoes, I pushed a cart.
While she was talking, Su Xueyi had already washed and cut the leeks.
"It's already been cut."
Su Xueyi had helped Shen Yueyao make leek dumplings before, so she knew how to cut vegetables and meat.
Su Xueyi's knife skills are very good. With Su Xueyi's help, Shen Yueyao will be able to make leek boxes much faster.
She took out the eggs and beat them in a large bowl.
"We'll have to light the fire later."
Su Xueyi went to the yard and got some firewood to burn.
After the pan was hot, Shen Yueyao added oil. She added a little more oil so that it would be more fragrant.
Then beat in the eggs.
After beating it in, use chopsticks to slide the scrambled eggs.
Until the eggs are broken into pieces.
While scrambling the eggs, Shen Yueyao thought of the rapeseed oil mill in the village in her hometown.
"The village sent us a letter saying that rapeseed oil has been fried and is selling very well locally."
The main reason is that rapeseed has a high yield, and the oil produced from one acre of rapeseed land is more than that from peanut oil.
This price can also be much cheaper than peanut oil.
"It's just that the capital is a bit far away, and the oil can't be transported here, so I don't know how it tastes."
In fact, Shen Yueyao still wanted to taste it herself.
Su Xueyi said, "I saw rapeseed oil in the grocery store before. It was packaged in wooden barrels and looked like it came from the oil mill you run."
Shen Yueyao's eyes lit up when she heard this.
"Really? I didn't notice it before."
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