Chapter 114 I Have Food and Vegetables
Magistrate Hua received the letter and was shocked after reading it. He went to look for the child, but the child had already run far away.
He immediately shouted to the yamen runners: "Quick, stop that woman, don't let them get away."
Zhou Qi asked hoarsely, "Again, what's the matter?"
"They are spies!" Magistrate Hua's eyes were red with anger. "She wants to destroy Jingshan County."
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Jingshan County was originally poor, and this time it was the hardest hit area. The hot wind blew and the whole place was desolate.
Vegetable vendors on the street? No!
Restaurant? Closed!
When locusts pass through the area, no grass grows and all the plants are eaten up. Where is the food to eat?
On the notice wall of the county government, the wind rustled the notice: Anyone who can donate 10,000 kilograms of vegetables can be appointed as a husband.
Yamen runners were paired up in pairs, carrying a large gong and banging it as they walked, shouting, "Those who donate grain and materials will be reported to the court for rewards and their descendants will benefit from it."
Xie Yanyan asked Zhou Shaoyu: "Is there anything special in Jingshan County?"
Zhou Shaoyu asked her if she wanted anything special?
"For example, animals, plants, or other heritage items."
"Paper cutting?"
"don't want."
"There doesn't seem to be anything special about it... Wait a minute, I'll go out and ask someone." Zhou Shaoyu was really unfamiliar with this place.
When Zhou Shaoyu came back, she had already put the food on the table.
Steamed shad, crab meat tofu, stir-fried wild river shrimp, crispy shredded pigeon, moonlight on the lotus pond, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, plus an original pot of chicken soup and a bowl of rice.
Zhou Shaoyu was stunned: "You did all this?"
"Um."
"Where did you get the ingredients?" Zhou Shaoyu finally couldn't help but ask softly, "These things are hard to buy on the street nowadays."
Xie Yanyan looked at him indifferently for more than ten seconds without saying anything.
Zhou Shaoyu's Adam's apple rolled up and down, he raised his hands, admitted defeat and said, "I was wrong!"
[Is she angry? I will never ask her again]
Xie Yanyan: "I'll tell you later."
"Okay." Zhou Shaoyu was happy and breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it's her, everything is fine. As long as she does it, it's right.
"Would you like a drink?"
"Any wine?"
"Um."
"Then let me try it!"
Xie Yanyan took out another bottle of Fenjiu, still an unmarked glass bottle with a metal cap.
At the end of the meal, Zhou Shaoyu looked at the almost empty food on the table and said in surprise, "We both ate it all."
"If you want to eat it, I'll make it for you tomorrow." #Cheating#
"good."
After dinner, Zhou Shaoyu told her the news he had heard from outside: "It is said that there is a Qilin auspicious beast here."
There are unicorns in the folk? So, those who lie are uneducated?
"Hunters have caught a few of them, and some local tyrants have them in their homes." Zhou Shaoyu said, "By the way, do you know who that old man who was so angry today, the county elder, is?"
Xie Yanyan looked at him.
Zhou Shaoyu said: "He is the grandfather of the little ghost caught by Taoist Priest Liu."
Xie Yanyan was also surprised: "What a coincidence!"
Then ask him to do the work~
Taking advantage of the moonlit night, the two knocked on Zhou Qi's door.
"Mr. Zhou, I'm Zhou Jingchen, the prince of the South China Sea, and this is my friend." Zhou Shaoyu has always been informal. He had inquired about Zhou Qi, who was a highly respected and most upright person.
Zhou Qi was still a little confused. What was the Prince of Nanhai doing coming to his house in the middle of the night?
"Has your grandson been captured by that Taoist priest Liu who pretends to be a ghost?" Zhou Shaoyu said, "If Taoist priest Liu is beaten to death, all the evil Taoist priests will be executed in the autumn."
Zhou Qi: So you need to tell me this in the middle of the night?
Xie Yanyan: "Your grandson was saved by Prince Zhou."
Zhou Shaoyu: "She discovered the clues first."
When Zhou Qi heard this, he realized that it was his benefactor who had come to visit him.
"My benefactor," he said with tears in his eyes, "I was originally going to lead my entire clan to Chang'an to express my gratitude, but it was the woman from Prince Xi's mansion who told me that the prince and his party had already returned to the capital."
Zhou Qi immediately asked the whole family to kneel down and thank Zhou Shaoyu and Xie Yanyan.
Zhou Shaoyu stopped him: "Mr. Zhou, we are not here to ask for a favor. We have an important matter to discuss with you."
Zhou Qi was old but not confused. He said hesitantly, "My Lord, if it is harmful to the people, I cannot agree to it."
"Don't worry, it will do no harm to the people."
Zhou Qi then dismissed everyone, and the three of them entered Zhou Qi's study, telling his family members not to come near.
"Young Master, please speak." Zhou Qi sat upright, looking humble and ready to learn.
Zhou Shaoyu said that he and Xie Yanyan were concerned about the locust plague in the northwest, and they came all the way from the south to help with the disaster relief...
After listening to this, Zhou Qi realized that this massive locust plague that harmed three countries was finally eliminated by Xie Yanyan.
With great respect, he bowed deeply to Xie Yanyan: "Thank you for saving the people of Northwest China."
"Mr. Zhou, you don't have to be polite. Disaster relief is a thing of the past. The most urgent thing right now is to resume production. To be honest with you, we came to you because we want to continue to help the people."
She said that she and Prince Zhou had grain and vegetables, but they did not dare to provide disaster relief on a large scale for fear that their superiors would be wary.
Zhou Qi was an experienced man and he immediately understood why these two people did not seek disaster relief through the government, but instead looked for him, a spokesperson for the people who was not an official.
He was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them. Zhou Shaoyu pulled Xie Yanyan and accepted his greeting calmly.
"Mr. Zhou, you can tell the county magistrate or the people that there is a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou who has taken a fancy to your four-legged beast and is willing to exchange it for food and vegetables." Xie Yanyan said seriously, "One four-legged beast in exchange for 5,000 dan of food or 2,000 dan of seeds."
She never works for free, nor does she let others think she is giving charity.
Zhou Qi was so excited that he immediately said, "Miss Xie, I have one at home."
"Then you should announce it publicly tomorrow and donate it. The food should be delivered on the same day so that everyone can see that it is not a lie."
Zhou Qi was told that the wealthy businessman did not want to reveal his name, and that the Qilin beast could be exchanged for food, not just in Jingshan County, but in any county.
Zhou Qi's family has an abandoned horse farm with high walls, which is perfect for cheating.
We agreed to trade at the horse racing field, starting at 9:00 p.m. every day and closing at noon. If the transaction is not completed, we will trade again at 9:00 p.m. the next day.
(Xie Yanyan: I rack my brains to cover it up every day. It’s tiring!)
With only five days left, the “rich businessman” cannot possibly stay here forever.
It was agreed that when the two of them came out, they would not ask Zhou Qi to send them off, as they did not want to alarm others.
Zhou Qi was extremely excited, but he didn't dare to show it to others, so he sent them out. After they walked away, he knelt down behind them and kowtowed three times.
"Since Xie Xiangxiang and the guards of Prince Xi's mansion have been caught, shall we go meet them?" Although it was late, Xie Yanyan wanted to talk to Xie Xiangxiang about something.
"Okay, I heard they are in jail, let's go find them there."
"Then let's put on some makeup."
After returning to the inn, Xie Yanyan put makeup on herself and Zhou Shaoyu under the light.
Zhou Shaoyu looked curiously at Xie Yanyan's dark face and black clothes, then looked at his own pale face. What else did he not understand?
Aren’t these the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld?
(End of this chapter)
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