"I hate going out." Sheng Yunzheng said first.

"He was very curious why I hated going out, but I still went out frequently for Qingyun Pavilion's affairs. It wasn't a big deal, but my brother was very active and liked to be surprised."

Sheng Yunzheng lied without blushing or beating his heart. He also pulled a screen to completely prevent the shadow of the person inside from being reflected on the window paper, making it convenient for people outside to eat melons.

"Didn't you say that you recently found an ancient book and wanted to make the pastries in it for Xiao Xi'er to try? Leave him alone and continue to make yours."

"Oh... OK."

"You are injured, don't touch the water. Let me help you."

"good."

Wu Xiyue felt that her palms were sweaty from nervousness. Her mind was blank, and she could only mechanically answer Sheng Yunzheng's questions.

Outside the house, Sheng Yichen, who was soaked in snow, was furious. However, he did not rush in to argue with his wronged brother, but turned around and looked at his younger sister with grievance.

"Little sister! Look at him, he bullies me like this! Don't just look at that little boy looking at Mu Ne, he actually has a lot of evil thoughts! Ouch - my head hurts, please help me~"

Sheng Yichen had no idea that his roar had directly shattered Sheng Nanxi's plan to eat the melon.

He yelled at the top of his lungs for several times, thinking that he could trick his little sister into feeling sorry for him and running over to brush the snow off his head. But when he looked up, he saw Sheng Nanxi looking angry.

"Little...little sister...what's going on?"

Sheng Yichen felt that something was not right. Sure enough, the next moment, he saw the little girl with a chuckle on her face.

"Brother, you walked too fast just now. The jade bracelet hanging on your waist fell to the ground and broke--"

"ah?!"

Sheng Yichen was shocked and hurriedly looked down to find the beads on the ground. But after looking for a long time, he found nothing!

He reached out and touched the purse on his waist, which felt hard and round. Wang Xuran's pearl necklace was still in his purse!

"Goose goose goose goose—"

Sheng Yichen was still stunned when he saw his little sister running away laughing.

"You naughty little girl! How dare you tease even your brother!"

Sheng Yichen roared while holding the purse containing the bracelet. Hearing his little sister's heartless laughter, he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

Then he remembered something and quickly chased after them: "Hey! Wait a minute, it's my turn to coax my little sister to sleep today. Gu Yuancheng, don't even think about cutting in line!"

As Sheng Yichen quickened his pace, he did not forget to put the bracelet in his arms where it would not fall.

As for the wronged younger brother behind him, he had long been thrown into oblivion.

…

Time flies and it is the beginning of the lunar month.

Although there was no more large-scale snowfall in Southern Qi, the fierce cold wind made people's skin ache. It was clearly spring, but the temperature was not much different from previous days.

When Sheng Nanxi first read the novel, she saw that the author said that the temperature in the whole country was ten degrees lower than before.

To her at that time, it was just a few words, but to millions of people in Southern Qi, it could be a devastating disaster.

Fortunately, the floor heating in many shelters in the city and in Li's mansion was operating as usual. Although it was cold outside, hiding in the house would make it spring in a second.

Greenhouse planting and various stores are developing steadily under the efforts of my uncle and his brothers. In addition to the dividends left for everyone, a lot of money flows into Sheng Nanxi's small treasury every day.

Things were getting better day by day, and Qingyun Pavilion welcomed a special guest on the fifth day of the lunar month.

——The chief official of Nanyang County, Huang County Magistrate.

County Magistrate Huang has been extremely busy these past few months. He has no time to go home and has been personally stationed in the county magistrate's office, taking the lead in handling all disaster relief matters.

As soon as he entered the palace, he felt that the weather was unusual, so he immediately reported it to the court and asked them to pay attention to it. However, the situation in the court was so turbulent at that time that no one paid any attention to him.

He had no choice but to use the county government's savings to stock up on cotton clothes and food.

Therefore, at first, the Nanyang County government was able to cope with the natural disaster with ease.

However, the blizzard became stronger and stronger. Seeing that the number of refugees was increasing and the court was slow to issue disaster relief funds, his little food supply could not last long.

Fortunately, Qingyun Pavilion suddenly appeared at this time. Not only did it take over a large number of refugees in a short time, but its many shops were also able to continuously supply various natural disaster emergency supplies. This prevented some unscrupulous merchants from raising prices and causing ordinary people to be unable to afford daily necessities.

The situation was temporarily stabilized, but there were still a lot of matters, big and small, waiting for him to deal with in Nanyang County.

Until the last few days, many disaster relief affairs had barely come to an end, and he had not been able to spare the time to visit the owner of Qingyun Pavilion, who was regarded as a miraculous person by the people.

He had many dealings with the Li family, especially Uncle Li, and when he learned that the owner of Qingyun Pavilion was a distant relative of the Li family, he immediately asked Uncle Li to send a visiting card, hoping to meet at Qingyun Pavilion.

On the one hand, he wanted to thank the owner for helping him stabilize the situation in times of crisis. On the other hand, he heard that the owner of Qingyun Pavilion had learned some techniques from Westerners, even being able to grow all kinds of vegetable and fruit seedlings in broad daylight.

He had been an official for many years, and he immediately realized the great benefits of this technique.

Nanyang County is located in the northern border, and it is not as rich in products as the southern border counties, where people can harvest everything at once. If this technique is really as useful as the rumors say, then in the future, regardless of the season or natural disasters, the people will be able to harvest everything? !

Reconstruction! It must be reconstructed! It would be best to first reconstruct the hundreds of acres of public land in the county government!

After County Magistrate Huang ate the greenhouse vegetables served by Xiao Dan that night, this thought remained in his mind.

But...he had spent most of the money in the treasury on disaster relief in recent months, and was really short of money.

We can try to have a good talk with the owner of Qingyun Pavilion, and it would be best if we could give the government some face and give them some benefits...

In order to keep up with the appointment, County Magistrate Huang took the rare opportunity to tidy up his appearance in front of the mirror before leaving. He took out the powder used by his wife and patted on his face to cover up the fatigue on his face.

When he got off the sedan chair in front of Qingyun Pavilion, even though he was chilled by the cold wind, he was still thinking about how to bargain for the price.

After thinking of his speech, County Magistrate Huang walked into the room with a high and mighty manner.

The next moment, the warm wind from the room blew towards his face, which startled him. He stood at the door and looked carefully for a long time before he came to his senses.

"My nephew, ah no, Mr. Chen, I have heard of your name for a long time. Is this the legendary floor heating?"

He had heard about this thing from others before, but he never thought it was so magical and could really make the room as warm as spring?!

This was a huge shock. When he saw Sheng Yichen walking towards him wearing a disguise mask, he couldn't continue to call him "good nephew".

In shock and loss of composure, he actually gave the other party a greeting that was meant for equals!