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◎Good tea～◎
"What did she say?" Chen Jingshan raised his hand and turned over the white porcelain teacup, poured a cup of clear tea, and handed it to the person in front of him while asking.
However, Ye Yunzhao didn't notice his actions. Chen Jingshan saw her frowning slightly, her eyes fixed on one spot without blinking. He stretched out his hand and gently waved it in front of her eyes twice: "She doesn't agree?"
Ye Yunzhao, who had been lost in thought, finally came to his senses. He quickly took the teacup and muttered, "No...she is willing..."
The appearance of the man holding the knife seemed to be still in front of her eyes. Ye Yunzhao closed her eyes. The knife was extremely sharp. When she thought of the place where her blood had flowed, waves of fear came over her heart.
Why is he in the prefect's house?
Still with a swaggering look...
Ye Yunzhao wasn't foolish enough to think he was threatening the prefect as he had threatened himself, but if that wasn't the case, then there was only one answer left...
Chen Jingshan looked at her distraught expression and asked suspiciously, "Are you willing?"
Ye Yunzhao opened his mouth, then suddenly came to his senses and said, "Master Wanjun must have been forced into marriage. I see she's not in good health. I originally thought that if she wanted, I could lobby the Yuezhou prefect on her behalf, but she...she repeatedly warned me not to do so, and I'm at a loss for a good solution."
"Forced marriage?" Chen Jingshan was stunned, and suddenly thought of his silly elder brother. "Is there no palace doctor?"
Ye Yunzhao shook his head slightly. "I don't know either. It's just that Aunt Liu went to deliver food to another lady and didn't go to Master Wanjun's place. She must be unhappy."
But she just looked into the distance, her fingers clenched into fists and pressed against her lips, biting her fingers with her white teeth, and her eyes revealed deep anxiety and worry, and she looked very uneasy.
Chen Jingshan and Ming Wanjun had little interaction, and he didn't care much about her situation. However, if his eldest brother knew about her current situation... it would definitely cause quite a stir, and it was because of her that Ye Yunzhao was so unhappy.
He pondered this carefully in his mind. Since both of the people around him would be unhappy about this matter, it would be better to take the initiative. So he smiled and said:
"Are you so worried about her? Well, wait for her at the county school in three days. She will be there."
"You?" Ye Yunzhao looked up in disbelief. She carefully examined the ordinary businessman in front of her and asked, "Can you rescue her from the prefect?"
"You don't believe it?" Chen Jingshan unconsciously moved closer.
He didn't believe it, but Ye Yunzhao had no better way at the moment, so he could only pin his hopes on him: "Believe it."
Chen Jingshan took in her suspicious expression, raised an eyebrow, and said nothing more. He had thought that after this matter was resolved, she would reveal her shallow dimple, but it was not as he expected. Ye Yunzhao only relaxed for a moment, and soon, she returned to her previous state.
"You're in a bad mood." Chen Jingshan stared at her with burning eyes, "Why?"
Ye Yunzhao suddenly came back to his senses, his face pale: "Ah? What did you say?"
Chen Jingshan frowned and asked, "Did anything happen in his house?"
Ye Yunzhao raised his eyes and their eyes met. There was worry and concern in his eyes. She opened her mouth and almost blurted out what she had seen about the man with the knife.
But when the words came to my lips, they turned into: "I'm fine."
Chen Jingshan looked at her forced smile and moved his fingers slightly, wanting to cheer her up, but he didn't know what to do. He could see that Ye Yunzhao had something on her mind, but they had only met a few times. Although he understood her reluctance to confide, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
He couldn't help but despise himself in his heart: Chen Jingshan, you two haven't communicated your feelings to each other yet, isn't it normal for her not to say it? Why are you so unhappy? What right do you have to be unhappy?
Not qualified...
Chen Jingshan raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea. It tasted slightly bitter. He looked at her and said, "Don't worry. I will definitely see to Ming Wanjun's affairs."
Ye Yunzhao placed the empty teacup on the table and said casually, "If you come up with a solution, you must tell me. This is not an easy task. Don't act on your own."
He tilted his head: "Worried about me?"
Since ancient times, the people have never been able to defeat the officials. Although Ye Yunzhao and Cheng Lingsu have not had much interaction, she can feel that this person is a kind person. As a local official, she naturally does not want to see a scene of an egg hitting a stone:
"Of course I'm worried about you. Please be sure to discuss this with me. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Chen Jingshan naturally misinterpreted her words and laughed from the bottom of his heart.
After bidding farewell to Ye Yunzhao, Chen Jingshan sat in the place where she had just sat and poured himself another cup of tea. He was very leisurely and drank it all in one gulp. The fragrance of tea entered his nose and the endless sweetness entered his mouth.
Good tea...
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When Ye Yunzhao returned to the county government office in a daze, he almost bumped into Liu Mazi who was in a hurry to go out.
Liu Mazi was nimble and quickly dodged to the side, panting, "County Magistrate Ye... I almost bumped into you. Oh, by the way... Madam Cuihua came this afternoon and is still waiting for you..."
Ye Yunzhao turned sideways: "Okay, maybe you want to talk to me about something."
After Liu Mazi bowed and left, Ye Yunzhao quickly walked towards the backyard of the county government office. However, before he reached the courtyard, he heard a series of ding-dong sounds, followed by Cuihua Madam's distinctive voice: "This way, make this side smoother... Let me take a look..."
Ye Yunzhao walked in curiously and saw some yellow clay mixed with broken rice straw piled in the yard. Liu Dazhuang was working hard to beat a low mud wall, and Madam Cuihua was standing by, looking left and right.
“What are you doing…”
Before she finished speaking, Madam Cuihua turned around in surprise and said with a smile, "Master, you're back? Take a look. Are you satisfied?"
Ye Yunzhao looked inside through the gap and saw a chicken coop half a person's height built next to the chicken coop. It was very flat and solid.
Her eyes sparkled, and she said in surprise, "Of course I'm satisfied! How did you know I wanted to build a chicken coop?"
Ye Yunzhao had been thinking about building a chicken coop for a long time, but she had been so busy recently that she hadn't been able to find the time. She had originally thought of padding a broken bamboo basket with straw to get by for a while, but she hadn't expected that her good disciple had already built it for her.
Madam Cuihua smiled brightly: "I naturally know what Master is thinking."
Ye Yunzhao walked towards the kitchen while smiling: "Wait until I light the fire. You are not allowed to leave later. You must eat at my place tonight."
In fact, Ye Yunzhao's cooking skills were not outstanding, but her way of making food was very novel in Cuihua's eyes. She often put unexpected seasonal vegetables together, and the taste was delicious. Naturally, she was willing to:
"Master, don't worry. Even if you chase me away tonight, I won't leave."
Seeing her smiling and lying by the kitchen door, Ye Yunzhao asked curiously as she used a tinder to light a fire, "I heard from Liu Yayi that you came at noon. Is there something you want to see me about?"
Before Cuihua could speak, she immediately added with a smile, "But you are not allowed to say that I came here specifically to build a chicken coop. Since you call me Master, you are not allowed to hide anything."
This statement stopped Cuihua from making excuses. She bit her lip, squatted beside the stove, picked up a small piece of firewood, and scribbled on the ground:
"Master... Actually, I have something I want to ask you..."
Seeing her shy look, Ye Yunzhao tilted his head and smiled, "Just ask if you have anything to say."
Madam Cuihua thought for a moment and whispered, "Master...what do you think of me finding someone to teach me how to make tofu?"
She was afraid that Ye Yunzhao would misunderstand, so she hurriedly said, "Master, don't worry. I have never given up the crystal cake work. It's just that now that I have mastered the skills, I have some free time, so I thought..."
Ye Yunzhao naturally knew all of this. Not to mention other things, just the fact that making crystal cakes did not require setting up a stall or delivering goods, and he could earn at least a hundred coins a day. Any smart person would not quit.
But what Madam Cuihua said makes sense. The most time-consuming part of making crystal cakes is the process of making radish starch, but you can make a lot each time, so you do have some free time on weekdays.
Ye Yunzhao said, "It's good that you have this intention. After all, radishes are not seasonal products. After this period of time, we have to wait until next year. It would be nice to find other work. But... why do you want to make tofu?"
In her eyes, making tofu is a bit troublesome. Not to mention pushing the stone mill every day, just the step of boiling the slurry is tiring enough.
Madam Cuihua said seriously, "I've been learning how to use the abacus with Manager Meng of Ruyi Tower lately, and I happened to overhear him mention that the tofu prices in Yuezhou City were deliberately going up. I thought, if I could make tofu and sell it to them at the old price, wouldn't that be another good thing?"
After she said that, she lowered her head and smiled, as if she had already made a success of the tofu business.
Seeing the fire in the stove gradually grow bigger, Ye Yunzhao clapped his hands and asked, "Why has the price of tofu suddenly increased in Yuezhou City? Have you checked the current price of soybeans? If the price of soybeans increases, even if you make tofu, you still won't be able to sell it at a low price."
Several fatal questions were thrown out in succession, hitting Cuihua's head and making her feel dizzy: "This... I haven't asked...
Master...I..."
Ye Yunzhao stood up and patted her head. "It's okay. Go to the grain store in Yuezhou City in a couple of days. If you can find out why the tofu purchased by Ruyi Tower has increased in price, that would be great. If you can't find out, that's fine. We can discuss it in detail once we know the answer."
Cuihua thought she would be scolded, but she never expected such words. She raised her head, blinked her eyes, threw the small firewood in her hand into the stove, pounced, and hugged Ye Yunzhao's legs tightly: "Master, how can you be so good..."
"Is that all?" Ye Yunzhao looked at her with a smile, his hands on his hips, pretending to be angry, and deliberately instructed: "Master orders you to quickly bring the eggs from the chicken coop over here!"
Madam Cuihua hurriedly stood up and agreed with a smile.
Last time, she processed the morels Zhuang Xue had given her, dried them, and placed them in a ceramic pot. Today, to show her gratitude, she grabbed a handful, washed them, and soaked them in warm water. After finishing these, Ye Yunzhao quickly added a little fine flour and coarse salt to the minced meat and stirred it in one direction.
"There are four eggs." Madam Cuihua walked into the kitchen with a smile.
Ye Yunzhao pointed at one place and said, "There are still a few in there. Take them all out."
There were nine eggs in total, and she beat them all. She handed over the ceramic bowl containing the egg liquid, and the task of stirring the eggs naturally fell on Madam Cuihua.
Ye Yunzhao was busy processing the morels. She gently scratched the washed and soaked morels, turning them into the shape of a big mouth.
Madam Cuihua was stunned. The shiitake mushroom tastes delicious. Although the output is large, most of it is found in the deep mountains. Not many can be picked and sold. Therefore, it has always been a favorite food of wealthy families.
Even though I have made a lot of money now, I still can't bear to buy this kind of food, let alone when I had to dig for food in the fields all day long.
"Master, the market price of brocade mushrooms is very high. Why did you make so many? It would be a waste for us to eat them."
"Hey, what are you talking about!" Ye Yunzhao raised his hand and flicked her forehead. "No matter how expensive it is, it's still food. Besides, haven't you heard that I plan to let the people of Xixiang grow mushrooms?"
"Of course I know. I saw Aunt Wang making adobe bricks all day long..."
Madam Cuihua realized it later and said, "Could it be that they are going to plant the weaving fungus?"
Ye Yunzhao tilted his head and smiled. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was very clear.
It’s actually a braided fungus! It’s actually a braided fungus!
No wonder some villagers said that County Magistrate Ye was very sure that he could make money. If he really grew the shiitake mushroom, there was no reason why he couldn't make money!
Seeing her preoccupied with thoughts, Ye Yunzhao stuffed meat into the sliced woven mushrooms and asked curiously, "Why? Do you want to grow mushrooms?"
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