Tong Wenyao, who was listening, quickly thanked the shopkeeper and was patted on the head by the shopkeeper. Tong Bo saw this and quickly pulled her aside.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that when the shopkeeper touched her head, he looked at her brother with a hint of awe in his eyes.
After getting on the carriage, Tong Bo drove the carriage to Changzhen Village. They would stay here for a few days and would only go home after finishing their business here.
We are still waiting for the bricks to be baked to build our house.
The sound of horse hooves rang out at the workshop door. Tong Wenyao was about to jump off the carriage and walk into the workshop. Today she still had to give acupuncture to Uncle Du's wife.
"Brother, lead the horse to the trough next to you. There's some horse feed in there."
Uncle Du heard the noise outside the door and thought that the boss must have arrived, so he hurried to open the door and saw Tong Wen Yao jumping off the carriage.
"Boss, you're here." Tong Wen Yao looked at him and found that his face was different from the decadent look when she first met him. Now he was rosy-cheeked and full of energy.
"Uncle Du, I'll give your wife an acupuncture treatment today. My brother and I will stay here for a while."
He nodded vigorously with tears in his eyes. Ever since Shu'er vomited the black stuff last time, her coughing hadn't been so severe, and she could sleep peacefully in the middle of the night. He was grateful to his boss and secretly vowed to work hard for him.
"I'll take this horse to the stable next door for you." He took the reins from Tong Bo's hand, drove the horse and the carriage into the shed, and fed it with beans and grass.
After Tong Wen Yao entered the room, she went straight to her aunt's room. She asked her second brother to wait outside while she gave her aunt acupuncture. She used the same acupuncture points as last time, but she changed the locations of one or two acupuncture points. Her aunt's condition was much better than she had imagined, so she changed the treatment method.
When acupuncture is being performed, one needs to concentrate both mentally and visually, and must not be interrupted by others. Otherwise, a slight mistake may result in paralysis at best, or even death at worst.
She pinched it gently with her fingers, then waited for the right moment to slowly insert it. She looked up at her aunt and asked, "If it hurts, just tell me." Her aunt shook her head, "It's just swollen, it doesn't hurt."
After about a cigarette's time, she asked Uncle Du to bring in the spitting pottery jar, and then removed the needle. The situation was still similar to the last time, but this time the spitting was much better than last time.
She took the paper and lowered her head to write a prescription. Finally, she said, "Auntie's condition is much better this time. She will have another acupuncture in two days, and then she can take medicine. If you are free in the next two days, you can go to the county to buy medicine. Then let her take a medicinal bath after the acupuncture."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Master. I have already cleaned up the east wing, and you can move in now."
"Thank you, Uncle Du. You don't have to prepare dinner tonight. We'll eat at the village chief's house tonight."
Not long after she drove her carriage into the village, she was stopped by the village chief, who told her that she must go to their house for dinner tonight. Tong Wen Yao also wanted to find someone to develop the lime from the mountain as soon as possible, so she agreed.
In the evening, when the sun was setting, Zhang Fu came to invite people. This time, he got to know Tong Wen Yao through Uncle Du, so Village Chief Zhang was also very good at dealing with people and asked Uncle Du to go along.
Village chief Zhang’s pavilion was filled with food, and there was a brazier on the ground so that the food would not be too cold when eaten.
Tong Wenyao praised, "Auntie is so thoughtful, putting the brazier here."
Village Chief Zhang laughed and said, "Hey, isn't it because we're worried that you'll be cold on the road when you come here, that's why we moved the brazier downstairs?"
Tong Bo echoed from the side, "That's thoughtful."
Tong Wenyao glanced at the table. Wow, the preparations were even more sumptuous than last time, with even a pot of milk wine. "The food is bland, please bear with it. Take a seat."
Tong Wen Yao sat in the main seat, with her second brother next to her and the village chief on her left. It was obvious that a lot of thought had been put into preparing this table of dishes. Even in such a cold day, they were still steaming.
Tong Bo was drinking with them today, so the conversation was very pleasant, and Tong Wen Yao also saw the unknown side of her second brother. He really spoke differently to different people. No wonder he could write so many wonderful novels.
At the end of the conversation, Village Chief Zhang slammed the table and said, "Okay, then I'll have them gather in front of the workshop tomorrow and let them go into the mountains to mine lime."
At the end of the banquet, Tong Wenyao reminded them again, "Don't hire people who are dishonest and lack integrity. Otherwise, she would have gone to the county to hire people to mine."
A confidentiality agreement has been signed with Village Chief Zhang. Tomorrow, Tong Wen Yao will also ask everyone entering the mountain to sign one. Those who breach the agreement will have to pay a sky-high penalty. In serious cases, they may even be sold directly. However, the wages are also generous. You can earn half a tael of silver after working for half a month. You have to know that for an ordinary family, it is considered good to save one or two taels of silver in a year.
Tomorrow Tong Wen Yao and Tong Bo will go into the mountains with them to mine, and they will have to be taught how to do it then, so they were asked to sign the agreement.
After returning, Tong Wen Yao entered the space and fed Xiao Xue. She saw that the deer leg was still on the shelf. She had forgotten to take it out for them to eat in the past two days. Forget it, they would eat it together when they got back.
She went to the backyard to plant vegetables again. She believed that in a few days, the vegetables would grow again. She would use baskets to bring them into the villa. She also planted corn and potatoes so that they would be edible. Potatoes are indispensable for hot pot in winter. They are soft and sticky. Just thinking about it makes her drool.
After planting, she washed up in the space and then left. The weather was dry, so she applied a lot of body lotion so that her skin would not crack. After coming out, she looked at the bed curtains and thought. Since she had talked with Pei Guanyu that time, he left the yard and never came back. She didn't know whether he had returned to the capital now.
At the Pei Prince's Mansion in the capital, a young and elegant gentleman, with a hint of majesty in his every move, was sitting by the pavilion drinking tea, and opposite him was the Pei Guanyu that Tong Wenyao was talking about.
"Ah Yu, your trick of luring snakes out of their holes has drawn out quite a few." Pei Guanyu glanced at him and said lightly, "Since you already have evidence, why not hand it over to the emperor as soon as possible."
The young man across from him shook his head after hearing this. "Oh! Ah Yu, you know that the emperor is having a hard time right now, otherwise he wouldn't have watched the Tong family being exiled."
After he finished speaking, he joked, "I heard that the eldest lady of the Ye family accompanied you there this time, but didn't accompany you back?"
When talking about this, a hint of disgust flashed across Pei Guanyu's eyes, but it quickly dissipated. "Ye Wan? Is she worthy of being with me?"
The young man took a sip of tea and began to sigh, "In the early years, she and Tong Wenyao were jealous of you."
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