Chapter 247 Everyone Likes the Village Lord's Mansion
After returning to the village chief's mansion and resting for a few days, Jing Wei began to visit frequently. In addition to reporting to Cui Qingyi on the growth of the two geese every day, the most important thing was to personally supervise Cui Qingyi in preparing the betrothal gift for him.
Although there was no official announcement, Cui Qingyi specially invited the official media from Dongping County to her home, and the two exchanged tokens to formally get engaged.
Now the village chief's mansion and the neighbors all knew that Jing Wei was the future male master of the village chief's mansion.
Those who were eager to use their talents and appearance to attract the attention of the village chief gave up the idea.
The main reason is that when Jing Wei first came to Dongping County with the caravan, he had a big beard on his face and looked rough, but now he has Amu by his side, who takes care of this gentleman neatly and tidy inside and out.
In addition, with his height of nearly 1.9 meters, those who claimed to be more talented than him would feel ashamed at the sight of his powerful broad shoulders and long legs; those who could compare with Jing Wei in height, but did not have his tough and heroic face, would be too embarrassed to recommend themselves to the village chief after comparing themselves with him.
In fact, why do you think Jing Wei has to report to the Township Lord's Mansion every day? It's because he saw the wishful thinking of some people. It's just like what Amu said, "You dress up and stand at the gate of the Township Lord's Mansion. Who would dare to argue with you?"
As for the betrothal gifts that he had been thinking about, Cui Qingyi really bought them strictly according to the list that Amu gave her, but when it really came to this time, Jing Wei was not very concerned about these things.
Perhaps what he cared about was Cui Qingyi's action of preparing the betrothal gifts, rather than the content of the preparation.
Cui Qingyi also saw through it, so she simply stopped asking Jing Wei about his own preparations.
Jing Wei likes to come to the Township Lord's Mansion, Xueqiu also likes to come to the Township Lord's Mansion, and even the people around Jing Wei like to come to the Township Lord's Mansion.
From the moment the nurses tasted Chen Ma's noodles for the first time, they devoured several large bowls, rubbing their stomachs and sighing, "Chen Ma, your cooking skills are truly amazing. We eat noodles often in the north, but these taste really different."
Mother Chen loves it most when people praise her cooking skills, but she is used to being modest. “It’s all because of the soy sauce and chili peppers made by the village head. Without these two, the noodles wouldn’t be so delicious.”
The soy sauce that Cui Qingyi improved was indeed good, but whether the noodles were delicious or not depended on the skill of the noodle maker himself. These tall men under Jing Wei had indeed tasted these two things for the first time in their lives, and their respect for the village chief had risen to a new level.
Jing Wei's main business now is business, and someone immediately thought of ways to make money, "If we take this thing out and open a store, the business will be good."
Everyone has seen the soy sauce dish that Aunt Chen just brought out. The color and taste are indeed incomparable to the sauce they use every day.
Taozhi replied casually, "Didn't you guys go out of town to visit the Hongyan Teahouse yesterday? Our village chief is very busy and probably doesn't have time to run a soy sauce shop."
In the inner room, Cui Qingyi and Jing Wei were having dinner together. Jing Wei ate quickly but not rudely. After finishing two bowls of noodles with just the side dishes, he asked Cui Qingyi the same question, "Since you have this recipe for making soy sauce, why don't you open your own workshop?"
Cui Qingyi thought about it and didn't say it was a big deal: "Let's take it easy for now. There's no end to the money we can make. The past six months have been very tiring due to all kinds of things.
When I left the city yesterday, I saw officials tidying up the warehouse. They must be the foreign caravans arriving. Have you arranged for your goods?"
"It's all arranged. We came early this time and rented the best spots. Once the goods are on display, I'll take you to see if there's anything you like."
Cui Qingyi did not refuse. The last time the market outside the city opened, she was busy with the teahouse business and had no time to go shopping seriously. This time she must go and take a good look.
Moreover, she had heard Jing Wei explain in detail that their caravans, relying on their powerful military force, would not only roam around the northern part of the Jin Dynasty, but would also continue northward, passing through several small countries around to do business.
Maybe there's something good in there.
It seemed that neither of them had any rule of not talking while eating or sleeping. They talked in low voices while eating. Not only was the food to his taste, but everything in the village lord's mansion made Jing Wei feel comfortable.
But the comfort didn't last long, because the doorman came to report that someone was outside the door, and then carefully handed over a visiting card.
Seeing the visiting cards, Cui Qingyi thought they were sent by the families of some wealthy gentry in the county. Since she became the village chief, she had received more and more invitations to appreciate flowers and have meals.
But when she got the note, she found that it was not what she thought. The note was very rough. It was just a piece of straw paper folded in two. On the cover were written crookedly: "From the Lord of Dongping Township".
Cui Qingyi looked at the handwriting again and again and concluded that it was either written by a child who was just learning to read, or by someone who had not held a pen for many years.
She frowned slightly and opened it with curiosity: "From the village head, respectfully presented by Lu Da, the village chief of Luhua Town..."
She hadn't noticed anything at first, but when the text inside started to pile up, Cui Qingyi felt really uncomfortable. She forced herself to finish reading, but she didn't understand anything at all. She handed the paper to Jing Wei, who was drinking tea, and asked the doorman, "Has the person who delivered the visiting card left? If not, please invite them in."
Luhua Town was the fiefdom allocated to her by the imperial court. It was reasonable that she should have visited there long ago. However, due to some special considerations, Cui Qingyi had not yet been to Luhua Town. But before she went there, people from Luhua Town came twice, and she was afraid that something big had happened.
The doorman responded and left, and a few moments later brought in a tall, dark man with a hunched shoulder.
It was the first time that Lu Shan stepped into such a nice house. He kept the head down and did not dare to look around, remembering what the headman said. When he heard the person who brought him in say that this was the village chief, he knelt down without saying a word.
Although she had been made to kneel down many times, this was the first time Cui Qingyi had encountered someone kneeling so loudly and resoundingly.
She winked at the doorman, who immediately went to help the man, but the man just knelt on the ground with his neck stiff and refused to get up.
Cui Qingyi could only wave her hand to have them step aside, and then she spoke to the others, "Ordinarily, I should go to Luhua Town and pay a visit to the head of the village, but I was sent to Qinghe City by His Majesty a while ago and didn't have time to go. Do you have something important to do?"
When Lu Shan heard the village head speak, he subconsciously raised his head to take a look upwards. Before he could see clearly what the village head looked like, he was pierced by a pair of frosty eyes. He hurriedly lowered his head again and blurted out what the village head had told him.
"Please, Village Master, save us, the people of Luhua Town."
Cui Qingyi was even more puzzled. The entire Dongping County was in good order under Zhou Yanxiu's governance. The people's lives were not rich, but they had no problem with food and clothing. Why did this man say that he wanted to save them as soon as he opened his mouth?
Cui Qingyi straightened her expression:
"Stand up and answer me. Tell me what you mean."
Hearing the coldness in the voice of the person above, Lu Shan stood up swiftly without needing help, "Village Master, we have no other choice."
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