Chapter 276 Rescue Again
This trip back from the capital was like fleeing. Su Ruojin waited in the inn where she usually rested until night before waiting for other people.
Zhao Lan is here too.
Su Ruojin was surprised: "You have another day off?"
He reached out and rubbed the top of her hair, smiling indulgently, "Yes."
The little girl giggled and quickly asked Ye Huaizhen, "Shopkeeper Ye, how is it? Did I not embarrass you?"
"No."
Originally, the Zhong and Ning families were in the wrong, but with the intervention of Prince Zhao, the master and servant of the Su family were able to leave the city smoothly.
The two young boys, Su Sanlang and Su Silang, were still ignorant and did not understand any of this. They had a lot of fun during the day, and when they arrived at the inn, they had dinner and went to sleep. They did not even ask why they did not start from the new house and went straight out of the city.
On a summer night, the dark blue sky is dotted with sparkling stars, and the breeze blows gently. Except for the occasional barking of a dog, the night in the suburbs is silent.
Without Su Dalang as a light bulb, Zhao Lan and Su Ruojin sat under the porch to enjoy the cool air. Slowly, Zhao Lan held the young lady in his arms. In the hazy night and the cool night breeze, they could think about anything and put everything aside. They just snuggled up to each other, enjoying the leisurely time, whispering and talking about each other's interesting things in life.
On the evening of the second day, Su Ruojin and others arrived at their home in Weizhou County.
Su Xiaomei came out to greet them cheerfully, "Sister...Brother Jin...Brother..."
Seeing the children coming back so quickly, Cheng Yingzhen asked, "Why don't you play for a few more days?" She subconsciously looked behind them and found that the young lady from the Zhong family was not there, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Ruojin replied directly, "I sneaked back after getting rid of the Zhong family."
Su Sanlang and Su Silang asked in surprise, "Sneak back?" They didn't notice the follower Zhong Wanhui at all.
Su Ruojin: ...Our attention is not on the same channel at all. I don’t want to waste time talking to these two guys.
"I'm starving. I need to eat."
When it comes to eating, Cheng Yingzhen said with a smile, "The freshly ground wheat flour makes delicious pancakes. Come and eat them quickly."
The cook at home prepared several flavors, freshly ground flour, freshly baked Hu pancakes, both sweet and salty. When you take a bite, the pancakes are so crispy that they break into pieces. You can see circles of dough layered together. It is obvious that the cook has put a lot of effort into making them so crispy and soft.
Su Ruojin ate two pancakes with millet porridge in one breath, and still felt unsatisfied.
"It's delicious." She sighed, "There are chestnuts on the hillside we bought. They will be ready to eat in a month or so. By then, whether we put them in cakes, stew chicken, or stir-fry with sugar, they will all be delicious."
It's true that if you eat five grains but always think about six grains, your life will be so comfortable.
After a long journey and having eaten and drunk their fill, everyone went to rest.
This time when she came back, Su Ruojin did not go to the Xishan vegetable field immediately. As the grain harvest was good, breakfast and morning tea shops were finally on the agenda. She recruited cooks and waiters from Weizhou County and asked Mother Dong to come back and teach them step by step.
She provided guidance from the sidelines and made adjustments quickly if there were any discrepancies.
It took more than a month from buying the shop to decorating it and then officially opening it. The shop was officially opened on the first day of August.
In June, Zhao Lan sent Su Ruojin back and returned to the capital after staying for a day. This time he came again for the opening of the shop.
There are many thunderstorms in summer, and the water system around Bianjing City is well developed, which is prone to waterlogging. However, Su Yanli dredged the canals in advance, and the second season of rice in Weizhou County grew well. Not only that, at Su Ruojin's suggestion, Su Yanli strongly encouraged farmers to plant cash crops and raise poultry and livestock.
There was no idle land in the fields or beside the ditches in Weizhou County. No matter whether it was vegetables or fruit trees, as long as there was something to grow, it would be planted there. Many crops, such as sesame, soybeans, cabbage, etc., were transported to the capital by the Su Ruojin caravan.
Due to the chaos in Beijing and natural disasters, Su Ruojin had basically no income last year, but this year he finally started making money again.
Finally able to take a break, Su Ruojin prepared to go to the Xishan vegetable farm.
Cheng Yingzhen looked at her daughter who ran outside every day and said anxiously, "Ajin, you should cover yourself up until you are white. You will be engaged to the young prince next month. If you continue to be exposed to the sun like this, what will happen?
"Is it dark?" Su Ruojin asked Zhao Lan who had been here for two days.
“Not dark.”
Cheng Yingzhen: …
Being in the shop every day, it is definitely exposed to the sun, but it’s not dark. It’s just that it’s not as white and tender as in winter.
"I apply facial mask every night and wear a hood when I go out during the day, so I definitely don't get tanned." Su Ruojin said with a playful smile, "Mom, after visiting the vegetable fields at Xishan, I will stay in my room and not go anywhere."
Cheng Yingzhen: …She doesn’t believe in ghosts, this daughter! I really love her so much that I can’t help laughing or crying.
"Okay, let's go now."
After packing up, Su Ruojin prepared to go to Xishan the next day, but Shangguan Yu found out and wanted to go too.
The school got on track, with three other teachers mainly teaching. Shangguan Yu taught calligraphy and painting. If a student wanted to learn music, he would also teach him. Of course, since it was a school open to ordinary people, the main focus was on teaching students literacy and reading. Those who could be sent to the imperial examinations would be sent as much as possible. If they really couldn't, they would study for two or three years and find a job as an accountant or a shopkeeper, which was also a way to make a living.
Those who could learn painting and music from Shangguan Yu were generally wealthy people in Weizhou County who were not short of money and studied the Six Arts of a Gentleman.
If you want to go, let’s go together!
In the morning, the sun was shining brightly and it didn't look like it was going to rain. Su Ruojin and his group went out hoping for good weather. However, when they were halfway there, suddenly dark clouds gathered, thunder and lightning struck, and a heavy rain began to fall.
Fortunately, we had a horse-drawn carriage for travel, but because of the rain, the road was difficult to travel on and we traveled very slowly. There was even a landslide when we were seven or eight miles away from the West Mountain, and we almost fell off the horse and the people.
Everyone got out of the car quickly, some holding umbrellas held umbrellas, some wearing raincoats put on raincoats, and prepared to walk around the landslide area. Just as everyone was about to leave, someone shouted for help.
Everybody stop.
Hua Ping and the young prince's two accompanying guards stepped forward and rescued a young girl who was soaked and in a miserable state at the edge of the landslide in Ni Ning.
Madam Sui asked the two middle-ranking maids, Biluo and Bihan, to quickly support the man and said, "Go to the farmhouse to change your clothes."
It was raining heavily now, so I only found her a straw raincoat to keep her warm. There was no way for her to change her clothes.
Nanny Sui and four maids were brought to Su Ruojin by Zhao Lan this time. They were about to get engaged, and there were many trivial things to do, so Su Ruojin was assigned a management nanny, two middle-aged maids, and two little maids.
Biluo and Bihan were middle-aged maids, while Bihe and Biyun were young maids.
The group continued to move forward.
Finally they arrived at the farm house in the afternoon. Su Ruojin was worried about the slope of the farm house, but after checking it, there was no sign of landslide.
Shuang Rui said, "Don't worry, Madam. I asked an experienced person to inspect your sloping land. There will be no landslide."
Some people are just different.
Su Ruojin looked at Zhao Lan and felt extremely happy.
Zhao Lan held her hand and said, "Hurry up and wash yourself. Be careful not to catch a cold."
"good."
There were people at the farm house, so when they arrived, the hot water tower was already full of hot water. They stood under the shower head, turned on the shower, and had a nice shower.
When everyone gathered in the lobby, they discovered that the young lady who was rescued was very beautiful.
Ye Huaizhen glanced at Zhao Lan and Su Ruojin, and asked coldly, "How old are you?"
The young lady timidly replied, "Fifteen."
"What's your name?"
"Clouds and smoke."
Clouds and smoke?
It sounds like the name of a brothel.
As if she sensed everyone's speculation, the young lady knelt down with a thump, "I... I am a girl who escaped from Sanmen Lane. Help me, my lord, please save Yunyan, they want to send me... send me to..."
The young lady's lips turned black with fear and her whole body was trembling, as if she was in fear.
Hua Ping frowned.
Nanny Sui also frowned and reached out to touch the young lady's forehead, "Master, she has a fever."
Su Ruojin waved her hand, "Mammy, treat her quickly."
Nanny Sui glanced at her master Zhao Lan, and seeing that he agreed, she asked Biluo and Bihan to help the person downstairs, prepared some antipyretic medicine for her, and asked someone to watch over her.
Zhao Lan glanced at Santai.
Santai left the hall calmly.
In August, the weather becomes cooler with each autumn rain.
Sitting in the hall of the farmhouse and listening to the sound of mountain rain, it would be a wonderful scene under normal circumstances, but everyone suddenly lost interest in appreciating it.
Shangguan Yu was also caught in the rain and felt unwell. "I'm going to take some medicine for prevention, so I won't accompany you. Please forgive me."
"Mr. Shangguan, you are too polite."
Qiu Shan took Shangguan back to his room and prepared to ask Nanny Sui for a prescription for making medicine.
Before he even walked out of the hall, the guard at the entrance of the farmhouse hurried over and said, "Sir, there are two young ladies at the door. One of them said they are from Minister Zhong's residence."
Su Ruojin stood up suddenly after hearing this, and almost rushed into the rain, but was stopped by Zhao Lan, who said coldly, "I don't know him, send him away."
It was raining heavily outside. Su Ruojin shook her head and said, "Let them in." After saying that, she subconsciously looked at Shangguan Yu who was about to go back to his room.
Shangguan Yu also subconsciously caught her gaze, "Could it be that Miss Zhong who learned calligraphy from me?"
"Exactly."
Shangguan Yu looked outside. The autumn rain was cool. Why was the young lady from a noble family coming here?
He was full of doubts.
But it had nothing to do with him. He was just standing here politely waiting for the guests and would go back to his room after seeing them.
Zhong Wanhui was drenched by the rain like a drowned rat, and looked as miserable as the young lady who had just been rescued. She was even dirtier, like a mud monkey.
Her maid half-hugged her master and stood in the hallway, "Madam Su Er, my daughter Hui has a fever. Please find a doctor for her."
Su Ruojin: ...
I checked the almanac before going out today. Why do they keep coming up to bother her?
What can we do? Su Ruojin didn't ask, "Are you the only two here, master and servant?" "First settle the person down, then quickly reduce the fever, and save his life first.
In ancient times, things were different from modern times. A cold could take a person's life.
Originally I came here to look at the food and have a leisurely vacation, but now with an autumn rain, everything has gone to waste.
That night, the two girls had high fevers in the middle of the night, so Zhao Lan's accompanying doctor was called in to give them injections and medicine.
As the masters, Su Ruojin and Zhao Lan did not toss and turn all night, but they could not escape for half the night and did not sleep much. When they heard that the fever of the two had subsided, they breathed a sigh of relief and continued to sleep, slept until after ten in the morning.
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