Seeing that she was kind and amiable, Tang Shiyue smiled and followed her.
Ning found her a piece of Hu clothing with a lapel, a front opening, and narrow sleeves, which made her look elegant and graceful. She then combed her hair up, put on some beads, and let her hair hang down over her ears. After she dressed up, she looked like a beautiful jade with a halo.
As soon as he came out, Tang Junchen exclaimed, but considering that he was in Xu's house, he didn't dare to say more.
Xu Wenqu couldn't help but stare at her for a long time, until she looked at him with a smile, then he suddenly lowered his eyes.
Everyone had a lively meal. Ren Dong came over to ask for instructions, and Tang Shiyue told him to send people to rent a house, clean the rooms, and buy things. He also asked the maids who did laundry and cooked to leave, leaving only two people to be at the service.
Ning was behind and saw the young lady standing in the yard with her hands behind her back, giving orders one by one without any pause. She was very quick and efficient and it was obvious that she was capable.
Ning always liked such a straightforward young lady. She couldn't help but sigh and glanced at Xu Wenqu.
When everyone left in the evening, Ning couldn't help but tell Xu: "This young lady is pretty and straightforward. She is really pleasing to the eye. If you can marry her, I will be relieved..."
"Mother!" Xu Wenqu was helpless: "We are of different generations!"
Ning was immediately angry and poked his forehead with a finger: "I'm talking about you, a useless person! You are so careless at your age. Why do you want to accept an apprentice? Wouldn't it be better to just interact with people of the same generation? You ruined everything! Stupid!"
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Mr. Xu feels really miserable because his old mother dislikes her son every day.
Several people stayed in Xu's house for three days. Even after all the family members saw them, they were not allowed to leave. Then, at the instruction of Mr. Xu, the group sneaked out at night and went to the house that had been rented long ago.
Tang Shiyue stayed here for another two days. Seeing that everything was ready, she took Ren Dong back.
The round trip took more than ten days. When Tang Shiyue came back, he saw someone busy in the field next to him, and he slapped his forehead.
I've been so busy taking care of my brother these days that I forgot that spring ploughing has begun!
She didn't even have time to go home, but went straight to the workshop and asked, "Is the treadle plow ready?"
The person in charge of the workshop here is called Zhao Gou. He stood up and said, "It's all done."
Tang Shiyue nodded.
As far as she knew, there were not many new types of farm tools available in this era, so she considered for a long time before choosing this one.
The treadle plow is a tool for turning the soil. People in the Song Dynasty once said, "The treadle plow can replace half the work of ox-drawn plows and twice the work of hoe-drawn plows."
So it is very suitable if you don't have cows at home, or if you live in rocky mountainous areas that cannot be plowed with cows. The entire Dongfeng County is mountainous, so it is definitely suitable.
The iron she had extorted from Meng Ziyang's father was used to make a treadle plow. A treadle plow required about two kilograms of iron, and she herself contributed five hundred kilograms of iron. In total, three hundred and fifty treadle plows were made, and now all of them have been completed.
Tang Shiyue first asked Qing Weiliao to send fifty of them back to Jubao Village and hand them over to the old patriarch, and then asked the people in the workshop to take the three hundred to the county government office.
When the matter was told, County Magistrate Lin was so shocked that everyone stood up and asked, "What does Ah Yue mean by this?"
Tang Shiyue said: "I just want to do something for the villagers and promote the name of my Yue Workshop."
County Magistrate Lin stared at her for a long time, then tried the treadle plow himself.
County Magistrate Lin was originally a scholar, but since he was demoted to Dongfeng County, he often went to the fields and was familiar with farming matters. After trying it, he knew that this was a treasure.
This is the performance delivered to him!
Farming is booming, yields are high, and there are new farm tools; all these are his achievements!
County Magistrate Lin suddenly bowed to her.
Tang Shiyue quickly dodged and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, I am embarrassed by this."
County Magistrate Lin said solemnly: "No matter if you have selfish motives or not, you deserve this gift from me just for what you have done for the people!"
Tang Shiyue smiled: "Just for the county lord's gift for the people, even if I get nothing in return, I am happy with what I have done."
Of course, she wouldn't get nothing.
She has already said, "Promote the name of my Yue Workshop." There may be thousands of ways to make a name for oneself, but this one is the most in line with the values of this era. Compared with Yue Workshop's top-down approach, this time she wants to do the opposite and start from the people!
So starting from the next day, the treadle plows were sent to the surrounding villages by people from the county government.
It is impossible to give one to every household, and even Jubao Village does not have enough to go around. But every village will definitely get one. The notice from the county government clearly states that this is Yuefang and the Meng family doing good deeds.
Even Tang Shiyue did not expect that this incident would make Mrs. Fu's reputation even more famous.
Everyone selectively ignored the others and only remembered Lady Fu. Some even said she was the Lady of the Nine Heavens who came down to earth to benefit the people... The stories were so vivid that Tang Shiyue didn't know what to do except to feel embarrassed.
Who would believe that this time she really didn't want to build momentum for herself, she just wanted to advertise Yuefang!
Besides this, there is also cotton.
Before leaving, Tang Shiyue was already thinking about harvesting her cotton.
Xia Yuhui and Qiao Sangyu were at home to help. According to her previous instructions, they had harvested the cotton early. Although there was not enough sunlight, the cotton was growing quite well. After picking the seeds, it should be enough to plant more than 30 acres of land.
At this time, she finally remembered to buy land. She asked people and bought more than 30 acres of fertile land, planning to hire someone to farm it, half to plant cotton and the other half to plant watermelon.
She felt so stupid. She only thought about planting cotton because it was too cold. Why didn't she think that the weather would not be cold after the cotton was planted? Why didn't she plant some watermelons first? If she had planted watermelons, wouldn't she be eating them now? Eating watermelons by the stove, how delicious it would be!
At this time, Uncle Bai, the steward left behind by the Meng family, had already reported the matter of the plowing back to Chang'an.
When Meng Yiqiu heard that Tang Shiyue was doing charity in the name of Yuefang and Meng's family, he couldn't help but feel happy. He thought to himself, "On the surface, he is so mean to me, but secretly he wants to be associated with my name, right?"
Who knew that when I read on, I found out that this was because Meng Ziyang offered two hundred kilograms of iron to apologize.
Young Master Meng was frozen for a long time and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Ever since returning to Chang'an City, Young Master Meng has been in a dejected state. His family thought that the mission was not accomplished. However, when they asked, it turned out that it was accomplished... He just didn't swallow it all as planned, but only got the clothes.
The family thought this was good enough, and no one understood the pain Young Master Meng felt.
And this pain, as time passed, not only did it not disappear, but it became more and more unbearable... When Young Master Meng realized that the discomfort was not due to unwillingness or anger, but rather a sense of worry, he was immediately horrified.
Meng Yiqiu is 22 years old this year. He has been dragging his feet and has not married yet. He swears to marry a stunning beauty, but it cannot be this girl! He knows how much that little girl dislikes him. If he really falls in love with this girl, his life will be miserable. Wouldn't he be bullied to death by her?
Besides, this young lady has a fiancé!
Young Master Meng was almost on the verge of tears.
Someone outside said, "Second Young Master, Fourth Master Meng wants to see you."
Meng Yiqiu calmed himself down and said, "Come in."
Meng Si, the owner of a Meng's embroidery shop in Chang'an City, came in hurriedly: "Second Young Master, something bad has happened!"
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