Chapter 328: The Women's Academy Opens
The red curtain fell and the wedding clothes were thrown out of the tent one by one.
Ye Chutang looked at Qi Yanzhou, who had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, eight-pack abs, and a charming inverted triangle figure, and tilted her head back to kiss his sexy Adam's apple.
Her hands were not idle either. She untied the man's belt and pushed him down on the bed.
Qi Yanzhou put his arms around Ye Chutang's waist and they exchanged positions.
He was breathing heavily, his voice hoarse.
"Atang, is it okay?"
Ye Chutang hooked her jade-like arms around Qi Yanzhou's neck, pulled him down, and kissed his lips again.
She answered the man's question with practical actions.
Qi Yanzhou no longer suppressed his sexual desire and spent the night in the warm hibiscus tent.
Ye Chutang was able to take the initiative at the beginning, but later she could only let the man toss her around and she didn't even have the energy to cooperate.
Before she fell asleep from exhaustion, a sentence popped into her mind.
Men who have been single for too long are really scary!
Qi Yanzhou enjoyed the taste, but he was also concerned about Ye Chutang's health and did not dare to go too far.
When they first met, Ye Chutang tormented him for an hour.
Today, he is the same.
***
The next day.
When Ye Chutang woke up, his lower body felt sore and weak.
But I felt refreshed and didn't feel any discomfort at all.
I guess Qi Yanzhou helped her bathe and clean herself after she fell asleep.
Qi Yanzhou noticed that Ye Chutang had woken up and hugged her tighter.
He rubbed his chin against the top of her head, like a cat acting coquettishly.
"Morning, my lady."
These three words all reveal a happy mood.
Ye Chutang was infected by Qi Yanzhou's good mood and turned around to hug him back.
"Morning, my dear. What time is it? Should I get up?"
Qi Yanzhou didn't want to get up and kissed Ye Chutang on the forehead.
"Atang, you don't need to ask your mother for morning tea. You can sleep a little longer."
Ye Chutang also wanted to sleep more, but her stomach wouldn't allow it.
"I'm hungry, aren't you?"
When Qi Yanzhou heard this, he remembered that Ye Chutang hadn't even had dinner before he was carried to bed by him.
He quickly let go of her and sat up.
"There should be food left in the kitchen. Wash up first and I'll get it."
When he asked for water for bathing last night, he asked for an extra basin just to make it easier for him to wash today.
Ye Chutang nodded, "Okay."
After saying that, she lifted the quilt.
The ambiguous mark on her body was clearly revealed, and Qi Yanzhou didn't know where to put his eyes.
"I...I'll be gentle tonight."
Ye Chutang looked at Qi Yanzhou, who was still innocent, and wanted to tease him.
"I have a good body, but you bullied me like this. You have to compensate me."
"Okay, how do you compensate me?"
Ye Chutang hooked his finger and said, "Come here, let me pinch you a few times."
When Qi Yanzhou heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
His skin is so thick and rough that you can't leave any marks by pinching him with your hands.
But he still walked up to Ye Chutang honestly.
As a result, he couldn't laugh the next moment.
Ye Chutang patted his abdomen and said, "Your muscles are too tense. Relax."
Qi Yanzhou was not on guard at all and tried to relax his body as much as possible.
Ye Chutang unbuttoned the inner garment he had just put on, grabbed a piece of skin on his abdomen, and twisted it downwards with both hands alternately.
A tingling sensation came over him, causing Qi Yanzhou to groan.
"Atang, stop making trouble."
Ye Chutang looked at Qi Yanzhou, who was feeling very uncomfortable, with a smile on his face, without stopping his hands.
"I just pinched you, and you're not happy about it?"
After these words were spoken, Qi Yanzhou could only continue to endure it.
The numbness and itchiness spread from his abdomen to his legs, making his breathing rapid.
"Atang, stop it."
The hoarse voice is heart-stirring.
Seeing that someone was becoming restless, Ye Chutang tactfully let go.
It’s okay to play with it, but don’t break it.
But she did not let Qi Yanzhou go.
She hugged his neck and left a deep red kiss on his sexy Adam's apple.
Qi Yanzhou tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his body, and looked at Ye Chutang who was deliberately teasing him with doting yet helplessness.
"Is that enough? If so, I'll get you something to eat."
Ye Chutang knew very well that if Qi Yanzhou had not been worried that she would be hungry, he would have eaten her up long ago.
A man who can control his lower body in front of his sweetheart makes her heart beat.
She kissed the man's thin lips and her eyes swept somewhere.
"Calm down first before you go."
Qi Yanzhou quickly turned around to cover up, "Okay, put on your clothes quickly, be careful not to catch a cold."
After saying that, he put on his inner clothes, put on his outer shirt, and went to wash up slowly.
After washing up, the restlessness in my body subsided.
After dinner, Ye Chutang dragged his sore body to Baicao Garden.
This courtyard was originally where Qi Shuyan lived.
After he moved next door, the yard became empty.
Qi Yanzhou thought that Ye Chutang would tinker with medicinal herbs when he had nothing to do, so he turned Qingyun Courtyard into a medicine garden.
When Ye Chutang is not busy, he will come to read the ancient medical books he has collected to make poisons and detoxify.
I also make some scented tea and cosmetics.
She wanted to use the daughter of an official who was admitted to the Women's College as a living signboard to expand Furongtang's business.
No matter how good the advertising slogan is, seeing is believing!
***
As they were newlyweds, Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou did not go out for two days.
Busy with work during the day and inseparable at night.
On the third day, the couple brought An An and Le Le back home.
Because Song Jingning prepared a large dowry, Qi Yanzhou also brought a generous return gift.
When the people saw this, they all said that Ye Chutang and Song Jingning were not real siblings, but they were better than real siblings.
Which brother-in-law gives his sister-in-law a dowry of 128 pieces?
Whose step-sister’s return gift filled six large carts!
Song Jingning took a day off today and got up early to buy groceries, fruits, snacks, and toys for the children.
When Ye Chutang's family of four came to the governor's mansion, he had just returned not long ago.
"It would be enough if you just came, why did you bring so many gifts?"
"My brother gave me so much dowry, so the return gift cannot be too shabby."
After saying that, she handed Lele, who was reaching out to Song Jingning, to him to hold.
"An An and Le Le are always happy to see you."
The two children are well taken care of and are now chubby and no different from single babies of the same age.
Song Jingning looked at Lele, who was babbling something, and tried to tease her with a rattle.
"I visit them often, so they are close to me. Lunch is already prepared. You should finish eating and go back early."
An An and Le Le need to be fed every two hours and cannot stay outside for long.
Ye Chutang nodded and asked about the business.
"Brother, have you greeted the officials and asked them to send our daughter to school?"
"It has been agreed that the enrollment time will be after the Shangsi Festival."
And tomorrow is the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March.
"About how many people are there?"
"Eight."
Song Jingning didn't want Ye Chutang to be too tired, so he set some conditions for admission.
Among more than thirty girls of school age, only eight were able to enroll.
He wanted to relax the admission requirements after there were more gentlemen in the women's college.
Ye Chutang didn't have the energy to teach too many students. Even if Song Jingning didn't set a threshold, she would find a way to make some students leave on their own initiative.
"Shu Yue and I will teach eight people, so it should be no problem."
After that, she asked about the snowstorm.
Song Jingning told us what he knew.
Heavy snow fell intermittently in the northwest for more than a month, freezing many people to death and causing many houses to collapse.
In addition, there was a severe drought this year and almost no grain was harvested. Even if the emperor exempted taxes, the people still lived a difficult life.
The phenomenon of lack of food is everywhere.
Even if the government was willing to open the granaries to release grain, the people were trapped in their homes by the heavy snow and could not get food.
And eating relief food is not a long-term solution.
After all, the government’s grain reserves are limited, and a portion has to be set aside for seeds.
Qi Yanzhou has been busy with his wedding recently and hasn't paid much attention to people's livelihood. He didn't expect the snow disaster to be so serious.
"The winter in the north is very long. The ice and snow will not melt until mid-to-late April. It will probably snow during this period. The people may not be able to endure it. We must get the government to send people to clear the roads as soon as possible, provide housing for the affected people, and give the people without food food to eat."
Song Jingning stopped shaking the rattle and sighed.
"I want to do that, but the snow on the road is too thick and frozen hard. It's impossible to clear the road with just the officials in the government office."
Qi Yanzhou immediately said, "I will have Hai Dongqing deliver a letter to the Khan later."
"It's not very useful. The Northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and the garrison can only leave half of its camp at most. Once the roads are dispersed, it will be a drop in the bucket."
Maybe the road had not been cleared yet and heavy snow fell again, making the work in vain.
As for concentrating the garrison and opening up roads to places with large populations first, that is even less feasible.
Because counties and prefectures have large populations and are not short of food.
After hearing what Song Jingning said, Qi Yanzhou frowned.
"It would be great if we could mobilize all the people and the government troops to open the way together."
The idea is good, but it's not realistic.
Because Haidongqing was unable to deliver the news to the people in various places one by one.
Moreover, many people are illiterate, so receiving letters is useless.
Seeing the two men looking dejected, Ye Chutang suddenly had an idea and asked Song Jingning, "Brother, is there a salt lake in Tianshan County?"
It is already March and the temperature is much higher than in midwinter.
The lowest temperature at night is about minus twenty degrees Celsius.
When the sun is out during the day, the temperature can reach above zero for one or two hours.
This is also the reason why snow becomes hard and difficult to shovel.
If you spread salt on the snow, the melting point of ice and snow can be lowered to around minus ten degrees Celsius, making it easier to melt.
Song Jingning was the governor of Tianshan County, so he was naturally very familiar with the terrain here.
He said: "There are many saline-alkali lands in the northwest, so there is no shortage of salt lakes. There are two in Tianshan County, but they are far away from the county town."
After that, he asked, "Chu'er, why are you asking about the salt lake?"
"Melting snow."
Although salt was a rare commodity in ancient times, this refers to salt that can be eaten after processing.
Rather than coarse salt taken directly from salt lakes or the sea.
Of course, no matter what kind of salt it was, it was controlled by the imperial court and it was difficult for ordinary people to get it.
Song Jingning was knowledgeable and naturally knew that salt water had a certain antifreeze property.
But the idea of using the brine from the salt lake to melt snow was a bit unrealistic for him.
If nothing else, transportation is a big problem.
He did not refute Ye Chutang immediately, but asked Zigui to get the map of Tianshan County.
“The salt lakes are located in these two locations, thousands of miles away from the county town.”
Ye Chutang glanced at the location of the two salt lakes, pointed to the location of the garrison and said, "This salt lake should be only about 300 miles away from the garrison."
Song Jingning immediately understood Ye Chutang's thoughts.
"The salt lake is guarded by soldiers. I will write a letter to the generals and ask them to cooperate with the garrison and use salt water to melt the snow."
After saying that, he looked at Qi Yanzhou and said, "Brother-in-law, can I borrow your Saker Falcon?"
"No problem. Write the letter and I'll ask Hai Dongqing to deliver it."
"Please sit down for a while. I will go write a letter."
Song Jingning returned Lele to Ye Chutang and went to the study.
Ye Chutang stopped him, "Brother, don't rush to write the letter. Make a detailed plan first to improve efficiency."
The three of them discussed for about fifteen minutes and finally agreed on the details of using salt to melt the snow.
First, use heavy objects to press the snow to create a path for one person to walk on, so that salt can be spread.
The snow was so thick that it took three days to melt and then transport the brine out.
As long as we work non-stop for twelve hours and if nothing unexpected happens, the roads in all places can be cleared in ten days.
The people trapped by the heavy snow were saved.
After the three of them had reached an agreement, Song Jingning immediately wrote a letter and signed it with the governor's seal.
He handed the two letters to Qi Yanzhou.
"Officials from all over the country are giving face to the Qi family. Brother-in-law, it would be best if you leave your private seal at the end of the letter."
Qi Yanzhou took the letter and nodded, "I will."
After a while, lunch was ready.
After lunch, Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou did not stay in the governor's mansion for long and returned to Qi's mansion.
After the couple handed the child to the wet nurse, they left the house together.
Qi Yanzhou went to find Nan Xiao who was feeding the Saker Falcon, and Ye Chutang went outside the city to find Sun Chu.
Sun Chu had already achieved mass production of cement half a month ago, and has recently been busy building a glazed greenhouse.
All the materials for building the shed were prepared, but the ground was frozen hard, making it difficult to lay the foundation.
After nearly a month of hard work, only half of the foundation of the ten acres of land was completed.
Sun Chu raised his eyebrows when he saw Ye Chutang coming.
"You're newlyweds, why aren't you at home with your husband?"
Ye Chutang ignored Sun Chu's teasing and said with a smile: "Being with a man is not as good as making money."
"The world is clear, money is king!"
After saying that, he kicked the frozen soil under his feet.
"Can 'Ghost Thief' thaw the ground temporarily? Otherwise, the weather has warmed up and the greenhouse has not been built yet."
Ye Chutang came here today to solve the foundation problem.
She had not used her earth-related abilities to speed up the construction process because she felt that the area was too large, the temperature was too low, and it would consume too much merit points.
Now that the weather is warmer and the foundation is halfway dug, it would be more cost-effective to use supernatural powers.
Just as she thought, it only took more than 800 merit points to turn the frozen soil into loose soil.
The workers suddenly found that the soil under their feet became soft and they exclaimed in disbelief.
If the tentacles had not been still freezing cold, they would have suspected that it was the spring thaw.
"Why did the soil suddenly become soft? How weird!"
"Is the ground going to collapse? Should we run?"
"Mr. Chu didn't run away, so why should we run? Hurry and dig while the soil is soft!"
"Yes, yes, yes. We're digging the foundation. The soil might freeze hard again in a little while."
After these words were spoken, the workers no longer cared about why the soil had become soft. They just waved their hoes and shovels and worked hard.
Sun Chu was delighted when he saw this scene.
"At this rate, the foundation will be dug in less than two days."
Once the foundation is laid, the glazed greenhouse will be built soon.
It only takes ten days or half a month at most to grow vegetables in a greenhouse.
Thinking of this, Sun Chu asked Ye Chutang again, "You grow vegetables on such a large area?"
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