Chapter 441 Short-sighted
The first thing Yu Jiahui did when she returned to the county government office was to find Yu Jiaming and repeat what Nanny Gui had said.
"Brother, why did Aunt Gui say these things? Did mother ask her to say them?" Yu Jiahui initially thought that Aunt Gui was expressing her gratitude for Aunt Qing's care on her behalf, but when she got there, she actually met Ye Mingzhu.
Yu Jiaming's face looked very grim. He tried hard to suppress his emotions before saying, "Mom hopes that we all keep our distance from the Jiang family."
Yu Jiahui didn't quite understand, so Yu Jiaming waved his hand and said, "You don't need to understand these things. You can go back with Aunt Gui in a few days."
Yu Jiahui was unhappy, but she didn't dare to refute Yu Jiaming's cold face, so she could only pout and go out.
After she left, Xiao Wu came in, his face full of joy: "Brother Li, the sweet potato harvest is good."
Yu Jiaming was delighted at first, then he sighed: "Alas."
Xiao Wu was a little confused: "Brother Li, Mingzhu sent a letter saying that the sweet potato harvest is good and asked us to send people to the farm."
"When did Mingzhu send someone?"
"Wu Zhuangtou said he told Mingzhu yesterday, and Mingzhu asked him to notify us to send people to harvest the sweet potatoes."
"Fortunately, fortunately." Yu Jiaming's face was full of relief: "Fortunately it's a day late."
Xiao Wu didn't understand: "What do you mean one day late?"
"Let's go find someone to dig up sweet potatoes and calculate the yield. If it's really as Mingzhu said, it will be a great thing that benefits both the country and the people."
The dejection on Yu Jiaming's face disappeared, and he couldn't wait to follow Xiaowu out the door.
Aunt Gui saw them at the gate of the yard and stopped Yu Jiaming.
"Master, I want to take the young lady away tomorrow." Aunt Gui bowed to Yu Jiaming.
The joy on Yu Jiaming's face faded, and he looked at Aunt Gui: "Aunt Gui, since you are the old nanny by my mother's side, I remind you that you should stay out of my business."
Aunt Gui bowed her head respectfully and said, "Master, everything I do is approved by Madam."
Yu Jiaming said with a cold face: "Madam Gui, don't think that I won't do anything to you just because you are using my mother as a cover."
Aunt Gui was a little panicked and knelt down.
"Madam Gui, just take Jiahui back home and don't worry about anything else."
Aunt Gui looked up: "Madam said..."
"Don't think of using my mother to pressure me. If I ask you to stay here, do you think my mother will agree?"
Yu Jiaming said this and left.
After getting on the carriage, Xiao Wu asked Yu Jiaming: "Brother Li, is there something wrong?"
Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu have always had a good relationship, and he did not hide it from him and told him that Yu's mother sent someone to give gifts to Ye Mingzhu.
Xiao Wu felt like a fool today. He asked confusedly, "What does this mean, Auntie?"
"My mother was afraid that Mingzhu and the others would drag me down. She said she was repaying them for saving her life, but in fact, she was afraid of owing them a favor."
Xiaowu still doesn't understand.
Yu Jiaming continued with a cold face, "The sweet potatoes that were shipped to the capital have been harvested. It is said that the yield is very high. If the sweet potatoes in Mingzhu Manor have the same yield, such a thing will be reported to the emperor."
"Aunt wants you to take all the credit?" Xiaowu blurted out.
Yu Jiaming nodded awkwardly.
"Although Jiang Hongyu holds an official position, he is a military commander after all. These local affairs, logically speaking, have nothing to do with him."
Yu Jiaming didn't say what came next, but Xiaowu understood.
As long as Yu Jiaming has the credit for growing sweet potatoes and as long as he doesn't encounter any problems in the past three years, promotion is a sure thing.
Although Ye Mingzhu saved Yu Jiaming, the Yu family gave her a thank-you gift, which was considered as repayment for the life-saving favor.
As long as Yu Jiaming is still the county magistrate, the other party should not dare to make trouble.
All the abacus beads that Yu's mother used were brought here from the capital.
Xiao Wu glanced at Yu Jiaming's face and felt that Yu's mother had schemed for nothing. It was obvious that Yu Jiaming did not like this kind of scheme.
In Yu's mother's view, Jiang Hongyu and Yu Jiaming wanted to take advantage of the Yu family's power, but from the beginning to the end, they were the ones who relied on each other.
Whether it was solving the chaos in the county when he first came here, discovering the gold mine, or finding sweet potatoes, these were all Yu Jiaming's political achievements, but without Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu, it would not have been easy for Yu Jiaming to gain a foothold in the county in the beginning.
Now that Yu Jiaming is firmly in the position of county magistrate, the Yu family's move is really like crossing the river to destroy the bridge, which will be despised if it gets out.
"This is just my aunt's idea, right?" Xiao Wu couldn't imagine that the people in the Yu family would be so short-sighted.
Yu Jiaming shook his head. He had not had time to write a letter to his father.
In fact, Ye Mingzhu and the others had already said that the credit for the sweet potatoes should be attributed to him. Compared with Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu, he was really a villain.
Xiao Wu didn't know what to say anymore, so he could only say dryly, "Brother Jiang is on good terms with us. You can go and explain it to us some other day. Brother Jiang won't mind."
Yu Jiaming shook his head again. Jiang Hongyu would not care, but Ye Mingzhu was not a generous person. He was afraid that she would affect his judgment.
"Forget it, let's go check out the sweet potato production first."
Yu Jiaming made up his mind to write a letter home as soon as he got home, asking whether this was his family's idea or his mother's.
After he came here, Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu helped him a lot. If he kicked them out now for the sake of political achievements, who would be willing to help him after the news got out?
Even Xiaowu, who had a good relationship with him, had a strange expression on his face when he heard about this.
Yu Jiaming, who had something on his mind, arrived at the farm and almost sat there with his head down, watching everyone harvesting sweet potatoes.
The workers knew that the county magistrate was coming to watch them harvest the sweet potatoes, so they harvested the sweet potatoes as quickly as possible.
With the previous experience of harvesting sweet potatoes, everyone was twice as fast this time.
Yu Jiaming looked at the collected sweet potatoes and couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.
He asked Wu Zhuangtou to bring paper and pen, and started writing the memorial on the field.
At the Jiang family in Pinggu Town, Ye Mingzhu also remembered the letter Wu Jiang sent yesterday, saying that the sweet potatoes on the farm could be harvested.
She didn't show it in front of Aunt Qing just now, but she was still angry in her heart. She simply asked Lao Hu to rent a car and prepare to go to the farm. She thought that the farm was harvesting sweet potatoes today, and she would be able to eat fresh sweet potatoes if she went there.
Ye Mingzhu thought of fresh sweet potatoes and asked Yunniang to ask Aunt Qing. Unexpectedly, Aunt Qing, Uncle Yan and Zhou Jinman followed directly over.
Aunt Qing smiled and said, "Jin Man just heard that there were fresh sweet potatoes to eat, and she insisted on going with us."
Zhou Jinman smiled and said, "Cousin, I haven't eaten the sweet potatoes you mentioned. Can I go?"
Everyone is here, what else can Ye Mingzhu say? Let’s go together.
So Uncle Yan drove the cart, carrying a group of people, to the farm in a grand manner.
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