lcionline Chapter 320 You're So Clever
Chapter 320 You're So Clever
"Big...Aunt?"
Gao Mengli quickly went over and helped her panting aunt: "Aunt, slow down, why are you running so fast?"
Auntie steadied herself and patted her hand with a smile: "Well, Mr. Mu just went to the tailor shop to buy clothes for Tian Tian. When he was packing them, he forgot a pair of socks, so I rushed over here."
Mu Tiantian quickly took the small and delicate pink socks from Aunt Lin's hands: "Thank you, Auntie, for troubling you to make this trip."
"Sweetie, you're too kind. Don't mention it. Now that the things have been delivered, I'll head back!"
After saying that, the aunt waved her hand and turned to leave.
"Auntie's embroidery is really good. These daisies are so delicately embroidered, aren't they, Dad!"
Mu Tiantian held the socks with obvious delight, muttering to herself for a while without getting a response. She looked up and saw her father staring blankly: "Dad?"
Startled by the shout, Mu Yang suddenly realized, "Oh, Tian Tian wants to eat braised pork knuckle?! Let's go back to the inn right away, let's go for a walk!"
As he spoke, he pulled Mu Tiantian and ran back.
Mu Tiantian: "..."
When did she say she wanted to eat braised pork knuckle?
Forgotten on the spot, Gao Mengli watched the two disappear in a flash. She looked up at the direction her aunt had left in before slowly walking back.
As soon as Gao Mengli arrived at the inn's entrance, she saw Constable Pang and his two companions holding bowls and talking animatedly with her daughter Xixi on the inn's threshold.
"Auntie, you're back!"
Officer Pang was gnawing on a large pork knuckle, enjoying the delicious food while still greeting everyone.
"Mengli, you're back!"
Lin Xi quickly ran over, grabbed Gao Mengli's hand, and stuck out her tongue: "The maltose syrup is already boiling, and I've pounded the sesame seeds too. I'm just taking a short break!"
It's true that everyone has a gossipy nature.
"That saves me the trouble, that's right."
Gao Mengli suddenly remembered the rice seedlings and turned to look at the three people eating next to her: "When you three go back later, tell Dou Weiyi that the rice seedlings are ready to be transplanted in the village tomorrow. The seedlings have been cultivated and can be transplanted into the fields."
Once this batch has grown well in the field, the rapeseed in the field can be harvested. Then we can plow the field, apply fertilizer, and transplant rice seedlings.
Upon hearing this, Pang You dared not delay at all, considering it both a matter of people's livelihood and a matter of making money.
He grabbed one and two others, and carrying a bowl, ran towards Pingyao County: "Uncle, I'll bring you the bowl tomorrow!"
For transplanting rice seedlings, you need to apply fertilizer once first, and then apply a large amount of fertilizer later!
He had to hurry to the county town to help out, because the surrounding villages might come and take the public toilet's fertilizer tomorrow. He had to help maintain order and collect money!
A bucket of fertilizer costs two coins. His family has public toilets in all four directions of the city, and there are also private toilets in Wangyue Village.
Busy, so very busy!
Constable Pang hurriedly took a horse-drawn carriage back to the county government office. As soon as he entered, he shouted, "My lord, my lord, your aunt has sent you money again!"
Dou Weiyi looked up from the pile of folded documents on the chopping board, and the dark circles under her eyes brightened considerably when she heard Pang You's words.
"Tell me quickly, what instructions does Sister-in-law Lin have?"
Pang You slammed the bowl down on the table and quickly confessed everything Gao Mengli had told him.
Dou Weiyi paced back and forth excitedly: "No, planting throughout the county is a major issue. Without enough fertilizer and water, the grain harvest will not be high."
Tomorrow, go to the street and post notices: Anyone coming to set up a stall, especially those selling food, soups, or sweet drinks, will have a monthly rent of thirty copper coins—no, twenty-five!
Pang You looked completely bewildered: "No, sir, our Pingyao County is so prosperous, the people are wealthy, and there are always people coming and going. It's the best place to do business."
Even charging 100 coins wouldn't be unreasonable, so why are you lowering the rent?
Dou Weiyi stopped and looked up at Pang You.
Pang You instantly felt that his family recognized his intelligence, and proudly raised his chin.
To everyone's surprise, Dou Weiyi immediately launched into a witty retort: "Short-sighted!"
"Sir, a gentleman uses words, not fists. Be careful, or I'll get Da Niu to make things difficult for you!"
Pang You is skinny now; his martial arts skills are lacking, but he's still agile.
Moreover, with someone backing him up, he became increasingly audacious, becoming the number one person to threaten the county magistrate.
Who told him that his parents were Da Niu's teachers? A teacher for a day is a father for life. He and Da Niu were more than brothers!
Dou Wei was furious when she heard Pang You act all innocent after getting the benefit.
If I had known that Da Niu was a martial arts student, I should have become his martial arts instructor.
In this way, they would become family with Gao Mengli and Lin Xi's family in a roundabout way, and Pang You wouldn't have to take advantage of them by constantly showing off in front of them to annoy them.
If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll become stubborn when you grow up.
You're so silly. There are plenty of food businesses out there, and people will definitely want to make things convenient while shopping after eating.
Especially for those in the sweet water and tea business, the more people doing it, the better our public toilet business will be, and the more profits we'll make.
When the village plants rice, there will be enough fertilizer and water—a win-win-win situation, do you understand?
"Oh dear, how could I not have thought of that! Sir, you are truly farsighted!"
After Dou Weiyi said that, Pang You instantly understood the situation.
Without Dou Weiyi saying anything, he ran out to make arrangements on his own.
Seeing that he had gone out to make arrangements, Dou Weiyi quickly returned to her desk to work on the memorials.
Looking up, I saw the bowl that Pang You had placed there.
"How did this bone china bowl end up here?"
Given the stingy nature of Pang Dahai and Zhen Xiaoxi, they don't seem like the type to use ceramic bone china.
He reached out and picked up the bowl, and only then did he smell the aroma of the braised pork knuckle inside.
"Damn, Pang You went to Wangyue Village for a private meal and they didn't even pack it up for him???"
He's been so busy lately that he hasn't had a moment to spare and hasn't been back to the village for many days.
He longed for Lin Xi's meals.
He put the bowl down and carried all the folded documents on the table to Qin Shen Shen's desk next to him.
Then he shouted, "Brother Lin, your brother is coming back to see you!"
Qin Shen Shen held a pile of documents collected from the village: "Dou Weiyi, these are all reports on the people's conditions. Please handle them."
Seeing that no one responded for a long time, Qin Shen Shen peeked out from behind the folded paper.
Dou Weiyi was nowhere to be seen; apart from the towering stack of memorials on his advisor's desk, there was nothing else.
"Dou—Wei—Yi!!!"
With a creak, the courtyard gate of the inn was pushed open.
"Brother Lin, I've come to see you!!"
The scene of being warmly received did not materialize as I had imagined.
Dou Weiyi stood there, stunned.
He was greeted only by Lin Xi, who poked her head out of the kitchen window: "Oh, Lord Dou, it's already dark, why did you run back to the village?"
No one gets up early without a reason; Dou Wei's arrival must be for no good reason.
"Oh, Brother Lin, I've missed you so much! You're in the kitchen? That's perfect! Quickly make me something to eat, I'm starving!"
Dou Weiyi rolled up his sleeves and pushed open the kitchen door without any regard for his image, only to find more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at him.
This Lord Dou actually said he misses Master Lin terribly?!