After Retiring from Marriage, I became the Favorite of a Powerful Mini

by Usui Takumii

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9. 81 to 90

Shi Laosi held his breath, he didn't want to give up.

He changed the subject and asked: "Do you know how to make that little black ball?"

Then he added: "The Wu family is willing to pay another sum of money to buy the prescription."

Shi Qingluo smiled: "It was made by my master, how could I know the recipe?"

"If you want to know, you can ask him personally."

Shi Laosi's face turned dark instantly. If he could ask, why would he bother to ask her?

He didn't want to miss out on the benefits from the Wu family, so he couldn't help threatening: "If you offend the Wu family, you will have nothing to eat."

"If I were you, you better take out two prescriptions and sell them to the Wu family to reconcile the previous conflicts and be good to each other in the future."

"There is a magistrate behind the Wu family. You may need his family's help in the future."

Young Master Wu promised him that as long as he could persuade the dead girl to sell two prescriptions to the Wu family, he would marry a concubine daughter in their family to him.

If he can get married to the Wu family, it will be beneficial to him.

Shi Qingluo didn't care: "I've already offended them, and I don't care if I continue to offend the Wu family."

Then she curled her lips in disdain: "Besides, my husband is so good, can it be compared with the Wu family? Do you think I would need their help?"

She then looked at Shi Laosi with eyes full of contempt: "Are you kidding me?"

The corner of Shi Laosi's mouth twitched. Doesn't this dead girl too confident in Xiao Hanzheng?

That's the magistrate, how can he be compared with a small scholar? And she doesn't want help from others? She was arrogant.

He was about to speak when Shi Qingluo said again: "You are too stupid, you are very proud to be used as a gun."

"Do you think what the Wu family promised will come true?"

"I'm afraid that even if you can get the money, you won't have the time to spend it."

"Or there are benefits to take, but you have no life to enjoy it."

Seeing the excited persuasion of Shi Laosi, it must be that the Wu family promised great benefits.

Shi Laosi: "… …"

This damn girl not only despises his stupidity but also cursed him. She was too hateful.

Xiao Hanzheng also disliked Shi Laosi. He delayed his time to walk with his little wife: "We still have something to do, please go back."

Shi Laosi was still unwilling to give up: "Why do you do this, you…"

But before he finished speaking, Shi Qingluo became impatient and pointed at Daidai: "Good goose, bite him!"

Daidai was following behind, always trying to squeeze Xiao Hanzheng away but failed. He was dazed for a moment, then rolled his eyes when he heard this.

After flapping his wings, he rushed over and bit Shi Laosi violently.

Shi Laosi was caught off guard. His hands became swollen from being bitten by a black goose, and his body was extremely painful from being wrung.

He wanted to push the black goose away with his hands, but Dadai was so fierce and tough that he threw himself directly at him, biting him violently.

"Ah!" Shi Laosi couldn't help but scream in pain.

He had no choice but to run back, but he was chased far away by Dadai while flapping his wings.

When Shi Qingluo saw this, she smiled proudly and said to Xiao Hanzheng: "Aren't our goose very good?"

Sure enough, raising goose to watch the house was right.

Although Daidai was not an adult yet, maybe because it was a wild goose, it was not smaller than an adult goose.

With the nourishment of the spiritual spring water and the nutritious food balls she kneaded herself, his body shape outshines the other geese when he grows up.

Although Xiao Hanzheng has heard that geese bite people, he didn't expect this black goose to be so fierce.

No wonder his little wife wanted to raise this goose to watch the house, it was extraordinary.

The main point was that this little thing was so smart that he can understand it when his little wife asks him to bite Shi Laosi.

He chuckled lightly and said, "It's amazing, as expected of being raised by my lady."

Shi Qingluo smiled and took his arm: "Of course."

The two of them walked for a while, and then Daidai came back with an air of victory in the battle.

"Nice job!" Shi Qingluo took out a ball and fed it to it as a reward.

To deal with annoying villains, the means cannot be soft.

Next time, Shi Laosi probably won't dare to come to their house alone to be a demon again.

On the other side, Shi Laosi went home in pain.

Not only were his hands swollen in several places, but his body was in severe pain, and even his face had several red marks from the goose beak.

The old lady and the old man were very distressed, but they really can't do anything to that dead girl.

Because of this incident, they gave up the idea of climbing over the wall at night to steal the prescription.

The goose raised by that dead girl was just as vicious as her. If they were found out, not only will they be bitten by the goose, but they will be punished by that dead girl.

Even without the deterrence of the little black ball now, they still have psychological shadows of Shi Qinglou's fierceness towards them.

The next day, Shi Lao Si had no choice but to go to the Wu Family's Mansion and told them that Shi Qingluo refused to agree.

Shi Laosi failed, the Young Master Wu didn't expect it.

He thought that as long as they gave money, that damn girl would give it with her two hands.

So Shi Laosi took him to the Xiao Family's house in Xiaxi Village.

When the carriage stopped at the door, Young Master Wu got out of the carriage and saw a dilapidated courtyard. His eyes were full of disgust.

Shi Laosi stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door was opened.

The person who opened the door happened to be Shi Qingluo, and she was not surprised to see Shi Laosi and the young man in brocade clothes behind him.

Shi Qinglou raised an eyebrow: "Did you ignore what I said yesterday?"

When Sji Laosi was questioned so arrogantly by his niece, he felt a little embarrassed.

But when he saw the ferocious black goose behind Shi Qingluo, looking ready to move, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, and was scared.

"Well, Young Master Wu is looking for you, so I brought him here."

Forget it, he doesn't care about women.

Shi Qingluo looked at First Young Master Wu, but she didn't give him a good face.

She even said bluntly: "I don't have the recipe for the little black ball, and I don't sell the recipe for making ice."

She disliked the Wu family very much, and she didn't even bother to talk nicely with them.

Young Master Wu did not expect Shi Qingluo to have such a reaction: "Don't rush to refuse, we can sit down and have a good talk."

Shi Qing said coldly: "I have nothing to talk to you about."

Young Master Wu frowned, "Isn't your attitude too much?"

He, Young Master Wu, was walking in the county town, how could he encounter such closed doors?

Shi Qingluo sneered, "If you are sent to marry and be buried alive with a dying young master, I'm afraid your attitude will be the same."

There was already an enmity, there was no need to pretend that such a thing didn't happen.

Although the original body was killed by the best products of the Shi Family, it was inseparable from the Wu family.

Especially looking at the appearance of this young man. Xiao Baili also almost suffered from the Wu family's poisonous hands. How can she cooperate with the Wu family or give them a good face?

Today she also deliberately tore her face.

Young Master Wu choked, it turned out that this dead girl still remembered about getting married and being buried with his younger brother.

She felt uncomfortable, but their family was even more upset.

His younger brother passed away alone because of her, and they haven't settled this matter with her yet.

He suppressed the anger in his heart: "That incident was just a misunderstanding, you didn't enter our Wu family's door in the end, right?"

"Since you're still alive, why still bother with it."

After getting what he wants, he will make this dead girl, who dares to humiliate him, suffer.

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First Young Master Wu looked carefully at Shi Qingluo.

Although it looks a little thin and yellow, it was not difficult to see that her facial features were very good. If she takes care of herself for a year or two, she may be a big beauty.

Plus her personality was quite spicy, which was what some customers like.

If she was kidnapped and thrown into the brothel of the Wu family in the south of the Yangtze River, she might be able to hold a profitable courtesan.

He has a ruthless heart. When he got the things, he would look for an opportunity to take the dead girl away.

Let her help them make money continuously, and be dealt with by countless men in different ways.

Look at how arrogant she can be.

Shi Qingluo was very sensitive to people's emotions and immediately felt the malice from Young Master Wu.

She doesn't know what this evil young man was planning again.

Looking up, she saw Xiao Hanzheng walking with a dozen people from not far away.

After thinking for a while, she acted like she would never give in.

She glared at First Young Master Wu: "We won't be in cahoots with you."

"You want to cut off everyone's money, so I don't agree."

She sprayed again and again: "Your Wu family is like a wolf in sheep's clothing. You don't want everyone to benefit, you just want to take good things for yourself. It's selfish and hateful."

Young Master Wu was dumbfounded by her sudden words. What was she talking about?

However, he was annoyed by her words: "You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

What kind of collusion, black heart, and rotten liver were all bad words?

He had never been called like that before, so his anger reached its peak.

Shi Qinglou curved the corners of her lips, but quickly restrained herself, and said with righteous indignation: "I will never compromise, you guys go away!"

Young Master Wu glanced at Shi Qingluo with a sullen look: "Let's wait and see!"

He used gentle means to get things first, but this woman refused without a second thought, so don't blame him for being tough.

In the past two days, he has been looking for someone to find an opportunity to take the dead girl away. First, torture her to find out the prescription, and then send her to a brothel in the south of the Yangtze River.

His father has sent a letter to the magistrate, promising to get the method of making ice, so he must not miss it.

Young Master Wu's malice was too strong, and Daidai who was standing behind Shi Qingluo also clearly felt it.

If people bully them, he should bite the villain.

So he flapped his goose wings and rushed over, patting and biting Young Master Wu.

Young Master Wu didn't expect the goose next to the dead girl to attack actively, so he was bitten several times.

Immediately, his face changed, and asked the servant to drive the goose away, and he hid behind the two of them in embarrassment.

When Shi Laosi saw this, he ran away in a hurry, and he also had a great psychological shadow on this vicious goose.

Sure enough, the goose raised by the dead girl was so fierce that even First Young Master Wu dared to attack unceremoniously.

The two young servants stood in the way of Young Master Wu and were also bitten several times.

One of them directly pulled out a knife from the bottom of the carriage and was about to slash at Daidai.

Daidai was very smart, as soon as he sees the knife and felt danger, he immediately turns around and runs towards Shi Qingluo.

When Shi Qingluo saw this, she took the initiative to step forward, raised her leg, and kicked the opponent away towards the knife that Daidai had slashed.

With another kick, she kicked the person to the ground.

"Why, if I don't give you the prescription, you will kill people in public?"

She shouted again on purpose: "No wonder everyone says that your Wu family is the leader of the bully in Nanxi County. I've seen it today, and it's indeed true."

Young Master Wu was very angry: "Shi Qingluo, you wait!"

Xiao Hanzheng had already walked over at this time, looking at Young Master Wu with displeasure: "I don't know how my wife provoked Young Master Wu, you want her to wait for what?"

He exuded fierceness all over his body, completely suppressing First Young Master Wu's aura.

Young Master Wu frowned and looked at Xiao Hanzheng, who didn't look like a peasant boy at all, and felt a little jealous and ruthless in his heart.

No matter what, these two people cannot be allowed to continue living, otherwise, it may be detrimental to their Wu family.

He sneered: "You have to ask your wife why let the goose bite us."

Shi Qingluo also sneered, "It's because you came to our door with all kinds of threats and lures. The goose's eyes are the sharpest. They can see your sinister intentions and viciousness, so it takes the initiative to bite you."

She pointedly glanced at the villagers who came with Xiao Hanzheng: "Otherwise, why doesn't the goose bite these upright villagers?"

Everyone thought it makes sense.

They all know that the goose of the Xiao family was very smart and fierce. As long as people don't provoke it, it won't take the initiative to bite.

It must be that this Young Master Wu had bad intentions, which attracted the goose to bite them.

Young Master Wu's face couldn't help but turn black when he saw these people agreeing.

They believed this kind of nonsense, they were simply stupid.

Sure enough, they were a group of ignorant mud legs.

He snorted coldly, "Today I have seen how your Xiao family treats guests, let's wait and see."

Xiao Hanzheng said coldly: "Our Xiao family only accepts polite guests, but never accepts bad guests."

"You want to bully my wife, we have to wait and see."

He also felt from First Young Master Wu just now that this guy has malice towards his little wife.

Calculating against his little wife was stepping on his bottom line.

Young Master Wu: "… …"

He doesn't know who bullied whom. He was the one who was scolded and bitten by this goose.

This couple was too shameless to reverse black and white.

But there were all villagers on Xiao Hanzheng's side, he was afraid that the other party will make a move, and they will suffer a loss.

So he looked at Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo coldly, and said to the servants: "Let's go!"

Then got into the carriage and left the village directly.

He wrote a letter to his aunt right after he went back, asking her to blow pillow wind to the prefect, to find some people to get rid of Xiao Hanzheng first, or send him away temporarily.

Then he will look for people to take that dead girl away.

He couldn't swallow this breath.

As soon as Young Master Wu left, Xiao Hanzheng looked at Shi Qingluo worriedly: "My lady, are you okay? Did he threaten you?"

He and his little wife already have a good understanding and know how to cooperate.

Sure enough, Shi Qingluo looked aggrieved: "He wants to force me to hand over the ice-making prescription."

"I told him that I am going to make the recipe public for everyone to learn. On the hot summer days, everyone can have a basin of ice to cool down."

"But he disagreed. He insisted on buying the prescription with money, and only wanted him to use it for their Wu family."

"If I don't agree, he said he will look for people to deal with us."

Of course, this was a fabrication, but it was enough for someone to believe it. She doesn't have to work hard when dealing with the Wu family.

The villagers who followed Xiao Hanzheng were invited by him to repair the workshop in the backyard.

The mountain behind has been bought and connected to the backyard, so they plan to tear down the back wall and build sugar and lacquer workshops here.

The tofu workshop was also rebuilt.

After listening to Shi Qingluo's words, the villagers felt that the Wu family had gone too far, forcing people to hand over the method of making ice.

Hearing what she said later, Xiao Hanzheng was even more stunned.

"My lady, you said you want to disclose the prescription for making ice in public?"

Shi Qingluo nodded: "That's right, it's open to everyone for free, anyone who wants to learn can learn."

"It's also a good thing for everyone to make homemade ice to cool off the heat, or take advantage of the hot weather to make some ice products to sell and earn some extra income."

This was what she planned all along.

Didn't the Wu family want a prescription? Sure thing.

She will make it public. At that time, if they want to learn, they can learn, but if their reputation in the county becomes rotten, they can't blame her.

After the villagers came back to their senses, they all looked at Shi Qingluo in disbelief.

"Why don't you sell the prescription?"

Ice can be made in summer, and the recipe must be valuable.

Didn't the Wu family want to buy it with force?

Shi Qinglou smiled generously at everyone.

"This is a prescription given by my master. I want to set up a spirit tablet for him, and I hope more people can remember him, so I want to borrow flowers to present Buddha, publicize this prescription, and accumulate merit for him."

"Those who have learned from him, if they remember the goodness of my old master, I hope they will go to burn a few incense sticks from time to time."

Doing these things in the name of a dead old Taoist priest will not make the superiors afraid.

This reason made everyone find no reason to refute, but it also confirmed Shi Qingluo's filial piety and generosity.

This was also very courageous. Such a prescription can sell a lot of silver, if she said to give it up, she will give it up.

"Then can we also learn?" Someone asked excitedly.

Shi Qingluo nodded: "My husband will go to the magistrate to discuss this matter. To prevent the Wu family from retaliating against us, I'll try to apply for exchange education in the county government."

"As long as the county magistrate agrees, anyone who wants to learn can go to the county government to learn how to make ice."

These things needed to expose to many people, in ancient times, men had to come forward.

She then changed the topic and said: "When you learn how to make ice, I will teach everyone in the village how to make food with ice. You can earn some pocket money during the vacant time."

This benefit was only available in Xiaxi Village.

After all, she was not going to monopolize the saltpeter mine on the mountain.

In this way, the hearts of the people in the village will turn to them.

The villagers were excited and upset when they heard this.

"Dalang's wife is really good."

"Dalang, you are truly blessed to have such a wife for several lifetimes."

People kept throwing good words and praised Shi Qingluo.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded with a smile and admitted, "It is indeed my blessing to be able to marry my lady."

Then under his arrangement, they went to build workshops in the backyard and worked harder one by one.

Of course, if they invited someone to repair the workshop, they needed to pay wages.

Back to the room in the front yard, Shi Qingluo tugged at her collar, went to the ice basin, and picked up the fan to fan herself.

Xiao Hanzheng came over and held the ice basin some distance away from her.

Then took the fan to help her fan: "You just came back, be careful to catch a cold."

Shi Qingluo leaned lazily on the recliner, allowing him to fan herself: "It's too hot."

She smiled and asked: "When are you going to the county town to find the county magistrate?"

This was the countermeasure she discussed with her young husband last night.

Xiao Hanzheng chuckled and said: "Take the prescription and saltpeter tomorrow morning."

"Today, no matter what, give Young Master Wu the opportunity and time to find foreign aid."

Going to the county town to teach the method of making ice was the idea of his little wife.

Then say to the outside world that he could only teach in the county government because they were afraid of the revenge of the Wu family.

First, they will use the county government as a banner, and second, it was enough for the Wu family to be scolded by everyone in the county.

If it doesn't involve everyone's interests, even if the Wu family forces them to come up with a prescription, everyone will speak a few words behind their backs.

But if the Wu family wants to take everyone's interests as their own, it will arouse public outrage.

The idea of his little wife was particularly harmful to the Wu family, but he likes it very much.

He can also take this opportunity to make friends with Mo Qingling, and then let the other party help him teach the others about ice-making in the name of justice.

Then he will be named in front of the emperor.

"Based on my understanding of the magistrate, he would directly ask for the method of making ice in righteousness, and then he will offer it himself."

For example, if the other party comes to them and says that the prescription will be dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor, then will it be possible for them to say no, or let the local government buy it with money?

So what they have to fight was the time difference.

They can't go to the county town to teach others too early, otherwise, the Wu family and the magistrate will make a move after they know about it.

At the same time, it can't be too late, otherwise, the magistrate will send someone to ask for it, and if they don't give it, it will be disrespectful to the Emperor.

The timing has to be right so that both the Wu family and the magistrate can be counted.

"That's right, then I'll leave it to you to manage the time." Shi Qingluo knew what he meant when she heard it.

If the magistrate sent someone to ask for a prescription, and they happened to teach the method of making ice in the county.

Then should they continue teaching? Or stop?

So it was not them who will be in an embarrassing situation, it will be the magistrate.

Let the relationship between the magistrate and the Wu family be revealed, and let the Wu family threaten and lured them.

Anyone who has brains will guess that the magistrate came to ask for the prescription for his profit.

This will be tantamount to destroying everyone's interests. Even people who have learned how to make ice will feel uncomfortable.

Why do they want to take for themselves what the Old Immortal Master taught to his apprentice? This should be for everyone.

As a result, the common people will have a bad opinion of the Wu family and the magistrate.

Shi Qingluo found out that her young husband was also pretty bad, but she likes it.

Xiao Hanzheng fanned her, several ice basins were placed in the room, so she gradually felt cold. She leaned on the rocking chair and fell asleep.

The rocking chair was recently specially ordered by Shi Qingluo to be built by a carpenter. It was padded with a thick layer of cushions and a mat was spread on it. It was soft but not hot.

Watching his little wife fall asleep, her skin was not so sallow and fairer than when we first met, and there was some flesh on her face and body.

It can also be seen slowly that she looks good.

Xiao Hanzheng stood in a high position in his previous life. He had seen many beauties, but he felt that they were all similar.

But now, looking at his little wife who was still thin and sallow, the more he looks at her, the more beautiful and seductive she was.

He looked at her for a while and couldn't help laughing. Could this be called beauty in the eye of the beholder?

He walked over, picked her up, and put her on the bed.

He took a book by himself, and while fanning Shi Qingluo, he read the book.

With the ice basin, this summer was much cooler than ever.

That afternoon, the servant next to Young Master Wu rode a fast horse to Fucheng.

In the evening, the servant rode back to the Wu Family Mansion again.

"Master, here is your letter."

Young Master Wu took the letter and read it, with a hint of enlightenment on his face.

That's right, why didn't he expect that his uncle would send someone directly to ask for the ice-making recipe in a legitimate way?

As long as they say that this prescription will be dedicated to the Emperor, Shi Qinglou and Xiao Hanzheng will not dare to resist or disobey it, otherwise, it will be disrespectful.

He waved his hand: "Go down, as soon as the distinguished guests from Fucheng arrive tomorrow, report it immediately."

Then he took the letter to find Patriarch Wu.

The two of them discussed that they would stay in the afternoon when the magistrate's people arrived tomorrow, and they will take them to the village to find Shi Qingluo for the prescription.

Otherwise, they were afraid of some variables, so the sooner they get it, the better.

Because Shi Qingluo only talked about it in the village during the day, it didn't spread to the county for the time being.

The Wu family didn't even know that Shi Qingluo had thrown a batch of scolding at them.

So the father and son were still dreaming of getting the prescription without spending a penny.

Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng helped them dig a good hole.

Early the next morning, Xiao Hanzheng went to the county government with some saltpeter on his back.

When Mo Qingling heard that Xiao Xiucai was going to see him, he was a little confused.

He had heard the name of Xiao Hanzheng, the first junior Sanyuan in Nanxi County, and he was quite famous.

But what impressed him the most was Xiao Hanzheng's little wife who tied up the doctor to sue last time.

He had something to do at first, but he put it down and let someone called Xiao Hanzheng in.

Xiao Hanzheng was a scholar, so he doesn't need to bow down when he sees an official.

But he greeted Mo Qingling line as a scholar: "This student has met the magistrate!"

Mo Qingling looked at the gentle and elegant young man who walked in and couldn't help feeling a little fond of him.

Xiao Hanzheng's temperament was not at all like a scholar from a poor family in the countryside.

Mo Qingling was only a few years older than Xiao Hanzheng.

But he still appreciates talented peers.

A smile appeared on his stern face: "You may excuse me, please sit down!"

He then asked straight to the point: "You came to see me today, what's the matter?"

He was busy with his official business, so he don't have any extra time to waste.

Xiao Hanzheng knew what kind of person Mo Qingling was.

He also bluntly stated the purpose of coming: "I have something to discuss with the magistrate that's why I come here today."

"My wife's master once taught her how to make ice. She is grateful for the master's kindness, so she wants to make this method in public."

"Anyone who wants to learn how to make ice can learn it."

"It's just that the Wu family wanted to buy this prescription by force, but my wife didn't want to waste her master's efforts, so she refused."

"We are afraid that if we teach people how to make ice in the village, the Wu family will not agree and destroy it."

"That's why I want to ask the magistrate, can I borrow the free space in the county government office and let me teach people how to make ice?"

"With this, first, the people in the county can put ice basins at home to cool off the heat, and second, they can also make some ice drinks to earn some pocket money."

He paused again: "Of course, if you think this recipe is useful, you can also donate it to the capital so that more people can learn how to make ice to relieve the heat."

Although Mo Qingling was very busy in the county government, he also knows what was going on in the county.

So he has heard about ice making in summer, but he was a little dubious.

So he didn't expect that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife would be so generous. Not only would they give away the prescription for free, but they would also teach everyone how to make ice.

This was also a good thing for the benefit of the people, so naturally, he will not object.

But he asked again: "Have you thought about it?"

Xiao Hanzheng nodded: "We thought it over, I hope that the magistrate will make it happen!"

Mo Qingling sighed that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were courageous, and had a better impression of them.

"Since there is such a good thing, I will naturally fulfill it."

He asked curiously: "Is it difficult to make ice?"

Xiao Hanzheng replied: "It's not difficult, it just needs one thing."

"I have already brought it, how about making ice on the spot for the magistrate to see?"

Watching his little wife make ice at that time, he thought it was amazing.

So seeing it with your own eyes was more convincing.

Mo Qingling also wanted to see it: "Good!"

So according to what Xiao Hanzheng said, someone found a big wooden basin and put it on the ground, and put a small wooden barrel in it.

Then he added water to both the barrel and the tub.

Mo Qingling and the people from the county government then saw Xiao Hanzheng take out a few small white stones from his back basket and throw them into the big wooden basin.

"Wait a while, the water in the small wooden barrel will freeze."

Mo Qingling: "… …"

The people from the county government: "… …"

Why does it feel so unreliable?

Throwing a stone into a water basin freezes the water in the bucket. Was this real or fake?

Mo Qingling's doubts deepened, but he didn't stop them.

"Okay, then I'll work first, you drink tea for a while, and I'll come back when the ice is ready."

Not long after he took over Nanxi County, the previous county magistrate had a backlog of official duties.

Since he came here, although he didn't come here to be the county magistrate, he took this position, so he still wanted to do well.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded: "Your Excellency, can do his job!"

The servants in the county government have been staring at the wooden barrel curiously.

After a while, a government servant couldn't help shouting, "The water is starting to freeze!"

The other yamen servants also walked over to look at it one after another: "It's frozen, it's amazing."

"As expected of the Old Immortal Master, he can think of a way to make ice in summer."

"The apprentice of the Old Immortal Master is also smart, and she has learned everything."

A group of people sighed around the outside of the tub, and soon Mo Qingling also came out from inside.

Seeing that the water in the barrel started to freeze, he was shocked.

Seeing is believing. Otherwise, it would be hard for him to believe it if he only heard other people talk about this method.

He was also a smart person: "This water can freeze, is it related to the white stone you just threw?"

Xiao Hanzheng replied: "Yes, this is saltpeter, which can be used for medicine. Some Taoist priests use it to make alchemy, and people can buy it in medicine shops."

Mo Qingling quickly asked the point: "If I use this saltpeter to make ice, will it cost a lot of money?"

Xiao Hanzheng said truthfully: "If you go directly to the saltpeter mine, it will only take some time and energy, not money."

"If you buy it, it will cost you a lot."

The cost of making ice with saltpeter was not low, and they have never wanted to promote it nationwide, anyone can use it.

They only want to announce this method so that everyone can learn it.

It was also conducive to the development of saltpeter mines.

Poor people can look for saltpeter, and then transport it to the city and sell it to rich families to improve their lives.

The main idea of his little wife was to let the people in the county take the initiative to develop the saltpeter mine near the Taoist Temple, and at the same time make a profit for everyone, and also open a business way.

When the saltpeter mines in the mountain were almost fully mined, their workshops might be on fire at that time.

His little wife can connect things one by one, so he can't help but admire her.

As soon as Mo Qingling heard it, he knew what Xiao Hanzheng meant.

It seems that this method of making ice requires a lot of money.

Ordinary people may not be able to use it, but it can also benefit the poor who will be lucky enough to find saltpeter.

Of course, this method was better than nothing.

How many years has Daliang been established, after the war stopped, many places were waiting to spend money to develop.

The external expenses of the imperial court were huge, and the Ministry of Household was often short of money. Now the palace still uses the ice storage of the previous dynasty.

The amount of ice storage was limited, so the palace was short of ice every year.

Numerous concubines and ministers approach the Emperor to ask for ice in summer.

If this method was presented, the Emperor will be happy.

Mo Qingling thought for a while and said: "You write down the method of making ice, and I will send someone to the capital to present it to His Majesty, and let the people in Daliang learn about it."

For the Emperor and the imperial court, their reputation with the people was also good.

Then he added: "You also write down the source of the ice-making method on paper."

This also means that he will let the Emperor know that this prescription was given by Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.

He will not be greedy for the credit of the two of them.

He will let everyone know that the method of making ice has a source.

Xiao Hanzheng knew that Mo Qingling was not the kind of person who would be greedy for other people's credit.

He didn't pretend to shirk, but cupped his hands: "Yes!"

If the magistrate got the prescription, he would write it in his handwriting, and when he presented it, he would say that he discovered it by accident.

He will absolutely ignore and erase the credit of their husband and wife on purpose, and then wait for the opportunity to erase the two of them, so as not to leave any future troubles.

So it would be best for the upright Mo Qingling to do this.

Xiao Hanzheng wrote down the prescription and source clearly on the spot and handed it to Mo Qingling.

"Magistrate Mo, it happens that I have nothing to do at the moment. Why don't I teach people how to make ice as of today?"

The Magistrate and Young Master Wu should already be on their way to the village.

Mo Qingling was also a very efficient person, "Okay!"

He then personally wrote a secret letter, attached the prescription written by Xiao Hanzheng, added a few pieces of saltpeter brought by the other party, and asked people to send it to the capital immediately.

When it was over, he immediately asked the people from the county government to write an announcement.

This stated that Xiao Xiucai will teach people how to make ice for free at the county government, and anyone who wants to learn can come.

When Xiao Hanzheng came to the county seat in the morning, he gave several small beggars a few copper coins each and asked them to keep an eye on the county government.

As long as the notice was posted, they should immediately publicize it in the county.

So this matter spread quickly, and many people in the county knew that they could learn how to make ice for free.

Many people were curious and went to the county government office to see it.

When they saw that ice could be made in summer, many people exclaimed that it was amazing, and began to learn from Xiao Hanzheng.

Some people joined purely for fun, while others have the desire to make money.

On the other side, in the village.

Shi Qingluo was cooking iced mung bean soup for the villagers in the workshop.

As soon as it was poured for everyone to drink, Young Master Wu walked in with a middle-aged man.

The villagers present saw that Young Master Wu was coming again, and each of them stood up with their bowls in their hands and stared defensively.

Xiao Hanzheng went to the county seat today, they can't let his wife be bullied.

Young Master Wu couldn't help but frown when he saw the defensive appearance of the villagers.

These people were foolish, and he didn't care about it.

He looked at Shi Qingluo, and said arrogantly: "Shi Qingluo, this is the Private Advisor sent by the magistrate, why don't you hurry up and pay him respect."

Shi Qingluo raised an eyebrow: "I want to ask, what official rank of this Private Advisor is? Who made the rule that the people should pay respect when they see a private advisor?"

Offending the Wu family was tantamount to offending the magistrate behind them, so she doesn't need to be too polite.

Besides, it was just a Private Advisor, when was she so generous?

The Private Advisor, who was originally smiling, froze his smile, and displeasure appeared in his eyes.

This village girl was really rude.

But thinking about what he had to do today, he still held back his temper and said: "You don't need to pay respect."

He said again: "But I was ordered by my lord to come to you today because of something."

He doesn't need to talk in circles to such a village woman.

Shi Qingluo pretended not to know their reason for coming: "What's the matter?"

She deliberately deepened her tone and said: "If it is to buy ice-making recipes, I have told Young Master Wu before that I will not sell it."

"Even if he moves the magistrate out, I have the same attitude."

This also aroused the villagers' contempt for Young Master Wu.

This person was too shameless, they couldn't force people to sell them the prescription, so he ran to find the magistrate.

But they were also very worried. After all, it was the magistrate. If Xiao Hanzheng's wife doesn't sell the prescription, they don't know if there will be trouble.

What Young Master Wu and the Private Advisor were going to say was suddenly blocked by Shi Qingluo.

The Private Advisor's face darkened slightly, this village woman was unreasonable to say these things in public.

He said: "We are not here to buy prescriptions."

Shi Qingluo immediately asked: "Then why are you here?"

The Private Advisor choked: "… …"

How should I answer this?

Why does this village woman answer the conversation so quickly?

But he still bit the bullet and said: "My lord knows that you have obtained a method of making ice in summer, so he wanted to dedicate it to the Emperor."

"He sent me to get the method of making ice."

After that, he threw the bait: "When our lord dedicates this prescription to the Emperor, your whole family will be honored as well."

It looked like Shi Qingluo and the others had taken a lot of advantage.

Shi Qinglou raised an eyebrow and said: "This prescription will be presented by your lord, but we are not his relatives, so why would be honored as well?"

She came out again meaningfully, "Wouldn't the Wu family get all the glory instead?"

The Private Advisor frowned, why was this village woman so difficult?

Bold and eloquent.

If it was another village woman who heard that the prescription will be dedicated to the Emperor, she would not be so excited and awed that she forgot everything, and quickly took out the prescription.

But this village woman was still so rational and clear-headed, which was too rare.

Although the villagers were not so smart, they were not stupid either.

So when they heard what Shi Qingluo said, they understood it.

This means that the magistrate and the Wu family joined forces and wanted to take away ice-making prescription to present it to the emperor, and then take credit for it.

Shameless!

It also made them angry. Xiao Hanzheng's wife had said before that she would teach them how to make ice.

If this was taken away by the magistrate, how can they learn it?

One by one couldn't help but glare at the Private Advisor

The Private Advisor felt the unfriendly eyes of the villagers and frowned even deeper.

After all, this was not his territory, and he also wants to coax people to get the prescription into his hands as soon as possible.

So he smiled and said to Shi Qingluo: "This prescription also has a share of your credit, and your whole family will naturally follow the glory."

"Take out the prescription now."

Shi Qinglou spread her hands: "It's late!"

The Private Advisor was puzzled: "What do you mean it's late?"

Shi Qingluo replied with a smile: "My husband has already taken the prescription to the county government early this morning."

"Not only did the recipe be handed over to County Magistrate Mo, but also the method of making ice was made public so that anyone who wants to learn can learn it."

The Private Advisor and Young Master Wu all changed their faces, "What?"

Young Master Wu asked angrily: "Are you serious?"

Shi Qingluo liked to see their anxious looks: "Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, you can ask other people."

The villagers also said one after another: "Yes, Dalang went to the county government early in the morning."

Fortunately, he went early this morning, otherwise, wouldn't it be that the Wu family and the magistrate would succeed?

The faces of Young Master Wu and the Private Advisor turned green, and they were so angry.

Young Master Wu didn't know that they were teased by Shi Qingluo and his wife: "Shi Qingluo, you guys are really good."

He did not believe there was such a coincidence.

As soon as they were about to ask for the prescription, the two ran to offer it and made it public.

Shi Qingluo looked innocent: "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Anyway, it's useless for you to continue threatening me, the ice-making prescription has been made public."

She then looked at Young Master Wu and the Private Advisor with a half-smile.

"If you also want to learn how to make ice, go to the county government. I'm sure you can still catch up, not to mention, it's for free."

Young Master Wu: "… …"

The Private Advisor: "… …"

They want to learn ass, what they want was the secret prescription!

Young Master Wu's face was a little distorted, "You wait for me, I will not forget it like this."

This dead girl and Xiao Hanzheng's move was too cruel.

Young Master Wu and the Private Adviser both know the background of County Magistrate Mo.

Therefore, they can be sure that as long as Mo Qingling gets the ice-making recipe, he will take the initiative to send it to the capital to dedicate it to the Emperor.

Such a thing will work better than them.

However, they have worked so hard for a long time, and even excitedly thinking about making meritorious deeds and getting benefits, but all of it was in vain.

If Shi Qingluo knew what they were thinking, she would tell them: Don't worry, you didn't work in vain.

You guys will be very famous!

Young Master Wu and the Private Adviser didn't argue with Shi Qingluo anymore, but quickly turned around and left.

They want to go back to the county town to see what was going on.

When Shi Qingluo saw the people leaving, she said to the villagers with a bit of worry: "I don't know if they will be unfavorable to my husband. I want to go to the county town to see."

"If they are unfavorable to my husband, I will ask the county magistrate to make the decision."

The villagers also have the same worry.

If everyone went there together, there was no need to be afraid of the Wu family, besides, the County Magistrate can make the decision.

"Let's go, we'll go with you." They were also worried about Dalang's wife going by herself.

Shi Qingluo expressed gratitude: "Then I would like to trouble everyone to accompany me for a trip, thank you!"

"What thank you, we are from the same village, so we should help each other, and it is for everyone's benefit that you were threatened and bullied by the Wu family."

"Yes, let's go together."

Then a group of people walked towards the county town in a mighty manner.

They met other people in the village, and after hearing about this incident, they also went to the county town together with righteous indignation.

At this time, rumors have spread in the county that the Wu family wants to occupy the ice-making recipe, and they don't want everyone to learn it, and they threaten Xiao Xiucai and his wife.

There was even a storyteller who compiled it into a story and talked about it vividly in the Tea House of the Bai family.

Also, because of storytelling making up stories, the image of the Wu family's selfish bully was instantly established.

Shi Qingluo and his wife also gained an image of defying power, having a backbone, and being generous.

This was the gift that Xiao Hanzheng prepared for the Wu family together when he went to the Bai family to find Bai Xu before going to the county government office.

What they needed was such rapid efficiency. Before the Wu family can react, their reputation must become stinky.

But this was Shi Qinglou's idea.

She knows how to spread the word as fast as possible.

Writing stories and letting everyone gossip was the best means of publicity.

After all, there are no entertainment projects in this era. This small real-life story can make the county town lively for a while.

Sure enough, after everyone heard this, many people couldn't help scolding the Wu Family and Young Master Wu.

This Wu family was so vile and smoky. For the sake of self-interest, they threatened the selfless Xiao Xiucai and his wife who took out ice-making recipes to teach everyone openly.

This was not only getting in the way of Xiao Xiucai and his wife, okay? This was also getting in everyone's way of learning the method of ice-making!

When it involves everyone's common interests, it can unanimously conclude. It was very rare for people in the county to scold together so unitedly.

Moreover, the Wu family has been the king and evil in the county for many years, and they have done many vicious and bad things.

In the past, the Wu family and the previous magistrate hooked up together, so no one dared to say anything.

Now that the county magistrate has changed, this kind of thing happened, and Xiao Hanzheng was deliberately guided by others, the matter broke out all at once.

Some people revealed many immoral things done by the Wu family and spread them in the county.

The Wu family soon became the representative of the evil forces in Nanxi County, the existence of rats crossing the street and everyone shouting to beat them.

At the place where everyone can learn how to make ice, people were clamoring for the magistrate to punish such wicked people severely.

Xiao Hanzheng's lips couldn't help but curl when he saw that everyone was filled with righteous indignation and asked Mo Qingling to punish the Wu family.

He and his little wife have deep merits and fame.

He doesn't know if Young Master Wu and the magistrate's people will be 'surprised' when they come back to the county town.

And this can also be regarded as a gift from them to Mo Qingling, the county magistrate.

Mo Qingling wanted to thoroughly grasp Nanxi County, of course, he must pull out the problems left by the previous magistrate.

The Wu family has done a lot of bad things, and it was imperative to take the Wu family into action.

This matter caused public outrage, Mo Qingling will seize the opportunity to clean up the Wu family.

Sure enough, hearing everyone's excitement about asking him to punish the Wu family, Mo Qingling took the case into his hands.

He has been looking for something to go against the Wu family recently, and now that the other party has come to his door, he would naturally not be polite.

As for the magistrate behind the Wu family, he was not afraid.

He nodded and said to everyone: "I will thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Wu family and give you an explanation. Please rest assured!"

The Patriarch of the Wu family, who just arrived, was in a bad mood after hearing this.

The Patriarch of the Wu family has now realized that their Wu family has been tricked by Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.

Not only solved the problem of not having to hand over the prescription to them but also gave them a hard time.

He hurriedly brought the Wu family members in and said: "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Mo Qingling looked at him coldly, "What's the misunderstanding? I misunderstood that you want to seize by force the ice-making recipe left by Madam Xiao Xiucai's master?"

Patriarch Wu choked, and immediately denied: "No, we didn't take the prescription by force."

"It was just a discussion with Xiao Xiucai and his wife before. They didn't agree to sell, so we gave up."

Xiao Hanzheng said sharply: "But Young Master Wu told us to wait and see, saying that we would not let our husband and wife go."

"And he threatened my wife yesterday, many villagers have seen it, and they can testify."

At this moment, there were several roars from the door: "Yes, we can testify."

Xiao Hanzheng looked over and saw the villagers walking in with his little wife.

Shi Qinglou first saluted the county magistrate Mo Qingling.

Then her eye circles were red, and she looked extremely wronged.

She complained to Xiao Hanzheng: "Master, this afternoon, Young Master Wu brought the magistrate's Private Advisor to the village, insisting that I should give them the prescription."

"I told them that you have brought the prescription to the county town to hand over to the county magistrate, and openly taught everyone how to make ice."

"Young Master Wu said, let us wait, he will not forget about it."

She said again with tears in her eyes: "I was worried that you would be retaliated by them, so I came here."

"Master, are you okay?" She asked worriedly.

Although Xiao Hanzheng knew that his little wife was just acting, seeing her red eye circles, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

He replied: "The magistrate and everyone is here, I'm fine."

Shi Qingluo seemed to be relieved and then looked at Mo Qingling: "My lord, my husband and I will be fine, right?"

What she wanted to play was public opinion, and completely push the Wu family to the forefront.

Even if the Wu family wanted to kill them immediately, they can't do anything in the meantime.

Mo Qingling found that Xiao Hanzheng's little wife was not simple.

By doing this, not only did the Wu family lose the initiative to attack, but it also made the Wu family dare not do any more actions for a short time.

Otherwise, if something happens to their husband and wife, it will be branded as the Wu family's revenge.

He nodded and said: "Of course, I won't let you have trouble."

Shi Qingluo smiled slightly, showing a very reassuring look: "I trust the magistrate."

Mo Qingling wanted to rub his forehead, this woman like to pretend.

Then the villagers who followed also agreed with Shi Qingluo's words.

They also recounted the matter that Young Master Wu came to threaten Shi Qingluo yesterday.

And Young Master Wu, who had just arrived, was completely stunned when he heard what these people said.

What the hell, when did he say those things?

He didn't know yesterday that this woman wanted to make ice recipes public for free!

Otherwise, why would he bother?

On the way back just now, the carriage broke down suddenly, and he was delayed for a long time.

He didn't expect that because of such a delay, the wind direction of the entire county town would change.

This woman poured dirty water on him, but so many people simply believed her.

He was wronged!

Young Master Wu immediately walked into the hall.

He looked at Mo Qingling and salute: "My lord, they wronged me."

Shi Qingluo sneered and said: "With so many of us, how could you be wronged?"

"Let me ask you, did you ever say, just wait, I won't just let it go?"

"Did you ask to buy our prescription?"

Young Master Wu choked: "I said that, but that doesn't mean I'm going to do something to you!"

Shi Qingluo retorted, "If you said it, then you said it. It also means that you, threatening us, is true."

She emphasized: "Anyway, if something happens to me and my husband, it must be your Wu family's fault."

Young Master Wu: "… …"

How can this woman like to mess around?

He came back full of anger, thinking about taking the dead girl away in two days.

If they do this now, let alone other people in the county, even County Magistrate Mo will stare at their Wu family.

He was angry, very angry.

He took a deep breath, "I'm just asking kindly whether you sell the prescription or not, is there any problem?"

Shi Qingluo said: "When you say that, do you think treat everyone as fools?"

She snorted coldly, "Everyone heard that you threatened me yesterday and today. Don't try to explain it. The explanation is just a cover-up."

The villagers who followed also said, "Yes, we all heard it."

"We're not lying."

"We dare to swear, Young Master Wu said those words." They did hear it.

Young Master Wu: "… …"

Why do these idiots only listen to half of what he said?

He then quickly realized why Shi Qinglou suddenly said those inexplicable words yesterday.

It turned out to be to dig a hole for him.

He explained, "I didn't even know that you wanted to release the prescription for free, otherwise I wouldn't want to buy it."

If he had known earlier that this woman was going to disclose the prescription for free, he would have her taken away first.

Now it was true that the losses will outweigh the gains, and it also attracts a big show,

Shi Qinglou raised an eyebrow: "You're treating everyone as fools again."

"Almost everyone in the county knows about this, don't you know?"

When the onlookers heard this, they felt that Young Master Wu was going too far, and they were not fools.

"Yes, we already knew it, how could you not know it, so stop pretending."

"Although your Wu family is a tyrant in Nanxi County, in front of the County Magistrate, you can't be arrogant."

"Stop quibbling, you're just trying to cover it up."

There were a lot of people in the Yamen, and there was a new county magistrate, so everyone was not afraid of the Wu family. They said whatever they wanted to say.

Young Master Wu: "… …"

He was so aggrieved that he wanted to go crazy.

Now it was really hard to say anything, and he can't explain it clearly.

This dead girl was simply not human to use such a shameless method.

Mo Qingling waited for everyone to finish speaking, then looked at Young Master Wu and said: "You threatened Mrs. Xiao Xiucai first, and it is also a fact that you want to force people to sell it to you."

"So if something bad happened to Xiao Xiucai and his wife, I can only ask your Wu family."

This kind of verbal threat, the so-called force buyer, the other party didn't succeed, so the Wu Family can't be convicted.

Mo Qingling could only warn the Wu family first not to cause trouble.

As for cleaning up the Wu family, of course, he has to collect evidence from other sources.

Now that the Wu family's reputation was bad in Nanxi County, it will be more convenient for him to act in the future.

He looked at the couple Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo. The more he looked at them, the more he found them pleasing to his eyes.

Young Master Wu was not stupid, he knew this was a warning.

The people don't fight with the officials. Although there was a magistrate behind them, Mo Qingling was the one in charge of Nanxi County.

So he could only nod aggrieved: "Yes."

He can't do anything with the dead girl in the short term, and they have to find a way to deal with the current bad situation, which was a headache.

Next, Xiao Hanzheng continued to teach everyone how to make ice.

The villagers who followed Shi Qingluo went back first.

In the afternoon, Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo returned to the village together.

There was no one on the road, Xiao Hanzheng was not too hot, so he kept holding Shi Qingluo's hand.

He said: "The troubles of the Wu family have come to an end for the time being."

Shi Qingluo nodded, "Well, let's focus on our business next."

She asked: "When are you going to the county school for class?"

Xiao Hanzheng thought for a while, "Let's wait until those workshops are built."

In this way, he can go to the county town with more peace of mind, and he doesn't have to stare at his little wife so hard every day.

Shi Qinglou smiled and said: "That's fine, then while you're here, let's go to the county town and invite people to rebuild the Taoist temple together."

"By the way, you can invite the patriarch in 2 days. Invite the patriarch and other patriarchs from several nearby villages to talk, and let the news of the saltpeter mine near the Taoist temple spread."

"Then let several villages unite to mine saltpeter. No big merchants or aristocratic families are allowed to join in."

"As long as everyone works together, it can be done."

To revitalize the market, they must first improve everyone's living conditions. Only when everyone had money in their hands they will be willing to buy things.

And if they do this, they can also unite people in several villages to do things.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Okay, I'll do it."

Shi Qingluo held Xiao Hanzheng's hand tightly, it's great to have such a young husband who can share everything.

While walking, Shi Qingluo yawned again and again.

Xiao Hanzheng asked: "Sleepy?"

Shi Qingluo nodded: "A little sleepy, I didn't take a nap today."

She has developed the habit of napping.

Xiao Hanzheng let go of her hand, walked in front of her, and squatted down, "Come on, I'll carry you home, you can sleep on my back."

Shi Qinglou was taken aback, she didn't expect her young husband to carry her back.

But she wouldn't refuse, she threw herself on his back with the tip of her toes, "Okay, you carry me."

Xiao Hanzheng caught her and carried her back to the village by another path.

He doesn't care, but he was afraid of being seen and being pointed with their fingers.

Shi Qingluo guessed what he was thinking when she saw him walking around the path.

She put her arms around his neck, stretched out her head, and kissed him hard on the face: "Zhengzheng, why are you so nice!"

Such a man was difficult to meet in modern times, but she met him in ancient times.

"If you keep doing this well, I will like you more and more."

She didn't deny that she was really tempted by her young husband, and began to like him.

Xiao Hanzheng smiled, and curved the corners of his lips into a smile: "Then just like me more!"

Shi Qingluo leaned her head on his shoulder without too much heat, "Okay!"

She rubbed her cheek against him and said, "Then you also have to like me more and more."

Xiao Hanzheng smiled lightly: "Okay, I like you more and more."

He began to like his little wife more and more.

"It's good that I have you, Zhengzheng." Shi Qingluo leaned on his not-so-broad shoulders but felt very at ease.

Xiao Hanzheng also said: "It's good to have you too."

With his little wife, everyday life was full of fun.

Shi Qingluo smiled arrogantly and said: "That's right, you have met a good wife like me who is rare in a thousand years, so you can rejoice secretly."

Having a wife from thousands of years later.

Xiao Hanzheng said with helplessness and pampering: "Yes, I secretly rejoice myself every day."

His little wife was never ashamed to speak her mind, but he liked it.

While the two were talking, Shi Qingluo fell asleep leaning on Xiao Hanzheng's back.

When the two of them were some distance away from the door, Xiao Hanzheng woke up Shi Qingluo.

When she got off his back, she became much more energetic.

Looking at the sweat on Xiao Hanzheng's forehead.

With a guilty conscience, she took out the handkerchief, and took the initiative to wipe his sweat: "Thank you for your hard work, my husband."

Her young husband seemed to have carried her for nearly half an hour.

Well, this physical strength was quite good.

Xiao Hanzheng had a smile in his eyes, and let her wipe away his sweat: "It should be, who asked me to be your husband-in-law."

It was only natural for a husband to take care of his wife.

Shi Qingluo chuckled: "I'm proud to have a husband like you."

Xiao Hanzheng laughed: "Then I thank my lady!"

The two went home while talking and laughing.

Seeing the two come back, Mrs. Kong and the two siblings were relieved.

Mrs. Kong asked worriedly: "Are you alright?"

She originally wanted to go to the county town with her, but her daughter-in-law said it was fine, and she didn't need to go.

Xiao Hanzheng said: "It's okay, Mother, don't worry."

Mrs. Kong felt relieved: "It's good if you're fine, you guys go wash your face, and we'll cook."

"Good!" Xiao Hanzheng nodded.

He went to wash his face with Shi Qingluo and went back to his room to rest for a while.

After eating, the two held hands and went out for a walk to digest food.

Seeing the two go out with a goose, Mrs. Kong showed a smile on her face.

Xiao Baili looked at the backs of the two and a goose, and felt very warm: "The relationship between brother and sister-in-law is really good."

Mrs. Kong nodded: "That's right, your sister-in-law is good, and your brother is also blessed."

She said again: "Our family will get better and better."

Since the daughter-in-law got married and her son woke up, she didn't have to worry about the family anymore.

Other mothers-in-law may be unhappy, but she enjoys the current life of relying on her son and daughter-in-law.

Xiao Baili's eyes were also full of brilliance: "Well, our life now is something I didn't dare to imagine before. With my sister-in-law and brother here, our family is getting better and better."

When she was in the main house, how dare she imagine the life she was living now?

Recently, she and Xiao Hanyi have been visiting their new home every day, and the more they looked at it, the more they like and look forward to it.

They will finally have a real home of their own.

It was not that they dislike this dilapidated yard, it was just the memories left here for them were not so good.

Two days later, Xiao Hanzheng discussed business with the patriarch and the other village chiefs of the nearby village and reached a consensus.

The saltpeter mine on the mountain was jointly mined by several villages.

The villagers take turns sending people to dig, and then transported them down the mountain, waiting for people in the county to buy.

The price of selling was based on the amount of effort.

Each household can also distribute some saltpeter, and those who don't want to sell can also make ice by themselves.

The villagers in several villages were very excited when they found out.

Not many years after the end of the war, everyone settled down. They didn't have much money in their hands, and their lives were tight.

With such an income like a pie in the sky, everyone was as happy as the New Year.

Of course, they also worship the Old Taoist Priest more in their heart and also value and respect Shi Qingluo, the apprentice.

People in the village get together and praise her.

Whenever this happens, the best product of the Shi Family will be so angry that their hearts ache.

Old Lady Shi clutched her chest and said distressed: "That dead girl is big-hearted. She handed over such a piece of mine to several villages to mine together. This is money!"

If she told them that, her natal family, and they secretly dig up the saltpeter and sell it together, then won't they earn at least a few hundred taels?

Mrs. Niu's heart ached too: "That dead girl is a spoiled brat. Why didn't I throw her into the river and drown her when I gave birth to her?"

Others also couldn't help scolding.

Shi Laosi's face was very ugly: "That dead girl is sick. You have a way to make money, but instead of earning it by herself, she gave it generously and everyone earns it together."

He really couldn't understand what was going on in the minds of Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng.

The main point was, with this, he won't be able to marry the concubine daughter of the Wu family. His heart hurts badly when he thinks about it.

The whole family can't understand. Who would send money out, but that damn girl will.

Xiao Hanzheng was the same. He was still a scholar, but how could he be so foolish to indulge that dead girl?

The Shi Family scolded people will all kinds of scolding.

Suddenly, Shi Laosan patted the table: "That's enough, that girl is doing good deeds, so stop scolding."

The Shi Family members all fell silent, they were completely surprised by Shi Laosan: "…"

What's wrong with Shi Laosan? Ever since he came back from the Xiao Family last time, he kept saying that he should do more good things, which scared them so much that they thought he was out of his mind.

Old Lady Shi frowned and asked: "Laosan, did you hit by evil?"

Shi Laosan: "… …."

To do good deeds was to rebel against evil. Otherwise, when will he be able to accumulate merit and have a son? These people were dragging him down.

He said: "Mom, you think too much."

Shi Laosi said: "Third brother didn't hit evil, but was limped by that dead girl."

His third brother believed what the dead girl said, he was speechless.

No need to mention it, that dead girl's mouth was too eloquent.

When Old Lady Shi heard this, she said to him: "Don't be stupid, that dead girl lied to you."

Then she couldn't help cursing again. She couldn't get her hands on the tofu workshop, and now the mine has to be divided. She felt like her flesh was being cut.

The others also felt similar, and they began to curse again.

Shi Laosan was speechless, "Mother, stop cursing."

"That girl said before that if anyone has an opinion, then don't even think about mining and dividing mines."

"Now the patriarchs are eager to listen to her. If they learn that we have an opinion, then we don't even think about drinking soup."

They have to say that Shi Laosan, who suddenly wanted to be a good person, also became the most rational in the Shi Family.

The members of the Shi Family who were swearing at others stopped all at once: "… …"

What crime did they do, how did they raise such a cruel and merciless obstacle?

But they didn't dare to scold anymore, for fear that a rumor would spread, and that dead girl wouldn't let them go mining with others.

That dead girl can do such a thing, they could only cry by then.

Shi Qingluo didn't know about the Shi Family, she already had so many things to think about.

She was in the yard, teaching more than 20 women selected from several villages how to make some iced drinks.

Such as iced mung bean soup, sour plum soup, herbal tea, etc.

Also, she asked the carpenter to make some popsicle boxes, made juice from wild fruits picked from the mountains, added sugar and water, and then made popsicles.

The popsicles made have won unanimous praise from everyone.

So some villagers went to the county town to sell popsicles with two big buckets every day.

There were small buckets in the big bucket, and popsicle boxes filled with juice with different flavors.

They put water and saltpeter between the small and big wooden barrels, so when they arrived in the county town to sell things, they almost form into popsicles.

People in the county town also love to buy this novelty to eat.

Three pennies a popsicle was not too expensive. After all, sugar was added, which was delicious and cooled down the heat. Many wealthy families were willing to buy a few sticks every day.

The sugar workshop was built first. As soon as it was built, Shi Qingluo hired the villagers to go to the mountain to collect all the beets.

After turning them into sugar, the villagers bought sugar from the sugar workshop to make popsicles and sell them.

There were also people from other counties who come here to buy saltpeter. After seeing popsicles and other cold drinks, they can't help but buy some to eat by themselves or go to other places to sell them.

A small industrial chain was gradually formed.

In the sugar workshop opened by Shi Qingluo, the processed sugar was the original color, or refined into rock sugar.

The white sugar was now monopolized by the Bai family to sell it to the whole Daliang at a high price, so she didn't decolorize the sugar anymore.

Because of the low cost, the price was much cheaper than the sugar in the shops in the county town.

After harvesting all the beets, she raised a batch of seeds to start planting next month.

The sugar workshop was carried out in an orderly manner, and the Taoist Temple began to be built.

Shi Qingluo was generous whenever she has money.

The Old Taoist Priest has helped her carry so much blame, and will continue to help her in the future, so she bought the best building materials for building the Taoist Temple.

In addition to being busy at the sugar workshop, Bai Xu would often take her to the floor tile workshop to do research.

Since the relationship with Xiao Hanzheng got better and better, Shi Qingluo went to the county town to buy some cotton cloth.

Mrs. Kong was asked to help her make several short-sleeved nightdresses and short-sleeved pajamas for Xiao Hanzheng.

After waking up this morning, Shi Qingluo found several mosquito bites on her legs and arms.

Xiao Hanzheng will get up half an hour early in the morning to practice swordsmanship, and then he will accompany Shi Qingluo to practice Tai Chi for health.

As soon as he opened the door and came in, he saw his little wife scratching her arms and legs.

"I'll make some cooling medicine for you later, don't scratch it."

Mosquitoes were very poisonous now.

Shi Qinglou nodded: "Okay, the mosquitoes are annoying these days."

It kept buzzing in the middle of the night, which affected her sleep.

Xiao Hanzheng hung up the sword and said with a smile: "I'll go cut some wormwood and smoke the room at night."

He discovered that when there was no money, his little wife can suffer.

But after the conditions at home got better, some of her petty problems will show up slowly.

For example, picky eaters, afraid of heat, like to be coaxed by him, etc.

Of course, he also liked her coquettish side and was willing to spoil her.

Shi Qingluo got up with a look of unrequited love: "There will still be some smoked in the middle of the night."

Then she tapped her head: "Oh, how did I forget that I can make mosquito coils."

"Old Xiao, let's make mosquito coils by ourselves."

When she was in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, she also went to the countryside to help the poor with her colleagues in the academy.

Combined with many local plants, they set up an industry for that village to make mosquito coils.

Handmade mosquito coils were non-toxic and harmless and can be sold online through live broadcasts.

After introducing a batch of machines to make mosquito coils and anti-mosquito liquid, they exported supplies to other places.

Because of this, she can make handmade mosquito coils.

Xiao Hanzheng has never heard of it: "Mosquito coil?"

Shi Qinglou laughed and said, "It's used to kill mosquitoes."

"Light one at night, and you won't be harassed by mosquitoes all night."

"We can also take advantage of the hot weather to make a few batches of mosquito coils and sell them. We can earn as much as we can."

"It can also take the opportunity to spread the name of our place."

"After the mosquito coil is made, we can name it Nanxi mosquito coil."

Xiao Hanzheng saw that his little wife wanted it, so he nodded his head to give support: "Okay, let's make mosquito coils."

Shi Qingluo suddenly regained her spirits, and after washing up, she wanted to take Xiao Hanzheng up the mountain to pick the grass needed for making mosquito coils.

Mosquito coils need to use dried wormwood, dried wild chrysanthemum, and fish bone powder.

Dried and mixed these materials, grind them into a fine powder, and add 95% of dry wood chips (i.e. sawdust), which was the finished material of mosquito-repellent incense.

Before going up the mountain, she called Xiao Hanyi over.

"Erlang, go tell the children in the village that from today onwards, our family will collect eels or fish bones."

"Eels cost three cents a catty, and fish bones cost a penny per catty. The more, the better."

"Of course, if you want to replace it with sugar or tofu, that's fine too."

Eels and soft-shelled turtles were the best for fish bone powder. Soft-shelled turtles were hard to catch, but eels can be caught a lot in villages.

People here don't usually like to eat eel, so no one catches it and sells it.

Three pennies per catty was considered a very good price.

Xiao Hanyi didn't know why his sister-in-law wanted the eel and fish bones, but he only had one idea, what his sister-in-law was going to do would never be bad.

"Okay, I'll go to the village in a while and tell everyone to catch it."

Shi Qingluo thought for a while since he has to do it, then do more.

"You can also ask people to go out and publicize it in other villages. As long as they are brought, we will spend money to collect them."

Xiao Hanyi nodded: "Okay!"

Since his sister-in-law came to the house, their life has become easier, and the children in the village also like to play with him more.

Of course, he knows that more and more people in the village like to play with him, which has a lot to do with the candy his sister-in-law gave him, the enlightenment books she made for him, and the toys she asked his elder brother to make for him.

Shi Qingluo grabbed a handful of homemade fruit candies from her purse and gave them to him: "Then I will rely on Erlang, take these candies and share them with your friends."

Xiao Hanyi took the fruit candy: "Thank you, sister-in-law, I will handle it."

He liked his sister-in-law to praise him, which makes him feel a little proud that he can help the family.

Xiao Hanyi bounced to the village with candy, Shi Qingluo also took Xiao Hanzheng out.

Xiao Hanzheng was happy to see his younger brother's temper becoming more and more cheerful.

His little wife knew how to teach the children.

He suddenly sighed: "If you have children in the future, you can teach them."

She will teach their children well.

Shi Qing was stunned: "What children?"

Seeing her appearance, Xiao Hanzheng thought she was cute, so he raised his hand and pinched her nose.

Leaning close to her ear, he chuckled and said, "Of course, it's the child you and I had."

When Shi Qingluo heard a man say for the first time that he was going to have a baby with him, her face blushed rarely.

She pushed Xiao Hanzheng away unnaturally: "It's still early."

She curled her lips again and said: "And I am like this now, I'm afraid that I can't fit in between your teeth."

Her fair-skinned and beautiful long-legged, when will they come back to her!

Xiao Hanzheng laughed and said: "I think you are doing well now, and you can barely fit in my teeth."

It was not that he has never seen beautiful women, but he just likes his little wife.

If he didn't think she was still young, he wanted to eat her a bit.

Shi Qingluo's face reddened from blush: "Pervert!"

Then she reached out and twisted Xiao Hanzheng's waist: "Don't say such a thing right now, I'm still young."

Now that she looked like this, she found herself shabby. She doesn't want to leave such an impression on her young husband for the first time.

Besides, at her current age, it would not be good if she had children.

So they better talk about having children or something later.

Xiao Hanzheng grabbed her troublesome hand, "In the future, if you find it okay, let's talk about it then, alright?"

Shi Qinglou gave him an angry look: "Old Xiao, I didn't see it, you're a Mensao!"

Her young husband was unexpectedly coquettish. She thought he was a gentle and modest gentleman, the kind with a pure heart and few desires.

But he likes her so much!

Sure enough, she was still very attractive even if she looked shabby, he didn't dislike her, ahem… …

Xiao Hanzheng took her hand and asked: "What is Mensao?"

Shi Qingluo explained, "Mensao is duplicity. It looks like you are pure-hearted and have an ascetic look, but actually deep and passionate inside."

Xiao Hanzheng couldn't laugh or cry. What was this all about?

He said: "I admit that I am Mensao, but I don't admit that I am a pervert. I only have a few desires for my wife."

Shi Qingluo gave him another look: "If you dare to flirt with other people, I will beat you up until you can't get out of bed."

I'll break your leg, so that you can't get out of bed, hmph.

Xiao Hanzheng's eyes overflowed with a deep smile. He leaned into her ear and asked, "Which leg of mine can't get out of bed?"

Shi Qingluo's eyes widened, apparently not expecting him to say such colorful words.

She said what was in her heart: "I didn't expect you to be such a person, Xiao Hanzheng!"

Xiao Hanzheng said with a smile: "I am always the real me in front of you!"

That's why he said these words undisguised because he wanted to speak to her undisguised.

Well, this was the first time in two lifetimes that he said such a thing, ahem!

He asked again: "Then do you hate it?"

Shi Qingluo shook her head: "Of course, I don't hate it."

She held Xiao Hanzheng's arm with her other hand and said generously: "It's just sweet talk between couples. Why should I hate it?"

Such a husband made her feel more down-to-earth and interesting.

Besides, which woman doesn't like her boyfriend or husband to talk love and sweet words to herself?

Anyway, she was just an ordinary person, so she likes to listen to it.

She said again: "You can praise me more in the future, and say more sweet words, I like hearing them."

Men always like to be sure of their performance.

Xiao Hanzheng breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little afraid of his little wife's disgust just now.

"Okay, I will praise you more in the future and talk more sweet words."

He asked again: "What I mean is, do you hate Mensao?"

Shi Qinglou looked up at him and smiled, "I don't hate it, your sullen look has something special to it, I think it's quite interesting."

Tsk tsk, gentle and elegant in the daytime, while gentle and scum in the evening, just think about it!

She liked her husband like that, hehe.

Ahem, she shouldn't be thinking like that. She shook her head to sweep away those thoughts.

Although he hasn't heard those kinds of words before, Xiao Hanzheng can understand them literally.

It also has a special taste, as if he had experienced it before.

But he was a little dumbfounded. His little wife dared to say anything, and she didn't feel ashamed.

But who told him to like her straightforward temperament, what else can he do aside from spoiling his little wife?

The two went up the mountain to pick wormwood leaves and wild chrysanthemums and picked some wild fruits and flowers to go home.

After returning home, Shi Qingluo trimmed the wildflowers and inserted them into the wooden vase carved by Xiao Hanzheng.

It added some color and warmth to the room.

Xiao Hanyi has already spread the word in the village.

The children heard that eels can be sold for money, so they all ran to catch them.

In the afternoon, many children sent the eels they caught to the Xiao Family's house.

Shi Qingluo didn't fool anyone, she took out the scale and weighed it for them, and the money was calculated per catty.

It was the first time for the children to earn money by themselves, and they were all so happy.

So during dinner, there were many such situations in the village.

"Father, I made money."

"Oh, where did you get so much money? It's more than a dozen coins."

"I caught eels and gave them to Erlang's sister-in-law, she gave us the money."

"What? Can you sell eels for money? How much is a catty!"

"Three pennies a catty, we'll catch it tomorrow."

"Oh, it's 3 pennies a catty. Dalang's wife is too kind, so go grab more tomorrow."

"Okay, oh, Mother, why did you take my money away."

"You are still a child, what do you do with so much money, I will keep it for you."

"Waaa, my money…"

In a thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain on the other side of Xiaxi Village.

An eleven or twelve-year-old boy returned home with a small bag of chestnut rice and a piece of tofu.

In the thatched hut, two boys and girls who were a few years old, their eyes lit up when they saw this.

They cheered when they thought they will have porridge to drink and tofu to eat this night.

On the bed in the hut, lay a pale middle-aged man: "Where did these come from?"

He was afraid that his son would do something sneaky.

Poverty was not terrible, but it cannot violate the moral bottom line.

Xiao Qingshui knew what his father was worried about. He explained: "Xiao Xiucai's wife collects eels in the village for 3 pennies a catty. Today I caught 20 catties, and I earn 60 pennies."

He happened to know a mud ditch with a lot of eels. He would catch eels and cook them if their family have nothing to eat before.

Although it was not delicious, it can barely satisfy their hunger.

When Xiao Hanyi said that he could earn money if he catches eels, he was excited. He went to that place immediately and caught twenty catties.

When he went to the Xiao Family's house, he regretted it a little, fearing that if there were too many, Xiao Xiucai's wife would not accept them.

But who would have thought that Xiao Xiucai's wife was very kind? Not only she gave him sixty pennies, but also rewarded him with a piece of tofu by saying that the eels he caught were plentiful and good.

"She rewarded me with this tofu, so I went to buy some chestnut rice. I'll make porridge for you and my younger siblings."

Since their father got sick and their mother ran away, their life became more and more difficult.

They eat wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger every day, and their father's medicine money for seeing a doctor is long gone.

He was still young, so the team that mined the saltpeter in the village doesn't want to accept him.

But he still followed to help carry the saltpeter. The patriarch distributed a small bag of saltpeter to him.

He took it to the city and sold it for some miscellaneous grains.

Originally, he was still worried about what to do next, but now, Xiao Xiucai's wife accepted the eel in exchange for money, which gave him hope.

As long as he can keep exchanging eels for money, he can buy more food, and even continue to help his father get medicine.

Xiao Mu looked at his son's originally dull face, which had a rare brilliance and felt very sore in his heart.

A small child has to bear the heavy responsibility of the family.

He sat up with support: "Ms. Xiao Xiucai is a kind person, and also a capable person. With her in the village, it will get better and better."

"You can continue to catch eels recently, and I will recover from my illness as soon as possible, and pick up carpentry work."

He was a craftsman, but it was a pity that he made a mistake. He picked up a woman who fled famine before.

Who knew that a year ago, that woman suddenly met her ex-husband?

She stole the money from their house and ran away with that person.

He chased after the two of them, but not only failed to catch up, but also got caught in the rain, and fell ill after returning.

Then he became like this. His illness became more and more serious, and in the end, he sold their house and land.

He always felt uneasy, always thinking that he would just die like this.

But seeing his son like this today, he suddenly felt that he shouldn't have had those kinds of thoughts before.

Xiao Shui didn't expect that his father would take the initiative to say that he would recover from his illness and go to work.

He was a little excited: "Then you can go to Xiao Xiucai's house when you recover from your illness."

"I heard that their family has been recruiting people who know carpentry. The wages are not low, and they also include food."

In this way, he can take care of his father when he works in the village.

Xiao Xiucai's wife was a good person. Many people in the village wanted to work in their houses.

He also learned carpentry with his father and will work with the Xiao family in the future.

Xiao Mu suddenly realized that if that woman ran away, then she ran away. It was more important to live their life well.

His son was very talented. If he teaches him well, he will surpass himself in the future.

"Okay, I'll go to Xiao Xiucai's house when I feel better."

If the Xiao Family still recruits people, his skills will not be in vain.