Bai Yun's matter is over, and no iceman will dare to come to the door to propose marriage to Ayao in a short time.

The iceman came to the door to ask for marriage, and half of the future of the Xiucai family was ruined, just because A-Yao was unwilling to agree to the marriage, this matter was publicized, who else dared to come to the door to ask for marriage, this girl is not easy to provoke, and her personality is strong, if she marries home, won't it be a troublesome house?

Ah Yao couldn't tell how they liked to pass it on, so she didn't have to open the door and hear the iceman say, "Girl, I see that you are about to have a good thing." ”

The store was open as usual, but the number of customers began to dive, from the number of customers to the three or two kittens, and then to the door, it was only three or four days, and all this because the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

Diagonally opposite the shop specializing in women's business, the ordinary girl does not like to come to the street, the ice seller picks the courage to walk through the streets and alleys, how hot the day, how prosperous his business is, at the end of the rush into the Sun Niang's foot shop, order a bowl of osmanthus black plum soup, add crushed ice to cool off, still not enough to quench your thirst, and then a bowl of houttuynia pear soup, good now much more comfortable.

"This thief, God, it rained and started to behave again. In previous years, the weather was not so unusual. ”

The ice vendor drank two bowls of soup, feeling that the whole person had finally come to life, "Your black plum soup smells sour, and after drinking, I feel that it can't be done, I have to need something more thirst-quenching, this Houttuynia cordata Sydney pear is really good, very sweet, and I will eat two pears after drinking, and then a bowl." ”

"Another bowl is fine, but this time you don't add ice, you drink two different bowls of drinks and add ice, beware of stomach upset, your family is always reliable. Song Fang cleaned up his bowl and said, the ice vendor is also an old customer of their shop, after selling the ice, come to rest, and spend a few copper plates to buy a bowl or two of tea, mixed with a little crushed ice water left over from the sale.

"I know. The vendor said, "And I want a hot bowl this time?"

Sun Niang interjected: "Don't, one is cold and one is hot, it's not this idea to help the doctor's business, and Yaozhu definitely doesn't agree, it's not easy for anyone on this hot day, you can spare the doctor." ”

The hawker said yes, yes, and suddenly thought of something: "When I passed by the moat, I looked and felt that there was less water, and it is said that the farmland outside the city was cracked, and I saw the ...... of this year's harvest" The hawker shook his head and spit out one word: "Hang." ”

Sun Niang's brows furrowed, "Really?"

"What are you lying to, I don't believe you go to the rice store to inquire and see if the price of grain is more than a dozen dollars more expensive than before. "I thought that the rain would ease the drought, but I didn't expect it to be a small surprise, and then the drought will follow, and the price of rice will rise, as they say...... I'm afraid it's going to be hard this year. ”

The great drought is related to the people's livelihood and the things that the people are worried about, how can the temple not mention it, and what makes the officials of Sinong Temple even more headache is that if this weather continues for a long time, not to mention the harvest, there may be a locust plague.

The overwhelming flying locusts symbolize the king's immorality.

The officials of the Lingtai Division Heavenly Prison were also worried, all kinds of astronomical signs have shown that this year is very likely to be a dry year, and the friendly friends of the Sinong Temple next door have sent them a letter, saying that there are signs of locust plague in many places, and they must be remedied no matter what, and the losses will be minimized, otherwise they will be even worse when the holy sins come out.

Don't look at the officials of Sinong Temple and Si Tianjian are all technical officials, and the officials of the three provinces and six ministries may not be as good as the officials of the three provinces and six ministries in terms of strategy, and the official rank is also lower than them, they conform to the time of the day, compile the lunar calendar, and study the information left by the previous dynasty and the previous Sinong officials, there are always a few things found throughout the past dynasties -

There is a history to learn from, major droughts and small droughts have led to locust plagues one after another, as well as the decline of the population and the decline of the government, and in serious cases, it has led to uprisings or invasions by foreign enemies, and the crux of the change of dynasty lies in the failure of crops.

There is enough food, the world is rich, the people are safe and the country is peaceful, and the turmoil starts from the famine. The land is vast, and there are so many people who covet it, as long as the people can be fed, how can they care who sits on the dragon chair. From another angle, there is no food, and the stomachs of the soldiers cannot be filled, so what do they use to fight the war and what to defend the city.

At present, the water level of rivers in many places is declining, and it is necessary to choose a place to dig deep wells and take the water source of underground rivers, and the government guarantees the daily drinking water of the people, and the people also need to abandon wheat and rice to plant beans, compared with rice and wheat, beans will need less water, and it is said that locusts do not love to harm beans.

They put forward the idea of digging a deep well, but the household department had an opinion, and stretched out two fingers, one meaning, no money.

The reason is very simple, last year's bumper harvest, can not be regarded as a dry year because there is no rain after the Dragon Boat Festival this year.

After a while, the locusts are ripe in the ground, and you will soon be able to see locusts flying all over the sky. The officials of Sinong Temple couldn't help but scold the household.

Si Tianjian and Si Nong Temple are on the same position, and the three parties are pinched at the court meeting, and then ...... Adjourn the discussion.

Si Tianjian was ordered to continue to measure the time of the day to see when it would rain.

The rain has not fallen, and the temple has been fighting with the household department for several court meetings, and there is no conclusion, and a rumor has quietly arisen in the suburbs and other places.

In the blink of an eye, in late August, A-Yao received an order.

When she arrived, she was not the only one invited by the family.

The maid led her to the kitchen, and the cooks and their assistants looked at her with their eyes brushed on the ground, and looked her from head to tail, with a flash of realization in their eyes, and a smile on their lips as they lowered their heads and went about their work.

"There are two feasts in the house today, and they are the ones who are there for them. The maid said, carefully avoiding them, and led Ah Yao to the stove in the deepest part of the kitchen, which was not yet occupied, "This is the place where you work, girl, please forgive me for the limited number of stoves." She paddled out a palm-sized place, only a pot and a steamer.

When she took the order, the host didn't ask for anything, but when she got here, she saw the stove and found that there seemed to be no materials.

The maid said: "The ingredients are all here, and there is no need for the girl to prepare too complicated food, the sixth girl likes to eat lightly, you can just make some soup and porridge." ”

"Huh, not a feast?"

Ah Yao followed the maid's finger and was silent for a moment, and then listening to her tone, it seemed that she was preparing dishes for the six girls, and was not in charge of several dishes in the two banquets like other cooks.

"It's a small banquet, and the six girls want to invite her handkerchief to enjoy the flowers and chant poems. The maid said, "This little door goes out of the lotus pond, if the girl still needs any ingredients, please move to the lotus pond." The slave and maid still have important matters, so they should be one step ahead. ”

“……”

The ingredients are a bunch of lotus chrysanthemums, jasmine, soup, porridge, handkerchiefs, handkerchiefs, small banquets?

No, why did she think it was so unreliable?