Qin Hanzhen has been talking to Zhao Mo since he came back from the lantern festival. Because I was on the rise, I didn't even notice that it was quite late.

Niu Shi walked around for half the night today, he was already very tired, and he was thinking about his little grandson, so he came back and burned his feet, and asked Brother Qian if he had slept peacefully, and then I heard that Qin Hanzhen was still talking to Zhao Mo. It's probably because the two children have been messing around together all year round, and she didn't think much about it, so she just asked someone to go over and tell them: "Let them go to bed early, and if they have anything to say tomorrow, it's the same." After the order, I was probably very tired, and I fell asleep in a short time.

Qin Bai was still worried about his granddaughter, and successively sent two groups of people to urge Qin Hanzhen to hurry back to the room to rest. In the third group, it was Wu Shaoying, who lived in the outer courtyard, who arrived when he heard the news. He had a black face, and he was so tightly stiff that knives could fly out of his eyes.

Qin Hanzhen also finished discussing with Zhao Mo at this time, and was about to leave after chatting a few more words, but when he saw Wu Shaoying's face, he was immediately stunned, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, cousin, we are discussing serious matters, and we are fascinated by the discussion for a while, so we forget the time." Now that everything is said and done, I'll go back right away, right away!"

Wu Shaoying looked at her niece's cowardice, even if she had anger in her stomach, she couldn't send it out, but she could send a shot at Zhao Mo: "Shisun, Hanzhen is still young and ignorant, and there will be times when he doesn't know the severity." But you're three years older than her, so you should know more about taboos than she does, right? Why do you get confused? This is not what an older brother should do!"

Even if Wu Shaoying said that he was Qin Hanzhen's brother, Cousin Zhao was not angry at all now. He was in the right mood, and he could smile like a flower at Wu Shaoying: "My cousin is right, it's all my fault." I shouldn't have lost track of time. I'll send my cousin back. Rest assured, no one in this courtyard will talk nonsense. My cousin and I have been good friends since we were children, and no one will say anything that is not good. ”

Wu Shaoying was stunned by his "cousin", and then his eyebrows were upside down, and he was about to have a seizure. Zhao Mo said lightly: "Cousin Fang Cai discussed something important with me, she didn't feel sure, and she still had to discuss it with you." It's a pity that it's getting late now, let's go ask you again tomorrow, I wonder if you have time?"

Wu Shaoying glanced at him coldly, and when he turned his head to look at Qin Hanzhen, his expression slowed down: "What's the matter? Tell your cousin?"

Qin Hanzhen had already received Zhao Mo's gaze, and said knowingly: "This is a long story, let's talk about it in detail tomorrow." I can only tell you that if you do it well, it will be beneficial to the country and the people, and it will also be a merit to my cousin. As he spoke, he pulled Wu Shaoying out, and as soon as he went out, he muttered, "Wow, it's so cold! Why is it so windy at night? I didn't feel it when I came back." ”

Where did Wu Shaoying still bother to question Zhao Mo? Hurriedly took off his cloak and put it on Qin Hanzhen's body: "This day is naturally getting colder and colder the later, so that you will forget the time when you talk in the future? Even the charcoal in the hand stove has been burned, right? If you knew this, you should have added charcoal before going back." ”

Qin Hanzhen was bent on pulling Wu Shaoying away from Zhao Mo's yard, how could he still waste time on such a trivial matter as adding charcoal?

Zhao Mo saw them out of the courtyard from a distance, lowered his head and curled the corners of his mouth, smiled slightly, turned his head, but couldn't help jumping twice in the house. Hearing Qing Dai push the door and come in to deliver snacks for the night, he stabilized his body, walked back to the table and sat down with a dignified face, took away the paper with the list of fiefdoms, and then instructed Qing Dai: "Don't bother, I have eaten a lot of refreshments tonight, and I'm not hungry, you take the night down and share it with Fei's mother." Ask someone to bring me a basin of hot water, and I will wash up, and I will go to sleep in a while. ”

Qing Dai took the order and left.

Zhao Mo took out the piece of paper again, threw it into the charcoal basin, and stared at it as ashes before he smiled.

On the second day, Qin Hanzhen pulled Zhao Mo into Qin Bai's study and invited Wu Shaoying over, without mentioning the matter of the fiefdom, only inquiring about the relevant information on the governance of saline-alkali land. Qin Bai was very interested when he heard this, and praised repeatedly: "It's not easy for you two children to think of this layer. This is a great thing that is beneficial to the country and the people. Since you have ambitions, we as elders naturally have to support them! There is no saline-alkali land in the industry under my name, but there are a few old farmers who have accumulated years. I'll have someone come over another day, and you can ask for whatever you want. If you want to collect all kinds of agricultural books, just talk to me. If I don't have enough money, I can afford it. ”

Grandfather is so generous, of course Qin Hanzhen is very happy. She also hugged Qin Bai's arm and said, "Then my cousin and I will go our separate ways." We choose a piece of saline-alkali land in different regions, so that people can experiment with different schemes, which can also save time and effort. "Come to think of it, it's not like she's coming up with an idea that is completely sitting on the sidelines and waiting for the results. Anyway, she doesn't need to go to the ground herself, if she has money and someone, she can help. At least, she is a person who has watched documentaries on related topics, although her memory is already a little blurry, but she always knows a little better than Zhao Mo.

When Wu Shaoying heard this, this was really a serious matter. Could it be that the two children were discussing this last night? At a young age, they are very ambitious. He looked at Zhao Mo, and his face slowed down a lot: "Since Shisun has such ambitions, we are not outsiders, so we naturally have to contribute." In my experience in this house, I am in charge of cashiers, and I am not involved in farmland and water conservancy, so I don't think there are many places that can help. But in our government, there are several old scribes, all of whom have accumulated years of seniority, and their ancestors have been working in the government for generations. They have in their hands the records of grain production in the farmland around Jinling for hundreds of years, and the atlas and account book of the construction of water conservancy. I asked someone to inquire if I could borrow the document and copy it. You see, there may be something to learn from. ”

Zhao Mo was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and bowed to Wu Shaoying: "That gentleman has helped me a lot, thank you Mr. Guanglu!"

Wu Shaoying gave a rare good face and helped him up: "The grandson doesn't have to be polite. I didn't do it for nothing. If you can find anything useful, please let me know. Maybe I can earn a credit for myself and get promoted sooner. ”

Qin Bai glanced at the student: "You have only been working hard for a month after you have been in the government, and there is a New Year in between, and you are expected to be promoted to a seventh-grade pusher within this year, what else do you want to be promoted? This time it was originally an exceptional promotion, and within three or two years, you should not fight the idea of being promoted again, it is not conspicuous enough. ”

Wu Shaoying hurriedly smiled and said, "The teacher misunderstood. Isn't this thinking about the future? I can't always be an official for the rest of my life, and if I am promoted to a general judge and a fellow judge in the future, there will always be a time when I will deal with money and food. Now is the time to prepare for a rainy day, and maybe it will come in handy in the future. ”

Qin Bai glanced at him again and didn't continue to say anything. It's just that when Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo left, he left the students behind again, and he wanted to continue to study and discuss the laws of the imperial court and the old local cases, as well as customs and village covenants, etc. These things can be used after Wu Shaoying is promoted to the top official in the future.

Wu Shaoying has just finished the Lantern Festival, and she will return to the government office on an errand in a few days, and she thought that she could relax for a few more days, but she didn't expect to be arrested by her own teacher, and she returned to her difficult school career, and began to read and write articles day and night, and responded to the teacher's questions.

Qin Hanzhen was lucky to get rid of his cousin's strict defense, and got the support of his grandfather and cousin, and his confidence increased greatly. She went in and out with Zhao Mo every day, went around to find relatives and friends to borrow books related to farming, and went to ask the old farmers living in the Qinzhuang area for advice. Because of inquiring about a cousin-in-law in the eighth room, her father-in-law had studied the problem of saline-alkali land management, and tried to plant trees on the wasteland with serious salinization, and the planting was successful, Qin Hanzhen also took Zhao Mo to visit the sister-in-law in the eighth room. She is a girl, and it is inconvenient to travel away from the village, but Zhao Mo has the introduction of this cousin-in-law, but she successfully met her maiden father, asked for a lot of useful knowledge and experience, and gave him a notebook that Qin Hanzhen gave him.

After the twentieth day of the first month, the government reopened the government and ran errands. Wu Shaoying finally got rid of the teacher's harsh law and punishment class, and returned to the city to continue his work in the house. And the family of Master Mao from Huzhou finally came to Qinzhuang, lived in the six-room ancestral house, and began the negotiation process with the Shen family.

Qin Bai originally thought that Master Mao would arrive earlier, but he never thought that he would come after fifteen. But thinking that the Mao family is also a big family in Huzhou, and the clan is luxuriant, I am afraid that there will be a lot of chaos during the New Year, so it is naturally impossible to go out as I want, so I don't ask much. The two old friends who have known each other for many years reunited for the second time, and naturally chatted happily for a long time. After chatting, Qin Bai learned that it turned out that Master Mao's family had arrived in Jinling as early as the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, but they did not come to Qinzhuang, but with the help of a relative's house in Jinling City. When he left home, he used the reason of bringing his wife and son Sun to Jinling to see the lights. But when he was in Jinling City, he had already inquired about the news of the Qin family and the Shen family, and paid special attention to the news of the eldest girl of the Shen family.

Master Mao values his nephew very much, and since he wants to marry him, he naturally has to act cautiously. Although he trusted Qin Bai, he also knew that Qin Bai had a pure heart and was easy to make people with bad intentions calculate. The eldest girl of the Shen family who Qin Bai is the matchmaker is not Qin Bai's own relative, but the maiden niece of the wife of the patriarch of the Qin family.

He was very satisfied, even his wife and children. Although the Shen family has some unsatisfactory aspects, if it is really a perfect and good family, it is impossible to marry the daughter of the first marriage to a Xiucai to fill the house. Second Master Shen and his little concubine don't worry about it, Miss Shen herself has a reliable character and talent, which is enough. Anyway, in the future, the two families will be in Songjiang and Huzhou, and they don't know if they can see each other in a year, whether the second master Shen is stupid or his concubine is in trouble, it has nothing to do with the married daughter.

Master Mao invited someone to see the eight characters of his nephew and Miss Shen, and after confirming that the two were compatible, he immediately made the decision for his nephew, and exchanged gifts with Shen Er, and the two sides officially entered the process of discussing marriage. Qin Bai got the thank you gifts from the two families and got out smoothly, so he no longer had to worry about delaying the marriage of a girl.