"What can you say to the county master?" Zhao Qingzao felt strange, thinking that Shen Changting's relationship with the county lord was not very good, how could he go to the county lord specifically?

"It's nothing, it's just asking him to take care of you more in the future...... Just take care of us. Shen Changting said with a light smile, but after a closer look, his expression seemed to be very wrong, because Shen Changting hid it very well, so Shen Changting couldn't see anything strange.

Since Shen Changting had already returned, Zhao Qingzao didn't say anything more, after letting Shen Changting go into the house to rest, Zhao Qingzao went into the kitchen to cook, and the mushrooms that had just been picked from the mountain were washed by Zhao Qingzao and then thrown into the water to cook into pork mushroom soup, and after copying two side dishes, Zhao Qingzao put the meal on the table.

"Changting, it's time to eat." Zhao Qingzao shouted.

Shen Changting answered, and after a while, he came out, and when he saw the mushroom soup on the table, Shen Changting was stunned, and then asked Zhao Qingzao: "Qingzao, did you go up the mountain to hunt?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Qingzao chuckled in his heart, thinking to himself, how could Shen Changting know about this? But soon Zhao Qingzao understood what was going on, Shen Changting saw the mushroom soup, so he guessed that Zhao Qingzao secretly went up the mountain, after all, these mushrooms can only be found on the mountain.

"No, these mushrooms were given to me by Grandma Niu." Zhao Qingzao straightened the broken hair on his sideburns, and said to Shen Changting with an uncomfortable expression.

Shen Changting is not a fool, he naturally knows that Zhao Qingzao is talking, he thought that Shen Changting would quarrel with him again, but he didn't expect Shen Changting to just sit on the chair with his head down, pick up the chopsticks and eat a bite of food.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao felt very strange, and he was still a little uneasy in his heart, it would be okay if Shen Changting quarreled with her again, but now sit down and keep silent, it is even more terrifying as if nothing had happened, Zhao Qingzao always felt that Shen Changting would be furious in the next moment.

"Changting, you don't scold me?" Zhao Qingzao swallowed his saliva and hesitated for a while before asking Shen Changting.

Shen Changting was eating with his head down, and when he heard Zhao Qingzao say this, Shen Changting pointed to the chair and said, "The food is almost cold, you can also sit down and eat quickly, and then talk about eating when you are full." ”

Eat a full meal? Could it be that after eating, Shen Changting was going to settle accounts with himself? Zhao Qingzao nodded blankly, and then sat down to finish eating face to face with Shen Changting.

Zhao Qingzao didn't eat this meal at all, in addition to paying attention to the look on Shen Changting's face, she was thinking about how Shen Changting would scold her later, so after Shen Changting finished eating, Zhao Qingzao quickly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

"Changting, do you have anything to tell me?" Zhao Qingzao stood outside the door for a long time before he finally mustered up the courage to walk into the house and ask Shen Changting.

"Qing Zao, don't go up to the mountains to hunt in the future, have you forgotten that I can paint? I can earn a lot of money just by painting. Shen Changting was painting, and when he heard Zhao Qingzao ask, Shen Changting said to Zhao Qingzao in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhao Qingzao was stunned, originally she thought that Shen Changting would quarrel with her, but she didn't expect Shen Changting to be so calm after knowing that he went up the mountain to hunt, just let himself stop hunting in the mountain, just rely on him to paint alone, Zhao Qingzao always felt that Shen Changting was very weird, but he couldn't say what was wrong with him, so he could only think about it by himself.

"Changting, it's risky for you to paint, if you are discovered by those who are chasing you, what should you do then? Besides, if you can really make money by painting, you won't be so poor at first, and I'll continue to hunt in the mountains, at least this is a more stable way to make money. Zhao Qingzao thought about it, and finally rejected Shen Changting's proposal, although Shen Changting's paintings could indeed be sold for a lot of money, but once they were discovered. The consequences are unimaginable, so Zhao Qingzao will never agree to let Shen Changting paint to make money.

"It's too late if you don't paint in the future." Shen Changting shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Zhao Qingzao didn't hear clearly what Shen Changting meant, so he asked Shen Changting, but Shen Changting didn't seem to want to mention it again, just shook his head and didn't say anything more, because the two of them went out today, so they wanted to rest after taking a bath, so Zhao Qingzao and Shen Changting went to bed early.

The next day, Zhao Qingzao still went up the mountain to hunt, and Shen Changting still stayed at home to paint, neither of them seemed to have compromised, and still did what they thought in their hearts.

On the mountain, Zhao Qingzao and Chu Xingshan were looking at the empty trap with sad faces, thinking that they would be able to catch the prey this time, but they didn't expect it to be missed, and they didn't catch anything.

"It was supposed to be a wolf who fell into the trap last night, but it escaped, it's a pity." Chu Xingshan squatted on the edge of the trap, and after understanding the situation of the trap clearly, he said to Zhao Qingzao.

"If we catch that wolf, we can at least earn a few hundred taels of silver." Zhao Qingzao had a bitter face, and said helplessly, Zhao Qingzao understands the current market very well, a wolf can indeed be sold for a lot of money, but it is a pity that it can be sold for more money, and now it has escaped.

After Zhao Qingzao returned to the village, the two of them joined forces again and ended in failure, Zhao Qingzao and Chu Xingshan felt uncomfortable, because Zhao Qingzao only had less than ten taels of silver left in the house, so she now wanted to earn silver as soon as possible, and only enough silver could make Zhao Qingzao feel more steady.

"It seems that the animals here have become smarter, and they are not as easy to catch as before, because the traps we made caught the prey, so the villagers also did the same and made the same traps, and the animals on the mountain saw more, so they naturally knew how to avoid the traps." Chu Xingshan said in a muffled voice, although he could get silver by working in the yamen, but that bit of silver was not comparable to the harvest of hunting at all, and now he and Zhao Qingzao couldn't catch prey at all, and it would be difficult to subsidize the family by hunting in the future.

"Let's go down the hill first, maybe we can think of a better trap, but the people in the village are so annoying, won't they stop in moderation? Now that animals know to avoid the West Col, what should they do in the future? Zhao Qingzao took a deep breath and tried his best to cheer himself up, then said to Chu Xingshan with a smile.

Although Zhao Qingzao felt very disappointed by the result of going up the mountain today, Zhao Qingzao would not be easily defeated, and she believed that she would soon be able to come up with a better trap.

Hearing Zhao Qingzao say this, Chu Xingshan felt a lot better, and the two of them went down the mountain together.

Back at home, as soon as Zhao Qingzao entered the door, he saw Shen Changting concentrating on painting, thinking that Shen Changting wanted to paint to make money, Zhao Qingzao couldn't help but be a little worried, so he walked up to Shen Changting and said, "Changting, don't paint, even if the painting is finished, I won't let you take it out and sell it." ”

"Qing jujube, I'm just painting casually, I won't take it out and sell it, don't worry." Hearing what Zhao Qingzao said, Shen Changting raised his head and said to Zhao Qingzao with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhao Qingzao nodded, believing what Shen Changting said, because Shen Changting had just started painting, so Zhao Qingzao only saw a colorful painting on the paper, and couldn't see what Shen Changting was painting at all.

"Qing Zao, when you're fine, practice your words." At this moment, Shen Changting suddenly said to Zhao Qingzao.

"Practicing calligraphy? Why did you suddenly ask me to practice calligraphy? Zhao Qingzao felt strange, because although Shen Changting was a scholar, he had never asked himself to practice calligraphy, so Zhao Qingzao felt that something was wrong.

Hearing Zhao Qingzao ask, Shen Changting smiled, continued to lower his head to paint, and said: "It's just casual talk, although a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, but I think it is better to be a little knowledgeable." ”

After speaking, the smile on the corner of Shen Changting's mouth disappeared, but he lowered his head, so Zhao Qingzao couldn't see what the expression on his face was.

Zhao Qingzao has crossed over, so it can't be said that she is uneducated, it's just that Zhao Qingzao can't write calligraphy, can't draw, can't chant poetry, and Zhao Qingzao is a person who can't calm down, so naturally she is even more reluctant to sit and read books and practice calligraphy.

Because Shen Changting didn't continue, Zhao Qingzao didn't take it seriously, turned around and went back to the house to rest.

"How do I catch my prey?" Zhao Qingzao sat on the bed, thinking of the hunting, she felt very depressed, and she couldn't wait to think of a new trap now, if it continued like this, the silver in her hand would definitely be spent soon, and then she and Shen Changting would go to drink the northwest wind.

Zhao Qingzao was lying on the bed, thinking that instead of lying here in a daze, it would be better to go out for a spin, maybe he could think of a good way to make money.

Thinking like this, Zhao Qingzao sat up from the bed, at this moment, Zhao Qingzao suddenly thought of a good idea to make money, a few days ago when he helped Grandma Niu break corn, Zhao Qingzao thought about whether he could make some popcorn to eat, people here must have never seen popcorn, if he really succeeded, he could take it to the town and sell it, although he couldn't make any money, at least he could make some money.

"Changting, I'll go out for a while." Zhao Qingzao had to do whatever he wanted, so after deciding to try to make popcorn, Zhao Qingzao immediately walked out and said to Shen Changting.

Before Shen Changting could react to what was going on, and before he could say a word, he saw Zhao Qingzao hurriedly go out, seeing this, Shen Changting smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Because Zhao Qingzao did not have sun-dried corn kernels at home, she went to Grandma Niu's house to buy some corn kernels, and Grandma Niu thought that Zhao Qingzao was going to be used to feed the chickens, and kept persuading Zhao Qingzao not to be too extravagant, just feed it with some rice husks and brown rice, which made Zhao Qingzao very speechless, and didn't know how to explain it to Grandma Niu.

finally came back from Grandma Niu's house, and before Zhao Qingzao had time to catch his breath, he ran into the kitchen to make popcorn.

"Let me think about how popcorn is made, put a little oil in it and cover the pot, and it should be okay to wait a while." Zhao Qingzao thought for a long time, and after figuring out how to make popcorn, he put the corn kernels into the pot and then closed the lid.

After closing the lid, Zhao Qingzao heard a crackling sound, thinking that the popcorn would be ready soon, Zhao Qingzao was looking forward to it.