In the evening, when Shen Changting returned home from work in the yamen, he saw that Zhao Qingzao had already started to work in the kitchen, he also hurriedly walked to the well, rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, and then walked to the kitchen to help Zhao Qingzao light the fire.

Zhao Qingzao saw him come in. Immediately smiled and asked, "Are you back?" How are you today? Are you tired?"

Shen Changting sat on the small stool in front of the stove, shook his head with a smile: "It's still the same, there are no big cases, just reading books in the study, not tired at all." ”

Zhao Qingzao took out the vegetables in the pot, and then took the time to look at him: "That's good, the rice will be good for a while." ”

Shen Changting picked up the firewood on the ground and stuffed it into the stove: "I'll help you light the fire first." ”

Zhao Qingzao smiled and looked at the man who was seriously burning the fire, and her cold face looked a little soft under the reflection of the stove fire, which made her lose her mind for a while.

Shen Changting lost the fire for a while, and then heard the sound of boiling water in the pot, he wanted to look up to remind Zhao Qing that the water was boiling, but as soon as he looked up, he saw that she was staring at him in a daze.

Even if he is a man, he is still a little uncomfortable to be stared at by a girl like this, and Shen Changting is no exception, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that the tips of his ears have become red.

Shen Changting coughed lightly, but Zhao Qingzao didn't react at all, he still looked at himself with that obsessive eye, and finally he couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Qingzao, the water is boiling." ”

Zhao Qingzao smirked: "Oh, the water is boiling......" and then suddenly woke up and shouted, "The water is boiling?" and then began to hurriedly put the washed rice inside.

Shen Changting looked at her hurried appearance, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden, Zhao Qingzao saw him smile, and he was even more dumbfounded, and then walked directly to Shen Changting, stretched out his hand and gently stroked his cheek: "You look so good when you smile." ”

Shen Changting looked up at the confusion in her eyes, and he also lost his mind for a moment.

It wasn't until Zhao Qingzao asked about the smell of burnt paste that he reacted that he was eating Shen Changting's tofu, and Shen Changting himself didn't resist, so he just let himself eat his tofu, but when the smell of paste in the air became stronger, Zhao Qingzao realized that he had never got the point right.

But her hand caressed Shen Changting's face, feeling that his skin was too good, soft and slippery, she didn't want to let go.

In the end, Shen Changting coughed lightly: "The rice seems to be burned." ”

Zhao Qingzao reluctantly withdrew his hand, opened the lid of the pot, and screamed again: "Ah!!"

Shen Changting chuckled and shook his head: This little woman of his own is sometimes shrewd and fatal, and sometimes she is confused.

Zhao Qingzao looked at Shen Changting without tears: "What should I do? ”

The man with an indifferent face got up, pulled her to the hall, and then sat her down before speaking: "It's paste, then I'll eat it later, I'll show you something now." ”

Zhao Qingzao became interested at this time: "What?

Shen Changting took out a few silver ingots from his arms and put them on the table, and said to her with a smile: "This is the money that the county magistrate rewarded me with today, I will hand these over to you, you quickly put them away!"

Zhao Qingzao stared at the silver ingots on the table, his eyes bloomed with shining brilliance, especially when he heard Shen Changting say that he would hand them over to himself for safekeeping, the light in his eyes became even brighter.

She carefully picked up these silver ingots and looked at Shen Changting with a smile on her face: "Do you really want to hand these over to me for safekeeping?

Shen Changting chuckled and shook his head: "You are my lady, of course I believe in you, besides, it is no problem for you to swallow all of these." ”

Zhao Qingzao said that these two sentences sounded too pleasant, and she looked at Shen Changting with a smile: "Okay then! I'll put them away first." Then he got up and took the ingots in his hand and went inside.

Shen Changting smiled and picked up the teapot on the table to bring himself a cup of tea, and as soon as he took two sips, Zhao Qingzao walked out of the house, and nodded with satisfaction at Shen Changting: "It's hidden, don't worry!"

Her little expression was like a little mouse that had stolen sesame oil, which made Shen Changting cry and laugh, and the tea he had just drunk in his mouth was almost squirted out by him.

After holding back for a long time, he suppressed his smile, and then looked at Zhao Qingzao with a cold face: "I have two more things to tell you." ”

Zhao Qingzao hurriedly sat down beside him and nodded seriously: "You say, I'll listen carefully!"

Shen Changting patted the top of her head: "Today I went to tell the county magistrate about Chu Xingshan, and it just so happened that there was a vacancy in the yamen. ”

Zhao Qingzao nervously took his hand: "Then what? Then what? After you tell the county commander, what did the county magistrate say? Also, is that errand suitable for hiking? Grandma Niu is just his grandson, we can't arrange a dangerous errand for him, what if, this ...... In case something happens, how can I explain it to Grandma Niu!"

Shen Changting was suddenly stunned by her large list of questions: "Qing Zao, you ask one by one, you ask so many at once, shall I answer your question first?"

Zhao Qingzao realized that she was overly nervous, and she smiled embarrassedly: "Then the Xianggong will start with the attitude of the county commander!"

Shen Changting breathed a sigh of relief: "The county magistrate heard me talk about this matter, and he was also very curious about hiking, so he didn't agree to me immediately, but found a time to meet him in the past few days and examine his character." ”

Zhao Qingzao nodded knowingly, and muttered in a low voice: "Oh, isn't this an interview!"

Shen Changting frowned and asked her, "What are you talking about?"

Zhao Qingzao hurriedly came back to his senses, chuckling to cover up the modern noun he had just accidentally spit out: "Hehe...... It's nothing, it's nothing, I'm just saying, don't you think that the county magistrate can't afford this errand for hiking!"

Shen Changting shook his head lightly: "No, we all know the character of the mountain, and others are kind and simple, and the county magistrate will definitely be satisfied with him." ”

Zhao Qingzao nodded reassuringly: "That's right, but, Xianggong, you can tell me now, what is the errand vacated by your yamen, right?"

Shen Changting smiled and nodded: "This errand is to be an errand under me, usually follow me to do something, more to protect my safety." ”

Zhao Qingzao immediately smiled when he heard it: "Then dare to be kind, let the mountain walk by your side, I can rest assured, and besides, when you are fine, you will also take some time to teach him to read and write, which will also be of great help to him in the future." ”

Shen Changting looked at her with a smile: "That's exactly what my husband thinks." ”

The smile on Zhao Qingzao's face was even bigger: "We call it, the heart is clear, and the husband and wife should be like this, if you don't say it, I will know what you are thinking in your heart." ”

Shen Changting also nodded slightly, expressing his agreement: "What the lady said is really good, but she is really ashamed of being a husband." ”

Zhao Qingzao smiled modestly, and then looked at him and asked, "By the way, didn't you say that there are two things to tell me?

Shen Changting stretched out his hand and pointed at her: "This other thing is about you." ”

"What do I have to do with me?" Zhao Qingzao asked puzzled.

Shen Changting explained to her with a smile: "This one thing is because your cooking skills are very good, and the county magistrate wants to eat the dishes you cook, so I want to invite you to Yamen to be a cook." ”

Hearing that her cooking skills were completely affirmed by others, Zhao Qingzao was still very happy in her heart, but she did not forget that she was in ancient times, and men had to decide women's affairs, and she never thought that she could change something by herself, so she looked up at Shen Changting with a smile: "I don't know what my husband thinks about this matter?"

Shen Changting was very satisfied with her performance, he felt that Zhao Qingzao could discuss this matter with him, which meant that she regarded herself as a real husband.

So thinking of this, the smile in Shen Changting's eyes became deeper and deeper: "Qingzao, I think you can do this because you have the ability." ”

Zhao Qingzao knew that he would agree, but when she heard him say it in person, she was still quite excited in her heart, and she got up from the stool: "Xianggong, thank you, I will definitely do a good job and let the county magistrate eat the best meal." ”

Shen Changting stretched out his hand and pulled her to the chair again: "Okay, you sit down quickly, I know that you are different from ordinary women, you have your own ideas, so I will not restrain you." ”

Zhao Qingzao was even more moved when he heard this, and looked at him: "Xianggong ......"

Shen Changting reached out again and touched the top of her head: "Okay, okay, I'll go tell Grandma Niu the good news first, you wait for me at home!"

Zhao Qingzao grabbed him: "I'll go tomorrow, you haven't eaten yet, you stayed in the yamen all afternoon today, and you didn't eat anything, so let's eat first, okay?"

Shen Changting nodded helplessly, and then pulled her to the kitchen, but when they came to the kitchen, the two of them remembered that the rice was burned, and the two of them had been chatting just now and forgot about it.

Zhao Qingzao took out the burnt rice in the pot with some amusement, then washed the pot again, and turned to look at Shen Changting: "Xianggong, let's do it again! Soon, it will be fine in a while." ”

Shen Changting sat next to the stove again, picked up the firewood on the ground and looked at her: "Okay, then I'll help you light the fire, but this time I control the fire well, and I can't burn the rice anymore." ”

Zhao Qingzao heard the meaning of the joke in his words, but he didn't say anything, just when he turned around to wash rice. The face is slightly red.

After some busyness, the two of them finally finished the meal together, Zhao Qingzao held the dishes, Lu Ziyan held the rice, the two came to the dining table in the hall, put the rice away, and prepared to eat.

As soon as Shen Changting picked up the chopsticks, Zhao Qingzao shouted: "Wait a minute, I forgot to take something, you wait for me, I'll get it first, and we'll eat it when I come back." ”

Shen Changting looked at her puzzled: "What are you going to get? I'll go get it! You sit down!"

Zhao Qingzao smiled mysteriously: "You don't know where I put it, let's go!" Then he got up and ran to the kitchen, leaving Shen Changting alone in the hall and looking at her back funny.

After a while, Zhao Qingzao hurriedly ran over, holding a bowl tightly in his arms, and Shen Changting asked, "What's in here?"