Nangong Yi came fast and walked just as fast. witnessed with my own eyes that the second son was indeed sincerely ...... is a good farmer, but Zhang Shou is also sparing no effort to promote the second son to be self-reliant and self-reliant, what else is he worried about? As for Zhang Shou, he doesn't have to worry about his talents, as for his conduct, Zhu Tingfang, the eldest brother who has loved his sister the most since he was a child, will stare at him.

And when he ran down from Cangzhou this time, he only felt that he had further refreshed his understanding of Zhang Shou, so he was naturally in a hurry to go back and tell Zhu Jing.

As soon as the messenger from the Zhaoguo Mansion in the capital left, Zhu Tingfang and Zhang Shou felt okay, but Zhu Er felt that the whole person was alive, so refreshed that he almost wanted to sing. As soon as he recovered his spirits, he immediately asked Zhang Shou to stay in the county government to "cool off" on the grounds that the weather was too hot, but he personally went to the countryside to visit, and within a few days, Bai Zhu Er became a black Zhu Er.

However, in the past, Zhu Dagongzi, who saw that his younger brother's nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, had a rare and warm attitude towards Zhu Er. The first time I saw Zhu Er busy with business without fear of hardship or tiredness, how could he be relieved and ...... when he was a child who had been eager to beat Zhu Er or San a day Sad? I think when people practiced literature and martial arts, why didn't they have this perseverance and perseverance?

Zhang Shou was also surprised that Zhu Er could really bear this hardship, although the future second uncle was not the future daughter-in-law, and he didn't need to show his cooking skills to show his rewards, but he still ordered someone to prepare herbal tea, honeysuckle tea, and mung bean lotus seed soup in the kitchen at any time to relieve the heat...... It's not just Zhu Er, who is comforting the dust and servants who are running around, but all the errand officials in the county government have a share.

Although it is just such a small summer benefit, it still gets a lot of praise - when Xu Cheng was there, even the top silver of the errand officer had to be peeled off a layer of skin, and he still wanted to give out benefits? It's all wishful thinking!

And Xu Cheng's family property was confiscated before, and Zhu Tingfang deliberately played it, in the name of Cangzhou's waste waiting to be revived, and everywhere needed money, and intercepted some of it as capital. Therefore, in addition to this small expense in the summer, the people of Changlu County also got a summer subsidy for the first time - ranging from 300 yuan to 800 yuan per person, from the door to the secretary, everyone has a share.

For a while, even the men who were just shy and bulging and barely pretending to be majestic so as not to be knocked out by the envoys are now really serious. As for things like door bags, because they used to get it, they would be plucked by Xu Chengyan, and they had to be pulled by an old-timer with the oldest qualifications and the hardest background, and there wasn't much to get them, but now that it's gone, they just muttered for a while.

At noon, the two men on duty each drank a big bowl of cold mung bean and lily soup to relieve the heat, and when they came out to change shifts with their companions, they couldn't help but sigh and said: "Although a bowl of mung bean and lily soup is not worth anything, General Zhu and Dr. Zhang are really willing to put sugar, it's so sweet!" I heard the old man in the small kitchen say that these days, the sugar we buy in the kitchen is ten times that of the past! ”

"It's not just sugar...... I heard that Dr. Zhang also said that the caramel was delicious last time, so you might as well boil some caramel and send it to those of us, which can be regarded as a summer welfare, and then General Zhu objected and said that whoever eats it except the children, so it was changed to a family with children to make ......"

"That's right, tsk, those who are single and haven't married a daughter-in-law have one less benefit. It's just that the vegetable soup sent in the past few days is a little salty, but it's strange, after drinking it, I feel that people have strength. Dr. Zhang said to eat more salty in summer! ”

"Hey, if you really work hard, you can send this hair and that, who will scrape the ground! General Zhu has strict rules, but if you don't break the rules, it's fine, Dr. Zhang is thoughtful and amiable, and the two complement each other! ”

The four men whispered for a while, and then two of them changed shifts, and two of them went back to rest for an hour - this is also a special benefit in the summer. Because Dr. Zhang said that the summer is too hot, those of them who do things outdoors have been in the sun for a long time, and they are prone to heat stroke.

Of course, in the past, when Xu Cheng was in power, who of them was willing to occupy under the sun, they had already gone to a shady place to enjoy the coolness.

The two men had barely stood for a moment when they heard the sound of horses' hooves. Recently, there have been a lot of such movements, and the two of them were not surprised, and sure enough, when they got closer, they saw a young man wearing a hat and a frost-white shirt jumping down in front of them. If it was usual, they would definitely mutter, thinking that it was a son of the family who led the mourner to the yamen, but at this time, they all stepped forward with a smile on their faces.

"The second son is back? This trip is two nights and you haven't come back, you've worked so hard! ”

Zhu Er took off the hat casually, and his bronzed face was sweating profusely. He casually wiped it with the soft towel on the back of the hat, and then said nonchalantly: "It's a waste of time to rush back every day, and you can see a few more people if you live outside for two days with this effort." It's just that the weather of this thief is too hot, if I don't listen to my future brother-in-law, wearing a hat and wearing white, I will have to take off a layer of skin! ”

After Zhang Shou reminded him, he once felt that the hat was ugly and white and depressed, but he peeled off his skin after being sunburned once, which was really scary, and when he saw that the eldest brother didn't mention taboo or not, he obediently went out so fully armed. Now in addition to being a little hotter, he sweats a lot, but when he is thirsty and tired, he follows Zhang Shou's instructions and drinks a little light salt water, and he is used to it after a few days.

It's much better than those cotton farmers who are drying in the ground every day and don't cover up!

As he spoke, he threw the reins to the two men, and was about to go inside, when he suddenly heard as if someone was calling him, and when he looked sideways, he saw an old man in a white turban rushing towards him. He was thinking about who this was, but he saw someone pull the headscarf directly, revealing the old and wrinkled face. At this moment, Zhu Er suddenly burst out laughing.

"Yo, old salted fish, I can't even recognize you with your turban!"

"On a hot day, the second son, you are wearing a hat and wearing white clothes, I will save some trouble, directly tie a white turban, protect against the sun, and wipe sweat, the best of both worlds!" The old salted fish was still the chattering character, and as he spoke, he pulled Zhu Er inside with a smile, "I was called by Dr. Zhang, you want to see him when you come back, right?" Let's go, let's get together! ”

"Who's with you, us!" Zhu Er's dealings these days are all old farmers in the countryside, so he doesn't look down on people, but when he thinks of how miserable the old salted fish was in the first place, he can't get angry. However, after breaking free twice, he couldn't break free of the other party's hand, and he remembered that Zhu Ying had reminded him in every possible way how difficult this old salted fish was, so he could only keep a straight face.

"If you have something to say, don't pull it! This is the county government, and I'll call someone again! ”

"Second son, let's be in the same boat, life and death, don't you talk about love?"

Seeing the old salted fish retract his hand, with a pitiful look, and then looking at the servants around him who were looking at the excitement with their heads open, Zhu Er only felt that the green tendons on his forehead were jumping suddenly, and he could almost burst his temples!

He was indeed in the same boat with this old boy...... I jumped over the sea and almost drowned, but is this life and death? This is him being forced onto a thief ship, okay! He was so confused that he almost lost his life!

Just when he looked at people angrily, he only heard the old salted fish whisper: "The second son is now in Cangzhou to send Zhu Erlang, and his reputation is like the sky, can't he just cross the river and tear down the bridge?" ”

At this moment, Zhu Er's mind was a little dizzy from the sun just before he suddenly sobered up.

It is true to follow the old salted fish on the edge of life and death, but if he hadn't rushed to the Cangzhou Palace once, met with many textile workers and cotton farmers, and persuaded the eldest prince to "get lost and return" and Xu Cheng to break up dog-eat-dog, he would not have gained the reputation of righteousness.

And without that Jedi adventure, those cotton farmers would at most respect him as General Zhu's younger brother, and Dr. Zhang's future second brother, and they wouldn't really respect him. And now, although he still has to pull Zhu Tingfang and Zhang Shou out from time to time to support himself, at least others will not treat him as a pure and insignificant son like in the capital.

Just going out under the scorching sun these days, running around without being too hot, what is he trying to do? Isn't it just that people sincerely appreciate him and believe in him? One spread ten to hundred, everyone believed that he Zhu Erlang was a righteous and responsible person, which was a feeling he had never experienced in the capital. If he was reluctant to stay in Cangzhou, then now he really doesn't want to leave!

Therefore, after taking a deep breath, Zhu Er calmed down, glared at the old salted fish with a tiger face and said, "You old guy has a lot of tricks!" What's the point...... Don't talk here, talk as you go! ”

Seeing that Zhu Er finally relented, the old salted fish suddenly smiled even more. He has always been a hob meat-like character, where does he care about any heavy words or scolding, when he followed Zhu Er all the way in, he whispered: "Dr. Zhang is looking for someone to ask me for chili peppers, and he also wants the small and sharp ones, I asked later, he just wants them to taste spicy, but there are really not many chili peppers planted in the courtyard of the sea......

"Because that thing didn't know how to cook in the sea before. I thought, even if Dr. Zhang likes this bite, and the eldest lady likes it, it won't take ten catties or eight catties to dry so much, right? ”

Zhu Er suddenly snorted contemptuously: "What do my sister and brother-in-law think, that is also what you can come out of as a mortal?" "Even I don't know what they think!

The old salted fish quickly coughed twice: "I just want you to help me intercede." I literally scavenged all the dried stock from over there. Not to mention ten catties and eight catties, not even five catties. After all, that guy from the Tibetan Sea doesn't like this mouthful......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that his vision was different, and when he looked up again, he saw that Ah Liu suddenly appeared in front of them without knowing when, and he was looking at them with a faint look in his eyes...... No, it should be just him!

Even though the old salted fish is well-informed, he is still instinctively stunned when he sees Ah Liu. Last time, he could still feel Ah Liu approaching, but this time, probably because he was too engrossed when he was talking to Zhu Er, he didn't even notice that people were coming, and he didn't know how much people heard what he said just now. At this moment, he was about to explain quickly, but Ah Liu shook his head at them gently.

"The young master is meeting a guest."

Visitors?

At this moment, even Zhu Er was surprised. If it was Zhang Chen, it would naturally not be a guest, and now Zhang Shou separated the three of cotton planting, spinning and weaving, and handed it over to him and Zhang Chen, as well as that Jiang Dashao, and Zhang Shou didn't seem to care about the rest, all of them were thrown to his eldest brother Zhu Tingfang, so what guests will he see at this time?

The most important thing is that there don't seem to be many people who are qualified to be called guests by Ah Liu?

Zhu Er's curiosity suddenly flared up, and he hurriedly salivated and asked Ah Liu, "Sixth brother...... Sixth Master! What kind of guest is so important that you are sent to stop me and the old salted fish? We're not outsiders, are we? ”

Seeing that Zhu Er, who was still extremely disgusted with him just now, he even said the word "us" at this moment, he was stunned, but he said with a smile on his face: "If Dr. Zhang is seeing a guest, of course we should wait outside." The second son is also curious about who is inside, and he has no intention of inquiring, after all, there are many people in the county office, and if you don't say it, the sixth brother, others will say it......"

If he used this to trick others, it would naturally be a miracle, however, Ah Liu glanced at him and said lightly: "If the person who came did not report his name, you can also find out who it is?" ”

Seeing that the old salted fish was dumbfounded, he directly stretched out his hand and said, "Where is the chili?" ”

Originally, I was counting on Zhu Er to help intercede, and then when I met Zhang Shou and said a few good words, I could confuse this stubble, but at this time, when I met Ah Liu, who was the most difficult to speak, the old salted fish secretly complained bitterly, but he still smiled and untied the burden on his body and offered it with both hands. He thought that Ah Liu would weigh the weight, and then he would be embarrassed, but who thought that after someone took it, he actually asked again.

"Do you have seeds?"

The old salted fish was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Yes, there are quite a few!" ”

"It's good to have a lot of them." Ah Liu, who has never liked to talk much, tilted his head and thought for a while, then pointed at Zhu Er and said, "The young master just mentioned that it is that in the cotton field, you can intercrop peppers and potatoes, and you can also interplant peanuts. ”

Zhu Er had also tasted chili peppers and felt that the taste was peculiar, but as for the meaning of intercropping, he didn't quite understand. Hearing Ah Liu say this at this moment, he hurriedly explained: "Sixth brother, I asked those cotton farmers, after they plant cotton on weekdays, some people are afraid that the land will run out, so most of them will rest for half a year to let the land recuperate......"

Without waiting for Zhu Er to finish speaking, Ah Liu shook his head: "The young master said that intercropping is the combination of two crops in a piece of land, and the meaning of sowing seeds at the same time will not only not exhaust the soil, but also fertilize the land." For example, corn and potatoes can also grow better. ”

"Anyway, if you're not sure, you can try it with a few plots of land first. But peppers must be planted as soon as possible! ”

Looking at Zhu Er, who didn't know why, Ah Liu deliberately emphasized: "That Xu Ba, who sells rice noodles, added chili peppers to the rice noodles, and the business is very good on the canal wharf, and many people buy it at a price increase of ten yuan." Peppers can be grown everywhere, and if they can be sold at a good price, farmers will also benefit. The young master wrote a gist such as pepper seedling transplanting, haven't you two been in the same boat? It's just a two-person turn. "Anyway, Zhang Shou mentioned a mouthful of two-person turns, is that what it means?