With the help of insect traps, at noon the next day, the locusts around Luoyang City were basically extinct. There are also some eggs that have not yet been cleaned up, but their number is no longer a concern, and in previous years, when there was no locust plague, there would be a few grasshoppers in the ground, which was not a disaster. The people hated locusts to the bone, and they wanted to kill them all. However, the insect attractant incense has been used up, and I want to strangle it on a large scale, unless I create some more insect attractant incense.

Li Mu has already learned the formula, and making incense is nothing more than buying some more medicinal materials and taking a little time. But he has already said that this incense is made by the immortals, and now that the immortals have 'gone', where do they get the incense to attract insects? And at this time, the disaster has been controlled, and there is no need to make another batch, so when the villagers came to look for it, Li Mu only shirked the secret recipe of the immortal family, he didn't know, and prevaricated. The locust plague was lifted, and the people saw the process. There is no doubt about whether Li Mu is really the reincarnation of the Golden Immortal, there is no one who does not believe it, Hou Ye said no, then there must be none, otherwise Hou Ye, who loves the people like a son, how can he not make a batch again?

After pacifying the people, Li Mu asked Li Tai and Li Chunfeng to lead the team and lead all the officials of the Hou Mansion to the countryside and organize the farmers to harvest grain step by step. In fact, the locust plague has dispersed, and the people harvest grain, so there is no need for him to bother, Li Mu has his own considerations in doing so. This time, he suffered a loss of no stored grain, so this time he had to 'sit and mention' the autumn grain. As soon as the peasant household has finished harvesting the grain, he must immediately collect the public grain, and not a single household will be left behind. In addition to public grain, he also had to buy grain on a large scale, and filled the four large warehouses in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Luoyang City, so that there was no possibility of no grain in the city.

The city's stock of food was running out, but the people of the city did not panic as before. Everyone knows that the plague of locusts has passed. In more than ten days, the new grain will come down, even if you are hungry, you can't be hungry for many days, besides, Hou Ye let Jin Yiwei open porridge stalls in all major neighborhoods in the city, free for the people in the city to drink porridge, although drinking porridge is not as good as dry rice, but the stomach is enough, it is rumored that Hou Ye's food is also solved in the porridge shop, the same as the people. Hou Ye is such a noble person, he has drunk porridge with the people, as a common people, what complaints do you have? Although there were people with ulterior motives who provoked it, there were few of them and did not set off any storms.

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Hou Mansion.

"Qiaoqiao good baby, come, try the chicken soup I cooked for you." Li Mu came in with a tray like a treasure, and Bai Qiaoqiao and Jin Chen, who were talking, heard the voice and turned their heads to look over. Li Mu put the tray on the table and beckoned the two: "Come and try it, how is my craftsmanship?" ”

Jin Chen helped Bai Qiaoqiao get out of bed, walked to the table, and sniffed it gently, it was really fragrant. Li Mu handed over the bowl and chopsticks, first gave Bai Qiaoqiao a big bowl, then Jin Chen's, and there was about a bowl in the porcelain basin, but Li Mu didn't hold it, but reached out and ripped off the chicken thigh.

"Drink it, it's been all morning. According to the recipe, a lot of medicinal materials were added, saying that it could replenish vitality. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao looked at the chicken soup in the bowl, sighed, and said, "Husband, just after the locust plague, I heard Sister Chen say that the people outside drink porridge, and no one can eat dry rice." But our family still eats meat at every meal, is that okay? Spread the word, to your reputation—"

"How can I have any reputation," Li Mushun grinned, saw the second daughter look over, and said with a dry smile: "I mean, what do you care about those false names, if others can't eat meat, we won't eat it, then won't we never be able to eat meat?" Li Mufeng swallowed a chicken leg like a whirlwind, and pulled another chicken wing: "In this world, there are always people who can't afford to eat meat, what does it have to do with disasters or not?" Those lazy guys, whether there is a disaster or not, this is just in time for the locust plague, and they still have a porridge to drink without money. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who has no morals. I did everything I had to do, and I didn't grab the chicken I ate, so why can't I eat it? When I eat, I don't even tap my mouth in front of them, it's kind enough—"

"It's gibberish again, okay, when I don't say it, I'll just drink." Bai Qiaoqiao interrupted Li Mu's words and didn't let him continue. Li Mu has a nickname in this family, called 'Chang Youli', which was secretly given to him by Qiaoqiao to admonish his sisters. It means don't reason with him, you can't talk to him, as long as he wants to talk to you, he can always tell the truth, so the most familiar way is not to tell him.

Li Mu raised his eyebrows proudly, Jin Chen pursed his lips and smiled, and he didn't follow the mix, and drank the soup in the bowl by himself.

"Sister Tianai hasn't seen her a few times recently, husband, can you persuade her, what if she gets tired?"

Li Mu spit out the chicken bones in his mouth and said, "You look at her like that, I can persuade her?" She just does what she likes, and there's nothing she can't handle. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao's original intention was that it was not good for the wife of the Hou Mansion to show her face outside all day, but after listening to Li Mu's words, she felt that what Li Mu said was also reasonable, when did he care about this, Zhang Tianai can do what he likes, which is also a blessing. Treat others with yourself, empathize, if you are a sister who loves God, and you don't want to do what you like to do, you can't do it by others.

Thinking of this, Bai Qiaoqiao didn't say anything anymore.

"May I come in?" was chatting, suddenly heard an inquiry from outside the door, Li Mu was about to answer, but was stopped by Jin Chen, Bai Qiaoqiao glanced at him, and said, "Is it Sister Yingluo?" Come in, I said a long time ago, be like your own home, don't be restrained. ”

Li Mu smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew Bai Qiaoqiao too well. The more polite she is, the more she must be saying the opposite. If she really was her own, she wouldn't have said this.

Wei Yingluo came in from outside, and was about to salute, but Li Mu raised his hand to block it, pointed to the opposite position, and motioned for her to sit. Wei Yingluo saw the chicken soup on the table, and seemed a little hesitant, to sit or not to sit in this situation?

Li Mu saw her embarrassment, and naturally used his bowl to hold the last bowl of soup, handed it over, and said, "This bowl has never been used, can you taste my craftsmanship?" ”

Wei Yingluo resigned again and again, Bai Qiaoqiao was in person, how dare she? The situation was embarrassing for a while, but in the end, Bai Qiaoqiao spoke, and she carefully took the bowl and took a spoon and tasted it, and it tasted really good.

"Are you looking for me, or are you talking to them?"

"Ah," Hearing Li Mu's words, Wei Yingluo came back to her senses, hurriedly put down the spoon, and said, "What you told me about the day before yesterday, I temporarily drew up a charter, you can see if it is suitable." ”

As she spoke, she took out a stack of boxy paper from her sleeve and handed it to Li Mu. Li Mu took it casually, on the paper, there seemed to be a fragrance of orchids, he glanced at Wei Yingluo, and said in his heart, this Nizi has changed the perfume again, and it is clear that it is still rose-scented the day before yesterday.

Bai Qiaoqiao and Jin Chen also exchanged glances, and between Fang Cai's words, two messages were revealed, which others may not sound perceptible, but for women, they are very sensitive. First of all, Wei Yingluo called Li Mu and used 'you' instead of 'Hou Ye', indicating that the relationship between the two has blurred the boundary between respect and inferiority. And the occurrence of this situation shows that the relationship between the two has been one step closer unconsciously.

Also, she said that what she said the day before yesterday shows that the two met privately the day before yesterday. In this matter, whether it was Bai Qiaoqiao or Jin Chen, they both saw the words 'I don't know' from each other's eyes, and the two daughters were a little angry, flowery husband, what do you want to do?

Li Mu was looking at Wei Yingluo's charter, and he didn't notice the eye exchange of the two daughters, so he didn't know anything. If he knew, he would have cried out. The sky can be seen, he has looked for Wei Yingluo in private, but it was really for business. He asked Wei Yingluo to draw up a charter, which was about collecting taxes. This time he was miserably pitted by these businessmen, such a big loss, he couldn't break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, so he had to draw up a charter to make up for this loss by collecting taxes.

This charter was dictated by him and sorted out by Wei Yingluo according to his intentions. Of course, it was not done immediately, but step by step, like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly letting the merchants fall into his net.

"It's good, you take it back, copy a copy, and send it to Chang'an in my name for eight hundred miles, after all, it's a big deal, and you still have to ask Your Majesty."

Wei Yingluo answered, took the paper, and was about to get up and leave, she really couldn't sit still, Bai Qiaoqiao was better, Jin Chen's gaze was like a knife, which made her mind confused. This is the effect of the heart, Jin Chen has always been gentle, not like Zhang Tianai, when she looks at people, she has never had a 'knife', it is Wei Yingluo who has a ghost in her heart, so she thinks so.

Seeing that she was leaving, Li Mu politely said goodbye, where did Wei Yingluo dare to stay, and fled quickly with a red face. Listening to the footsteps getting farther away, Jin Chen couldn't help but ask, "Is the husband going to accept a lady again?" ”

"Oops," Li Mu brought over the chicken soup that Wei Yingluo hadn't finished drinking, took a dry mouthful, and said, "Don't learn to be so stingy, I don't care, other girls still have to find their mother-in-law." After a pause, Li Mu sighed again and said, "Zhien and Sister Ou don't know where they are now, the family can't be reunited yet, how big of a heart do I have to do to find another room?" ”

Jin Chen thought he was speechless, and hurriedly said, "Husband, I didn't mean that-"

"Alas, you and I are husband and wife, there is no need to explain much." He looked at Bai Qiaoqiao again and said, "But in this regard, you still have to learn from Qiaoqiao, you look at Qiaoqiao, she will never misunderstand me." ”

Bai Qiaoqiao couldn't help laughing, but she also followed Li Mu's words and said, "Yes, I know my husband's mind best." ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "You two rest first, I'll go to the front yard to work, I won't go out in the afternoon, if there is something to tell someone to go to the front and call me." ”

Bai Qiaoqiao responded, and Li Mu got up and left. Jin Chen sent him to the door, watched Li Mu walk away, and hurriedly came back and asked, "What a coincidence, you tell me, what is the husband's mind, why can't I understand it?" Does he mean that he won't be looking for another room? That's what it means, right? ”

"Alas-" Bai Qiaoqiao sighed and looked at Jin Chen helplessly: "What is our husband like, you don't have any numbers in your heart?" ”

"What's the husband like?" Jin Chen thought for a while and said, "The husband values love and righteousness, and is very good to us, what else?" ”

"Forget it," Bai Qiaoqiao looked at Jin Chen and really couldn't comprehend, so he had to explain to her: "Don't guess, I'll tell you." What the husband means is that he won't accept it now, but when Zhien and Sister Ou are found back, the family will be reunited, but it may not be. ”

"Huh? Is that what it means? Jin Chen looked stunned and pouted unhappily: "Why is the husband like this, it makes people angry." ”

"If you don't pay attention, you won't be our husband, oops, your stomach is so swollen......" Bai Qiaoqiao stood up on the table, Jin Chen hurriedly stood up and protected behind her, afraid that she would fall: "You slow down." She helped Bai Qiaoqiao to sit on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help asking, "Qiaoqiao, there is something I don't understand." Supposedly, those of us who enter the door later don't dare to say it, but you don't dare to say anything, but why don't you ever stop it, if you don't agree, the husband will definitely not come nonsense. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "If I stop it, don't you even stop my sister from the house?" ”

Jin Chen was embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "I, I'm ...... Alas, too. Saying that, she was embarrassed, but Bai Qiaoqiao didn't make fun of her, and said: "

"Alas-" Bai Qiaoqiao sighed and looked at Jin Chen helplessly: "What is our husband like, you don't have any count in your heart?" ”

"What's the husband like?" Jin Chen thought for a while and said, "The husband values love and righteousness, and is very good to us, what else?" ”

"Forget it," Bai Qiaoqiao looked at Jin Chen and really couldn't comprehend, so he had to explain to her: "Don't guess, I'll tell you." What the husband means is that he won't accept it now, but when Zhien and Sister Ou are found back, the family will be reunited, but it may not be. ”

"Huh? Is that what it means? Jin Chen looked stunned and pouted unhappily: "Why is the husband like this, it makes people angry." ”

"If you don't pay attention, you won't be our husband, oops, your stomach is so swollen......" Bai Qiaoqiao stood up on the table, Jin Chen hurriedly stood up and protected behind her, afraid that she would fall: "You slow down." She helped Bai Qiaoqiao to sit on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help asking, "Qiaoqiao, there is something I don't understand." Supposedly, those of us who enter the door later don't dare to say it, but you don't dare to say anything, but why don't you ever stop it, if you don't agree, the husband will definitely not come nonsense. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "If I stop it, don't you even stop my sister from the house?" ”

Jin Chen was embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "I, I'm ...... Alas, too