He didn't speak at this moment, and Siqi didn't know what he was thinking, so he could only stay by his side quietly.

Tiankuo was sitting, Siqi approached him, hugged him in his arms, Tiankuo also took advantage of the situation to put his arms around her waist, and after a while said, "Sister, do you think I chose the wrong one?" If I didn't choose this path at the beginning, didn't study hard for the imperial examination, and wanted to be an official, maybe now I have followed your father to do business, with you, I must be a good hand at trading, let's open a few restaurants, maybe I have made a fortune now. ”

Siqi knew that he was joking, and gently touched his head, "If you don't want to be an official now, you can do this, let's go home immediately, I still have the silver at the bottom of the box here, and the more is that if you want to open a few restaurants, let's open a few and make a big deal, let you be a rich man in the future, and then give you a few concubines, okay?" ”

Tiankuo was amused by her, his mood was much better, and he raised his head, "I always laugh when I talk to you, my sister, why are you so good?" ”

Siqi held his face, leaned over and kissed him, "Everything you can do has already been done, don't blame yourself too much, we are just small people, and we don't have the ability to reach the sky, there are too many difficult things in this world, not all we can figure out a way to come up, all we can do is to be worthy of our hearts, how many folds have you made to the court, the court has not said anything at all, isn't this clear enough?" ”

"In recent years, there have been major droughts in many places, and at this time, the imperial court is also under pressure for disaster relief, maybe it is just a blind eye, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, such a place, the imperial court is indeed not very concerned, don't we already know it when we come here?"

Tiankuo smiled bitterly, he always felt that he had thought too badly about the situation before, after all, after he made those decisions, the emperor also rewarded him, thinking that no matter what, the emperor could see it now.

As a result, when the court really needed disaster relief, there was no news at all, so what was the use of asking for those awards? It's better to allocate some food.

Now he said that this is all he can do, and he hopes that there will be a good year next year, so that these people will have a way to grow food and fill their stomachs.

This time it can hit Tiankuo badly, he has always felt that the road he yearns for is so beautiful, as long as he is an official in the scientific examination, he can do practical things for the people.

Now I find that this is really not the case, there are many things that I really can't do, and I can only figure it out a little bit in my heart, so as not to be so uncomfortable.

Tiankuo pulled Siqi to sit down, held her hand, and talked about Chen Qiuchi again.

"The previous incident was entrusted to Brother Chen, it has been so long, and there is no news, he should also be in trouble, I heard Song Yunxuan say that the imperial court is going to send troops to exterminate the bandits, I don't know what happened to him, it's been almost a year, and there is no letter to send it, I am really worried in my heart."

Siqi said, "I'm also worried, in fact, speaking of which, there is Chen Qiuchi in Hengling, which is actually very good, I always feel that the bandits should not be exterminated at this time, so many bandits, where can be exterminated casually, it is estimated that it is because the imperial court wants to exterminate the bandits that the border defense force will be reduced, this is good, we are in danger here, and the place in Hengling is so big, if there is no one who can defend it, sooner or later it will be chaotic." ”

But they can't intervene in these things, the emperor is far away, so far away, I don't know what the situation is now, I can only guess in my heart, this year is really not going well.

Soon, the yamen organized the displaced people in the county town to go to the border to set up defenses, and the environment in that place was even worse, and the yamen used several surrounding villages to set up pots and stoves, and gave them food according to their hair every day, so that they could cook their own food.

The men were all families fleeing for their lives, and the strong laborers of the family went to work, while the women and children sat in the rear, helping to cook and boil water.

The days are a little harder, but gritting your teeth can still go on, as long as you survive this year, you don't believe that the next year will be like this, God will never force people to death, right?

Because they are all farmers, everyone is used to working and can endure any hardship, so although the conditions are difficult, everyone can persevere.

As promised, the yamen did not cut off the food for them, and the local people also helped together, and the matter went smoothly.

Seeing that he has entered the wax moon, Siqi is even more homesick, if he is at home, he should be able to eat sausages at this time, right? The ones I brought last year have already been eaten, and I don't know if there are any this year.

The weather is getting colder and colder, Tiankuo is still running outside every day, very busy, this time last year was very leisurely, they have already gone home, this year it is estimated that the New Year is not clean.

Siqi and Zhou Hao Zhou Xing roasted sweet potatoes in the house to eat, anyway, they were idle and idle, Siqi wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes, Yongqing got an iron stove, burning charcoal below, there is a circle of iron pieces on it, you can put a circle of sweet potatoes around, turn it over after a while, and bake it for an hour or two, that is called a fragrant.

The outside is burnt and the skin is peeled off, and the sweet potatoes inside are soft and glutinous and sweet, which makes people appetize when they look at it.

Siqi and Zhou Hao Zhou Xing had already finished eating the last batch before, and they were waiting for the new ones to be roasted, and several puppies were also playing in the house, and they were not leaving around the charcoal stove at this time.

Siqi smiled and said, "Don't be stupid enough to arch your nose and burn your nose for a while." ”

The dogs looked at her as she spoke, and then looked at the stove, thinking that they understood, after all, they were big black children, but one of the puppies went directly to arch, and the three of them were frightened.

In just a moment, it was so hot that it screamed directly, and Siqi hurriedly went down to look at it, "Xiao Er, why are you so stupid, didn't I just say that this can't be arched?" You look at you, you don't listen to what you say, why aren't you smart in the big black, are you its child? ”

The nose is burned red, and the skin is a little dry, so the hot stove, go up and arch it, can it not be burned?

Da Hei and Wangwang were originally outside, and when they heard the puppy barking, they all ran into the house, and saw that Siqi was touching the puppy's nose, Da Hei hurriedly ran to the side, Siqi said, "You kid can't understand the words, and your nose is burned, don't blame me." ”

Da Hei rubbed her with his head, and put his paws directly on Xiao Er's body, as if he was teaching it a lesson, Siqi couldn't laugh, these dogs are really interesting.