Li Jin knows that although Zhao Zhichen has released himself and his sons now, there must still be some knots in his heart about his words and deeds.

Originally, they thought that it was best not to meet Zhao Zhichen when they went out, and when they saw Zhao Zhichen, they had to take a detour, but who knew that in the end, they and Zhao Zhichen would meet in a narrow way.

Seeing Zhao Zhichen walking towards them, realizing that he had nowhere to avoid, Li Jin smiled awkwardly and greeted him, "The woman has seen Lord Zhao. ”

"Li, I'm here to tell you today that this official has changed his mind, and this official knows that punishing you to join the army is undoubtedly condemning you to death, so this official will exempt you from capital crimes."

Li Jinxi raised his eyebrows, and was thinking about thanking Zhao Zhichen with a thousand thanks.

But Zhao Zhichen's sudden sentence once again made Li Jin's expression stiffen.

Li Jin looked at Zhao Zhichen hesitantly, although she was illiterate and could not read poetry and books, but the truth that capital crimes could be avoided and living crimes could not be escaped, she understood.

She looked at Zhao Zhichen, and said expectantly: "Then may I ask, what do you mean?" ”

"Originally, your mother and son did too many evils, and I didn't want to let you go, but someone pleaded for mercy, hoping that I could spare your life, the official thought about it, and it would be good to give you a chance, so the official decided not to send you to the Huotou Army for the time being, but your grain tax will be doubled, and others will pay twenty percent of the grain, and you will pay tribute to the court forty percent of the grain, understand?"

How much is 40% of grain?

You don't even need to think about it.

If they take out this forty percent of the grain from their harvest, it will only be enough for them to eat normally, and the rest of their savings will be gone, but if they are sent to be the head of the fire, then they will not even have a small life.

In such a comparison, they still have to choose to hand over forty percent of the grain.

After all, no matter what, it's more important to save your little life for the time being.

So even if Zhao Zhichen put forward such opinions, Li Jin didn't dare to refute Zhao Zhichen's ruthlessness and unfairness, so he could only kneel down and thank Zhao Zhichen for not expelling him, and then left with a few of his children.

Looking at their backs as they fled into the wilderness, Zhao Zhichen pondered for a while.

"Giving their lives in exchange for forty percent of the food, yes, this business is quite cost-effective."

Seeing that the matter was temporarily resolved, Song Zhe nodded and echoed Zhao Zhichen's opinion, but he was also relieved in his heart.

Zhao Zhichen nodded and agreed with his plan and suggestion, and Li Jin also lost the qualification to continue jumping up and down in front of Yu Qiuyu, and Yu Qiuyu was able to restore his peaceful life, what a happy thing.

Because his sons were released, Li Jin did not continue to dangle in front of Yu Qiuyu.

Yu Qiuyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Zhe really has an idea, he can come up with a way to give advice in a few minutes to solve his current predicament, is it possible that this kind of people who go into battle to fight are very smart and have special ideas?

Yu Qiuyu's heart was a little moved, she even felt that in today's scene, fortunately Song Zhe was there, if Song Zhe was not there, she might really have no way to run out of ideas, and she could only let Li Jin go around slandering her reputation and Yu Yifan's reputation, and then compromise Li Jin's shrewd behavior, right?

But of course, a large part of the reason for this is that Song Zhe is Zhao Zhichen's confidant, and his identity and status are there, and Zhao Zhichen will listen to his opinions more or less.

exempted Li Jin and those people from the "death penalty", but gave Li Jin and those people a serious punishment, Yu Qiuyu's gratitude to Song Zhe is indescribable, she wants to thank Song Zhe well.

Song Zhe likes to eat desserts, and the sweet potatoes in the countryside are also harvested.

Yu Qiuyu thought, do you want to make a sweet potato ball for Song Zhe to eat?

In modern times, she often bought sweet potatoes to make sweet potato balls and sweet potato cakes, and the taste was particularly good.

Although the ancient materials are not as abundant as the modern ones, the food that is better than the ancient times is more natural and sweet, so making sweet potato balls may not lose to the modern taste.

Thinking about it, Yu Qiuyu carried the newly bought small basket and rode a black horse up the mountain.

In the interval between planting rice, Yu Qiuyu also planted a lot of sweet potatoes and vegetables and other miscellaneous things, and also raised valuable mushrooms in the woods.

She dug up a few sweet potatoes, and after barely enough to eat, she carried the basket down the mountain.

In his own yard, Yu Qiuyu carefully washed the sweet potatoes, put them in the yard to dry, got up early tomorrow morning to wash the sweet potatoes, and then put them in a pot to steam, mash them and rotten them into sweet potato puree, mixed with water soaked in thread sugar and glutinous rice flour, and then made them into sweet potato balls or sweet potato cakes, and put them into the bread kiln he made in the yard.

After a few handfuls of firewood, the sweet sweet potato overflows with the taste of flour.

Yu Qiuyu took the sweet potato cakes and sweet potato balls made of mashed sweet potatoes out of the bread cellar and put them on a ceramic plate.

Taking advantage of the breakfast break, Yu Qiuyu tried the sweet potato cakes and sweet potato balls she made.

The taste is good, sweet and delicious.

The sweet and creamy sweet potato is mixed with the soft crisp of the flour, and the sweet and delicious taste of the sweet potato itself makes you linger.

"Sister, it's delicious."

Yu Yiran gulped it down, and within a while, a plate of sweet potato balls bottomed out.

Yu Qiuyu smiled, and when Yu Yiran stood up and prepared to go to school, Yu Qiuyu saw that Yu Yiran had grown a lot taller.

Although Yu Yiran is not as tall as Yu Yifan, he is at least a little taller than Yu Qiuyu.

Yu Qiuyu stood up, trying to stand at the level of him, and sadly found that she was the shortest in this family of three.

Seeing Yu Qiuyu and Yu Yiran comparing their heights, but with a sad and depressed look, Yu Yifan, who was standing aside to sort out his official uniform, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

This Yu Qiuyu, such a small gesture, is really cute.

"Brother, my brother's height is too tall, right?"

Yu Qiuyu flattened her small mouth and turned her head to look at Yu Yifan with a depressed expression.

That cute appearance made Yu Yifan couldn't help but reach out and rub Yu Qiuyu's little head directly.

"Xiao Ran is a boy after all, he is only a year behind you, he grows fast and tall, this is normal, and the food you provide is so good, even a pig should grow fat."

Originally, Yu Qiuyu felt lost because Yu Yiran grew too fast and his height could not be compared with Yu Yiran, but when he heard Yu Yifan's analogy, Yu Qiuyu almost laughed again.

This cheap brother of hers really can't be compared.

Yu Yiran is such a beautiful young man, Yu Yifan actually compared him to a pig.

Yu Qiuyu hid her face and chuckled, while looking back at Yu Yiran.

Yu Yiran's face flushed, he wanted to speak and stopped, and the whole person stood there obviously embarrassed.

Yu Qiuyu guessed that he probably wanted to explain that he was not a pig, but he probably felt that it was easy for him to say this, so he hesitated there, not knowing what to say.

Yu Yifan sorted out his clothes, went to the house to take out his official fold, and when he was about to go to the prefect's yamen in front, he saw Yu Yiran, who was still standing in the courtyard with a red face.

He glanced at Yu Yiran in some surprise.

"What's wrong with you? Why is your face so red? Could it be a fever? ”

Seeing that Yu Yiran couldn't speak, Yu Qiuyu decided to answer for Yu Yiran.

"Isn't it that my brother's words just now hurt our family's Xiao Ran's heart?"

Yu Yifan realized it later, and only then did he realize that he had said something terrible.

"It's okay, Xiao Ran."

Yu Yifan touched his head, he was not very good at comforting people.

"You're not a pig."

Yu Yiran's face still didn't look good, but what good words did he expect from his brother's mouth? He should not count on that.

Therefore, Yu Yiran waved his hand.

"I'd better go to school first."

With that, Yu Yiran opened the courtyard door and walked towards the school.

Yu Yifan also picked up the official document and walked towards the prefect's yamen.

After Yu Qiuyu brought back the dishes and chopsticks that the family had eaten, he began to steam the new sweet potatoes again, planning to make new sweet potato balls and sweet potato cakes, and waited until Song Zhe came to thank Song Zhe.

However, Yu Qiuyu did not wait for Song Zhe.

Instead, she waited for someone who Yu Qiuyu didn't want her to come over.

Tuk tuk!

There was a knock on the door.

Yu Qiuyu subconsciously thought that Song Zhe was coming, and hurriedly ran over to open the door.

"Oops, you're finally here, and the dim sum I made will be ready soon."

When he saw the person standing at the door, the smile on Yu Qiuyu's face instantly froze.

It was not Song Zhe who was standing at the door of his house, but Liu Wenjing with a condensed face.

"Ma'am?"

Liu Wenjing raised her eyes and glanced at her, "What, won't you let me in?" ”

Where did Yu Qiuyu dare not let her in?

Yu Qiuyu hurriedly dodged and made way for a passage.

"Ma'am, please."

Liu Wenjing glanced at her indifferently again, the maid beside Liu Wenjing also had a stinky face, and the master and servant entered the courtyard one after the other.

Yu Qiuyu felt the low pressure from them, and she was extremely uncomfortable.

"Madame, are you here today for something?"

Liu Wenjing crossed Yu Qiuyu and her eyes fell on the bread cellar behind Yu Qiuyu.

"What's that?"

Yu Qiuyu glanced back, sighed, and hurriedly replied, "Madam, that's the small kiln I use to make dim sum." ”

"I see there's a fire in there, are you making snacks?"

Yu Qiuyu hurriedly replied: "Yes, it is the sweet potato puree I recently studied." ”

Liu Wenjing pulled her lips: "Really?" Take out the snacks, I'm going to taste them. ”

Snacks?

Yu Qiuyu was full of doubts in her heart, but Liu Wenjing's identity was there after all, and Yu Qiuyu obediently used iron tongs to clip out the sweet potato balls and sweet potato cakes that were kept warm in the bread cellar.

But before she could take two sweet potato balls, she felt a strong push behind her to push her forward, and her face was about to hit the bread cellar, and the bread cellar was still very hot.

Yu Qiuyu subconsciously stretched out his hand and pressed the bread cellar, which was able to escape.

She exhaled, covered her burning hand, and looked back to see that the subordinate beside Liu Wenjing could take back the outstretched foot.