When the clouds and rain stopped, Chen Yan hugged her and rested for a while, and did not let her get out of bed, let her sit wrapped in the quilt. He got out of bed and took hot tea and hot cut cakes, and shared them with Qi Su Niang.

Chen Yan blew the cut cake out of the cage in his hand and let Qi Su Niang eat it slowly in his hand. Qi Su Niang's face was bright red, nestled in his arms, took a bite of the cake, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, the project on the dam requires a person who can do arithmetic, if you can't separate yourself, I will go for you." ”

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, Qi Su Niang brought the warm tea in his hand to his mouth, he took two sips of tea, and hesitated: "The dam is full of sailors, all men, although some women from Caoshang ......"

Qi Su Niang took two bites of the cake in a row, "I don't go to crowded places to mix." If you are not in a hurry, let the big boss clear the scene, and I will go ...... again" Seeing Chen Yan bow his head and groan, he somehow regretted opening his mouth, and couldn't help but explain, "Brother Chen, I just want to see the project, not to ...... outside" As soon as the words came out, he felt extremely stupid.

Chen Yan raised his head in astonishment and said with a smile: "Not to mention how you are on weekdays, just based on your affection for me, do I want to be suspicious of you?" Looking at Qi Su Niang, she said softly: "It's not just for these." After that, he got out of bed and went outside to get a face towel, held Qi Su Niang in his arms, and wiped the cake off her mouth for her, "The sailors of the Cao Gang are the most brave and ruthless because they have no permanent property, and there are many robbers, water thieves, and smugglers from other provinces who are traitors and criminals hiding in them. There are only more than 100 people in the Qinghe Gang, and the Cao Boat is only half a gang, and the annual income handed over to the Jiangsu General Gang is more than 50,000 taels. Lian Zhenyun is ruthless and cunning, and he is a cronie of the Jiangsu gang leader, so he is uncertain what will happen in the future. Li Siqin's kung fu on water and land is one of the best figures in the Jiangsu Gang, and there is no need to talk about human life. In the past few years, I have fought with Anhui, Lianghu and other gangs in Caoshang, and there has been no defeat, and I am bent on following Lian Zhenyun, I don't want you to be too involved with them. He lowered his head and kissed Qi Su Niang, "Uncle Wang told me that you broke your hand at the beginning, didn't you fight with Li Siqin?" Fortunately, he has never been more serious with women, otherwise how could there be such a cheap thing. ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned, "Brother Chen, I already told them in the Yundian History Mansion last time, and Li Siqin didn't hold a grudge......

Chen Yan smiled and sighed: "You are a woman, he naturally won't hold grudges, but they are all clear and innocent, don't look at Li Siqin's honesty, you can calculate clearly when you should calculate, I'm afraid that you will be soft-hearted and suffer." After a pause, "That's fine, I'm just worried about going to the dam, you ...... in the future" touched Qi Su Niang's head, and stopped talking.

Qi Su Niang heard Chen Yan's worry at first, and fell into Chen Yan's arms, without words for a long time, so she didn't care about his later words. Chen Yan kissed the top of her hair, "If you want to go to the dam for a walk, I will let Wang Zhutou accompany you, but this matter, forget it." Qi Su Niang was silent for a while, nodded slightly, and suddenly raised her head and smiled: "Brother Chen, the emperor is really a saint, he actually saw that in addition to the river, you can also manage civil affairs, and I am willing to let you abandon the river and become a magistrate." If I were reluctant, I wouldn't be able to give up the slightest, and how would I know that you were so clear when you calculated. ”

Chen Yan laughed, but at the end he sighed: "It's just because of concern and chaos, as the chief official of this county, although he does his best on weekdays, what he thinks in his heart is to stay if he agrees, and if he doesn't agree, he will go, but the bystanders are clear." If you control the river, as the gentleman said, you can't see anything else. He lowered his head and hugged Qi Su Niang tightly, "For you to work harder, I will only be the chief official in this life, or ...... will."

When Qi Su Niang heard this, her heart trembled, and when the two hugged each other and fell asleep, Chen Yan fell asleep, but she couldn't sleep. She raised her side and looked at Chen Yan's face, although the tanned skin she had tanned in Gaojiayan last year had faded a lot, her skin was still rough. Qi Su Niang muttered: "Don't worry, if you want to control the river, I will naturally follow you, just to let you have a good result." He lowered his head and kissed Chen Yan on the lips, "It's me, and I don't want to forget everything in that world......"

On the second day, Qi Su Niang begged in Chen Yan's ear when she found an opportunity, only saying that the project on the dam was important and could not be delayed, and she wanted to help. Chen Yan has always been reluctant to go against her will, and has been pestered by her for a few days, but she can't resist it, and before the opening of the government on the fifth morning of the first lunar month, she was pulled by her and begged.

Chen Yan looked at Qi Su Niang and said with a wry smile: "I won't let you go, I'm just worried that you will be wronged for this matter in the future......" Seeing Qi Su Niang's slightly gloomy face, he finally sighed and hugged her into his arms, "That's it, there are many things in the yamen, I can't accompany you, there are no relatives here, and you don't like to socialize, you stay alone on weekdays, just find fun for you." I am the lord of Qinghe County, as long as I don't go out of Qinghe, I can always protect you......" After that, he kissed Qi Su Niang, picked up his official hat and walked out, and suddenly turned his head at the door, and said with a smile: "Su Niang, I want to eat fried rice cakes at noon." ”。

Qi Su Niang was full of joy when she heard Chen Yan nodding, and was pondering the meaning of his words, when she suddenly heard Chen Yan speak, she laughed out loud, and said angrily: "The sky is not yet bright, and I have breakfast, so I am thinking about lunch." As he spoke, his feet had already gone to the stove, Chen Yan smiled, put on his official hat with both hands, "Wait for me to come back for dinner." He strode out of the middle door.

Qi Su Niang soaked the rice cake in the water, thought about it slightly, and quietly went out of the middle gate, only to hear that the morning office was opened on the grass hall, and the county Cheng Wang Kongsi told the cangyin accounts, and the classic Shiyun attached Peng back to the two criminal cases, Chen Yan listened silently for a while, and the two spoke more and more cautiously, and after the matter was finished, they didn't dare to say a word more, and stepped aside.

"Money inspection."

"Your Majesty is here, what do you command?"

Chen Yan seemed to groan slightly, and after a while, he said, "The weather is dry and dry, and from tomorrow, the market along the river will press the second half every day."

The market opens at the hour, and the market closes half an hour in advance, and no one is allowed to walk around the market behind the cottage in front of the lamp. ”

"Yes, the lower official will post a notice immediately." There was a hint of doubt in Qian Inspector's voice, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he answered.

The rustling sound of turning the pages sounded slowly, and the county lord was turning the warehouse accounts page by page, and gradually, the grass hall was so quiet that there was no human voice. When Qi Su Niang was standing a little sore outside the middle gate, Fang heard Chen Yan's voice sound, with some indifference, "Lord Wang, take care of the cangyin accounts again, and talk back in three days." ”

The grass hall became more and more silent, and Wang Kongsi's voice was a little hoarse, and he responded urgently, "Yes, yes, the next official will come back and forth to the lord in three days." ”

The sound of panicked boots sounded, Wang Xiancheng withdrew from the grass hall, the grass hall was quiet for a long time, and Yun Dianshi said cautiously: "My lord, the two cases of the lower officials are ......"

"You have done it very properly, and you will submit it to Huai'an Mansion according to the official document you drafted."

Yundian Shi was overjoyed, "Yes, the lower officials obey the order." "It seems that he hesitated, "My lord, when Governor Cao Siquan talks about the project on the dam, there is a lack of people who are proficient in arithmetic, and most of the people in the county only know some shallow arithmetic, ...... your lord."

"Their affairs are up to them."

Qi Su Niang was shocked in her heart, and she was in a hurry, and the history of Yundian outside was already chattering, and she didn't dare to mention it again.

"It's like this in the morning, and the council will come back at noon."

A sound of boots sounded, and the officials and officials in the hall seemed to have retreated, and after a while, Fang heard Chen Yan say: "Wang catches the head, summons Lian Zhenyun." ”

Qi Su Niang was shocked again, thinking that Chen Yan was going to ask about the situation on the dam and ask if it was necessary to send someone who was proficient in arithmetic to help. Unexpectedly, Lian Zhenyun arrived in the hall and made the matter clear, so he heard Chen Yan say: "Lian Da is in charge, the official can't be separated, make an appointment with a person, you carry a sedan chair tomorrow to pick up, clear the venue in advance, set up a room for standing up, restrain the behavior of the sailors on the grass, don't get close, can't show half of your mouth." After a pause, "The county government can't send someone to protect the sedan chair, so as to avoid gossip, you send your henchmen to carry the sedan chair......"

Qi Su Niang turned her head and went back to the back house. She bit her lip, cut the rice cake carefully, put it on the plate and prepared it, cut the pork belly fat into large pieces, scooped a bowl of white pepper from the kimchi jar, and prepared it to make Chen Yan's favorite pickled pepper stir-fried meat.

Qi Su Niang opened the door to go to the market to buy vegetables, and heard the sound of gongs, and the officials posted a notice that from tomorrow, the market will open late and rest early to prevent fires. Qi Su Niang slowly walked back to the courtyard, with mixed feelings in her heart, knowing that Chen Yan treated her leniently and pampered, and did not suspect that she was selfish, on the one hand, she let her feel free, and on the other hand, she understood everything for her, and did not let people gossip about her.

On the second day, Lian Zhenyun **** a small warm sedan chair with black oil and flat-topped soap mantle that is always prepared by the rich households of Qinghe, sent a pro-confidant to disguise himself, and peeked into the morning market was not opened, and the back door was not opened when the sedan chair was carried to pick up, so that Qi Su Niang sat in it, entered and exited the dam and gate from the hidden small gate, and sent it back when it was dark, so that no one knew that it was Mrs. County.

Qi Su Niang acted more and more cautiously, and when she went out, she would wear a long gauze and hat, and she would not take it off after entering the sedan chair, and her upper body would be blocked by no gaps, so that people could not see any of her face. When you get to the gate, you will never get out of the sedan car when there are many people, and you will never take off your hat when you are few, and you will not go out of the special gate every day. The fortifications need to be guided, and Lian Zhenyun must clear people out in advance to avoid them. Qi Su Niang only opened her mouth to speak when she only had Lian Zhenyun or Li Siqin by her side, but she didn't gossip with Lian Zhenyun and Li Siqin, and only talked about the project when she opened her mouth.

The first month passed in a blink of an eye, there was gradually some warm wind on the river bank, red flowers and green willows came to report spring, the project on the dam reached the key point, Qi Su Niang took out the enthusiasm of the project supervision in the previous life, did not dare to relax a little, and asked to redo it if it was slightly unqualified. Lian Zhenyun attaches more importance to the dam project than Qi Suniang, and he has not complained about redoing it seven or eight times. He led two henchmen and cronies to Lian Dahe, and Lian Da Chuan guarded one side every day, and all the gangs were not allowed to approach the locks. When there is something to leave, he must leave the big river and the big boat behind, and let Li Siqin stay aside.

Seeing that the project was about to be completed in two or three days, Lian Zhenyun, Li Siqin, Lian Dahe, and even the big boats were relieved, and Qi Suniang was happy, but she also slowly relaxed her heart, loosened the rules, let herself take a breath, and occasionally gossiped with Li Siqin.

In the lock room, Li Siqin and Qi Su Niang sat a few times apart, even the big river and the big boat stood sideways, Li Siqin looked at the bib on Qi Su Niang's head and smiled: "The county lord is really not an ordinary person, if my mother-in-law wants to come to this dam every day, I would have slapped her away." ”

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