Only then did Wang Zongsheng put his mind at ease, "Child, thank you!" ”

"You're welcome, I'll go back?"

Qiao Mai said goodbye, took half an hour, returned to Tianshui Town, and came and went for ten days.

Yuan Jiaqi has not yet gone to the academy, saying that classes will start in mid-March, and he has been studying at home with Mr. Wang during this time.

Mid-March? There are not many days left before the scientific expedition.

It's still cold, the snow is melting little by little during the day, and it's still below zero at night.

But that's fine, if it's warm, so much snow will melt, and it will definitely be waterlogged.

In the middle of February of previous years, people had already gone to the fields to plough the fields and weed, but now, they are nesting at home for the winter, and they don't even have the opportunity to dig up wild vegetables.

The people under the jurisdiction of Tianshui Town were better, relief food and firewood were in place, there were not many casualties, and there were no starvations.

I don't know about other towns and other villages, anyway, there are a lot more people who come to Tianshui Town to beg.

Qiao Mai let people set up a porridge shed outside, and the porridge was given at dawn, until the evening, vegetables and salt were added to it, and the thick was very intimate, and occasionally a batch of steamed buns were ordered from the steamed bun shop to take care of their business.

She has been spending the money she sells hair accessories, and the things she has swept away are useless.

But some rare things, which are inconvenient to take out, are all put on the platform by her and sold, and she will use all the silver she gets for the people here.

Listening to the shopkeeper Niu, in the past few days of her absence, the Qiao family and the Yuan family have begun to get nervous again.

The reason is that they got relief food, and when they heard that it was Qiao Mai who ordered it, the family had a share, thinking that Qiao Mai had relented, so in the days when she was not at home, they boasted everywhere that Qiao Mai had changed her mind and wanted to recognize them.

As long as the family is fine, she is relieved, and when she gets home, she hugs Ling'er and goes back to her room to rest.

When you go out, you can eat well and live well, and you can also be energetic, how can you feel at home.

This sleep was a day and a night, and as soon as she woke up, she went to the old lady and told her about the capital.

"When Ru'er gives birth, are you going?"

"Don't go, let his mother go, we're old, we can't withstand such a long journey."

"Then I won't go, just give the things to Mrs. Wang and let her carry them."

"Is the Emperor really sick?"

"That's what the little prince said, his father and the emperor are brothers, this should be true."

"Alas, if it can be good, it would be the best, if it can't be good, it will be another catastrophe."

"It's going to be fine."

As soon as Qiao Mai returned, she began to get busy, and she asked someone to build several very sturdy high-altitude storage rooms in her house, and store all the grain on them.

Double the size of the drainage area around the house, inside and out, in case of emergency.

He also ordered a few boats from the carpenter's shop, each of which could only accommodate ten people, and Qin Jiameng thought it was ridiculous when he heard it.

After thinking about it, he immediately became serious and asked the workers to work overtime, and their family should also prepare a few.

Qiao's sika deer are about to come out of the velvet, at the beginning there was a male, two females, after more than a year of breeding, now there are five, three have velvet, two are not yet adults.

Only three deer were harvested, and because there were not many of them, they were sold to the town's pharmacy at a price lower than the county's.

As for musk, it is not the time to pick it in August, but the original incense roe deer was also three, and now it has become five.

At this rate, there will be two more per year, and soon there will be more deer antler velvet and musk.

Now everyone knows that Qiao's family has another livelihood, and the town's medical center has also booked with her, and the purchase price of deer antler velvet next year will be much higher, I hope Qiao Niang will keep it for them.

Not only that, knowing that she had the ability, the hospital also opened its mouth to her, hoping that Qiao Niangzi would help them get some medicinal herbs.

There are so many patients this year that they simply don't have enough medicine on hand.

Qiao Mai asked them to write a list of the missing medicinal materials, and she drove the carriage out twice, and then got all the medicinal materials for the medical hall.

Not only did she get it all done, but the quality of the medicinal materials was so good that even other towns begged her.

It's a bastard to have money and not make money, and after receiving the deposit, she will send it to the hospital one by one, which can relieve their pressure.

Qiao Mai was thinking about whether to open a shop specializing in selling medicine.

After thinking about it, forget it, a small shop in my house is eye-catching, and now with deer antler velvet and musk, it makes people even more envious and jealous.

Forget it, I wanted to give Liu Hai a craft, but in such weather, she really didn't dare to guarantee it, the front foot gave him a prescription, and the back foot God didn't give it a force, so let's stop first.

So up to now, the four shops on the south side have not been rented out and have been closed.

The shopkeeper Lu was busy as soon as he entered March, although Ruyi married a small family, but this dowry was exactly the same as Ruxin's heart, so that it was not impartial and unlike, and it made the girl feel uncomfortable.

After the Qin family heard about the dowry she gave to her daughter, they gritted their teeth and scraped together a dowry of 1,000 taels of silver.

The dowry of the Qin family is different from that of the Feng family, although it is the same number, but whether it is sincere or not, you can see it at a glance.

One is pretending, there is money but not out, and the other is a dowry for the whole family, do you say it can be the same?

After Qiao Mai returned to Lu's house from Ruxin, she never went once, and the shopkeeper Lu also came to Qiao's house less often, and Qiao Mai gave her less embroidery.

Unconsciously, the distance between the two families seems to be widening.

Maybe it's because of Ruxin, Qiao Mai didn't take it to heart, others were good to her, and she was ten times more than a hundred times.

She asked herself, she Qiao Mai is worthy of the Lu family.

As long as Lu Sanniang doesn't do anything to harm her in the future, then she will still be good to her as always.

I heard that Ruxin's business is very prosperous, and he earns a lot of money every month, and Feng Yinshi's kid has been giving up on himself all day since he broke his leg.

What a newly married beautiful girl, what a concubine, he looked unpleasant.

Only now do I remember how comfortable he was when he had an ex-wife, and when he heard that Ruxin's business was booming, he found the shop several times, but he didn't see her.

If he dares to make trouble, people will dare to call the officials to come.

Later, he shamelessly waited for her at the door of Lu's house, and sometimes waited for her at the archway in the south of the town.

After Mayor Qian learned about this, he sent a few guards to patrol the town, and when he saw him, he was beaten, and he didn't come after a few times.

After Qiao Mai heard about it, he didn't snort, so he didn't know about it, and he never asked Lu Sanniang.

In mid-March, the Yuan family went to Fucheng.

On March 21, the children of the Qin family and the Lu family got married, and Lu Sanniang invited the Qiao family to go.

Because it was close, the old gentleman and the old lady also went over together with the fun.

Qiao Mai prepared two gifts, one for himself and one for the Wang family.

Although they added makeup, they participated in the Qin family's side, and as for the Lu family's marriage, she didn't go over.

Sending one broke her heart, and she didn't want to send it again.

Ruyi is better than her sister, and when the season changes, she will definitely send two sets of clothes on time, both of which are made by herself.

Her double-sided embroidery is stronger than the core, and sometimes she comes to her for advice.

In the end, my sister has more eyes than my sister, and she knows how to be a person, and every time she comes, as long as she is there, she will guide her with her heart.

When the Yuan family left, they packed their luggage and took all the utensils with them, saying that they didn't need to send the exam, and he could go by himself.

Qiao Mai gave him enough silver taels and let him take them with him.

It was also at this time of his examination that the imperial court issued an edict that the Ming Dynasty would reduce the grain tax for one year.

At this time, the common people were overjoyed, and they all cheered, and Qiao Mai's face also showed a smile.

The snow in the north did not melt until mid-March, and the seeds of the previous year did not sprout at all, and they had already frozen to death.

Therefore, this year, the people in the north can only grow one season of grain, and they don't know if anything will happen to God.

(End of chapter)