Chapter 1044: The Lazy and Bad Sister-in-law of a Blessed Farm Girl (39)

Lin Xiyun naturally has no objection.

Since his mother drank a few sticks of the decoction that Xu Yin brought back from the old imperial doctor in the county town, her confinement disease was completely cured. Not only did she no longer need the decoction and medicine, but she also became healthier and healthier. I respect her from the bottom of my heart.

　What's more, his family also has a field, so he is still the main force. Taking a holiday during the busy farming season has both advantages and disadvantages for him.

 It’s a competition, only with rewards can you be motivated.

Xu Yin took out a seed bag the size of a sachet, which contained several kinds of vegetable and fruit seeds that have not been seen locally: "These are the seeds from the Western Regions that I bought in Chunzhou Prefecture. The top three in the literacy competition will be rewarded with seeds." .The first place can choose fifty seeds at will, the second place thirty seeds, and the third place ten seeds."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's desire to win was aroused. Even Xu Sanqiu was eager to try.

Thinking of the melon seeds last time, the county magistrate was attracted to visit their Plum Blossom Village and drank a bowl of water at his house. If I can get first place this time and pick fifty seeds from the Western Regions, I might be able to stay in the county. Let the adults have a meal at his house. How honorable it is to share the same table with the magistrate!

  It’s a pity that Comrade Xiaojin, who has a photographic memory, is here. How could No. 1 be left behind by others?

Xu Yin deliberately mispronounced a few words and gave up the remaining two reward places to others.

To everyone's surprise, the second place was Sanya, and the third place was Cui Jikang.

 The boys who did not win the prize were obviously very disappointed, but none was more disappointed than Xu Sanqiu.

In the past three days, when he went to the sand to tend the melon fields, he never forgot to pick up a branch and mark on the sand to review new words. However, he still lost to the hard-working Sanya and Cui Jikang, who had an equally good memory.

"Ah! I'm so embarrassed!" Xu Sanqiu slumped his shoulders in frustration, "I also told the elder brother who was on duty in the melon field that day that if I win the seeds, I will give him a few seeds. Now that's good , he will definitely ask me, how should I answer? Ahhhh!"

 Xu Yin: “…”

 How little do you know about your own strength?

“Third brother, how many seeds should I share with you?” Sanya held the bag of seeds, feeling torn.

“Really? That’s great!” Xu Sanqiu was about to jump up happily when County Magistrate Chen arrived.

He received a letter from the fourth prince the day before yesterday. The letter praised him generously and said that there are talented people and strangers among the people, so he must stabilize Cui Mengjin and his wife, and even respond to their requests.

Although he did not see anything about Cui Mengjin and his wife being able people and strangers who lived in seclusion in the city, according to his inquiry, they were from Qinghe County, and their ancestors had been farmers foraging in the fields for several generations, so they could not have migrated. The mighty descendants who have lived in seclusion up to this point.

If you really want to say that she has some skills, it's probably that Xu's strength is astonishing - he can lift a stone mill that requires three or four strong men to lift with one hand, he can kick an adult wild boar away with one kick, and he is very good at farming. Quite a unique insight.

But this may also be because she is lazy. According to what her mother-in-law Cui Shi said about her, the new retting method she came up with and driving ducks to weed the rice fields were all because of laziness.

This made County Magistrate Chen twitch his lips and was speechless.

But since the Fourth Prince said this, it can be seen that the suggestions mentioned in the letter he sent quickly last time won His Majesty's praise for the suggestions mentioned in the Fourth Prince's letter.

Magistrate Chen couldn’t help but feel happy for the fourth prince.

 They are the disciples, so naturally only if the master is good, then they are the best!

Stabilize Cui Mengjin and his wife, right? He would have done so without the Fourth Prince reminding him.

 After six months of observation, he finally figured it out: this couple had no ambitions, and they were as happy as anything just guarding twenty acres of lotus pond.

As long as they remain as they are now and don't cause any trouble, it's okay to let him, a local official, respect them.

Just after reading the letter from the fourth prince, the yamen officer who was on duty to guard the melon fields in Meihua Village came back to report. Only then did he realize that Cui Mengjin and his wife actually had other seeds from the Western Regions in their hands, and they immediately rushed over from the county yamen.

 I wanted to exchange it directly with Cui Mengjin and his wife, so that they would not give away the seeds as prizes.

　　In the end, despite hurrying and slowing down, it was still a step too late, and the prizes had already gone to the top three.

"Everyone, can you give these seeds to me? I know this is the reward you won in the literacy competition. Can I bring some pens, inks, paper and inkstones to exchange with you?" "..."

 It’s not even good!

The other party is the county magistrate! It was really nice to exchange pen, ink, paper and inkstone with them instead of taking it away directly!

etc! What to exchange for?

Paper, ink and pen?

 The four treasures of the study?

 Ouch, I’m such a bitch! The four treasures of the study!

Of course I changed it!

 So, the prizes in the literacy competition were smoothly changed from seeds to the Four Treasures of the Study!

 Cui Mengjin was given a relatively high-end set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, while those of Xu Sanya and Cui Jikang were relatively inferior, but this did not prevent them from being happy.

This is not only a prize personally awarded by the county magistrate, but it is also the four treasures of the study that they have no chance to touch on ordinary days!

Xu Yin was quite speechless.

 She used the seeds as a reward, firstly to encourage them to learn more words, and secondly to improve everyone’s dining table.

 Throughout the year, we can’t eat much meat, so it would be nice to have a richer variety of vegetables and fruits.

Besides, everyone has it, so she won’t look out of place if she takes it out to eat.

 But what does the county magistrate want these for? Take it back to study?

Magistrate Chen covered his lips with his fist and coughed lightly: "Your Majesty's birthday is approaching, and I am worried about what gift to give. I heard that this is the seed of my great prayer introduced to me from the Western Regions. Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have always respected farming. I would like to lend these seeds to the Buddha and present them to Your Majesty as flowers."

Xu Yin blurted out: "Send a gift to His Majesty? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to send a bucket of Jiangshan?"

In many ancient novels, wouldn’t the heroine who has connections with the royal family give the emperor a bucket of Jiangshan?

 “Unify the country? How to deliver this?”

　　　…”

It’s her fault that her mouth moves faster than her brain. Will the county magistrate believe her nonsense now?

Magistrate Chen obviously didn’t believe it and even waited for her explanation with great interest.

Xu Yin had no choice but to find the **** at home and put it in a wooden bucket: "Look, a bucket of **** mountain."

　　　…”

Magistrate Chen was impressed by her imagination.

 But when I look back and think about it carefully: What a wonderful idea this is!

 It indicates that your Majesty will one day regain Beiguan City and unify the country!

 He could not wait to return to the county government office to deliver a message to the fourth prince.

From the look on his face, Xu Yin knew that he was very satisfied with the tiger balm gift that came as a standard for the time-traveling heroine. She took the opportunity to ask: "Then do you still take these seeds with you? In fact, the women don't know if they can grow them."

“It’s okay, I will find someone to test the seeds, and if successful, I will present them to Your Majesty. Don’t worry, I will remember your contribution.”

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Is it the merit that Sister is concerned about?

 What sister is thinking about is the dishes on her own table!

However, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Comrade Xiao Jin caressing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand...forget it, take it away! Take them all away!

The remaining seeds in the seed bag were also divided into half and given to the county magistrate: "Sir, can these seeds be exchanged for another set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone?"

 Save it to make Comrade Xiaojin happy in the future.

 (End of this chapter)