Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 333: Watching the Storm
The first rain after the beginning of spring, although still a little chilly, has lost the coldness of winter, and the air begins to be filled with a damp smell.

After the winter, the leisure of winter is gone, and spring ploughing is about to begin, even in Fuliang, which has a commercial foothold.

Although this place is mountainous and cannot compare to the plains in terms of vast arable land, the working people have a strong sense of struggle. In addition, the gunpowder technology is now relatively mature, and they can cut through mountains and build bridges over rivers. As a result, they have opened up about 100,000 acres of arable land surrounded by mountains, and the land is still expanding.

Tea is planted on the mountain, crops are grown at the foot of the mountain, pigs are raised downstream, and fish are raised in the river upstream. Although these industries are relatively primitive, they are complete. All the workshops in Fuliang opened their doors on the day of the Beginning of Spring. The sound of firecrackers rang from morning to night. The vendors who had originally gone home to celebrate the festival on the street have returned, and the bustle of the past has heated up again.

Spring is certainly worth celebrating, but not everyone likes it, because today marks the beginning of spring, which is also accounting day. After accounting day, the principal and interest of the new quarter must be repaid, and the biggest headache for the Duke of Lu is how to repay the loan owed to the business bank.

This time he would have to pay back more than 26,000 taels including principal and interest, but he only had less than 3,000 taels on him now, and that was taken out from their company. If it was more, he would not have the final say and would need to return home to discuss it with the elders in his clan.

But the problem is that he certainly can't open his mouth. If the elders in the clan knew that he secretly burned down someone's shop and paid so much money in compensation, his time as the head of the family would be over. After all, he has younger brothers, so it doesn't matter who becomes the Duke. He can just report to his superiors that Duke Lu of Fanyang died of illness and that he needs to inherit the throne.

That's what big families are like, it's scary, they are heartless.

But the problem is that now the debt has come and the spring has begun, and he doesn't even have a fraction of the money on hand. He asks the Third Prince to borrow, and he takes out eight hundred taels, and then says, "When have I ever brought money with me when I went out?" This has already completely broken down Duke Lu's defenses.

Now he is really desperate. As the saying goes, a desperate dog will jump over the wall. When people are desperate, they will do anything. For example, he is now on his way to find Xia Lin, if for no other reason than to borrow some money, even if it's just a few months' grace period.

After all, the Duke of Fanyang is a hereditary duke and the eldest son of the Fanyang Lu family. He has some status and face. Although he cannot compare with the level of their Li family, he is still well-known when he goes out. When has he ever suffered such an injustice to bow down to a fifth-rank official who was a companion of study? It would be embarrassing if he could make it known to others!

When Duke Lu arrived at the yamen, Xia Lin was not there. Only the chief clerk Du Feng received him. Du Feng was a very smart man. He knew how to judge people by their appearance. When he saw Duke Lu, he treated him very attentively.

"My Lord, would you like me to go look for Lord Xia right now?"

"Don't panic, don't panic." Duke Lu smiled and said, "I'll just wait for Lord Xia here. He's busy with official duties, so it would be bad to interrupt him rashly."

After Du Feng turned his back, he rolled his eyes. How could he not know what this guy was doing here? It's just that Lord Xia said not to deliberately make things difficult for these low-class people. It's better to hate a gentleman than a villain. It's better to be polite to this kind of villain.

"I'll go and let them know, but it may take a while. Today is the beginning of spring, isn't it? Master Xia has gone to the vegetable fields in Leping Township to help with spring ploughing, and he won't be back until very late."

"Thank you very much for your help."

Du Feng bowed and smiled, "Then please have some tea and some cakes, Lord. Leping Township is sixty miles away from here, and it will take three hours to go back and forth."

"It's easy to talk about."

However, Du Feng turned left and went back to his room to sleep, because Xia Lin did not go to Leping Township at all but was in the medical school. Today was his last day to get medicine, and he was finally out of the sea of ​​suffering.

"Winter Mother."

Changing the dressing today wasn't too painful, probably because he was used to it. Over the past period of time, he had become increasingly disrespectful of propriety and honor when dealing with Dong Niang.

It's understandable. After all, it was Dong Niang who changed his dressings, and she also went through a lot of trouble to figure out what she should look at and what she should touch after taking off his pants.

Dong Niang turned her head and glanced at Xia Lin: "Are you not going to smell the princess' feet today?"

"Are you jealous?"

"Heh." Dong Niang didn't even explain, she turned around and was about to walk out.

"Wait a minute."

Xia Lin called her back, and Dong Niang turned around and looked at him: "What?"

"Come." Xia Lin patted the bedside and said, "Come here first, and we'll talk."

Dong Niang frowned, but still sat over. This time Xia Lin didn't do anything particularly exaggerated or embarrassing. He just turned around and lay on Dong Niang's legs: "Military doctor, can you do it?"

"Military doctor? No."

"If you don't know how to do it, then learn it. I need about 300 military doctors. I plan to let you be in charge of this plan. Go back and think about how much money and resources you will need, and then come back and tell me."

"What does a military doctor do?"

Xia Lin was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "People like you are called saving the dying and healing the wounded. Military doctors just want to keep people alive, and they will do anything to stay alive."

Dong Niang lowered her head to look at Xia Lin's profile, and even put her hand on his chest: "Are you going to rebel?"

"I'm not rebelling, but the troubled times have come. All my brothers in the barracks are raised by their parents, so I'm trying to reduce the risks as much as possible."

Dong Niang hummed softly: "I will go back and discuss it with my uncle."

"Anyway, just tell me what you want, and I'll find a way for you."

"it is good."

Although Dong Niang has a cold personality, she has actually gained a lot of weight now and has a cute baby face. Although she deals with corpses and body parts all day long, she cares about this very much so she washes herself to smell nice every day. Xia Lin knows so many people and none of them smells as good as Dong Niang.

"Hand!" Dong Niang suddenly scolded. It turned out that Xia Lin's claws started to get naughty again after he just finished talking about the serious matter. She immediately pressed the acupuncture points under Xia Lin's armpits: "Pull it out, or I will press it and make you unable to get out of bed for three days."

"Then you still serve me?"

After a winter vacation, Xia Lin no longer has any privacy or scruples with Dong Niang. Things he didn't dare to do before are now unscrupulous. He follows the hem of Dong Niang's clothes and starts to move up and down along her back, even sweeping forward from under her armpits from time to time.

Dong Niang lowered her eyes and looked at him, trying to force him back with a "fierce" look, but this trick was no longer effective...

But soon, Dong Niang suddenly laughed, and that laugh was extremely terrifying. Then he took out a bag of golden needles from his side.

Seeing this, Xia Lin immediately became obedient: "Okay, you win."

"come out!"

Xia Lin's hand came out silently, and then he put it under his nose and sniffed it very perversely: "Dong Niang smells so good."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly leaned over to Dong Niang's belly and took a deep breath: "It smells so good. What's your favorite flavor? I'll develop one just for you."

"I don't know either. Anything that smells good will do."

"Yeah." Xia Lin was silent for a moment. "When spring comes and the flowers bloom, I'll take you up the mountain to look for scents. I'll design a soap just for you based on the scent you like. It's a scent that only you can use."

"Really?"

It's strange to say, Dong Niang doesn't like anything, but she has a special liking for Xia Lin's soaps. She has even upgraded her liking from using them to collecting them. She spends almost all of her monthly salary on buying those soaps.

Ordinary soap is very cheap, but scented soap is a luxury item and is very expensive. So even though Dong Niang has a high salary, she has almost no savings. The frugality she had in the past in order to pass down her medical skills has long disappeared with the appearance of the number one brother on the list.

"Of course it's true. I just want to ask you, when have I ever lied to you?"

"No."

"That's it."

Dong Niang nodded: "Then I'll go first."

Xia Lin grabbed her hand and said, "Kiss me."

"You must want to die." Dong Niang took out a golden needle and held the needle tip, leaving only the tip of the needle exposed and quickly poked it on his acupuncture point.

Even though it was just a light touch, Xia Lin still screamed in pain as if he had been electrocuted, and Dong Niang took the opportunity to stand up.

"You are so cruel..."

Xia Lin covered the acupuncture point: "Do you know how painful it is?"

Dong Niang took two steps forward and suddenly turned back, bent down, kissed him on the forehead, then rushed out of the ward.

"Ah yeah?" Xia Lin was stunned: "Oh... naughty."

After that, Dong Niang disappeared as if she was deliberately avoiding him, and Xia Lin did not see Dong Niang again until he left the medical school.

Oh, I can understand it, she is a little girl. Dong Niang is younger than Xia Lin, and she doesn't talk much. Her inner thoughts are generally richer than those of people who chatter all day long. No one can guess what she is thinking, not even Xia Lin.

But I am still very happy today, after all, that is Dong Niang...

When he returned to the gate of the yamen, he saw Du Feng running out from the corner and coming to his side. Seeing Du Feng's weird look, Xia Lin knew that he hadn't held back his fart, so he asked curiously, "What happened?"

"What have you done again?"

"Sir, Lord Lu is here."

"Him?" Xia Lin frowned. "Why did you come to see me?"

"What else can I do? Just borrow some money. He already owes a lot of money." Du Feng smiled disdainfully, "A county lord is living such a miserable life. If I were him, I would just smash my head against a pillar and die."

Xia Lin raised his hand and slapped Du Feng on the back of his head: "Be careful with your words and actions."

"Ohhhh…I was careless."

"Well, how long has he been here?"

"It's been more than three hours. I said you went to Leping Township for an inspection, and I went to look for you."

"Okay." Xia Lin nodded. "Very good. Let's go and see what he's up to."

(End of this chapter)