Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 135 Jealousy
Su Yaoguang turned her head and looked at Zhou Wangshu, whose handsome face was full of dissatisfaction.

"Those brothers are quite pitiful."

"There's an old beggar on the corner with both legs broken. I didn't see you pick them up. Is he not pitiful enough?" Zhou Wangshu raised an eyebrow. "Oh, he's not good-looking."

Su Yaoguang: "...Who did you learn this weird habit from?"

"That's right. I have a bad temper and am stubborn. I'm not as well-educated and polite as other people who are always saying 'you're polite.'"

Su Yaoguang: "..."

Seeing that she didn't respond and looked like she had a headache, Zhou Wangshu became even angrier.

She had been so gentle when she spoke to that 'Master Zizhan' just now! He had never heard her speak to him in such a tone.

What's wrong? Because he's her 'brother', he doesn't deserve her to talk to him like that?
And there was Zhen Yuanfang. The way she looked at him was as if she wanted to stick to him.

At best, that person looks like a human being with all the facial features, but he is not as good-looking as him, right?
What did it mean when she looked at him like that?
Su Yaoguang felt that Zhou Wangshu was a little irritable today.

"That's not right! How do you know I gave Master Zizhan a hundred taels of silver?" Su Yaoguang reacted and twisted his ear and said, "Good on you, you eavesdropped on our conversation."

Zhou Wangshu felt that the momentary guilt he felt just now was a joke.

"Okay, stop making trouble. I'll make whatever you want to eat." Su Yaoguang hugged Zhou Wangshu's arm.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Su?" A yamen runner came over.

Su Yaoguang let go of Zhou Wangshu, looked at the yamen runner in front of him, and nodded: "I am Su Yaoguang from Taoyaofang."

"The county magistrate invites you." said the yamen runner.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Su Yaoguang said to Zhou Wangshu, "You must be tired after following me for so long. Go back and wait for me. I'll be back soon."

It was the first time that Su Yaoguang met the county magistrate. Before meeting him, he thought he should be a very majestic old man. But after meeting him, he found that he was actually a gentle middle-aged Confucian official.

She was about to kneel down to salute him, but he stopped her.

"Sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, sir."

"I've invited you here again because of the epidemic. Your Taoyaofang was the first to propose a solution to this disaster. Whether it's prescriptions or relief grain, you contributed the lion's share. Once this is over, I'll submit a memorial to report your righteous deeds to my superiors."

"My Lord, do you need us at Taoyaofang to do anything more?" "There are more and more refugees now, and the city can no longer accommodate them. If we allow it to spread, even if the city survives natural disasters and epidemics, I'm afraid civil unrest will break out. We have to settle those refugees."

"Since we can't settle them in the city, and leaving them alone will cause civil unrest, we can only count the number of these refugees, register their household registration, and then arrange for them to be relocated to the villages. As far as I know, there are many ownerless houses in each village, and those houses are generally occupied by the village. We can take this opportunity to collect these ownerless houses and use them to settle the refugees."

"When counting refugees, you need to ask if they plan to stay long-term or short-term. If they plan to stay long-term, make sure they have any skills so that it will be easier to find them jobs later. As for those who stay short-term, ask how long they will stay. Whether they stay long-term or short-term, they can't stay for free. Refugees who fled famine must have brought some things with them, right? Those with money should be given money, and those without money should work."

"It rained for so long, and a lot of things were damaged. I'm afraid the riverbanks will need repairs too. Also, clearing the waterways, repairing roofs, and strengthening walls will all require manpower."

"Our city is under the control of the adults, and the people still have food to eat. However, as long as the epidemic is not resolved, the food will not be transported in. If we only rely on the food in the city, we will eventually run out of food. Rather than letting the crops here drown, it is better to harvest them early. Those vegetables, grains, fruits, even fish and shrimp in the river, wild animals and vegetables in the mountains, as long as they are edible, should be used for emergency use first."

"The vegetables, fruits, fish, shrimps and wild animals in the mountains you mentioned are all easy to deal with. But if you want the people to harvest the crops in advance, harvesting them now will cost them their lives." As a fatherly official, County Magistrate Chen knows too well what the people value.

"What if Your Excellency promised to exempt them from taxes this year?" Su Yaoguang asked. "They are afraid of not being able to pay taxes, and they will die if they can't pay them, so of course they won't touch the crops. However, if there are no taxes, they won't watch their families starve to death. Your Excellency, what Taoyaofang did is what a conscientious businessman should do. It's not worth your writing a memorial to the court. The people here need Your Excellency to write a memorial with your jade pen and fight for a way out for them."

"Miss Su, your ideas have greatly inspired me. Thank you very much for today," said County Magistrate Chen. "You are still a young girl, so I can't keep you for dinner. When this is over, I'll have my wife treat you well."

"Your Excellency is too polite. It is your hard work to worry about the country and the people. If I can share your worries, it will be my honor."

The yamen runner just now escorted Su Yaoguang out and sent her directly to the academy. When the yamen runner escorted Su Yaoguang to the academy, he happened to meet Jiang Yihan who was wandering at the academy gate.

"What have you done wrong that you have to ask the yamen runner to send you back?" Jiang Yihuan gloated.

Su Yaoguang rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. The county magistrate asked me to come over to praise our Taoyaofang for our righteous deeds. He didn't mean to embarrass me at all."

Jiang Yihuan pursed her lips, a fake smile on her face: "Really? Congratulations."

A strange light flashed in her eyes.

Where did Taoyaofang get the rice?
She had gone to so many men to cry and complain, and was only able to barely maintain her life in Fenghua Pavilion. During this period, Taoyaofang had been distributing porridge and medicine, and spending money like water every day, which made her wonder if Taoyaofang had a treasure pot.

"However, if you have the energy to laugh at my joke, you might as well take good care of your student Xiao. After all, when you're not around, others will have the opportunity to take advantage of you."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Yihuan was wary. "You already have Zhou Wangshu, and you're still targeting Brother Xiao?"

"Bah, he doesn't deserve it." Su Yaoguang was angry. "You are so stupid. It's a waste of time to talk to you. I don't want to bother with you."

Jiang Yihuan must be feeling incredibly anxious right now, wanting to know what she meant. Once she got in, she'd be in for a good show.

After all, from what she observed, Mrs. Wen was not an easy person to deal with. She was afraid that Xiao Yanci had met a wolf in sheep's clothing again this time.