The splendid countryside of the princess

Chapter 196 The weather is too hot
The production of chili peppers has increased, and the chili workshops have been completed and put into use in June. Workers and management personnel are all in place, and normal operation has begun.Tang Dai led her salesmen to start planning the sales of hot sauce and chili powder across the country, asking them to bring samples of hot sauce and chili powder to famous restaurants or department stores across the country to sell them.

Driven by Evergreen Restaurant, the reputation of chili has already spread throughout the country. The salesmen don't really need to spend any effort to sell it. They just introduce the product, come back with the order, and then arrange the delivery of the goods.

Because there were more and more things, Tang Dai was too busy alone, and Tang Dai nominated another person to take over the management of the little uncle's chili shop, and the little uncle was spared to assist Tang Dai in the management of all the chili peppers in the county.

He Zhuzi is in charge of the management of pepper planting, while Tang Dagui is in charge of the rice in the field and some trivial matters at home.Tang Dagui fell in love with Li Zhu, after mentioning it to Tang Dai that time, Tang Dai and Li's reaction was not very enthusiastic, Tang Dagui went back and thought about it, after careful consideration, he didn't say anything, Zhao Fen betrayed his lesson He was still worried, so he decided to observe Li Zhu for a while.

After half a year of observation, I found that Li Zhu was still in the chili shop as before. Apart from working, he was leading his own life with his son. Li Zhu talked about her own thoughts, if she agrees, the two will get married; if she disagrees, then she won't worry about it all the time, since she is too old, she should remarry a new wife and have a baby, and only when she is old will someone send him to his death .

On this day, Tang Dagui, who was watching the rice growing outside, returned to Tang Dai’s house and was sitting in the hall enjoying the coolness. It was covered with prickly heat, and when it was hot, it made him cry. Li Zhu felt distressed, so he sent him to Tang Dai's house to cool off, cool off.

"Li Zhu, Shuang'er is crying? Why are you crying?" Mrs. Li asked when she saw Shuang'er's red eyes when she came down from the stairs.

"It's too hot at night, I can't sleep well, and I have prickly heat again. This heat makes me feel uncomfortable, so I cry."

"You too, the child is afraid of the heat, so why didn't you tell me earlier, just let him come to my place to sleep at night, and you have to let him grow all over his body and can't bear it, so he comes. You are stubborn, when can you change it? The child will suffer old punishment with your mother."

Mrs. Li lifted up Shuang'er's clothes and took a look. Xiaoxiao's body was covered with red prickly heat, no wonder he was crying, so she blamed Li Zhu.

"Elder sister... I, don't I want to bother you? I've been here with you for the past two years, and I've been bothering your family all the time. I just come to look for a little thing. I'm afraid you will find me annoying, so let me go."

"Your thinking is weird. What did the chick and I tell you when we took in your mother and son? As long as you change your temper and don't mess with us, don't worry about the rest. You can live here. Why would you think you are troublesome and drive you away? If the child has a fever, it will be a big deal. You can go about your work. Shuang'er will live with me this hot day, and I will take care of him. Poor Child, this body has become a toad!"

"Oh, then I'll go back to the workshop and get busy." Li Zhu turned around reassuringly and wanted to leave.

"Sister Li Zhu, come into the hall, I have something to discuss with you."

Tang Dagui could hear the conversation between the two of them clearly in the hall, thinking that Li Zhu had a hard time living alone, even though Xiao Niu's family was there to help her, he couldn't bother Xiao Niu with everything, she really needed someone to take care of her, Xiao Shuang'er There should also be a family, and it would be good to have parents who are in pain together, so he mustered up the courage to call Li Zhu outside the hall, and was about to tell her what he thought.

"Oh, here it is, what's the matter?" Upon hearing this, Li Zhu turned around again and went into the hall.

"Brother, Li Zhu, you two are talking, I will take Shuang'er upstairs to wash him, and then I will pour some jelly powder on him to prevent prickly heat, and make some herbal tea to drink."

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes when Tang Dagui called her sister to speak alone, knowing what he was going to say, and didn't intend to get involved, so she greeted the two of them, took Shuang'er's hand and went upstairs.

When the two passed by Tang Dai's study, Tang Dai, who was looking at the sales, income, and cost data of each chili shop after opening, raised her head, looked at the pimples on her face and red eyes from crying, and asked.

"Mom, what's wrong with Shuang'er?"

"The weather is too hot, and there is no ice in the small room where the two of them sleep at night. Both children have prickly heat all over their bodies. They can't sleep well at night. They just bothered your aunt. Your aunt has no choice but to send them here. "

"Ah, I forgot about the two of them in my busy schedule. It's hot today, so let the two of them go home and sleep. If it's hot and sick, it will be troublesome."

"That's right, your little aunt's stubbornness made her come here because she had to be like this. I told her just now, and the child will suffer with her." Li Shi is soft-hearted, doting on her own child, watching other people's children suffer, I was also sad in my heart, and said to Tang Dai with an angry face.

"Mother, my aunt is actually cold about emotional matters. There were those things in the past. After coming to the house for the past two years, it has not caused any trouble. In the workshop, she works and eats like other workers. She talks too much, and she doesn't act like a domineering and special person in front of others just because she is my aunt. Everyone is not perfect. I guess she has lived here for a long time, so she is afraid to bother us, so she will try her best to do small things. Don't come looking for it."

"Well, the past two years have been okay. Oh, just now your uncle was looking for her downstairs. I didn't want to get involved with their affairs, so I took Shuang'er upstairs. Let the two of them discuss whether it will be successful or not. They're both adults and decide for themselves."

"En? Is that so? Uncle finally dared to say it! Yes, yes, Uncle has followed me and elder brother in the past few years, and he has indeed made great progress in dealing with people. After talking to us last time, I know that we don't agree with this. I should have thought about it after I went back, but I didn't say anything. I observed it for half a year and saw that my aunt did not have any problems. This is to tell my thoughts to my aunt. However, my aunt really knew that she had changed, and she followed her uncle. Very good, at least she herself, Shuang'er has a family, and there is one more person who loves Shuang'er. If she marries someone else, she doesn't know the root cause, and if she treats Shuang'er badly, then Shuang'er will suffer."

"That is, for Shuang'er's consideration, it is the best way to follow your uncle. You can do your work, I will take Shuang'er to wash him, make jelly powder, and drink some herbal tea for him. The prickly heat on his body has gradually disappeared, and this child with prickly heat all over his body has suffered an old crime."

"Oh, you go, I will continue to look at the account."

After reading the account, Tang Dai went downstairs, and saw that the uncle was still in the hall and the aunt had left. Tang Dai glanced at his expression and saw that he had a smile on his face, so she guessed that the conversation was going well.

"Little girl, I just told your aunt about my desire to marry her."

When Tang Dagui saw Tang Dai, he smiled and reported to her what he had done.

"Really? What did my aunt say?"

"Your aunt didn't completely reject me, she just said that she would give me a reply after thinking about it."

"That's good. Uncle, what is Miss Juxiang doing at home these days? I haven't seen her come out before." Tang Dai has always been wary of Tang Juxiang in her heart. What a moth.

"After this child came back, her temper became quiet and she didn't like to go out. She stayed in her room every day, and I didn't see her embroidering or anything. I don't know why she stays in the house all day. Alas!"

"Oh, I have to go to Chang'an County, uncle, I'm leaving."

Tang Dai asked Xiaoqing to take a carriage. She had to go to Chang'an County to see those children. Today's incident with Xiao Shuang'er reminded her, and she wondered how those children were doing in this hot day? !

"Miss, it's getting hotter and hotter today, and it's not raining. Fortunately, the early rice has been filled, and it can be harvested in a few days. But if this continues, there will be no water for the late rice to be planted."

Xiaoqing was driving the carriage, and Tang Dai, who was in the carriage, was talking about her family's troubles, and the weather was getting worse. Since the end of June, Chang'an County hadn't had a single drop of water in more than ten days. No wonder Xiaoqing, who was a guard, Everyone worried about the crops.

"Yeah, I'm also worried about this. The sun is so strong that the water evaporates easily. You can see that the water in the Changlong River has bottomed out. At this time in previous years, the water is still full. Last winter it snowed heavily, and this summer said Maybe there will be a severe drought, if it is a severe drought, the late rice cannot be planted, and the farmers can only harvest one season of rice, and the people with less land will starve again." Tang Dai sighed and cultivated double-crop rice. It still needs the power of the heavens, and only when the weather is good can it be planted.

"Miss, don't worry so much. There are still many people in Fengnan who are suffering, and you can't help them one by one. At this time, you have to rely on the court and the emperor."

"That's the reason, but look at last winter, the imperial court sent people to relieve the disaster, but there were still refugees coming to us, and those children suffered without their parents. If there is a drought this year, I don't know How many families have lost their wives and their families have been destroyed."

"I hope it will rain earlier this day. Miss, I heard that County Magistrate Wang left his post and went to Fucheng, and a new county magistrate has arrived in our county. I don't know what kind of person it is? Is it an honest official or a corrupt one?"

"Heh...Xiaoqing, you have followed your miss and me for so many years, why is your thinking so simple? What is an honest official? For the sake of the people, that’s fine, and you can’t demand anything else.”

"Hey... Miss, you are right. Just like good people and bad people, there is no absolute distinction, right?"

"Yes, in fact, at a certain time, there is only a thin line between good people and bad people. On the left side of the line, you are called a good person, but if you pass a little bit and move to the right, you will be called a bad person again. Good people Bad things can be done, and bad people can do good things.”

The two masters and servants were talking to dissipate the heat. After a while, they arrived outside the county house, stopped the carriage, and the two walked into the yard.

There was no one in the concierge, the temperature in the courtyard was very high, and the cicadas on the trees were screaming "Zhiga, Zhigao" loudly, and they didn't know what they knew?The grass and leaves are also sun-baked, the ground is dry and cracked, and there are still traces of cold water sprinkled to cool down, and the children's twittering voices have not been heard.

"Uncle Liu? Aunt Zhou? Who's there?" Tang Dai shouted standing in the yard.

After the sound fell, I heard footsteps running out of the house, it was Steward Liu.

"Miss, are you here? The old lady and I are taking care of Xiaoba and Xiaoliu in the house. These two children have suffered from heatstroke and are resting at home."

"Both children have heat stroke? Did you call a doctor and drink medicine for them?" Tang Dai quickened her pace and walked into the room, asking Butler Liu who was following her as she walked.

"I've already called. The little six girls are in poor health, and the little eight is young and can't stand the heat, so the two of them had a fever two days ago, vomiting and diarrhea."

Tang Dai walked into the room and took Xiao Liu's pulse first. Xiao Liu happened to be awake. When she saw Tang Dai coming, she called Miss Sister, and looked at her with tears in her eyes, without saying a word.Tang Dai felt her pulse and touched Xiao Liu's forehead, she felt relieved after the fever subsided.

"Aunt Zhou, Xiaoliu, you have to be careful these two days and cook some cold food for her. Uncle Liu, you can buy some ice later, and when you go to bed at night, make sure the children get enough sleep, it's too hot They can't sleep well, and their body's resistance can't keep up, so they are prone to heatstroke. Also, buy some mung beans and cook mung bean soup with sugar for all the children. Make sure they drink two big bowls a day to relieve the heat. Row."

"Yes, Miss, I'll go out and buy it right away."

"Uncle Liu, when it's hot like this, don't buy less just to save money for me. Money earned is spent, and you have to spend it when it's time to spend. It's so hot, we sit at home and it's hot, even more What's more, the children have to practice martial arts."

"What the little lady said is that the servant knows, I'm going to buy ice."

"Well, you go, I'll see Xiao Ba."

Tang Dai went to Xiao Ba's room again. Xiao Ba had just drank the medicine and was fast asleep. Tang Dai also took his pulse and touched his head. He still had a low fever. She took the prescription prescribed by the doctor for Xiao Ba. I looked at it, and saw that it was all symptomatic, so I didn't change it, and told Aunt Zhou to boil medicine for Xiao Ba according to the doctor's instructions, and just feed the medicine.

"Aunt Zhou, Master Xiaobai took the children out again?"

"Yes, Miss. I heard from the children that Master Xiaobai is now taking the children farther and farther. They are practicing in the ravines and deep water. Every time the children come back, they are tired and become little monkeys." , After eating, washing and going to bed, they all slept like piglets, unable to wake up."

"The children have worked hard!" Tang Dai nodded and said.

"Miss, the children are actually much happier following you than we were at that time! We were only their size at that time, and we practiced day and night, except for eating, going to the bathroom, and sleeping. Practice. The coldest time in winter and the hottest time in summer are the times when we practiced the most. At that time, many children were sick. The doctor saw them, took medicine, and then they still had to practice together, and they would not let you rest Yes. There is no one who cares like you and asks about their health, lest they will be cold, hot, or hungry."

"The Tianxing Tower was founded by Feng Rongruo, did you practice in the Tianxing Tower when you were young?"

"No, I was in another organization when I was a child. Later, this organization disbanded because the founders disagreed. After the dissolution, it happened that Tianxing Building was founded, so we joined Tianxing Building and served Tianxing Building."

"Oh, that's it. I thought everyone in the Tianxing Building was trained by Feng Rongruo since childhood!"

"Only part of it is, and that part we don't know those people. Both Xiaobai and I were recruited through martial arts competitions. Only high martial arts skills can be used by Tianxing Tower."

"Understood. What I mean is that it is too late to rely entirely on self-cultivation. An organization is not just a few, a dozen people are enough."

"Well, but I cultivated it since I was a child. From now on, I will be your confidant, the person you rely on the most, and the person who is the most loyal to you."

"I understand this. If you use your heart to them, they will also use their heart to you. Between people, it is a heart-to-heart exchange."

While the two were talking, there was a burst of excitement outside the courtyard. When Tang Dai heard it, it must be that the little ones had returned, so she hurriedly stood up and walked out of the courtyard.

"Miss Sister, Miss Sister, come to see us!" Tang Dai had just stepped out of her head, and when she walked into the courtyard, Little Five Clever Ghost saw her, waved her little hand happily, and ran up.

(End of this chapter)