Chapter 177: Your wife is more prodigal than me

After the group returned home, Shi Qingluo pulled Xiao Baili into the kitchen.

Because Xiao Baili was an unmarried woman, Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui had no choice but to hold back even if they wanted to get together.

Xi Rong had no such scruples and jumped in immediately.

Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui looked envious.

Fei Yuzhe felt so stupid when he saw the appearance of the two people. From now on, he doesn’t know these two people.

Shi Qingluo took some corn cobs and ground them into pulp.

Because she wanted everyone to have the taste of corn, she didn’t add anything else.

There happened to be ribs at home, so she stewed the ribs with corn.

Just before dinner was almost ready, Mo Qingling and Master Hou came to the Xiao Family’s house in a carriage.

Mo Qingling has received the Emperor’s letter, but after seeing these people, he still has a headache.

Only Shi Qingluo was willing to pick up these people. If they went to the yamen in the county town, he wouldn’t know what kind of trouble he would face.

“Brother Ling!” Liang Youxiao, Xi Rui, Fei Yuzhe, and Xi Rong greeted each other.

After all, Mo Qingling was once a member of the dandy circle in the capital. Although he suddenly changed and improved, the dandies all recognized him.

Mo Qingling’s stern face showed a smile, “You guys are so brave. You came to Nanxi County secretly and even the Emperor was alarmed.”

Liang Youxiao immediately threw the blame: “Xi Rui insisted on running away from home. I was afraid that he would be in danger alone, so I accompanied him.”

“Xi Rong is none of our business. She insists on running away from home with Xi Rui.”

Xi Rui: “……”

This bastard specializes in selling friends.

Xi Rong glared at Liang Youxiao, “Can’t you speak human words?”

He talked as if she had a crush on Xi Rui and wanted to rely on him.

Xi Rui doesn’t even like him a bit. Besides, they were still cousins.

And she was more than a year older than Xi Rui.

Mo Qingling didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Okay, everyone, sit down.”

“If the corn thing is done, you will also go back with me to the capital.”

He takes the corn issue very seriously.

If it were true, then as the magistrate of Nanxi County, he would naturally escort Xiao Hanzheng and his wife to the capital to donate seeds.

It was not that he wanted to take credit, it was his duty.

He also hoped that these God-given seeds would not only dispel the recent rumors that were unfavorable to the Emperor but would also be a blessing to the people of Daliang.

Liang Youxiao and others did not refuse, “Okay!”

As the first witnesses to such a thing, of course, they have to go back to the capital, it would be fun!

A moment after they sat down, Shi Qingluo and Xiao Baili brought outside the dinner.

In addition to corn, they also cooked other dishes.

But at this time, everyone present had their eyes focused on the corn.

“This is boiled corn, you can eat it directly.”

“This is a corn tortilla made from liquid corn.”

“This is corn pork rib soup.”

“I heard from my master that after the corn is dried, the corn kernels can be ground into powder to make corn steamed buns, cornbread, etc.”

After the introduction, Shi Qingluo said: “I will test the dishes for everyone first to make sure they are not poisonous.”

Then she tasted each of them.

At this moment, Daidai also came over and kept rubbing his head against Shi Qingluo.

Shi Qingluo loves her goose very much.

Immediately, she scooped out a spoonful of boiled corn kernels and put them on the ground for Daidai to eat.

She didn’t just cook the corn cobs directly. After all, Master Hou was around, it was not easy for literari to eat the corn cobs directly. They all wanted to keep their image.

Everyone felt very sad when they saw Shi Qingluo feeding the geese with corn.

After finished eating, Daidai excitedly shouted to Shi Qinglou. Daidai wanted to eat more.

Shi Qingluo smiled and scooped another spoonful for it.

Liang Youxiao couldn’t help but say: “Why is this thing so prodigal? We haven’t even eaten yet, but you eat 2 spoonfuls.”

Daidai can understand human’s words.

He immediately became unhappy. It was this annoying two-legged animal again.

He raised his head and looked at Liang Youxiao fiercely as if it was about to flap its wings.

When Shi Qingluo saw this, she immediately comforted him: “Daidai, let’s not argue with him.”

“But we can’t eat anymore, otherwise everyone won’t have to eat.”

Her poor son only ate two spoonfuls of corn but was stared at eagerly by everyone present. She was too embarrassed to feed him more.

Daidai finished eating the corn on the ground blankly. He wanted to eat more, but after hearing his mom’s words, he knew I couldn’t eat it again.

So he screamed a few times in grievance and rubbed against Shi Qingluo pitifully.

People present: “……”

This goose must have become spiritual.

Shi Qingluo felt very distressed and immediately took out the special goose food from her purse to feed it: “Good boy, let’s eat this instead to satisfy our craving.”

“Our family will grow more corn in the future so that you can have enough to eat.”

Dadai reluctantly let out a cry and ate the goose food aggrievedly.

People present: “……”

So this goose is spoiled by Shi Qingluo.

It can eat more than enough.

They felt distressed just thinking about it.

Xi Rui muttered to Xiao Hanzheng, “Your wife is more prodigal than me.”

Xiao Hanzheng couldn’t laugh or cry: “My wife only has it as a pet, it’s normal to spoil it a little. And she can spend her money, as long as she’s happy.”

For the goose that often competes with him for a favor, he can only love it as much as a bird pet.

Xi Rui: “……”

The others: “……”

This is the first I heard geese can be pets, or maybe Shi Qingluo is just an exception.

And Xiao Hanzheng doted on his wife too much.

Shi Qingluo felt very happy that her husband defended and favored her in public.

She smiled and said: “Come on, you try the corn too, it tastes very good.”

When everyone saw that nothing had happened to her and Daidai, they couldn’t wait to taste it.

They tried the boiled corn kernels first and it tasted alright.

Then they ate some corn tortillas, they were quite delicious.

Because there was corn in the pork ribs, it also had a sweet flavor.

Master Hou tasted each of them, and his face was full of excitement. “This corn tastes good, and it can be used as food.”

He looked at Shi Qingluo and asked, “I heard from Jinyu that the yield of this corn per acre is a thousand catties?”

Shi Qingluo nodded, “I made a rough estimate, but I don’t know if it’s accurate.”

“We can know the specific when we weigh it during harvest.”

Master Hou said: “If there are a thousand catties, the people of Daliang will not have to worry about not having enough to eat.”

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “At least most people will no longer be hungry.”

It was unrealistic to feed everyone with corn alone.

If there is a chance in the future, she will take out the sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Mo Qingling also said with rare excitement: “It would be great to keep most people from going hungry.”

“The taste of this corn is not bad. It is better to eat as food than to eat bran.”

He asked: “Have you harvested the corn?”

Shi Qingluo replied: “No.”

“My husband said that it would be best to ask the county magistrate to let his people from the government come and collect it so that the yield per mu can be recorded.”

Mo Qingling smiled and said, “Then I will be disrespectful.”

As the magistrate of Nanxi County, it was also within his scope of responsibility to personally come to check on the harvest of the fine seeds from all over the county.

This corn will be presented to the Emperor in the capital, he can’t let anyone deceive his majesty.

He was responsible to the Emperor and the people.

At the same time, he also admired and trusted Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.

If it were someone else, they might just want to sneak behind him and take the good seeds to the capital to present to the Emperor.

Master Hou agreed very much with the young disciple’s approach. He was indeed a good candidate to be a civil official.

 


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