Farmhouse vicious stepmother, she is super fierce

Chapter 195 Great nobleman

"This plum blossom snow candy looks white and lovely, Mammy, take a cup of white water and let me have a taste."

After hearing this, Mother Dong hurriedly cleaned her hands, rinsed the cup with water, took a large spoonful with a clean spoon, and wanted to put it into a small white porcelain cup.

He was stopped by Shen Jiayan: "Mommy, this plum blossom snow sugar is a bit sweeter than ordinary sugar, such a big spoonful of water, I'm afraid it's too sweet!"

Mammy Dong hesitated for a moment, poured back a third of the cup, and then rinsed half of the cup with warm water. After stirring a few times, the plum blossom snow sugar melted into the white water, and a sweet smell rose up the water vapor. , filled the nose.

The county magistrate's wife who was sitting by the side smelled it, took the cup of sugar water, smelled it, took a sip, and frowned slightly.

Madam Dong's heart arose, and she hurriedly asked, "Ma'am, what's wrong?"

The county magistrate's wife swallowed the sugar water and said: "It's really too sweet, just add some warm water."

After adding another glass of water, the county magistrate's wife took another sip, smiled with satisfaction, and nodded: "Very good! Very wonderful! It's a good name, plum blossom snow sugar! It's not like plum blossom snow Is it pure and white? Like plum blossom snow, it melts in the water and never sees again—"

Shen Jiayan nodded in agreement: "No, according to the wishes of the women, I planned to call it Baitang! But the eldest of my family can read a few words, and after getting a few books rewarded by his wife last time, his knowledge is much better than before, so he thought of it. With such a name, it is said that it matches this candy!"

The county magistrate's wife raised her brows, but she didn't expect the child from the Mu family to come up with this name?It's kind of interesting.

Looking back at what Shen Jiayan said, it's even more interesting!

She is not someone like Madam Dong who only knows the backyard, because of the county magistrate, she also knows some things outside.

After tasting the plum blossom snow sugar with her own mouth, she seemed to see hope again for the troubles and worries she had been worrying about these days.

Based on her husband's neutral contribution in the case of patting Hanako, and the meaning revealed by the magistrate above, the official assessment this time must be excellent, and promotion is a sure thing.

But who knows, the officials who came down a few days ago were evaluated and graded, and the excellent ones were excellent, but the promotions that were guaranteed to be promoted were yellow.

I don't know what went wrong.

After entrusting countless contacts to inquire, I managed to find out a little bit of rumors, saying that in the current court, several princes are too old, and they are all entrusted with the title of king.

The first prince, King Qi, and the second prince, King Rui, are older, and they have already had a lot of power behind them. Because there is no crown prince, the two parties, King Qi and King Rui, are fighting fiercely for the position of prince.

Because her master's name was included in the promotion list proposed by King Qi's party, King Rui resorted to tricks to remove her master from the list.

Now in the court hall, both King Qi and King Rui disliked each other, pinching like black-eyed chickens, and the neutral officials were afraid of implicating themselves, so his master was cannon fodder, and there was no way to reason.

If her master is really a party of King Qi, that's all. In the future, King Qi will never treat her master badly when he finds an opportunity.

But the wrong thing is that her master is not from King Qi at all!

It was just a small county magistrate, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. He made some contributions and wanted to be promoted, but he was caught in the middle and used as cannon fodder.

The nobles above don't care about the life and death of these small officials!
If this promotion is missed, who will remember his master's contribution in the court next year?
The county magistrate Xun Daren has been so worried these days that he can't sleep well, eat or smell well, and his hair is turning gray.

As the county magistrate's wife, her husband is honorable and her wife is noble, and she is closely related, so she is also anxious.

I thought I was going to be desperate, so I could only go through the qualifications and continue to be a small county magistrate in Changyang County.

But the heavens have eyes, and Shen Jiayan's hand sent such a credit, wouldn't it mean that the heavens will not perish her master?

Thinking about it again, the last time she made meritorious service in the case of patting Huazi was also related to Shen Jiayan's family, which gave her master a chance.

Now at a critical juncture, it was Shen Jiayan who sent such good news again, she was simply her master and their family's great nobleman!

Therefore, Mrs. Xu, the magistrate's wife, looked at Shen Jiayan with eager eyes.

She made a quick calculation in her mind, and she said she would keep Shen Jiayan to talk and lunch, but she winked at Mammy Dong.

Mammy Dong knew it well, so she just made an excuse to tell the kitchen to buy a good table, and when she came out, she ordered a little girl to go to the kitchen to talk.

He went to the front of the county government office without touching the ground.

Just talking about Mu Tianze's side, he sent Shen Jiayan to the carriage and saw that he was gone, then he turned back and went into the inn, packed a small basket and came out.

Mu Tianze already knows the location of the grocery store in the county seat.

I went to several stores first, and after asking about the price of brown sugar, I chose one with a good reputation. I found the shopkeeper of that store, and only said that I wanted to sell good things to him.

The shopkeeper is a standard businessman, who pays attention to a harmonious life.

Even if it's just a half-grown kid in ordinary clothes who wants to sell him something good, he's not angry.

He also smiled and solemnly invited the person to the next room, saying that he wanted to see what a good thing it was.

After Mu Tianze opened the pan, he took out the brown sugar first.

The shopkeeper took a look, dipped a little bit with his fingertips and put it in his mouth. His eyes, which had been squinted into slits, suddenly opened halfway.

After tasting it for a long time, I said: "It's not bad, it tastes better than ordinary brown sugar, and it's also sweeter! I want as many catties as I want!"

Seeing the shopkeeper's straightforwardness, Mu Tianze didn't make a fuss and asked about the source.

Slightly relieved, he took out the jar containing brown sugar from below and pushed it in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper opened it casually, thinking it was also brown sugar.

He opened his head and looked down, his eyes opened all at once, and he dipped a little into his mouth. After a long time, he jumped up and slapped Mu Tianze on the shoulder: "Little brother, how much more is this?" ? I want it all too! I'll pay a high price!"

Mu Tianze dodged the big hand of the shopkeeper Pu Fan, and calmly said, "Twenty catties of brown sugar, brown sugar, no, ten catties of amber crystal! Do you want both?"

The shopkeeper nodded like pecking rice, and rubbed his hands excitedly: "I want it! I want it!"

While quoting the price, brown sugar costs [-] bucks a catty, and brown sugar costs [-] bucks a catty.

When Mu Tianze heard this, he packed up his things and left.

The shopkeeper saw him, and stopped him with a busy smile: "Little brother, what are you doing? The price is not satisfactory, let's discuss it again! How can you just leave? Isn't it?"

Mu Tianze sneered: "The shopkeeper, don't fool me by treating me like a three or four-year-old child! These high-quality amber crystals and brown sugar are even better than those sold in the market! You are only paying this price, which shows that you don't really want to buy it. What am I still doing here?"

"If the shopkeeper really wants to buy it, he can offer a sincere price. Otherwise, I'll go to the next street and ask, if I want to come to their house, I will charge it—"

He said he was going to leave.

(End of this chapter)