Unlimited supplies: Bringing space to the supermarket to keep the right minister

Chapter 410 Goodbye Li Mingtan

Fortunately, there is a magic heating tool in Yu Xiaolian's space - a microwave oven. Yu Xiaolian reheated the cold dishes, and then simply fried a vegetable with the induction cooker, and then brought it out with Zhao Sanya Have a meal.

Zhao Sanya didn't eat the table dish that was rewarded by the imperial dining room the previous day, so this was the first time she ate the imperial dining room, and Zhao Sanya felt a little erratic.

"Wow, this fish is delicious!" Zhao Sanya exaggeratedly exclaimed after taking a bite of the steamed fish.

Yu Xiaolian also took a bite, tasted it carefully, and almost vomited it out, oops, why is it so fishy when she eats it?
No wonder the emperor only ate the small piece of the fish's face, and the emperor knew that the fish was not tasty, so Yu Xiaolian took another piece of braised lion's head to eat. The lion's head tasted good, and there seemed to be lotus root in it. Crisp with a rich meaty aroma.

The two of them ate all the meat and vegetables, Zhao Sanya went to deliver food boxes and empty plates to the eunuchs outside, while Yu Xiaolian took out a Korla fragrant pear and gnawed on it, not forgetting to give it to Zhao Sanya as well. One is on the table.

"Tuktuk..." Someone knocked on the door.

The unfamiliar knock on the door let Yu Xiaolian know that Zhao Sanya was not outside the door, she hurriedly put away the half-eaten pear, and when she went to open the door, she also put away the pear on the table.

"Who is it?" Yu Xiaolian said while opening the door.

"Scholar Yu!"

Yu Xiaolian never expected that he could still see shopkeeper Li here, oh no, it should be called Master Li now.

"Shopkeeper Li, uh...Master Li!"

Li Mingtan was so different from when he opened the bookstore next door to her house, Yu Xiaolian almost didn't recognize her.

Five years ago, Li Mingtan took a fancy to Juren, and in order to rush for the exam, he brought Wu to the capital and took refuge in Wu's natal family.

It stands to reason that Li Mingtan just won the Juren and hasn't taken the exam yet. It's not certain where and what kind of official he will be in the future. His family should stay in Taohua Village and wait for the news, but Li Mingtan's family doesn't know. No, the whole family sold the house and land, and the whole family moved to the capital.

Fortunately, Wu's father is a Beijing official, and

When the Ministry of Officials took office, after several twists and turns, he helped Li Mingtan get a Beijing official. However, Li Mingtan has been an official for more than four years, and he is only a seventh-rank Imperial Academy editor. It means to promote him.

This time Chunwei was the new emperor's first major exam since he ascended the throne. The emperor attached great importance to it. Li Mingtan was also temporarily transferred to the exam institute to help. He accidentally learned that Yu Xiaolian was here, so he came over to say hello.

"Call me Brother Li, we are equals, and I can't afford to be an adult like you." Li Mingtan looked at Yu Xiaolian with a smile.

To be honest, at that time he thought that the Yu family was a small family doing small business, and he didn't think that Yu Xiaolian was a person with a lot of knowledge.

After all, when the Yu family stewed meat shop first opened, Yu Changhe was a person who didn't even know how to collect money. A man, a father, and the head of the family was a rough old man who didn't have much education. What would happen to his daughter? What about talent?

At that time, every time Yu Xiaolian went to his bookshop to look for a book of stories, he would specially bring her the vernacular version, fearing that if it was a little esoteric, Yu Xiaolian wouldn't be able to understand it at all.

However, he never expected that Yu Xiaolian was actually a hidden talent, and she was also a genius in arithmetic.

May I ask how many women in today's world can achieve the seventh rank by their own abilities?
Probably Yu Xiaolian was the only one.

Most of the titles of women are honored by their father or husband. A woman like Yu Xiaolian can be said to be unprecedented, and there will be no one to come after.

"Brother Li..." Didn't you talk about brothers with my father?When I was at home, I called you Uncle Li?Yu Xiaolian cursed in her heart.

Li Mingtan seemed to hear the hesitation in Yu Xiaolian's words, and explained with a smile, "Now we are all officials in the court, so naturally we have our own way!"

Yu Xiaolian hummed, and asked, "I don't know... How is Wu's sister-in-law doing now? Speaking of which, I haven't seen her for several years."

Actually, what Yu Xiaolian wants to ask is, now that you are an official in the capital, have you abandoned your poor wife?After all, when the Wu family was in Luocheng, Li Mingtan's mother disliked her for being barren. At that time, Wu's father contributed money and effort to support the Li family, and Li Mingtan's mother always poked Wu's sore spots in a strange way. Well, she doesn't even believe that Li Mingtan's mother is not a monster!
Sure enough, when Yu Xiaolian mentioned the Wu family, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across Li Mingtan's face, but only for a moment, Li Mingtan said without changing his face, "Your sister-in-law of the Wu family...she's fine!"

"I don't know how my sister-in-law has been recuperating over the past few years?" Yu Xiaolian believed that Li Mingtan understood what she meant by asking this.

Sure enough, Li Mingtan hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Your sister-in-law has never been able to conceive, but I already have a son, who is almost three years old."

At this point, Yu Xiaolian already understood that Li Mingtan took a concubine.

After all, this man violated his oath and took a concubine! ! !

Alas, if Li Mingtan took a concubine and gave birth to a child, the Wu family must be living a life worse than death, right?

After all, when Mrs. Wu came to her house to do embroidery work with her mother, she said that if Li Mingtan took a concubine, she would die.

Although Yu Xiaolian wanted to scold Li Mingtan for being a heartless person, she understood Li Mingtan's situation somewhat.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Li Mingtan is already very good. After all, he has persisted for the Wu family for more than ten years and has never taken a concubine. I believe many men are unable to do this.

I just hope that Wu Shi can stop being so in love with his brain, and if he wants to open up a little bit, he can feel better.

"Hehe... Congratulations to Brother Li, I think Mrs. Wu's sister-in-law likes children very much, right?" Yu Xiaolian smiled far-fetchedly.

"The child is in her name, and she will take care of it!"

"It should be, it should be!" Yu Xiaolian smiled awkwardly again.

From Li Mingtan's point of view, the child born to this concubine, he gave the name of his concubine, but he didn't say whether Mrs. Wu likes it or not, whether Gao is happy or not?

It seems that the Wu family has made a fool of himself.

"When the spring begins, you can leave the Gongyuan. Then you must go to my house and catch up with your sister-in-law!"

"sure!"

After Li Mingtan left, Yu Xiaolian grinned. When this man had no money or power, he was able to stick to it. Once he was contaminated with power, he would definitely change his original intention.

Yu Xiaolian felt that after a while, it was necessary for her to visit Mrs. Wu, no matter how much she wanted to enlighten her, if Mrs. Wu and her mother hadn't gotten along very well at that time, she would not have bothered to meddle in this matter.

The place where Yu Xiaolian lives is not a separate courtyard, but a row of houses in the Gongyuan. There are two civil servants living in the rooms on the left and right of her. The men, um, to be precise, her neighbors are two old men.

These two old men, one surnamed Liu and the other surnamed Yu, were both inspectors of the Gong Yuan.

Invigilator, as the name suggests, is an official in charge of invigilating the exam.

Yu Xiaolian and the two old men were just acquaintances with nodding heads, and they hadn't had any in-depth exchanges. They just nodded and passed away as soon as they met.

Yu Xiaolian glanced at the arched door, but she didn't see Zhao Sanya coming back, so she planned to go back to the house, but she was stopped by the surveillance officer, Old Liu.

"Scholar Yu is polite!" Old Liu made a cross-hand salute.

"Master Liu!" Yu Xiaolian quickly returned a salute, and bent down a little.

This old Liu Tou is over 60 years old. Although the official position is small, from the seventh rank, which is below her, Yu Xiaolian doesn't think she has anything to be superior to others.

Although the position of supervisor is small, it is not something that ordinary people can do. Over the years, Yu Xiaolian has been wandering around the rivers and lakes based on the principle of not offending anyone and having multiple friends and multiple paths, so old Liu came over to talk to her , she immediately lowered her posture politely.

"Scholar Yu, I have an unfeeling request from you, I don't know if I should say it or not?" Supervisor Liu looked embarrassed to speak before he got down to business.

Yu Xiaolian looked at Supervisor Liu's appearance, he really didn't look like someone who had been in the officialdom for many years.

"Monitor Liu, but it's okay to say, as long as I can help, Xiao Lian will definitely do my best!"

Since Yu Xiaolian lived in the Gongyuan, it can be said that it has been the focus of discussion in the entire Gongyuan. Not to mention discussing the eight generations of Yu Xiaolian's ancestors, it is almost the same. The business in the city is very big, and because of growing peppers and building workshops, Taohua Village has become rich.

Liu Jianshi’s hometown is in Chuantou County, Beidi. Chuantou County is very poor, the geology is not good, there is a lot of sand and alkali land, and the grain production is very bad. Liu Jianshi came to Yu Xiaolian mainly to ask questions. Ask, is this sand-alkaline land suitable for growing peppers?

Yu Xiaolian shook her head, "Sandy soil doesn't seem to be suitable for growing peppers!" According to her, alkaline soil is only suitable for growing things like sandy dates and goji berries, while sandy soil is more suitable for growing things like peanuts and watermelons.

Hearing Yu Xiaolian's words, supervisor Liu was a little disappointed. He originally wanted to make some modest contributions to his hometown, but he didn't think that pepper, a valuable thing, was not suitable for the soil of his hometown.

People in his hometown are not willing to grow watermelon. This kind of thing is extremely seasonal, and the yield is not good. Even if the price is much more expensive than grain, the market is not good. Even if farmers grow it, they can’t sell it. Satisfied with the price, a waste of land.

However, Supervisor Liu did not give up. He began to discuss with Yu Xiaolian how to change the soil of the sand-alkaline land.

The soil can indeed be improved, but improving the soil is a big project. It needs to dig out good black soil from other places, and then cover it on the sandy-alkali soil, and it must reach a certain thickness.

There are many ways to improve soil, such as microbial method, plant method, fertilization method, additive method, soil dumping method, but among these methods, the only method that is really suitable for ancient times is the fertilization method.

Idle is also idle, Yu Xiaolian patiently told Supervisor Liu how to change the soil fertilizer efficiency.

"If conditions permit, it is best to add organic fertilizers to the soil, such as pig manure, manure, cow manure, etc. Using organic fertilizers can prevent soil from caking, and improve the softness and air permeability of the soil while improving soil fertilizer efficiency. performance……"

(End of this chapter)