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Chapter 188 Drought Tolerance
The official position is not the best, but the family background is good.And will not be easily contaminated with right and wrong.

This is very rare nowadays, whoever has a girl, isn't everyone looking forward to adding some bargaining chips to the family?
So this gift from Su Nancheng won Zhou Shilang's heart very much.

After giving the gift, he left first. No matter what he had in mind, he didn't achieve it right away.

What's more, Zhou Shilang is an old man who has been in the officialdom for decades. He is not a young man like Luo Chuanxian.

When Su Nancheng was with him, he usually just made friends and didn't say anything.

Just keep this relationship.

After coming out of the Zhou Mansion, Su Nancheng was extremely hot.

"It's really hot this year, why don't you bring an umbrella tomorrow?" Cheng Ming asked.

"...A big man holding an umbrella, are you afraid that I won't be laughed at?" Su Nancheng was speechless.

The master and servant got on the horse, Cheng Ming smiled and said, "That's better than getting sunburned."

Su Nancheng shook his head: "This year's weather is really weird. It's so hot in the north, but it rains every day in the south."

This kind of weather is not very strange to say, the north is drier than the south.But this year is beyond that.

"I heard that some small rivers have dried up." Cheng Ming sighed.

Su Nancheng didn't speak, the scorching sun scorched the earth.But no matter how hot the capital is, it is surrounded by a moat after all.

The emperor lives here, and the lives of the people here are much better than elsewhere.

Back home, Xia He and Chun Ying waited on her.

Su Nancheng didn't pay attention to it at first, and waited until the tea was served before he said, "Isn't it you last night?"

What he asked was Haruka.

Chun Ying hurriedly said: "Young master said, coincidentally, Qiu Ju and Dong Mei got sick together this morning..."

"What disease?"

"Young master, it's just a little sunburned, and both of them have some stomach discomfort. Mama Hu from behind has seen it, and it's not a problem. She prescribed some medicine." Chunying said.

Of course there is no government doctor in this family, but Mama Hu is also a female doctor, so she treats the family members exclusively.

"Let the dining room take care of them. The two of you are busy coming here? Isn't there a little girl who has been trained to serve them?" Su Nancheng said.

"The young master spends less time at home every day, and the servants are not busy."

Su Nancheng nodded, drank tea, and went to see Dongmei.

Dongmei now lives alone in a room.

She's fine, but she was a little bit sunburned yesterday when she was drying things, and she has dizziness and diarrhea today.

Seeing Su Nancheng coming at this moment, she panicked.

Because of raising her, her hair was messed up and her clothes were not well worn.

Su Nancheng smiled and hugged him: "Why are you nervous?"

"It's a violation of the rules for a servant to see you like this," Dongmei said.

"Why do you want so many rules in private? Be good, let me see?" Su Nancheng turned her face and looked at her for a while: "Poor girl, why are you sick?"

Dongmei was embarrassed: "The slave is too weak."

"It's good to know, and take good care of it. It just so happens that I'm going to ask Brother Ni to come over today. I'll see you when I come back later."

"Yes, but is there something wrong?" Dongmei was curious.

"It's nothing. If you're free today, just ask about Zhuangzi." Su Nancheng touched her face: "Don't worry."

Dongmei nodded.

Seeing that she had no energy, Su Nancheng said: "Let's go, it's rare to be free today, so I'll take you to my house to raise you."

Dongmei hurriedly refused, she was not comfortable, not to mention unruly, it would be inconvenient to go there.

Su Nancheng saw her like this, so he gave up: "Then let Chuntao come over to serve you."

Dongmei had no choice but to agree.

So the little girl Chuntao came to serve her.

Zhou Fu didn't arrive until close to noon. In fact, someone was called to call him early in the morning, but Zhuangzi was not that close after all.

After paying his respects, Su Nancheng asked: "There has been a severe drought this year, and there hasn't been much rain since the beginning of spring. How are the crops?"

Nowadays, soybeans, millet, broomcorn millet, wheat, sorghum, etc. are grown in the north.

Generally, they depend on the sky for food, and there is very little land that can be watered.

Su Nancheng has two Zhuangzi, one of which can be irrigated, but only half of the land.The other Zhuangzi completely depends on God.

"Master Hui, this year's harvest is probably not even half of last year's. The crops planted in the spring have not sprouted as usual. Although many good fields have been specially watered, it is not enough. The seedlings have been replenished. Several times. If it doesn’t rain today, the nearby river ditch will become shallower. The well water on Zhuangzi is not easy to pump.” Zhou Fu sighed.

Su Nancheng nodded: "If God wants to be like this, I don't blame you for this matter. The food provided by Zhuangzi is not bad at all."

Of course, Su Nancheng and the others don't eat these, but there are so many people in the family.

In fact, the Hou Mansion is still raising Su Nancheng, but not so many.He lives outside by himself, followed by a group of people who want to eat.The supply provided by the Hou Mansion is limited, and it is impossible to support so many people for him.

Of course, whether it is Su Nancheng's own salary or other income, it is definitely no problem to support his family.

But Zhuangzi is also part of the income.

"It's like this in Zhuangzi, so it can be seen that the land income in the whole north will be very poor this year." Su Nancheng said.

When you look at your own home, you know someone else's home.

There are still people in Zhuangzi who organize to carry water to irrigate the fields, and other people's families do not have this condition.

Their land is still on a plain, if it is a mountainous area, it will be over.

After Zhou Fu told about Zhuangzi, he was sent to see Dongmei.By the way, let him have a meal with Dongmei.

Su Nancheng was not in a hurry to eat lunch, but went into the study.

Ask Cheng Ming to grind the ink and start painting.

I only drew a pair of fine brushwork, and it was getting late.

"My lord, I'll draw after lunch." Cheng Ming said.

Su Nancheng nodded: "It will be ready soon, let's ask someone to set the meal."

Although he is not a person who is very good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he has also learned these since he was a child, so it is easy to draw simple fine brushwork.

Cheng Ming went out to ask someone to prepare a meal, and when he came back to look at it, Su Nancheng said, "We'll have a meal later to show off."

"Young master, what is this painting? I'm so blind, I've never seen it before." Cheng Ming looked at the thing, it was strangely shaped, the two sides looked like some kind of skin, and there were grains in the middle.There are tassels on top.

Su Nancheng smiled: "This is called corn. I read it in books before, but we don't have it here. It is only found in overseas places. It is a very drought-tolerant crop. These grains are good for grinding noodles or eating directly, and the taste is also good. good."

"As expected? Wouldn't it be a good thing to get this thing?" Cheng Ming said happily.

Su Nancheng smiled, and washed his hands in the water basin Chun Ying brought.

Sit at the dinner table.

"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that this thing is so easy to get. I will ask someone to send it to the south to see if there are any ships from overseas in the coastal area with these. There are others. I will draw them later."

All he could think of were corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, which were relatively drought-tolerant.

After lunch, Su Nancheng continued to paint.

(End of this chapter)