Chapter 78: Killing two birds with one stone

July 12, 2023Ai Hrist

The two went home while holding hands, followed by a big goose.

Xiao Hanzheng took a nap during the day, so he doesn’t feel sleepy. He lit the oil lamp to write the storybook.

Shi Qingluo sat across from her desk, writing a report on the planning and development of sugar workshops, paint workshops, etc.

The two wrote their things quietly, but the dim light shone warmly on them.

When the time was too late, Shi Qingluo finished writing the plan, and called Xiao Hanzheng: “Old Xiao, I’m sleepy.”

Xiao Hanzheng finished writing the passage in his hand, put down his brush, and looked up: “Then let’s rest together.”

After washing up, the two went to bed together.

Shi Qingluo touched the pillow. When she felt the breath of the person next to her, she soon fell asleep.

Xiao Hanzheng stretched out his hand to stroke the broken hair scattered on Shi Qingluo’s face and tapped her nose with his fingertips.

With a smile on his lips, he quickly closed his eyes.

With his little wife by his side tonight, he fell asleep quickly as expected.

He no longer suffered from insomnia like when he went out, or need to take medicine to help sleep.

Early the next morning, Shi Qingluo woke up from the heat.

She slept late last night, now it was dawn, and Xiao Hanzheng was not around.

Shi Qinglou got up and opened the door, and saw Xiao Hanzheng practicing martial arts, very seductive.

Seeing his little wife coming out, Xiao Hanzheng didn’t stop practicing martial arts, and said: “I’ve already boiled the water for you to wash.”

Now that the weather was hot, his little wife will wipe her body with water in the morning and take a bath in the evening.

He does the same, otherwise, he would feel uncomfortable.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “Brother Zheng, thank you for your hard work!”

She gave a thumbs up to the young man who woke up early to help his wife boil water.

Then she mixed hot and cold water, wiped her body with a handkerchief, and she felt much more comfortable.

She missed the modern air conditioner and fan.

It was a pity that the air conditioner can’t be made, but the fan can be made according to the gourd painting, but there was no electricity. It has to be cranked by hand, which was also laborious.

If she can find a magnet, she can make a fan that can rotate spontaneously without electricity or hand fanning.

After she finished pouring the water, she took out the “Book of Time Traveling” in the room and looked at it.

Sure enough, she found a recipe for making ice with saltpeter.

Instead of using air conditioners and electric fans, just use a normal ice basin to cool down.

The rich and powerful also use ice basins to cool down. Because of the built-in ice caves, the ice accumulated in winter can be used. However, the price was very high, she has to spend so much money if she wants to buy it.

Shi Qingluo knew from the original body’s memory that there was a saltpeter mine on the mountain near the Taoist Temple, and a lot of sulfur could be found not far away.

This was also the reason why the Old Taoist Priest built the Taoist Temple on a small rural mountain in Nanxi County.

He wanted to use saltpeter, sulfur, and other things to make alchemy, but he probably didn’t expect to blow himself to death.

After breakfast, the two went to the patriarch’s house together.

Xiao Hanzheng brought the special products that he bought from Fucheng, and also paid the money they owed before.

Then he told the patriarch that he wanted to buy two pieces of land.

The patriarch knew that the two had money from the Wu family in their hands, and he was very happy to hear Xiao Hanzheng said that he had made a lot of money by writing storybooks.

He just told Xiao Hanzheng to read more books, don’t delay the imperial examination because of writing the storybooks, and then encouraged him.

Then promised to go to the county town with Xiao Hanzheng tomorrow, and go through the formalities of buying these two pieces of land.

After leaving the patriarch’s house, the two went to the house where they owed money before and repaid all the money that Mrs. Kong had borrowed before.

Xiao Hanzheng told these people before leaving that he would pay back the money when he came back.

After all, it was borrowed and owed by his mother. These days, he paid some with tofu, but he still wanted to pay the rest by himself.

It was not that he was being polite to his little wife, he just thinks he should pay back the money.

Shi Qingluo didn’t care about these things, anyway, it was only natural to pay back the debt. His young husband wanted to pay for it himself, but she didn’t stop him.

After paying back the money, Shi Qinglou pulled Xiao Hanzheng: “Brother Zheng, let’s go to the Taoist temple, I’m going to bring some saltpeter back home.”

Xiao Hanzheng asked curiously: “Why bring saltpeter back home?”

Shi Qinglou fell back and said: “The weather is too hot, I want to get some saltpeter to make ice and then put ice basins in our room and mother’s room to cool down.”

Xiao Hanzheng was taken aback, “Can saltpeter make ice?”

Shi Qinglou nodded: “Of course.”

“Okay, I will accompany you.” Xiao Hanzheng was practicing martial arts every day now. His body has almost recovered, and his physical strength has also improved.

Bringing some saltpeter back was no big problem.

So the two of them went home first, carried two back baskets, and went up the mountain together.

On the way, Shi Qingluo said: “I’ve already collected the ashes of my master and those Taoist boys. In 2 days, let’s go to the county town to ask a Feng Shui master to help find a good place to build a tomb.”

Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “Okay.”

The Old Taoist Priest has helped his little wife a lot, and it was right to build a tomb for him.

“I will go to the county seat tomorrow to find a Feng Shui Master.”

After finding the saltpeter mine, Shi Qingluo asked his young husband to dig first, while she went to the backyard of the Taoist Temple to water the corn and peppers.

After watering, Xiao Hanzheng came in with a basket of saltpeter on his back, and another basket on his hand.

Seeing her hoeing weeds after watering: “Are you planting vegetables?”

He always felt that what she did should be more than just growing vegetables.

After all, his family’s land can also grow vegetables, but she didn’t do it.

Shi Qingluo didn’t hide anything and blinked at Xiao Hanzheng: “My master left some special seeds, so I plant them. When they mature, they may bring a big surprise, or they may be regarded as good seeds from God.”

It was a good excuse for the old immortal master to appear and bestow good corn seeds in the Taoist Temple!

Anyway, even if the Emperor sent someone to investigate, they would not be able to find out anything suspicious, unless they went underground to ask the Old Taoist Priest.

She chose corn, a food crop that has a high yield because it was compatible with the local area. She mainly hopes that after it was widely planted in the future, more people can have enough food.

As for growing peppers, in addition to the many benefits of interplanting with corn, the main point was that Shi Qingluo was graving for the taste of peppers.

Although she was not considered to be an avid fan of spicy foods in modern times, her daily meals cannot be separated from chili.

It happened to kill two birds with one stone, but it should be at the right time. She will ask her old immortal master to show his spirit, and then let her young husband offer corn seeds and peppers to the government.

In this way, the emperor will know that there was a young man, that will be more beneficial to the future imperial examinations.

And it is also beneficial to the reputation of the people. Although the old fairy masters are responsible, after all, they discovered the seeds, right?

Secondly, she can grow it by herself in an open and upright manner.

Xiao Hanzheng saw her blinking and heard the tone, so he roughly guessed that she was preparing for trouble.

Although he didn’t know what kind of good breed and surprise it was, he felt that his little wife would not disappoint them.

He didn’t ask too much, and said with a smile: “Then I’ll just wait and see the surprises that will grow in this field.”

“If you want your master to show his spirit, it’s better not to build a tombstone. I think we can rebuild a main hall, set up a longevity tablet for him in the hall, and enshrine his ashes.”

“Not only can we come here to burn paper incense from time to time, but also other well-known people who want to offer incense to see us. The incense offering will continue throughout the year.”

He added meaningfully, “Maybe he can appear every once in a while.”

When Shi Qingluo heard it, her eyes lit up: “Old Xiao, your idea is very good.”

The boss was the boss, he was so witty and mighty!

This was killing two birds with one stone.

Let the Old Taoist Priest be enshrined and worshiped with incense. With this, she will no longer have a psychological burden. She can let the old immortal master continue to take the blame, ahem… …