Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

The family of three each had their own duties in Li's Grocery Store. Father Li looked after the store and greeted customers; Yan Yiyi steamed cakes in the kitchen, which mainly involved watching the fire, which was not difficult; Xin Ye copied the drawing of the oven from the book given to him by Yan Yiyi on the stone table in the backyard.

The oven was not difficult to make. Xin Ye drew it according to the drawing and finished it in less than ten minutes. He gave it to Uncle Li. Uncle Li took a look and found that it really did not require much technical skills. Without saying much, he let Xin Ye watch the store while he drove the donkey cart to buy bricks and other materials.

After the pastries were out of the oven, Yan Yiyi went to deliver the pastries to Sister Wang personally, but Xin Ye still had to stay in the store to look after it.

At noon, the magistrate, who had just finished his shift and was back for lunch, calculated the time and found it was almost time to dig the first batch of sweet potatoes, so he took a detour to Li's Grocery Store in the vegetable market to ask Father Li for news. Unexpectedly, he saw Xin Ye and Yan Yiyi sitting at the counter chatting with each other.

"Aye, Aye's wife, you are back?"

Hearing the voice, the two men's eyes fell on the magistrate at the same time, and they immediately stood up to greet him: "How are you, sir?"

"Okay," Chen Yong responded cheerfully, "When did you come back?"

Xin Ye: "I came back yesterday. Is there anything wrong, sir?"

"I originally wanted to ask your father when you dig the sweet potatoes."

"It's just recently. We just came back and there's something going on at home. Once we've arranged everything and sorted out the warehouse, we can start digging."

"What's the matter? Do you need my help?"

Xin Ye waved his hands repeatedly: "No, it's my eldest brother-in-law who came here. He brought a lot of subordinates with him, and they are not used to the country life yet. Give them some time to recover."

Hua Murong: You kid, you are spreading rumors about me again!

"Brother-in-law?" Chen Yong looked at Yan Yiyi who was standing beside him, "Has Aye's wife recovered her memory?"

"No, we ran into each other by chance in Liangguan County a few days ago, and my brother-in-law recognized my wife, and then he got to know my wife."

"Are you sure he is really your brother-in-law?" Chen Yong frowned slightly. Was it some liar who was deceiving this young couple?

"My eldest brother-in-law is from the Hua family of Shacheng. His family is quite wealthy. He would not cheat a country boy like me."

"Are you sure he is from the Hua family in Shacheng?"

"The four adults in the family have confirmed it, and it's fine."

When Chen Yong heard that several adults from Beijing had confirmed it, he knew there was no problem and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't let some people deliberately destroy the sweet potato harvest at this critical moment.

Chen Yong smiled and sincerely congratulated Yan Yiyi on finding her family. After congratulating her, Chen Yong's smile froze on his face, and his eyes fell on Xin Ye again: "Isn't your wife's surname Yan?"

"Well, my wife was picked up by the adoptive father of the Hua family on the roadside. The adoptive father did not change my wife's name, but my wife is indeed the eldest daughter of the Hua family. From the attitude of my eldest brother-in-law, I can see how much she is favored in the Hua family."

"What's your attitude?" Chen Yong was afraid that he would be deceived by some small favors, so he couldn't help but ask.

Xinye: ...

I didn't intend to elaborate...

"My eldest brother-in-law wants us to move to Sand City. He wants us to buy a house near the Hua Mansion, and then he wants us to have a grand wedding so that the people of Sand City can see the grand occasion of the eldest daughter of the Hua family getting married.

My brother-in-law also said that my adoptive parents had already prepared a dowry for my wife. Shacheng is far away from Dashan Village, and my wife found it troublesome and refused to let them send it over. Moreover, my wife liked to live in Dashan Village, so my brother-in-law had no choice but to agree not to send a dowry, but to set up new property in Dashan Village.

He bought us land to build a farm, and also gave us many nearby land deeds. He also gave my wife a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver in front of me. "

Xin Ye did not lie, he did give it to Yan Yiyi, but Yan Yiyi confiscated it, asking him to help hand over the 100,000 taels to his second brother who was good at making money, so that money could make more money.

When Chen Yong heard that she had been given a dowry of 100,000 taels, he could not help but swallow his saliva with envy. This was a salary that he could never earn even if he worked as a county magistrate for his entire life!

If this is a liar, please give him a nest!

Moreover, he was not worried that Xin Ye would lie to him. Both the house and the land needed to be registered with the government. In a few days, he would check how much land was under the name of the Yan family.

"By the way, sir, we discovered two new vegetables on this trip. We have brought back the seeds and have already planted one of them. When you go to the village to dig sweet potatoes, you can come to our vegetable garden to take a look."

Hearing this, Chen Yong's eyes widened: "Really? There are fresh vegetables that I haven't eaten before? How is the yield?"

Xin Ye glanced at Yan Yiyi from the corner of his eye. Seeing that she didn't seem to want to elaborate, he instantly guessed her answer and chuckled, "Sir, this is our first time planting too. We won't know the yield until we harvest it."

"Yes, yes, yes, hehe..." Chen Yong smiled awkwardly at first, but then when he thought that there would be new varieties of vegetables and the people would have a treat again, he laughed and laughed and burst into laughter.

Yan Yiyi and Xin Ye looked at each other, what's the funny part?

When Chen Yong had laughed enough and was about to leave, Yan Yiyi stopped him.

"Aye, is there anything I can help you with?"

Yan Yiyi smiled and nodded: "There is indeed something I need to trouble you with, sir. This is the case. A customer came to our store this morning. Because the pastries were not yet cooked, we promised to send them to her home when they were cooked.

When we heard the address, she said it was 'the third house from the end of Shuimu Street in the west of the city, with a pear tree planted in the yard'. Later, when I asked my father, he said that most people in our Zhao country introduce their home addresses in this way.

So, I was thinking, if there is no special place in the house, how can I introduce the specific door of the house?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind: can we popularize house numbers? Let’s not talk about the fact that people are illiterate. If they can’t read, they can just remember the numbers and ask. If that doesn’t work, they can introduce their home addresses as they do now, but add the house number in front.

One more sign means one more way to confirm, right? "

Although Chen Yong realized that this was a huge task, it would indeed be more convenient if it was done well.

"Your Excellency only needs to give an order. You can collect donations for the materials and labor for making the wooden sign and the money for the gentleman to write the words. Our Li's Grocery Store will be the first to donate 10 taels of silver. How about that?"

Chen Yong made a rough calculation and estimated that the cost of hiring carpenters and calligraphers as well as materials for all the registered households under the jurisdiction of Guyang County would be less than one hundred taels. Li's Grocery Store had already donated ten taels, so the remaining amount would not be much, so it would not be difficult to raise funds.

Chen Yong nodded: "Your idea is very good. I will go back and call the officials to discuss it later."

Yan Yiyi smiled and glanced at the few sweet potato dishes: "Sir, we have run out of sweet potato dishes for the time being. You can take some of these back."

Chen Yong smiled and said, "How can I take from the people every time? I appreciate your kindness."

Having said that, Chen Yong paid the money, picked up two kilograms of sweet potato vegetables, and went back happily.