Quick Wear: With the cub in hand, the world is mine

"Sister-in-law, if you promote these two items, I'm afraid the whole Yanlai Town will cause a sensation."

Hua Ke disagreed, "Yanlai Town is nothing. If you have the ability to promote it to the north, the entire court will be shocked."

"Sister-in-law, are you planning to sell the seeds?"

"I'm not selling it, I'm giving it away for free." Hua Ke paused, "But our family will keep some of it."

"Of course, this is something that my sister-in-law has worked so hard to discover and cultivate. How much do you plan to give me?"

"I won't eat the remaining corn outside, I'll give you half of it, and I'll also give you half of the sweet potatoes I dug up, but all the sweet potatoes in my backyard are mine, I won't share them with you."

"No problem, sister-in-law, can I bring someone over to take a look the day after tomorrow?"

"Is the person you are talking about the county magistrate?"

"Sister-in-law is really smart. Sister-in-law, I have visited the county magistrate Mr. Bao several times. He is a good official who cares about the people."

"Okay, we'll dig sweet potatoes around noon."

After dinner, Hua Ke led people to clean up the sweet potato leaves in the backyard, leaving the old ones to feed the chickens and dogs. The chickens and puppies at home liked them very much. They were fed sweet potato stalk porridge a lot during this period. Hua Ke even felt that the puppies had become smarter and the chickens laid eggs more frequently.

Wen Yan personally participated in digging sweet potatoes. The more he dug, the more shocked he was. Under an inconspicuous vine, there were actually six or seven large sweet potatoes. One was enough to fill the stomach of an adult.

Before leaving, Wen Yan looked at the two full baskets of sweet potatoes reluctantly. Erniu was afraid that the village head had bad intentions, so he took Sanniu and lay on the baskets, "Grandpa Village Head, these are mine."

"Sister-in-law, how about I take two to the magistrate?"

"Sure, if you want sweet potato leaves, go outside and pick them yourself." Hua Ke handed him two sweet potatoes and told Wen Fugui to carry them to her room.

Liu and Li didn't say anything, both of them were absent-minded. The county magistrate would come to their house in a few days, how should they entertain him without neglecting him?

"Why worry? Just bow when necessary, kowtow when necessary, and greet them normally. Use the food from the fields. We don't have the money to entertain them. Wen Yan will take care of anything that happens."

Soon the day agreed upon for digging sweet potatoes arrived, and more than twenty people gathered at the door of the Wen family. Everyone had heard that Hua Ke intended to distribute the sweet potato seeds to them for planting.

"The county magistrate is here!"

Hua Ke saw Wen Yan coming over with a middle-aged man wearing a light green robe and an official hat, and there were four yamen runners behind them.

"I am here to pay my respects to the magistrate. I am sorry for not coming in person to greet you. I hope you will forgive me." Hua Ke led Liu and a few others to perform the bowing ceremony. Sanniang and Xiaozhu clasped hands, held their left hands with their right hands, put their legs together and slightly bent their knees, and followed the adults in saying "May the magistrate be blessed with good health and good health." They were very adorable.

"No need to be so polite," Bao Zhongjing bowed in return. "I heard that someone in Shicheng Village has cultivated a new high-yield crop, so I came to visit. I wonder if what Wen Yan said is true?"

Wen Yan laughed, "Master, follow me, I will not lie to you, sister-in-law, can we dig now?"

"can."

Bao Zhongjing tasted the sweet potatoes sent by Wen Yan and found them sweet, soft and delicious. He was even more shocked when he learned that the host wanted to give away crop seeds for free, so he brought people here early this morning.

Hua Ke skillfully pulled out the sweet potato vines. She would dig out two-thirds of them today and leave the rest for a few days.

Wen Yan gasped in pain. It was all food. His sister-in-law was so rude.

Hua Ke used her hoe to loosen the soil, then pulled hard, pulling out five or six large sweet potatoes that were still clinging to the soil. The onlookers exclaimed, "There's something underneath!"

Bao Zhongjing's eyes widened. He had never seen such a miraculous crop. In previous years, the local specialties he offered to the court were rice and millet, which others also had. Next year was destined to be an extraordinary year. He seemed to see the sixth and fifth ranks waving to him. He could not suppress his inner ecstasy, "Wen Yan, give me a hoe, I want to try it too."

The county magistrate personally came to the Wen family to dig sweet potatoes. Soon, the news spread throughout the entire Shicheng Village. People of all ages in the village ran out to see and surrounded the Wen family.

Erniu followed Bao Zhongjing to pick up sweet potatoes. When he saw a piece of sweet potato was cut off by the hoe, he said distressedly: "Master Magistrate, you have to be careful. You broke the sweet potato. It's not easy to preserve it."

Wen Fugui was frightened and hurried over to carry Erniu away, "The child is ignorant, master, please don't be angry with him."

Bao Zhongjing stopped and comforted him, "It's okay, I really need to be careful, the little boy is right." This is a treasure that can help him get promoted, so he really needs to be careful.

While digging, Hua Ke explained to the magistrate how to cook, preserve and grow sweet potatoes. Because there were so many people around, the mature sweet potatoes were dug up quickly.

Bao Zhongjing had lunch at the Wen family that day. The staple food was freshly dug sweet potatoes. The broken and small ones were picked out by Hua Ke and cooked, while the rest of the whole ones belonged to the magistrate and Wen Yan.

Bao Zhongjing chewed a corn while looking at the shabby but neat farmyard. This family is very kind. They are poor but care about the world. Especially the peasant woman in front of him, she is knowledgeable and far-sighted. She deserves a big reward! How can he let his benefactor live in such a shabby adobe house? It's too dangerous!

Two days later, Wen Yan brought 20 taels of silver and three stone of rice. "This is the reward given by the county magistrate to commend Wen Hua for his righteous act."

Hua Ke knelt down and saluted, "Thank you, magistrate, for the reward."

After Wen Yan and the others left, Wen Fugui came up to them and said, "Mom, twenty taels of silver. This is the first time I've seen so much silver."

Hua Ke swung the silver in front of everyone and said, "Look at it carefully. Be diligent in the future. Not to mention twenty taels, even a thousand taels is not a dream."

"Mom, when are we going to build a house?"

"No rush, we'll start again next year, just get through next year first."

"Mom is right."

Hua Ke took out four taels of silver and gave them to Liu and Li, "Take it and give it to yourself and the children for two sets of clothes."

Li couldn't believe it, her eyes widened, "I... I also have two taels?"

"It's for you and the three children. Si Niu must also have a share when buying clothes. Otherwise, I won't give you a penny in the future."

Liu received the silver, held it and took a bite, "Thank you, mother. I will take the children to the market tomorrow." She was not as partial as Li. She loved all three children. After all, they all came out of her belly.

At night, everyone fell into a sweet dream. An hour later, Hua Ke woke up in sweat. It was the first time she had a dream since she came to this world.

She stared into the void for a while, then closed her eyes and went to sleep again, but she still clearly remembered the content of the dream in her mind.

A masked man was pinching her neck, his eyes were bloodshot, and veins on his arms were bulging.

"My wife, I heard you were telling everyone that I was dead? When did I ever work for the judge? When did I appear in my two sons' dreams? Tell me!"

Hua Ke punched and kicked, but was unable to beat the man. After being pinned under him, she wanted to take off the mask, but the man refused and instead made advances on her. After Hua Ke's clothes were stripped off, she woke up in shame and anger, her face flushed.

Depend on!

[Ah! Spring is here, everything is coming back to life, it’s the breeding season for animals again, the air in the mountains and forests is filled with the scent of hormones…]

"Pubao, shut up, it's still winter!"

【Winter is here, can spring be far behind? 】

Hua Ke covered her head with the quilt and refused to listen to Pu Bao chanting.