Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Cui Jinyin thought, how can a person live his life without having any hobbies at all?

She pressed again, "Think about it carefully? Gold, silver, jewelry, jade? Music, chess, calligraphy, and painting? He doesn't like anything?"

Xiao Yuan scratched his head until it hurt, but still shook his head.

"Really not. I don't think it would be easy for you to bribe him." After thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up. "But as long as you treat the master well, Xu Zhubu will definitely not hate you! And now that you have the master as your teacher, he will not make things difficult for you."

Cui Jinyin breathed a sigh of relief, "Really?"

"Really." Xiao Yuan thought he had figured out Xu Zhubu's temperament.

"Okay." Cui Jinyin nodded and said as if she was working, "Next."

Xiao Yuan thought for a moment, "Let's talk about my brother Zhao. He's the head constable at the county government office. He's honest and very righteous. When my master first came to the county, he once went to Liuyang Prefecture and didn't return until dark. He was so worried that he went out to look for my master right away and even had a fight with Mr. Li."

Cui Jinyin got a general idea and asked, "What are his preferences?"

"Martial arts secrets! No, that's not right."

Xiao Yuan changed his story: "He's a very family-oriented person. He's very kind to my sister-in-law and the children. He doesn't keep a single penny from his monthly allowance, giving it all to them. My sister-in-law is very clever and considerate. She often makes snacks and sweet soups and sends them to the county government office, inviting us all to eat and drink together. To us, my sister-in-law is like a sister."

Cui Jinyin had an idea in her mind, "What does Sister Zhao like?"

"I like Brother Zhao and the child." Xiao Yuan's face showed "Is there even a need to ask?" "They are a very loving couple. Adults often say that my sister-in-law is very wise. When the child grows up, she can try to start a business. She will definitely make money."

Cui Jinyin asked someone to prepare pen and ink, and wrote it down silently.

"Who else? Tell me in detail."

But she had to remember carefully and not leave anyone out. She would not do anything that would offend others.

Xiao Yuan took a sip of tea and rubbed his throat, "That's a bit too much..."

There were dozens of people from the county government, as well as the county school, the chamber of commerce, the printing house, the cloth shop, and the village heads...

Two pots of tea were placed on the table, and Cui Jinyin's writing brush was broken.

As they were talking, Yu Nanshu and Fang Ziyan also joined in, and the situation became even more heated.

Yu Nanshu was eager to introduce her sisters: "She's an excellent lotus embroiderer, and she loves fashionable clothes and jewelry! Cui Jinyin, don't give me anything, just ask the goldsmith shop you frequent for a catalogue and we can look through it together!"

Fang Ziyan was anxious to talk about his younger brother in the county school: "Chi Qing was bullied before, just don't bully him when you go there..."

For a moment, everyone was talking at once, and the scene was very lively.

Yu Jiusi was not familiar with Tongan County and could not get a word in, so he slipped away to Ziyiju while no one was paying attention.

As soon as he entered the yard, he found that a new shed had been built in the yard, and Shen Zheng was tinkering with something under the shed.

He walked over quietly, and when Shen Zheng wasn't paying attention, he suddenly shouted "Hey!"

Shen Zheng's hands shook and knocked over things on the table.

"Yu Jiusi..." She gritted her teeth and turned back.

Yu Jiusi's scalp tightened, and he hurried to help her clean up, "I'll do it, I'll do it. Eh? Isn't this sedge? What are you using it for? And this small plate..."

Looking at the overturned plate on the table, he gently picked it up, looked it over and asked, "Is this a scale? It looks so small."

"Correct."

Shen Zheng steadied the balance and put the weight back into the right pan.

Yu Jiusi watched quietly from the side. After seeing her put wild chrysanthemum, humulus, and perilla leaves into the left plate, he asked, "Making sachets?"

But isn't a sachet made with just these three ingredients too simple? And the fragrance doesn't last long.

"No." Shen Zheng mixed the three ingredients in proportion and weighed them. "I want to try...making wine."

"What?" Yu Jiusi was shocked. "What kind of wine do you want to drink? Just ask the steward to buy it. Why brew it yourself? If the wine you want is very rare, I will go to my grandfather's private vault to find it for you. If my grandfather's private vault doesn't have it, Lin Fanyun's grandfather's private vault will definitely have it!"

General Lin has loved wine all his life, so what collection does he not have?

Shen Zheng wrapped up the weighed ingredients and shook her head: "This wine might be really hard to find."

Yu Jiusi smelled a scent called "freshness": "What kind of wine is this? Don't keep me in suspense."

Shen Zheng walked to the drying rack under the shed, picked up the kettle, and began to water the winnowing basket covered with white cloth.

She said, "This kind of wine makes you burp and gas."

The more Yu Jiusi listened, the more confused he became.

Sparkling wine?

He has lived for more than twenty years and has never heard of it!

He reached out and tried to lift the cloth, but Shen Zheng pushed him away, "It hasn't sprouted yet, you can't lift it."

"I'm really worried to death..." Yu Jiusi's heart was like a cat scratching, and he kept asking, "What kind of wine is it? You're going back to Tongan County soon, is there still time to make some?"

Winemaking can take as little as one or two months or as long as several years.

But her wine hasn't even been brewed yet, and hasn't even been sealed in a jar...how can it be brewed?

Shen Zheng put down the kettle and said with a smile, "First, prepare the ingredients and return to Tongan County to brew it. This wine can't be preserved like white wine. When it's brewed, if you want to drink it, I'm afraid you'll have to go to Tongan County in person."

Speaking of this, Yu Jiusi's ponytail suddenly drooped down, as if she was a little melancholy.

He brought two high stools and motioned Shen Zheng to sit down and talk.

"So far, His Majesty hasn't given me a place to go." He looked towards Tong'an County, his fingers unconsciously digging at the edge of the stool. "When the time comes, Grandfather, Grandmother, and Yu Nanshu will all go back to Tong'an County with you and go to the capital... I will be the only one left."

This feeling is like being abandoned.

Shen Zheng was slightly surprised when she heard this, "Old Madam is going too?"

Yu Jiusi was incredulous. "You haven't forgotten, have you? Doctor Li is still giving grandma acupuncture. Grandma must go back with you. I heard them say that they want to buy a small courtyard next to the county government office as a place for retirement."

"I......"

Shen Zheng suddenly thought of the printing house. "Now the printing house in Shangjing has just been put into regular operation. The books required by the Ministry of Justice have not been printed yet. Uncle..."

I'm afraid I'm too busy.

She had to go and help out in the next two days, otherwise the old man would catch her doing something wrong and scold her again.

"He'd already pushed the Fifth Elder over there to take a look." Yu Jiusi grinned. "Anyway, they're all in the suburbs of Beijing, so the Fifth Elder is happy to help."

Thinking of the speed at which Diwu Nazheng swung his wheelchair, Shen Zheng was completely relieved.

"You have made great contributions to Changnan Prefecture, and His Majesty has seen it all." She mentioned Yu Jiusi's appointment and speculated, "Before I leave the capital, everything will be settled. His Majesty will definitely find you a better place."

Yu Jiusi was in a rather good mood, playing with the remaining flowers on the table.

"I hope so..." He thought of Xue Mai, "Xue Mai was full of passion and followed me back to Shangjing. But now he is neither high nor low. I always feel sorry for him..."