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

As soon as Shen Zheng left with the roasted chicken, the owner ran away.

He went to the pen and ink stall next door.

"Brother, please help me write a few words!"

The owner of the shop is notoriously stingy on this street, and the ghostwriter also knows him.

"A piece of straw paper costs five coins. Five coins for large characters, and ten coins for small characters. How much do you want to write?"

"What's paper?" the shopkeeper said, looking particularly lavish today. "Use linen! Just write: 'Lord Shen personally bought the roasted chicken.'"

"One, two, three, four..." He counted on his fingers and became even happier: "That's exactly ten big characters, right? Write it bigger for me, and write it now. I have to hang it up quickly after you finish it!"

......

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Shen Mansion as the setting sun fell.

As Shen Zheng got out of the car, she heard the sound of wheels behind her, and along with it, Yu Nanshu's energetic shout: "Sister Shen - we are here!"

When she turned around, she saw Yu Nanshu leaning half of her body out of the car window, waving at her.

There was another carriage following behind the Yu Mansion's carriage. The curtain was secretly lifted a little by the person inside. Shen Zheng raised her eyebrows slightly after seeing it clearly.

Why is Cui Jinyin here too?

"Sister Shen!" Yu Nanshu jumped down as soon as the carriage came to a stop, turning back to urge: "Brother, hurry up, don't forget to take your things!"

Yu Jiusi sighed, holding two food boxes in each hand, and slowly got off the carriage.

Yu Nanshu took Shen Zheng's arm and whispered, "Cui Jinyin insisted on coming with me. I couldn't get rid of her, and she even said that her uncle asked her to deliver a message. In fact, she is just a stickler."

She chuckled and added, "But I didn't let her come here in vain, you see—"

Following her line of sight, Shen Zheng's gaze fell on the food box in Yu Jiusi's hand.

"All four boxes of food are filled with ice cream. I asked her to buy them." Yu Nanshu said in a low voice, "I am a little annoyed. I can't stand her wealth and power. She is stupid and has a lot of money."

As soon as Cui Jinyin got out of the car, she heard the words "stupid but rich" and stamped her foot fiercely. "Yu Lai pig, even eating can't stop your mouth! Just wait! Taotao, take the things down."

"You still have some?" Yu Nanshu, who was known for her adaptability, followed him over. "Miss Cui, you're so generous! I heard the fresh grapes in Ximi Prefecture are delicious. Could you please buy some for me?"

Cui Jinyin crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "I'm not generous, I'm just stupid and rich. Fresh grapes? You're dreaming!"

Although she was not forgiving, she had actually already secretly remembered it in her heart.

But she didn't know how far Ximi Prefecture was from Shangjing, nor did she know that the fresh grapes from Ximi Prefecture could not be transported to Shangjing at all.

Taotao held a lunch box in each hand and got out of the car carefully.

"What are you pretending to be?" Yu Nanshu moved her nose, but there was no smell at all.

Cui Jinyin raised her chin towards Taotao. Taotao placed the food box on the front panel of the carriage and gently opened the lid.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but the moment the food box was opened, Shen Zheng seemed to smell a sweet fruity aroma.

Lychee fragrance.

The strange yet familiar smell made her feel nervous.

"Lychees?!" Yu Nanshu stared at the round, bumpy, red fruits, her eyes widening as she covered her mouth. "They look like they're still rotten. Where did you get them? Did you rob the palace?"

Fresh lychees are something that ordinary people can't afford, and even officials find it difficult to have a taste of them.

In the palace, each lychee was given a name - the emperor's, the empress dowager's, the queen's, the prince's and princess's...

Cui Jinyin was very pleased with her reaction.

Pressing down the corners of her mouth, Cui Jinyin pretended to be nonchalant and said, "My uncle brought this for me when he returned to Beijing. I thought you might not have eaten it before, so I brought it here for you to try. Eat it all today, it won't keep for more than two days if you don't."

She said it lightly, but in fact the journey of this box of lychees to Beijing was extremely bumpy.

Her uncle, General Zhenyuan, seemed to be escorting, but in fact he was monitoring the Japanese envoys returning from the sea border of Da Zhou. After sending the envoys on board, he had to rush back to Shangjing to report.

These lychees were carried back by General Zhenyuan himself.

Every time we arrived at a post station, the ice at the bottom of the box had to be replaced. Even so, countless lychees would go bad along the way.

"Miss, your uncle is really nice, and you are not bad either." Yu Nanshu said while picking up some things that Cui Jinyin liked to hear, and took a lychee to Shen Zheng, "Sister Shen, please try it quickly, these fresh lychees are not often available."

Shen Zheng reached out to take it, staring at the uneven lychee skin in a daze.

Lychees, which are extremely rare in the Great Zhou Dynasty, were already common in previous lives.

Want to eat fresh lychees?

Easy to say.

Fruit stores, food delivery platforms, online shopping platforms, where can’t they be found?

But the lychee in her hand was carried back by the great general of the dynasty after traveling hundreds of miles.

Perhaps this is the meaning of technological development. Many new things are no longer out of reach due to distance, and the same goes for people's hearts.

"You..." Cui Jinyin carefully observed her expression, forced a smile and said: "You don't like to eat this... It doesn't matter, I have other fruits, Taotao can go back and get them. Taotao..."

Sometimes, she is arrogant and domineering.

At other times, she is sensitive and pleasing.

Her living environment has torn her apart, and even she herself can't tell which one is her real self.

"No, I like it very much." Shen Zheng held the lychee and looked up with a smile. "It's just that this is my first time seeing fresh lychees. I'm a little unsure where to start. Should I eat it directly? Or should I wash it before eating?"

Her smile made Cui Jinyin stunned for a moment, and even Cui Jinyin herself didn't realize it, but she seemed to have secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"You've never eaten fresh lychees? Yeah, they're rare." She coughed lightly and took the lychee from Shen Zheng's hand. "Look, this is how lychees bloom..."

She held the litchi in one hand and the stem with the other, and with a slight force, the tender white flesh came out.

"Here—" She handed the half-peeled lychee to Shen Zheng, "You can eat it now, no need to wash it."

"So that's how you eat it." Shen Zheng looked at the lychees from Da Zhou curiously and said with a smile, "The flesh looks like jade. It's beautiful and must be delicious too."

Cui Jinyin's eyes wandered, "Then try it."

The lychee put into her mouth, making Shen Zheng feel a little dazed.

It’s a bit sour, a bit astringent, and the core is a bit big, but it’s fragrant.

"Delicious." She picked the last bit of flesh from the core with her teeth and looked up with a smile: "It's a fragrance I've never tasted before. Thank you, if it weren't for you, I don't know how long it would take me to taste a fresh lychee again."

Cui Yinyin avoided her gaze uncomfortably and asked Taotao to open another food box.

"This contains fried lychees, pickled in honey. They can be used to make a fruit drink. You can drink it tonight. I'll leave after delivering the message."

"What?" Yu Nanshu looked over: "You're not having dinner?"

She thought she would have to pay for a meal because he followed her so stubbornly.