"I thought Xiaojie and Mingyuan would become officials in our family. Who would have thought that our San Ya would become an official, and we are still a girl."

Everyone was a little surprised. San Ya had never been to a proper school, nor had she worshipped any famous teacher, but she was given an official title at such a young age. Her position was much higher than that of the village chief.

They thought to themselves that they should be more careful in what they said and did in the future. After all, the Zhou family's status had changed a little.

"This is all thanks to the Emperor, otherwise I would never have gotten such a good thing. Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Zhou Mingshu didn't want to talk further on this topic, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Grandma, have you prepared some small gifts for the adults? It must have been hard for Master Qi and his men to come all the way from Kyoto in the snow and wind. Shouldn't we show our appreciation?"

"Of course there are some, but after thinking about it, I can only give some food coupons. I don't know what else to give."

Old Mrs. Zhou slapped her thigh in anger. Her brain couldn't make sense at the critical moment.

When Zhou Mingshu heard this, he thought that just giving him vegetable coupons might not be enough, so he decided to give him some silver melon seeds as well.

Anyway, it's just some small change. The emperor gave me several boxes of rewards, so this little bit is nothing.

"Okay, give me some silver melon seeds. I'll add some more. Fortunately, I haven't given them away yet, otherwise it would be ugly on my face."

Old Mrs. Zhou took out the meal ticket she had prepared from her bosom, counted it back and forth, and put some silver melon seeds in it.

Zhou Mingshu went into the house and wanted to take a closer look at the imperial edict.

However, Zhou Mingqi was very efficient and had already put a small lock on the wooden box.

"I was afraid that Xiaojie and Mingyuan would get it dirty if they touched it, so I locked it up. I'll give you the key. Take a look if you want." Zhou Mingqi paused and said, "We just took a look. Could the handwriting inside really be written by the emperor? Regardless of whether it is or not, the handwriting is really very beautiful."

As the two sisters talked and laughed, Zhou Mingshu had already opened the wooden box in his hand.

"Just now I heard from Lord Qi that the emperor wrote it himself. When he entered the palace, the court was on vacation, and the emperor didn't have many memorials to review. After tasting the potatoes, he was very pleased and wrote it down in a flourish."

"Haha, no wonder, the handwriting becomes more and more elegant towards the end."

Zhou Mingshu looked at it carefully, and many words and phrases that he had not heard clearly before were now clear to him.

It turns out that 'Strong Cheese' is 'Governor of Agriculture'!

These three words combined together sound quite delicious.

"Governor Nong, that's right. It can be seen that the emperor likes the potatoes we grow very much. We will plant more in the spring. If we have the chance to give them to the emperor, that would be great."

"That's a good idea. Let's do some serious work then."

The two sisters were chatting excitedly in the room, preparing to continue working hard this year, while different groups of people outside were whispering, saying all kinds of things.

"Master Chengfeng, what does the emperor mean by appointing Miss Mingshu as the agricultural governor? Does he mean that she will be forced to do farm work forever?"

Chengfeng shook his head slowly. He didn't know and didn't dare to speak.

If he guessed his master's intention wrongly, he would be criticized again.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. Miss Mingshu first donated iron ore to our Daliang, and then donated potatoes. Our Daliang soldiers and civilians have all received favors. Isn't it reasonable for her to be given a small official position this time?"

After hearing what Lord Chengfeng said, everyone nodded.

That’s exactly what it should be!

Miss Mingshu has made such a great contribution to the court, the court should give her some benefits, otherwise wouldn't it chill the hearts of the wise men in the world? !

Zhou Mingshu was not upstairs, so Qi Rui ate quickly. He was not very hungry, so he ate a little and went downstairs.

The people from the Zhou family stood in several rows and expressed their gratitude to him one after another.

"Everyone, please get up. We are old acquaintances, so there is no need to be so polite. Today is your big day, so you should think about how to celebrate. I still have some things to take care of here, so I will visit you again after today."

Qi Rui had received the imperial edict, met the people, eaten his meal, and done everything he wanted to do. There was no reason for him to stay any longer, so he straightened the sword at his waist and strode away.

"Tsk tsk, I haven't seen you for a few months. I feel that Master Qi has become more handsome and his figure is still so straight."

Before anyone in Zhou's family could say anything, the mother-in-law who was washing dishes nearby spoke first, and then everyone started gossiping.

"I have never seen such a handsome man in my life. Our Third Brother is already a well-known figure in the nearby villages, but he is still a head shorter than Lord Qi. Third Brother, you won't be angry when I say this, right?!"

Zhou Laosan next to him grinned, "Angry? Why should I be angry? I am so happy. How can I, Zhou Laosan, stand together with Master Qi? This is my honor. Thank you... Thank you everyone."

"Look at you~"

Mrs. Feng, who was standing next to her, hit her husband on the shoulder with a handkerchief and told him to go and do his work, as he was only saying useless things all day long.

The people around also laughed, but quickly changed the subject.

Zhou Mingqin, Zhou Mingqi and several other girls gathered together and discussed what to do to celebrate in the evening.

Having eaten too much meat and fish recently, they felt that the meat in front of them was no longer delicious, so they had no good suggestions.

Seeing that they couldn’t think of any good dishes, the dishwasher suggested that they take a shovel and go to the foot of the back mountain to see if the wild onions had grown.

With the current weather and temperature, it should have peaked.

If you really want to change the taste, some fried eggs or fried bacon are good choices.

As soon as everyone heard about wild onions, they immediately became excited.

"Then let's take a shovel and go take a look. If there is any, we'll dig some up. If not, we'll just treat it as an outing."

"Haha, okay, go early and come back early, go quickly."

As soon as Old Lady Zhou gave in, Zhou Mingqin and the others ran away in a hurry.

As soon as they left, the yard became less noisy and much quieter.

"Oh my god, I can finally be quiet for a while. It's different with a few more kids in the yard. They just add a few more chatterboxes."

"Hahaha, boys can be noisy, but when their daughters-in-law give birth, they all hope for a big fat boy."

"That's not true, but now I don't think the boy is any good. If there were a few more girls like San Ya, it would be a great honor to the family."

"You're right. San Ya is such a good girl. We watched her grow up. How come she is so successful? Even a group of us can't compare to her."

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