Female-to-male: I live on farming

Qin Ke deliberately rushed to finish the work before the snow fell, as he did not want to suffer alone in repairing the river embankment in Qinzhou for two years.

Hanging out with a group of men all day, especially in the summer, those river workers chose to work shirtless for the sake of coolness and convenience. Qin Ke felt it was an eye-irritation to look at their dark backs every day.

From this we can see that it is not impossible to build a tall building as long as you have enough funds and manpower.

This kind of project, which would take an ordinary person two years to complete, was completed by Qin Ke in just half a year. Of course, this also caused him to offend many people inadvertently.

In particular, his measure of changing the river course violated the interests of many people. Many local clans in Qinzhou relied on shipping and river ports for income, and Qin Ke's change of the river course directly affected the industries they relied on for their livelihood.

How could they be happy about this? But no one dared to provoke him.

They could only trip him up secretly. For example, when he was recruiting river workers, they deliberately used their power to prevent Qin Ke from recruiting anyone.

It is the truth that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. However, Qin Ke did not indulge them. If he could not recruit people locally, he would go to the villages and surrounding areas to recruit people.

Because of floods, most of the fields in Qinzhou were flooded this year and there was no harvest. The people were worried about having no food, so when they heard that someone was recruiting workers, providing food and accommodation, and wages, they naturally rushed to come.

Anyway, no matter what, Qin Ke finally completed the task after going through untold hardships and was able to go home before the Spring Festival to celebrate the New Year with his family.

The day to return to Beijing was not in a hurry. The winter air was so cold that it seemed to penetrate one's bones. Qin Ke lazily nestled in the warm and comfortable carriage. There was a delicate and small stove in the carriage. She warmed her hot tea, leaned against the wall quietly, and looked through the window at the outside world.

Outside the window, the cold wind was blowing, shaking the trees and rustling the leaves. The sky was gloomy and it seemed that snowflakes might fall at any time.

At this time, they were getting closer and closer to the capital, especially when they were still a few kilometers away from the city gate. The originally rugged official road had been paved into a concrete road. The road surface was extremely smooth, without any bumps at all.

It seems that the people in the Ministry of Industry have been working hard in the past six months.

Before Qin Ke returned to Beijing, he sent a letter to his family in advance. In ancient times, communication was inconvenient and there were no telephones, so they could only calculate the time taken on the road to estimate the time Qin Ke would arrive in Beijing.

Before he reached the mansion gate, the guard in charge of guarding and welcoming him hurried inside to report.

Not long after, Lu Sijing came out with Lu Tang and Yueya.

Qin Ke took a quick look but did not see Lu Youqing. It was not yet time to leave the yamen, so he guessed that his wife was still working in the yamen.

"Aunt, I'm back." Qin Ke greeted Lu Sijing first, and at the same time picked up Yueya.

Lu Sijing looked at Qin Ke for a long while with a distressed look on her face: "Look at you, you have lost a lot of weight and become darker. Now that you are back, you must take good care of yourself."

In the past, Lu Sijing could not find many men in the capital who were fairer than Qin Ke. Now, after not seeing him for half a year, he had become much darker and thinner.

Qin Ke couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his face. He had been staring at the sun by the river all summer, and even though he was careful, he was indeed quite tanned.

"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt." Qin Ke was very touched by Lu Sijing's concern.

After a brief chat as they walked towards the mansion, Qin Ke looked at his daughter who was nestling obediently in his arms with a tender face.

"Baby, do you miss your daddy?"

Yueya nodded heavily, and put her little hands around Qin Ke's neck to ask for favors: "Did Daddy receive the words I wrote?"

Yueya will be four years old after the New Year.

In ancient times, the age of enlightenment was generally around four years old. Many families would send their children to private schools or hire teachers to teach them reading, literacy, and etiquette at this time.

Since Lu Youqing came back and had nothing to do, she began to teach Yueya calligraphy. When she corresponded with Qin Ke, Yueya would also insert the large characters she practiced for Qin Ke to see.

"Of course I saw it. The baby is so great. He can write so well at this age." Qin Ke did not hesitate to praise.

Besides, as parents, we always think the best of our children.

In Qin Ke's mind, there is no one more obedient and lovely than Yueya.

Yueya smiled shyly when she received the praise from her father, and then suddenly leaned close to Qin Ke's ear and whispered, "Daddy, I'm already a big kid, you can't call me baby anymore."

Qin Ke burst out laughing.

In modern times, a three-year-old baby can just go to kindergarten, but here he would actually say that he is a big kid.

Qin Ke, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, had to pretend to be in embarrassment: "What can I do? No matter how old Yueya is, she is still a baby to Daddy."

Yueya didn't dislike Qin Ke calling her baby, she just felt a little embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, she pursed her lips and said, "Then Daddy, please don't call me baby in front of outsiders."

"Okay, from now on I'll call you that when we're alone together." Qin Ke responded without any objection.

Holding his sweet and soft daughter in his arms, Qin Ke felt his heart soften. No matter what time it was, home was the only place where he could feel most at ease and comfortable.

As soon as Lu Youqing entered the mansion, he heard that Qin Ke had returned. The corners of his lips curled slightly, and his steps quickened.

At this time, Qin Ke had already taken a comfortable hot bath and changed into a comfortable long gown.

He opened his arms towards Lu Youqing and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since we last met. Would you like to give me a hug?"

Lu Youqing took off her cloak, and although she gave him a cold look with a smile, she walked towards his arms very honestly and hugged him.

"I heard that you are now the Minister of the Chancellery. From now on, I have to call you Prime Minister Lu." Qin Ke said with a hint of teasing in his tone.

"That's right. From now on, you will be under my control. Don't even think about getting ahead."

When Qin Ke heard this, he suddenly smiled evilly and leaned close to her ear and said meaningfully: "I am very willing to be 'pressed' under you, my lady."

He was also afraid that Lu Youqing wouldn't understand what he meant, so he deliberately emphasized the tone of certain words.

Now even if Lu Youqing didn't want to think about it, it would be impossible, especially with Qin Ke's hand on her waist becoming more and more dishonest.

Lu Youqing was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, then you wait for me in bed."

After saying that, he pushed Qin Ke away and prepared to take a shower first.

Hey, when Qin Ke heard this, he knew that something would happen tonight, and he lay on the bed waiting excitedly. After thinking for a while, he unbuttoned his pajamas, pulled them down to his shoulders, and posed.

Fortunately, the charcoal fire in the house was burning brightly, so it didn't feel cold at all.