A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

"I heard that you went to Cui's house today?" Shen Nian asked when she came in.

"Well, why did you come back so early today?" Xia Tian raised his eyebrows and asked as he took off his cloak and handed it to Ningxiang.

"Have you had lunch?" Xia Tian sat down on the kang in the warm room.

"I've eaten." Shen Nian looked at her. "Did the Cui family ask you for something?"

When he came back today, he wanted to discuss the waterwheel with her, but Ningxue said that she had gone to Cui's house.

So he waited in the house.

But I don’t know why the Cui family wants to see her?

"My aunt heard that I'm a good portrait painter, so she wanted me to draw a family portrait for them, and also a portrait of my grandparents."

Xia Tian didn't mention Cui Biyun to avoid making both of them angry.

"How does she know you can draw portraits?" Shen Nian was a little surprised.

Since they came to Linzhou, no one should know that Xia Tian can draw portraits, right?

"I heard that my uncle was worried about you and asked someone to find out the news in the capital."

Shen Nian paused and felt a little guilty towards his uncle. He didn't expect that even after so many years of no contact, his uncle was not distant with him and still cared about him very much.

"You agreed?"

"Well, my aunt gave me back the silver, but I took half of it." Xia Tian took out the two boxes and placed them on the kang table.

"The other one contains jewelry."

She opened the two boxes and showed them to Shen Nian.

"It's your duty, you should keep it!" Although they are relatives, one thing is for sure, and it is only right for him to accept the money.

This is to prevent some people from asking you to work without paying you under the name of being a relative.

Xia Tian thought the same, so he didn't completely refuse.

"Brother Shen, why did you come back so early today? Is everything okay at the yamen?" Xia Tian remembered that he had been working from dawn to dusk these days and had not been seen in anyone, but he came back so early today. Something must have happened, so he asked casually.

"I have something important to do." Shen Nian put down his teacup. "I'm looking for someone to make a waterwheel according to the diagram you drew. The carpenter doesn't understand some things, so I came to ask you to take a look."

"Have you started building the waterwheel?" Xia Tian was quite surprised. He hadn't heard Shen Nian mention it for a while. He thought that they had to build the ditch first and find a suitable place before building the waterwheel. He didn't expect that it was almost done.

"Well, I thought I'd make it first to see the effect, so I asked a few carpenters to come and try to do it." Shen Nian explained.

He had never seen a waterwheel, and neither had the carpenter. They made it according to the drawing, but they always felt something was wrong.

I've been researching this for two days and still can't figure it out.

Only after the carpenter reported this to him did he think of asking Xia Tian to go and take a look.

After all, from the picture she drew, she definitely knew what was wrong with this thing.

"Then let's go and take a look." In summer, people get off the kang and put on shoes.

She also wanted to see if the waterwheel was the same as the one she imagined.

Shen Nian saw that she had put on her shoes, and personally took out a thin cloak for her to put on before they went out together.

"Where is the waterwheel?" she asked after getting on the carriage.

"It's in the backyard of the governor's office."

He would still check on that place from time to time, and he would not feel comfortable leaving it somewhere else.

When they arrived at the governor's office, Xia Tian followed Shen Nian in.

This was her second time at the yamen, so some of the runners didn't recognize her.

After they had passed by, they discussed it in a low voice.

"Who is that lady you're talking about? Is she the wife of our governor?"

"I think so. But last time, a girl also came to see our governor. Who was she?"

"Who knows? Our governor is so good-looking, so naturally there are many girls who like him."

Although Xia Tian was far away and the two of them spoke quietly, she still heard it.

Laughing and teasing Shen Nian, "It seems that I need to come to this governor's office more often in the future. Otherwise, they won't recognize me as the governor's wife, and that will give others an opportunity to take advantage of me."

The girl that the yamen runner was talking about should be Yang Yiyi!

Would there be other girls looking for him?

Xia Tian looked at Shen Nian suspiciously, as if thinking about something.

Her Shen Nian is indeed very good-looking and holds a high official position. Wouldn't there be any girl rushing to find him?

The more Xia Tian looked at it, the more likely it seemed. This kind of thing couldn't happen again. It seemed like she had to be more careful in the future.

At least you have to be careful about other girls rushing towards you.

"Well, Madam, you can come every day from now on." Shen Nian replied seriously.

Seeing that Xia Tian kept looking at him, he let her look at him frankly.

"Xia Xia, are you doubting your husband?"

"No way! I'm just afraid that my husband is too handsome and someone will want to snatch him away from me."

"Don't worry, no one can take it away." Shen Nian approached Xia Tian and whispered.

Xia Tian smiled with pursed lips.

She still believes Shen Nian on this point!

The two chatted and laughed as they reached the backyard, where they saw several carpenters working on a similar waterwheel.

The carpenter only noticed the two men when they came up to him.

Hurry up and bow and greet.

Shen Nian waved his hand, and Xia Tian stepped forward with a smile, "Masters, where is the problem? Let me take a look."

Several carpenters stepped back, "Madam, do you understand this?"

A carpenter asked curiously, wondering why the person called over was a woman, and whether she knew how to operate the waterwheel.

"Well, the drawing in your hands is what I drew." Xia Tian said with a smile, pointing to the drawing in the hand of a carpenter.

"Did the lady draw this?" Several carpenters were shocked. They didn't expect that such an exquisite picture was drawn by a woman.

However, they had no prejudice and made way for her to go forward and check.

Xia Tian didn't say any more words. He took the drawing from the carpenter's hand and checked it bit by bit.

After looking at the waterwheel for a long time, which was made exactly as in the drawing, and walking around it twice, he discovered the problem. "I see, the wooden bucket for scooping water is installed upside down." Xia Tian pointed to the problematic area and showed it to them.

Several people came forward and checked the drawings again, only to find that they were indeed installed upside down.

Why do I feel like something is wrong?

After the problem was found, several carpenters quickly dismantled the assembled parts and continued to install them in a different direction.

Xia Tian watched them install a few and then stopped watching. He followed Shen Nian to his office.

"Brother Shen, there's also a way to turn the waterwheel by stepping on it. I'll draw that for you too!"

It suddenly occurred to her that if the amount of water used was not large and was only used occasionally, this manually operated waterwheel might be better for them.

When Shen Nian heard this, he stood up and asked Xia Tian to sit behind his desk. He ground the ink himself and asked her to draw it well.

Xia Tian didn't hesitate and sat down at Shen Nian's desk to start painting.

Just when he was concentrating on painting, Lord Cao, Lord Wang and Lord Li came in.

"Governor, we just want to talk to you about something." Lord Cao walked in first.

As soon as he said this, he saw the governor's wife bending over the desk, writing and drawing, and he was stunned for a moment.

What’s going on? Why is the governor’s wife here?

No, how did she sit in the governor's seat?

The key point is that the governor stood by and ground ink for her!

This strange scene left the three adults unable to react for a while.