After Shen Zhiyao returned home, she first picked some ripe tomatoes from the bonsai, leaving a few for Bai Qiu, and then used a few to make seeds. She and Yue Ya shared the rest.
Then, she planted two pots of tomatoes in the vegetable patch in the yard.
Take out a few tomato seeds reserved for seeds, soak them in warm water, and plant them after germination.
After taking care of the tomatoes, Shen Zhiyao began to prepare the food for the evening meal stall.
She was busy with the stalls and restaurants. People who had eaten cakes in Pei Lingxuan's house remembered the deliciousness of the cakes after returning home, and some of them could not forget them.
In several pastry shops in Tongfang County, almost all of them encountered people asking:
"Is there any cake?"
"Don't you know anything about cake?"
"It's fragrant and soft, with white on top, and the texture is as dense as a cloud..."
After asking around, I found that none of the pastry shops in the county sell cakes.
So, someone turned their attention to the Pei Lingxuan family and asked the Pei family where they could buy the cake that day.
Here, Shen Zhiyao is about to receive several cake orders.
On the other side, in the capital city.
Gan Lixin's memorial and Gufengchao traveled up the waterway and were finally delivered to Emperor Zhaoxing.
"Grain windmills can make it easier to separate grains from chaff and shorten people's working time..."
Emperor Zhaoxing looked at the memorial presented and was somewhat interested in Gu Fengche.
"Come here, bring the windmill donated by Tongfang County!"
"yes!"
After a while, a windmill was carried to the main hall.
Emperor Zhaoxing had read the memorial instructions on how to use the rice mill and ordered people to prepare brown rice with rice bran.
After a while, the grain mill was carried outside the temple, and the brown rice was ready.
"My lords, please come with me to see it."
Emperor Zhaoxing stood up, and all the ministers immediately followed him.
The first assistant, Wen Chengyuan, was only behind Emperor Zhaoxing. He had a tall and tall body, and his gray hair was blown by the breeze outside the hall as soon as he left the hall.
He stood unmoved behind Emperor Zhaoxing, watching the eunuchs turning the windmill with a pair of wise eyes. As the windmill operated, the light in his eyes also became brighter.
"Your Majesty, this thing called the Grain Windmill is wonderful. After shortening the time for the people to separate the chaff, the people can do more things."
After the display of the Valley Windmill was completed and Emperor Zhaoxing returned to the main hall with hundreds of officials, an official immediately came out to point out the exquisiteness of the Valley Windmill.
Other officials chimed in with agreement.
Emperor Zhaoxing was very happy: "Please tell me, all the ministers, if Tongfang County presents this thing, how should we reward it?"
After Emperor Zhaoxing finished speaking, everyone in the hall had different opinions.
Officials from Wen Chengyuan's line stood up and tried to persuade Gan Lixin to be promoted.
Someone immediately objected: "Your Majesty, the person who made the windmill was a woman from a farmer's family in Tongfang County. The lower official believes that she should be rewarded. If Gan Lixin is promoted directly, officials all over the world will study this way to get promoted. I am afraid that many people will be promoted." Officials are unfair.”
In Gan Lixin's memorial, Emperor Zhaoxing mentioned that the windmill came from a peasant woman.
"Your Majesty, I also think that the woman should be rewarded." Officials from Wen Chengyuan's lineage responded.
The person who objected to Gan Lixin's promotion just now twitched his lips: He changed his mind so quickly, why don't he insist on it?
The officials reached a consensus, and Emperor Zhaoxing had similar thoughts, so the matter was settled.
Finally, Emperor Zhaoxing handed over the structural drawings of the valley windmill to the Ministry of Industry and asked the Ministry of Industry to promote it.
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After Shen Zhiyao got the restaurant's plaque, she posted the restaurant's recruitment notice.
Lin Suxin learned about this and approached Shen Zhiyao again.
Shen Zhiyao persuaded, "Aunt Lin, the person I hired will be responsible for serving food and washing dishes. You don't have to suffer this hardship."
Lin Suxin waved her hand: "It's okay. I want to find something to do. Just collecting rent is boring."
Shen Zhiyao couldn't persuade her, so he agreed to let her work in a restaurant.
Lin Suxin then went home satisfied.
As soon as she left, Shen Zhiyao's house was knocked again.
"Shopkeeper Zhao?"
Shen Zhiyao opened the door and found Zhao Rufang and her mother Du Shi outside.
"Miss Shen, I hope you'll forgive me for my unexpected visit at night." Zhao Rufang showed a gentle smile and continued: "My mother and I came today to express my gratitude to you."
Shen Zhiyao invited the two of them in and poured them a cup of tea: "Shopkeeper Zhao, how did you know that I live here?"
Du took a sip from her tea cup and explained her confusion: "Miss Shen, my husband is Zhao Yi. Today Fang Shuizha went to my husband's private school to cause trouble. Your brother Shen Baiqiu recognized him, and my husband and I never It was only from Bai Qiu’s mouth that I learned that it was his sister who helped my daughter that night.”
It turns out that they are Zhao Juren’s family members!
Shen Zhiyao sighed, this world is really small.
"Sister, I'm back."
Just as she was sighing, Shen Baiqiu's voice came from outside the courtyard door.
A moment later, Shen Baiqiu, carrying a book bag, appeared in front of everyone.
"Master's Wife?" When Shen Baiqiu saw Mrs. Du here, she immediately thought of what they were here for.
He was also planning to tell his sister when he came back from school that the person he met that day was his master's daughter, but he didn't expect his master's wife and others to come to the door first.
"Bai Qiu, you should go back to your room and read a book first."
After Du Shi and Shen Baiqiu talked for a while, Shen Zhiyao asked Shen Baiqiu to take Shen Yueya down first.
"Miss Shen, this is a thank you gift for you. Thanks to you, the truth was revealed that day and my daughter was innocent."
Mrs. Du handed the snacks and two pieces of brocade they brought to Shen Zhiyao.
Her daughter has been married to Fang Shuizha for many years. Because she has no children, her daughter has been taking medicine.
The daughter also felt guilty because of this and did not tell them that Fang Shuizha would hit people after drinking.
Fortunately, Miss Shen intervened this time and a miracle doctor helped, otherwise Fang Shuicha would have kept the shit basin on his daughter.
However, for so many years, she and her husband did not realize their daughter's suffering, which was also their failure as parents.
Du Shi thought about it, feeling huge guilt in her heart.
"Mrs. Du, I'm just doing something with my hands, it doesn't count. You can take these valuable things back."
Shen Zhiyao declined. She was actually curious about how the relationship between Zhao Rufang and her husband was resolved in the end.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, may I take the liberty to ask, where are you and your husband now?"
"We made peace." Zhao Rufang knew what she wanted to ask and answered her quickly.
Later, Zhao Rufang told her what happened after that day.
It turned out that Zhao Rufang was married to Fang Shuicha and had nothing to do for many years. Fang Shuicha had long wanted to divorce Zhao Rufang.
But Zhao Rufang's father was a Juren. Juren could exempt hundreds of acres of land tax, and all the Fang family's fields were in Zhao Juren's name.
The Fang Shui Cha family was afraid that they would no longer be able to take advantage after divorcing Zhao Rufang, so they slowed down until now.
But Fang Shuizha disliked Zhao Rufang very much in his heart. As soon as he drank alcohol, he showed his true nature and started to touch Zhao Rufang.
