Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 17 The Adorable Chen Meiniang

After finishing all this, it was a little dark, Zhao Cheng bought some high-quality tenderloin, some ingredients, and picked two eggs before collecting the stalls in the market.

The productivity of this era is very low. Pork is fine because it is fried as dirty meat, but eggs are a real luxury, and it is difficult for ordinary people to afford eggs.

However, eggs are a complete nutrient, it can turn into a chicken with all five internal organs, so eggs are essential to supplement nutrition for Chen Meiniang.

When she came back, Chen Meiniang's rice was basically cooked.But there is almost no meat, just a little brown rice, a little green vegetables, and a little salted vegetables.

Life is like this now, Gui Jiaoqi will follow the boss and the proprietress when eating, Zhao Cheng is at Chen Mei's mother's house when sleeping, and Gui Jiaoqi goes to Zhao Cheng's house.

"The rice is ready." Chen Meiniang got a wet cloth to wipe his face, "You can start the meal when you come."

What to eat like this.

Zhao Cheng took the initiative to go to the stove and started making steamed eggs and sweet and sour pork.

Just smelling the fragrance made Gui Jiao Qi want to die from happiness.However, Mei Niang was extremely worried, so she came over and hugged Zhao Cheng's waist and said that he would go bankrupt soon if he did this.

Zhao Cheng secretly laughed, the boss, I have already gone bankrupt, but I can't say it out for the time being to knock her down.

Sitting around eating together, Gui Jiaoqi would not eat meat, he would eat as much as Zhao Cheng gave him.

He simply divided the meat equally, and forced Meiniang to eat more eggs.Because food and clothing make desires, she is in good health to have benefits.It's as simple as if the government treats the people well, so the people will pay more taxes.

After finishing this meal that was very rich in the Song Dynasty, for the ancients or the poor, it is almost time to go to bed.Guijiaoqi went back to Zhao Cheng's side to sleep.

Chen Meiniang, who looked like a cute girl, was sitting next to her doing some embroidery or something, and she was rambling about that a bucket of rice from shopkeeper Li in the east was two cents cheaper, but Lao Li was dishonest and liked to add some sand to the brown rice.The price of shopkeeper Wang in the west is higher, but there is less sand.

In the end, Meiniang's conclusion is: Li shopkeeper mixed with sand is more powerful.The proof process is: she has time to carefully sift out the sand, and if the weight is calculated, Lao Li's rice is still cheaper than shopkeeper Wang's by a penny per bucket of rice.

"Well, Mei Niang is really good at running a house and smart."

Zhao Cheng looked outside the house absently, wondering if the little girl could survive.

"Of course." Chen Meiniang was very happy to be praised by someone as smart as him.

Her embroidery was not for herself, nor for Zhao Cheng.That was a chore she picked up from Su Ganniang, an embroidery village in the west of the city.If she has more time, she can get nearly ten copper coins every day.

Zhao Cheng continued to say absent-mindedly: "By the way, Meiniang, you need nearly an hour to sieve rice, so you can save a penny. Embroidery takes two hours and you get eight pennies. So do you still think the rice from Shopkeeper Li is cheap?"

"Yeah, it's cheap." Chen Meiniang nodded cutely.

I'll go~
This caused Zhao Cheng to almost fall off his seat.

Chen Meiniang thought for a while and said, "Did Meiniang say something wrong?"

"No, Meiniang is really smart."

Zhao Cheng put his hands on his chin and said, "You are wise and stupid, and I am clever. You are so cute, you can become my boss's good helper. In the future, when I log into Qingyun to be the prime minister, you can get back your capital and interests at once. All the investment in the next eight lifetimes. Instead of focusing on a few pennies of firewood, rice, oil and salt, it’s amazing.”

Chen Meiniang was happy and a little messy, she felt that he was a bit naughty, and she was afraid that he was going to coax people into doing bad things again.

However, she thought too much. The tax had already been collected in advance today, so Zhao Cheng would not practice "tyranny".Chatting with her is just to give her time to digest food and add some emotional communication by the way.

At about the same time, he took away the embroidery in her hand and put her down under the quilt to rest.

Then Zhao Cheng came out and looked up at the night sky.I saw that the sky was gloomy and there were no stars.

After a while, it finally rained, and the rain was not small.

The most worrying thing finally happened. If the rain does not stop for a short period of time, it means that the best construction period is officially over.

This means that everyone's interests have been damaged. There was indeed no scorching sun at that time, but more people would join the ranks of labor. There will be no talk of going home to rest, and a tent will be built by the river to work around the clock.

At that time, those who retreat will not be whipped, which is equivalent to deserting soldiers on the battlefield, and will be knifed.

This nima also means that Zhao Cheng's interests will suffer a great loss. Not only will he lose the copper money income on the construction site, but he will also take the lead in rescue at night when the river surges and the flow speeds up under the supervision of guards with knives. The chance of death is actually not too high. Small……

On this night, Lao Liu, head of the special police patrol in Guichi County (zhoucheng), held a waist knife in one hand and an umbrella in the other, and accompanied the county master to rush out of the city to check the situation at the river construction site.

The county master is a scholar in his early thirties, but he has a stern expression on his face.When approaching the river, he saw that the most dangerous section of the river was pitch black, and there were no ghosts, so he whipped Liu Dutou with a whip.

Old Liu was used to being whipped often, and all the policemen next to him were so frightened that they knelt on the ground with one leg.

"The most dangerous construction site in our county, the river defense point, why is there no labor on duty?" The county master snorted coldly.

Liu Dutou was unable to answer, and he was slapped again when he spoke firmly, so he continued to walk with the county magistrate towards the river in the heavy rain.

When he arrived at the riverside, the county master's expression softened a little. He pushed away Lao Liu's umbrella with a wave of his hand, and walked a long way on the embankment by himself.

Hey.

At this point, Lao Liu became proud, he was really lucky, and accidentally used Zhao Cheng.Speaking of the construction progress being a bit behind due to various reasons, I dare not say more about this point, but the quality is certainly not to be said. The inspector Zhao Cheng usually brings his own lunch box is much stricter than the old inspector Liu.

At some point, the county master stopped, looked at the river that was starting to speed up for a while, and hooked his hands again.

Liu Du ran over with his head dizzy and said, "Master Xian, the construction progress is indeed a bit out of line with expectations, but this is limited to the guidance of public opinion in Guichi County, and the humble staff dare not be presumptuous..."

"Stop pushing!"

The county lord raised his hand and stopped: "What is the guidance of this county, how many people are serving, what is the serving group, what is the mentality, what is the status of the project, this county knows better than you."

"Yes, yes, the magistrate is wise." Old Liu closed his mouth.

The county master pointed around: "Who repaired it?"

Liu Du cupped his fists and said with a heart-to-heart look: "It's a humble job to earnestly comprehend the spirit of the master..."

Snapped--

Another whip made him jump up, and Liu Dutou didn't dare to speak again.

The county master said coldly: "If you have this ability, you still need me to come here to walk around now, do you think I don't have a beauty to warm the bed?"

Liu Dutou looked helpless, "Um, the magistrate is wise, I can't hide anything from you......"

The county master was a little dizzy. He couldn't help but raise the whip in his hand and looked at Liu Dutou with evil intentions.

Old Liu finally stopped talking nonsense, "It was Zhao Chengxiu's. When he felt that the construction progress was lagging behind, he discovered his talent in this area and used it with insight. This person is a native of Guichi County. Be down-to-earth and positive..."

"This county doesn't care."

The county master interrupted and threw the leather whip in his hand on the ground, "Give this whip to him and let him continue to supervise the river project. Using this whip to beat people is not considered public grievance. That's it."

After saying that, he turned around and left with an umbrella.

The policeman and Liu Dutou breathed a sigh of relief. This time, Zhen Nima was lucky to meet Zhao Cheng, otherwise he would meet the god of evil, this master would really kill one or two people to sacrifice the flag, or call it a sacrifice to the sky...

(End of this chapter)