After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

In the evening, Cheng Si came to Xie Boyuan's room again.

"Didn't the Sun family win the post of county magistrate?" Xie Boyuan looked at the book and asked casually.

Cheng Si came back very simply: "Someone reported to Li Zhizhou that Sun Guan had colluded with merchants, sought personal gain, and secretly loaned loan sharks. Sun Guan has been suspended from duty and is under investigation."

Hearing this, Xie Boyuan finally looked away from the book: "Oh~ Someone took action? Have you found out who it is?" Cheng Si shook his head. He didn't have any informants in Chuanzhou, so he was all on his own to find out the information.

"Go down. If Ming Jia wants to ask, just tell the truth." Xie Boyuan waved his hand and let Cheng Si go down.

In fact, after Cheng Si set off for Chuanzhou, Xie Boyuan regretted it a little. Ming Jia is a child who doesn't know what's important, and he shouldn't indulge her. Regarding the rice inspection last time and the selection of county magistrate this time, the little girl acted recklessly.

Fortunately, in the end, someone took action in advance and brought down Sun Guan. Could it be that the Sun family had other enemies in Chuanzhou?

Maybe no one would believe it, but it was the emperor's people who did it. The ambition of Sun's subordinate officials was too obvious, and it was impossible for the emperor's spies stationed in Chuanzhou to see the Sun family's plan succeed.

At the same time, the spies have already received the letter. Eunuch Gao sent a letter to pay more attention to the situation in Qu County. The spies have been looking for opportunities to deploy personnel to the Qu County government office. This is a rare opportunity, and it is the manpower requested by County Magistrate Xiao.

The last exchange of rice buckets in Qu County was well covered up by Li Zhizhou. It wasn't until the election of the county magistrate was announced that some rumors came out. The spies followed the clues and found out what happened in Qu County.

After thinking about it for several days, the spy decided to report it. Although it was the Huang family who wanted to plot against Magistrate Xiao, they failed. But after all, it is about grain tax, which is a big deal.

It was Mingjun's eighth birthday. Mingjun was very excited when he woke up early. I received a hairpin from my father, new clothes made by my mother, and a jade pendant from my master.

In fact, when he officially became a disciple, Xie Boyuan wanted to give a jade pendant to Ming Jun. However, many of his things were in the capital at that time and had not yet been sent to Qu County. Nowadays, the jade pendant is given to the disciple on his birthday. The most gift he has received since he was a child is the jade pendant.

Mingjun couldn't wait to put on new clothes and asked his mother to help him put on the jade pendant. He played with the jade pendant and couldn't put it down.

Xiao Qingshan felt a little disgusted when he saw that his son liked the gift from Xie Boyuan so much. Especially since this gift was a jade pendant, he glared at Xie Boyuan who was sitting beside him drinking tea. He felt that Brother Yuan must have laughed at him a lot in the jewelry shop that day!

Mrs. Dong went to the kitchen, planning to cook a meal with her own hands to celebrate together. Mingjia didn't want to be embarrassed and followed her mother to the kitchen. Then, I saw a row of clay pots that I had made before.

She said she seemed to have forgotten something. Counting the days, it's been a month. Dong was busy cooking, and Mingjia was busy cleaning a few clay pots. She was about to open cans.

Mingjia looked at several cans in a row. In addition to the jar with the minimum amount of salt, which was definitely broken, there was also a jar with sugar that seemed to have fermented into wine.

Mingjia looked through the record book he had made when he made cans before, and registered the status and taste every time he opened a can. She planned to ask other people in the kitchen to help her taste it later.

After trying several cans, Mingjia still felt that she had to trust the Chinese people’s selection. Canned fruits are sweet and delicious, and pear ones taste better than pear ones. I don’t know if the fruit has not been grafted and improved, but even with a lot of sugar added, it still tastes sour.

Mingjia finally sent all the cans that she found acceptable in terms of taste, sweetness, and saltiness back to the main courtyard. Ask dad, uncle Yuan, and brother to try it too.

Mother Shui told Mingjia that there was similar food in the capital. However, they are all prepared by wealthy families for their wives in winter. They are usually cooked fresh and are generally not stored. In ordinary people's homes, there is no fruit at all in winter.

Mingjia felt that she had to go back and calculate the cost carefully based on the materials used. Clay pots and fruits were not valuable, but sugar was a valuable item! After recording everything, Mingjia ordered someone to put away the remaining unopened clay pots.

Today I celebrate my brother’s birthday first. Xiao Qingshan and others in the front yard have already eaten the cans sent by Mingjia, and they all taste good. Xie Boyuan didn't know, but Xiao Qingshan recognized it at a glance as the food he cooked with his wife and daughter that day.

I didn’t expect that it would take so long before I could eat it, and he was helpful. Xiao Qingshan couldn't help but show off to Xie Boyuan. He felt that he wanted to get back the face he had just lost because of the jade pendant.

Xie Boyuan paused while eating the can and asked Xiao Qingshan: "You mean this is the recipe Ming Jia found in the book? And you went to the kitchen to cook it yourself?"

"That's right! Isn't my daughter good? I also helped." Xiao Qingshan looked proud. Xie Boyuan looked down at the fruit in the bowl. This little girl had a plan for every step.

Lunch was served on time, and Xie Boyuan also stayed to dine with the Xiao family. At the dinner table, Mingjia peeked at her brother several times. Thinking of the purse in her sleeve pocket, Mingjia blushed for the first time.

The cedar pattern purse that Mingjia embroidered is really the best work she can produce at the moment. But it was still very sloppy, although Granny Yan often praised her for her rapid progress. But Mingjia didn't miss the way Mrs. Yan's mouth twitched when she praised her.

After dinner, Mr. Dong went back to rest. Xie Boyuan and Xiao Qingshan drank tea and chatted together, which was a rare moment of leisure. Mingjun and Mingjia walked side by side to the study.

Mingjia finally decided to give the purse to her brother. After all, she had been preparing for it for a long time.

"Brother, um... happy birthday!" Mingjia called out to Mingjun and handed the purse to Mingjun. She was a little embarrassed and even felt guilty, not daring to look at Mingjun.

Mingjun grabbed the purse. He was very happy to receive a gift from his sister, and it was a purse embroidered by her own hands. Taking it over and looking at it, Mingjun's smile didn't change at all, it was very sincere.

Seeing his brother's reaction, Mingjia stopped blushing. She couldn't help complaining about herself in her heart: "I really treat myself more and more like a child."

Mingjun hung the purse on his body together with the jade pendant given by his master. He held his sister's hand and continued to walk to the study. He didn't intend to tell her that in fact, when he went to find her before, he had accidentally seen the original pattern of the cedar picture.

Mingjun thinks the original pattern is good-looking, but also too complicated. If my sister really embroidered according to the original pattern, she would be very tired. He thinks this simple version of the cedar picture is very good and he likes it very much.

It's his sister Ming Jia's birthday in a few days, and Ming Jun thinks he has prepared a gift for his sister. My sister will definitely like it too.