Seeing that she was carrying a backpack, Shen Xingye's eyes brightened. He stared at her backpack with sparkling eyes and was reluctant to move away for even a moment.

Seeing her sitting opposite him, he quickly poured her a cup of tea, rubbed his hands, and kept his eyes on the backpack. "Well, Miss Su,"

As soon as Miss Su said this, he was stunned for a moment, then blinked and muttered, "Brother Lu and I are so familiar with each other, it seems a bit strange to call you Miss Su, how about calling you sister-in-law..."

Before he uttered the word "Zi", Su Ziling looked up at him with his eyes slightly narrowed. Shen Xingye swallowed for some reason and swallowed back the word.

He glanced at the backpack, then looked at Su Ziling, and tentatively said, "Calling you Miss Su is too distant. I'm a few months older than you, so how about calling you sister?"

"Well, you don't look right, I can't call you sister." Seeing Su Ziling's expression was wrong, he immediately changed his words, and then muttered softly, "If I really call you sister, then that bastard Lu Yan will probably skin me alive."

"Tsk!" He tsks softly, frowns slightly, raises his hand to pinch his chin, and after a while, his eyes suddenly brighten, "How about I just call you by your name, Xiao Su? Xiao Qing? Su Qing? Oh, it should be Zi Ling?"

Su Ziling: "..."

The corners of her mouth twitched, "Lord Shen, please do as you please."

"As you please? How can I be as you please, Sister Ziling, where's my tea? Did you bring it? And vermicelli? Can you give me more? The several hundred kilograms you make this month are not enough to share!"

Shen Xingye leaned forward, half of his body lying on the table, one foot propped up on the chair, swaying slightly, baring his white teeth, the corners of his mouth almost reaching his ears.

Chang Ce, who was standing aside, had his mouth twitching violently. He raised his hands to cover his eyes, and finally chose to turn aside, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

It's really unbearable to watch. His son is a prince after all, and now he is a county magistrate, but he has no manners at all.

It would be fine if he was just unruly, but the way he looked now, if he had a tail, he had no doubt that it would be wagging out of place by now.

Su Ziling put the backpack on the ground and took out the tea leaves inside. Seeing the bamboo tube, Shen Xingye couldn't wait to take it.

Su Ziling turned aside and said, "I saved the tea for you. I asked you to help me. How's it going?"

"You mean the road digging?" Shen Xingye sat back in his chair. "It's done. Don't worry. We'll implement it right away. If nothing goes wrong, it will be open in three months."

Hearing him say it was done, Su Ziling put the tea leaves on the table and said, "This is the first batch of tea this year. The quality is pretty good. These are from those hundred-year-old tea trees. These are the ordinary ones. See if you want them. If you can't finish them, I'll sell the rest in the restaurant."

"That's it, that's it!" Shen Xingye opened the bamboo tube and sniffed it gently. "I want it all. You should save some for me in the future. By the way, what about the vermicelli?"

Su Ziling shook his head. "For now, we can only supply this much vermicelli. We'll have to wait until the second half of the year, when the production will double. Then we can give you more."

Shen Xingye was so happy after getting the tea leaves. When he heard that there were no extra vermicelli, he just smacked his lips and said, "Okay, then remember, if there are any extra ones, give them to me first. You see, I will not only offer a high price, but also a large quantity. If we work together, we will definitely make a lot of money."

Su Ziling didn't listen to his empty promises. After deducting the cost of sweet potatoes and labor, what she earned was just a little bit of hard work pay. As for how much money he earned by sending his children to Beijing, it really had nothing to do with her.

She was not jealous. After all, the other person earned his money based on his own ability. If she were really asked to go to Beijing to sell her goods, she didn't think she could make any money there where a brick could kill five high-ranking officials.

Even if you earn money, you have to be alive to spend it.

"By the way, what about the road digging?"

Speaking of the road digging, Shen Xingye's eyes wandered. "What do you mean? It's done. Don't worry about it. I'll have someone notify them later. We can arrange for people to help dig tomorrow. For those who are working in your village, find someone to record how much work each person has done. We will pay them when the time comes."

Hearing his words, Chang Ce took a breath and choked on his saliva.

Shen Xingye turned his head and glared at him.

Su Ziling was not curious at first, but now seeing the reactions of the master and servant, she became interested.

Su Ziling raised his eyebrows, with a hint of smile in his eyes, "You wouldn't..."

"How is it possible! Am I someone who would mess around? I am the prince, the magistrate of Yongchang County. I must follow the rules and never do anything beyond my duty. Before I set out, my father repeatedly reminded me that rules are for everyone, and everyone must abide by them without exception. I was so honest during my tenure, how could I mess around!"

He spoke in a loud voice and his pronunciation was exceptionally clear, but that made him look even more guilty.

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ziling hadn't said anything yet, but Chang Ce's shoulders were shaking like a sieve.

Su Ziling's lips curled slightly. She raised her hand and pointed at Chang Ce who was facing away from him. There was a hint of laughter in her voice, "Your words don't seem to be very convincing."

Shen Xingye turned his head and glanced at Chang Ce. The corners of his mouth twitched, and there was a hint of embarrassment on his face. "Chang Ce has had poor health since he was a child. When he gets excited, his whole body will shake like a sieve. This is his old illness coming back."

As he said this, he slapped him in the face where Su Ziling couldn't see him, and whispered, "Be more restrained and don't go too far."

Su Ziling: "..."

Chang Ce was also puzzled. Was he in poor health? Or had he been like that since childhood? How come he didn't know?

"Oh, he's not feeling well?" Su Ziling looked at him with a half-smile, "How about I hire a doctor for him? Although Yongchang County is not wealthy, I do know a skilled doctor who can cure his illness."

"But~" She paused, and the ending tone was slightly prolonged, "Why do I remember that Chang Ce studied martial arts? It seems that he was also your personal bodyguard. I heard from Eighteen that they seemed to have fought each other. This martial artist..."

As Su Ziling spoke more and more, Shen Xingye reached back from the chair and tugged at Changce's clothes, signaling him to explain quickly.

Chang Ce coughed lightly, trying to hold back his laughter. After adjusting his expression, he turned around and said seriously, "Thank you Miss Su for your kindness. I'm fine now."

"All right?"

"Yeah, it's all right now."

"Oh, I see~" Su Ziling nodded, then looked at Shen Xingye, "Then let's talk about how we raised this money!"

Shen Xingye: "..."

There’s no way to get over this hurdle, right?

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