The husband is a love brain

"Master Juren, you stopped studying and farmed instead." Many people joked when they saw Zhao Shutong frequently coming to the field recently.

"Of course I have to read the book, and I have to plant the land." Zhao Shutong replied without much explanation.

"Do you still plant when you become an official?" Someone teased.

"Plant, even those who become officials have to eat food." Zhao Shutong said.

"What is this sweet potato? Why is it worth coming to the field every day, Mr. Juren?" Someone inquired.Whenever someone asked this question, Zhao Shutong would say that it was a rarity from Fanbang.

Old man Zhao also often comes to the sweet potato field.

Seeing the sweet potato seedlings jumping up very fast, I was terrified.

Zhao Shutong spends less time reading these days, and spends all day around sweet potatoes.The old man Zhao was really afraid that Zhao Shutong would be stunned, and he would be fascinated by the "three thousand catties per mu" sweet potato, and he would have no time to rejoice.

Old man Zhao is a crop grower, so he naturally knows that if the sweet potato can really produce [-] catties per mu, how many lives can be saved in times of natural disasters and man-made disasters.It is precisely because of this that old man Zhao dare not think of such a good thing.

In the past two days, old man Zhao hesitated to speak every time he saw Zhao Shutong.

"Father, why have you been so preoccupied these two days?" Zhao Shutong couldn't see his father's aggrieved look, so he asked directly.

"Son, your sweet potato has grown two inches in just a few days, faster than weeds. I'm afraid you have been cheated." Zhao old man said, he always felt that what Zhao Shutong planted was not food , are weeds that usurp the soil and water power of crops.

"Father, everything is normal. Sweet potatoes grow underground. If the top grows faster, the bottom will grow even faster." Zhao Shutong explained, "I think it's time to fertilize the field in two days. "

Mutated sweet potatoes grow fast, so the demand is naturally great, and the follow-up nutrition cannot fail to keep up.

Old man Zhao saw that Zhao Shutong was so confident, so he had no choice but to let him continue.

The old man's ability to explain new things is relatively poor, Zhao Shutong still understands his mentality, and occasionally tells the old man Zhao the data he has observed and recorded in the sweet potato field.

Zhao Shutong didn't need Zhao Gui to send him around on weekdays, so he asked Zhao Gui to inquire about the affairs of the Northwest and the imperial court's disaster relief policy when he was free.

The value of his mutant sweet potatoes is closely related to these situations.

"Uncle Tong, some of the refugees near the capital were taken in by the emperor to Huangzhuang as tenant farmers, and the other part was arranged to go to Zhili to open up wasteland. It is said that those who went to open up wasteland were exempted from taxes for five years. In the northwest, the emperor sent his younger brother Chu The king went to the northwest to open a granary for disaster relief, and ordered the local officials along the way to take in the refugees in the northwest, and also exempted the northwest from taxes for five years, so that the northwest could recuperate."

Zhao Shutong knew it well.

The imperial court is only temporarily suppressing the affairs in the northwest. If there is no rain in the past two years and the drought continues in the northwest, there may be civil uprisings in the northwest, or if the northwest hides it for another two or three months, it may There was already a riot.The security risks in the northwest are huge, so the court let the king of Chu, who is good at leading the army, sit in the northwest.

I would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times.For his own stable life, Zhao Shutong still hopes that the northwest side can survive this natural disaster safely.

When Zhao Gui came back, he not only brought him back the affairs of the Northwest, but also knew that Zhao Shutong had been working as a teacher for the little brother in Pei's house before, and Zhao Gui also specially tricked Zhou's family into marrying Pei's family, Pei Shilang and Zhou Shilang I inquired about the process of cutting gowns and judging justice in the palace.

In fact, there is no need to inquire about the affairs of the Pei and Zhou families at all. As the newcomers of the people in the capital, everyone is very fond of talking about the grievances and grievances of such aristocratic families.

"Zhou Shilang took Mr. Zhou to Mr. Pei's house on Tuesday to make an apology and plead guilty. The Pei family didn't even let them in. I heard that Mr. Zhou's eldest son was engaged to the niece of Concubine Rou's family. You don’t even give face, so you can see that you really dote on that little brother and don’t want him to suffer a little bit of grievance.” Zhao Gui told Zhao Shutong vividly.

"Qiqi is indeed favored." Zhao Shutong nodded.

Zhao Shutong didn't expect that the incident that day would be such a big deal, and Pei Shilang was really fresh.At the beginning, he doubted Pei Shilang's vision because of Pei's family and Zhou's family. After all, Zhou Wenyan is really not a good match this time. He is cowardly, pedantic, indecisive, has no opinion and owns his own. It seems that he has been won over by that cousin. , and there is another strong person, if Pei Qizhen is married to Zhou Wenyan, it will be almost the same as jumping into a fire pit.

Unexpectedly, the old man turned his face when he said that he turned his face.

Thinking that he might encounter even more terrible things if he went to propose marriage, Zhao Shutong felt a toothache, and Pei Xiaoqi owed him a lot.

"There are also people who say that Zhou Shilang relied on Pei's family to take the position of servant, but he was ungrateful and bullied the Pei family brother. Pei Shilang just didn't want to associate with such a shameless villain, so he cut off his robe with Zhou Shilang in the palace." Zhao Gui. Continue to tell Zhao Shutong what he heard from the market.

"Pei's family is upright, and Pei Shilang is upright, so naturally he doesn't like that kind of people." Zhao Shutong said noncommittally, always feeling that there were other reasons behind it.

If it was because of Pei Qi, the two families would not communicate.

Such a high-profile come up with a circumcision, if there is no article in it, who would believe it.

Thinking of how difficult this prospective father-in-law is, Zhao Shutong broke out in cold sweat and dared not go back on marrying Pei Qi.Yes, now it is not a question of whether to think about it, but Zhao Shutong dare not.There is still a way out after a fight. If he is not responsible and is stabbed by Pei Qi to Minister Pei, he really can't afford it and walks away.He couldn't hide for the rest of his life, besides, he still had his father, Old Man Zhao, to take care of him.

No matter what the original body was, he was still a filial person.

He has been with the old man Zhao for so long, and he has already recognized this father, and he needs Zhao Shutong to live here, so he naturally has to take on the responsibility of supporting the old man Zhao until his death.

"Thank you for your hard work, you will keep the half taels of silver." Zhao Shutong took out a silver dime and gave it to Zhao Gui.It was really hard work for Zhao Gui to inquire about the news.

"Uncle Tong, it's my job to do things for you, without money."

"What's your plan?" Zhao Shutong gave him a squinting look.

"Uncle Tong, you planted these sweet potatoes specially, and even ran to the field yourself. These sweet potatoes must be something precious. When they are ripe, can you give me a few catties? My grandfather also wants to grow this kind of food that foreigners eat." .” Zhao Gui said flatteringly.

"You have vision." Zhao Shutong thought, there is no shortage of smart people at any time. Although Zhao Gui's family didn't know that sweet potatoes can produce thousands of catties per mu, they knew the speciality of sweet potatoes through their own attitude. "When the sweet potatoes are ripe, I will give you a few kilograms."

Zhao Shutong is very generous, anyway, it is not a valuable thing, and it will be spread in the end.