bayedsolid Chapter 266 Not going back
Chapter 266 Not going back
Lin and Tang Laosan were asked to make ice. Tang Qiyue wanted to do it herself, but was stopped because she was pregnant and couldn't get tired.
Tang Qiyue looked at the villagers queuing in the yard and took Village Chief Fu aside to talk, "Uncle Village Chief, how did you know that I have ice at home?"
Village Chief Fu laughed, "Only people from our village know about that. Now everyone in Linjiang Town knows that the Tang family of Baile Village can make ice. I guess it won't be long before people who want ice will come here."
"What's going on?" Tang Qiyue frowned when she heard this. She had only been making ice for the past two days, so how come it suddenly spread out?
"Every summer, the weather is hot and no one can sleep well. The rich people only have enough ice for themselves and never think of us poor people. Now that you can make ice, we ordinary people have hope." Village chief Fu was very worried when he thought about how he couldn't sleep well at night and had no energy to work during the day.
As for how we knew that Tang Qiyue's family could make ice, it was because the workers in the workshop got popsicles, and some of them were reluctant to eat them themselves, so they sent them back home before they melted.
As time went by, the news that Tang Qiyue's family had popsicles and could make ice spread.
It turned out to be the case.
Tang Qiyue pursed her lips and saw the villagers in front of her holding their ice basins and crying with joy, so she swallowed back what she wanted to say.
Never mind, now that you know it, you know it.
She originally made ice for her own comfort in hot weather, and now she can make the villagers cooler, but it’s not entirely selfish.
"Qiuyue girl, I know you are taking care of everyone by charging thirty cents for an ice basin, but..." Village Chief Fu looked conflicted when he thought of the money for the ice basin.
Tang Qiyue smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as everyone stops scolding me behind my back."
"No, no!" Village Chief Fu waved his hands quickly, "We can't thank you enough. If it weren't for you, our lives wouldn't be so good today. If anyone dares to scold you, I will be the first one to not let him go!"
"Then I'll trouble the village chief to take care of me." Tang Qiyue curled her lips, "But I still have to trouble you. If there are other villagers who need ice basins, please organize them."
The neighboring villages are not very wealthy and cannot afford the extra patients from the wealthy families. I think it won’t be long before they come to Baile Village to seek medical treatment.
"Leave this matter to me. I will never let them bother you." Village Chief Fu patted his chest and assured Tang Qiyue.
After a whole day, every villager got an ice basin and went home happily.
I won't wake up from a hot sleep tonight.
The villagers with a large population bought two ice basins. Tang Qiyue wanted to refuse, but considering that if there were girls in the family, they would have to sleep in the same room, which would be very inconvenient, so she agreed.
If you have a baby girl at home, you can buy an extra ice basin.
Tang Qiuyue, who earned eight or nine hundred coins from selling ice basins, asked Lin to use all the income to buy mung beans and red beans, intending to make them into popsicles.
Xie Mingzhu, who had popsicles and fruits to eat every day, completely forgot that she had promised her cousin Emperor Yongqing that she should return to Beijing after the banquet.
Xie Changjin planned to stay in Baile Village and return to Beijing next year because Tang Qiyue was pregnant and he didn't want her to hurry on the journey. Even though there were the softest mattresses in the carriage, he didn't want Tang Qiyue to suffer this.
Besides, it’s not impossible to stay in Baile Village and wait until the baby is born before returning to Beijing.
Xie Mingzhu felt that this was not possible, because she didn't want to go back to Beijing right now, she also wanted to stay here for the New Year.
There is no strict teacher here, and no Emperor Yongqing who always checks her lessons. It's really too free!
She plays around heartlessly every day, which makes Tang Qiyue's eyebrows jump. Why does she feel that this arrogant princess is becoming more down-to-earth?
Look, she actually went to the rice field to catch fish, not caring at all about her new dress getting dirty. Chunzhi next to her was so anxious that she almost cried.
Chunzhi pressed her chest tightly, her face turned pale with fright.
Although a lot of fish were caught in the rice fields, there was not only mud in it. What if a snake got in and bit the princess?
Just when she was so anxious that she almost went to the rice field to pull Xie Mingzhu up, Tang Qiyue was supported by Xie Mingzhu and she felt like she had seen a savior.
Tang Qiyue nodded to her soothingly, and glanced at Xie Changjin who was supporting her, "Don't be so nervous, I'll be fine, you're exaggerating."
Although the roads in the village are a bit bumpy, it is not so easy to fall. Besides, she is so young now. If she is so nervous now, what will she do when her belly gets bigger?
Xie Changjin frowned and kicked away the small stone blocking the road in front of him. "It's no exaggeration. If I don't protect you, who will I protect?"
Tang Qiyue pushed away his handsome face that was leaning towards her, glanced at the large and small stones on the ground, and an area that was muddy due to the water. Her heart moved, and just as she was about to say something, she heard Xie Mingzhu, who was catching fish in the rice field, shout in surprise.
"Catch it! Catch it!"
Tang Qiyue looked over and saw Xie Mingzhu, whose dress and face were covered in mud, holding a fish bigger than her arm in her arms.
The fish was still able to move and she almost lost her grip on it.
Xie Changjin squinted and looked over, his face gloomy, "Xie Mingzhu, come up!"
Xie Mingzhu froze when she heard the familiar voice, but she was reluctant to let go of the fish she had caught with great difficulty. She shrank her neck and called out, "Cousin."
"Come up."
She walked towards the rice field with a dissatisfied look on her face. Chunzhi came over to support her, and Xie Mingzhu threw the caught fish onto the ground.
"Cousin, I was wrong." Xie Mingzhu lowered her head, not daring to look at Xie Changjin's dark face.
She is living under someone else's roof now, so she dare not lose her temper.
Tang Qiyue glanced at the arrogant princess who admitted her mistake obediently, tugged at the corner of Xie Changjin's clothes and said, "Why are you so fierce? Mingzhu has lived in the palace most of the time. Now that she follows us out, it's inevitable that she is curious about these things."
"She has guards around her, she'll be fine."
Xie Mingzhu secretly glanced at Tang Qiyue who was talking to her and grinned with satisfaction.
Xie Changjin saw the smile on her face accurately, and his expression became even uglier. "I won't stop you if you want to play, but what if there's a snake in the field and you get bitten?"
"No, cousin. I'm hungry just looking at it. I won't let the snake bite me." Xie Mingzhu couldn't help but retort.
"Okay! Just know it yourself." Xie Changjin patted Tang Qiyue's hand that was holding the corner of his clothes, looked at Xie Mingzhu with a serious face and said, "You should go back to Beijing."
"I'm not going back." Xie Mingzhu refused without even thinking, "I don't want to go back. I haven't stayed long enough, cousin."
There were delicious fruits and popsicles, and she didn’t even have to take care of them. It was so much fun, she didn’t want to go back.
"My cousin, the Crown Prince, has sent someone to send a letter. You must return to the capital within half a month."
"Ah!" Xie Mingzhu raised her head in dissatisfaction, with an angry look on her face, "Brother Crown Prince, why don't you write to me?"