activa-t Chapter 335 Reward
Chapter 335 Reward
Lin Jiaojiao couldn't catch up with the hustle and bustle of Jiyun City.
She felt uncomfortable from the time she came back from morning exercise to the time she finished breakfast. Usually, when she stretched out her hand, a handkerchief would be handed to her, but now, she stretched out her hand out of habit but no one handed it to her, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
When she was having breakfast earlier, she had already informed her family that Lan Jiu had left for something.
What surprised her most was that Xiaowu came to find her and said that he would not go to school anymore and wanted to continue to serve her.
She refused.
Xiaowu could only go to school with his bag in a disappointed mood, which was in stark contrast to the cheerful Xiaoliu next to him.
Xiaowu is seriously averse to studying.
Now when she walked into the study, she saw Lin Yiyan holding the account book, and she walked forward with heartache.
"Brother, I'll just take a look at the account book. The most important thing for you now is to rest."
Lin Yiyan smiled and said, "It's only this morning and I'm allowed to rest. It's not hard to look at the account book."
She walked up and took the palm-leaf fan from Zhao Xiaotong's hand, and Zhao Xiaotong sensibly stepped back.
She stood behind him and fanned him gently, then put her other hand on his shoulder and leaned over to whisper in his ear.
“But it takes a lot of brainpower.”
His grip on the account book tightened, and then the expected kiss fell on his cheek. His heart warmed and he raised his hand to press the hand on his shoulder.
"Jiaojiao, now that Lan Jiu is gone, why don't you go buy a servant? How can you survive without someone to serve you?"
"Yes, we need to buy some servants. I see the flowers and plants in the backyard are growing wildly. Usually, only Zhao Bo's fifth and sixth children take care of them. We really don't have enough manpower."
"Xiaozhi really likes the wild flowers in the backyard and often picks them and puts them in bottles."
"He doesn't like them at all. He just can't bear to pick the flowers grown in the yard."
In the past, Jiang Huai would pick some flowers like lilies and roses for flower arrangements. Later, when he saw that Lin Yizhi only picked wild flowers, he would occasionally pick a lily and put it in the house.
After she knew about it, she told Lin Yizhi to go ahead and pick it boldly, and she even pretended to recite a poem at that time.
"If there are flowers, you must break them off. Don't wait until there are no flowers."
Instead, Jiang Huai looked at her with new eyes, and she felt so embarrassed that she quickly said that the poem was written by someone else. However, Jiang Huai did not believe her and said that she was being too modest.
She was in tears and said she would never pretend to be cool again.
Lin Yiyan smiled helplessly and said, "These flowers are so beautiful. I would not be willing to pick them even if I were you."
Lin Jiaojiao brought a chair over and sat down next to him, then opened the store system and spoke while checking the account books of various Zhiwei Malatang stores.
"We can't always enjoy them in the garden, but if we put them in a vase, we can see them at any time and decorate the house. We can enjoy the flowers and smell their fragrance without leaving the house."
He put down the account and leaned towards her, fanning her from time to time to give her a slight cool breeze.
"When the baby is born, the flowers will wither."
She comforted him, "It's okay, it's okay. There are many beautiful flowers in autumn. I will plant any flower you want."
He smiled and said, "Just kidding. How can I have the leisure and elegance to do this after having two little ones?"
After hearing this, she immediately turned around and took his hand.
"Of course you can. When the child is born, you will just have the identity of a father, but you will still be you, the gentle, tough, smart and brave Lin Yiyan. Don't let this identity constrain you and neglect yourself. Before loving others, please don't forget to love yourself."
"Jiaojiao..."
His eyes were already slightly red, and the hand holding the fan was trembling slightly. He really wanted to kiss her now.
Lin Jiaojiao leaned over and whispered to his belly, "Xia Youdongyi thinks so too, right? Only when Daddy loves himself more can he love you better. Then let Daddy be your role model."
"Jiaojiao, thank you."
...
It was already afternoon when Governor Jiang's team arrived.
The mighty team drove into Linjia Village, attracting the attention of the entire village. After all, the leading cavalry guard looked so majestic that it was obvious that he was an important person.
Lin Jiaojiao had already led the whole family to stand at the gate. Fortunately, Lan Yi was there, otherwise no one would have informed them in advance and they would have had to wait outside early.
She was fine standing, but she felt sorry for her two husbands who were about to give birth.
After a while, the team came in front of them.
"The prefect has arrived—"
When the majestic voice sounded, the villagers who were following the team to watch the excitement were stunned and held their breath for fear that the loud voice would disturb the prefect.
Oh my god! The prefect is here!
The last time Lin Jiaojiao got married, they heard that the prefect was coming, but they didn’t have the chance to see him.
Now the opportunity is coming!
The curtain of the carriage in the middle of the team was lifted, and Governor Jiang got off the carriage and walked a few steps forward to come in front of Lin Jiaojiao and the others.
"This is the decree from Kyoto. I will read it out. Everyone kneel down and listen to it."
Fortunately, Lin Jiaojiao had been prepared and asked Lin Yiyan and Fu Qi to tie thick cotton cloth around their knees. But when she saw them kneeling down with difficulty with the support of Zhao Xiaotong and Tongfu, her heart couldn't help but tighten.
The villagers in the distance were shocked when they saw this and began to kneel down one after another.
They were quite far away and couldn't hear clearly what Governor Jiang was saying, but seeing the solemn appearance of the cavalry guards in front of them, they couldn't help but feel afraid.
What's going on? Why are you kneeling down?
But the village head who had seen the world knew that this was a reward!
Prefect Jiang first glanced at Jiang Huai, who was kneeling beside Fu Qi and wearing a veiled hat, sighed inwardly, and then opened the yellow edict in his hand.
"Emperor Ruihuang Zhenxiang, the decree says: Lin Jiaojiao of Linjia Village is smart and quick-witted, and has a deep understanding of justice. She has overcome the long-standing problem of introducing foreign seeds for planting in Chaoqi, and has successfully planted many plants. Her potatoes are very popular with me. This plant is beneficial to the country and the people. I specially confer her the title of seventh-rank farmer, and grant her a set of official farmer uniforms, a hollow orchid jade crown, a jade pendant inlaid with gold and jade, a thousand acres of fertile land, and ten pieces of brocade... I decree this."
Lin Jiaojiao listened while crawling on the ground for a long time. Not only did she get a job on the payroll, but she also got a thousand acres of land!
There is no reward money!
She immediately kowtowed to express her gratitude: "I kowtow to thank the emperor for his gift. Long live the emperor!"
"Everyone, please stand up."
She quickly stood up, resisting the urge to turn around and support Lin Yiyan and Fu Qi, and respectfully walked up to Prefect Jiang and took the imperial edict with both hands.
"Thank you, Mr. Prefect."
"Mr. Lin, you are too polite. His Majesty specifically ordered that you do not need to serve in the Sinong Temple, so that you can concentrate on planting. Your salary will be paid together with that of the village head every month."
"How much money is there?"
"..."
Prefect Jiang has never learned about the salary of a seventh-rank official. According to her current monthly salary of eleven taels of silver, a seventh-rank official should get around three or four taels, right?
"About three taels of silver."
It's always right to say the least. I think she wouldn't care about these trivial things.
Lin Jiaojiao blinked her eyes as she listened. Isn't this official too poor?
It turns out that officials’ families have to have some savings, otherwise how can they support the entire mansion with just this little salary?