Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 444 - 408: I Will Give You and Your Husband a Chance
In fact, Yu Xiaolian also only has a superficial understanding of farming. The reason she knows how to improve soil is that during her free time, she read agricultural books in the supermarket. Ever since traveling over to this side, without a phone or the internet, her only way to relieve boredom is by reading books, all sorts of books.
It could be said that the books she wouldn’t even touch before, Yu Xiaolian now picks up to read. She has no choice; she’s already watched those TV dramas stored on her tablet about eight hundred times. When she’s bored, besides finding new storybooks to read, she goes to the storage room in her small two-story house to flip through those books from her school days.
In a word, the knowledge got mixed up.
"Rotten leaves, rice husks, and animal manure can be mixed and fermented to become fertilizer..."
Yu Xiaolian was talking to Liu Jianshi with great enthusiasm when Zhao Sanyan hurriedly ran back, her face pale.
"What’s wrong? Weren’t you going to deliver the dishes?" Yu Xiaolian noticed the slightly panicked Zhao Sanyan at a glance and asked quizzically.
Zhao Sanyan stumbled forward, her voice tinged with a tremor, "Miss, there’s been a death up front!"
"Oh, what’s happened?" Liu Jianshi was also quite surprised.
With Zhao Sanyan’s exclamation, Yu Jianshi, another neighbor of Yu Xiaolian, also came out of his room. Yu Jianshi’s wide sleeves were still tied up, indicating he had been writing inside the room just now.
Zhao Sanyan steadied herself, "There was a fight in the front yard, and it seems someone died."
She saw the person lying motionless on the ground and estimated they were already gone. She didn’t dare to get closer and ran back after a glance from afar.
"Oh, who is causing trouble in the Examination Hall?" Liu Jianshi exchanged a glance with Yu Jianshi, and then the two of them went off together to watch the commotion.
Seeing Zhao Sanyan’s pale face, it was evident that she was quite scared. "You go back inside. I’ll go and take a look!" Yu Xiaolian said.
Zhao Sanyan was about to persuade Yu Xiaolian not to go, but she saw Yu Xiaolian already striding briskly away.
With the person lying on the ground covered in blood, even the ground was soaked. Wouldn’t the lady have nightmares after seeing that at night?
Zhao Sanyan wanted to follow, but the scene from earlier still lingered in her mind. She hesitated for a moment and decided to go home and wait for Yu Xiaolian to return.
When Yu Xiaolian followed Liu Jianshi and Yu Jianshi to the crime scene, a large crowd had already gathered around the corpse.
"How did Huang Jianxia die? What exactly happened?" Liu Jianshi asked someone who had arrived earlier.
"Sigh, Huang Jianxia stole something from Elder Fu’s room and was caught by Elder Fu," the person said incredulously. "Huang Jianxia usually seems like an honest person; who knew he’d have the guts to steal examination topics!"
"Ah, so this person is..." Liu Jianshi was extremely shocked, and halfway through speaking, he suddenly covered his mouth, afraid he’d blurt out something he shouldn’t.
As people were discussing, Fu Yi suddenly came over. He glanced coldly at the already dead Huang Jianxia on the ground, then habitually twisted the Jade Ring on his thumb.
"Since Huang Jianxia might have already leaked some exam topics, the exam papers will need to be re-determined. I ask all the examiners to come up with new topics and hand them to me by the fifth of January!"
As soon as Fu Yi finished speaking, a wail erupted from the crowd. Because of the shameless thief Huang Jianxia, all their previous hard work was wasted, and everything had to be done over again.
Yu Xiaolian also felt like cursing, but on second thought, she figured since she was free anyway, setting such math questions was something she could do effortlessly. Others might need repeated discussions and deliberations to set questions, but she did not.
This is also the advantage of mathematics, because the answers in mathematics are definite. It’s not as complicated as policy discussions with their myriad of ever-changing answers; in mathematics, one is one, and two is two.
Fu Yi spotted Yu Xiaolian in the crowd at a glance. He hadn’t expected a woman like Yu Xiaolian to have the courage to come and see the spectacle.
"Yu Xueguan was startled!"
Yu Xiaolian hadn’t expected Fu Yi to speak to her and quickly replied, "No, no!"
"You’re not afraid?" Fu Yi asked in surprise.
Yu Xiaolian calmly replied, "Seven years ago, when I fled to Yu State with my parents from the Northern Land, I saw many starved people along the way. Having seen a lot, I’m not scared anymore!"
Fu Yi sighed, "The people of the Northern Land suffer!"
"Indeed, the Northern Land is harsh and cold, mostly with saline-alkali soil. Farmland yields there are not as plentiful as in the southern regions, yet they have to pay the same grain taxes as southern residents. It’s tough!" Yu Xiaolian thought that if she wanted to help the people of the Northern Land, starting with Fu Yi was the most straightforward method.
Because the taxes and laws of Great Liang were initially revised by Fu Yi.
Fu Yi understood the implication in Yu Xiaolian’s words and smiled slightly, "I understand the desire of Yu Xueguan and your husband to benefit the people of the Northern Land. I will definitely give the two of you an opportunity in the future."
Yu Xiaolian was puzzled, thinking that Fu Yi had changed his mind about addressing the Northern Land’s tax issues, but she had misunderstood.
Yu Xiaolian spent the New Year at the Examination Hall, and it wasn’t until February 9th, when the Spring Examination officially began, that she was allowed to return home.
Of course, she didn’t come back empty-handed. She received many rewards, but what the Emperor bestowed were mostly paper, ink, brushes, and fabrics, to put it simply, nothing valuable.
She understood that the Emperor was poor!
Upon returning home, the first thing Yu Xiaolian cared about was Su Jinghua. As for Su Jingchen, who had gone off to take the exam, she couldn’t concern herself with him.
Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t see him!
Su Jinghua still clung closely to Yu Xiaolian, her sister-in-law. Previously, when she stuck to Yu Xiaolian, Su Jingchen would have Madam Dai take Su Jinghua away. Now, with her brother not at home, Su Jinghua was very happy and could finally be with her sister-in-law openly and without reservation. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"Sister-in-law, can I sleep with you tonight?" Su Jinghua, well-fed and cared for, with a face flushed in excitement, looked up at Yu Xiaolian, trying to act cute, making it hard for Yu Xiaolian to refuse.
Actually, she wasn’t a sound sleeper and felt a bit embarrassed to have Su Jinghua sleep with her, but with Su Jingchen not at home, and going almost two months without seeing Su Jinghua, she missed the child very much. So, she didn’t hesitate to agree.
"Sure, you can sleep with your sister-in-law tonight!" Yu Xiaolian decided that when they went to bed, she’d place a small table between them, as she wasn’t a still sleeper, and she was afraid she might accidentally roll over or turn and crush Su Jinghua.
Su Jinghua was very pleased; since her second brother and sister-in-law left, she’d been alone at home with her taciturn elder brother. Her elder brother didn’t seem to like her much, making this period incredibly unsettling for Su Jinghua. Now, seeing Yu Xiaolian agreeing to sleep with her, she was overjoyed. She immediately kicked off her shoes and hopped onto Yu Xiaolian’s warm kang bed.
Yu Xiaolian glanced over and
