Chapter 397 Earth can catch fire
With Su Tai's support, Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong were able to set off with Shen Yi.
Fortunately, there were still more than thirty government officials this time, so protecting the two little babies was not a problem.
Su Tai was worried that the two children would cause more trouble for them, so she each gave them one or two silver red envelopes to express her gratitude.
One tael of silver was equivalent to one month's salary for them. After receiving the silver, everyone promised to protect Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong properly.
After the team left, Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to take a look at the house.
The twins followed suit.
As soon as the two little guys walked into the alley, they pinched their noses in disgust, "Mom, what does it smell like? It stinks to death! No wonder people suspect that we are piling manure!"
Shen Yue'an retorted, "That's not the smell of a pile of manure. It smells much worse than a pile of manure!"
Su Tai's pretty eyebrows wrinkled.
The yamen who led her the way advised: "Mrs. Shen, if you can't bear it, we should go back. This house is uninhabitable for the time being."
Even rough men like them can't stand it, let alone women.
Su Tai gritted her teeth and lowered her head, and said to the twins: "Mom, I want to go in and have a look. If you don't want to go, you can go back to the county government office first."
The twins held Su Tai tightly, one on the left and the other on the right, "We will go wherever mother goes!"
Su Tai wanted to be moved, but it was obviously not the right place to say anything sensational.
"Then let's go!"
She led the two children and followed the government official. The courtyard door was unlocked and opened with a push.
The officer explained: "The yard is so smelly that even the dogs have to run away. We don't have to worry about thieves. In order to get in and out quickly, we didn't lock it."
Su Tai was speechless, "I understand."
When they arrived at the backyard, they saw the appearance of the pool clearly. This pool was not too small. They originally estimated it to be about 1.5 meters. However, they had to dig three meters deep to clean up the mud. They looked at the sticky ash underneath that exuded a foul odor. In the black mud, Su Tai frowned so much that she almost crushed a fly to death.
The same officer asked: "Didn't you find any fish or shrimps when you dug the soil?"
The Yachai shook his head, "It's strange to say that although the water in the pool is half dry, there is still water, and the water plants are dense. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be nothing."
Afraid that Su Tai wouldn't believe it, the official took her to see the excavated and dried mud, "Everything in the pond is here."
The twins covered their mouths and noses and whispered.
"Brother, this mud smells worse than the cow dung in my grandfather's house. It's annoying to look at. Have you brought anything?"
Shen Yue'an looked at Shen Congyu with big beautiful eyes.
Shen Congyu glanced at Su Tai and shook his head vigorously, "No, mother is here, she will scold us to death soon!"
He said this, but he couldn't help but put his little hands into his pockets to fumble around.
It happened that Su Tai and Ya Chai were far away.
The two little guys looked at each other and each took one. "Run away after ordering. Don't get your clothes dirty. If you come back, you will beat us to death!"
"Understood!"
Just as Su Tai found a small shovel to collect some mud, a loud noise came from the side. I saw the two demon kings in her family running around like they were being chased by dogs.
"Shen Congyu! Shen Yue'an! Stop for me!" Su Tai yelled angrily.
The officer was startled. He looked at this and that, and hurriedly ran towards the two children, "Ouch! Second Young Master and Second Young Lady, it's not fun when the place stinks like this. Don't hurt yourselves."
After comforting the twins, the Yamen immediately picked up a broom to clean up the aftermath for them. After seeing the two children's masterpieces, the Yamen were shocked, "What is going on?"
Su Tai's high-raised palm had not yet fallen. After hearing the news, she hurried over to take a look.
I saw that the pile of dry mud was actually sprouting sparks. When the wind blew, the sparks became more intense, and a cluster of orange-blue flames emerged.
The officer's face turned pale with fright, "Could this be a ghost? How could the soil catch fire?"
Su Tai thought of something and quickly packed some dry mud and said seriously: "Get some water and put out the fire first. In addition, inform Mr. Lu of the matter and send people to guard the yard. Never let it go again." If someone breaks in by mistake, they should especially not light a fire here.”
The official went to do it quickly, and Su Tai also led the confused twins back.
Along the way, the two little guys lowered their heads and remained silent, for fear of reminding Su Tai of their existence and getting beaten again if they turned around.
Su Tai had no time to pay attention to them. After returning to the county office, she immediately found an excuse to enter the gate of time and space and sold the bag of soil to the automatic trading cabinet.
After scanning, information about the pile of soil appeared on the screen.
"Fifty grams of coal, one ton of one thousand virtual coins, do you want to sell it?"
Su Tai's suspicion was confirmed, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.
Lu Tong also received news of the strange situation in the other courtyard. He thought Su Tai was frightened and asked his wife to come to comfort her in person.
Su Tai chatted with Mrs. Lu for a long time, and after sending them away, she decisively took the twins back to Shenjiazhuang.
The matters in the other courtyard can only be dealt with after Shen Yi comes back.
She waited for half a month.
As soon as Shen Yi returned to the county government office, he heard about what happened in the other courtyard and went to see it in person. After learning about Su Tai's abnormality, he first went to see Lu Tong.
"Mr. Lu, the sale has been negotiated. The herdsmen want a lot of food. We will pay them the price we agreed on before. This is the contract."
Lu Tong took the contract and read it carefully. He was in a good mood, "Shen Yi! You are simply my noble person! The headache that caused me has been solved so quickly. I don't know how to thank you."
Seeing that he was happy, Shen Yi mentioned casually: "We didn't know until we went to the ice field that the grain sold by the Zhu family to the herdsmen was more than ten cents more expensive than in the grain store. The Zhu family probably didn't know about this yet. They will receive it after the autumn harvest." News, I’m afraid it will have some objections to adults.”
Lu Tong's smile gradually faded, and he snorted coldly: "They are just businessmen, how can they compete with the people of Zhaohua County? Let me tell you, Brother Shen now has a big business, and he can do business in the county. , having the Zhu family dominate is not a good thing for anyone.”
Shen Yi suddenly said, "I understand what Mr. Lu means, but there are many villagers behind me. The county is too small. Fighting with the Zhu family is just a waste of time. If you are interested, you can support many merchants and one family. It’s hard to compete with the Zhu family. What about ten families? Or a hundred families? It’s not spring that has a single flower, it’s beautiful when a hundred flowers bloom, right?”
"It's a wonderful time for a hundred flowers to bloom! In that case, I won't force you. Thank you for your hard work on this trip. My brother and sister took the children back to Shenjiazhuang first. You should go back and have a look. It won't be too late to come back to the county office in two days."
"Thank you, sir!"
As soon as Shen Yi left the county office, he took his two children and ran home.
Hurrying slowly, we finally returned to Shenjiazhuang just as it was getting dark.
The villagers who were building the village school were returning in twos and threes, and when they saw Shen Yi, they all greeted him.