CH 32

April 28, 2023Ai Hrist

Another servant, Xiao Si, listened.

Then, he immediately asked curiously: “Could it be that the young master bought that purple chrysanthemum from the capital?”

He just came back from an errand today, so he was not very clear.

Xiao Wu smiled wryly: “The young master spent several hundred taels to buy that purple chrysanthemum.”

“Not only is the color not as purple as before, but it also looks like it is about to wither, which makes the young master very distressed.”

Xiao Si couldn’t help saying: “Then why don’t you ask the person who bought it?”

Xiao Wu said helplessly: “It’s already sick. From Nanxi County to the capital, it would take about half a month, even by the waterway. But if I take it on the bumpy road, I’m sure it will die on the road before I even reached the capital.”

“I’ve invited all the gardeners I could find in the county to see, but they couldn’t do anything about it. They even told the young master to get ready.”

Xiao Si asked: “Then what should you do? The gardeners in the county can’t do anything, so who you will ask or help?”

Xiao Wu sighed and said, “That’s why it’s too difficult for me. The young master said that if I can’t find a gardener who can cure it, he will deduct my 2 months’ salary.”

Xiao Si shook his head: “Unless there is a gardener fell from the sky, then you are going to lose your salary.”

He comforted again, “You have taken care of the young master’s greenhouse. If something goes wrong, I think you will only lose a month’s salary, which is very good.”

“I heard that in some powerful families, a flower is more important than the life of a servant, and if something goes wrong, they will be killed directly,”

Xiao Wu sighed again, “That’s the only way I can think of unless there is a gardener who fell from heaven.”

Suddenly, a crisp and pleasant voice sounded beside the two of them.

“I am good at growing and curing flowers.”

The two turned their heads together and saw a little girl standing not far away, holding a woman’s arm.

The two servants: “… …”

Someone fell from the sky a little too fast.

Xiao Wu looked at Shi Qingluo suspiciously and asked, “Are you good at curing flowers?”

Shi Qinglou nodded: “Of course.”

“Do you know the purple chrysanthemum?” Xiao Wu asked again.

This purple chrysanthemum has only recently become popular in the capital. After all, there was no such color before.

Their young master bought a plant at a high price to raise it, and now it was the first in the county.

How could this village girl who looked like she came from the countryside know about purple chrysanthemums?

Shi Qingluo knew the doubts of the other party, “My master is the Immortal Taoist Master, I learned how to grow flowers and cure flowers with him. No need to mention curing purple chrysanthemums, I can also cultivate purple chrysanthemums.”

It was not difficult to cultivate purple chrysanthemums artificially. She was very good at the cultivation, transplantation, and grafting of various famous flowers.

Who made her have a grandfather who loves flowers?

In the beginning, she was able to go to the Agricultural University smoothly because she promised her grandfather that she would help him with flowers after she finished her studies, and he helped her completely settle the parents who insisted on her going into business.

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu have a face of ‘Are you kidding us’?

Shi Qingluo looked at the two of them and said, “Could I cure your young master’s flowers? You will know if we go there. Besides me, can you find other gardeners?”

Xiao Wu felt it was right, it was better than he can’t invite anyone back.

“Okay, then you and I go back home and try.”

He said with a bit of warning: “But don’t try to lie, my family is the Bai Family. My young master is not only a scholar but also has an uncle who is an official in the capital.”

Shi Qingluo laughed and said: “My husband is also a scholar, because of his reputation, I can’t possibly lie to you.”

Xiao Si was surprised: “Your husband is also a scholar? What’s his name?”

There were not many scholars in Nanxi County, and he knows them all.

Shi Qingluo didn’t hide anything, “Xiao Hanzheng.”

Xiao Si was even more surprised, “Ah! You are Young Master Xiao’s wife?”

Shi Qinglou asked: “Do you know my husband?”

Xiao Si smiled and said: “Of course I do, Young Master Xiao is a celebrity in the county.”

“Previously in the county examination, the government examination, and the school examination, Young Master Xiao is the top one. He is called a young Sanyuan scholar.”

At this time, it was Shi Qingluo who was surprised. It turns out that her husband was so powerful.

She said with a smile: “So, I am the daughter-in-law of a young Sanyuan scholar, so there is no need to lie to you, right?”

Because Shi Qingluo was Xiao Hanzheng’s wife, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu’s doubt about her was lessened.

Several people walked and chatted all the way.

Shi Qingluo asked: “Your Bai family is very powerful in the county, right?”

Judging from the tone of the two just now, it seems that the Bai family can be ranked well in the county.

She had never been to the county seat, so her eyes were looking around.

Xiao Si said proudly: “Our Bai family is a first-class family in the county, and our madam’s sister is a family member of the fourth-rank official in the capital.”

Shi Qinglou thought about it: “Is your Bai family stronger than the Wu family?”

Xiao Si smiled embarrassingly: “That’s not like it, but our Bai family is similar to the Wu family.”

He then added: “But the character of our Bai family is better than that of the Wu family.”

Shi Qinglou clicked her tongue and said: “Hearing your tone, the relationship between you and the Wu family doesn’t seem to be very good?”

Xiao Si nodded, “It’s not just bad, it’s an incompatible competitor.”

The whole county knew about this, so he said it outright.

He asked suspiciously: “You don’t even know this?”

Shi Qingluo replied: “I used to practice with my master in the Taoist temple on the mountain, so I don’t know much about worldly things.”

Xiao Wu next to him asked: “The Taoist Temple you are talking about is the one in Shangxi Village? Did your master ascend to immortality?”

They also heard that there was a very powerful Taoist Priest in Shangxi Village, who ascended to immortality not long ago, and many people have seen this.

Shi Qinglou nodded without guilt: “Yes, my master ascended to heaven, so I married Xiao Hanzheng.”

The noble temperament cultivated in the previous life was naturally revealed. If it was not for her sallow and thin appearance, it will give people a sense of superiority.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Si felt it, so they looked at Shi Qingluo with a little more confidence, “No wonder you know how to treat flowers, it turns out that you are the apprentice of the Immortal.”

Shi Qingluo: “… …”

Her credibility, as a living person, was not as good as that of a dead person.

However, in ancient times, there were more feudal superstitions, especially the ascension of the Taoist Priest was passed on as miraculous, so many people believed it.

Even if not all people believe it in their hearts, they were still in awe.

Shi Qingluo smiled confidently, “That’s right, my master knows a lot, growing and curing flowers is just a trivial matter.”

Then she changed the subject and asked: “By the way, has the county changed to a new county magistrate?”

Xiao Wu replied: “Yes, it just changed a few days ago.”

“The old county magistrate retired early, and the new county magistrate came from the capital.”

Shi Qingluo tentatively asked again: “I heard that the new county magistrate has some background?”

Since the Bai family was one of the best in the county, they should know about the new county magistrate.

Looking at Xiao Si’s appearance and conversation, it was likely that he was the servant accompanying that Young Master Bai.

Sure enough, Xiao Si knew: “It’s not some background, but has a very high background.”

Shi Qingluo asked curiously: “What background?”

Xiao Si didn’t hide anything, but his voice was a little softer: “He is the empress’s nephew, the son of a Marquis, isn’t it very high?”
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