Fierce “Husband”

he carriage on the side of the road.
Then the big man next to the driver jumped down and lifted the curtain, “Lord, it’s here.” The person in the carriage looked out and with the help of the big man’s arm, got off the carriage and said, “Go knock on the door.”

The big man went to knock on the door and a moment later, a child’s voice from from inside.
“Coming, who is it?”

“Excuse me, this is Wang Shijing’s house, right?” Because of Shao Yunan’s status as a male wife, no one who came could say that they were looking for him (even though they actually came to meet him).
“Yes.” With that, the door was opened by a small boy.
The adult man then stepped forward and asked, “Are your father and little father at home?”

Wang Qing stared blankly at this young uncle with extraordinary temperament and nodded subconsciously, “My little father is here but my father is out.” At this time, Shao Yunan came out of the room.
“Who is it?” As he looked up he was stunned.
“Lord…” The other party’s gesture made him swallow the ‘Lord Jiang.’

Jiang Kangning walked in and gestured to the big man to close the door behind him and not follow him inside.
Shao Yunan blinked.
“Lord, should I just say that you read my thoughts? I was just about to go to see you.” The other side froze and then laughed.
“It’s good to have such a heart to heart connection.
You also didn’t need to come to the county town to see me, since this official himself came.”

Wang Qing’s body trembled, so Shao Yunan pulled him over.
“Wang Qing, greet the lord.”

“My lord!” Wang Qing hurriedly saluted, then Wang Nizi also came out.
Shao Yunan pulled Wang Nizi and also asked her to greet the lord.
Both children were very nervous facing the  official.

“Qing, you and Nizi should go and ask your father to come back quickly, since such an honored guest came.
Your father went to the new house.”

“Yes!” Wang Qing took his sister’s hand and ran away nervously, while Shao Yunan guided Jiang Kangning into the house.

Jiang Kangning jokingly said as he followed him inside, “This official heard that gentleman Shao has been making a lot of money recently.
Not only did he buy a large piece of land for his new house, he also bought thirty acres of land and a mountain.
This magistrate was told yesterday that you are becoming one of the richest families in Xiushui Village.”

“Haha.
It was an accident.
I didn’t expect this money to be so easy to earn.” Jiang Kangning pointed at Shao Yunan with a smile.
“I’ve never seen you so shameless and thick-skinned.
When you say money can be so easily earned, it is almost as if you are looking for a fight.

“Hehe.” Shao Yunan asked Magistrate Jiang to sit down on the kang bed and said, “Sit down for a while, I will make some tea for you.”

“Chrysanthemum tea?” Magistrate Jiang’s inquiry carried a bit of a peculiar endnote.
Shao Yunan blinked his eyes as if he wondered if ‘he should ask for punishment.’ Then he blinked again and said, “How could ordinary chrysanthemum tea be worthy of your status as County Magistrate? I will make you a chrysanthemum tea of three taels of silver a piece.”

County Magistrate Jiang became surprised for a moment, as Shao Yunan went out with a puppy look.
Once he left, County Magistrate Jiang stopped smiling and let out a long breath.
After a moment Shao Yunan came back with boiled water.
Originally, he had planned to go to the county town, so he didn’t boil any water.
He also didn’t know how to start the stove at home, so he used the tea stove he used to make Longjing tea, to boil the water needed for the golden silk chrysanthemum tea for County Magistrate Jiang.

When Shao Yunan put the tea cup in front of him, County Magistrate Jiang exclaimed, “This is chrysanthemum tea?”

“Yes.
But it’s not the same kind as the one sold by Yongning Hall.
This is a different variety of chrysanthemum that Shijing and I accidentally discovered.
I call it ‘Golden Silk Chrysanthemum,’ but the quantity is very small, so I could only sell a hundred of them to the shopkeeper Xu from Yizhang Xuan restaurant.
I also kept some for myself, because I planned to bring it to Lord today.”

County Magistrate Jiang raised his cup with the chrysanthemum tea.
So… it was different from Yongning Hall’s chrysanthemum tea.
He also had some understanding of the chrysanthemum tea’s origin.
Therefore, Shao Yunan didn’t need to hide his cooperation with Yizhang Xuan restaurant.