After the matters of the imperial examinations and the official examinations were settled, the emperor and his ministers discussed matters for another half an hour before the morning court ended.
It was already ten o'clock in the morning when he returned to Fang Family Village.
Fang Er strolled around the manor, looking at the green wheat seedlings in the fields, feeling very gratified.
Upon returning to the Fang residence, the housekeeper, Xiao Mi, and Zhang Xuelian had already prepared the meals. After a hasty meal, he sat in the courtyard basking in the sun.
It was almost April, and the sunlight was bright, feeling lazily warm on his body. Fang Er, for the first time in a long time, enjoyed this peaceful moment.
However, as noon approached, Fang Er started to feel a bit hot.
He moved his rocking chair under the shade of a tree. A gentle breeze blew past, bringing an indescribable sense of comfort.
Suddenly, he remembered that because of Fang Xin's birth this month, he hadn't had a chance to check the system's newly refreshed inventory. He quickly opened the system panel.
First, he saw the items that the system had automatically refreshed.
They were just some local specialty foods. After casually exchanging them, he pressed the refresh button.
Just as he was about to reminisce about the poop-yellow button, the new items that appeared made Fang Er so happy he almost jumped up.
This was absolutely amazing! kan shu wu. xia
Excavators, bulldozers, dump trucks, concrete mixers, cranes.
Water trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, tractors, motorcycles, off-road vehicles.
These ten different types of vehicles on the first page alone made him incredibly happy.
Especially the construction vehicles; this was the second time he had exchanged for them.
With a couple more exchanges, he would be able to unlock the open store.
And he wasn't just happy about these vehicles. He remembered that the last time engineering vehicles were refreshed, various types of ships were also refreshed along with them.
As expected, when he clicked to the next page, the long-lost icons reappeared before his eyes.
And the variety was even richer than last time.
Tuna fishing boats, trawlers, purse seiners, oil tankers, refrigerated transport ships.
Piling barges, hovercraft, inland tugboats, dredgers.
And the last one was an incredibly impressive three-story yacht.
Hahahaha~~
Fang Er could no longer suppress his excitement. He leaped up from his rocking chair and kissed Xiao Mi and Chen Xuelian, who were beside him, on their cheeks.
Super nice~~!
Ah~~!
Yeah~!
The two girls, caught off guard by his kiss, instantly cried out in surprise.
Xiao Mi had been bought back almost four years ago.
Chen Xuelian had been rescued by Fang Er from a bandit's lair, and it had been almost three years.
They had always remained in the household in the capacity of maids.
A maid who didn't become a concubine was definitely not a qualified maid.
But when they shyly looked up, they found that Fang Er had already disappeared.
The two looked at each other, wondering if their startled cries had scared the master away.
Alright, next time, they definitely wouldn't cry out.
Fang Er had already gone into the house. In his excitement, he had done such a lewd thing to the maids.
Although such actions might be common in other households, he was a good youth of the new century and felt he had gone too far.
So embarrassing!
However, glancing at the vehicles and ships in his system space, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Especially the off-road vehicle, the Arctic Fox electric off-road vehicle, with a stated range of six hundred kilometers.
This was also the second exchange for it; there were a total of six vehicles parked in the space.
Happily, he opened the system and continued to refresh.
The seed store still had the same items: wheat, corn, peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and some vegetable seeds.
Although he had unlocked a sweet potato variety, Yan Shu 25, the price in the open store still made Fang Er hesitate.
Like the previous wheat seeds, 200 points could only be exchanged for two thousand catties.
Calculated, one tael of silver only exchanged for ten catties.
This was outrageous!
The last refresh was all books.
There were technical ones, such as radio, mechanical, alloy, and smelting categories.
Some of these books he had exchanged before, and some were new.
But technical information was never too much; no amount was too much.
After exchanging for everything, he closed the system interface.
Thinking about his actions outside earlier, he felt a bit embarrassed to leave the room. In his excitement, he had lost control for a moment.
Should he get them some small gifts?
He couldn't just pretend nothing happened.
So he began to search the system warehouse. It was said that girls loved sweets, so he focused on candy.
Lollipops, chewing gum, fruit candies, milk candies, gummies, and so on.
He had unknowingly accumulated a lot in the system warehouse.
Suddenly, Fang Er spotted a different kind of candy that looked like a light bulb with a stick attached to the back.
Such a large candy should be enough for them to lick for a day, right?
Heh heh heh heh, this one it is!
The light bulb candies came in boxes of ten. He didn't know when he had stored them, but there were six boxes.
He took out one box, held it in his hand, opened the door, and walked out.
The two girls in the courtyard were huddled together, seemingly whispering something.
Fang Er walked behind them and cleared his throat.
Cough~
Ah, Master!
Master.
The two girls were startled. Seeing Fang Er standing behind them unexpectedly, and thinking about the secret whispers they had just exchanged, their faces instantly turned red.
Um, about what happened just now, it was because Master was thinking about something happy and lost his composure for a moment.
So, you two shouldn't take it to heart. Here, take this box of candy to snack on.
Fang Er awkwardly handed the candy over.
Chen Xuelian blushingly took the candy and said in a mosquito-like voice, "As long as Master is happy."
After saying that, she pulled Xiao Mi and ran away.
No matter what, the matter was somehow smoothed over.
In the following days, Fang Er took out an electric off-road vehicle from his space and drove around the manor.
He hadn't paid attention to the manor's development for a long time. Since he was back, he decided to take a good look.
Just after the Qingming Festival, Li Shimin suddenly summoned him, saying there was an important matter and he was to participate in the discussion.
When Fang Er arrived at the palace, completely bewildered, the Two Poles Hall was already crowded with people.
This made him even more confused.
So, he cupped his hands and asked Li Shimin.
Your Majesty, you summoned this minister, for what purpose?
These are memorials submitted by the military governors of Guannei, Henan, Hebei, Shannan, and Longyou circuits. Please take a look first.
Li Shimin, with a poker face, handed a stack of memorials to Eunuch Deng.
Fang Er was dumbfounded on the spot. When did he become qualified to read such things?
When the memorials reached his hands, he flipped through them and saw that they were all about drought and lack of rain.
Damn it, hadn't he already mentioned this before the year ended?
And he had said it under his mother-in-law's name.
Damn it, the wheat in Fang Family Village was growing just fine!
But why did even the memorial from Wannian County mention drought?