My Husband Comes from the Future
My Husband Comes from the Future Chapter 142.2

Chapter 142: Strategies 2/4

Li Qingzhi had told Wu Baichuan to help deliver things to Chang Duan, but Wu Baichuan wouldn’t be going to the capital for another two or three months… After some thought, Li Qingzhi decided to select two laborers from Jiawei Zhai and have them follow another convoy to the capital to deliver things to Chang Duan.

There were more than just the Shen family’s convoy going to the capital; it’s just that the Shen family’s convoy was particularly large.

In addition, some escort agencies would be sending things to the capital.

It was easy to find out which convoys were going to the capital soon.

And for this matter, he could leave it to Chang Zhan to handle.

That evening, as usual, Li Qingzhi took Li Damao and Li Ermao to the lantern festival.

He had promised to take the two children every day and couldn’t afford to break the promise.

However, Jin Xiaoye didn’t join them; she had a new idea and was preparing for it…

So Li Qingzhi carried a bag of copper coins, holding Li Damao and Li Ermao’s hands, with Li Laogen, Zhao Xiaodou, and Gou Ying following behind. They wandered from one end of the lantern festival to the other, eating as they went.

Seeing Li Qingzhi’s hearty appetite, Gou Ying couldn’t help but admire him.

Li Qingzhi could really eat!

That day they returned home relatively early.

Li Qingzhi, still carrying the three children and Li Laogen, walked back, while Gou Ying didn’t want to walk and hitched a ride on the Zhu family’s boat back.

When Gou Ying returned home, it was quiet; his parents were probably already asleep.

He didn’t want to disturb them either. After the gatekeeper opened the door for him, he headed towards his own courtyard, intending to wash up and go to bed.

He still had to go to school tomorrow!

Gou Ying was no longer averse to studying.

Li Xiucai wasn’t strict with him, so although he had to study at the school, he could also play with others because he knew more and was the son of Magistrate Gou, so everyone listened to him!

It was much more interesting to go to school than to stay at home; he enjoyed going to school!

“Brother,” a small voice suddenly sounded.

Gou Ying paused, then saw his little sister coming out from behind a tree. “Shuyun, what’s up?”

Gou Shuyun was only ten years old, a much shorter girl than Gou Ying. She looked up at Gou Ying. “Brother, did you go to the lantern festival today?”

“Yes, I did!”

“Brother, was the lantern festival fun?”

“It was fun! Didn’t you go yesterday?”

Gou Shuyun lowered her head and after a while said, “Brother, can you buy me some things from the lantern festival tomorrow?”

“Sure, what do you want?” Gou Ying asked.

Gou Shuyun became excited. “I want sesame balls, fried rice cakes, dried stinky tofu…”

Gou Shuyun said a lot in one breath, then added, “Brother, you can just buy me two things at a time. I can’t eat more with Shuyu.”

“Okay!” Gou Ying agreed.

Gou Shuyun added, “Brother, don’t tell Mom.”

“I promise not to tell!” Gou Ying pledged, patting his chest.

Gou Shuyun was extremely happy and quietly returned to her room.

After his sister left, Gou Ying started thinking.

Besides buying food tomorrow, he could also buy some toys for his two sisters!

Gou Ying actually liked his two sisters, but his mother felt that his two sisters were girls, so they were restricted in many ways. He never had a chance to play with his two sisters. Over time, he became unfamiliar with them.

Now that his sister had made a rare request to him, he had to fulfill it.

Apologies for the oversight. Let me correct that:

However, although his sister didn’t understand, he did. The servants at home were all his parents’ eyes and ears. His sister coming to him for this matter today would definitely not be hidden from his parents.

But when he talked to his sister, there was no one else around, so his parents wouldn’t know what they talked about.

With so many servants at home, it wasn’t easy for him to secretly give his sister food without his mother knowing… But it was quite challenging, wasn’t it?

After much thought, Gou Ying chose the simplest option.

The next evening, he would secretly leave the food outside his sister’s window!

Of course, he had to tell his sister beforehand.

Mrs. Gou didn’t know that her daughter had asked her son for food from the temple fair. She had been unhappy these past few days.

She wasn’t happy at the lantern festival yesterday, and today, when Magistrate Gou asked her to go again, she refused, and Magistrate Gou went alone, making her even more unhappy.

What was so good about that stupid lantern festival? Why was her husband so obsessed with it?

The lantern festival was indeed very good.

At least the people of Chongcheng County thought the lantern festival was very interesting.

The open space on this side of the New Pier was very large, so many stalls were set up.

On the first day, there weren’t many local residents setting up stalls, but by the second and third days, more and more people were setting up stalls.

They didn’t necessarily sell food; they might also sell other things. For example, those skilled in bamboo weaving would sell bamboo products at the lantern festival.

Small baskets, small chairs… impractical but children liked them!

Of course, there were also practical things that adults liked, all of which were available for selection.

Even Jin Xiaoye had set up a stall at the lantern festival with the female workers from Jin Xiaoye Embroidery.

They rented three stalls and sold various small items including headbands.

Many young girls who came to the festival were willing to buy, so Jin Xiaoye and her team’s business was quite good.

Originally, Magistrate Gou had only planned to hold the lantern festival for four or five days, but because there were too many people, he planned to hold it for a few more days.

Magistrate Gou even had Zhu Qian set up a stall to sell “Record of Injustice” and the stories written by Li Qingzhi.

Of course, there were also some other storybooks mixed in. It wasn’t good to sell just these two.

The printing of “Record of Injustice” by Li Qingzhi and his team was slow because Chang Zhan, Chang Duan, and Feng Da were not skilled workers.

It was much simpler for Magistrate Gou to print the book!

After informing the printing workshop in Chongcheng County, they immediately got to work… While Li Qingzhi was preparing for the lantern festival, Magistrate Gou had already printed thousands of copies of “Record of Injustice.”

Also printed together was the story Li Qingzhi wrote about measuring land.

“Record of Injustice” was very popular in the capital, but in Chongcheng County, few people knew about it.

But now, with this book placed alongside Magistrate Gou’s book, Zhu Qian found someone to sell the books and was very good at shouting: “Come and take a look! ‘Record of Injustice,’ which exposes the injustices suffered by the people of Linhu County, revealing the reasons why Magistrate Zhang went on a killing spree in Linhu County…”

“‘Record of Injustice,’ which made the people of the capital flip through eagerly and brought tears to the eyes of the ministers, come and buy a copy!”

“Let’s take a look at the ‘Record of Injustice’ that made Magistrate Zhang furious!”

Although “Record of Injustice” was relatively unknown, the scholars of Chongcheng County were already aware of Magistrate Zhang’s promotion to Governor Zhang.

Amidst such sales pitches, many scholars bought the book.

Even the storytellers were eager to purchase it—after flipping through a few pages, they found it especially suitable for telling stories to the common people!

And when those who bought the book read it…

“I knew Magistrate Yan had done many wicked things, but I never thought Linhu County had so many unjust cases!”

“The people of Linhu County are too pitiful. Our Chongcheng County is much better.”

“Magistrate Gou is really much better than Magistrate Yan!”

“Governor Zhang is also a good official!”

When the people of Chongcheng County mentioned Governor Zhang, he was playing chess with Chief Zhou Shan from Chongwen Academy.

Chief Zhou Shan also mentioned Chongcheng County: “Governor Zhang, I heard that Chongcheng County held a lantern festival, and it was very lively?”

“I heard about it too. There’s been a lot going on in Chongcheng County this year,” Governor Zhang replied.

The news of Chongcheng County hosting a lantern festival had already reached the capital city.

When ordinary people in the capital heard about this, they only envied it and wouldn’t travel all the way to Chongcheng County to see the lanterns, but the wealthy were different.

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