IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 83

Chapter 83 Brightly Lit Nights of Revelry? Food Poisoning with Vomiting and Diarrhea!

Chapter 83 Brightly Lit Nights of Revelry? Food Poisoning with Vomiting and Diarrhea!

By the time Lin Yan arrived in Changning, it was already dark.

He looked left and right on the street, and there wasn’t even a dog to be seen.

This wasn’t right, was it?

Even the Capital City was bustling with noise at night, and the pleasure districts were brightly lit all night long. How could the people of Changning have such healthy routines?

Bored, Lin Yan reached into his bag for some pastries, but only felt empty bags. Only then did he remember that he had already given away all the pastries. Changning was not like the Capital City. This place had just suffered a locust plague, and people couldn’t even eat their fill. Lying in bed early meant they could stave off hunger a little longer. As for entertainment? Just go to sleep, dreams have everything.

Disappointed by the lack of nightlife, Lin Yan wearily told the car to head to the residence arranged for him by the Emperor, planning to curl up in bed and play on his phone.

As the carriage turned, Lin Yan saw the Changning Administration Office, which was brightly lit and noisy, with servants of all kinds going in and out.

“That old Zhao fellow, old in age but not in heart.” Lin Yan was like some kind of light-seeking creature. He told the carriage to go back to the residence first, while he took the two children towards the Administration Office, calculating in his mind how to keep the music and dancing going.

Ginkgo and Kumquat followed listlessly behind Lin Yan, unable to stop yawning one after another.

Seeing that the carriage hadn’t gone far, Lin Yan quickly called for it to stop. He rubbed the heads of the two children and said softly, “You must be sleepy, go back and rest.”

“No, there’s no reason for a servant to be lazy while the master hasn’t rested,” Ginkgo shook her head frantically, trying to open her eyes that were about to stick together.

Kumquat didn’t say anything, but didn’t move a step either, clearly meaning the same thing as Ginkgo.

Lin Yan didn’t like being served by others at all. What’s more, he felt that these people weren’t here to serve him, but rather to restrain him. What made Lin Yan even more uncomfortable was the way these two children addressed him.

Lin Yan sighed and tried hard to correct them: “How many times have I told you, you don’t need to call yourselves ‘slave’.”

This time, Ginkgo didn’t even need to speak, Kumquat spoke up in rebuttal: “That won’t do, Master An said…”

Lin Yan’s head ached whenever he heard the words “Master An” now.

Master An, Master An, what was the matter with this An Tan? He had finally managed to teach the two children to be a little innocent and lively, but as soon as he didn’t pay attention, An Tan would correct them into this timid state. If the children’s family saw this, they would surely be heartbroken.

If these words were heard by An Tan, he would surely cry out in injustice.

Lin Yan hadn’t bought two close-fitting serving maids and boys, he was clearly raising them as young ladies and young masters. He was just asking Ginkgo and Kumquat to act like servants, to learn some of the rules of servants, was that too much to ask? How could it become him mistreating servants when it came to Lin Yan?

This ghostly contradiction wasn’t a matter of a day or two, but recently it had been getting worse and worse.

Lin Yan didn’t want to study this, he decisively chose to be an ostrich.

Covering Kumquat’s mouth, letting Kumquat swallow those annoying words, the problem didn’t appear, and then stiffly changed the subject: “Let’s talk about this later, let’s first see why the Administration Office is still so lively in the middle of the night.”

The entrance of the Administration Office was brightly lit, and people dressed as stewards were directing other servants to move boxes out: “Throw all these things out.”

The things in the boxes looked somewhat familiar. Lin Yan moved closer to take a look.

Potatoes?

Originally, there were no potatoes in Great Zhou. Lin Yan brought seeds with him when he transmigrated here, and planted those that could survive, successfully introducing foreign species.

These potatoes were one of those foreign species.

Seeing familiar food in a strange place, Lin Yan was momentarily in a daze, but quickly reacted.

He had given Yun Qi a portion of these things, and Yun Qi had given these things to the Ministry of Agriculture, the potatoes only needed one hundred and twenty days from planting to maturity, just enough time to be sent to Changning as disaster relief grain.

So, Yun Qi used the seeds he brought to save the people? So Yun Qi cared about the world and the people? Then Yun Qi’s lies were also understandable…

Understand my ass, one thing is one thing, the people of Changning thanking Prince An had nothing to do with him.

Lin Yan secretly spat in his heart.

Bah, big liar.

Ginkgo, who was struggling against sleepiness, opened her eyes and saw that the young master was holding the strange fruit, revealing a strange expression.

A smile that wasn’t a smile, looking angry, but on closer inspection, there was also some doting?

Has the young master finally gone crazy?

Ginkgo pulled on Lin Yan’s sleeve and quietly hid behind Kumquat.

Lin Yan put away the smile that had appeared on his face at some point, took the potato and went to the steward to question him: “These potatoes are good things, are you just throwing them away like this?”

“What potato, water potato, this thing hurt my master, it’s not a pity to throw it away,” the steward snatched the potato from Lin Yan’s hand and threw it into the basket. He looked Lin Yan up and down, and the more he looked, the more he liked him, and his eyes gradually became lecherous, “Little beauty, are you feeling sorry for it? Why don’t you…”

As soon as the advisor came out of the house, he saw this tense scene, and the clueless thing’s saliva was about to drip out. He took two quick steps and pulled the man away before his hand touched Lin Yan, bowing to Lin Yan repeatedly: “My young master, how did you get here?”

“What is going on here?”

Lin Yan swept his fingers around, seemingly unintentionally landing on the steward.

The advisor felt that Lin Yan’s smile was a bit unkind, and the words he spoke were also meaningful. He kicked the steward from behind, giving him a look that said hurry up and get lost.

“You don’t know, this is the disaster relief grain issued by the imperial court,” the advisor said with a smile on his face, holding the potato in front of Lin Yan, pointing to the green sprouts on it, “I don’t know what happened with those grain supervisors, these grains were not good when they were transported to Changning. Our master is kind-hearted and wanted to replace these bad grains with the grain from the residence, but as a result…”

The potatoes in his hand had sprouted roots, and the people going in and out were carrying medicine chests.

So it wasn’t that the Administration Office was reveling all night long, but that the potatoes had sprouted, leading to food poisoning with vomiting and diarrhea?

“So…” Lin Yan’s eyelids twitched, and the smile on his face was a little strained, “These are all the doctors in the city?”

The advisor nodded and made a gesture of invitation: “The residence is in a mess, young master, if you don’t have anything to do, you should go back early.”

“I’ll go in and see your master.” Lin Yan, who already regarded the Administration Commissioner as his friend, naturally couldn’t go back like this. He pushed away the advisor’s hand and walked towards the residence.

Ginkgo, who was so sleepy that she was swaying, woke up Kumquat, who was already sleeping against the box, and followed with great effort.

The advisor made a gesture to the people moving things to continue, and led Lin Yan towards the residence with a smiling face: “Thank you for your concern, young master, please come in.”

The servants of the Administration Office continued to throw the potatoes out.

Only then did Lin Yan remember what he had come to do, and quickly called for them to stop: “Wait, keep these potatoes for me.”

“This thing can’t be eaten anymore, what are you keeping it for…”

“For planting.” Lin Yan snapped his fingers, casually took a potato and handed it to the advisor, “This thing is very easy to grow and the yield is high.”

The young masters of the official families don’t like to read books, and always have some novel hobbies, poetry, songs, prostitutes, cockfighting, and insect fighting, but it was the first time he had seen someone who liked planting. But that was fine, these were originally unwanted things, catering to his preferences, and doing a favor, it could also be considered waste utilization.

The advisor gestured for a few people to come over and push a few carts over: “Come on, move these things to Master Wu’s place.”

Lin Yan quickly called for them to stop: “Why are you moving them to my place, these are to be distributed to the people.”

Distribute to the people.

The advisor’s eyes rolled around, quickly calculating the advantages and disadvantages in his mind.

These were all things that couldn’t be eaten, and throwing them away wasn’t a pity, but if, as Master Wu said, these things could be planted and survive, and the resulting fruit could be eaten, then that was another story. This kind of thing wins the hearts of the people and follows public opinion, there was no reason why the Administration Office wouldn’t do anything and let others get all the benefits.

This matter had to be made clear to the master.

The advisor made a gesture to the people below to stop, and when he looked at Lin Yan again, his expression seemed a bit embarrassed: “Young master is kind-hearted, but this matter still needs to be discussed with my master.”

Discuss? Just hearing it was a protracted and endless process of wrangling.

Lin Yan looked at the two children behind him who were about to fall asleep again, and decided to send them away first.

Anyway, the reason was ready-made.

Lin Yan used a basket to hold two potatoes and stuffed them into Kumquat’s hands, instructing very seriously: “You two send this back to the residence, protect it carefully, this is a very, very important thing.”