Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1158 Children Shouldn't pry into adults' affairs

The back door of the post station was ajar. Yu Zhengqing hid the walkie-talkie in his sleeve and gestured for Yu Shizhang to open the door.

Yu Shizhang: "?"

Which of them is the father?

Yu Zhengqing slightly raised his arm and gently smoothed his sleeve. "Father, today's situation is special, so I'll have to trouble you..."

"Squeak-"

Before he could finish speaking, the door opened.

A head popped out, and Yu Nanshu smiled slyly: "Father, Grandfather, where have you two been?"

Yu Zhengqing and Yu Shizhang both paused at the same time.

I almost forgot, this little girl came to the post station too!

"Why did you come out?" Yu Zhengqing stepped towards the door and changed the subject: "Didn't I tell you to spend more time with your mother in the central courtyard? We're about to part ways, and after your mother and I return to the capital, she'll miss you terribly."

“Mother is talking to Grandmother.” Yu Nanshu stepped aside through the small door and followed them closely. When she caught sight of Yu Zhengqing’s left sleeve, her eyes lit up, and she leaned forward and whispered, “Father, what are you hiding in your sleeve?”

Yu Zhengqing was secretly alarmed.

Was his action really that obvious?

Knowing that this was Shen Zheng's secret, he immediately decided—even if it was his own daughter, he couldn't tell her!

"Children shouldn't pry into adults' affairs."

"My daughter is not a child anymore!" Yu Nanshu's gaze was fixed on his sleeve. Her eyes darted around, and she turned to roll up Yu Shizhang's sleeve. "Grandfather, Grandfather, you're the best! Please tell your granddaughter what you and Father discovered outside..."

Yu Shizhang's response was even more ruthless: "Close the door."

Yu Nanshu, however, interpreted it in a different way.

She hurriedly turned around and closed the door, then hopped over to Yu Shizhang's side: "Grandfather, can I tell my granddaughter now?"

Yu Shizhang strode forward, following Yu Zhengqing's steps without turning his head, and said, "Grandfather doesn't know what Nan Shu is talking about."

Yeah.

Yeah.

ah.......

Yu Nanshu bared her teeth and pressed on relentlessly: "If you won't tell, I'll tell Sister Shen!"

She's going to tell on us!

File a lawsuit!

The father and son exchanged a knowing smile. "Go ahead, do you think you can coerce us?"

Yu Nanshu was startled.

Even complaining to Sister Shen didn't work...?

She glanced furtively at Yu Zhengqing's cuff again, her delicate eyebrows furrowing into a knotted worm.

Just as she was struggling with whether or not to continue asking questions, a strange voice suddenly rang out from Yu Zhengqing's sleeve.

"Zizzi-"

Yu Nanshu was startled, her face turning pale: "Father, did you and Grandfather go to catch snakes?"

Although she asked that question, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

The sound was a "sizzling" sound, but the snake's tongue hissed.

Yu Zhengqing and Yu Shizhang reacted even more strongly than she did. They didn't care what she said at all, and after saying "Don't follow us," they ran off to the front yard.

"It must be Shen Zheng who came looking for us because we hadn't returned yet!" Yu Shizhang's deliberately lowered voice was carried away by the wind.

Yu Zhengqing's robes fluttered wildly as he shielded the walkie-talkie while spitting out a hair he'd eaten. He said in a panic, "I forgot to ask Shen Zheng how to stop the walkie-talkie from making a sound... Father, you're too slow, I'll go first!"

The situation is extremely critical.

Fortunately, they were in a remote suburban post station, rather than in a bustling city.

If this happened in the city, and someone heard their sleeves talking, wouldn't they immediately send them to a Taoist temple to exorcise the evil spirits?

Yu Zhengqing dashed to the entrance of the post station like the wind, almost knocking the door apart with his pounding: "Shen Zheng, let me in quickly!"

Inside the office, Shen Zheng was startled by his anxious voice and rushed to open the door without even putting down her pen.

As soon as the office door opened, Yu Zhengqing felt a sense of salvation.

He leaned against the door, catching his breath, and said to Shen Zheng with lingering fear, "Thank goodness you didn't say anything just now..."

Shen Zheng paused and looked behind him.

Apart from Hua Duo, who was guarding ten paces away, there was no one else there.

"Where is the Earl?" Shen Zheng asked. "What happened to you two?"

“Father is behind us.” Yu Zhengqing waved his hand, glanced around warily, and when he saw the few fine horses that had been galloping along the official road, his expression turned serious: “There are outsiders here, let’s go inside and talk.”

Shen Zheng nodded, stepped aside to let him in, and waited at the door for a while before finally seeing Yu Shizhang's figure.

Yu Shizhang, who had just finished exercising, wiped his sweat and asked between breaths, "That unfilial son is back?"

Shen Zheng paused upon hearing this, "I just got back."

Judging from their appearance, have they had a fight?

"Come on, let's go inside and talk." Yu Shizhang was still catching his breath.

Yu Shizhang entered, and Shen Zheng gave Hua Duo a few instructions before locking the door.

Inside the office, Yu Zhengqing was leaning back in his chair, pouring himself a cup of tea. When he saw Yu Shizhang sit down, he quickly poured him a cup as well.

"What happened?" Shen Zheng sat down, smoothing her robes, and looked at the two people with a thin layer of sweat on their foreheads. She asked, guessing, "Did you run into outsiders while using the walkie-talkie?"

That's not a good sign.

"No." The father and son shook their heads and waved their hands at the same time, "It was almost, almost that Nan Shu heard it."

Upon hearing that Nan Shu was the one who might have discovered the walkie-talkie's secret, Shen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said indifferently, "You two don't trust Nan Shu?"

“It’s not that we don’t trust her…” Yu Zhengqing glanced at Shen Zheng, “Alright, we know you trust her too. But, but this walkie-talkie is something you gave me to use, so the fewer people who know about it, the better. Take Nan Shu, for example, she’s so clumsy, what if you break it? Making one of these things is quite difficult, isn’t it?”

Shen Zheng's attention was drawn to the last sentence, and she nodded, saying, "It's very difficult, extremely difficult. So far, I only have these five, and I'm not sure if I can make more in the future."

Given the current industrial level of the Great Zhou Dynasty, manufacturing a walkie-talkie would be an impossible task...

Hearing this, Yu Zhengqing was even happier, and feigned reluctance, saying, "Such a precious item, you just give it to me like that..."

Shen Zheng was silent for a moment, then said, "It's a loan."

Yu Zhengqing blushed slightly, "I meant to lend it, that's exactly what I meant! You're willing to lend me something so precious..."

Shen Zheng smiled, recalling their anxious expressions, and suddenly realized, "I forgot to tell you how to turn off the walkie-talkie."

"Close?" Yu Zhengqing felt that this word was very appropriate.

"Close" is the same as "shut down." Close doors, windows, boxes, people... Everything in this world can be "closed," and walkie-talkies can too.

Then, under the eager gazes of the father and son, Shen Zheng gave them a general lesson on how to use the walkie-talkie, and also taught them a universal method—restoring the initial settings.

Shen Zheng spoke softly. Just as the father and son were immersed in their studies, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the office.