Bai Sheng said, "Of course, there are many, such as cumulonimbus clouds, also called hook clouds. The saying goes, 'Hook clouds in the sky, rain on the ground.' The appearance of hook clouds in the sky also indicates rain."
"What are hook clouds?" Zhao Dazhuang asked with a naive expression.
"Hook clouds are like streaks of silk floating in the sky, with the cloud wisps pointing upwards and a small hook at one end."
"Anything else?" Ji Chenghe's voice trembled with excitement. Sister Sheng was simply a living Great Yongle Encyclopedia!
Bai Sheng feigned a moment of thought before continuing, "'Rainy sky, crazy without rain'; 'Gray cloth clouds in the sky, rain will be continuous'; 'River pigs crossing the river, heavy rain pouring down'..." Kuaishuge.
Everyone in the room listened intently with their wide, uncomprehending eyes as Bai Sheng explained the knowledge of clouds and rain, while Ji Chenghe wrote with great enthusiasm.
He decided he must extract all the weather knowledge from Sister Sheng's mind. He wanted to write a book on agriculture and meteorology to guide the people of Great Xia in better utilizing weather for farming.
Bai Sheng felt that the entire Tashazhou, and even the border regions, were almost entirely desert. They had very little rainfall, so farmers lacked the innate conditions to accumulate agricultural meteorology knowledge. Otherwise, how could people here not have heard these well-known proverbs at all?
She also mentioned many other signs that indicated impending rain, almost revealing artificial rain, but Lu Ye stopped her just in time.
Intelligence bordering on the supernatural, Lu Ye saw that Bai Sheng had spoken too many things they had never heard of tonight and did not want her to appear overly extraordinary.
Bai Sheng understood Lu Ye's meaning and finally chuckled, "Brother Ji, you don't know, that old slave lived to be over 80 years old and was very knowledgeable. Our lives as slaves were too miserable, and every time we listened to him talk about his experiences, we found it very interesting, so we listened very attentively. If it weren't for him, how would I know so much?"
Ji Chenghe sighed, "Alas, it's truly a pity that such a person beneficial to the nation and society is actually a slave! If all his learning could be recorded—" He stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing he shouldn't be speaking of the old slave not being a slave in front of the Emperor's own son.
He glanced at Prince Yu and found his brow furrowed, seemingly not paying much attention to his words, which somewhat eased his mind.
Alas, after spending so much time in close proximity to Prince Yu, he had almost forgotten the survival aphorism "accompanying a ruler is like accompanying a tiger." He still had to continue his official career, so this sensitivity and vigilance must not be lost.
Prince Yu, at this moment, was thinking: this little black-faced girl is so beautiful, kind, smart, adorable, and capable; why did she become a slave? Which sons of bitches made her a slave? He wanted to find them and kill them.
Moreover, she must have had a miserable time as a slave. He also wanted to find everyone who had bullied her and kill them.
Thinking this, Prince Yu decided to send two people to investigate secretly after daybreak.
They would start with the village chief of the former Huangsha Village, Clan Leader Li, to clarify the origin of that batch of female slaves, then proceed to the town, the prefecture, the province, and the capital.
Night deepened, and the rain outside continued to pour.
Yang Ming and others prepared to patrol again to prevent some people from taking advantage of the rain to do harm to Hongshu Village.
Feng Pingyuan told his household staff to go back to sleep.
Due to sleeping too late tonight, Lu Ye told everyone not to wake up early tomorrow, suspending the morning exercise for a day. The key was that his precious darling was too tired and needed a good rest.
He held Bai Sheng's hand, preparing to return to their room, but was stopped by Ji Chenghe. The official Ji smiled and stepped forward, "Brother Lu, for the next few days, I'd like to borrow your precious darling for a bit, if you don't mind."
"Borrow her?" Lu Ye raised an eyebrow.
Ji Chenghe smiled ingratiatingly, "It's like this, I want to follow Sister Sheng for a few days and have her talk more about weather, meteorology, and climate. Is that okay?"
Although Ji Chenghe knew Sister Sheng would definitely agree to help him, he, an unmarried man, following a beautiful, married young woman around all day might be inappropriate.
Especially since Brother Lu was such a jealous person, it was more proper to go through him. After all, as long as he acknowledged Sister Sheng as his alone, he was somewhat generous.
Lu Ye smiled, "What my precious darling knows is just from listening to others' random talk. I don't know if it's accurate. The content Brother Ji records will need to be personally verified later. Otherwise, if the book goes out and something goes wrong, it might bring trouble to Brother Ji and my precious darling."
Hearing Lu Ye's words, Bai Sheng felt a great sense of security. Her man truly considered her safety at all times, and his mind was meticulous and leak-proof.
Ah, she loved Lu Ye so much; she wanted a hug, to be lifted high.
Ji Chenghe nodded repeatedly, "Brother Lu's consideration is indeed thorough. Don't worry, I will absolutely not reveal that Sister Sheng told me these things, and when I record them, I will also pay attention to my wording and personally verify them one by one later. I guarantee I won't put Sister Sheng in a dangerous situation."
"In that case, I am at ease," Lu Ye smiled. "As long as you don't make her too tired, Brother Ji can ask her more."
"Don't worry, with you here, I wouldn't dare let Sister Sheng get tired!" Ji Chenghe laughed heartily.
Entering the space, Bai Sheng tiptoed and wrapped her arms around Lu Ye's neck, pouting coquettishly, "Husband, I want a hug, to be lifted high."
My heavens! Who could withstand this? Lu Ye's nose was almost gushing blood.
This love must be expressed, expressed fiercely.
Lu Ye became wild.
He loved his precious darling being delicate in front of him, no, he loved his precious darling no matter what.
The torrential rain lasted all night. The next day, the weather was clear, and the sky was exceptionally blue. The young saplings in Hongshu Village had verdant leaves and upright branches, growing very pleasingly.
Feng Pingyuan sent people to inspect all the saplings; not a single one had a problem.
The feces in the septic tank had risen considerably. Fortunately, the embankment had been raised yesterday, otherwise, the sewage would have overflowed.
Gao Mei's father, Xiao Ma's father, Zhugan's father, and others, who were responsible for guarding the bandits and assassins, also mercifully drove these free laborers into the rain to take a bath and change into clean clothes.
They also washed the prison cells and sprinkled some disinfectant powder given by Granny Wu.
The bandits and assassins felt that their masters cared for them quite a bit. After bathing, they slept soundly.
Lu Ye's family slept late last night, so everyone woke up very late in the morning.
Yang Ming had been sleepless for almost the entire night. As soon as he lay down and closed his eyes, the scene he saw in the rain would appear in his mind.
Then his mind was filled with the graceful figure of a woman.
He finally managed to drift off to sleep as dawn approached, and he even had a treasonous dream. Upon waking, he clutched his chest, unable to calm down for a long time, until he realized his undergarment was wet.