Entering the wax moon, the New Year festival is approaching, in previous years, at this time of the family are in full swing to prepare for the New Year, but this year is the door of each house is closed, the street is depressed and deserted.

Yuanyuan is in the month of crawling, and it should be the time to be lively and active, and I don't know if this kid is too fat or too lazy, in short, he has to spread his hands and feet and wait for someone to hug him before he climbs for a while.

Several mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law can't bear the loneliness, and they have to avoid people's eyes and come to get close to the two milk babies every day.

Liu Hongmei saw that her chubby nephew refused to crawl, and with a roll of her eyes, she stuffed the round and favorite hair cake into her proper hand. Proper is also greedy, but he doesn't like to eat this kind of food that has no sweet taste.

But he is a well-behaved doll, and even if he doesn't eat the food given by adults, he will hold it firmly in his hand. In this way, there is a small tail behind the buttocks, and he drools behind his trembling brother all day long.

Liu Hongmei's gluttony has reached a new level, if it weren't for Chen Qing's repeated admonition to the two concubines to urge the baby to lose weight, I really hate to be held in my arms all day long to feed and drink, and even the doll of the nurse has been fed fat.

The husband is not around, and there is nothing else to relieve depression except the doll, if it is not for Zijun's care, it can't be too ostentatious, these mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law can't wait to hold the baby and go out to show off.

Her dolls are all white and smart, eat well and dress warmly all day long, and throw out the mud monkeys of other people's houses for several streets.

Especially Yuanyuan, this kid, a little big thing will coax people, and a few mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who are amused will cry and beg the baby for comfort. amused a lot, this kid began to impatiently pretend to kiss and hug, and after more times, he pouted and rolled his eyes.

The long eyelashes flickered straight, and the disgusted little expressions provoked several mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to call this baby essence, even if they were disgusted by the baby, they were still happy to tease him to show more interesting reactions.

Chen Qing would come over every few days to see his son, and by the way, explain the early education courses for young children.

Yuanyuan grinned when he saw his father, when his father hugged him, he would not stop it, and his little arm wrapped his little arm around his father's neck and did not let go.

Chen Qing also wanted his son, but unfortunately the village was not peaceful, and he didn't dare to take the baby with him. It's okay that the little thing didn't see his father, but when he saw it, he hated to wrap his hands and feet around his father, and every time Chen Qing left, he had to eat a meal, plus cry for a night.

After a long time, the nurse has brought out her experience, and if she doesn't eat, she will be hungry, and when she is very hungry, she will naturally eat hard and be willing to sleep obediently.

Patting his fat son's buttocks, Chen Qing said resentfully, "If you get fatter, your father won't be able to hold you stinky boy!"

Yuan Yuan listened to the sound and flattened his mouth, and immediately felt that this tone was reprimanding him, so he leaned over pitifully and kissed Chen Qing's face, and then nestled back to his neck and kept arching.

is coquettish like a little cat, and Chen Qing's heart trembled, he didn't see him for a few days, this little guy is the same every day, and when he is older, he probably won't be so close to him.

If you don't cherish the time when you were young, I'm afraid that when you think about it, you will be able to walk on your own feet.

The well-fed little guy squinted his eyes and nested in Chen Qing's arms, if he didn't cry or make trouble, he didn't sleep, and he only rubbed his eyes with one hand when he was sleepy, still holding his father's sleeve for fear that he would disappear again.

Chen Qing kissed him lovingly, sang a nursery rhyme in a low voice, patted the little guy's ass and scolded with a smile, "If you don't sleep again, I'll be really spanked."

Yuan Yuan's mouth was flattened, and he suddenly stiffened and did not move, and after a breath, Chen Qing's clothes were wet, and the little guy suddenly felt faceless and covered his eyes with his little hands, arching into Chen Qing's arms and pretending to be dead.

"Stinky boy! make it bad without squeaking!" Chen Qing helplessly lifted his son away, shook his clothes and got up to change his clothes.

After taking care of himself, he picked up his son's open crotch pants and turned out new cotton pants for him to change. The little guy giggled brightly, and laughed a lot of laughs.

"Little bastard, have a virtue with your father" Chen Qing cleaned up his son before lifting his little fat leg and biting the fat footboard.

With only these big feet, it is estimated that he will not be short in the future, Chen Qing accompanied his son to practice his leg strength, and then wrapped the sleepy little thing in the quilt to sleep.

When I got out of the bedroom, I saw Hongmei talking at the door, and when she turned to one side, she happened to reveal Chen Bi and Wan Zhuoping who had entered the door.

"Abi?" Chen Qing called happily and quietly pulled his sister-in-law and brother-in-law to sit down.

Liu Hongmei gave them the hall and went to prepare lunch with a smile.

Because she was worried about her sister-in-law, Chen Qing once wrote to ask about her family's situation, and the first few letters said that the food was very good, so Chen Qing didn't worry much.

Now that I see my sister looking for me, I guess it should be because the food at home has bottomed out. Because of the incident of the greenhouse last time, Chen Qing didn't dare to mention that they should come to the county seat to live temporarily, nor did he take the initiative to mention the matter of helping.

A few days ago, I also mentioned in the letter, saying that the family members live in the county, and if there is something, you can go back to the old house to spread the word. Seeing that the young couple was not like talking, Chen Qing knew it in his heart, so he didn't say much, and only asked the two to live in peace.

There are a total of three bedrooms in the old house, and the nurse and Brother Yang each occupy half of the ear room, but the main house is still vacant.

This house is recorded in Chen Bi's name, and the guests are not good at occupying the master's bedroom, and everyone knows that this room is left by Chen Qing for his sister-in-law to take refuge.

It was rare for the two of them to eat a full meal, so they opened their bellies to eat and drink, they hadn't seen meat for too long, Chen Qing was afraid that their stomachs would not be able to stand it, so they deliberately boiled the soup with oil.

Chen Bi ate and drank to her heart's content, and smiled shyly at her brother, while Wan Zhuoping blushed a little crampedly, and hesitated to speak, "Big brother, I have been a little nervous at home recently, I originally thought that the food stored would be enough to survive until the government relieved, so I didn't want to bother the eldest brother." I didn't think that the drought was too severe this year, and the imperial court was slow to send relief food, so I thought that I would let Abi stay with you for a few days first, and then take her back when the family was more comfortable, and save her from suffering with me."

Chen Qing sank his face and said, "Only then did I remember to say, do you still think that I am the eldest brother? Abi is my sister, but she married you, and she is willing to live well or badly, and she can't wipe her face because of this matter, I see that you will also go back, just live here with peace of mind, and save some rations for your father and mother to eat."

Wan Zhuoping lowered his head to listen to the training, he knew that the eldest brother had no malicious intentions, but he just couldn't pull his face. Abi understood him, even if he couldn't sleep at night when he was hungry, he never mentioned looking for his eldest brother to solve his difficulties, but when he saw that his daughter-in-law was going to drink mush with him, he had to send it to the county.

Now that he heard the eldest brother's admonition, Wan Zhuoping's honest face faded and he nodded solemnly. What kind of face do you need at this time? The eldest brother doesn't treat him as an outsider, how can he chill the eldest brother's heart again?

Before going out, Chen Qing also asked Wan Zhuoping to run again tomorrow and send some rice and noodles to Wan Liutun's father, and the young couple in the province also thought about their family every day.

Wan Zhuoping couldn't say words of gratitude, and Chen Qing didn't like to listen to it, so he patted him on the shoulder and turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, Chen Qing turned over the cabinet to gather the beans for boiling porridge, and boiled for a whole hour before pouring the sweet and soft glutinous Laba porridge into the rice bowl.

Liang Zixian rushed back to the old house for the festival, and spent the Laba Festival with his brother and father. As soon as lunch was over, they gathered together as usual to talk about the situation, and then rushed back to the county in a carriage near evening.

The next day, just after dawn, the silent village was awakened by the noise.

The Liang family was screamed by the slamming of the door, wrapped in clothes, and ran out to find out.

A group of officers and soldiers wearing coats and cold eyebrows surrounded the Liang family's old house, and the dart master didn't know what to do, but he also adhered to the practice of the people not fighting with the officials, and only dared to close the door tightly, and they couldn't defend it.

When the owners got up, the leader asked the master about the wishes of the owner, and if they wanted to escape, they would try to delay for a while and try to escort the owner to escape.

Liang Baida had just been awakened, and he struggled to stabilize his mind and waved his hand to order the dart master to open the door. Regardless of whether the officers and men came to the door to arrest or ask questions, they did not dare to openly oppose the government.

Chen Qing and Liang Zijun glanced at each other, both a little inexplicably worried. Okay, how can we attract officers and soldiers to surround and besiege us? No matter what happens, we must open the door first.

Liang Zijun has a meritorious reputation, it can be seen that the official does not kneel, with him, the officers and soldiers also have to give him three points, so he only besieges and does not attack, and the attitude is not very good, but he does not dare to break the door directly.

After everyone cleaned up, the dart master accepted the guy and opened the door of the house.

A group of 20 officials rushed in, and each armed with a spear and a big knife at his waist surrounded a group of people in the courtyard.

The head catcher pressed the handle of the knife, nodded to Liang Zijun horizontally, and said in an official voice, "On the order of the county master, I invite Master Liang to go to the yamen to interrogate, we are also acting on orders, and please ask the third master to take care of it."

After speaking, he didn't wait for a response, so he waved his hand, hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Master Liang, please~"

Chen Qing's eyes widened, how could he come at Zijun? Then he stopped in front of Liang Zijun and asked, "Please also ask the official to make it clear, I don't know what the county master is doing to invite our third master?"

The head catcher pursed his lips disdainfully, took the filial piety silver handed by Liang Zizhuang, eased his tone and pretended to sigh and said, "We are just on an errand, we can do whatever we explain above, and there is no reason to let the county master inform you, but I advise you to think about it quickly, it is estimated that it is not a good thing, and now it is a disaster year!"

Liang Baida understood the hint of the head catcher, and hurriedly instructed Zizhuang to send the silver again, and asked in a sincere tone, "Please take more care of the official, if there is any news, please bring a message to me, the Liang family will definitely not forget the great kindness of the official."

Fortunately, Liang Sanye is very good at being a man on weekdays, and he has never offended these officials in the past.

Chen Qing hurriedly took the silver ticket in Zizhuang's hand, ran a few steps and stuffed it into Liang Zijun's arms.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and if something really happens, it is better to make some money communicate with the family.

Chen Qing's movements did not avoid the official errand, but with the eyebrows and smiles of these elites, as if he was traveling, he hugged Liang Sanye and returned to the county office. I don't know if the county lord invited Liang Sanye to drink, how could he guess that he was arrested?

As soon as the official left, the Liang family hurriedly gathered together to discuss the matter. First of all, he sent Li San to the county to inform Zixian to quickly find out the news, no matter what happened, he had to find out what happened before he could think of countermeasures, right?

"Hurry up and write to Birkin to inform him, if it is really a crime of ignoring the holy decree for the sake of storing grain, it is a big crime to raid the house and behead him" Liang Bai was at a loss in a panic, and the imperial court had just issued a grain control order, so he put the people to death in order to prevent the price of grain from being raised in various places.

In previous years, the disaster was not serious, and no one would take care of the landlords outside the county, but if they really had the heart to investigate, it would not be difficult to put a hard charge on it.

Even if his family only borrows and does not sell, but now that the people are not hungry, and the imperial court has been slow to send silver for disaster relief, the county magistrate will not put such a large granary and not collect it. If someone deliberately provokes it, the county magistrate is also happy to use the excuse to make trouble, and first pay the grain of the landlord's house for a year and a half, so that the silver will be changed to a misjudgment, and the conviction will be issued if the money is not cleared.

In short, the county magistrate inside and outside the county did not suffer a loss, and he also paid for the grain disaster relief in vain. If he really thought that he would ask the court to make up for the loss, it would be wishful thinking, and no matter what the intention of storing grain in the disaster year, he would not be able to get rid of the charge of disregarding the law and discipline.

The official word has two mouths, and they reverse black and white at will, and the people who have been circulating for a long time do not fight with the officials, precisely because no matter whether the people are reasonable or not, they don't want to be more than the government.

The arm can't twist the thigh after all, if you don't want the egg to touch the stone, you can only come softly, if you have silver, you can make silver, and if you don't have silver, you can only think about it, in short, if you don't want to be convicted, you can only think about it, in previous years, there were countless unjust, false and wrongful cases, and the Liang family did not dare to be the enemy of the government even if they were wealthy.