Chapter 136: The First Time I Entered the City
In the blink of an eye, it is the golden autumn of September, the field is yellow again, the maple leaves on the mountain are also from green to red, looking at it from afar, the red, yellow and green reflect each other, the scenery is pleasant.
In the five or six acres of rice fields where the forest fish was planted, because of good management and sufficient fertilizer, the rice ears were full and the grains were golden.
The first trial was so successful, everyone was very happy, and after the grain was collected and dried, Lin Yu asked Zhang Qing and the Lu brothers to drag some to the mill to peel off the shell, and made their first white rice after this era.
Although Chen Daoye is a good farmer at growing grain, but the conditions at home are not very good, and now there are years of war and heavy taxes, except for the rich family, who can eat this fragrant dry rice?
Except for Chen Daoye, Uncle Qi and the others saw this white rice for the first time, although they were all adults, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Lin Yu naturally knew that white rice was delicious, so she asked Zhang and Aunt Lu to make a few pots, except for a pot of drained rice soup, the rest of the pots were directly baked, before eating rice, Lin Yu scooped a bowl of rice soup to drink, the viscous and fragrant familiar taste made her pleasantly surprised, and sighed in her heart: In the future, you can finally drink this delicious rice soup every day and eat the white rice!
After drinking the rice soup, she scooped up the rice again, gently picked a bite and put it in her mouth, the taste of the rice did not soften the glutinous aroma of polished rice in modern times, but even so, it still made the forest fish very satisfied, and after eating sorghum rice and corn porridge for several years, it did not let her forget the taste of rice, but she missed it more and more.
Because of the large amount of rice cooked, the forest fish made everyone eat openly. Everyone ate heartily, more comfortable than taking a big sip of wine, and in the end. Each belly is bulging.
Lin Yu thought thoughtfully, and when Uncle Qi and the others were about to go back, she asked Zhang and Aunt Lu to count the heads, divide the rest of the rice, and let Uncle Qi take them back to the family members at home to eat.
This Champa rice is much more precious than sorghum corn, and now the forest fish not only let them eat to support their stomachs, but also intimately let them bring back to their families. For a while, everyone was moved, and they all said words of thanks.
Now that all the rice has been harvested, it is time to teach the forest fish what they should teach. Chen Daoye prepared to go back.
After a few months of getting along, everyone was reluctant to give up on Chen Daoye, and they took the family's specialties for Chen Daoye to take back as nostalgia, and Lin Yu also wanted to take some. But I don't know what to take. I made a few spring and summer clothes and a few pairs of single shoes for Chen Daoye, and quietly stuffed some silver coins into Chen Daoye's package.
Lin Yu asked Zhang Qing and the Lu brothers to pack the rice in sacks, leaving only part of it as grain, and letting them help escort the officials to the county government and hand it over to the county magistrate.
Within two days, Lin Yu was busy collecting the grain rent sent by the tenants with Uncle Qi and Uncle Yutian at home, and the magistrate sent another servant. asked Lin Yu to go to the county office, saying that the magistrate summoned her.
If the magistrate is to praise himself. Lin Yu is very reluctant to go, now the family is busy, the reward of the county is really not as good as the food at home, and she doesn't like to be with people, but the county lord helped her save the siege last time, and others are still the lord of a county, no matter how to say, she should also go
After hesitating for a blink of an eye, Lin Yu hurriedly explained the grain collection to Uncle Qi Yutian, changed into clean clothes, and after cleaning up briefly, he asked Zhang Qing to drive the carriage and follow the officials to the county seat.
Lin Yu is not a chatter, along the way only briefly asked the two officials, do you know what the magistrate is looking for to summon him, the two magistrates replied that they don't know, they were just ordered to come to invite her, and the rest of the magistrates did not inform
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything from them, Lin Yu stopped thinking.
There was nothing to say all the way, and several people were hurrying away, and when Lin Yu felt that he was about to be shaken apart, he finally arrived in the county seat.
This is the first time she has entered the county seat in the past few years, and the outside of the city is surrounded by a high wall as she has seen on TV, but there is no moat, and the city gate is not very wide, and at most two carriages can be paralleled.
There were guards on the left and right sides of the doorway, but there were no checkpoints, just keeping an eye on the passers-by.
The official rode a donkey in front, and Zhang Qing followed behind in an ox cart.
When passing through the city gate, the two officials raised their voices and greeted several guards, it seemed that they were a system, so they knew each other.
Entering the city, there are wide avenues on the left and right, and then there are wooden buildings of different heights, and the lower floor is lined with shops, and the entrance is also densely hung with signboards and advertisements as in modern times, but most of them are wooden plaques and pennants.
After staying in the countryside for a few years, as soon as I entered the city, Lin Yu instantly felt dazzled and dizzy, although the streets and alleys were not as colorful as modern times, but they were also lively and extraordinary, and had a unique flavor.
was curiously staring around the shops one by one, and before he could enjoy it, the official stopped, and led Zhang Qing into the county government from the side door, and Lin Yu jumped off the ox cart.
One of them led Lin Yu to the backyard of the yamen, and the other led two donkeys to take Zhang Qing to the livestock shed to tie the animals.
Looking around curiously, Lin Yu was very interested in this ancient yamen.
The county government is not very large, covering an area of only twenty or thirty acres, and the main hall of the yamen in front occupies half of the position, and it is possible to reach the backyard through an arched door in the back hall courtyard.
Compared with the main hall, which only has two rows of cedars planted against the wall in the courtyard dam in front of it, and looks majestic and quiet, the backyard is full of flowers and plants, which is quiet and comfortable.
After walking for so long, I didn't see anyone else, thinking that it was now lunch break, and the officials had gone back to rest.
Lin Yu didn't ask why the official took her to this backyard, in her opinion, it must have been the magistrate who told him to bring herself to this backyard after bringing her, so she would lead herself straight over.
After passing through the small road that is not too long, you will arrive at the exquisite courtyard in the backyard, and the courtyard dam is also surrounded by a wall, and the official stands at the gate of the courtyard with the forest fish, and raises his voice to the inside: "Lord Qiyu, the forest fish girl from Quhe Village has arrived."
"Coming" was not the county magistrate who replied, but a middle-aged female voice who seemed to be a little excited, and then heard the sound of stumbling after something was knocked down.
It is estimated that the county magistrate was not at home, and the county lady was a little anxious when she heard the words of the officer, and she tripped over something while walking.
The official and Lin Yu stood quietly outside the courtyard, waiting for the county lady to come and open the courtyard door. (To be continued......)