Three days later in the evening.

The backyard of the Akagi Prefectural Government.

The wall of the courtyard fifty steps square was dressed in a layer of bright red silk coat, and the big red lantern of five steps emitted a bright and festive light, and the huge golden yellow character of longevity on the lantern was carefully placed towards the courtyard. There are exactly fifty lanterns in the entire courtyard, which is exactly the same as the 50th birthday of the prefectural magistrate this year. Plus the other fifty lamps of the entire county government, the meaning is self-evident.

Fifty tables have been set up in the courtyard, on which eight-colored snacks and ten dragon wells before the rain are neatly arranged. Many of the wealthy gentry in Akagi have arrived, drinking tea and chatting in the east and west. The content of the conversation is just the specifications of the county order's birthday, the number of gifts given by everyone, the wind and snow of Xiuchun Building, and more about each other's business. It was a scene of singing and dancing, and no one cared that the other half of the city was starving.

More wealthy families and gentry are lining up to enter the compound with gifts, and every time they enter, there are two housekeepers of the Huang County Order who sang loudly, "So-and-so, how many gifts are given." ”

Whenever a very light gift was sung, everyone laughed and ridiculed, and the giver hurriedly plunged into the crowd and hid himself. And when a very heavy salute is sung, it will attract everyone's cold breath and exclamations. The giver raised his head and shook his head, greeted the acquaintance loudly, and deliberately stood on the side of the road and laughed loudly.

Today's protagonist, Huang Ling, the county magistrate of Chicheng County, is very happy. He sat upright on the main seat, wearing a bearskin coat, and his fat body was sunk deep into the armchair covered with tiger skins. The fat head and big ears were red on his face, and from time to time he opened his big mouth and laughed for a while, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth. From time to time, a fierce light flashed in the small squinted eyes. The whole person doesn't look like a county order at all, but more like a mountain king who occupies the mountain.

Akagi is located on the border and has a dangerous geographical location, which should have been a place where the imperial court focused on and arranged heavy troops. However, the ten-year battle of Qiyan made the imperial court have no time to look north, and it has become a place outside the law. In addition, it is also the emperor of Tiangao, and no one cares, so Huang Ling has been the soil emperor of Chicheng for three consecutive years, and he has no intention of leaving at all. It happened that now the Khitans were fighting the Uighurs, and the Khitans were unable to go south, and Chicheng ushered in a safe time for a few years, and Huang Ling, the county order, was very comfortable.

At this moment, on his left hand side is Chicheng's second-in-command county lieutenant Dong Zhuang, and on his right hand is Chicheng's master bookkeeper Yin Xian. Around the table, there are also Li Wang, the first wealthy gentleman of Fufeng, Wang Liang, the head of the Wang family, a local veteran family in Chicheng, and Deng Wen in Chicheng. What is commendable is that there is a young woman about twenty-five years old sitting opposite Huang Ling.

The woman's face was fair, with peach eyes and apricot cheeks, and her slender eyebrows were like green willows in the new year. The big eyes showed a weakness from time to time. The skin is fair and shiny, like a piece of porcelain. She has a slender and well-proportioned figure, and she has the temperament of a gentle young woman, but from her speech and demeanor, it is not difficult to find her strength and self-confidence. At first glance, this woman is beautiful but not enchanting, elegant but not arrogant, giving people the feeling of a big sister next door, this woman is the first businessman in Chicheng County, Wang Chen.

Wang Chen's family was originally a member of the Chen family of the Wang clan in Longxi, and married into the local Wang family at the age of 16. Although her husband Wang Zhen is the concubine of the Wang family, she has been smart since she was a child, and she has a reputation for showing off her talents when she is not married, especially when she is a handful of Danqing, and her fame moves in the north. Wang Chen's is not an ordinary lady who only understands the three outlines and five constants, although the reputation of the one-handed guzheng is not obvious, but it is quite popular. After the two got married, Lang painted to the concubine to stroke the qin, and the affection was abnormal, like a pair of fairy couples.

Old man Wang also likes this son very much, and faintly has the meaning of passing on the position of the head of the Wang family to Wang Zhen. But Wang Zhen didn't seem to be blessed to receive these blessings, and died suddenly before he was twenty years old, leaving Wang Chen's two orphans and widows.

The old man of the Wang family was fine when he was alive, and he didn't suffer much grievances without mother and son. But as soon as the old man left, Wang Chen's mother and son began to be bullied, and finally they were simply kicked out of Wang's house. However, this Wang Chen family is also a strong character, not relying on his mother's family, but relying on a few remote shops obtained from the family to make a big business all over Dayan. There are a few of her shops in the twenty states of Dayan. In total, there are hundreds of prosperous shops, and all of them are in prosperous areas, and the industry is involved in all walks of life. The current Wang Chen family is not an exaggeration to describe it as having a net worth of millions and making money every day.

Although she is a female streamer, her influence on Dayan's business is still very large. Therefore, today's banquet of Huang Ling will have a place for her.

"Today is the county's birthday, in fact, it's nothing, I just want to find everyone to get together." Huang Lingle laughed.

"The prefectural magistrate is too modest, but you are one of our parents in Akagi. Your birthday is one of the top events in Akagi. Guys, isn't it? Ha ha...... The master said with a flattering smile.

His words immediately attracted a large number of voices of approval, especially Wang Liang, the current head of the Wang family, who couldn't wait to kneel down and lick the stinky feet of the yellow fat man.

This Wang Liang is Wang Chen's brother-in-law, Wang Zhen's half-brother, but Wang Liang is a descendant, and his status is much higher than Wang Zhen. It was this Wang Liang who bullied the weak and drove Wang Chen's mother and son out of the gate of Wang's house. But he is a waste of dim sum, since he took charge of the Wang family, in just a few years of hard work has lost most of the Wang family, the current Wang family has long lost its former prestige, so it is good to survive and survive. This kid is also a scheming person, watching his sister-in-law's business flourish, he tried to seize it several times, but he was resolved by Wang Chen's one by one, and he never succeeded.

Even now, he didn't give up plotting against Wang Chen's family, Wang Chen's family just looked at his husband's face, so he didn't care about him, in fact, Wang Chen's hated the Wang family.

Only the county lieutenant Dong Zhuang and Wang Chen smiled slightly at the corners of their mouths, which was considered to be the right moment, but the disdain in their eyes was hidden in the depths of their eyes.

"Master Yin's words are wrong, since he is a parent, he naturally wants to benefit one party!" His mouth was reproachful, but his eyes were full of pride and appreciation. "You see, the county has recently opened a porridge shed to give porridge, isn't there a lot less refugees outside? However, you still have to help the county continue to work hard. ”

"Good! The county magistrate really loves the people like a son, and he is willing to do his part. My Li family will donate 1,000 stones of grain and 1,000 taels of silver to the county. Li Wang was the first to pledge enthusiastically.

This old guy is cunning like a ghost, he feels that he is the first to pledge, and it is such a heavy gift at the beginning, and the county magistrate will definitely remember his favor.

Sure enough, the fat man Huang smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help nodding at Li Wang.

The others scolded secretly in their hearts, you old boy stammered in order to tie up the yellow fat man, and shouted out a thousand stones of grain and a thousand taels of silver here, how much do you let us pay?

But things have come to this, and they can't help it, so they donate 1,000 stones and 800 stones, and of course, those small fish and shrimp who eat outside can't run away to release blood. As for how much of the donated money and food can be used on the victims, only Huang Ling himself knows.

Everyone had a bad blood, with the exception of two people. The county lieutenant Dong Zhuang did not pull out a dime on the grounds that he had no long things. Huang Fatzi knew his temperament, and he had 500 county soldiers in hand, so Huang Ling didn't dare to help him. The other is Wang Chen's, who did not donate a cent on the grounds that she had opened a porridge shed for 3 consecutive months and had no surplus food in her hands. But her background and ability, Huang Ling is still quite jealous, and he doesn't dare to force her too much.

For a while, no matter what everyone was feeling, the scene was full of joy for the guests and hosts.

It was very lively outside, and Huang Chuchu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in the boudoir, and they were all around.

She agreed with Qin Forget to send the fire fox skin tonight, and Qin Forget also swore that he would give Huang Chuchu a white fox skin. It's good now, the birthday ceremony has begun, and Qin Wangren still hasn't come.

Huang Chuchu complained a little in his heart.

He won't have any surprises, right? He wouldn't have met the bandits from last time, would he?

Thinking of this, her heart suddenly became entangled, she stood up and couldn't stand, she couldn't sit, she panicked. Now those two fox skins were no longer important to Qin Wang, and she was even more worried about Qin Wang's safety.

"Miss, Qin Forget won't come, right? I would have prepared another gift if I had known. It's good now, where can I find a birthday gift that I can get my hands on? "Half Moon has always been of the same mind as her own young lady, and when the young lady is anxious, she is also anxious.

"Wait, I don't think he'll break his word." Huang Chuchu didn't know why he believed in Qin Forget so much, maybe it was because he saved himself like a divine soldier from heaven last time, right?

"Half Moon, good sister, you said she wouldn't have any accidents, right? I panicked. Huang Chuchu grabbed Banyue's hand and asked in a panic. With a look of anticipation on his face, he hoped that Banyue could say that Qin Wu would definitely not have an accident.

"Miss, don't worry, Qin Wang's skills are so good, there will be no accidents. He himself can beat such a big bear, and the bandits who were so vicious last time can't beat him, how can there be an accident? Besides, he was hunting in the forest behind Qinjia Village, and when Yang Xuan and the others returned, they would definitely go to help him. Banyue knew Huang Chuchu's mood, and kept comforting her, and after speaking, there was a trace of sadness and loss in Banyue's eyes.

Huang Chuchu obviously didn't see Half Moon's eyes, "That's good, that's good." She subconsciously took Half Moon's hand, lowered her head and kept muttering to herself.

"My good sister, is Daddy's birthday gift ready?" Huang Tian's joking voice sounded at the door, he pushed open the door and walked in, looked at his restless sister, and laughed, "Yo, yo, this little face is worried, do you know it's panicking?" ”

"Cut, I'm not ready to be better than someone stealing their sister's two skins to give to Daddy! also said that he brought someone to beat him, what a shame! Huang Chuchu came back to his senses, glared at his brother fiercely, and sneered at him.

"Ouch, my good sister, auntie, do you want my brother to be beaten to death by my father? Be quiet。。。。。。。 Huang Tianyi grabbed Huang Chuchu's arm, pulled her farther away from the door, and whispered, "Besides, how can I count it as stealing, but I gave you a full fifty taels of silver, which is enough to buy ten tickets." Huang Zhen's face was full of caution.

"Cut, it's like everyone doesn't know. Everyone is just to make Daddy happy and not break it. That is, Huang Chuchu never gave Huang Tian face, so that Huang Tianxia would not come to Taiwan. The two brothers and sisters were reconciled after fighting for a while, and the relationship between the two has always been good, otherwise Huang Tian would not let Qin forget because of his sister's few words.