The room was large, but there was no furniture, a table had a broken leg, and the broken place was tightly tied with hemp rope, which was shorter than the other three, and there was a tile underneath, and there were only two benches, which is best described as the four walls of the house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition to the old man, there was also an old woman in the house with a child of about six or seven years old, the little one was small, but he was not small, hiding behind the woman, pulling at the woman's clothes, but poking his head out from under the ribs, looking at the strange guest with wide eyes.

The old man was extremely hospitable, and as he spoke, he came out of the side room full of a small basket full of dried fruits and put them on the table: "A few guests, the family is poor, there is nothing to entertain, this is the wild dates we have here dried in the sun, and the taste is also delicious and delicious." But you can't eat it outside. ”

Qin Feng sat on a bench with great interest, beckoning the old man to sit opposite him as well, and Gonggong Le and Wu Ling could only stand. I put a jujube in my hand and put it in my mouth to chew for a while, and sure enough, my mouth was full of relish, and the taste was abnormal. He was full of praise at the moment, ate a few more in a row, looked back at the two people behind him, and said, "You also taste it, sure enough, the most beautiful thing is the mountain and wild thing, this thing, I really haven't eaten it." ”

Father-in-law Le smiled and shook his head, but Wu Ling turned his head to look at him. Qin Feng only greeted them, and then ignored them again. Seeing that the little child was snuggling up to the old man's side at the moment, he grabbed a handful and handed it to the little guy, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you see the child's parents?" ”

The old man and his family are too old, and they look like their grandfathers.

The old man's face changed slightly, he gently stroked Xiao'er's hair, and sighed: "My son is gone, the Shuntian army rebelled two years ago, passed through us, and walked away with my son, and our family hid in the mountains, so we escaped this catastrophe, and there was no news for a few years, so it must be gone." My daughter-in-law also left, and we were the only ones left with our grandchildren. ”

"In the past few years, it was indeed a shortage of war." Qin Feng nodded sympathetically.

"The Shuntian army is harmful!" A look of hatred flashed on the old man's face, "We were originally a big village here, hundreds of families, hundreds of people, the Shuntian army came, grabbed grain, burned houses, and dared not to go with them, so they whipped and forced everyone to leave their hometowns, many families were desperate, we can still live, we are already very satisfied." ”

An extremely embarrassed look flashed on Wu Ling's face, but Qin Feng ignored him, "Old man, the Shuntian Army has been defeated a long time ago, and now it is the Great Ming Kingdom, the days are too peaceful, and there will be no war, how are you doing now?" It's still very bitter to look at it like this. ”

"It's bitter, but there's hope!" The old man was excited. "Speaking of which, it's better to be the current emperor, I know that our Changyang people have suffered a lot, and they say that they will not collect taxes for three years! Although there are only three people in our family, we have more than a dozen acres of land! ”

"There is no labor in the old man's house, how can he plant more than a dozen acres of land?" Qin Feng asked.

"Growing food is definitely not possible, our old couple, just planted a little ration point, just be able to make a living, the rest, in accordance with the requirements of the government planted medicinal materials, said that the imperial court in order to take care of our Changyang County, specially planted in Changyang County, is a court of what yamen wants, when the time comes, there will be a special medicinal herb merchant to come to collect, we don't need to go out."

"That's the Imperial Doctor's Department!" Qin Feng said with a smile.

The old man couldn't remember what the name was, but anyway, when it was harvest season, they would come to the door to harvest. At that time, I still remember that our county order said a price, and the old man came back and calculated it carefully, and after a year, he could save dozens of taels of silver, and the days would be easy. The old man looked satisfied.

"What about you guys here, how are you officials?" Qin Feng asked.

The old man's eyes flashed, "The guest is not a medicinal herb merchant, right?" Are you the first official in the capital to come to Weifu for a private visit? ”

Qin Feng laughed: "Old man, where does this start?" ”

The old man also laughed: "The old man has lived for most of his life, although he has not seen the world, but he still has a little vision for looking at people, and the guests are not the posture of a businessman at a glance, and there is a majesty on his body, well, just sit there, and it will naturally make people afraid." And your two entourage, why don't you look like pharmacists, there have been several groups of pharmacists here this year? ”

Qin Feng smiled and looked back at Father-in-law Le: "I thought I hid it well enough, but I didn't expect to be seen at a glance by this old man, well, the old man is right, I, I was sent by the imperial court to make an unannounced visit to see if there are any officials who dare to fish the people." ”

After getting the confirmation, the old man hurriedly stood up to see him again, Qin Feng grabbed him and pressed him to the bench, "Don't be polite, old man, since it is a private visit to Weifu, it is naturally no etiquette, the old family will tell me about your officials here!" ”

The old man sat down and gave a thumbs up: "It's not that I'm praising our officials here, the county guard is also here, or our county commander Wu of Tianmen County, they are all good officials." ”

"Have you seen the Horse Guard?"

"I've come to us, I don't look like an official, but more like an old farmer like me, pulling my trouser legs, rolling up my sleeves and helping us loosen the soil and sow seeds!" The old man gave a thumbs up, "The old man has lived for so long, the first time he has seen such an official, not to mention the big officials in the county before, the old men in the county, then we can't easily see it." It's different now, we've seen it in the county guard, Wu County Order, I've seen it many times, and a few days ago I sent a batch of apple trees, saying that it was a new seedling from the shoulder of Shangqinglin, and we wanted to plant it. This Wu County Order, even our Tianmen people, there is no shelf, he speaks softly, and he is very talkative. ”

"Apple trees?"

"That's right, Wu County's order said, let's plant it well, raise it well, and it will bear fruit in the future, but it will be sent to Yuejing City as a tribute, and it will be eaten by the emperor and his old man."

Qin Feng laughed again, needless to say, this must have been Ma Xiangnan's idea.

"The county didn't collect money indiscriminately, did it?"

"No, no!" The old man shook his head again and again: "Not only did he confiscate the money, but during the New Year, he also sent someone to send us some grain, saying that it was for us to survive the spring famine, and it was all good chestnut rice, so I said that the current officials are all good officials, and there was such a thing in the past, so it's good not to look for us to exploit it." ”

"Sounds really good, but just doing this is not a good official!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "This Wu Xing, when did you all get rich, then you were a good official." ”

"It's coming, it's coming." The old man was very optimistic: "By the time of this year's harvest, we will have money, dozens of taels of silver." "Listening to this tone, a few dozen taels of silver is already a huge amount of money in his eyes." Also, there is a righteous school in the county, the last time Lord Wu came to us, he saw my little grandson, and told me that there is a righteous school in the county, and I don't need money and room and board, let me send my grandson there, saying that my situation is absolutely in line with the admission conditions of Yixue, and when the little grandson is six years old, I will send it to study, Lord Wu said, if you want to be promising, you must study. ”

"You also have a school here?"

"I heard that it was paid for by the imperial court, and there are many in other places, but our Changyang County, because there are too few people, only the county will do it, and where will eligible children be sent to study, which is a great thing, reading is a costly thing, and we didn't dare to think about it before." The emperor is a good person, not only let the dolls read for free, but also manage food and lodging. The old man said again and again. In the future, when my little grandson succeeds in studying, I will also serve the emperor. ”

"That's a good idea." Qin Feng nodded and smiled: "Old man, we are also hungry, can we have a meal here with you?" ”

Lao Yi said with disgust: "Look at what you said, this adult, it's all time at the meal, and I can't go, I've been doing it in the back for a long time, but I don't have anything to eat, but I can fill my stomach." ”

"Okay, okay! Then thank you to the old man. Qin Feng smiled and waved his hand at Father-in-law Le, Father-in-law Le immediately took out a ticket from his arms, looked at it, and changed it again, he didn't wear a small ticket on his body, the first one he took out was a hundred taels, I thought that the emperor wanted to reward, so I had to be generous, but I remembered that dozens of taels were big money in the eyes of this old man, and I scared him by taking a hundred taels, so I changed a ticket of ten taels and handed it to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng put the banknote on the table and pushed it to the old man's hand, "We can't eat you for nothing, these are our meal expenses." ”

The old man's eyes widened, "It's just a meal, what's worth it, don't want it, don't want it." Ten taels of silver also frightened the old man.

"Old man, didn't you say earlier that I was a senior official who came to make a secret visit? If I eat your food for nothing, let people know, then I will also have to participate in my book, and then the emperor will let me walk around without eating, besides, since I am here for a secret visit, I must also lead by example, right? ”

"But that's too much." The old man looked at it.

"Do you recognize the money?" Qin Feng asked with interest.

"Of course I know, now we all use this money in Tianmen County, this is newly issued by the imperial court, convenient, not like the previous heavy copper coins."

"But it's still good?"

"Of course it's easy to use, anyway, we all use this money here now!" Old man said. "That's too much."

"If it's too much, it's the money I paid to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for your grandson, didn't you say that you were going to send him to study? Although there is no money and food and lodging are in charge there, you have to buy these things yourself. It also costs a lot of money. ”

"Then thank you to this lord, the current official is good, the old man is lucky, he can still meet a good time like this, and he can also meet a good official like you."

Qin Feng laughed and touched the little guy's head: "Your grandson will have better luck." ”

"That's that, that's." The old man carefully hid the money close to his body, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

A meal is a cake made of chestnut rice noodles and wild vegetables, and a big bowl of soup is also made of wild vegetables, no oil, and water is less soup, but Qin Feng eats it extremely sweet.

It's Wu Ling, who has a lot of worries, a big man, eats a cake, and he can't eat it anymore.