Where in this world is there a calculation for no reason?

Du Li Zheng had felt that the matter of the autumn tax was handled by the people in the village, and he had begun to secretly guard against it. Back then, he was able to calculate the Gui family for the position of Lizheng, and today others can calculate the Du family for the position of Lizheng.

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier", at best, it is a change of power in the imperial court. To put it mildly, the magistrate was replaced, and the grain chief below was changed. The grain chief has been replaced, and he can't say that he also hopes to change to a closer Lizheng below.

It is speculated that there are people in the village who are worried about their position, but Du Li is suspicious of the Lin family.

is also an outsider, Du Li Zheng relied on the planning more than ten years ago, and won the position of Li Zheng first, and the Lin family can be convinced?

Over the years, the Lin family has not had much contact with the villagers, but because of the grain seeds, they have also sold a lot of it to the villagers.

Because the Lin family has a clansman as a Beijing official, Du Li has scruples, so he can only watch the Lin family invite people to buy people's hearts. This time, isn't it the Lin family taking advantage of the change of the grain chief to calculate the position of the right?

However, Du Li Zheng has always been cautious, although he suspected the Lin family in his heart, but he also arranged for someone to keep an eye on the Mei family and the Gui family.

The Mei family has been in the limelight in the past two years, and the clansmen have become more and more arrogant; On the Gui family's side, there is a vendetta, who knows when to pit the Du family.

Therefore, the matter of "Donggui" going to Gui's second grandfather's house entered Du Lizheng's ears.

As Gui Xuan said, as long as the two families move around, the Gui family is one in the eyes of outsiders.

The Gui family was a thorn in Du Lizheng's flesh, always on guard, and seeing the "East Gui" and "West Gui" who had been divided for many years hook up, Du Li Zheng secretly hated in his heart.

What made Du Lizheng even more annoyed was that in addition to the Gui family, the Mei family did not stop.

Several heads of the Mei family gathered at Mei An's house, and they also mentioned the position of Li Zheng. In their opinion, Duri is in a bad situation, and it is time to fight.

On the contrary, it was Mei Tongsheng's father and son, who did not participate in this matter, which made Du Li Zheng feel a little relieved.

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There was nothing to say all night, and the next day because the village school was on holiday again, Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba were idle.

Mei Xiaoba finished her routine homework, but she couldn't sit still, so she went out to play with Gui Chongyang.

Today, Gui Er's grandfather and Gui Chun came over to help see the flue, after all, it is a new house, and it always takes a few days to try, so the house is still cold, but it is not as comfortable as outside.

After Gui Chongyang finished practicing big characters and copying the "Dizang Sutra", he also felt that his hands and feet were cold, so he followed Mei Xiaoba out.

Mei Xiaoba carried two fishing rods, carried another bucket, and took Gui Chongyang to the river to fish.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mei has not allowed Mei Xiaoba to go into the water again.

Mei Xiaoba was so ruthless that she figured out the fishing rod, and she couldn't sit still, so she didn't have the patience to fish every time, so she pulled Gui Chongyang over.

Because Gui Chongyang was not in good health, he was more quiet and less moving when he was a child, and he was able to sit still. In the end, Mei Xiaoba made a nest and put on bait, Gui Chongyang sat and fished, and the two little brothers cooperated just right.

Today, Mei Xiaoba dragged Gui Chongyang out, obviously also playing this idea.

"It's a pity that my aunt won't let me, I can't go down to the river to touch the yellow eel, and the current eel is fat!" Mei Xiaoba carried things and said with regret on her face.

Gui Chongyang snorted lightly and said, "The autumn water is cold, but it's a joke!" In order to eat for two, you originally intended to be a paralyzed person in the future? ”

This is about an old widower surnamed Li in the village, who lost his wife at an early age, left a son, the family is extremely poor, there is no two acres of land, every year after the river is opened, he touches the loach and yellow eel to catch up with the market to sell, and he does not avoid the cold and heat when he has income, and the result is that he has serious rheumatism, and he can't get out of bed before he is in his thirties. Fortunately, the son is still filial and works long hours in the Lin family, with a salary, and the father and son can make ends meet.

Mei Xiaoba stuck out her tongue and stopped talking about going into the water.

One time less, the two little brothers arrived at the river.

Mei Xiaoba took out the fried millet dough from the bucket and made a nest under a willow tree.

Gui Chongyang also propped up two fishing rods, but took out a copy of "Four Books Collection Notes" in his hand.

Du Lizheng's strange identity made Gui Chongyang have all kinds of speculations, and he felt more and more pressed for time.

Gui Yuan was not on the first day of November last year, Gui Chongyang kept his father's filial piety for three years, in fact, he was filial piety for twenty-seven months, although the time was a little rushed, but he also happened to be able to participate in the county examination the year after tomorrow, so he wanted to give it a try when the time came.

After all, there is only a year and a half left.

Mei Xiaoba made a good nest, and when she turned around, she saw Gui Chongyang holding a book, and she couldn't help but suppress her previous excitement, and also folded the willow branches, and wrote the newly learned family names on the ground.

This is "close to Zhu Zhechi", Gui Chongyang saw it out of the corner of his eye and smiled slightly.

Gui Chongyang was dedicated to two things, and did not delay looking at the fishing rod at all, and after a while, he caught two half-foot-long crucian carp.

Seeing this, Mei Xiaoba hurriedly put down the book, and went to pick fish for bait, but he was still worried about seeing the missing rod, and he was blind to the millet of the nest, in the end, it was food, and it was not good to waste it in vain, so he was really relieved.

Two teenagers, one looks at the fishing rod and raises the rod, the other goes up to pick up the fish and change the bait, when there are no fish, one holds a book to read, and the other squats on the ground with willow branches, and falls in the eyes of others, it becomes a landscape.

Not far away, a young man in plain clothes was riding on horseback, stopping to watch, followed by two people, both of whom were also riding horses.

"That's Xiao Chongyang?" The young man was a little unrecognizable: "The way I love to read has not changed, why do you dress up like this?" ”

A person behind him replied: "Let's follow the customs, the north is bitter and cold, and the people live a simpler life." ”

Another person said: "The year before last, I saw the little brother Chongyang with the eldest brother, and he looked like a jade carving, but now he has changed his appearance, if Mr. Gui is still here, I don't know how to feel distressed." ”

Jinling is prosperous, Guiyuan is a favorite son, he really refuses to wronged his son at all, and the food and clothing are good, and it is not worse than the lord's house. The few people in front of me are Gui Yuan's old people, and they have seen Gui Yuan's favorite son, so they have such words.

The young man said with a ashamed face: "I should have come to visit a long time ago, but it has been delayed for so long." ”

The other two could not open their mouths to persuade them, and the three of them urged their horses and walked towards the river.

Gui Chongyang was closing the rod, and on the hook was a fathead fish of one and a half feet.

Mei Xiaoba immediately smiled, drooling at the big fish.

Gui Chongyang put down the fishing rod, turned around, and happened to see a few horses coming not far away.

"Brother Chongyang, this fish has three catties!" Mei Xiaoba said excitedly while carrying the fish.

Gui Chongyang didn't answer, looking at the young man in front of him, he was in a trance.

Mei Xiaoba also saw outsiders coming, still a few young men dressed as horseback warriors, and couldn't help but be a little timid, but he still took two steps forward and stood beside Gui Chongyang.

The young man turned over and dismounted, looked at Gui Chongyang and said with a smile: "What? I haven't seen each other for two years, and I don't know each other? ”

Gui Chongyang said, "Senior Brother Xu! ”

The young man was in his early twenties, tall, with a long face and a slightly dark face, and he looked burly and muscular.

Since Gui Chongyang remembered, I have seen this "Senior Brother Xu Boping", but now I haven't seen him for two years, so naturally I won't really forget it.

The young man was also a little moved when he heard this old name, and said: "I was a disciple of Mr. in vain, but I didn't send Mr. on his last journey, and I let you go back to my hometown alone, and Mr. is afraid that he will complain about me underground." ”

Gui Chongyang shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Xu thinks too much, my father was most worried about my senior brother before his death, but he talked about his senior brother twice on the sickbed, saying that his senior brother was on an errand in the north, and he was afraid that the errand was hard and difficult. ”

Just this sentence, Xu Boping's eyes were red: "I should go back, Mr. treats me like a nephew and brother, I can't live with Mr!" ”

Gui Chongyang hurriedly said: "After my father passed away, if it wasn't for the senior brother's family to come over to help with the cooking, the funeral would not have gone smoothly, even if the younger brother returned to his hometown, he would have relied on Senior Brother Xu's arrangement." I haven't thanked my senior brother yet, but here, my younger brother has thanked me. "With that, I made a long gesture.