The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, these officials all shouted, and one of them drank a bowl of bad rice porridge and the side dishes he ate yesterday, and he had to help with things, and they couldn't do the slightest technical work, and the villagers didn't expect them to do it, so they let them carry water.

There was a blister in the mountain, about a mile from the village, and there was water, and the water that flowed down, and the rainwater, and there was a small spring over there, so that the people in the village would not run out of water, and no one in the village would grow rice, wheat, millet, and sorghum.

There are also a lot of vegetable plots, the price of vegetables is cheap, the speed of money can be exchanged, stubble by stubble, pick some, by the strong laborers in the village to carry out and sell, take another way, except for these uninformed officials, no one will be stupid enough to climb so many mountains, in exchange for money to buy some salt and oil and other things back.

Life is a little hard, but it is not to the point of eating bran all day long, there is a small mill in the village, reclamation on the mountain, planting soybeans, usually you can occasionally eat a meal of soy products, most of the beans are taxed, the wasteland that was opened, Cheng County Ling knew, but not included in the register, leaving some spare money for the villagers.

During the Chinese New Year, Cheng County Ling also took Zhangjia Zhuangzi's things and sent them here, so how he arranged, the villagers did what they did, the villagers didn't care how big an official you were, how many products, who was good to him, he listened to whom, when others couldn't see it, he was very respectful to Cheng County Ling, and last night he also boiled the water for bathing, and before he got up in the morning before others ate, he first fried two brown eggs for Cheng County Ling, and sprinkled some sugar on them.

Cheng Lingxiang, the county commander, ate two fried eggs in a small bite, ate for a quarter of an hour, and felt that the taste was better than the signature dishes of the three restaurants in the county.

The work of the officials is arranged by the villagers, there are far and near, light and heavy, at noon in the place where they work directly to eat, someone to send, a group of officials, change clothes, began to grit their teeth and dry, yesterday walked for so long, one by one have a sore back, weak legs and back pain, but also have to insist, the two waiters did not say anything, which is their turn.

The two officials did not do this, saying that they would go back to get money and things, so they quietly left with Zhou Qi and Zhou Xihu, who had assigned things to do, and Zhou Qi wanted to go to Zhangjia Zhuangzi to discuss some things, and thanked them, and came back in two days, and then the yamen would follow them back here and bring something to eat.

As for the money that has already been given, the money from the county, and the food eaten by the officials, no matter how bad it is, it is money, and the people in the village do not lack this kind of labor, so they can do what they can do, so why bother with the food and find someone to do it?

"It's out, it's finally out." Zhou Qi looked at the scenery outside the mountain and said comfortably.

"My lord, your car will come over soon, and those who followed the adults were persuaded to go back, saying that the adults should have a good rest here for two days, and someone will entertain them, so don't worry that they will come to find it themselves." A servant who came from the county to wait reported to Zhou Qi.

"Oh, that's good, An Ran is also over there, who is in charge of the county?" Zhou Qi understood now, no wonder when he came, the county specially found some handlebars to drive the car, and persuaded some people from the state to go back, and he was worried that if the yamen lacked the person in charge, there would be chaos.

The official replied respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, there are still Lord Bo and the county lieutenant in the county, they are all trivial, Sanshui County has Zhou Gongzi to take care of, there will be no major incidents, except for Lord Bo Zhao who is unwilling to say more, everyone else is a ball of harmony, and no one is holding back." ”

Zhou Qi is his own person, so the official said more.

Zhou Qi didn't say anything this time, he was relieved, his car also rushed over at this time, the official rode in front of the horse to lead the way, and the figures of several people disappeared under the foot of the mountain.

******

The wind passed, the people of Gejia Zhuangzi were still supporting the seedlings, and some could not be used and simply threw them away, the main family finally did something to protect the villagers, and the seedlings that were replenished in two days were produced by the main family.

The people of Zhang Wang's two Zhuangzi also checked in the field, picked out the few seedlings that could not resist the wind, separated a few from other dense places and moved them, and then saw which one was stronger, and wrote it down, and when it was harvested in autumn, there were many grains, and if it was still large, it should be kept for seeding.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan rode out for a stroll, looking at the farmer's happy expression at the rice seedling, and also happy, and from time to time with the child's expression and tone to respond to the greeting person.

"Dad, why do I look at the little boy and the little lady and feel the same as this rice seedling, they are older than other children of this age, and their arms and legs are chubby and white and tender, and they can resist the wind at a glance."

After Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who had said hello, left, a teenage child next to the adult looked at the little boy who was far away and said to his father.

"Don't talk nonsense, how can the little boy and the little lady compare with the rice seedlings? Let me hear you say that again, and the big ear scraper will pick it up for you. When the father taught the child, he squatted down to look at a small seedling that had blocked the wind for other rice seedlings near him, and his eyes narrowed.

"Oh, I don't dare say it anymore, but I still think so." The child agreed, but did not change his mind.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stopped when they arrived at Xiaoqiao, looking at the construction site that was still under construction, looking forward to completing it soon.

"Xiaobao, wait for Zhou Xihu's uncle to come over, how many things do you want to discuss? We can't tell him in person, think about it first, don't go wrong. Wang Juan got out of the car and looked at the river in front of him, which had been completely cut off, and asked.

"It should be three, the first is to cooperate with Zhou Xihu for some long-term plans for trading, the second is to let him help bring some reputation to the restaurant here, and the third is to ask him when the country suffers a disaster, someone helps, what rewards are there in the state, I don't know what he wants to talk about, it is estimated that he will want to meet the two masters of Zhangjia Zhuangzi.

Song Jinggong proposed more than once that Cheng County ordered to apprentice, thinking that some people are curious about this aspect, whether to see or not to see, if they do, someone will have to pass the news back and forth from the middle, which is also a kind of meeting, I am afraid that he will want to consult the opinions of the masters and ask sensitive questions. ”

Zhang Xiaobao sat in the car, put his elbow on the handlebar in front of him, and pondered there for a while.

"I think let's see him and listen to what he thinks, so that I can get to know him better." Wang Juan proposed.

"Okay, then let people talk back and forth." Zhang Xiaobao agreed.

******

At four o'clock in the morning, a car galloped in the distance of Tuqiao Village, pulled by three horses, and the horse looked exhausted, until it entered Gejia Zhuangzi, the road was a little difficult to walk, and the handlebars slowed down.

Zhou Xihu and his uncle were also bumpy enough in the car, the car slowed down, directly let it stop, he and his uncle got out of the car and walked over, when he just got in the car, he still wanted to eat something, but he was helplessly said by his uncle, saying that it would take a time from here to Yamen, and it would take a lot of time to get there, and the two people came out of the village in the morning and delayed for some time, and then walked slowly, and they could get to the place at night.

When you arrive at the place at night, you naturally can't talk about things, you can only wait for tomorrow, and it depends on when people get up.

Therefore, the car was in a hurry all the way, and thanks to the horses pulling the cart, it was replaced by an ordinary one that died of exhaustion.

After getting out of the car, the two of them drank some water first, and let the handlebars go to place the horses, and there was a servant to accompany them, and the servant also jumped off the horse, handed the horse to the handlebar, and the three of them slowed down the uncomfortable feeling of the bumps, and walked to the two Zhuangzi of King Zhang.

At the moment, they are still in the place of Gejia Zhuangzi, Zhou Qi joined the army as the Si Cang and was in charge of the tax in the state, as well as responsible for warehousing, whether the tax was reduced or reduced depends on the local disaster situation, since he walked here, of course he had to take a good look.

He asked the servant to lead him along a field road, and after the three of them turned two houses that blocked the view, a large paddy field appeared in front of them, and there were people busy in it, as if they were picking things out of the field from a distance.

"Isn't the river over here?" Zhou Qi hasn't inquired about the fields here, so he has this question.

"It's broken, it was broken a few days ago, the upstream village has brought water to their own fields, there is a small river here, this place is called Gejiazhuang, the water used is from the two villages of Zhang Wang, when there is no drought, the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang and the two Zhuangzi have stored the water of six large ponds, and also dug seven wells, now there are ten wells in the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang, and there are three in the Zhuangzi of the Ge family."

The official was on the side to solve the puzzle, as soon as he talked about the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang, his tone was respectful, not only the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang were powerful, but also someone took care of them, and there was something to be sent to the yamen on weekdays to distribute to everyone, and his family now has the fungus that he is not willing to eat, and his daughter-in-law is pregnant, and every time she wants to eat, she will fry a little.

Every time I eat, my daughter-in-law softly said that I had found a capable husband, the child has a powerful father, I can eat fresh cucumbers in winter, and I can eat the fungus of a large family at home, for a man, what is more glorious than this.

A few days ago, I didn't know who Zhangjia Zhuangzi listened to, his daughter-in-law was pregnant with a child, and Song Gongzi alone sent some bean skin and hot sauce, as well as a small jar of ten years of aged vinegar and a bag of sugar, saying that the bean skin was soaked and cut into pieces with hot water, mixed with white sugar and aged vinegar, sweet and sour, and if you want to eat spicy, put hot sauce.

When it is the envious eyes of other officials, the smiling face of the daughter-in-law after returning home, which one does not make his face shine? Don't say it's a good thing to say, it's a scene, but when you see someone killing someone, you have to turn your head and pretend that you didn't see it.