In winter, a piece of snow is white; The wind is coming; Cold, not feelings; Who said helpless, there are flowers blooming.

The plum blossoms of Zhangjia Zhuangzi have been blooming one after another a few days ago, but not as many as today, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan got up early in the morning, wrapped themselves, and ran to the plum blossom bush together.

In order to be able to smell the fragrance of flowers, the two of them focused on taking care of their noses, covering their noses most tightly, and when they got to the place, they took off the satin cloth that blocked the front of their faces, and the two of them sucked hard.

"Xiaobao, do you smell it?" Wang Juan looked intoxicated and asked Zhang Xiaobao with his eyes closed.

Zhang Xiaobao was also inhaling hard, the kind with his nose, and after a while, he said, "Listen to the truth or listen to the lie?" ”

"Let's talk about it first." Wang Juan was still intoxicated.

Zhang Xiaobao warmed his nose with his hand and was frozen red because of the inhalation, "It's so fragrant, it makes people feel that this smell shouldn't be described in any language, I smell the breath of strength, smell the memories that make me unforgettable, smell the fragrance from that ancient time, smell the ......." ”

"I can tell the truth." Wang Juan interrupted Zhang Xiaobao's lyricism.

"The truth is, the place where the two of us stand is upwind, mixed with some fine edelweiss wind blowing behind us, letting the pink and white plum blossoms swing gracefully, bringing the breath of spring, taking away the pollen of the flowers, and taking away the ......."

"I just said, why didn't you smell it, it turned out that I was standing in the wrong place, didn't remind me earlier, followed me to sniff, go, change that way." Wang Juan's intoxicated face changed, and he pulled Zhang Xiaobao to the other side of the flowers.

"There are still two days left for the New Year, and today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, isn't Jia County Ling ready to do it? It can't be at thirty, right? Wang Juan covered his nose with his hand, which could no longer smell anything, and a muffled voice came out.

Zhang Xiaobao is more serious than Wang Juan, he has blown his nose three times, his eyes are red, and he doesn't know if it is pollen allergy or frozen, he turned his head, avoided the direction of the wind, and said: "Whatever, I don't believe they dare to send someone over to fight and kill, go, and see how much worse we are preparing for the New Year." ”

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A flat place between the Wang's Zhuangzi and the small bridge, that is, next to the bazaar, there are many farmers busy at the moment.

Pieces of wood were erected and plugged into each other to form a series of improvised rooms, which had at least two doors, and some even had four doors, one next to each other.

In these rooms, there are tables and chairs, and there are many people who make the kind of pots used for shabu-shabu, and there is charcoal in a place next to it that is slightly separated by dozens of steps.

It seems to have brought inconvenience to the people in the county, but in fact, it has allowed many people who have laborers at home to get some money, cut trees and burn charcoal, and then sell them to Zhangjia Zhuangzi, to be precise, to Zhang Xiaobao.

At the beginning, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also discussed this matter, so as a possible excuse for Jia Xianling to attack, after all, the price has risen, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan don't care about this, they increased the price on the purchase, and they are the kind of officials here to help go to the charcoal burner's house to collect, saving intermediate links.

The main reason is that the two people think that doing this will reduce the number of trees a lot, and later, there will not be so much vegetation here, and those places where the trees are cut down individually, no one will replant at all, and they don't want to replant, so they will directly become land, which belongs to the newly opened and can enjoy tax-free treatment.

So many simple houses, is Zhang Xiaobao can not go home during the New Year, except for the two main families need to sacrifice the lord, other farmers do not have to do this, some of them even only know where the ancestors came from, and do not know who is counted up, the word of mouth genealogy has a little change is gone.

During the Chinese New Year, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't know who to go to, no matter which one they went to, it would make the other one seem too lonely.

In addition to these, Zhang Xiaobao took out a lot of meat from his warehouse, prepared to cut it into slices when the time came, and invited the villagers to eat hot pot.

"Okay, these houses are enough, plus the house in the bazaar, we can celebrate the New Year together." When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan came here, a person in charge of the construction site shouted loudly to the surrounding villagers.

The farmers put down their work, looked at the surrounding houses, and their faces were filled with happy smiles, the previous fifteenth day of the first lunar month was spent by everyone together, when there were torches everywhere, and all kinds of snacks, Zhuangzi was not as rich as now.

This year, I didn't expect the host family to do the same, and then I can pay New Year's greetings to the head of the house on the evening of the 30th, which is more lively than in the past.

"Okay, right? It's not far from the water and clouds, and you can even send things made here to send there, and when you set off firecrackers, it's on both sides of the bridge, and the only thing that's a little regrettable is that you won't deploy fireworks, you can only use fire, and the things that blow up are the same, what magnesium powder or something like that should be put in. ”

Zhang Xiaobao looked at everyone's beaming expressions, and also felt happy, the whole is a big family, not only the adults are happy, but the children will also play crazy.

Wang Juan is also imagining the scene of the New Year, which is much more lively than the original, at the beginning, they all had their own homes, and they had to run to the designated place outside to set off a firecracker, and put their own, not so many people would gather together to eat.

The people who come to the house to pay New Year's greetings are holding valuables and saying hypocritical words, where can they compare to now, and the smiles of the farmers are not pretended.

Thinking of this, Wang Juan exhaled with relief and said: "Yes, it's really good, the adult from the imperial court, you don't have to worry about no one to serve, I wondered, have you ever heard of an adult who is not at home for the New Year and runs to someone else's restaurant?" ”

"No, I've never heard of it, maybe it's not written in the book, right? Passed down from generation to generation, there are always some deviations in history, such as some things that have appeared in our place, which have long been lost in the trend of history, except for those who have really experienced it, who knows what is behind something? ”

When Zhang Xiaobao thought of this matter, he felt a little nostalgic, finding the truth of the matter is the most difficult thing.

"Whatever, anyway, let's be lively here, other people's affairs are worried about others, and I don't know what Jia Xianling is doing now, we didn't send him anything else, only a pound of fungus and 300,000 firecrackers."

Wang Juan doesn't care about those things anymore, what she has to do now is to enjoy this kind of life, and maintain this life with Zhang Xiaobao, saying that, she suddenly thought of Jia County Order, this County Order has not seemed to have a comfortable day since she arrived in Sanshui County, and she has been restrained everywhere.

Zhang Xiaobao also felt funny when he thought of the county magistrate who came here to make a lot of money, and said: "In addition to the original money in his family, he should still have about 7,000 taels of silver left in his hand now, and after the New Year, why do you have to send some to the people behind him?" Kill him.

Originally, I was ready for him to do a good job and help Sanshui County develop, and when Sanshui County is prosperous, his political achievements have accumulated enough, and when he is promoted, give him a sum of money, I have never opposed corrupt officials who have the ability to do practical things for the people.

Cheng County is greedy, but all he is greedy for is a little money, but he has never fought for any additional taxes, nor has he let the officials go to the homes of the slightly richer people through the position*, the most important thing is that he knows the current affairs, and after we got on the line with him, he always defended us and helped the people get rich through us. ”

"Yes, yes, Cheng County's order is really good, he knows that he is in the right position, since we gave him money, he will not accept other people's money, as long as we don't raise it, no one will pursue him, even if he took 30,000 taels of silver with him when he left, no one said that he was a corrupt official.

Jia County's order is different, he didn't take office, he just wanted to make money, not to mention that he did something for the people in the county first, let alone come over to ask him what he could do, he was directly hostile, and came with the purpose of bringing us down, such a person didn't clean up and he did it? ”

Wang Juan also looked indignant, she put herself in the position of the strong, thinking that the new county magistrate must first maintain a harmonious relationship with the Zhang and Wang families, and take the initiative to surrender, she felt that Zhang Xiaobao was there, and she was right to do so.

Zhang Xiaobao also thinks deeply of Wang Juan's thoughts, everyone has their own position, why not think about finding someone to work with, but to suppress it, his side has shown enough sincerity, the house is repaired, things are sent, and there are all kinds of hints.

These things have been done, but the surname Jia still doesn't change his original intention, he is worried about money, or he still has to worry about it according to his method, and he wants to learn the county order, what do you want? There is no shortage of money, a lot of things, and I also helped him make political achievements, and he was sent to the capital to become an official in one go.

Beijing officials are better than local officials, and it is an honor to be an official in the capital.

"Hey~! After the Jia County Order was squeezed away, I hope to find another person in the county to top it, I can't always transfer it from the outside, it's really not easy to use. ”

Zhang Xiaobao pointed his face with his hand and said faintly.

"Then you've come up with a way to run him away?" Wang Juan really didn't know how to get a county order away, not to mention that when this county order came, it was welcomed by so many people.

"Give him an imperfect political record, and he'll be gone." Zhang Xiaobao squeezed his eyes at Wang Juan and said.