Chapter Thirty-Four: The People's Babies Grow Their Necks

Half a day later, Zhang Haozi happily got out of the cell and became a glorious official in Huayuan County, Xiao Xiancheng also came out, looked up at the night sky after the rain stopped, and said to a servant next to him: "I want to ask Zhang Zhong, which seal is fake?" ”

The official didn't know, turned his head and looked at the guard, the guard had already obtained the signed document he wanted, the evidence was sufficient, he smiled at Xiao Chi, and said, "Where is there anything true?" Where is it fake? And Shen Yuan, didn't you ask why the adults didn't give the seal to others? You're wrong, you see."

As the guard spoke, he took out a seal from his bosom, flipped the bottom over, and let the two of them see it, and the seal of the Huayuan County Order was written on it.

"Let's go, don't be stupid, I cheated Lao Tzu twice for money, and Lao Tzu went to raid your house." Zhang Haozi pushed Xiao Xiancheng hard when he was about to figure it out.

"Hmph, let you be a servant, he Zhang Zhong will wait for something to happen." Xiao Chi said with a sneer there.

Zhang Haozi pushed him again, "Fart, Lao Tzu has done bad things before, and there are only a few people in the pit, people like you who pit the people of a county can be county officials, why can't Lao Tzu be a servant, don't die, Lao Tzu will do a good job in the future, and I will see you when the time comes." ”

That night, countless officials surrounded the Xiao family, there was still a lot of money in it, and no one could take it away, the county had done something wrong, and the county order had no power to raid the house, so this could only be decided by the above after it was reported.

Zhang Zhong finally put down all his worries today, just waited for the money to arrive, and began to carry out civil engineering work throughout Huayuan County, and carried out infrastructure construction on the roads in the county and some houses.

In this way, you can help the people get some money, plus the food that Zhan Wenshu bought can make it easy for the people to wait until the autumn harvest, and the people who have no labor at home can send things directly, which is considered the welfare of Huayuan County, and it can't let people starve to death.

As for the commercial matters, except for the shops at the foot of the mountain that will be built, nothing else is left to be done, waiting for the foreign merchants to invest themselves.

Feeling the coolness after the rain, Zhang Zhong is still preparing to return to Jinlai Tower today, have a meal with his son and daughter-in-law, and then go to the other side of the mountain to have a look.

As soon as he came to the outside of the courtyard where Zhang Xiaobao was, a fragrant breeze blew out of the open door, Zhang Zhong sniffed, walked directly to the kitchen, and at the door, he saw his son and daughter-in-law sitting there, and there was a basin between the two people, and the basin was filling.

Two people hold a small bamboo slice in one hand, and the other hand takes the dough sheet placed there, scoops it into the filling with a small bamboo slice, and wipes it on the dough sheet, and with a slight movement of the hand, a wonton is wrapped.

There is soup boiling in the pot, waiting to be used to cook wontons, and there are coriander, sesame oil, chopped green onions, mustard, seaweed, and dried shrimp next to it, which seem to be ready for eating wontons.

"Dad, you're back? How much money was scammed? Oh, how much money did you make? This time, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan heard Zhang Zhong's footsteps, and Zhang Xiaobao turned his head and asked.

"Eighty thousand, how's it going?" Zhang Zhong was happy, and pointed to all kinds of things and asked, "These are all used for eating wontons?" ”

"It's a little too much, it's better to ask for less, now they should be distressed, Dad, take out a few thousand yuan of this money, and make some buildings around the shops or warehouses built by their merchants, and make some buildings that can set off them, and when they finish repairing, they are cooperating with them, and let other businessmen know that our Huayuan County is the place that values them the most."

Zhang Xiaobao was afraid of businessmen who wanted to come from elsewhere, and when he knew about this situation, he was afraid to come.

After wrapping another wonton, Zhang Xiaobao pointed to those things and said: "Dad, the preparation was too hasty, there should have been something else, the wontons made by the child are different from other foods, this one does not put salt, only put mustard at the bottom of the bowl."

This is stuffed with pork and shrimp, and it must be fresh, so the child is made of dried scallops and fish and lamb bones, and the chicken is mixed for a while, and you have to wait for half an hour, and then put seaweed and dried shrimp on top, and a few others.

I did it in a hurry today, and there were few pickles that I didn't make, as well as old vinegar and soy sauce, I can put whichever one I want, Dad, wait for next time, next time the child will prepare more things, and make a few things for you. ”

Zhang Zhong listened to what his son said, and sighed in his heart, such a preparation is not enough, so if it is ready, how much will a wonton cost? Eat a big bowl of wontons for two pennies outside, and cook it directly in boiling water.

In this way, there are no restaurants in the Zhang family, and it seems that the son and daughter-in-law keep all the good things for themselves.

"Okay, wait for those merchants to finish repairing the place, and you will tell you what to do."

Zhang Zhong agreed, sniffed twice, swallowed his saliva, turned to leave, and went to the restaurant to wait.

Half an hour later, one big and two small, three bowls of wontons were held up by Zhang Xiaobao, and the soup that was about to overflow the edge of the bowl was not spilled, and Zhang Xiaobao was not slow.

Zhang Zhong dipped vinegar and ate one, dipped soy sauce and ate one, looked up, his son and daughter-in-law didn't touch anything, they directly scooped a wonton with a spoon there, and ate it with soup.

These two little guys, if they don't say it earlier, bring themselves vinegar and soy sauce, and they don't eat it.

The three of them had a happy dinner, and Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan followed Zhang Zhong with a bag on his back when he was about to go to the other side of the mountain.

"What are you two doing?" When Zhang Zhong walked to the gate of the courtyard, the shadow of the light in the house made him realize that his son and daughter-in-law had followed, and the two of them walked silently. It feels like it's floating over suddenly.

"Dad, since eating ginseng, the child is no longer in a coma, just go over and take a walk." Zhang Xiaobao stood up straight and took two steps before he could hear the footsteps.

If someone else's child said so, the adults of the family absolutely disagreed, but Zhang Zhong was an exception, and nodded, "Be careful when the time comes, there will be dug and mated, don't fall into the pit." ”

The three of them walked out of the yard, and the guards also came, and saw that there were Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and they led an extra horse, they knew that these two little guys could ride horses, and their riding skills were not bad, they were also staring there, wanting to see the demeanor of the two people flying on the horses one after another.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't plan to do that at all, they opened their arms and let Zhang Zhong hug them one by one.

Disappointed by the guards, Wang Juan said to Zhang Xiaobao: "This time I was in front, and I didn't run fast. ”

The speed of the procession was indeed not too fast, much slower than the speed of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan rushing back to Zhuangzi, and an hour later, the team reached the foot of the mountain, just as Zhang Zhong thought, the people were still working, and even some slightly older children, under the light of torches, dragged the baskets loaded with dirt to other places.

The younger children have the same small torches in their hands, which are illuminated by the adults when they are closer, and there are many such torches next to them, and they will have to be replaced after a while.

The old men, who were not able to do the work, gathered together and chatted and made baskets from things such as teng sticks cut from the mountains to hold the dirt.

The vegetables were still stewed in the pot, and the cooks kneaded the brown rice, noodles, and wild vegetables together and sent them to the pot to be steamed.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan grabbed the reins and slipped off the horse, holding hands and walking around these cooking places, looking at the vegetable dumplings, Zhang Xiaobao frowned, and then went to the pot to smell the stewed things inside, and said to Wang Juan: "The stewed dishes are okay, there is meat in them, and the rice is a little wrong." ”

"Of course, it's not as good as the wontons we make ourselves, but for others, it's already good, and it's the ability to make things that normal people can eat for their families."

Wang Juan looked at the children who were helping, and felt uncomfortable in his heart, it was impossible for such a thing to happen in the two Zhuangzi of Zhang and Wang now, but looking at the smiles on the faces of those people, he seemed to think that this was already very good, and that kind of expression was not pretended.

Zhang Xiaobao pulled Wang Juan and walked away, and found that there were no other dishes, just a stew, and there were a lot of wild vegetables in it, this kind of wild vegetables Zhang Xiaobao felt that it was still a good thing, but he always felt that something was wrong, suddenly, Zhang Xiaobao stopped and said to Wang Juan:

"I see, you look at the children, do you feel like something is a shortcoming? What's missing? You look at the necks of several children. ”

"See, it seems to be thicker than normal, they lack iodine, then you have to hurry up and find a way, otherwise it will affect intelligence, there are still some dried kelp at home, let people go back and get it quickly, this thing seems to be lacking, do you have a way to make iodized salt?"

Wang Juan also found at a glance, it was dark, there were only torches, it was not obvious at a cursory glance just now, but now it is different when you look closely, there are several teenage children, and their necks are obviously thicker than the same children.

"I have the ability to make iodized salt, then I can do more things, the fish on the beach is not valuable, the kelp is not valuable, I have to send someone to the beach to buy it in the future, I don't have to wait for the sea boat to be built, the bigger boat is on the line, walk close to the sea, find some local fishermen as guides, bypass the reef, dry the seafood, and the volume can be reduced a lot."

Zhang Xiaobao began to wonder how to make people in the north like to eat fish, especially things in the sea, iodine deficiency is really disgusting, and everything else is easy to say, but it affects intelligence and makes people unbearable.

Wang Juan also agrees with Zhang Xiaobao's plan, it's not that he has the world in mind, he sees it, he obviously has a way, but he can't treat it as if he didn't see it.

It was not good for the two of them to order anyone directly in front of so many people, so they had to go to Zhang Zhong, and Zhang Zhong even lit a torch to illuminate others at this time.