Fengdeng Village is next to Fenggu Town, and across the official road is the fields of Fengdeng Village. To the east of the official road is the field where the grass is planted in Fengdeng Village, and it takes more than a mile to reach Fengdeng Village.

An east-west stone road, with blue brick houses on both sides, the villagers are busy cleaning the yard and feeding the chickens, and the children who go out to collect firewood are walking out with their backs on their backs, and the children who go up the mountain to cut grass and feed the pigs have come back with baskets.

"Yo! You...... You said it from the officials, aren't we the main business of this piece? "There is a family at the head of the village, and the mother-in-law who is sweeping the yard sees someone coming, and she is stunned when she runs out, is this the official who is in charge of the matter here?

Fang Mingyuan smiled and said, "Auntie is early!" Have you eaten it? I am Fang Mingyuan, who is in charge of our town, and my aunt calls me Mingyuan. ”

"Oops! No, no! You're an official, we...... What's that, sit in the house! Come into the house, come home for tea! The mother-in-law was a little overwhelmed.

Fang Mingyuan smiled and waved his hand: "Auntie, don't be busy, I'm just here to take a look, let's recognize each other's faces." I don't know how to let the heads of the village come out to see it! ”

The mother-in-law stomped her feet and said, "Oops! Why don't you drink hot water at home, what, you wait, I'll call someone! As he spoke, he pulled his neck and shouted: "Old Hetou, knock the gong, knock the gong quickly, the chief official is here, you want to ......" What are you going to do, "Knock the gong!" ”

An old man came out of the third house, carrying a gong, and was busy lifting shoes with one hand, "Who is here?" ”

"Uncle, I'm ......"

"Oh! It's you! Master Xiucai, I heard that he is an official! Okay, good! My little grandson will use a branch to draw on the ground, come on, go home for tea! Lao He Tou carried the gong in one hand and ran towards Fang Mingyuan.

Fang Mingyuan smiled politely and said, "Uncle, don't be busy, let's come here for something, let everyone come out!" Recognize each other and talk about what we will do in the future. ”

Old He Tou stopped in front of Fang Mingyuan, "Cheng, that's Cheng!" Let's get familiar with it in front of the official first! Hehe, this is calling them to come, all come! ”

As he spoke, he raised the gong, only to find that he only took the gong and did not have a gong hammer, "That, I ......" turned around and struck the gong with a branch.

Everyone in the village knows that there is a big event when the gong sounds, and both men and women, young and old, must come out of the ancestral hall to gather. This is also the reason why the patriarch also has to carry the gong when he moves to the house.

"Let's go, let's go to the ancestral hall and wait." Lao He led the way in front with a smile, and introduced the villagers when he met them, "It's our master who is here, and that's it." ”

Fang Mingyuan bowed to others, "Mingyuan below." ”

The whole village gathered, and the corners of the patriarch's mouth twitched first, this is a village? You coax me to play!

"It's all here, and the milk doll is here." Lao He Tou reported.

Fang Mingyuan stood up and walked into the villagers with a smile, "I'll get closer, get to know everyone, my name is Fang Mingyuan, everyone will call me Mingyuan in the future, it's not an official master, we are all the same people, don't call the master with a weak head, it seems to be a foreigner." ”

"You're not a showman! How can it be the same as us! Master Xiucai is amazing, we have all learned to read! ”

"Yes, I can write Tiandiren, and I also know my surname, Yang, and the child who taught me said that Yang is also this Yang character. Hey hey ......"

Fang Mingyuan walked back and forth among the villagers and introduced: "This is our Lizheng, let Lizheng check the household registration first, let's wait for a while!" ”

The patriarch stepped forward with a smile, "Ha! My name is Fang Lingyi, and everyone in the village calls me the patriarch, and the older ones in our village call me Lingyi's brother, let's ...... the household registration first."

The patriarch reads the name to the household register, several people in a household, the dead draw a red circle, and the newborn is over the age of one, and the name is added.

The superstitious villagers were not happy, "My baby is not registered now, don't write it, your booklet is the same as the life and death book of Lord Yama, and my baby can only write it after he is six years old." ”

The patriarch smiled and nodded, there is such a saying, there are also children in the village who are not registered, and they dare not write on the genealogy.

Fang Mingyuan's understanding is that at this time, many children died young, and they were registered before the age of six, in case they were not raised, they had to go to the yamen to eliminate the child's household registration, and the name was written on the family tree, in case something happened, use a red pen to draw a circle on the child's name, and write a pawn in the back, how uncomfortable!

After the household registration is checked, the patriarch will be fine. Fang Mingyuan sat on the grinding plate outside the ancestral hall and chatted with everyone.

What specialties do we have in our village! Oh yes, it's grass, we'll grow grass.

After chatting, the villagers said that it was actually difficult, there were few people in the land, and they couldn't be busy, and they wanted to ask for help from the refugees, but we had something to do with the Yamen of the Military Division, and we couldn't just invite refugees into the village.

There is also the fact that the accounts of the pasture are not easy to settle, we are illiterate, and we have to deal with the officials, and we have to deal with the officials, and we have to be trained every time, and we may not be able to get the money back.

Fang Mingyuan nodded to indicate that he understood, "That's it!" I'll build a shed in the town, and I'll do this this year, and then we'll build a house next year.

You send the pasture to the town, I have someone who can take care of the accounts to help you make the accounts, and the grass is cleaned up in the rules, how many bundles are there, how much is the number of bundles, write a bill, I will send someone to send you a trip to the pasture, and then see what it looks like, and we will adjust it when we come back. ”

After a delay of more than an hour in Fengdeng Village, Fang Mingyuan led people to continue walking, and further east was Huoyang Village, where eighty percent of the villagers were villagers surnamed Yang.

After entering Huoyang Village, the eyes of the stuffy man are not right, there is a situation, this is it!

It is still the yard in front of the ancestral hall, the whole country is unified, and the villagers lay grain to dry outside the ancestral hall. The patriarch reads the household registration and compares the population.

Fang Mingyuan approached the villagers, and then sat down and chatted.

"Hey! Our village was a bandit on the mountain, but don't be afraid, the princess and the horse are here, and the babies on our mountain have come down, so don't do it! What's so good about being a mountain bandit, we are all honest farmers, we are croppers. ”

Don't be modest, just the scar on your face, say that you are a farmer, and we farmers dare not admit it. "Is life easy for mountain bandits? Hit and kill and kill! Now that it's stable, let's think about letting the babies read and write, don't you say? ”

"That's it, the big characters you wrote at the mouth of the town, the babies in our village went to see it, learned to recognize it, and came back to learn to draw on the ground with branches, I looked very decent." Yang Laohan said loudly.

Everyone in the village pushed the children forward to perform, go and draw a word to show Master Xiucai, right!

"I'm not busy, it's too late this year, next spring, you have all seen it, I have carved out a land in the town, and I have reported to the yamen to build a school for our baby.

Don't be lazy when the time comes, go and help build the school for the children. Don't worry, I plan to let the babies read, so, don't want money, where pen, ink and paper want money, don't worry about it, I want to get it for the babies. ”

Fang Mingyuan said in his heart, first hold down these unstable elements, don't make trouble for me.

The patriarch laughed, but cold sweat broke out on his back, if it weren't for the stuffy man following, he would have turned around and gone back.

"What, you don't know, our nephew Mingyuan used to be the head of the county, Xiucai took the first place in the exam, did the copying documents in the county government, and also taught in the county, rest assured, rest assured, assigned to the children to teach clearly!"

The patriarch plucked up the courage to shout, and felt a lot more relaxed after speaking.

"Don't want money, don't really want money?" Old Yang said loudly, so frightened the patriarch that he staggered back and almost didn't stop.

Fang Mingyuan promised: "I promise that our children will have a book, and we can't add a burden to the family because of studying, but we must work together for a better future and a good life for the children."

I don't ask for anything else, just a little bit, and everyone does as they are told! Let yourself get rich first, and you won't be in it! ”