Listening to Tsing Yi's words, Bai Ya'er bit her lip and wept, her fingers tightly grasping the clothes on her body.

Tsing Yi waited for a while, didn't wait for her voice, sighed and turned to leave.

"Okay." Suddenly, there was a choked sound in the door.

Tsing Yi stopped. Listening to this sound made him feel uncomfortable. He really wanted to rush in and hold the little girl with a broken heart in his arms, give her a lean, and give her safety. He clenched his fists and decided to find Lin Taohua early tomorrow morning to complete the invitation and marry her as soon as possible.

The night was dark, and the people in the courtyard had already rested, Zhou Ming got up quietly, folded the quilt for Lin Taohua, and then went outside with an oil lamp to look through the files and account books. Now that more than half a year has passed, he must put many of Wulenko's affairs on track before the year-end performance appraisal. Time was of the essence, and he had to find out what was going on with Wu Renko.

When the gong sounded, Zhou Ming rubbed his sour eyes, put down the file and went back to rest for a while. As soon as Pu got into bed, Lin Taohua came over and hugged him.

"Woke you up." Zhou Ming hugged her waist and whispered.

Lin Taohua said: "No, it's almost dawn." I feel very distressed that you are working so hard, and you will not be allowed to do so every day in the future. ”

Zhou Ming kissed her forehead and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't be if you find out the situation." ”

"Well, go to sleep, I'll be going to some time later." Lin Taohua leaned into his arms again and said softly.

"Hmm." Zhou Ming answered, and soon fell asleep.

Lin Taohua sighed, didn't dare to make a slight move, and couldn't sleep anymore, so she nestled in his arms and closed her eyes to recuperate.

After resting for about an hour, Lin Taohua woke up Zhou Ming softly and personally groomed and dressed him in his official uniform.

I got up early in the morning and made breakfast, and when I saw that there was movement in the main house, I brought it in. Zhou Ming hurriedly used it, and then took Tsing Yi and Hu Jianyi to the front office.

Lin Taohua watched the figures of the three disappear into the backyard, and prayed silently in her heart, on the first day of work today, she must let his family be smooth and obedient, and don't make any moths.

Maybe it's Zhou Ming's luck, or maybe it's Lin Taohua's prayer fulfilled, anyway, Lord Zhou's first day went very smoothly, the subordinate officials were quite active, and no one under the rule of the people came to cry out for injustice, even the extremely scary assassins and bandits who were rumored to be extremely scary did not haunt.

Zhou Ming went directly to the county government to go through the files for a day, and when he released the government, he finally understood the situation of the people in the villages under his rule.

"Peach Blossom, I'm back."

Back in the courtyard, Zhou Ming shouted in a good mood.

Lin Taohua didn't go anywhere today, dealing with several waves of subordinate officials' wives, and spent the rest of the time practicing calligraphy in the room, while meditating, while waiting for Zhou Ming to release the ya. At this time, when she heard Zhou Ming's voice, she was very happy, ran out of the room in a hurry, and asked with a smile: "Is Xianggong going well today?" ”

Zhou Ming took her hand and said gently: "It's very smooth, don't worry about it." ”

"Hmm." Lin Taohua's beautiful face bloomed with bewildering joy.

"In the second year of junior high school, bring me the chicken soup I cooked." She pulled Zhou Ming to the stone table in the courtyard and shouted to the junior high school in the kitchen.

In the second year of junior high school, a pot of ginseng stewed chicken was served.

Zhou Ming glanced at the conspicuous ginseng in the pot, and said helplessly: "Peach Blossom, I just stayed up all night, and my health is very good. ”

Lin Taohua glared at him, "What nonsense." Eat quickly, I don't have money to buy it for you even if you want to eat it in the future, and now I am the wife of Lord Zhou, an honest official, and I have no money. ”

Zhou Ming shook his head, there was nothing he could do with her playful nature.

"Well, last night's bounty." Lin Taohua put a handful of broken silver in front of Zhou Ming, smiling with a ripple on her face.

The corners of Zhou Ming's mouth twitched, and then he said very respectfully: "It's not that you said that you will be given a gold ingot for one night, how can you have such a handful of broken silver?" ”

Lin Taohua chuckled, didn't continue to mess with him, and said, "There is no place to exchange silver in this place, which is really inconvenient." This is all our silver, and you can use it tomorrow. ”

Zhou Ming smiled and said: "It's good to have a rich lady, don't worry about using money." ”

Lin Taohua rolled her eyes: "Let's talk about it, I borrowed the money from you, not for nothing, you have to pay me back if there is money in the treasury." ”

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "Naturally, naturally." However, it is better to find a reliable person to take an IOU first, and it is not clear when the time comes. ”

Lin Taohua had no opinion, gave him a bowl of chicken soup, and then said: "In a few days, after everything in your yamen is on the right track, I plan to go to Baizhou City, set up a suitable storefront, and then find a reliable person to help run it, and the government will go from the accounts of the shop." ”

Zhou Ming never raised objections on business, so he naturally raised his hands to support her, but just told her to take the white mandarin duck with her and pay attention to safety all the way. ”

On the third day, Zhou Ming issued his first decree after taking office. A notice was posted at the gate of the county seat, saying that the county government recruited cell bosses to catch fast, and anyone who was strong and had some martial arts could go to the county government to register, and it was also specifically pointed out that the Hu people who settled in Wulunke or those who had Hu blood and could speak Hu could also go to sign up.

One stone stirred up a thousand feet of waves, and many Hu people living in Wulunke talked about it after seeing the notice, excited and suspicious.

The Hu people have been low status and not valued in Jinguo for a long time, but they didn't expect this new county order to break the old rules as soon as they came up. Many Hu people are happy to look forward to it, but most of them choose to wait and see.

The clan squires who had some power and status in Wulunke were very dissatisfied with this decree, and felt that it was really unseemly for the newcomer Zhou to reuse the barbarians, so he sent a few eloquent representatives to the county government to protest that afternoon.

Lin Taohua was startled when she heard that many squires had come in the yamen, and stayed in the back of the yamen in a hurry, for fear that Zhou Ming would be injured by these villagers.

After waiting for more than an hour, Lin Taohua couldn't wait any longer, so he sent Bai Yuan to the front to find out the news.

Bai Yuan felt that Lin Taohua was too nervous, how could Zhou Ming not be able to solve this trivial matter. However, seeing that she was really anxious, Bai Yuan could only run to find out the news.

After a while, the white mandarin duck turned around, and Lin Taohua grabbed her hand and asked, "How is it?" ”

Bai Yuan smiled: "It's good." When I went to visit, I was smiling and chatting with the squires. ”

"Really?" Lin Taohua suspected that Bai Yuan was deliberately comforting her.

Bai Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Madam, the owner also took the first place in the Chunqiu exam, and he is a talented man who is favored by many adults in Beijing, how can he not handle a little thing well?" What should you do, don't embarrass the adults here. ”

"......" Lin Taohua, who was coaxed, was speechless, where did she embarrass Xianggong, she was just worried that Xiucai would not be able to tell if it was good or not.

In the end, she secretly ran to the front office to take a look. The front office was really happy to drink tea and chat, and there was even a gray-bearded old man who praised Zhou Ming excitedly for daring to break the stereotype, and he was a model of the protégé of the Son of Heaven.

Lin Taohua was relieved and returned to the back office with a smile.

With this experience, she finally felt at ease with her father-in-law, and after only a few more days, she was ready to leave for Baizhou Mansion to take care of the opening of the store.