38. To the county seat

The three sisters-in-law on the side listened to Xiao Qi's words, looked at the wild boar on the ground and thought about it, although it is not yet summer, but the temperature has slowly risen a lot, and if the dead things are not dealt with in time, there will soon be a peculiar smell.

So the sister-in-law finally stood up and walked in front of her mother-in-law, and followed Xiao Qi's words:

"Mother, my little sister is right, this thing has to be brought to the town quickly, if it stinks, it will be blind."

Wei didn't know this truth, so he nodded at the words of the eldest daughter-in-law.

Qingshan Qinghe saw his mother nodding, and he didn't care if he was tired or not, he hurried to the backyard to set up an ox cart, so heavy or use the ox cart to pull it, but the cattle at home are estimated to be sinned.

The brothers quickly pulled the bullock cart out to the front yard.

Xiao Qi saw the two brothers coming, and came to his mother's side again, and said to his mother in a consultative tone:

"Mother, I also want to follow my brother to sell wild boars, you see this wild boar is strong and heavy, if I don't follow, my brothers can't get it down at all, mother...... Say yes. ”

Pulling Wei's sleeves with both hands, he kept shaking, blinking his apricot eyes that were the same as his mother, revealing a flattering smile.

Wei snatched his sleeve from his daughter's hand with his hand, her daughter was born of the wrong gender, alas, I don't know how much debt she owed her in her previous life, and she came to pay off the debt in this life.

Xiao Qi saw that her mother was silent, and grabbed her mother's sleeve and continued to shake it, as if her mother didn't agree to her and she was ready to shake until she was old.

Wei, who was tempered by his daughter, "Okay, I agreed, don't shake it!" If you shake my cuffs again, you'll pull them off. ”

Xiao Qiyi heard the joy in his heart, and hurriedly threw himself into his mother's arms, and poured out the good words without money, "My mother is amazing!" Xiao Qi likes you the most......" After speaking, he didn't forget to kiss his mother on the cheek.

Then he came to the two wild boars with light steps, and took one boar in one hand, and put them on the ox cart without difficulty, and threw the two hares on the cart with him, and the pheasants kept for his own food.

She is so diligent in fact, she is also deliberately performing, wanting her family to intuitively see her strength and be more at ease.

The goal was indeed achieved, except for Qingshan Qinghe and Liya, everyone else was very surprised, including Niang, and now they completely believed that it was not an exaggeration for Xiao Qi to say that her strength was powerful.

Qingshan Qinghe flexibly found a large oilcloth and covered the wild boar's body, of course, the purpose of this was not to be seen by others.

beckoned Xiao Qi to sit in front of the ox cart, and then the brothers turned to their mother and said, "Mother, we are going, and it won't be long before we come back." ”

Looking at his son Wei, he still told him uneasily: "You guys be careful, and take care of your sister-in-law, don't let her leave your sight." ”

"Got it, mother, I guarantee that my little sister will come back intact." So saying, the two brothers led the oxen to the gate, put special wooden slopes on both sides of the threshold, and pulled the ox cart out of the gate.

When he left, Liya also tried to keep up, but was stopped by Xiao Qi, and returned to the courtyard aggrieved to find a place to lie down, and secretly hurt himself.

Wei and his daughters-in-law did not see the shadow of the ox cart anymore, then turned back to the courtyard and continued the unfinished work in their hands.

On the way, the green mountains and green rivers drove ox carts while discussing where to sell wild boars? However, they were in a bit of a dilemma at this time, the two wild boars were too big to be eaten in the town.

Xiao Qi sat in front of the car, quietly listening to the conversation between the two brothers, what the brothers said made sense, there were already pork sellers in the town, and wild boar meat was more expensive than domestic pork, and ordinary people were usually reluctant to eat pork, let alone wild boar.

"Why don't you go to the prefecture?" The two brothers were talking, and Xiao Qi's voice suddenly interjected.

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, and calculated in their hearts that it seemed feasible to go to the county and the distance from here, and it was now the hour (now seven to nine o'clock) It would take more than two quarters of an hour to drive the ox cart to the town, and it would take an hour to go to the county.

They will be able to arrive at the county now (nine to eleven o'clock in reality), and it will not be too late.

"Then let's go to the county seat according to my little sister's opinion?" Qinghe looked at the little sister and said to the eldest brother Qingshan, asking for opinions.

"Okay, go to the county." After finalizing, Qingshan accelerated the speed of the ox cart and tried to get to the county seat early.

Xiao Qi sat bored in the carriage when she was in a hurry, anyway, she was still a child, and she was a little drowsy after a while.

Qinghe saw that he hurriedly protected the little sister in his arms, but the little sister did not allow a trace of the golden pimple at home, and there was a trace of bumps, and his brothers had no good fruit to eat when they went back.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Qi woke up leisurely and found himself lying in the arms of his second brother.

"Thank you, second brother." There was a trace of embarrassment on his face, but he didn't expect that he would fall asleep on the road.

"I'm your brother, thank you, what? If you really want to thank you, you can buy me a new shirt for the money from the sale of the wild boar, and the clothes are all dripping with your saliva. The second brother Qinghe looked at the little sister teasingly.

Xiao Qi consciously touched the corners of his mouth, dry and without saliva, "You talk nonsense, I never drool, the second brother is too bad, I want to tell my mother when I turn around, just say that you bullied me." Xiao Qi pretended to be angry and said.

As soon as she heard the little girl say this, Qinghe immediately became honest, and her face changed to a flattering expression, "Little sister and second brother are wrong, second brother is teasing you, you can't be angry, if you are angry, you won't be beautiful if you are angry." ”

"Hmph," Xiao Qi arrogantly turned his face to the side, ignoring his mentally handicapped brother.

Tsundere's expression didn't last long, because Xiao Qi saw a tall city gate tower appear in front of him.

"Big brother, that's the county seat, this city gate is really high! Big brother, do you know how tall you are? "Xiao Qi has grown so big in this life, is it the first time to come to the county seat? The eyes were full of curiosity.

Qingshan looked at the city gate that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and smiled at the curious little sister and said, "I can't say exactly how high, but looking at the height of the city wall, it must be about six or seven feet for two battles, and the gate must be about two battles." ”

Looking at the city gate that was getting closer and closer, Xiao Qi sighed in his heart, it turned out that this was the city gate that could not be compared to their town, and the entrance of their town was made of wood to make an archway, with the words Heze Town written on it.

As we got closer to the city gates, the flow of people grew, most of them on foot, and a few of them drove ox carts like them.

There are even fewer carriages, after all, the people who go to the county town are ordinary people from the surrounding towns, and there are still not many people who have carriages at home.

Seeing that he was about to reach the city gate, Xiao Qi found that the eldest brother had slowed down the speed of the ox cart and took out a few pennies from his body.

"Big brother, do you want to hand over the money to the official at the gate of the county seat?" Xiao Qi didn't ask too surely, after all, the first time she came to the house, she really didn't tell her, but she guessed that it was like this, after all, she had watched TV or everything.

"Yes, there is an official who collects poll tax at the gate of the county, and the three of us have a total of five cents, adults and children have two cents, and we are not allowed to enter the county seat if we don't pay the money." Qingshan said with a smile, and Xiao Qi nodded when he heard the words, indicating that he understood.

With the flow of people, it was soon their turn.

Lu Qingshan handed over the few pennies in his hand to the official messenger, and the official messenger looked at the ox cart and happily let it go.

Generally, people like them look like ordinary people, and this is a remote county, as long as you cooperate with the official inspection, they will not embarrass you.

Xiao Qi didn't find out that like the officials who watched on TV, they bullied good people and asked for money under various names? It seems that the officials in the county town are at least quite good, and they know how to restrain their subordinates.