When approaching the county seat of Shazhou, I saw from afar that there were red ribbons hanging on the city wall.

Closer to the city gate, I saw a large couplet hanging down from the high city gate, saying:

Yunqi sandbar works hard, and the terrain is the champion.

Sanyuan and the first Mo are still new, and the eight-sided golden glow is the palace gui!

The couplet is written in general, but it is many times larger than the couplet posted by ordinary people, with a red background and gild, bright and eye-catching.

By the way, he also boasted about Shazhou County.

Look at the city wall again, it is crowded with people, everyone laughs, and people with depression will be infected and laugh when they come.

As soon as Liao Qing's car entered the city gate, the crowded crowd was automatically divided into two rows, and they saw the fat county commander with a group of squires from Shazhou County to greet them.

"Welcome Zhuang Yuanlang back to Shazhou County!"

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!!"

After speaking, the fat county commander waved to the left and right, "Play music, play music......"

A group of gong and drummers next to him began to blow gongs and drums with earth-shattering sounds, and the large and small trumpets went into battle together, and the gongs and drums were noisy and lively.

……

Xu Jiaojiao and the others looked at each other, is this battle exaggerated?

"What's going on? There are no signs on our carriage, so how do we know our itinerary? ”

Liao Qing replied, "Maybe when we went out of Beijing, we were concerned, the carrier pigeon arrived in Shazhou County one step earlier, the two big carriages, the color and style are not ordinary, and then from the time of calculation, it is not difficult to judge." ”

That said, too.

After reading the information collected by the spies of the music fang siqin that day, if the spies in this line want to sell the news, it will spread faster than anything else.

Their every move now is estimated to be of concern to many people for various purposes.

It's not surprising to be known.

Everyone welcomed with such a big battle, and continued to sit in the carriage with a big grin, as if they were embarrassed.

Liao Qing and his party got out of the carriage.

The chubby county lord greeted him excitedly, "This jade tree is in the wind, as amazing as a god, it is the champion Lang!" I've seen it before, I've seen it, and I have the impression that this time it's just making our Shazhou County famous all over the country! Champion Lang, welcome back to the province, welcome welcome ......"

Behind him, the squires and gentry of Shazhou County also showed up to say hello.

Everyone's words were full of congratulations, and there was a look of pride on their faces.

In particular, there are familiar faces.

For example, the owner of the pig shop who used to sell pigs, as well as the shop owners of the neighbors of the He family business house, all came to see Liao Qing and his wife, and they were all very affectionate.

They had known each other with Zhuang Yuanlang and his wife before, which made them have a sense of superiority over the county lord.

The county magistrate was enthusiastic, and he had to give Liao Qing and Xu Jiaojiao them a pick-up.

has already chartered the largest restaurant in Shazhou County, and it is difficult to resist the hospitality.

Liao Qing and they went.

During the banquet, the county old lady learned that Liao Qing's rank was one level higher than him, and a group of people knelt down in fear and saluted.

Liao Qing couldn't cry or laugh, and he couldn't control them at the top of the ranks, so he hurriedly asked them to get up.

In short, the atmosphere was warm, and the squires learned that Liao Qing was going to take office in Hancheng at the beginning of the year, and they were giving gifts or something.

was politely rejected by Liao Qing.

In fact, Daxiang has this custom, and the squires subsidize the officials who go to office in advance, which is considered an investment.

If there is anything in the back, you can ask the officials for help and shelter.

Studying is very expensive, because you are such a big person but you don't produce, no income, there are many people even if they pass the exam and release the official, but they don't even have the entanglement to go to work, at this time, there are some local tyrants and squires who are willing to sponsor you.

With the strength of the good wind, it sent me to the clouds.

However, eating people is soft-mouthed and short-handed.

Liao Qing was naturally unwilling, and he didn't worry about money, so he refused directly, and no one mentioned it again.

This is a tacit thing, since it can't be knotted, then forget it.

Forcing it can be offensive.

Liao Qing has Qingxi Xu Jiu behind him, and he is indeed not a person who is bad for money.

Both guests and hosts had a meal.

Liao Qing and Xu Jiaojiao went to the wine shop in Shazhou County, Xu Laosan was in charge of the wine shop, and he had already heard that Zhuang Yuanlang and his wife had returned to the county seat, and they were invited by the county lord, so they have been looking forward to it.

Finally, it's back.

The periphery of Qingxi Xujiu has already been surrounded by a group of people from Shazhou County, and they all know that Zhuang Yuanlang and his wife will definitely come over to take a look.

There are several floors inside and out, and some people even take small benches to sit on.

Just wait for the champion and his wife to come over and watch the excitement.

"Champion Lang is back! The champion lady is also back! ”

"I haven't seen it in a year, this is a big change!"

"No, the champion lady is better-looking, more wealthy, the champion is really majestic and aura, and she has the appearance of an official master."

"Yes, yes, yes......"

Xu Jiaojiao felt funny, nodded and waved to greet the villagers one by one.

Xu Laosan stood at the door and rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Old sister, brother-in-law, are you back......"

Liao Qing replied with a smile, "Third brother is good." ”

"Third brother!"

Xu Laosan put up a sign outside the door that was temporarily closed, "I'm sorry everyone, my family has a big happy event, and the wine shop is temporarily closed today." ”

"Come into the house and talk."

Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing took Mo'er into the front room.

Che Zhengting and Ji Fu drove a big carriage alone, and under the leadership of the winery shop, they walked through the backyard door into the courtyard.

Back room.

The group sat down and drank tea.

First of all, I talked about the business situation in the liquor store.

Everything is good, the business in Shazhou County is actually good, it is the best one among all the wineries in Shazhou County, but compared to the Qingxi Winery in the capital, it is far behind, and the profit cannot catch up with the tip of the iceberg in the capital.

In the capital, it is mainly a high-end route, and the consumption power of Shazhou County here is poor, and it is a simple basic wine, which is cheaper.

It's a reasonable thing.

And then

Xu Jiaojiao asked Xu Laosan, "Third brother, are you feeling better?" How's the leg? ”

"My body is much better than before, and my legs are also more dexterous, and Erlang will come to me with needles or something after a while, it feels good, it's good."

Xu Laosan imagined how he lived before, and then looked at the current days, it was really a earth-shaking change, he had lost hope in life, and now everything is fine.

Have mixed feelings about.

"Old girl, I thank you. Without you, the third brother would not be where he is today. ”

As he was talking, the young man outside led Ji Fu and them in.

Xu Jiaojiao looked at one of the young men, a child named Huzi, who hadn't seen him for a year, and he was all upset.

"Isn't this the tiger son of Duan Qiulan's family? Are you used to living here? ”

Huzi was a little shy, and stepped forward to salute Liao Qing and Xu Jiaojiao, "If you go back to the champion lady, you are very used to it, thanks to the third uncle for taking care of ...... and tolerating you."