When Zhou Bing was in deep thought, he didn't know that on the bank of the river far away from him, there was another person who was also looking at the dug canal and fell into contemplation, this person was the river supervisor sent by the Huishui County Ya, and the head of the foreign ya, Zhang Bantou.

The digging of channels to dredge the diversion of the Gushui River directly affected the irrigation of farmland in dozens of villages around Huaihua Town, and also directly determined the autumn harvest, which in turn affected this year's tax revenue.

Therefore, Wei Zhixian, the eldest lord of the county government of Huishui County, was very concerned, so he sent Ma Dianshi of the county government to inspect the process, and every time he went to a section of the river, he gave some advice.

When I got downstream, I found that the process here was good, and that part of the dug river channel was not only wider and deeper than the other places, but also the river on both sides was neatly piled with mud and sand stones, and a lot of willow trees were transplanted to prevent the wind and strengthen the embankment, which looked very much like that.

So he praised Zhang Bantou, who was stationed downstream and was responsible for supervising, which made Zhang Bantou very flattered. You must know that Ma Dianshi is the fourth-in-command in the county government, and in private, everyone also calls him the fourth master, and he can also say a few words in front of the eldest master.

And Zhang Bantou and Wu Bantou, who is in charge of the upstream, are very incompatible, and this time they are also riveting to surpass him, the reason is because Wu Bantou gave his sister Wu Fengxian to the third master of the county government, Liu Zhubo, as a concubine, so it is obvious that the two of them are both the third class of the outer staff, and they each received a small team of miscellaneous servants.

This time, I heard that the eldest master was going to add an entourage to the inner class, and the inner class was a little stronger than the outer third class, not only close to the eldest master to be able to palm his eyes in front of him, but also to receive an extra fifteen yuan a month, which was a good errand, and he was also preparing activities for his wife and brother Chen Qi to arrange for him to go in, but it turned out that Wu Bantou also wanted to arrange someone to go in.

After all, that guy's relationship with Liu Zhubo ...... Thinking of this, Zhang Bantou was indignant, isn't he just a bad seed who relies on women, and besides, his sister is just a concubine, how much can she produce.

At this moment, Zhang Li came over with a smile on his face, and he was still holding a few things wrapped in lotus leaves in his hands.

"When you got up early, you hurriedly pulled a few mouthfuls of porridge and went to inspect with the fourth master, I'm a little hungry at this time, I have to have lunch for a while, eat a cake to cushion my stomach."

Zhang Li is Zhang Yuanwai's cousin in Huaihua Town, and he is also Zhang Bantou's cousin, the father of the three of them is a brother, and this time it is also a coincidence, and the two brothers were assigned to supervise the work together.

"I'm really hungry, this is a meat pie?" Zhang Bantou took one, opened the lotus leaf and smelled a smell of meat, which immediately provoked his stomach to growl, he didn't care, picked up the pie and took a bite, the aroma of the meat scraps fried in lard immediately diffused to every corner of the mouth, he ate the cake after dividing it by two, and he almost bit his tongue when he was fragrant.

"Hey, this smells amazing, where does this come from?" Zhang Bantou asked meaninglessly.

"Today, Yao Dazhuang's family came to see them, sent some things, and specially took some to honor us." Zhang Lizheng said, and handed over another lotus leaf bag in his hand.

Zhang Bantou took the lotus leaf bag and opened it to see that it was a burrito, and when he took a bite, the outer dough was strong, the vegetables inside were spicy and delicious, and there was a burnt aroma of shredded meat, which was even more delicious than what he ate in the morning tea shop in the county.

At this time, another voice came from the channel, sounding like a teenager of seventeen or eighteen.

"But that sister-in-law Yao sent it!" As soon as the words fell, a little official in soap clothes climbed up from the channel, smiled heartily and said: "I just showed her the way today, and she also gave me a pie, which tastes great, and that sister-in-law Yao is a good person." ”

"Little Qizi, what are you doing down there?" Zhang Lizheng just heard the voice and knew that it was Chen Qi, this kid is his cousin Zhang Bantou's brother-in-law, last year his father went to collect taxes and grain when he had a conflict with others, accidentally fell down the hill and broke his leg, so he could only retire from his position in the yamen, but the law of Dayong stipulates that the Xu officials inherit for three generations, so the children and grandchildren of the family can not do business, let alone participate in scientific examinations, so Chen Qi can only inherit his father's identity as an official to the yamen as an errand, but he can't directly be the head of the team like his father, he can only start from a small official.

"Go and see if there are any good things below, it's not often said that the rich people in the big river like to wander around in the painting boat, and occasionally there are not very overturned boats, and the good things are all random The river flows to the distance and some sink into the mud and sand at the bottom of the river, I just look at it casually, touch it." After Chen Qi finished speaking, he laughed first, he was idle.

"This kid ......" Zhang Lizheng smiled and said to Zhang Bantou: "You better hurry up and talk to your younger siblings, marry him a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, and take care of him, he is not in shape at the age of seventeen or eighteen." ”

Zhang Bantou also laughed, and said a few words of ear-burning meat, which made Chen Qi's face flush.

Zhang Lizheng took the opportunity to talk about the resumption of Yao Dazhuang's group leader, although he and Zhang Bantou are cousins, but after all, Zhang Bantou is on an errand in the county government, and he still has to come to ask this cousin for advice.

Sure enough, as Zhang Lizheng expected, Zhang Bantou nodded indifferently, just a group leader, everyone should be the same, and the food sent by Yao Dazhuang's family is really good, this family is different from ordinary mud legs, it is a lively mind, Zhang Bantou thought secretly.

Speaking of Song Lingxue's side, she didn't go home directly, but was going to go to the town, anyway, her way home was also outside Huaihua Town, just to buy something on the way.

Compared with carrying a basket when she came, she is really much faster to hurry away empty-handed now, but with a stick of incense, she arrived at the entrance of Huaihua Town.

I touched the hidden pocket sewn in the placket of my chest, although there were only two hundred copper coins in it, I could buy a lot of things.

Speaking of the five big mothers, although she is not good, she is really good at marrying, Yao Lao Wu is really good to her, this time she made a mistake, Yao Lao Wu not only did not shout at her, but also asked Cui Ya to come over as a lobbyist, and later Song Lingxue said that she would not slander anyone, just pay a big sum of 500 yuan, Cui Ya said to Yao Lao Wu after she went back, Yao Lao Wu agreed and asked Cui Ya to bring an extra 100 yuan when she came over, saying that she wanted Yang Lihua to buy some meat to nourish her body.

Song Lingxue felt that Yao Lao Wu was very good, and she received the money in the cabinet, and when she went out this morning, she thought about it carefully and still only took five hundred Wen, and now she has no money, so she still saves a little money, but she can't be extravagant, she warned herself.

In modern times, she has a house and a car, and she buys it in full and does not have to repay the mortgage and car loan, her monthly salary is more than 10,000 yuan, and her life is considered a medium petty bourgeois life, so she has developed the habit of spending money lavishly, and she has always gone to the mall to shop as soon as her salary is paid.

Ay! Song Lingxue sighed when she thought of this, looked up at the somewhat sunny sun, and walked quickly towards the town.