Most of the villagers don't recognize the words inscribed by the emperor's royal pen, but they are just the glory of the lintel of the glorious Mudu Mei. The plaque hanging ceremony was over, Du Mingtang beckoned everyone to the threshing floor to help, and everyone gradually dispersed, only some children were curiously probing their brains in front of the door.

Shen Zhanghua was not in a hurry to leave, but wanted to sit at Du Mei's house, Du Shicheng accompanied him into the hall, and Du Ying's sisters were busy in the kitchen to prepare tea and snacks.

Du Meili asked Shen Zhanghua to sit at the top, the patriarch Du Huaibing to sit on the side, and she herself sat at the bottom, talking with her.

"Meizi, I have a few things to tell you." After saying some gossip, Shen Zhanghua said very seriously, looking a little ambitious.

"What's the matter?" Du Mei thought it was just gossip, but he didn't expect that there was something serious.

"Do you remember that Pan You'an, he was executed a few days ago." Shen Zhanghua said as he took out a piece of paper from the sleeve of his robe and handed it to Du Mei.

This is a brand new newspaper, with dense words printed on both sides and a strong aroma of ink.

As soon as Du Mei heard Pan You'an's name, she was angry, she opened the mansion newspaper to take a look, only to see that in a prominent position, Pan You'an's name was crossed by a big cross, as if it was conceivable that this person was tied up and beheaded on the torture platform to show the public, she only hated not to see the end that this pickled villain deserved.

"This kind of person endangers the township, spreads rumors, and dies innocently!" Du Mei knew that this person had already fallen to the law, and the resentment that had accumulated in his chest for a long time was relieved.

"I said before that I would notify you as soon as there was news, and this time I will have an explanation for your mother." Shen Zhanghua curled his fingers and tapped lightly on the table.

He paused, and then said: "It stands to reason that you are a Qipin Ru, and the report is sent to the county government, and you have the right to check it, but you are not in Qinghe County, and I don't know for the time being. ”

His eyebrows are handsome, his smile is faint, and he is as warm as the white moonlight of an autumn night.

"Thank you Shen County for remembering this matter, for my mother, this is very important." Dume immediately stood up and curtsied.

The newspaper on the small table was just a piece of paper, light and fluttering, and was brought to the ground by the wind that Du Mei got up, she bent down to pick it up, her eyes glanced at it unintentionally, but it entered a line of small words: "The Beijing tabloid is demagogic, and the government is discussed indiscriminately, and now the king of Shu is strictly investigated!" ”

Du Mei was shocked, no wonder Murong Xi left in a hurry that day, it turned out that something happened to the tabloid, but how could he have time to come yesterday?

Just when she was thinking about it, she heard Shen Zhanghua say: "There is another thing, I will handle it for you for the time being, but I don't know if you are satisfied?" ”

"Although I am leading the title of Qipin, I don't know much, and I still ask Shen County Ling to help me in everything." Du Mei lowered her mind and said with low eyebrows.

"Han Liu, bring the deed." Shen Zhanghua shouted out the door.

After a moment, I saw Han Liu come in with a delicate wooden box and place it respectfully beside Shen Zhanghua's table.

"According to the regulations, a few days ago, the county government received the money for your private house from the Ministry of Industry, and I saw that a house on South Street was being sold at a low price, and it happened that you went to Jiangling City, so I took the initiative to help you buy it first." Shen Zhanghua handed the wooden box to Du Mei.

Du Mei opened the box and took out a yellowed piece of paper, on which was a line of new ink, and her name was written on it.

"The house on South Street is ridiculously expensive, as a county lord, you still live in the inner office of the county government, how can I have a private house?" Dume asked in confusion.

"I am a local official appointed by the imperial court, and if he is promoted or demoted in the future, he will have to leave cleanly, and he will not be able to take anything with him.

And you are rewarded by the local government, although you have no real power, but you always have to participate in local political affairs, and you have no place to live in the county, and the Ministry of Industry allocates money to you according to the law, which is understandable. Shen Zhanghua's expression was indifferent, as if he was talking about ordinary things.

"This is a three-entry house!" Du Mei flipped over the deed, and there was a plan of the house behind it.

Such a house cannot be bought without a hundred taels of silver in Qinghe County. Her widow's reward is only one hundred taels of silver, is the money allocated by the Ministry of Industry for a private house even more than this?

"The county lord still remembers that the widow wanted to rent a store in the county, and when he saw the front shop and the back house here, the terrain was good, and he felt that it was suitable, so he posted money to help you buy it." Han Liu is a martial artist, how can he know Shen Zhanghua's thoughts, he saw Du Mei's doubts, his mouth was quick for a while, and he broke the mystery in one word.

"Han Liu!" Shen Zhanghua snorted in a deep voice. was broken by Han Liudian, his face was somewhat unbearable, and his face turned unnaturally red.

Shen Zhanghua first met Du Mei because of a small golden coin, she was forced to face the three female elders of the Du family in court, and he sympathized with the pain behind her miserable life and the difficulty of survival.

When they met again, Du Mei was red-eyed, and at that time, her mother was unbearable to be slandered, and in a fit of anger, she threw herself into the mouth of the fish. She provoked him to set up a court at Du Shicheng's house to try Pan Youan's case and return her mother's innocence. He pitied their mother-daughter flesh and blood affection, but he vaguely felt her stubbornness in not admitting defeat.

Since then, she has raised ducks, sold food, studied medicine, and built a big house, and he always wanted to know about her inexplicably. When did he start paying attention to this girl with big clear eyes? He couldn't remember, but there was a name in the corner of his heart called Du Mei.

When the locust plague came, he was shocked by the ingenuity of this girl's small body, and when she responded to him regardless of gains and losses, and did not hesitate to lead the ducks out to exterminate the locusts, he was even more impressed by her righteousness of worrying about the country and compassion for the peasants.

And when Du Mei was in distress in Lao Wangzhuang, he seemed to be grasped by the devil, and the panic of that night made him deeply aware of the weight of her growing weight in his heart, if she had risen half a point that day, he would have been to blame!

Later, Du Mei generously donated food to help him with disaster relief, which almost led to his food shop being robbed, and he once again realized more deeply what a compassionate and compassionate girl in front of him had! At this time, he has completely sublimated from sympathy and pity for Du Mei to appreciation and admiration!

Shen Zhanghua is only in his early twenties, because of his family education and personality, and he is also in charge of the affairs of a county, which makes him more introverted and more serious than ordinary people. This makes him unable to distinguish whether this appreciation and admiration is like or love, he is just more and more willing to see Du Mei's bright and moving smile, only to feel that this smile can dissolve the haze of Zhou Tian, bring hope and expectation, and warm people's hearts like the morning sun in early spring!

In this way, he is very concerned about Du Mei's affairs, whether it is the change of ownership of Baiyun Villa or the purchase of a private house, he does it himself, and does not fake others.

According to the fifty taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Industry, Du Mei could only rent a house in Qinghe County, or buy a house in the suburbs. Shen Zhanghua saw that her business was booming now, and knew that she would not be trapped in the countryside all the time in the future, so he took this opportunity to take his own money and help her buy this house to plan for her future.

He didn't want to tell Du Mei the truth, but unexpectedly, she was as careful as a hair, and Han Liu said it to his face, which made him feel embarrassed to be a thief and was caught.

"The house is really nice, it's just amazing. Thank you Shen County for your trouble, I will accept the house, but I have to give you all the silver. Listening to Han Liu's words, Du Mei said with a smile. She didn't know Shen Zhanghua's thoughts, but she didn't want to owe favors.

She once thought about renting a house in Qinghe County to sell duck eggs, but she was in too much of a hurry at that time, and she could buy a house with a good location at this time.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, at that time, the main family was in a hurry to move to Gangneung City, and the bid was very low, and it didn't cost much." If Shen Zhanghua received the money, wouldn't his mind have changed? So he tried his best to persuade Du May.

"I often deal with the merchants on South Street, where do I not know the price of the house? Your wealth is very limited, and if you don't want my money, I won't dare to ask for this house. Du Mei returned the box to Shen Zhanghua.

The atmosphere in the room was frozen all of a sudden, Shen Zhanghua's face was ugly, Han Liu shrunk his neck when he saw this, and only then did he regret that he had smashed the errand, and he was worried about whether this month's monthly routine would be deducted!

"Drink tea, the county lord drinks tea. If you want to say that buying a house is a good thing, after a few days, when the winter is free, let's go to warm up the stove for the plums, and it will be lively. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Du Shicheng hurriedly stood up and poured tea for Shen Zhanghua, but his eyes secretly glanced at Du Mei.

"As for the money, we can earn it, so we don't dare to ask the county lord to cushion it. If he really did business in the county in the future, he would have to take care of you, wouldn't he? That's how decent we are in the countryside. Jiang is still spicy, Du Shicheng relieved Shen Zhanghua's siege in a few words, and held him again.

"Of course, in the future, we will discuss and plan for the affairs of the county, if I owe something, I dare not speak very much." Du Mei blinked his eyes and said with a smile.

said this, as if Shen Zhanghua didn't accept Du Mei's silver, that is, he didn't let her speak, although Shen Zhanghua knew that it was her radical method, but he had to be tricked.

"Look at what you said, it's just sixty taels of silver, where can I stop you." Shen Zhanghua lowered his eyes and smiled gently.

He knew that Du Mei was a useless character, and now he just wanted him to help with it, that is.

"The money is small, and Du Mei is grateful for your so-mindedness." Du Mei got up from his chair and saluted solemnly.

If you really talk about it, Shen Zhanghua is also a seventh grade, he and Du Mei are on the same level, seeing that she made a big salute, he also stood up and returned the salute, and everyone stood solemnly when they saw this.

"Meizi, you let the county lord sit, if you salute like this, the little old man won't be able to stay." In order to ease the atmosphere, Du Huaibing made a joke by relying on the old man.

Hearing this, everyone covered their mouths and chuckled, and the atmosphere in the room became much more harmonious, and the guests and hosts sat down again, put aside the previous topic, and laughed and talked about the harvest of the fields.

"It's really lively today, and there are a lot of people, so it's all here." A joke came from outside the hospital, and it was really heard before anyone arrived.