Hua Ronghua also paved the bowl and said angrily: "No, I sold it to your family, what's wrong?" Do you even have to take care of me when I go out? I knew I wouldn't tell you! ”

"Don't tell me, don't come back if you don't tell me! My Lu family can't accommodate a daughter-in-law running around! Mrs. Lu looked at her obliquely, full of aura.

"I ......"

Lu Wenping interrupted Hua Ronghua's words, "What the lady said is not right, 'If you go out, you must sue and you must face' This is the rule, if you don't tell you, you can't leave." Then he asked, "What are you going to do when you go out?" ”

Hua Ronghua suddenly remembered that there were indeed a lot of rules in ancient times, and he still didn't talk nonsense so as not to be seen as flawed.

"Lady?" Lu Wenping is a little strange, what's wrong with Hua Niang today?

"Oh, I—I'm going to ...... I want to buy birthday gifts for Hua and my father! Yes, buy a birthday gift! Hua Ronghua suddenly remembered that Master Hua's birthday was coming soon, so he hurriedly used it as an excuse.

Lu Wenping frowned, "Isn't my father-in-law's birthday October 23?" It's only the seventh day of the ninth month! ”

"Yes, but can't you choose a birthday gift in advance? If you go early, you can choose a good one. Hua Ronghua said more and more, "Also, how much money are you going to give me to buy a birthday gift for my father!" ”

Mrs. Lu glared at Hua Ronghua angrily, "You loser, don't forget that you are the daughter-in-law of the Lu family now!" I still want to spend money on people with foreign surnames! Unless I'm dead! ”

"Mother, this is not good." Lu Wenping persuaded weakly: "After all, it's my father-in-law, if you let people know......"

Mrs. Lu looked at her embarrassed son and hesitated, but when she thought of taking money out of her money bag, she gritted her teeth firmly, "Anyway, if you don't have money, you have to die!" ”

Lu Wenping was silent for a while, "Then I still have to find a way to give me the money for my father-in-law's birthday gift." He said to Hua Ronghua again: "You stay at home tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will go with you." ”

The matter should have ended here, but Mrs. Lu said sourly: "You are really a good son-in-law, why didn't you see you so attentive when your mother celebrated her birthday!" ”

Lu Wenping's face was blue and red for a while, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, mother, when you celebrate your birthday, your son will also prepare a birthday gift for you." ”

Mrs. Lu let him go.

In a blink of an eye, on the third day, after breakfast, Lu Wenping took Hua Ronghua out of the door.

When I went out, Hua Niang saw clearly that her house was located in the middle of an alley, and the neighborhoods were the same yards, but some people were newly paved tiles, and some people were new oil doors.

Hua Niang saw Lu Wenping greeting the people next to her while walking, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Do you know all these people?" ”

"Everyone is a subordinate of the government, and they are all familiar with each other, so naturally they want to say hello."

After Lu Wenping's explanation, Hua Niang figured out that the houses on the three streets before and after belonged to the 'public housing' of the Anping County Ya, that is, only the fast catchers who worked in the county government were qualified to live here.

But it doesn't mean that if you become a catcher, you will be able to live here, and you must have money to 'buy' the right to live in a house from the master of the bookkeeper.

Of course, the money for the right to live in the Lu family's courtyard was paid by Father Hua, so there was a certain reason why the deity always shouted that the house was her dowry. Generally speaking, if you live in a public house here, you can basically live until you are old, unless you are promoted or leave your post at the age of retirement, and you rarely leave by yourself.

However, before leaving, these officials had already saved a lot of money enough for them to buy a house and land again, although Lu Wenping didn't say it too clearly, but Hua Niang also understood, she looked around, "Does the county magistrate also live here?" ”

Lu Wenping smiled, "The county magistrate lives in the county office, and even the county lord and Lord Bo have their own residences, how can they live here!" ”

"Oh!" Hua Niang understands that these public houses are equivalent to the benefits of civil servants, and as for the families of the county magistrate and deputy county magistrate, they want to live in villas, which is different levels and naturally different treatments.

Out of the alley is a wide street paved with green and old-fashioned boards, Lu Wenping pointed to a place in the south and said: "The county government is there, lady, you try to stay as far away as possible from the yamen." ”

Following the direction of Lu Wenping's finger, Hua Niang didn't see anything clearly, only saw the cornices and warped, and a towering and gorgeous building stood tall in the south of the street.

"There are more shops on the county east street than on the county west street, and it is best to buy a birthday gift for your father-in-law here." Lu Wenping walked a few steps and looked back without hearing Hua Niang's footsteps, but saw that Hua Niang was still looking in the direction of the county office.

"Let's go, let's go buy a good gift early or go home early." Lu Wenping urged.

Hua Niang asked as she walked towards him, "Is there always someone standing guard at the gate of the county government?" ”

Stand guard? Lu Wenping thought for a while and understood that she was referring to the guards, so he replied: "There is no one on duty when you are resting, and the county order is about to leave in the past few days, and there will be no government office." ”

"Oh, is the county magistrate going to be promoted?" Hua Niang asked curiously.

"It's also a promotion, and I'm transferred to Jiangnan to do the county order." His wife didn't quarrel, and only he could answer the questions he asked, Lu Wenping was full of confidence for a while, and his mood was a little floating.

"Jiangnan, they all say that Jiangnan is rich, and the county magistrate is happy now."

"It's not, I'm in a hurry to leave, I can't wait for the handover with the new county order."

"The new county order is also here? Where did he get it from? ”

"I was transferred from the capital, I heard that I was born in a family, and my grandfather is still a second-class member of the court!" Lu Wenping thought about it for a while and shared the news he heard with his wife.

"Then why did he come here to be a county magistrate? Someone in the family is a big official, isn't it directly arranged in the capital? Hua Ronghua was even more curious.

"I don't know." Lu Wenping suddenly looked at Hua Ronghua and wondered, "How can the lady know this?" ”

Hua Ronghua almost blurted out, 'Of course I watched TV', and said perfunctorily: "I overheard my father say it before." For fear that Lu Wenping would not finish asking, he urged: "Aren't you buying gifts?" Let's go! ”

Although Lu Wenping still had doubts in his heart, he didn't ask, but followed Hua Niang towards the market.

The two walked forward for a few dozen meters, and there were more shops on both sides of the road, and there were also vendors on the street who occasionally carried their burdens while selling and walking, and there were more pedestrians shopping and buying goods.

"What are you going to buy as a birthday gift?" After walking a few steps, Hua Ronghua asked again.

"I don't know." Lu Wenping hesitated: "In the past, when my mother had a birthday, the family was in difficulty, so just cook a bowl of white noodles and lay an egg." ”