Ji Lao Er smiled next to him at this time: "What did the official say?" Or your hard work! ”

Zhou Zhuangshi saw that they knew each other like this, and his eyes were full of approval.

The two of them smiled with a straight face, and the tense atmosphere in the small dam instantly eased a lot.

Regardless of whether the villagers had received grain or not, they all looked at the Ji family with gratitude.

If it weren't for the good wine given by the Ji family to the shopkeeper of the restaurant, this official wouldn't know what to do under his anger!

In short, the next people who were inspected had a thrilling time, and the officers and soldiers did not look particularly ugly.

After all the village households were inspected, looking at the lack of food, Zhou Zhuangshi frowned and asked the village chief:

"Are you sure all the people in your village are here?"

Only then did the village chief report what he had just discovered: "There is another family, and the Ma family is not here." ”

Zhou Zhuangshi's face darkened.

They came to collect grain, that is the existence of the second master, and there are villagers who are so bold!

He's finished counting the grain here, and he hasn't come yet!

What does that mean? Is it disobedience?

Zhou Zhuangshi sneered twice, and said to the village chief: "It seems that there are many people in this household, and there are also people in Niutou Village who do not obey discipline." ”

That's a big or small thing.

To put it mildly, it can be said that this family has no eyesight and delays everyone's time.

To put it mildly, it can involve this family's disobedience to discipline and dissatisfaction with the court.

The village chief was so frightened that his face turned like dirt, and he hurriedly said: "The official is angry, they must be preparing!" I'll get them right away. ”

As he spoke, he went to Ma's house with a blue face.

The Ma family was still waiting for anyone to pass by at this time, and Li Cuihua looked out worriedly:

"Why can't I see a figure for half a day? Shouldn't everyone really go to the dam to hand in grain? ”

Their family really has no food, and now the family is relying on Huang Xiufen's bag of cornmeal.

Therefore, as soon as Wu Xiuhong, the son of Ma Pozi, heard that someone was coming to collect grain, and the son of the village chief specially told him to prepare less, he simply waved his hand and asked his son and daughter-in-law not to prepare.

But Li Cuihua has not lived for a long time, and her cheeks have not been cultivated to that extent, so she is worried about it now.

When Wu Xiuhong heard this, she pulled her face, and was just about to scold her mother, when she heard an angry shout:

"Ma Dagui!"

This Ma Dagui shouted Wu Xiuhong's man, Wu Xiuhong heard this familiar voice, turned his head and saw that it was actually the village chief who came angrily.

The village chief has always left this matter to his mother-in-law, and he usually doesn't go out easily, but now he is so angry that he is coming here, Wu Xiuhong is instigated.

"Ouch, village chief, what's going on? I've blown you over, Li Cuihua, why don't you hurry up and pour a glass of water for the village chief..."

"Wu Xiuhong! Don't give me these things that you don't have, now the officials are waiting for your family to pay the grain on the dam, are you going to harm the whole village? What about the nobles of Martha? Shrink into the house now and be the turtle king? ”

The dizzy village chief didn't sell her face, he had a lot of opinions about the family because of the wind in his mother-in-law's ears, and he made up his mind to clean it up last night.

I didn't expect to give him such a big moth today.

It is too easy for these officials to rectify these ordinary people, and they force them to pay more grain, and the officials above will only praise them.

The people below are miserable, and when the time comes, they will have to smash pots and sell iron, sell sons and daughters!

Ma Dagui was reluctant to come out of the room, but when he heard the village chief say this, he could only come out reluctantly, and when he came out, he gave Wu Xiuhong a big ear scraper.

"I can't tell you this mother-in-law! Village chief, this matter is not clear to my mother-in-law. Don't worry, although our family doesn't have much food, we must pay it! ”

After Ma Dagui finished speaking, he glanced at Li Cuihua:

"Cuihua, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you send that half bag of cornmeal over quickly."

Naturally, what he said was the cornmeal that Huang Xiufen brought over.

Although Li Cuihua was reluctant, she didn't dare to say anything when she saw that her mother-in-law was beaten.

also understood that the situation was serious, and he was about to leave when he responded, but was stopped by Huang Xiufen next to him.

"Uncle, Sister Cuihua, shouldn't this grain be handed over to the family's grain stock? Why do you have to hand over my bag of cornmeal? ”

"This..." Ma Dagui's face was a little unbearable.

Isn't it because there is not much food at home, so is it difficult to hand over the bark to the tree?

The village chief knew about Huang Xiufen and didn't say much.

Li Cuihua was embarrassed: "Sister Xiufen, the situation at home has been a little difficult recently, you won't be willing to give us a bag of cornmeal, right?" ”

"Of course not..."Huang Xiufen was confused.

"That's right! Sister Xiufen, let's hand over the grain first, and we'll talk about the rest later. ”

After speaking, Li Cuihua quickly came out with the half bag of cornmeal, and Ma Dagui took it and followed behind the village chief, preparing to go to the dam with him.

The village chief lifted his eyelids and saw that their bag of cornmeal was full, and it was only half a bucket.

Not even the lowest family in the village is up to the standard.

But it was clear that they could not bring much food, and it was better than nothing, so they had to take them to the dam.

The officials could have called it a day earlier, but they delayed the time, and they were unhappy.

Seeing that they only handed over such a small thing, their faces were as black as the bottom of the pot:

"You belong to the Ma family?"

"Yes, sir." Ma Dagui nodded beside him.

Zhang Fatzi snorted and said, "Let the two of us wait here for a long time, just bring such a little thing." ”

"I've seen that after a few days, the quota for serving in the kiln in the west will be down, and your village will send people from your family. It's also a contribution. ”

After speaking, regardless of Ma Dagui's family, his face turned to ashes in an instant, patted the wine in his arms, and got into the ox cart.

"This time, even if the people in your village are sensible, you should pay attention to it next time."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Ji family.

The village chief stood respectfully next to the ox cart, and they responded to whatever they said, and when they heard the last sentence, they were even more grateful when they thought of the Ji family.

The villagers were not stupid, and they all heard the meaning of this servant's words.

After the two officials left, everyone looked at Mrs. Ji with gratitude, and expressed their gratitude to the Ji family.

"Ouch! Old sister! Your family has really done too much for our village, if it weren't for you this time, we would be afraid that we wouldn't be able to pay the difference, so we had to spit out some food! Seeing that there is nothing to eat, he has to starve his family to death. ”

"That's right! That's what a family you have! The speaker gave a thumbs up: "Old sister, your sons and daughters-in-law are very promising, so let's wait for happiness in the future!" ”