To go to the county seat, you have to go to Lizheng to register.

Fortunately, Jiang Saburo is now a villager, fill in the household registration guide for his family, and then confirm the stamp.

Because now that the farming work has come to an end and the big ditch in the village is almost completed, Jiang Saburo simply took his wife and children to the county seat to take a look at the new home by the way.

So Chunniang asked her sister-in-law and sister-in-law to help take care of the chickens, dogs and ducklings at home, and then got into the carriage.

Yingbao also picked two baskets of apricots and peaches, ready to give them to Wu Daozi, and by the way, chatted with him about the specialties of Qinchuan County.

The carriage ran faster than the mule cart, set off before dawn, rested twice on the way, fed a little fodder and water, and drove into the county gate in the afternoon.

Jiang Saburo drove all the way to the door of his new home, jumped out of the car and hugged his three children, and then helped his wife get out of the car.

Sakura looked up at the house in front of her.

There are a few bluestone slabs in front of the small courtyard gate, and there are bolted horse piles on both sides of the door, and the mottled and dilapidated gate can still be seen to have been once black lacquer brushed.

Jiang Saburo bolted the horse, took out the key and unlocked it, pushed open the door to let his wife and children enter. "This is our new home."

Chun Niang walked into the threshold with the corner of her skirt.

There is no hidden wall in the door, and there is a large courtyard in front of it, and there is a lotus pot in the middle of the courtyard.

Now there is no water and no lotus flowers in the lotus pot, only dried up silt and weeds.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu followed Sister A-Niang into the yard and happily looked around.

There are three main rooms, with a wooden colonnaded eaves in front of the main house, two transepts on the east side, and a flower garden on the west side.

There was no furniture in a few rooms, only a few tattered tables and chairs.

There was not even a pot on the stove in the stove room on the east side, and a cupboard against the wall was full of holes gnawed by rats, and the cupboard was full of rat droppings.

Several jars and jars in the corner of the wall are all damaged, and they are still full of dust, and the whole stove room can still be used with a large water tank.

It seems that before living, you have to pick up and tidy up, and you have to add a lot of family styles.

Sakura Po looked around, and sure enough, he didn't see the well, so he couldn't help but sigh.

I don't know if there are public wells around, or if it's close to a river.

There will be one or two wells in the main streets and alleys of the county, so that the residents can drink water.

But there are no more remote places, and people have to go to distant rivers to fetch water, or fetch water from shallow earthen wells.

The water in earthen wells is certainly not as clean as deep wells, and it dries up in the event of a drought.

"Dad, is there a river near our house?" Sakura asked.

Jiang Saburo: "There is a river, I have been to see it, and the water is quite clear. ”

The river water here is naturally not as clear as the river water, but there is no problem with washing clothes and vegetables.

The only drawback is that the draft is very troublesome, and you have to go to the shared well to get water.

"Let's dig a well, and it will be convenient to draft water in the future." Sakura Po suggested.

Jiang Saburo nodded, "I'll talk about it later." ”

It costs nearly 100 taels of silver to dig a deep well, and he has no money in his hand for the time being, so he can only wait for this batch of gold fungus to be sold and then ask someone to take a look.

After seeing the new home, Jiang Saburo took Yingbao to the county government to meet the county commander Wu Shi, and Chunniang took Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu to clean up at home.

The front of the county yamen is still like that, it hasn't changed at all, and even the guards are the same two people who used to be.

"Yo, bring apricots to see our officials again!" The official also recognized the little doll in front of him, and laughed and teased.

Ying Bao raised his head and smiled: "Yes, please also ask Uncle to pass it on." As he spoke, he took down two baskets from the carriage, which were filled with ripe apricots and peaches: "This is home-grown, and I specially brought it to the two uncles to taste." ”

The two officials smiled and narrowed their eyes, and hurriedly took it: "Ouch, how embarrassing is this, thank you Sakura, uncle, I'll go and pass a message to you." ’

A servant ran to the inner courtyard of the yamen.

Another official smiled and chatted with Ying Bao: "Your peaches are really early, it's only been a few months, and they're all ripe." ”

Yingbao nodded: "Yes, the fruit trees over there are ripe early, and in a few days, the pears and grapes will also grow, if I still come to the county seat, I will bring some for my uncle to taste." ”

The official smiled and closed his mouth, "Then thank you Sakura, I will have a place for my uncle in the future, even if I open my mouth, don't say anything about it, there is no one in this county who doesn't know me Jin Wu." ”

Ying Bao gave Jin Wuxing a serious salute, "With Uncle Kim's words, I'm not afraid of being bullied by bad people." ”

Jin Wu said with a smile: "Yes, yes, if you meet those who are not long-sighted in the county seat, just come and tell me, you don't have the ability to be next to Uncle Kim, and it is not a problem to clean up a few street ruffians and blind people." ”

That's what Sakura Bao was waiting for, and hurriedly thanked him.

He pulled his father and introduced: "Dad, this is Uncle Jin Wu." Uncle Kim, this is my father Jiang Saburo, he is the village leader of our village. ”

Jiang Saburo and Jin Wu clasped their fists and saluted each other, and then they began to talk.

At this time, Cheng San, the official of the government, took Wu Rui out of the inner courtyard.

Sakura Bao saw it at a glance and immediately ran over, "Uncle Wu! I'll take a look at Uncle Wu, I don't know if it's convenient? ”

Wu Rui smiled: "I'm here to pick you in." ”

Jiang Saburo hurriedly came over to greet him.

So, Wu Rui and Jiang Saburo each carried a basket of peaches and apricots to the inner courtyard.

Sakura Po jumped up and down behind the two.

Wu Rui led the two to the backyard, and saw two people in blue robes sitting under the wisteria trellis in the courtyard.

An old man with white hair and a long beard, about sixty years old, and the other is Wu Shi, the county magistrate.

"Uncle Wu!" Ying Bao ran over happily and saluted Wu Shi in a serious manner: "Uncle Wu, don't come to harm?" ”

Wu Shi laughed, "Your Uncle Wu is very good, thank you Sakura Bao for hanging up." ”

turned around and introduced the old man beside him: "This is my father, and he also wants to meet Xiao Langzhong who treats me today." ”

Ying Bao hurriedly saluted the white-haired old man again: "Grandpa Wu is good." ”

Old Man Wu touched his white beard and smiled: "Okay, this kid is really a smart one." ”

Turning his head to Jiang Saburo who was standing outside, he said, "This is Jiang Muramasa, come and sit." ”

Jiang Saburo walked under the wisteria trellis, hugged his fists towards the Ming Mansion and the Ming Mansion's father, and sat down in the side position solemnly.

Wu Rui took the teacup, poured a cup of tea for Jiang Saburo and Ying Bao and retreated.

Wu Daozi asked: "Jiang Cunzheng, have all the cotton in your village been planted?" ”

Jiang Saburo hurriedly stood up and replied: "Back to the Ming Mansion, it's all planted." ”

"Sit down and talk." Wu Shi took a sip of the teacup, "Did you suffer any damage last time?" ”

Jiang Saburo sat down as he said, straightened his back and replied: "Naturally, most of the houses in our village were destroyed, and several people were injured, but fortunately, no one died." ”

Wu Daozi nodded: "I also heard from the people below, you also moved the village for this reason, and moved to live on the hillside. ’

"Yes." Jiang Saburo said: "There are not a few good houses in the village, and it is not cost-effective for us to rebuild them on the original site, and the fields on the south slope do not produce food, so just..."

Wu Shi: "I understand. ”

After thinking about it, he asked, "Then do you have any difficulties in Xia Fu this year?" ”

"Back to Ming Mansion, there must be difficulties, but what can we do." Jiang Saburo said with a sad face: "No matter how poor you are, you have to live hard." ”

Wu Shi's hand serving tea paused.

The villagers complained in front of him, but they were speechless.