Xie Rongzhao's little face raised, quite a bit of a posture of who you look down on.

"Only if Daddy is good, Auntie and I can be good, I know."

No matter how much he said, Xie Rongzhao couldn't say that such childish words were not only suitable, but also could make Xie Xiuwen confess the situation of their second room in the Xie family.

Sure enough, Xie Xiuwen was silent for a moment and touched her head: "Good baby has grown up and is sensible." In the future, if Daddy is not there, Daddy must be brave. ”

"Mmmm, Hello Bao will protect A-Niang."

This is a bit too much, at least Xie Xiuwen didn't think that Liu Ruolan was so weak that she still needed to let her daughter protect her.

"We're going to your grandmother's house tomorrow, your aunt means to stay for a few days, you see what you need to bring, and pack up in advance."

"Okay, Daddy."

Xie Rongzhao likes to stay at his grandfather's house the most, at least no one shows them a look.

During the Chinese New Year, Liu Ruolan considered that she had not separated her family, and Xie Xiuwen had relied on the supply of her family to study over the years, so she was generous and bought more than 20 catties of mutton for her family, and specially bought two jars of good wine for Grandpa Xie.

The shop earns more or less, it has nothing to do with the Xie family, it is Liu Ruolan's dowry, and naturally there is no need to pay it to the public.

Gao couldn't see it, and mentioned it a few times openly and secretly, but he was reprimanded by Grandpa Xie.

Sister-in-law Wang came up with an idea next to Liu Ruolan, although she couldn't hand over money to the public middle school, but she could send something out in the name of honoring her elders, so that others would have to praise her for being filial and sensible, and she could also make the two elders happy.

Anyway, on the bright side, Grandpa Xie can be regarded as maintaining the second room, so Liu Ruolan thinks that this money is derived.

Xie Xiuwen wanted to take his wife and daughter to Yue's house to pay New Year's greetings, so naturally he couldn't go empty-handed.

Grandpa Xie has been drinking and feasting with several of his fellow clans these days, and rarely stays at home, even if he comes back, he is drunk.

Grandma Xie told the Gao family not to pay attention to Xie Xiuwen, and said that since the couple had their own silver, they would want to go by themselves.

Xie Xiuwen is a scholar, so naturally he can't do anything cheeky to ask for money or things, but now it's just a few days after the New Year, and it hasn't even been the tenth day of the first month, and the shops in the town are basically not open.

Xie Rongzhao recommended himself: "Daddy, we still walked the mountain road like last time." ”

Liu Ruolan hurriedly stopped: "No, it rained for half the night last night, and the mountain road was slippery, so we can't take risks." ”

Xie Xiuwen also means this.

Although he knows that his daughter's luck is good, no matter how good it is, he has to be careful.

"I remember we still have a few pieces of cloth, or we might as well take two pieces of cloth and bring a few pieces of silver jewelry that we made years ago."

Liu Ruolan disagreed: "How can you go back to your parents' house to bring jewelry for the New Year?" You can bring the cloth, or you can find two books, and I'll give them to my nephews. Let's go to the village chief's house again and buy a few chickens and ducks to bring with us. ”

Xie Xiuwen had to nod, now the shops in the town are not open for business, so it has to be like this.

Such a New Year's greeting is not considered a cold one.

Xie Xiuwen borrowed an ox cart from the village chief's family, and asked Xie Laifu to drive them over, and when he came back, let Liu Lao Er work hard.

When they arrived at Liu's house, everyone greeted each other with a smile, but several sisters-in-law were all talking like a basket of good words.

Xie Xiuwen knew that the Liu family was kind, no wonder his wife and daughter often wanted to come and live for a while, even he, who was a son-in-law, also wanted to come and live for a while.

Boss Liu invited him to the study to talk, and took out a booklet first.

"These are some records of the relevant fields in our Gaoyang County. I copied this book before, you can take a look. You have also seen some arrangements in the officer's room before, and you generally know some of the pros and cons of the county office, if you have any good ideas, you can talk about it. ”

Xie Xiuwen knew that what he said was not polite, but he really wanted to manage the official's room well.

The county government has six rooms, and there is also the post of county officer, which is usually mainly responsible for some specific affairs below, and can even temporarily take the position of the county commander when he is sick.

The county is an eight-grade, serious official.

The county magistrate of Gaoyang County had to recuperate at home due to physical reasons a few years ago, so the county magistrate had to find a qualified county magistrate as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, they are selected from the main affairs of the six rooms.

Boss Liu knows that his talent is average, and he no longer expects to take the scientific examination, but only hopes that he can be the county minister in his life, and he can be regarded as the spirit of the ancestors in the sky.

Xie Xiuwen has always had a good relationship with the Liu family, so naturally he also intends to give some advice.

It's not that he knows much about this, but he was by Xu Shanchang's side before, and there is a senior brother like Wang Hanlin, so he has to learn some things in officialdom.

In Xu Shanchang's words, even if you are confused at the beginning, you will be able to understand it sooner or later.

Now, Xie Xiuwen probably knows the current predicament of his eldest brother, and naturally he has no intention of hiding his secrets, so he analyzes them one by one.

"The head of the household house had a mediocre performance last year, and there was nothing wrong with it, but there was no merit either. This kind of person is safe in the eyes of the county magistrate, and the head of the house is in charge of the county's money bags, his advantage is obvious, but this is also one of his weaknesses. ”

Boss Liu rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized: "I understand!" It's this reason, that brother-in-law, you continued. ”

"Our Gaoyang County has not repaired the city walls and embankments for two consecutive years, and there has been no accident, which is equivalent to no merit and no fault for the owner of the workshop, and it is ordinary, and it will not be too impressive in the county order."

Xie Xiuwen saw that he understood, and began to tell the merits and demerits of the other house owners one by one.

Boss Liu sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, what you analyzed is excellent. It's just that we are in the office, and we can't talk about any merits, so how can we make the county magistrate look at us more? ”

Xie Xiuwen smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, although the eldest brother is the official in charge, he is actually doing things for the county commander, and no matter how many things the county order has to do, it is always due to the credit of the ministry." The biggest advantage of your office is that there are many people, more eyeliner, and there is no credit, we can also find it, some small things seem inconspicuous, but the role is very great. ”

Boss Liu understood, and sat aside to quickly sort out last year's thoughts.

What happened and who it was related to, etc......

These low-grade petty officials in the county are generally held by locals, after all, after the county order has been completed for many years, they always have to leave.

Therefore, the general officials will choose the local prestigious family, which is generally family-style, and there is a father who is a small official, and there is usually a son who is a small official.

"Last point, eldest brother, Lao Xiancheng is just sick and weak, not dead, if he is willing to recommend one or two, it will naturally be different."