Zhuang Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaned over to pack up his work tools, and prepared to rush home in the sunset.

He is a native of Qingshan Village near Nanyi City, and after finishing his work every day, he has to walk for an hour before he can go home, so he doesn't dare to delay time.

After finding the official who is guarding the yamen here today, and receiving today's wages. Zhuang Yi pinched a handful of copper coins in his pocket, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

Before he went to work today, he also promised the children at home to bring them good food. For this reason, Zhuang Yi's wife also reprimanded the two children, reprimanding them for not knowing how to sympathize with their father's hardships.

But before Zhuang Yi left, Zhuang Niangzi still whispered to him that if she could, she would bring some snacks back for the two children.

They must not have dared to say this before, after all, Qingshan Village said that it was "Qingshan", but it was an ordinary dirt slope. Not to mention the beasts that could be used for tooth sacrifices, and even wood that could be used to build houses was hard to find.

The people of Qingshan Village, who have failed to farm and hunt, have been living a tight life all these years. In order to survive, many young people left Nanyi County at the first opportunity and went to a more prosperous territory, wanting to find a way to live.

Zhuang Yi was to take care of the elderly at home, and he was worried about his wife and children, so he didn't bother to go to other places to find a way to live.

Before Su Hengyu, the female magistrate, came to Nanyi City, the grain tank in Zhuang Yi's house was about to bottom out, if this work of rebuilding the county government came to Zhuang Yi's ears later, I am afraid he would have to follow the team and go out to work hard away from his hometown.

However, at this critical moment, the arrival of Nüzhi County brought a turning point to the people of their village. After the people in the village confirmed that this work was real, Zhuang Yi organized people and came to the county seat to sign up together.

When Zhuang Yi worked here for a day and got his first day's salary, the tall man almost burst into tears.

He hurried home with the footsteps of the people, and put all the copper plates in his pocket on the table.

When he saw these copper plates, Zhuang Yi clearly saw that his father's mother's faintly gray face rekindled its brilliance.

After that, Zhuang Yi worked harder on the county government's side, he didn't know what kind of person Su Hengyu was, and he didn't know what kind of changes this female magistrate would bring to Nanyicheng in the future.

But he knew that the appearance of the other party changed the fate of their family.

Zhuang Yi really wanted to make something for this great benevolent person, but he himself was small and weak, and he thought that he couldn't help Su Hengyu, who was the magistrate of the county.

After thinking about it, he felt that the other party valued the county government the most, after all, the county government was built, and the work of the county could be better carried out in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yi found that the people who came to build the county government with him were either working hard, but they couldn't make a name for themselves. Either that, they are cheating and trying to mix their money.

Although Zhuang Yi was also a little worried, he would finish the work here early, and there would be no chance to make money in the future.

But compared to these, he wanted to repay Su Hengyu more.

So, relying on his position on the side of the people of Qingshan Village, he united with the people of Qingshan Village to organize all the Lifu, and arranged work for them in groups, so that the people in the group could supervise each other.

He is not a random assignment, he is a very observant person, and he can also see the advantages of others. He assigned them jobs according to what these people were good at, hoping to speed up the progress of the county government.

When Zhuang Yi did these things, he only had gratitude to Su Hengyu in his heart, and he had no intention of aside. So he didn't notice at all that the officials who came to watch the progress had a faint change in their eyes when they looked at him.

Regarding the fact that he has entered the eyes of the county, Zhuang Yi is unaware of it at this moment.

He walked on the "snack street" built by the family of Lifu, his eyes swept over the food on the various stalls, and finally fixed on a stall selling osmanthus cakes.

In the past few days, the osmanthus flowers on this side of Nanyi City have bloomed, and Zhuang Yi and they can smell the fragrance every day when they are working.

The osmanthus cake on the stall has always been wafting with a faint aroma of osmanthus, and the small osmanthus cake is delicious at a glance.

Zhuang Yi thought about it, he had done so much work for so many days, and at the beginning, he would take home the steamed buns that he couldn't finish at noon.

Half a month has passed, and the family also has some silver, and it is not extravagant to spend a few pennies today to buy some osmanthus cake for the family to taste, right?

Thinking so, his footsteps had already walked towards the osmanthus cake stall.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhuang Yi put the small oiled paper bag into his arms, although such a small half-pack of osmanthus cake cost him a full five cents. Zhuang Yi felt a little painful, but thinking that his relatives at home had not eaten such a good thing for many years, that little regret immediately disappeared.

Zhuang Yi patted the oil-paper bag that was safely held in his arms, and quickly followed the rest of the Qingshan Village people who came to the snack street with him to buy food, and hurried towards the direction of the village.

As soon as they left Nanyi County on their front feet, a carriage and a dozen young men riding tall horses staggered into the county seat.

"Teacher, this is Nanyicheng? Why don't you look at the disciple and lose as you say? The disciple of the green shirt, that is, Meng Weiqiu, looked at the streets and alleys in Nanyi City.

His eyes kept sweeping over the people around him, and when he saw the faint smile on their faces, he felt a little uncertain about what the old man had told him before.

The old man was also looking at everything around him at the moment, his brows furrowed unconsciously, and he was also puzzled by the picture in front of him.

Strangely, it was clear that the last time he came here, the people here were all lonely, and there were far fewer people on the streets than there are today, let alone the vendors who set up stalls on the streets.

The old man's party soon came to the vicinity of the county office, and the last time he came here, he found that the county government had fallen into ruin, and the yard was overgrown with weeds.

At that time, the old man was still very emotional, feeling that the court really didn't take Nanyicheng to heart, and it would make the county government deserted like this.

As a result, looking at it now, the county government that once looked like a deserted house is long gone, replaced by a large courtyard that has only been half-built, but the future can be faintly seen.

At this moment, there are still some scattered Lifu in front of the county yamen who are packing up their things, their home is in Nanyi City, and they don't need to waste time on the way home, so they will work for a while more than the rest of the villagers.

Correspondingly, their wages will be higher than those of Zhuang Yi and others.

By this time they had finished their work for the day, and were ready to take the money home for dinner.

When the old man saw this scene, he asked, "Why are the descendants wandering here so late and not going home?" ”

"We're going home, we've just finished our work for the day, and we're going back after packing up." A few people said, casually put away the dishes and chopsticks they brought from home, and prepared to continue to bring lunch from home tomorrow to use.

Hearing this answer, the old man's face gradually became difficult to look at: "Could it be that the magistrate of this place recruited you to build a county office for her?!" ”

As soon as he thought of this possibility, the old man's voice unconsciously became serious.

If that female magistrate really did this kind of thing that harmed the people's interests, he would definitely leave overnight today, go to the Xie family army camp, and file a good complaint!