Chapter 38 The County Magistrate Comes
Mrs. Ma squeezed in front and watched with great interest. Anyway, her house was not burned.
The village chief suddenly called him, and Mrs. Ma smiled coquettishly.
Why complain about the village chief in public?
The village chief had been busy all night, and it was already dawn. He was tired and angry, so naturally he didn't look good.
I went to Mrs. Ma many times, but she kept crying and fussing, dragging me away for various reasons.
The village chief looked at Mrs. Ma warningly, "It won't be good if we delay it any longer."
The village chief's eyes frightened Mrs. Ma. She was afraid that the village chief would also ask her family to move out, so she nodded quickly.
"Yes, yes, village chief, I will bring the money today."
The village chief separately called away the three families whose sheds had been burned, and took the Sun family members to the Sun family's shed to discuss compensation.
"Daddy, I'm so sleepy."
Zhao Yicha held Boss Zhao's hand, so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes.
"Go back, you have been busy for so long, go back and take a rest."
Mr. Zhao took the lead and led the Zhao family back. Seeing this, other villagers dispersed in twos and threes.
After breakfast, the Sun family's affairs were settled.
Only a little food and money were left for travel expenses, so that they could leave the village and find another place to live.
Everything else was divided among the three families.
The Zhou family suffered the most serious losses. The village chief donated some eggs and grain, and they could barely survive without starving to death.
The compensation was far inferior to what was burned, but the Sun family really had nothing to compensate.
During the discussion, the three Sun brothers were punched from time to time.
Especially Sun Ergou, who was foul-mouthed and mean, and was beaten the most.
After things were divided, the village chief was really afraid that the Sun family would be beaten to death by the three angry families if things continued like this, so he quickly told them to get out.
Seeing the Sun family walking away at the entrance of the village, the village chief and the elders
His son Hua Qingzheng went back to rest with peace of mind.
"Dad, how do you think the Zhao family knew there would be a fire tonight?"
Hua Qingzheng didn't understand. The same happened with the last flash flood. The Zhao family seemed to know about it in advance.
It can't be a coincidence both times, right?
In the middle of the night, Hua Qing was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard Mr. Zhao's voice.
Hua Qingzheng endured the sleepiness and got up, and went out to see Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhao.
Mr. Zhao said to find the village chief because there might be a fire in the village.
Before Hua Qingzheng could ask what was going on, he heard a dog barking, and then Zhao Laoer shouted that there was a fire.
"Haha, it doesn't matter how they know, as long as the result is good."
The village chief likes the Zhao family very much.
"If it hadn't been for them, I don't know how many people would have been burned to death tonight."
"Hey, that's true."
Suddenly there was the clatter of horse hooves at the entrance of the village.
A carriage drove slowly and stopped in front of the village chief. The young man driving the carriage was wearing brocade clothes and his hair was tied into a neat ponytail.
He looked noble and looked like a young master from a wealthy family.
"Excuse me, is this Pear Blossom Village?"
The village chief had never seen such a young master before and nodded quickly.
"Yes, this is Lihua Village."
After hearing the answer, the young man smiled and said thank you, then turned around and opened the carriage curtain.
"Teacher, we have arrived at Lihua Village."
A pair of slender hands opened the curtain, and a handsome young man wearing official robes came out.
"Old man, I am the magistrate of Jiangcheng County. Could you please show me the way? I want to find the head of Lihua Village."
Lihua Village belongs to Jiangcheng County.
"Your Majesty!"
The village chief and Hua Zhengqing saluted hurriedly.
"Your Majesty the County Magistrate, I am the head of Lihua Village."
A few days ago, I reported that the village suffered a flash flood.
, I didn’t expect the county magistrate to come in person.
The village chief nervously led the county magistrate to the village.
Every word is carefully spoken. I have never seen such a big official before!
At this time, it was rare that everyone in the Zhao family shed was here and enjoying themselves.
Zhao Yicha hugged Lu Ming and took a deep breath.
Li Xiuxiu smiled and said, "What is the tea girl doing?"
Zhao Yicha explained seriously, "I'll take a breath of my sister's blessing."
"My sister is a little lucky star!"
"Eh, yes!"
Zhao Changfu also leaned his head over and took a deep breath on Lu Ming.
"I also want to take advantage of my luck."
"I will definitely win the next fish-catching competition!"
Zhao Laoer peeled off a pomegranate, divided into small parts and threw them towards Zhao Changfu.
"You brat, catching fish depends on skill."
"Don't rub against your sister, lest you blame Lu Ming if you lose the game."
Zhao Changfu skillfully caught the pomegranate thrown by his father and laughed.
"I don't blame my sister."
Fruit is a precious thing, and the Zhao family eats it sparingly.
Half of the pomegranates I picked were eaten, and everyone in the family shared some.
Mrs. Zhao counted the rabbits at home, and there were five in total.
"Second brother, you catch two rabbits and go to the cow's house."
"If you eat a pomegranate picked by someone else, give one to his family as a gift in return."
"Change the other one with some eggs. There are no eggs at home."
"okay."
Zhao Laoer finished the pomegranate in his hand in twos and twos, picked two more lively rabbits, and carried one in each hand.
Li Xiuxiu watched Zhao Laoer carrying the rabbit out.
"Mom, what are you having for lunch?"
The Zhao family has no land, so they can buy rice but not vegetables.
In the past, I would buy some groceries in the village or have some delivered to me from other families.
Now that we are experiencing flash floods, every family is saving money on food, so how about selling vegetables?
Get out.
There was only rice, meat, and a Chinese cabbage left in the house.
Mrs. Zhao is worried, what can she do if she only eats rice and meat?
"Hey, I was busy for so long last night. Let's have something good for lunch."
"The second brother's family will stew a pheasant and make more soup. We can also have chicken soup rice at night."
"Good! Good!"
“There’s chicken to eat!”
Children are happiest when they hear they can eat meat.
Whenever I have free time, I squat in front of the chickens and rabbits and drool with greed.
"Mom, I'm back."
Zhao Laoer soon came back with a basket and a bundle of green leafy vegetables.
The green leafy vegetables were placed on the wooden shelf, and the basket was handed to Mrs. Zhao.
"Mom, free up the eggs, and I have to return the basket."
"Why so many?"
Mrs. Zhao picked up eggs one by one. There were thirty eggs, and there were five big potatoes at the bottom.
"Aunt Niu gave it to me. She said she still had a lot of eggs at home, so she could get more for us."
"Gee, that's too much."
After emptying the basket, Mrs. Zhao caught two more fish.
"I'm giving him two fish."
Zhao Laoer responded, put the fish in the basket and went to Niu's house.
Mr. Zhao set the table and called some children over.
"Come here quickly, it's time to practice calligraphy."
"Ah? Let's start now."
Zhao Changfu lowered his head, "Grandpa, I'm so sleepy."
"You brat, you didn't sleep when I asked you to sleep when I came back. Why are you sleepy now?"
"Hehe, that's right, brother Changfu, look at me, I'm not sleepy anymore."
Zhao Yicha fell asleep on the way back to the shed. He was picked up by Boss Zhao and didn't get up until he had breakfast.
"Brother, stop struggling. Sooner or later you have to write. Come quickly."
Zhao Changan and Zhao Yigui were the most active. They consciously took the stools and sat over them, spreading out the paper.
"Brother Changfu
, come quickly. "
Zhao Nanzhou was also very sleepy. He didn't sleep long before he was woken up for breakfast. After playing with his sister for a while, he felt sleepy again.
Seeing Zhao Nanzhou yawn, Zhao Changfu seemed to have found an ally.
"Nanzhou, are you sleepy too?"
Zhao Nanzhou rubbed his eyes, "Brother Changfu, I'm sleepy too."
Zhao Changfu looked happy and heard Zhao Nanzhou continue.
"But I just need to wash my face. I can write."
"Hey--"
Zhao Changfu sighed, "Then I'll go wash my face too."
Mr. Zhao laid out the paper each child needed and took out the pens.
Zhao Yicha jumped up to Mr. Zhao's side, "Grandpa, where should I sit?"
Mr. Zhao pulled a stool next to him and said pleasantly, "Cha'er, sit next to me."
Zhao Changfu washed his face and saw Lu Ming squinting his eyes and falling asleep.
She sighed with emotion: "I really envy Sister Lu Ming."
Li Xiuxiu laughed and scolded, "Little bastard, go write quickly."
"Got it, mother."
Zhao Changfu sat down and placed in front of him a page that Mr. Zhao had written long ago. This was what he was going to write this morning.
Lifting the pen, Zhao Changfu straightened his back unconsciously, dipped in ink, and wrote with all his heart as soon as the pen came down.
Mr. Zhao nodded with satisfaction.
"Brother Zhao!"
The village chief's voice sounded outside the shed.
Mr. Zhao turned his head, and the village chief led a young man in official robes and a noble young master in.
The village chief smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face stretched out.
He introduced respectfully: "This is the county magistrate of our Jiangcheng, Mr. Chen."
"This is Mr. Wu, a student of Mr. Chen."
Lord County Magistrate!
Everyone in the Zhao family, old and young, stood up with respect and awe.
salute.
"I have seen the magistrate."
Mr. Zhao was so dizzy that he never expected to see the county magistrate again in his life.
I wonder what the old man is here for?