My Husband Comes from the Future

by Usui Takumii

not mine, shangai fantasy. After chapter 94 is MTL. Also at ao3.

11. 101 to 110

Chapter 101 Sold out

Sister Wang doesn't think that buying some things from their embroidery shop and touching Li Qingzhi's son can reveal his talent.

She stayed in the embroidery workshop every day, hugged Li Damao and Li Ermao, and even kissed the little faces of her two children. Didn't her son still not learn what the Master taught?

But she really didn't expect that Li Qingzhi would be able to take the exam.

The two old ladies who came to collect the shoe soles were even more surprised: "Shopkeeper Jin and her man actually took the first place in our county? This is really amazing!"

Li Qingzhi moved a bamboo chair to sit next to them yesterday, chatting with them while helping to arrange the fabrics...

"Yes, he really doesn't show his face!" Sister Wang sighed, Qu Yunqing said that Li Qingzhi knew Magistrate Gou, so there should be no problem in the county examination, but it is surprising that Li Qingzhi came first in the exam, and according to the people in front of him In other words, Li Qingzhi relies on his true ability.

I really didn't notice it at all.

"Captain Li is not an easy person! He can memorize all the books that are required for the imperial examination!"

"The scholars from Fucheng all praised his handwriting!"

"The articles he writes are also good!"

…

Those who came to share their talent spoke one after another.

Jin Xiaoye hasn't taken any big orders recently, but he has made a lot of miscellaneous things, all of which are useful for daily use, and the patterns are novel.

These people all picked up.

Seeing this, Sister Wang said: "These patterns were painted by Li Qingzhi himself. If you want to be talented, you must buy more!"

When these people heard this, their eyes lit up and they immediately started buying.

The two old ladies collecting shoe soles also said: "Before I collected shoe soles, Li Qingzhi helped me pick up the rags."

"He helped me too!" Is there such a thing? You can also buy some shoe soles!

Things here are not expensive anyway.

While everyone was buying, they were asking about Li Qingzhi's affairs, and Sister Wang and the others also learned about what happened at the county government today from these people's mouths.

The two sides chatted more and more, and at this time, Li Laogen came back from outside and said happily: "Li Qingzhi is my son!"

Li Laogen knew that today was the day when the county examination results were released, but he didn't think Li Qingzhi could make it, so he didn't follow him to the county government office, but went to the teahouse to drink tea.

He now lives in the county town and is not in a hurry to go home. He stayed in the teahouse for a while, and then someone told him that his son had been convicted!

Li Laogen found it incredible, but he still boasted to others: "I told you before, my son is very smart."

"He studies very hard. He reads books when he gets up early in the morning. The cold wind in winter keeps blowing into the house, so he also reads and writes with the door open."

"His right arm is broken, but he still writes with his left arm!"

"My son will definitely become a high official in the future!"

…

After bragging for a while outside, I returned home and found many people at home... Li Laogen continued to brag.

Those who came to share his talents were willing to listen to his boasts, and would even compliment him from time to time: "Your son works really hard!"

"You are so lucky to have such a son!"

"General Li Qingzhi might be able to get the top prize, and then you will be the father of the top pick!"

…

When Li Laogen heard this, he smiled so much that his eyes narrowed.

Not long after the news reached Jinye Embroidery Square, it reached the new dock.

Now there are a lot fewer people working here at the new dock, only a few hundred people, and the kitchen has also been streamlined and some people have been lost, but Jin Dajiang is still working here.

At first, because he was Li Qingzhi's father-in-law, everyone in the kitchen was very polite to him. However, Jin Dajiang had no temper and rushed to work. As time went by, the politeness disappeared.

Jin Dajiang is not the only one with background in their kitchen, the other two helpers also have background.

They were not afraid of Jin Dajiang. Seeing that Jin Dajiang was easy to bully, they began to push their own work to Jin Dajiang.

Jin Dajiang didn't refuse and actually did the work.

At this moment, the two people went to hide away, leaving Jin Dajiang to work alone.

At this time, the lettuce has grown, and what we eat today is lettuce. Jin Dajiang is sitting on a small bench, holding a knife to peel the lettuce.

They still eat two meals a day. The morning meal is lettuce leaves boiled with tofu with oil residue in it, and the next meal is lettuce slices boiled with meat.

"Why are you doing this alone?" Chef Zhou couldn't help but frown when he saw that only Jin Dajiang was there.

Jin Dajiang said: "They have something to do and are going to do other things."

"What can happen to them? They just want to be lazy, but you are too easy to bully!" Chef Zhou was helpless.

Jin Dajiang said: "There's not much work, I can finish it." Not only does he eat well working here, but he can also earn two taels of silver a month. He feels uncomfortable if he doesn't work more.

"You!" Chef Zhou sighed as he entered the kitchen, and then saw the two non-workers eating meat in the kitchen.

As cooks, it is normal for them to serve themselves more delicious dishes after cooking. Everyone does this.

But these two people secretly ate the cooked meat in advance and tried to hide it in their clothes. This was too much!

This is not the first time! Chef Zhou frowned and said, "What are you doing! If you don't work, just eat on the sly!"

Chef Zhou gave the two men a scolding and asked them to go out and peel the lettuce.

The two people didn't feel they were at all wrong. When they saw Jin Dajiang outside, they thought it was Jin Dajiang who had snitched on him, which was why Chef Zhou was so rude. Then they started talking about Jin Dajiang in a weird way.

Jin Dajiang ignored them and worked hard.

Seeing that he was easy to bully, the two stopped working. At this moment, several petty officials walked quickly towards this side.

These two people have backgrounds, and their backgrounds are actually the minor officials in charge of this place.

Now all the petty officials assigned by Magistrate Gou to work here are walking towards them, and naturally their backstage staff are also inside.

The two of them smiled happily and greeted each other: "Cousin..."

"Brother-in-law..."

However, their backstage audience ignored them at all. Instead, they looked at Jin Dajiang with a smile on their faces: "Old Jin! I have good news for you!"

"What?" Jin Dajiang didn't understand.

"Your son-in-law was named as the head of the case by the county magistrate!" said a petty official.

After Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi moved to the county town, Jin Dajiang didn't know much about his daughter and son-in-law.

Well, when his daughter and son-in-law lived in Miaoqian Village, he didn't know much.

His daughter is a very creative person and always makes up her own mind without telling them at all.

Therefore, Jin Dajiang only knew that his son-in-law had taken the county examination, but he knew nothing about the specific situation and did not know that the results would be released today.

He didn't even know what a crime was: "What is a crime?"

"The head of the case is the number one in our county!"

"Lao Jin, your son-in-law is so knowledgeable, why haven't I heard from you?"

"I heard that no matter what book he reads, he can memorize it after reading it once. This is amazing!"

"Lao Jin, you are so lucky to have such a son-in-law!"

…

According to the information they received, Li Qingzhi was very knowledgeable and should be able to go smoothly on the imperial examination road in the future.

You can't offend such a person!

These small officials gathered around Jin Dajiang to congratulate him, and said that they had already found someone to buy wine and food, and they would celebrate Jin Dajiang during the meal.

Jin Dajiang looked confused, but other people in the kitchen were envious.

The clerks talked for a long time before leaving. Before leaving, the two clerks who had relatives working in the kitchen caught their relatives and told them: "You must take good care of Lao Jin in the future!"

Those two had previously delegated the work to

People from Jin Dajiang: "..."

Jin Dajiang once again became a person who was favored by everyone in the kitchen and envied by everyone, but he was a little confused.

Are those people really talking about his son-in-law?

Li Qingzhi didn't know that he was already famous. He was still talking to Peng Jingliang and others in the restaurant.

Peng Jingliang and the others were very interested in him, and he also wanted to make friends with Peng Jingliang and the others. Naturally, the two parties had a very pleasant chat.

Forget it, Zhu Xunmiao ordered a lot of dishes... Li Qingzhi just chatted and ate.

Seeing that Li Qingzhi was eating well, Peng Jingliang and the others followed suit and ate more. As a result, their stomachs became bloated, but Li Qingzhi was still eating!

Li Qingzhi's appetite is so good!

The meal lasted until the afternoon.

Peng Jingliang and others were invited to Chongcheng County by Hong Hui. They had been living in the Hong family before, but after Li Qingzhi revealed Hong Hui's true identity in public, they were no longer willing to live in the Hong family.

They were admitted as scholars in the same year as Hong Hui, so they had some friendship, but their friendship was not deep, so they were naturally unwilling to offend Magistrate Gou for Hong Hui.

Zhu Qian handled the matter very appropriately. He took these scholars' servants to the Hong family, packed up their things, and gave the Hong family twenty taels of silver as payment for their stay in the Hong family for the past few days, and then sent them to the Hong family. The luggage was sent to the largest inn in Chongcheng County.

These people will go to the inn to rest.

After these people left, Li Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhu Qian, "Is the county magistrate angry?"

Zhu Qian was helpless: "I'm very angry. After all, those scholars just pointed at his nose and scolded him."

Li Qing insisted: "I will go see the Lord tomorrow and have a chat with him."

"Speaking of which...nephew, the county magistrate thought that Hong Hui did this to avenge Sun Juren." Zhu Qian explained the previous situation.

After Li Qingzhi pointed out Hong Hui, Magistrate Gou said a few words to Zhu Qian. Zhu Qian listened to Magistrate Gou... Magistrate Gou felt that Hong Hui made such a fuss in order to drive him away as the magistrate. Walk.

Li Qingzhi heard this and said: "This is really not..." Hong Hui should be mainly targeting him. As for why Hong Hui did this... He has ruined the Hong family and Hong Hui's reputation several times. Hong Hui must hate him. he.

However, Magistrate Gou thought so, which was a good thing for him.

Li Qingzhi had a brief chat with Zhu Qian before going to see Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye was in the box next door. She turned her head when she saw him, her eyes sparkling.

There were many people around, and Li Qingzhi was not too close to Jin Xiaoye, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Jin Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, it's time for us to go back."

"Let's go!" Jin Xiaoye stood up and followed Li Qingzhi out.

When they got outside, Li Qing said: "Xiaoye, I'm sorry, I kept you alone before..."

"How can I be alone? I have been chatting with Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Zhu's natal family is also in business, and she even ordered a batch of goods from me..." Jin Xiaoye happily chatted with Li Qing. Talked about the previous situation.

After saying that, Jin Xiaoye said again: "Aqing, I'm so happy today! You are so awesome, they all envy me!"

Li Qingzhi laughed, and when he saw that there was no one around, he held Jin Xiaoye's hand: "I will be even more powerful in the future."

"Me too, I want to take my business to Fucheng, and then to the capital in the future!" Jin Xiaoye said.

"You can definitely do it." Li Qing insisted.

"Yes! As long as I work harder, I can definitely do it!" Jin Xiaoye said.

She actually couldn't guarantee that she could make it, but she planned to try.

Many things just happen by doing them!

Li Qingzhi liked Jin Xiaoye's confident look and wanted to kiss her, but this was outside...

"Of course it's too far to think about that now. For now, I have to sell the goods at home first..." In the past month, Jin Xiaoye didn't receive any big orders, so the family only accumulated a batch of goods.

She originally planned to go to the provincial capital in person and try to sell goods, but now...she negotiated a business deal today and could sell her goods to Mrs. Zhu.

Jin Xiaoye returned home happily, and then was dumbfounded - where was her goods? Sister Wang said at this time: "Xiaoye, all our goods are sold out!"

Sister Wang excitedly talked about what happened before. Li Qingzhi was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.

When he was in modern life, his grades were pretty good, but not top-notch.

When he was in his second year of high school, there was a city college entrance examination champion in his neighborhood. At that time, his parents took him there to visit... He didn't expect that such a thing happened in ancient times.

"If the goods are gone, just leave them. Find more people to help with the work tomorrow." Jin Xiaoye said.

While they were talking, Wu Baichuan's boat stopped at the dock in Chongcheng County.

Wu Baichuan set out for the capital at the end of last year. He spent the New Year shopping there and bought some goods, and now he is finally back!

Most of the goods brought from the capital were sold on the road, but there was still a lot left. However, Wu Baichuan was not in a hurry to sell these things. He was not even in a hurry to go home, but went to find Jin Xiaoye first.

He wants to place a big order with Jin Xiaoye!

Relying on Jin Xiaoye's batch of goods, he hooked up with the female shopkeeper who was highly valued by Lu Qingxi... He must maintain this relationship well.

With the gift prepared for Jin Xiaoye, Wu Baichuan walked to Sister Wang's house.

Along the way, he saw many people chatting and heard them talking about Li Qingzhi...

Wu Baichuan was really curious and asked someone.

The man told Wu Baichuan what happened today without even thinking about it.

Wu Baichuan was very happy after hearing this.

Li Qingzhi is really not simple. Fortunately, he woke up in time and did not help Hong Hui deal with Jin Xiaoye.

Wu Baichuan hurried to Sister Wang's house and learned that Jinye Embroidery Workshop had moved to another place, so he went to Jin Xiaoye's shop again.

When Wu Baichuan arrived, Jin Xiaoye was busy.

Seeing Wu Baichuan coming in from outside, Jin Xiaoye greeted with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wu, are you back from the capital?"

"Back! Shopkeeper Jin, congratulations, I heard your husband was convicted of the crime!"

"Same joy, same joy!" Jin Xiaoye laughed.

The two exchanged a few words, and Wu Baichuan opened the basket he was carrying and showed Jin Xiaoye the silver inside: "Shopkeeper Jin, I came here this time to order more goods. Your goods are sold in the capital. Very good..."

Jin Xiaoye: "..."

It's good to have a big order, but she has no goods on hand now!

She will be very busy next, and she doesn't know if she can make enough things...

While Jin Xiaoye was discussing with Wu Baichuan, Li Qingzhi was in the backyard talking to Li Damao and Li Ermao about today's events.

He told his own experience as a story to his two children, and then asked: "Da Mao Er Mao, isn't your father great?"

Li Damao and Li Ermao said in unison: "Awesome!"

"Dad is so awesome, shouldn't you kiss him?" Li Qingzhi asked with a smile.

The two children started kissing him on both sides of his face.

Li Qingzhi was very happy and even put his arms around them: "You have to kiss them a hundred times!"

Li Qing was "hugging left and right" when Jin Xiaoshu came in from the back door.

When he saw Li Qingzhi, he came up to congratulate him excitedly.

His brother-in-law was admitted as a criminal case officer, and he was very proud of it. I don't know how many people congratulated him today!

After saying his congratulations, Jin Xiaoshu asked: "Brother-in-law, will you be able to pass the examination as a scholar in the future? Then I will have a scholar brother-in-law. That's great!"

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, "You are too small."

Jin Xiaoshu didn't know why, but Li Laogen interrupted when he saw this: "What's the point of being the scholar's brother-in-law? I want to be the number one scholar's father, Ah Qing, you have to study hard!"

Li Qingzhi agreed: "Don't worry, Dad, I will work hard."

Jin Xiaoshu: "!" His layout is indeed a bit small.

After Jin Xiaoshu talked to Li Qingzhi for a while, he went to the front shop and said to Jin Xiaoye: "Sister, all the goods I have are sold out. I'm here to get some goods."

Thanks to Li Qingzhi, his business is very good today!

Jin Xiaoye: "..." Where did she get the goods? She even sold out the soles of her shoes!

Chapter 102 Recruitment

Everything in the embroidery workshop was sold out, and there was something going on at home... Jin Xiaoye asked Sister Wang and the others to go home, and then closed the shop door.

Then, Jin Xiaoye gave Jin Xiaoshu another 500 yuan and asked Jin Xiaoshu to buy some braised food and bring it back. She wanted to celebrate.

After Jin Xiaoshu left, Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, you have been admitted as the head of the case, should we go back to Miaoqian Village to have a banquet?"

Li Qing insisted: "Forget it about hosting a banquet. I will be a little busy next, and in April, I will go to Fucheng to participate in the imperial examination... After the imperial examination, I can go back and organize a banquet."

According to the regulations of Daqi, those who pass the government examination become a boy student, which can be regarded as different from ordinary scholars.

The most important thing is that the college examination after the government examination is in August, and there is a gap of several months in between. It is not difficult to find time to hold a banquet.

Not so now.

Next, he has to date Peng Jingliang and the others, prepare for the government examination next month, and go to the city in advance... He is a little short of time.

Not only was he short of time, Jin Xiaoye was also short of time. Jin Xiaoye had a lot of orders to do at the moment.

In the next month, Jin Xiaoye is afraid that he will be even busier than the end of last year.

"Okay," Jin Xiaoye said, and couldn't help but kiss Li Qingzhi, "Ms., I really like you!"

She was on the second floor of the restaurant when she saw someone giving a question to test Li Qingzhi, and Li Qingzhi answered fluently... She really liked Li Qingzhi more and more as she watched it!

Li Qingzhi grabbed her hand: "I like you too."

"I know!" Jin Xiaoye grabbed Li Qingzhi's hand and kissed it.

In fact, she was not used to relatives before, and she didn't even kiss Li Damao or Li Ermao very much.

But Li Qing insists on kissing them... She can be regarded as a red person.

As for Li Qingzhi liking her... there is no doubt that she can feel it!

But after the kiss, Jin Xiaoye let go of Li Qing's hand: "Ah Qing, I still have a lot of things to do today, so I have to get busy! Shopkeeper Wu has placed a big order for me, and I plan to recruit some female workers. Let them work on the second floor of the shop."

She used to give the cut fabrics to women nearby and let them make them at home.

But this is actually quite troublesome. She has to register these women, check the things they turn in, and have them rework if they are not done well... It is really time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Now, she wants to invite some female workers to work at home, so that the female workers can work much faster.

Just say Fang Jinniang... Fang Jinniang has bad eyesight and works hard

The speed is not particularly fast, but because I concentrate on working every day and do not do chores, I always produce the most things.

Li Qingzhi thought it would be a good idea to recruit female workers to work in the shop: "Xiaoye, I have an idea here that can speed up the work of those female workers."

"What?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qing insisted: "You can let each female worker do only one job, for example, a few people are responsible for cutting, a few people are responsible for sewing, a few people are responsible for embroidery..."

What Li Qingzhi was talking about was actually the assembly line.

Some things in Jinye Embroidery Workshop are quite complicated to make. A skilled person like Fang Jinniang can do it quickly and well, but some women don't know how to do it at all after taking the work home. They have to ask people everywhere to learn from others, even if they finally do it. Well, the quality of the things produced is not good either. If we recruit female workers, we can let them divide the work and cooperate.

Fang Jinniang, who is good at her craftsmanship, does the most complicated processes, while those who are not good at her craftsmanship do simple tasks.

The quality of the finished product produced in this way is more stable.

As soon as Li Qingzhi said it, Jin Xiaoye understood. The more she thought about it, the more excited she became: "This is a good idea! I also need to recruit someone to help thread the thread. Threading is too troublesome!"

Jin Xiaoye needs to thread the needle from time to time when doing needlework, and sometimes it takes a long time to thread it, which bothers Jin Xiaoye.

If someone helps thread all the needlework, she can work much faster.

Of course she probably won't work anymore in the future, she has to take care of this large group of people.

"Okay. When the time comes, we can recruit a person to do odd jobs. We can also go back to Miaoqian Village to recruit a few people." Li Qing insisted.

The women in Miaoqian Village were average at needlework, and Jin Xiaoye didn't dare to give them the work before.

But if we recruit female workers to work in their homes now... recruit some young women, train them more, and they will be able to develop their skills very quickly.

"Yes." Jin Xiaoye nodded repeatedly, took out a pen and paper and started writing a plan.

Upon seeing this, Li Qingzhi suggested that she invite a cook to come back. Jin Xiaoye was not busy in the previous month, so she and Li Laogen did the cooking, but she will become more and more busy in the future. , spending time on cooking is not worth it.

And they all hired female workers to work at home, preferably those who could take care of the food.

When the two of them had almost reached an agreement, Jin Xiaoshu came back after buying a bunch of things.

Here in Chongcheng County, there are many people selling vegetables in the morning, but there are very few people selling vegetables in the evening. There is no good meat left in the evening, such as pork.

So Jin Xiaoye directly asked Jin Xiaoshu to buy a bunch of braised food.

Braised dried beans, braised chicken, braised chicken, braised pig ears... and a whole sauced duck.

These things exuded a strong fragrance, and Li Damao and Li Ermao drooled when they saw them.

Upon seeing this, Li Qingzhi took three pieces of braised dried beans, gave one to each of them, and gave another piece to Zhao Xiaodou.

Li Laogen immediately came up to him: "Ah Qing, I want it too!"

Li Qingzhi gave him a piece, then took another piece and brought it to Jin Xiaoye's mouth.

Jin Xiaoye opened his mouth to eat, then took a knife to chop the chicken: "Xiaoshu, mom and dad are waiting at home. I won't leave you to eat with Jin Niang. I'll cut half a chicken and half a duck for you, and you can take it home with dad." Mom, let's eat together."

Jin Xiaoye chopped chicken and duck and put them in a pottery basin. He also used chopsticks to put some dried tofu chicken into it and asked Jin Xiaoshu to take it home to eat.

Since they moved to the county town, Jin Xiaoshu and Fang Jinniang have had breakfast and dinner at their own home, and only ate lunch at their place.

Right now, her mother is waiting for them to go back for dinner at home.

"Sister, I'm going back then! My parents will be very happy if my brother-in-law is admitted as a criminal case officer." Jin Xiaoshu said.

Jin Xiaoshu didn't delay and left with Fang Jinniang.

At this time, the news that Li Qingzhi had been admitted to the criminal justice system had spread in Miaoqian Village.

People in Miaoqian Village had long known that Li Qingzhi went to study with Li Xiucai.

In this regard, they also lamented that Jin Xiaoye was too rich.

Before, they thought that Jin Xiaoye earned ten taels of silver a month was Li Laogen's bragging, but now it seems that it is true.

This is really enviable. If Li Qingzhi's family still lived in the village, someone would definitely go to them to borrow money!

However, although the villagers knew that Li Qingzhi was going to study, they did not know that Li Qingzhi was going to take the county examination.

In fact, many of them don't even know what the county examination is.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Mr. Yao took Yao Zhenfu to the county seat. Out of curiosity, they went to Yao's house to inquire and found out that Yao Zhenfu had gone to take the county examination.

After this inquiry, they also learned that Li Qingzhi also participated in the county examination.

People in the village thought Li Qingzhi was very good at writing stories, but Yao Zhenfu kept saying that being able to write stories did not mean he was knowledgeable. He said that with Li Qingzhi's knowledge, he would definitely not be able to pass the county examination... everyone believed him.

After all, five years ago, the scholar from the next village said that Li Qing was not good at learning.

On the contrary, Yao Zhenfu... he has studied for so many years, should he be able to pass the exam?

There haven't been any major events in Miaoqian Village recently, and the villagers are very concerned about this matter. When Yao Shaogong and others left the village in the morning, someone was there to see them off.

Yao Zuming kept wandering around the village and expressed his opinion: "Yao Zhenfu has studied for so many years. He will definitely be on the list for this county examination. But Li Qingzhi is different. He has only studied for a few days? This county examination He definitely won't make it!"

"In my opinion, it is a waste of money for Li Qingzhi to take the county examination."

"Jin Xiaoye also has a unclear mind, so he will let him study."

…

After Li Qingzhi and the others moved away, Yao Zuming began to speak ill of them again.

In fact, Yao Zuming didn't have a good relationship with Yao Xinggong's family, but because he disliked Jin Xiaoye's family even more, he praised Yao Zhenfu and belittled Li Qingzhi.

At noon, Yao Shaogong and Yao Zhenfu came back.

When the villagers saw this, they gathered around and asked, "Mr. Yao, have you passed the Zhenfu exam?"

Mr. Yao looked embarrassed: "Ah Fu didn't pass the exam."

"You didn't pass the exam again? This exam must be very difficult," someone said.

Another person heard this and said: "It must be difficult. I heard that hundreds of people in the entire county took the exam, and only about twenty people could pass it."

The person who spoke before nodded: "Yes, there are so many people taking the exam, and many of them are scholars in the city."

They muttered a few words, and then someone asked: "Did Li Qingzhi pass the exam?"

A person next to him heard this and said, "Should he fail the exam? How many days has he studied?"

Mr. Yao was even more embarrassed: "He passed the exam."

"He passed the exam?" The villagers were surprised.

Master Yao knew about this and everyone knew it sooner or later: "Li Qingzhi passed the exam and was still the first."

The villagers gasped.

Most people in Miaoqian Village will never leave Chongcheng County in their entire lives. Now someone from their village has taken the first place in the county. This is definitely a big deal for them.

Forget it, on this day, those people in Miaoqian Village who went to work on the dock came back early!

"Li Qing took the case manager exam, and the person in charge asked us to come back early!"

"Li Qingzhi really makes us proud!"

"Do you know? Someone questioned Li Qingzhi today, saying that his first place was given by the county magistrate, not by himself. Then he asked others to test him and answered all the questions asked by others!"

"I heard that no matter what book, Li Qingzhi can memorize it after reading it once. He is a literary star descended to earth!"

…

Today at the new dock, everyone was talking about Li Qingzhi, and these people brought back a lot of news.

Everyone in the village was stunned!

So, when Jin Xiaoshu and Fang Jinniang returned to the village, they found a lot of people gathered around the river port. When they saw them, the villagers first congratulated them, and then asked them about Li Qingzhi's situation. In fact, Jin Xiaoshu doesn't know what Li Qingzhi's knowledge is, but at this time, he must say good things about his brother-in-law: "My brother-in-law is very smart and learns things very quickly!"

"My brother-in-law has a photographic memory. Even if he has seen it with his eyes, he will not forget it. Isn't it amazing?"

"The county magistrate always praises him for his knowledge!"

…

People from Miaoqian Village surrounded Jin Xiaoshu and followed him to Jin's house, hoping to share in his family's happiness.

"Dajiang, your life is really getting better and better!"

"You are both a chicken and a duck, Xiaoye is thinking about you!"

"When we become developed in the future, don't forget us."

…

Everyone chatted for a long time before reluctantly leaving.

Jin's father and mother reluctantly sent them to the door.

What the villagers said was so nice that they wanted to hear more.

Jin Dajiang's family was indescribably happy, but Uncle Jin's family next door were not so happy.

Ever since Aunt Jin knew about this, she kept talking about it: "Jin Xiaoye must have made the business bigger a long time ago, but she just hid it from us!"

"They don't treat us as a family, and Li Qingzhi doesn't tell us anything good about him!"

"No wonder they are in a hurry to separate the family. They must be trying to get rid of us and live a good life!"

…

Aunt Jin kept talking, and Grandma Jin felt uncomfortable.

Grandma Jin always felt that the Jin family was so prosperous because she worked so hard to manage the family.

She is also worried that after the family is separated, these people will not be able to live well and will lose all the family's money.

But in fact... after the separation, Uncle Jin's family bought some meat every day and still saved money, not to mention Jin Xiaoshu's family next door. They bought furniture and boats, and their life was very prosperous.

Jin Dajiang and his wife look much younger!

And Jin Xiaoye, whom she doesn't like, has moved to the county seat!

All this is as if she had harmed these people by suppressing them and not letting them split up.

Grandma Jin was very upset.

It happened that at this time, Jin Moli came back and said that she did not want to be with Yao Zhenfu.

Aunt Jin and Grandma Jin were both dumbfounded. Jin Moli had been married for several years, why did she suddenly not want to get married?

Mother Yao was indeed not very kind to Jin Moli in the past, but she did not let Jin Moli do farm work in the fields. In the past six months, Mother Yao has been quite good to Jin Moli.

Could it be that Jin Moli didn't want to pass the Yao Zhenfu County Exam because she didn't pass it?

Aunt Jin brought her daughter into the room and asked what was going on.

Jin Moli was actually really angry. She was obviously prettier than Jin Xiaoye, so why did her last days end up like this?

She even lived her life over again, but she was still inferior to Jin Xiaoye in every aspect.

Li Qingzhi is good at learning, good at children, and good at Jin Xiaoye, but what about Yao Zhenfu?

When they went home today, Yao Xiaobao happened to be playing in the yard with his sister. The two of them laughed happily. Then Yao Zhenfu got angry and caught them and scolded them, making both children cry.

After the child cried, Yao Zhenfu became even more angry and even continued to scold...

Why on earth would she want to live with such a man?

Jin Moli spoke a little louder.

Aunt Jin said: "You are just jealous of others, but you have the ability to do business like Jin Xiaoye! If you hadn't dealt with Yao Zhenfu, how could you still find someone like Li Qingzhi? Let me tell you, don't talk about Li Qingzhi It's hard to find someone like Qing Zhi, even if you want to find someone like Yao Zhenfu!"

"mother…"

"The Yao family is such a good family! Even if they sell four acres of paddy fields now, they still have six acres of paddy fields and a boat! Without you, Yao Zhenfu can definitely marry a yellow-flowered girl. What about you? What kind of one can you find? "The Yao family is really afraid that Jin Moli will run away. After all, it costs a lot of money to get a wife, and the stepmother will definitely not be kind to Yao Xiaobao.

Yao Xiaobao is now the lifeblood of Mr. Yao and his wife!

But Jin Moli is really going to leave. With the Yao family's financial background, there is no problem in marrying Yao Zhenfu to a girl from a poor family, but Jin Moli is different.

Those men who have no money will definitely be willing to marry Jin Moli, but those who are richer than the Yao family will not be willing to marry Jin Moli unless the man is older or his wife has died.

Jin Moli was scolded by Aunt Jin, but finally returned to the Yao family.

But she cried all night, wondering why she couldn't compare to Jin Xiaoye...

When Li Qingzhi disappeared, Jin Xiaoye didn't even cry all night.

When Li Qingzhi didn't come back that day, she immediately took the villagers to look for her, and then went to the county town to look for her the next day...

After searching for several days without finding anyone, she began to think about how to spend the next few days.

As for crying, what's the use?

This night, Jin Xiaoye was a little excited and went to bed very late. She got up early the next morning and went to work in the shop.

She didn't even have time to make breakfast, so she asked Li Qingzhi to go out and buy some steamed buns to eat later.

Li Damao and Li Ermao were particularly happy about this.

They don't mind eating porridge, but the steamed buns are definitely more delicious!

Li Qingzhi ate steamed buns, sent his three children to school, and then went to the county government office to see Magistrate Gou, intending to have a chat with him.

This afternoon, he is going to meet Peng Jingliang and others... He will be very busy in the next few days.

Chapter 103 Linhu County

Magistrate Gou quickly invited Li Qingzhi in.

He didn't look very good, but when he saw Li Qingzhi, a smile appeared on his face: "My dear nephew, I was lucky to have you yesterday!"

After saying that, Magistrate Gou sighed: "I consider myself fair and just, but those people yesterday... they really went too far!"

Li Qing insisted: "Sir, most of those people are related to Sun Ju. You don't need to care about their opinions. The people of Chongcheng County all respect you!"

Li Qingzhi has had quite a lot of contact with Magistrate Gou in the past six months. He has long discovered that Magistrate Gou is a person who cares about reputation and the opinions of others.

Magistrate Gou still can't stand being criticized... His previous life should have been pretty smooth.

I think so, the current imperial examination is just like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. It is more difficult to get admitted to the Jinshi than to get admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University in modern times... Magistrate Gou came from a good family and was admitted to the Jinshi. Can his life be smooth?

Li Qingzhi comforted Magistrate Gou, and Magistrate Gou finally felt better and told Li Qingzhi that he would entertain those students who passed the county examination.

Li Qingzhi heard this and said, "Sir, since you are unhappy, don't invite Sun Juren's student who won the county examination this time."

"Would it be bad?" Magistrate Gou asked.

"He said in public that you engaged in malpractice for personal gain, why did you still invite him?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Anyway, if it were him, he would definitely not invite me.

Magistrate Gou thought about it and smiled: "Yes, why should I invite him?"

That person's family background is average and his knowledge is average. There is a high probability that he will not be able to retaliate against him in the future. In this case... He has already been scolded by others, so why treat this person to a banquet again?

As far as he knew, that person had written some poems and scolded him before!

After Magistrate Gou had a chat with Li Qingzhi, he felt better and said again: "My dear nephew, you have reached the age of 18 but have not yet taken the title. Would you like me to give it to you?"

Li Qingzhi looked grateful: "Thank you, sir!"

Li Qingzhi does not have a character. In Daqi, when a man reaches his age, the elders will choose a character for him.

Of course, scholars or those from high-ranking families know how to pick up Chinese characters. The men in Miaoqian Village, except Yao Zhenfu, all have no Chinese characters.

The original owner was only seventeen when something happened at home, so he naturally had no words. Then another accident happened... Li Qingzhi still has no words until now.

Because Zhu Xunmiao and Xu Qifei didn't have a word yet, Li Qingzhi didn't feel any inconvenience before, but he really should have a word.

Magistrate Gou wanted to give him a name, which couldn't be better.

Magistrate Gou asked: "Then I will give you a name at the banquet tomorrow...what kind of word do you want?"

It was impossible for Magistrate Gou to give him a bad word, so Li Qingzhi immediately said that he could do anything.

Magistrate Gou said: "Then I will think more about it today. Don't worry, I will definitely give you a good word!"

"Thank you, sir!" Li Qingzhi thanked him again.

Li Qingzhi stayed at the county government office until noon, made Magistrate Gou happy, and had a meal with Magistrate Gou before leaving.

After leaving the county government office, Li Qingzhi went to a nearby inn to find Peng Jingliang and others.

Yesterday he had a long chat with Peng Jingliang and the others and mentioned

After hearing about Magistrate Zhang's previous visit to Chongcheng County, Peng Jingliang and the others wanted to visit the new dock.

After Hong Hui invited Peng Jingliang and others to Chongcheng County, he took them to see some scenery, but there was nothing surprising about the scenery. In contrast, Peng Jingliang and others were more interested in the new wharf under construction.

In particular, Magistrate Zhang once held a free clinic there.

When Li Qingzhi arrived at the inn, he was told that Peng Jingliang and others had never gone downstairs.

"Those scholars have been reading in the room, and I have served them the food! As expected of a scholar from Fucheng, he studies with his heart." The waiter led Li Qingzhi upstairs, praising him all the way. Peng Jingliang et al.

Li Qingzhi was a little surprised. He didn't expect Peng Jingliang and the others to study so hard.

But when he knocked on the door, got Peng Jingliang's response and pushed the door in, he knew that he had thought wrong.

Peng Jingliang and the others were not studying hard, they were clearly reading the storybook, and that storybook was written by him!

While he was busy preparing for the county examination, Zhu Qian went to a bookstore and printed out all the stories he had written for Magistrate Gou.

Printing is slow these days, so it was printed not long ago.

As far as he knew, these books had not yet been sold. The books in Peng Jingliang's hands should have been given by Zhu Qian.

Peng Jingliang and the others never went downstairs, they were just reading.

"Brother Li, the story you wrote is really good!" Peng Jingliang was a little excited when he saw Li Qingzhi.

His teacher was usually very strict with him. He had never read any story books before, but now that he saw these stories written by Li Qing, he really liked them to the extreme.

Others also agreed, and one person said: "I don't even want to go out, I just want to see it all in one go."

They got these books in the morning and haven't finished them yet.

Li Qingzhi asked: "Do you still want to go to the new dock?"

These people immediately said: "We have to go. The first thing we read is the story of Magistrate Zhang. We must go and see the new pier today."

When Zhu Qian gave away books, he gave each of them a set, and they unanimously read the one by Magistrate Zhang first.

This story is really full of ups and downs and very interesting!

"My friend has already found a boat, let's go there together." Li Qing insisted.

The friend Li Qingzhi mentioned was actually Zhu Xunmiao.

When Li Qingzhi was talking to Peng Jingliang and others yesterday, Zhu Xunmiao had been beside him. At that time, he said that he could help arrange a suitable ship.

Peng Jingliang and others took their books and followed Li Qingzhi downstairs.

There is a river dock next to this restaurant, and the Zhu family's boat is parked there.

The Zhu family has several boats, and the boat Zhu Xunmiao found was the one that had been lent to Magistrate Gou before, which was very in line with the aesthetics of a scholar.

However, Peng Jingliang and others didn't appreciate it much. After getting on the boat, they started reading.

When the people on the shore saw it, they couldn't help but sigh: "These people study hard!"

Li Qingzhi was different from them. He had been eating since he got on the boat.

Zhu Xunmiao prepared a lot of snacks on the boat, and these snacks tasted very good.

Among them is a snack called "Huantang Youtiao" locally, which Li Qingzhi particularly likes.

This snack is actually cut into sections, then fried in a pan until extremely crispy.

Of course, the snack prepared by the Zhu family is not really fried with fried dough sticks. Its appearance is much more delicate, but of course it is exactly the same on the inside.

Li Qingzhi ate a lot.

Peng Jingliang glanced at Li Qingzhi, took some snacks, and said, "Brother Li, it's much easier to be with you than with that Hong Hui."

Hong Hui was good at putting on airs, and they were also particular about what they said and did, but Li Qingzhi was different.

Li Qingzhi can keep eating next to them!

Everyone quickly arrived at the new dock.

It is not easy for ordinary people to make money. Now the county government gives them one tael of silver a month to work... Everyone works extra hard.

Peng Jingliang and others had seen the scenes of ordinary people working after doing corvee service. Not all of those people were sallow and thin, but when they were working, they all looked weak.

But these people in front of me are different. They work very hard!

Seeing them, these people smiled and greeted Li Qingzhi.

Peng Jingliang and others said one after another: "This Chongcheng County is really well governed!"

"Magistrate Gou is a good official!"

"I want to compose a poem!"

"I want to draw a picture 1"

…

These people were so interested that they asked the book boy to take out his tools and began to write poems and paintings.

Li Qingzhi admired them a little.

After reading a lot of poems, he was barely able to compose poetry. The poems he wrote in the previous county examination were not too subtle, but they were pretty good.

But he had no interest in composing poetry based on what he saw.

In contrast, the aroma coming from the kitchen made him yearn for it even more. He really wanted to try the big pot dishes.

Li Qingzhi went home after dinner that day. As soon as he got home, he heard Jin Xiaoye say that she had found twenty female workers to work at home, and planned to recruit ten more from Miaoqian Village.

"Recruited people so quickly?" Li Qingzhi was a little surprised.

In ancient times, women generally had to do housework.

Also because this was ancient times, they had to do much more housework than in modern times.

For example, in modern times, all you need to do to cook is washing the rice, putting it in the rice cooker, and pressing the button. It doesn't take much time, but at this time... you have to look at the firewood to cook!

Because of this, Li Qingzhi was worried before, fearing that Jin Xiaoye would not be able to recruit people.

Jin Xiaoye said: "I said that if you come to my place, those who work hard can earn two taels of silver a month, so they all want to come. Their families are also happy for them to come."

Ordinary families are not rich. If the women in the family can make money, no one will stop them.

As for housework kids, there is always a way.

In the county town, after some women earn more, their men are even willing to do all the work at home.

Li Qingzhi thought the same thing, two taels of silver a month... Those women who work as wet nurses for wealthy families may not necessarily have so much money a month. When they work as wet nurses, they have to leave their newborn children behind and cannot go home.

Jin Xiaoye added: "From the people in Miaoqian Village, I plan to recruit all unmarried girls. When the time comes, I will tell their parents that I am recruiting apprentices and will not pay them. When they come, I will watch over and give them money." ."

Not all parents are good. Some parents have no love for their children, especially their daughters. Because they think that their daughters will be married off and will not be members of their own family in the future.

This is what Grandma Jin thinks. Jin Xiaoye was wronged a lot because of this.

Now she just wants to help the unmarried girls in the village. If they earn money from her, they will have more choices in the future.

Jin Xiaoye said a lot, and Li Qingzhi listened carefully and offered support from time to time.

Jin Xiaoye's idea is quite good.

The two talked, and Li Qingzhi went to take a shower.

He eats a lot and his metabolism is very strong. If he doesn't take a shower for several days, a layer of mud will be rubbed off his body.

Since moving to the county and having the conditions, he takes a shower almost every day.

The next morning, Li Qingzhi took Peng Jingliang and the others around the county town.

Peng Jingliang and the others liked Chongcheng County very much, and their impression of Magistrate Gou was getting better and better.

The people in Chongcheng County were all smiling and full of respect for Magistrate Gou, which proved that Magistrate Gou was a good official.

"Chongcheng County is really good," Gu Xiucai sighed. "The lives of our people in Linhu County are not so good."

"Brother Gu is from Linhu County?" Li Qing asked.

"Yes, I am from Linhu County, but I have lived in Fucheng for a long time." Gu Xiucai said.

Li Qingzhi smiled and said: "I have been to Linhu County before, and the scenery there is beautiful."

The original owner dug the stones in Linhu County.

It's not necessarily Linhu County. There is a county next to Linhu County that does not belong to Hexing Prefecture. Li Qingzhi is not very sure where the original owner dug the rocks.

The original owner had no chance to contact outsiders at that time, so he had no idea where he was.

However, it is certain that the original owner escaped home through Linhu County.

At that time, the original owner was no different than a beggar, and his consciousness was not very clear. Fortunately, the people of Linhu County saw him as pitiful and gave him some food, so that he could go home.

But judging from what the original owner saw at the time... the lives of the people in Linhu County were not as good as those in Chongcheng County.

The original owner fled all the way and finally chose to settle in Chongcheng County because it was a relatively good place.

Li Qingzhi chatted with Gu Xiucai for a few words about Linhu County, and he couldn't help but think of Magistrate Zhang.

He had written a letter to Magistrate Zhang before, and he didn't know if Magistrate Zhang had sent anyone to Linhu County to investigate.

Of course Magistrate Zhang sent people to Linhu County to investigate.

He didn't know who the person who wrote him the letter was, but that person was referring to the hundreds of stone diggers in Linhu County.

The description of the surname was extremely miserable... Not long after Magistrate Zhang returned to the provincial capital, he arranged for his confidants to go to Linhu County to investigate.

During this investigation, he not only discovered that those who dug the rocks were living a miserable life, but he also discovered something else.

Magistrate Zhang did not dare to act rashly. In addition to the Chinese New Year and the county examinations held in various counties, Magistrate Zhang has not done anything until now.

Today, Magistrate Zhang got up early and started to deal with various chores. As he was doing it, he saw the magistrate of Linhu County saying that there was an insect infestation this year and the tea gardens in Linhu County had a bad harvest. He hoped to reduce the relevant taxes.

Magistrate Zhang saw similar information last year. At that time, he felt that the county magistrate was considerate of the people, so he helped write a letter to the court, and finally reduced some of Linhu County's taxes, but now...

Magistrate Zhang put the matter aside and planned to make a decision later.

Then he saw Magistrate Gou's statement, saying that a student had falsely accused him of engaging in malpractice for personal gain, and hoped that Magistrate Zhang would send someone to investigate thoroughly and clear his name.

Magistrate Zhang immediately asked someone about the matter.

Chongcheng County is not far from Fucheng. The incident that happened during the county test results has long been spread to Fucheng. In the process of spreading, it was even exaggerated.

Now everyone in Fucheng knows that there is a great criminal leader in Chongcheng County, who has a photographic memory. Peng Jingliang can compete with him, and he can't even compare with him!

Li Qingzhi has not been to Fucheng yet, but people in Fucheng already know about him and are very curious about him.

Of course, some people were very angry. For example, Peng Jingliang's teacher felt that Li Qing had evil intentions and was stepping on Peng Jingliang's reputation.

Magistrate Zhang had seen Li Qingzhi's handwriting and admired Li Qingzhi very much. After hearing this, he said: "Li Qingzhi is indeed worthy of being the head of the case. Sun Juren's student has gone too far."

Magistrate Zhang had a bad impression of Sun Juren, and he knew Li Qingzhi's talent and learning, so he naturally did not feel that Magistrate Gou was engaging in malpractice for personal gain.

But without evidence, he couldn't make a conclusion.

After thinking about it, Magistrate Zhang said: "Let the magistrate of Linhu County investigate the matter in Chongcheng County."

This matter in Chongcheng County cannot be investigated by Magistrate Gou himself, but must be investigated by others.

According to past practice, if there was a problem in one county, the prefect would ask the magistrate of another county to investigate.

As for why the Linhu County magistrate was asked to investigate this time... he wanted to find someone to investigate Linhu County.

With this in mind, Magistrate Zhang began to write books again and asked Magistrate Gou to go to Linhu County to investigate the insect infestation in the tea garden.

After Magistrate Gou went to Linhu County, the eyes of those in Linhu County would inevitably fall on Magistrate Gou, and then his people would be able to act secretly.

After making the decision, Magistrate Zhang felt much more relaxed.

He was a little tired and wanted to take a rest. He used to play chess with Wang Bohan, but now...

Magistrate Zhang thought for a while and finally decided to go to the theater to listen to the play.

The dramas in the south of the Yangtze River are completely different from those in the north, and they are quite interesting to listen to.

However, when Magistrate Zhang entered the theater and sat down, and heard the name of the play being announced, he instantly regretted it.

What exactly is going on? What the opera was singing was actually about him going to Chongcheng County to explore the new wharf and finally punishing Sun Juren!

Magistrate Zhang doesn't like to listen to those dramas about love and love, but he likes some dramas that praise honest officials.

He feels that the way to be an official is to benefit the people.

But now the person on the stage is playing him... Magistrate Zhang was so embarrassed that he wanted to leave right away.

But at this time, the theater was already full of people, so he would definitely attract attention when he went out alone... There were many people who knew him in Fucheng!

Magistrate Zhang could only continue to listen as if he were sitting on pins and needles.

Chapter 104: Taking Words

Magistrate Zhang felt particularly uncomfortable when listening to the opera, but other people in the theater were different.

These days, there are only a few dramas that come and go, but now there is a new drama, and the plot of this new drama is so interesting...

At first they gritted their teeth when they saw that Sun Juren was planning to do evil.

Later, when they saw that Sun Juren's people recognized the wrong person, they couldn't help but laugh.

When all the truth came out, they all applauded. "Great show!"

"This is a great show!"

"Magistrate Gou and the prefect of Chongcheng County are both good officials!"

…

People also started talking: "Did you know? This is not the only play about Magistrate Gou. I heard that there are also new plays in the pipeline."

"Is there any new show? I will definitely watch it then!"

"I want to come and see it too."

…

Everyone in the theater was very happy, but Magistrate Zhang didn't know what to do.

He wanted to hide his face and go out, but there were so many people around. If he went out sneakily, everyone would definitely be staring at him...

Magistrate Zhang could only sit there awkwardly, preparing to wait for the others to leave before leaving.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?" Someone looked at Magistrate Zhang worriedly.

Magistrate Zhang had white hair and looked very young. He was sitting motionless... This person thought Magistrate Zhang was uncomfortable.

"I'm fine." Magistrate Zhang hoped that these people would leave quickly, but these people were not in a hurry to leave.

The man also said to him: "Old man, do you know? I have met Magistrate Zhang."

Magistrate Zhang felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

The man added: "I saw Magistrate Zhang from a distance before. Magistrate Zhang is really tall. He is such a good official..."

Magistrate Zhang: "..."

Magistrate Zhang was just glad that the man did not recognize him when he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Master Magistrate?"

Magistrate Zhang looked up and saw a subordinate of the government office standing in the distance, looking towards him curiously.

Magistrate Zhang walked out quickly without thinking.

Fortunately, his sprained waist had healed, otherwise he might not have been able to escape.

But... thinking of the people who kept saying that he was a good official, Magistrate Zhang frowned and looked in the direction of Linhu County.

While Magistrate Zhang was struggling, Magistrate Gou of Chongcheng County was entertaining guests.

In addition to the students who had passed the county examination this time, he also invited Peng Jingliang and others.

The venue for the banquet was the garden Zhu Qian had just built near the new dock, and Zhu Qian also provided all the drinks.

Magistrate Gou now changed his mind and did not let Zhu Qian prepare too many things, and he also did not let Zhu Qian use some expensive ingredients.

However, he still had enough to eat. Every time Li Qingzhi finished the snacks in front of him, someone would bring him new ones.

Of course, he didn't eat too much. This kind of occasion was still about socializing.

Li Qingzhi noticed that Magistrate Gou's mood had completely recovered, and those invited students who had passed the county examination were very respectful to Magistrate Gou, and the two sides had a pleasant conversation.

"My dear nephew, I heard that you haven't picked up your character yet?" Magistrate Gou looked at Li Qingzhi with a smile.

"Yes, sir." Li Qingzhi said quickly.

Magistrate Gou said: "How about I give you a name?"

"Thank you, sir!" Li Qing bowed in salute.

Magistrate Gou thought for a long time last night and came up with a word for Li Qingzhi, but now he pondered for a moment and pretended to come up with it on the spot: "The blue sky goes straight to the ninth heaven, how about Zixiao?"

Li Qingzhi, courtesy name Zixiao... Li Qingzhi immediately thanked Magistrate Gou.

The word "Xiao" is really good. In Daqi, Xiao is often used to refer to the court.

The most important thing is...Qingxiaozhishang, the original owner's real name is Li Zhi.

The banquet hosted by Magistrate Gou was a feast for the guests and hosts, but the person who was not invited by Magistrate Gou was not so happy.

That man was Sun Juren's student. After Sun Juren's accident, he had already suffered some gossip.

Originally, if he did nothing for this county examination, he could take the government examination and college examination in the future. With his knowledge, he might not be able to pass the exam, but he would still have no problem becoming a scholar.

However, he had always been aggrieved for Sun Juren. After the county examination, he was pushed to the stage by Hong Hui and publicly accused Magistrate Gou...

From now on, I am afraid that he will not be able to take the imperial examination route.

But Li Qingzhi felt that this man deserved it.

When Zhang Yunquan was in Chongcheng County before, he was really the target of cracking down on crime and evil, and Sun Juren was not a good person either.

Not to mention anything else... Including Sun Juren, a group of squires in Chongcheng County occupied a large area of fertile land in Chongcheng County, but they did not pay grain taxes at all!

The grain tax set by the imperial court for ordinary people was actually very small, but after these squires found ways not to pay taxes, Chongcheng County had to make the people pay more taxes in order to pay the full amount of grain taxes.

And the common people couldn't resist at all. After all, these squires and

The subordinate officials in the county government colluded with each other, and it was they who collected the taxes.

To put it bluntly, this group of people is just a group of worms who exploit the common people. This person is good. He even wrote poems and lyrics to speak for Sun Ju and Zhang Yunquan before!

If such a person really becomes an official, he will be another Sun Juren.

People in Chongcheng County mainly drink rice wine and rice wine. Li Qingzhi drank some, but not much.

He had little interest in alcohol.

Magistrate Gou held the banquet in the afternoon, and everyone had dinner together. After dinner, Zhu Qian found someone to send Li Qingzhi and others back.

It was already dark when Li Qingzhi got home, but Jin Xiaoye was not sleeping yet. He lit the lamp and was counting the fabrics.

When Li Qingzhi saw this, he stepped forward to help. He told Jin Xiaoye what happened during the day, and naturally also mentioned the name given to him by Magistrate Gou: "Xiaoye, the magistrate gave me a name, Zixiao..."

"This word sounds good!" Jin Xiaoye read "Zixiao" several times.

After Li Qingzhi finished speaking, Jin Xiaoye started to talk about what she did during the day. She was very busy today. Not only did she bring in fabrics, she also went back to Miaoqian Village to recruit people.

Speaking of this... Jin Xiaoye suddenly said: "Aqing, did you know? Jin Liushu and Jin Moli are also planning to come to the county to do business!"

Li Qingzhi was a little surprised: "What business are they planning to do?"

Jin Xiaoye said: "They want to sell food at the pier."

Li Qingzhi thought for a while: "If you work hard and work hard, you should be able to make money, but not much."

At the dock in Chongcheng County, there are many people selling food, and the market is almost saturated.

Going to sell food in this situation...

It doesn't cost much to set up a small stall to sell food. As long as you don't make a lot of food at one time, you won't lose money, but you won't earn too much either.

"I think so too. I've thought about selling food before, but my vegetable plot is just such a small area and there's not enough food to eat... I calculated that I can't make much money by selling food."

Jin Xiaoye used to go out to work with Jin Dajiang and learned to cook big pot rice, which was quite delicious.

But selling food at the dock... If she uses her own food and vegetables from her own land, and there are people in her family to help her, she can definitely make money. But her family had no land at the time, and no one helped her. , she gave up the idea.

It's quite good for Jin Moli and Jin Liushu to start this business now. After all, their families are rich in food, and they can't finish the vegetables in the fields.

It's good to have land at home!

When Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye were chatting, Jin Xiaoshu's house was crowded with people.

Jin Xiaoye went back to Miaoqian Village during the day today and told two things to the people in Miaoqian Village.

First, the six acres of land that Jin Xiaoye and the others cultivated last year will all be rented out this year.

Second...the embroidery workshop opened by Jin Xiaoye in the county town plans to recruit ten female apprentice workers in their village.

In Miaoqian Village, some families had little land. When they learned that Jin Xiaoye was going to rent out the six acres of land, they were very excited and scrambled to rent it.

Not to mention apprenticeships. Families with girls at home all want their daughters to be apprentices.

For ordinary people, becoming an apprentice in a shop in the county town is a good way out. Zhao Laosan had always wanted to send Zhao Xiaodou to be an apprentice.

However, when recruiting apprentices in the county, they basically recruit boys, and there are still very few apprentices, so they cannot take their turn.

Now Jin Xiaoye is recruiting girls as apprentices... How great!

The girls in the family go to the embroidery workshop as apprentices, which saves one person's food rations in the family. After the girls learn the skills, they will be able to marry better in the future!

What's more, they are going to work in the county town. Maybe they will have the opportunity to marry in the county town!

As for the safety issue... they still trust Jin Xiaoye, and Jin Xiaoye has said that these girls can follow Jin Xiaoshu to the county seat in the morning and come back with Jin Xiaoshu in the evening.

"Xiaoye is trying to help us!"

"My daughter is still young and I don't know if she wants it."

"I want to rent her place..."

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Jin Xiaoye only stayed in Miaoqian Village for a while and then left, asking the villagers to go to Jin Xiaoshu to sign up at night. So that night, countless people crowded at Jin Xiaoshu's house.

Jin Xiaoshu always felt that his house was quite big, but now... his house is still a bit small.

Golden Mother boiled a large pot of water and poured tea for the older ones. As for the younger ones... let alone tea, there were no stools.

"My Ni'er is very handy, let her go."

"My red hands are so clever!"

"Nier and Honghong are not as good as my Xiaocui."

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"Don't worry, everyone. I'll write it down for you and take it to my sister to choose tomorrow." Jin Xiaoshu said.

After hearing this, the villagers queued up to sign up obediently.

Fang Jinniang was literate. She took a pen and paper and wrote down the names of the girls who would sign up one by one.

The well-off families in Miaoqian Village thought it would be good for their girls to learn a trade and go to the county town to see the world, so they all signed up.

As for those from poor families... it is also good to send their daughters to the county town to save some rice for their families.

Almost all the girls from Miaoqian Village signed up. Fortunately, Jin Xiaoye had an age requirement, so in the end, there were only nineteen people.

As for their family's land... Jin Xiaoye's land needs to be rented out, and so does Jin Xiaoshu's. The two of them have a total of nine acres of land, and Jin Xiaoshu divides it into three parts and rents it to three families.

The next day, Jin Xiaoshu gave the list to Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye knew all the people in Miaoqian Village. Basically, Jin Xiaoye grew up watching these little girls on the list.

The people in the village were also sensible, and those who had a bad relationship with her did not come to sign up... After thinking about it, Jin Xiaoye said: "Let them all come over, but your boat can't hold so many people, and then the Jin Mulangshu Gang will have to do it." Give it away."

Jin Xiaoshu said: "No need...Sister, your shop can have a floor, and some people are willing to live in the county. They also said they can help you cook and wash clothes."

Because Jin Xiaoye said that there were only ten apprentices, and the villagers were afraid that their daughter would not be selected, some people said that their daughter could not go home and live in the shop, helping Jin Xiaoye with housework.

"Are those girls willing too?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

"Who doesn't want to come to the county town!" Jin Xiaoshu said: "And they also have to work at home."

In fact, if it were someone else who went to Miaoqian Village to recruit apprentices, the villagers would definitely not dare to let their daughters work.

But now it is Jin Xiaoye who is recruiting workers!

Half of these girls have the surname Jin and are related to Jin Xiaoye. They believe that Jin Xiaoye will not treat these girls badly.

Moreover, they live in the same village. If Jin Xiaoye really wants to treat their daughter harshly, they can just take her back.

"Let them all come." Li Qing insisted.

Apprentices recruited by Jin Xiaoye must be between twelve and sixteen years old.

In modern times, this is child labor and a black-hearted capitalist.

But in this era... this can actually change the fate of these girls.

Jin Xiaoye thought for a moment and said, "Then let them all come. Then some of them can live in the shop."

Living in a shop is definitely not comfortable, but most families in Miaoqian Village are quite poor and live in thatched houses. Some families live with their livestock or just separated by a wall.

Even if I have to sleep with the smell every day, there are so many mosquitoes.

For them, living in a shop may be more comfortable.

"Xiaoye, the second floor of our shop is quite big. You can ask a carpenter to make a few bunk beds for them. Cover them with curtains during the day and let them sleep at night." Li Qing insisted.

"What get in and out of bed?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qingzhi briefly explained what bunk beds were like.

Jin Xiaoye said: "You can do it. In this case... I guess everyone will be willing to live in the shop."

What a great condition! When these girls are at home, they don't necessarily have their own beds.

Speaking of which, she used to work as a helper during holidays and festivals, but there was no bed. She could only spread straw on the ground to make a bed, and she had to bring the quilt with her.

While Li Qingzhi was helping Jin Xiaoye take care of the shop, County Magistrate Gou received a letter from Magistrate Zhang asking him to go to Linhu County to investigate the tea harvest failure.

Magistrate Gou was a little excited when he saw this letter.

The prefect must have suspected the magistrate of Linhu County! If you go to him to investigate...this is the trust the prefect has in him!

Magistrate Gou immediately sent someone to pack his luggage and prepare to go to Linhu County.

Linhu County is next to Lihu Lake, and the mountains, water and scenery are far better than Chongcheng County. He can take this opportunity to go and have some fun.

This is also a rare vacation for him.

Magistrate Gou was happy when he suddenly thought of something and called for his servants to find Zhu Xunmiao and Li Qingzhi.

He got a lot of benefits from Zhu Qian, and Li Qingzhi helped him in everything... This time when he went to Linhu County, he could bring Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao with him.

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao are both good in knowledge, but they are lacking in poetry... He plans to take these two people with him and give them some guidance.

With his guidance, they will definitely perform better in the government examination.

Li Qingzhi hurried to see Magistrate Gou, and then learned that Magistrate Gou wanted to take him to Linhu County.

Li Qingzhi was slightly startled.

Magistrate Gou said: "Zixiao, this investigation in Linhu County will take up to ten days. It will not delay your participation in the government examination. I can also teach you poetry and strategy along the way..."

When Li Qingzhi heard this, he knew that Magistrate Gou wanted to take him with him for his own good. And he also wanted to go.

Li Qingzhi immediately thanked Magistrate Gou and complimented him.

Not long after, Zhu Xunmiao also came. When he learned about this, Zhu Xunmiao was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

"Then it's settled, we'll set off tomorrow!" Magistrate Gou said excitedly.

Li Qing said: "Sir, when we go to Linhu County, should we bring some good people with us?"

Chongcheng County is relatively safe, but Linhu County... Li Qingzhi thought it would be best to bring more people.

"I will bring two guards then and call Ding Xi." Magistrate Gou said.

Magistrate Gou liked the autobiography Li Qingzhi wrote for Zhu Qian. Later he learned that Li Qingzhi had also written an autobiography for Ding Xi... He immediately borrowed Ding Xi's autobiography to read.

Magistrate Gou was excited to read Ding Xi's autobiography. In his heart, Ding Xi was a master of martial arts.

Magistrate Gou's two guards are not bad, and Ding Xi is also okay.

No matter how rampant the people in Linhu County were, they would not dare to take action against the imperial officials.

Li Qingzhi said nothing more and began to think about what to bring.

This time he went to Linhu County. He didn't plan to act rashly, but he could take a look at the situation in Linhu County.

For him, the most important thing was the upcoming government examination. He could take this opportunity to learn more from Magistrate Gou.

Li Xiucai had rich experience in participating in the government and college examinations, but after being admitted as a scholar, he also had to take the provincial examination to pass the examination.

Li Xiucai lacked experience in examining people.

Chapter 105 Female Worker

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao left the county government together.

Zhu Xunmiao is not very old. Because he has to study and Zhu Qian is worried about his safety, he has only been to Fucheng before.

This time he is going to Linhu County and will investigate the case with the county magistrate... Zhu Xunmiao is very excited.

"Brother Li, what are you going to take with you this time?" Zhu Xunmiao asked Li Qingzhi.

The original owner of Li Qingzhi's body had been on the run for several months. He knew what he needed to go out.

Just said it briefly.

Zhu Xunmiao said: "I made a note of it and will take it with me when the time comes. It's a pity that Qifei can't go with me..."

Xu Qifei and Zhu Xunmiao have a good relationship, but Magistrate Gou is not familiar with Xu Qifei, so it is impossible to take Xu Qifei with him when he goes to Linhu County.

"You can take a note of the knowledge explained by the county magistrate along the way and tell Qifei when you get back." Li Qing insisted.

Zhu Xunmiao comes from a well-educated family and is very well-mannered and can take care of people very comfortably.

But he was a little restrained when facing Magistrate Gou, and Magistrate Gou had a mediocre impression on him.

If he had taken a pen and paper to record the knowledge imparted to him by Magistrate Gou along the way, Magistrate Gou would have had a great impression of him.

Li Qingzhi gave him such advice for his own good.

As for Li Qingzhi himself... Magistrate Gou is already very fond of him, so he doesn't need to do anything more next.

"I will." Zhu Xunmiao agreed.

Li Qingzhi's health has improved a lot recently.

He still looked thin, but there was muscle beneath his skin.

He attaches great importance to his body. Now that he is in good health, he is naturally willing to exercise more.

Therefore, when Zhu Xunmiao proposed to go back by boat, Li Qingzhi refused and planned to walk back.

"Then I'll join you!" Zhu Xunmiao said.

The two of them walked forward together, passing by the dock in Chongcheng County.

It was the third month of the lunar calendar, the weather was just right, and there were a lot of people coming and going on the pier. Li Qingzhi took a look and found that Golden Willow and Golden Jasmine were setting up stalls in the corner.

These two moved very quickly.

They are new here, and many people are willing to give it a try. Plus, Golden Willow has been attracting customers, so business is pretty good.

Li Qingzhi took one look and then looked away, continuing to walk home.

After he traveled to this world, he lived at home every day. This time he had to be away from home for more than ten days... Li Qingzhi was a little reluctant to leave.

But that's Linhu County, so you still have to visit it.

When Li Qingzhi returned home, the twenty female workers Jin Xiaoye had recruited in the county were already there and had even started working.

Although Jin Xiaoye recruited female workers to work at home, she was still paid on a piece-by-piece basis. However, when the female workers came to her, she would take care of the food and receive some other subsidies.

This is nothing in modern times, but the temptation to take care of food is quite big for people at this time.

But now the shop is in a mess, and the official start of work will have to wait until tomorrow.

When the time comes, Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Sangshu will also send the girls from Miaoqian Village over.

Originally, Jin Xiaoye planned to recruit two women to cook, but now that there are too many girls from Miaoqian Village and they want to live here, she stopped recruiting people and planned to let these girls take turns to cook. .

The person she wants to do chores and help thread needles will be chosen from among these girls when the time comes.

Jin Xiaoye was very busy, and there were a group of women around him, so Li Qingzhi went into the backyard without disturbing him.

When he entered, Li Damao and Li Ermao were playing backgammon with Zhao Xiaodou.

They play with two people every time. When one of them loses, the one who originally had a bye takes the lead.

Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao were several years younger than Zhao Xiaodou. Li Qingzhi had talked with Zhao Xiaodou and he was not allowed to give way to Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao. Therefore, in the first few months, Zhao Xiaodou was almost never replaced. Li Qingzhi was often replaced. Damao plays with him first, and after he loses, he switches to Li Ermao to play with him. When Li Ermao loses, he switches to Li Damao...

But recently, Zhao Xiaodou will lose a game from time to time.

Li Qingzhi saw that the three children were very attentive in playing chess, so he watched from the side without disturbing him. It was not until Li Ermao, who was playing chess, lost that he said: "Da Mao Er Mao, dad is back!"

When Li Damao and Li Ermao saw Li Qingzhi, they immediately raised their smiles and rushed over: "Dad!"

"How were you in school today?" Li Qingzhi asked them.

Li Ermao said loudly: "I'm having a good time!"

Li Damao and Li Ermao like to go to school very much.

At first, it was because Li Qingzhi would go with them.

There are many children studying in the school, but only their dad is with them!

When their teacher lets them play, they can go and see their dad. Their dad will give them delicious food, talk to them and hug them... The other children in the school are envious of them, and some of them go home. Later, he wanted his father to study in the school.

As for now... Ever since their father passed the exam, the children in the school have become more envious of them than before.

Li Damao was okay, Li Ermao's tail was raised to the sky, and he kept saying "my daddy" when he opened his mouth.

Li Qingzhi knelt down and got close to them, and then said, "Da Mao Er Mao, dad has something to tell you."

"What?" Li Ermao asked.

Li Qing said: "Dad has to go out for a few days..."

"Dad, can I go with you?" Li Damao grabbed Li Qingzhi's sleeve.

"No, dad has something serious to do..." Li Qingzhi explained to them what he wanted to do.

Li Damao and Li Ermao looked very depressed, but because Li Qingzhi explained clearly, they didn't make any fuss and insisted on following.

Li Qing insisted: "Da Mao Er Mao, when dad comes back, I will definitely bring you delicious food."

Li Damao suddenly said: "I don't want delicious food, I just want you to come back, dad."

Li Ermao blinked and said, "Dad, don't let anyone take you away again."

Li Damao nodded: "Dad, you must be careful of bad guys."

Li Qingzhi felt very uncomfortable when he heard what they said.

The previous few years without a father had brought some harm to these two children.

Li Qingzhi held them in his arms: "Don't worry, dad won't be taken away."

Li Ermao suddenly burst into tears, and immediately after, Li Damao's tears fell down.

Li Qingzhi felt extremely distressed and carefully coaxed them. As a result, the more he coaxed them, the harder the two children cried.

These two children had never cried in front of Li Qingzhi. This time, they vented all their pent-up emotions.

"father…"

"Dad, you have to come back soon!"

"Ooooh, daddy..."

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When Jin Xiaoye heard the cry, he hurried to the backyard with scissors and saw the father and son holding each other's arms and crying.

"What's wrong with you?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qing said: "I want to go out."

Li Qingzhi told him that he was going to Linhu County with Magistrate Gou.

Jin Xiaoye asked: "You were arrested and went there to dig rocks before, right?"

Li Qingzhi nodded.

Jin Xiaoye was silent for a moment and said, "You must be careful."

Jin Xiaoye had been in high spirits these past few days and planned to do something big, but now that he heard the news, his mood dropped and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

But she didn't cry with the two children, but said, "I'll pack your clothes and hide something for you!"

After saying that, Jin Xiaoye went to find Fang Jinniang and asked Fang Jinniang to make a hair tie for Li Qingzhi that could hide money.

besides…

Ding Xi once said before that those of them who travel around the world sometimes hide iron pieces in their shoes, which are very useful in times of danger... Jin Xiaoye personally sewed two thin soles into thick soles and hid them in the middle. She found someone to buy the iron sheets and gold leaves before.

She had always wanted to travel far away, so she had to make some preparations.

She also deliberately made the uppers of these shoes out of old cloth to prevent anyone from snatching Li Qingzhi's shoes.

In addition, she did not forget to remind her repeatedly: "Ah Qing, don't be brave when you go out, don't fight with others, just beg for mercy when you are in danger..."

"I will." Li Qing insisted.

Li Qingzhi was in a very good mood.

In the past, no one cared about him no matter what dangers he would face next.

But now, he just went out, or went out with the county magistrate, but Jin Xiaoye and the two children were so worried...

Li Qingzhi finally harvested a hair tie with many silver melon seeds hidden inside, and a pair of shoes with iron pieces hidden inside.

These shoes are very heavy, and the iron piece is not much smaller than the sole... Li Qingzhi feels that if he kicks someone at a good angle while wearing such shoes, the person kicked by him will definitely be injured by the iron piece.

Li Qingzhi got up early the next morning.

Magistrate Gou had to wait until almost noon before setting off, so he was not in a hurry. After getting up, he helped Jin Xiaoye make breakfast.

From now on, for those female workers in the county who do not live in shops, they will take care of two meals a day, providing breakfast around seven o'clock, lunch around twelve o'clock, and letting them go home to eat in the evening.

These female workers are basically married, and they are not willing to spend all day in the shop.

As for the apprentices who live in the shop, they also provide dinner, which is eaten at about five o'clock in the evening.

The weather has been getting hotter recently, and the sun is getting brighter earlier. According to modern time, it starts to get light after five o'clock, and it doesn't get dark until six o'clock in the evening.

When summer comes, the days will get longer and longer... Eating at this time is the most comfortable for everyone.

It was quite troublesome to prepare meals for so many people. Jin Xiaoye even had to find someone to build two more stoves and buy two more large pots.

Fortunately, the kitchen is big enough to accommodate it.

"The money at home is almost spent. Fortunately, Wu Baichuan paid most of the payment in advance this time." Jin Xiaoye sighed.

Their family has spent a lot of money in the past few months, and now they have to spend a lot of money to buy fabrics.

Because there was no money, finding a carpenter to build the bunk beds was put on hold. For the time being, the girls could only make the floor bunks.

"In a few days, I will find a way to make some money." Li Qing insisted. Jin Xiaoye couldn't help but laugh: "You don't have to worry about making money, you just need to study hard!"

"Okay." Li Qingzhi smiled.

Jin Xiaoye didn't cook any complicated dishes in the morning. He just used two newly bought large pots that were much larger than ordinary iron pots to make two pots of porridge. He also used the original small pot in the kitchen to boil fifty eggs and fry them. A pot of pickles.

While they were doing this, Jin Xiaoshu and Jin Sangshu came over carrying nineteen girls from Miaoqian Village.

These girls are very thin, there are no fat ones these days.

Judging from their looks and dress, four of them should have good family conditions, but the rest of them are all dark and skinny.

Everyone chose to stay at Jin Xiaoye's side, so they all brought their bedding. The bedding of the four girls in front looked very good, but the bedding of the remaining people was in tatters, and there were even a few people who had no bedding. , saying that he had agreed with someone to sleep together.

When Jin Xiaoye saw them, he thought of his past.

She didn't even have new clothes at first.

"You guys can find a place to put down your bedding and come have some porridge." Jin Xiaoye said with a smile.

These girls found a place to put their things and came to line up to drink porridge.

Jin Xiaoye herself comes from a rural area, and she knows that at this age, even girls have big appetites.

She specially went to buy some pottery basins used for sharing rice at the new dock, filled them with porridge, then scooped a large spoonful of pickles and put them on their porridge, and finally gave them an egg each.

These girls were pleasantly surprised.

This porridge is white rice porridge, not brown rice porridge!

Forget it, there are still eggs!

Even those four who are from well-off families cannot eat eggs every day when they are at home. The eggs have to be sold for salt.

The white rice porridge is delicious, not to mention the eggs... They all ate very satisfied.

The female workers in the county are also very satisfied with this kind of food - they come from ordinary families and rarely eat meat at home.

At first, Jin Xiaoye was a little reluctant to give them such food. After all, she used to work as a helper and the food was not good.

But Li Qingzhi said that giving the female workers better food would make them work harder... She gritted her teeth and planned to give them an egg in the morning, and cook a meaty dish for them at noon just like the one at the new dock.

Jin Xiaoye did nothing else today, and she and Li Qingzhi just drank porridge and eggs.

Jin Xiaoye also packed the extra boiled eggs for Li Qingzhi and asked Li Qingzhi to take them with him to eat on the road.

After breakfast, Jin Xiaoye moved Li Qingzhi's luggage to Jin Xiaoshu's boat. Then Li Qingzhi first took the boat to send his two children to school, and then took the boat to the county government.

Jin Xiaoye didn't go to deliver it, she was too busy.

Moreover, she had confessed everything that needed to be confessed. She even spent half the night talking to Li Qingzhi last night...

Seeing that the female workers had finished eating, Jin Xiaoye asked them to go to work, and then asked the nineteen girls to take turns boiling water and taking turns to take a bath.

Although Jin Xiaoye told the people in Miaoqian Village that she was recruiting apprentices and would not pay wages, she actually planned to pay them.

But look at the looks of these girls... She plans to not give them any money in the first two months, but she can make them two sets of clothes, two pairs of shoes, and buy some miscellaneous things, such as washbasins.

These things are given directly to them. If they save for a few more months, they will be able to save a decent dowry!

Some of these girls in Miaoqian Village have never been to the county town before.

When they set off this morning, they were very worried, fearing that life would be difficult when they arrived at Jin Xiaoye's place.

One girl among them was particularly scared.

This girl is a distant relative of Jin Xiaoye, named Jin Maoer.

Jin Mao'er was once sent to someone else's family as a child bride by her parents. Because she was not their biological child, the family treated her very badly and refused to let her have enough to eat. She was so hungry at the time that she had no choice but to dig in the ground and plant it for others. of broad beans to eat.

When she was digging broad beans to eat, she was seen by a farmer. The man scolded her and told her mother. Her mother cried and took her back, but she still didn't have enough to eat at home.

It's not that her parents treated her badly, her parents didn't have enough to eat... Their family only had one acre of paddy field.

Being sent as an apprentice this time, Jin Maoer was particularly scared, worried that she would end up living the same life as a child bride.

As a result... as soon as they arrived, Jin Xiaoye actually gave them hot rice porridge!

Jin Mao'er was only twelve years old and the thinnest of all, but she drank all the porridge but didn't eat the eggs, so she hid them.

After eating porridge, Jin Maoer thought they were going to work, but Jin Xiaoye asked them to take a bath again...

After they had taken a bath, Jin Xiaoye took them to work, but they didn't need to do any heavy work, they just needed to do some needlework.

Forget it, after they worked for a while, it was time for lunch again, and there was meat to eat at noon!

Jin Xiaoye learned what her father had mentioned, the menu at the new pier.

Today at noon, she gave these people boiled tofu with lettuce leaves, oil residue and diced meat in it.

"It's so nice here!" someone couldn't help but say.

Jin Maoer nodded seriously, his eyes red.

Her family couldn't eat meat very often throughout the year, and the meat they could occasionally eat were fish and shrimps that she and her brothers and sisters caught.

The fish and shrimp have no oil or water at all, and they are not as delicious as the pork!

It's really great to work here!

It's like heaven here!

As for laying the floor at night... Jin Mao'er's house only has two rooms, and there are sheep in it... Jin Mao'er

Er and her brothers and sisters have always lived with sheep, and the stench is overwhelming.

It's great to sleep on the second floor of a clean brick house!

Chapter 106 Tea Garden

Li Qingzhi didn't bring much luggage when he went out this time, just a book box to carry and a book box to carry.

His clothes were all placed in the large bookcase he was carrying, and the small bookcase he was carrying only contained some miscellaneous items.

He didn't even bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that other scholars would bring with them when going out, intending to use Zhu Xunmiao's help when needed.

Normally, he wouldn't need it. Zhu Xunmiao needed to take notes when receiving instruction from Magistrate Gou, but he didn't need to, he could remember everything.

Li Qingzhi came to the place where Magistrate Gou lived behind the county government office. The gatekeeper saw him and immediately let him in.

Magistrate Gou had already washed up, had breakfast, and was packing his luggage. When he saw Li Qingzhi, he asked Li Qingzhi to wait for a while, and also ordered his servants to bring snacks to Li Qingzhi.

Magistrate Gou has discovered that Li Qingzhi is particularly good at eating.

He suspected that Li Qingzhi's stomach was not in good condition. Otherwise, how could he eat so well and still be so thin?

"Zixiao, this is all you bring with you?" Magistrate Gou asked Li Qingzhi after packing up his luggage.

"That's enough." Li Qingzhi smiled.

"I have more than twice as much stuff as you." Magistrate Gou sighed: "In addition to the two guards, I plan to bring one more servant."

The two started chatting, and Magistrate Gou said excitedly: "Zixiao, when I come back this time, my wife should also be in Chongcheng County, and I will treat you and your wife to dinner then."

Magistrate Gou's wife and children did not follow him to Chongcheng County.

Originally, they planned to wait for Magistrate Gou to settle down here before they came over. However, Magistrate Gou was hampered by everything when he first came to Chongcheng County and his life was not happy, so he did not call his wife and children.

At the end of last year, his situation improved, and he wanted to bring his wife and children over, but the weather was cold as the Chinese New Year was approaching, so his wife and children could not make the trip.

However, recently, Magistrate Gou's wife and children have set off and will be arriving in Chongcheng County soon.

Magistrate Gou didn't mention his wife much in front of Li Qingzhi, and it wasn't appropriate to mention it, but he did mention his children. Magistrate Gou was busy studying in the past and didn't pay much attention to women, so he only had three children and a son. There are two daughters, the oldest of whom is a son, who is thirteen years old this year.

Magistrate Gou wanted to invite him to dinner, which was a good thing, and Li Qingzhi immediately agreed.

While the two were chatting, Ding Xi, Zhu Qian and Zhu Xunmiao came together.

They were very happy to be able to go out with the county magistrate. Zhu Qian also helped prepare the boat.

Magistrate Gou brought two guards and a boy, plus Ding Xi, Zhu Xunmiao, Li Qingzhi, and two boatmen and a boy arranged by Zhu Qian, making a total of ten people.

At about ten o'clock, their boat departed from the county government office and headed for Linhu County.

The area of a government in Jiangnan is not large, and they will definitely be able to reach Linhu County before dark.

There is an Eight Immortals table on the boat. Along the way, County Magistrate Gou, Li Qingzhi, Ding Xi and Zhu Xunmiao were sitting at the table chatting.

County Magistrate Gou was very interested in Ding Xi's experience of traveling abroad. He asked a lot of questions and also talked about some of his own experiences. For example, when he went to the capital to take the imperial examination, he almost had no place to live. Fortunately, his wife's mother-in-law had some abilities, so in the end he Stayed at an official's house.

After Zhu Xunmiao returned home yesterday, he told Zhu Qian that Li Qingzhi asked him to take notes and write down the knowledge taught by Magistrate Gou.

After Zhu Qian listened, he asked him to take out paper and pen to record as long as he could write. So at this moment, he took out paper and pen to write quickly.

County Magistrate Gou was not impressed by Zhu Xunmiao before, but now he went to see Zhu Xunmiao, and the more he watched, the more he liked him, and he also talked more about the imperial examination.

Zhu Xunmiao used stupid methods, but Li Qingzhi was different. When Magistrate Gou was speaking, he kept observing Magistrate Gou's expression and complimented him a few times...

His expression was so sincere and he listened so seriously that Magistrate Gou was particularly happy.

Li Qingzhi asked about this incident.

Magistrate Gou said: "Magistrate Yan of Linhu County gave a tip to the magistrate, saying that their tea garden in Linhu County was plagued by insects and wanted to reduce the tea tax... The magistrate must not believe it, so he asked me to go and take a look. "

Speaking of which, Magistrate Gou talked about some things related to tea tax.

In previous dynasties, tea taxes had not been much collected, but the first emperor of this dynasty felt that grain taxes should be reduced so that the people could have enough to eat. More taxes could be collected on such dispensable things.

Therefore, in Daqi, the grain tax is 1 out of 10, and the tea tax is 3 out of 10.

Of course, when it comes time to collect taxes, almost no place actually charges this amount, and they always charge more.

The tax collection methods vary from county to county.

For example, Chongcheng County usually allocates grain taxes to each village and then asks the villagers to send it to the warehouse.

In Miaoqian Village, taxes are generally collected by the village chief and the government servants. To transport grain, the villagers pool money to find ships to transport it. In the past, the person responsible for transporting grain was basically Yao Gong.

Yu County, where the original owner's father is located, is different. Grain harvesting is a type of corvée service in Yu County, and it is assigned to common people. These common people are called "Jiehu". If they cannot harvest enough grain, they have to make up for it with their own grain. After that, you have to be responsible for sending the grain to the warehouse.

Li Qingzhi thinks that this is mainly because Yu County is too poor, there are not many people in the county government, and transportation in Yu County is inconvenient.

Chongcheng County has developed waterway transportation, making it much easier to transport food than Yu County.

While a few people were chatting, the two boatmen kept rowing, and the two boys were making tea and simple meals on the stove on the bow.

"Pull the boat aside and let's eat before we leave." Magistrate Gou said. They wanted to eat, and so did the two boatmen.

After dinner, the boat continued forward and soon arrived at Linhu County.

In the morning, Magistrate Gou talked a lot with Ding Xi, but in the afternoon, he stopped chatting and began to talk to Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao about some knowledge related to the imperial examination.

The scholar examination was already a distant memory for Magistrate Gou, and he thought it was too simple... He talked about the provincial examination.

After he talked about the provincial examination, both Zhu Xunmiao and Li Qingzhi listened very seriously, and Zhu Xunmiao took notes frantically.

Magistrate Gou glanced at Zhu Xunmiao and became more and more satisfied with Zhu Xunmiao.

Their boat was not moving very fast. Sitting in the cabin, they could see the scene along the river.

Li Qingzhi looked towards the shore from time to time while listening to Magistrate Gou's words.

Linhu County is next to Chongcheng County, and the natural scenery is similar to Chongcheng County. Looking out at this time, you can see large fields filled with rapeseed flowers.

Some rapeseed flowers have begun to wither, while others are in full bloom and look very beautiful. "The east wind blows through the wild willows, and the smoke is deep, and the rape blossoms are as bright as gold." Magistrate Gou also saw this scene. He read two poems by his predecessors and said to Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao: "Zixiao, Xunmiao, Why don't you two just write a poem about cauliflower."

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao started thinking about it on the spot.

Both of them have average talent in poetry, and the poems they produce are not amazing. Fortunately, County Magistrate Gou himself is not good at composing poetry, but he has mastered many poetry-composing techniques, so he explained them to them. stand up.

At about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Qingzhi and his boat stopped at the dock in Linhu County.

The county seat of Linhu County looks similar to the county seat of Chongcheng County, but Li Qingzhi noticed that the men working on the docks in Linhu County were not very strong.

In Chongcheng County, there are also thin men working on the docks, but most of the men are strong. But here it is different, they are all a group of thin men.

At this time, someone came up to him and said to Magistrate Gou: "Master Gou, our Master Yan asked me to wait for you here!"

Both County Magistrate Gou and Li Qingzhi knew that they couldn't hide it from the people of Linhu County, and they actually didn't want to hide it.

Magistrate Gou immediately stepped forward with a smile, chatted with the other party, and then went to see Magistrate Yan.

Magistrate Yan is going to Chongcheng County tomorrow to investigate Hong Hui's false accusation of Magistrate Gou, and today, he hosted a banquet for Magistrate Gou.

Magistrate Yan is a thin middle-aged man. Like Magistrate Gou, he was born in the same Jinshi family. However, his family has no background, so he has been working as a county magistrate in a poor county. Later, he made outstanding political achievements and came to Linhu County to be a county magistrate. make.

Linhu County, like Chongcheng County, is a wealthy county. Being the county magistrate in Linhu County is a fat job.

But Magistrate Yan didn't seem to be having a good life. The banquet he gave to Magistrate Gou was not sumptuous. During the dinner, he also complained about the subordinate officials in Linhu County.

"Those people deceived others and did a lot of evil things. Not long ago, the bookkeeper colluded with others and forced a merchant in the county to lose his family. Unfortunately, I have no evidence..." County Magistrate Yan almost said afterward. Tears burst into tears.

Magistrate Gou was also squeezed out by local squires and subordinate officials, and he suddenly felt sympathy for them, and he and Magistrate Yan cursed those subordinate officials.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

After all, he has lived in the apocalypse. He can easily sense the emotions of others and can be regarded as good at reading people.

Zhu Qian and Magistrate Gou are not 100% good people, but they are not evil either. The same cannot be said for Magistrate Yan.

Magistrate Gou will probably not find anything when he comes to investigate the case this time, so he still has to count on Magistrate Zhang.

The next day, Magistrate Yan set out for Chongcheng County, while Magistrate Gou investigated the insect infestation in the tea garden in Linhu County.

The tea produced in Linhu County is white tea, which is one of the top ten famous teas in Daqi. At this time, it is the tea picking season.

Magistrate Gou took Li Qingzhi and others to the tea garden and found no insect infestation, but the tea trees did not grow well and the tea farmers were even more impoverished.

When they saw Magistrate Gou and the tea farmers, they rushed up and complained bitterly, saying that some subordinate officials had overcharged the tea tax, and they were miserable.

When Magistrate Gou heard this, he immediately became angry and began to redress the grievances of the people.

At the same time, on the boat heading to Chongcheng County, Magistrate Yan said to the people around him: "The officialdom in Linhu County is in a mess, let Gou do it. I found several victims to complain to him, which will keep him busy. "

Magistrate Yan's master said: "He has a good reputation, so we can give him fame. The most careful thing is Magistrate Zhang."

"Isn't that Magistrate Zhang a good name? He quarreled with the late king in his early years, and later he targeted Lu Qingxi everywhere. Isn't it just for the sake of being 'upright and upright'? I heard that he even went to see a play that sang about his integrity." Magistrate Yan said.

"That's right." Magistrate Yan's master laughed.

Yanzhi County is actually from the King of Jin.

He used to be a county magistrate in a poor county, and his life was so difficult that he couldn't even get the money to give gifts to Shangfeng, so he had to borrow money to buy gifts.

By chance, he hooked up with the King of Jin and was transferred to Lahu County. He now had money.

The old lady of Prince Jin's Mansion was from Linhu County. The old lady's natal family bought some properties in Linhu County.

In Linhu County, large areas of fertile farmland and fine tea gardens belong to them.

Magistrate Yan reported the disaster in the tea garden just so that they could earn more money, but he didn't expect that Magistrate Zhang actually arranged for someone to investigate the matter.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to cover up the disaster in tea gardens. Ordinary tea farmers in Linhu County are indeed having a hard time.

Magistrate Gou might be able to help him get rid of those rebellious officials in Linhu County!

Just as Li Qingzhi thought, Magistrate Gou found nothing in Linhu County.

Jin Xiaoye hid iron pieces in his shoes. Apart from making his shoes a little heavy and virtually helping him exercise, it had no use.

The quarry is in a hidden place, and Magistrate Gou didn't even touch the edge.

But Magistrate Gou severely rectified the subordinate officials in Linhu County.

These subordinate officials really went too far and did countless things to oppress the people!

Li Qingzhi followed Magistrate Gou, helping Magistrate Gou in his trial and studying with Magistrate Gou, and lived a very fulfilling life.

In addition, he also knew a lot of things. For example, the mother of the current King Jin was from Linhu County.

No wonder King Jin has a quarry here!

Li Qingzhi wanted to go to the quarry, but considering his own safety, he did not dare to act rashly.

But... Magistrate Zhang should have already taken some action?

Magistrate Zhang has indeed taken action.

Magistrate Gou is really awesome!

He was obviously not the magistrate of Linhu County, but after arriving in Linhu County, he started to plead the grievances of the people of Linhu County without any hesitation, so that many people's eyes fell on him.

For this reason, Magistrate Zhang investigated the situation in Linhu County thoroughly.

As stated in that letter, the King of Jin found many people to mine Lihu Stone in Linhu County to make huge profits.

What's even more frightening is that in order to mine more stones, people in the Jin Palace bought and sold people!

There are also many things about Jin Wang's mother's natal family.

Nowadays, there are many princesses in the harem, all of whom came from folk drafts. The old princess in the Jin Palace came from an ordinary farmer's family in Linhu County. After she rose to the top, her natal family relied on her power to attract a large number of people in Linhu County. Good farmland.

What's even more frightening is that none of these fields pay taxes!

No taxes are paid on these fields, but the grain tax in Linhu County cannot be paid less. In this way, ordinary people can only pay more taxes.

Ordinary people had to pay heavy taxes. Some people had trouble paying the taxes at home, so they had no choice but to sell their land. After selling the land, it ended up in the hands of the old princess's family.

The old princess's family has more land, and the people have to pay more taxes...

There is also the matter of the King of Jin asking someone to dig out Taihu stones, and it is unknown how many young men died there.

Some subordinate officials would even fabricate charges to imprison young adults, and then sell them to the stewards of the Jin Palace!

And those who are bought and sold are not just young and strong?

The people of Linhu County were forced to sell their sons and daughters, and all the pretty girls were bought by people from the Jin Palace!

Magistrate Zhang found out about the matter and felt scared for a while.

This is true in Linhu County. Is it true in other places as well?

The people in the former and later dynasties were in dire straits because the land was in the hands of the powerful. If the Qi Dynasty did not pay attention, it would sooner or later follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasties.

Magistrate Zhang was once exiled because of King Jin, but after thinking deeply, he planned to impeach King Jin again.

After the government examination...he would also like to find more evidence.

Linhu County is turbulent, but the people of Chongcheng County are still living their lives as usual.

The fact that Magistrate Yan came to Chongcheng County to investigate the case did not attract much attention.

As for Jin Xiaoye...she has been too busy these days.

She did this to make the goods Wu Baichuan asked for as soon as possible, and also to stop herself from thinking about Li Qingzhi.

When Li Qingzhi was around, she occasionally felt that Li Qingzhi was too clingy and affected her work, but now that Li Qingzhi is gone, she really misses him a little.

Just as he was thinking about Li Qingzhi, a girl from Miaoqian Village suddenly came to Jin Xiaoye: "Shopkeeper, the cat is having diarrhea and can't stop. Do you want to take her to have a look?"

"What's wrong?" Jin Xiaoye asked quickly.

The girl talked about the situation.

Among them, the youngest is Jin Mao'er, and Jin Mao'er has been suffering from diarrhea since she came to the county.

In fact, she was not the only one who suffered from diarrhea, but also two other girls from particularly poor families. They had never eaten meat before, but after eating it suddenly, their stomachs couldn't bear it.

Now that a few days have passed, the other few people have stopped pulling, but Jin Maoer...

She had been reluctant to eat the eggs Jin Xiaoye gave her when she came to the county town the day before. In the past few days, she was afraid that they would go bad before she took them out to eat, and then... they did go bad.

The golden cat hid the eggs close to her body, and the eggs spoiled quickly when she was holding them warm.

The eggs were already stinky, but Golden Cat couldn't bear to throw them away, so she ate them anyway. Now she has diarrhea so bad that she can't even stand up!

Chapter 107 Giving Children Away

Diarrhea can be a big or small matter.

When Jin Xiaoye was a child, whenever she went to a banquet, she would inevitably have diarrhea. At that time, her aunt said that she was not rich and could not eat meat.

But that is actually gastrointestinal discomfort, which will recover quickly.

But if it was too serious...someone in their village also lost their lives because of this.

Jin Xiaoye said: "I'll take her to the hospital for a checkup, and you can continue working."

When Jin Xiaoye found Jin Maoer, she realized that her condition was really bad and her face was unnaturally pale. She didn't dare to delay, so she picked her up and walked to the hospital.

It costs more to ask a doctor to treat you at home. When people in the county town get sick, they basically go directly to the hospital.

Jin Mao'er is very light, and Jin Xiaoye doesn't feel heavy at all when carrying her, and she walks very fast.

"Shopkeeper, I'm sorry." Jin Maoer lay on Jin Xiaoye and kept crying.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, just take some medicine and you'll be fine," Jin Xiaoye said.

Jin Maoer stopped talking. After a while, he suddenly started to call mother in a daze.

Jin Xiaoye felt very uncomfortable hearing this. She was twelve years older than Jin Mao'er, and she also knew that Jin Mao'er was sent as a child bride when she was a child.

In this countryside, there are some very good families. If a child bride is taken back and treated as a biological daughter, the little girl can live a better life than in her biological father's family.

But there are also some families who bring back a child bride and serve her as a free maid, not only treating her badly but also beating her.

The family that Jin Maoer met was not a good person.

Later she returned to her home, and her family was too poor...

Jin Xiaoye arrived at the medical center quickly.

Jin Maoer's illness was not serious. The doctor prescribed antidiarrheal medicine and told him to drink more water and eat something light, and then sent Jin Xiaoye back.

Jin Xiaoye felt relieved and carried Jin Mao'er home and asked someone to make medicine for her. Then he went to see the little girls from the village in front of the temple and asked them if they hid things like Jin Mao'er and were reluctant to eat them. .

It turned out that the other two little girls also hid eggs.

Jin Xiaoye was so angry and funny that he asked them to crack open the eggs on the spot to make sure they were not broken before letting them eat them. He also scared them: "You can't hide the food in the future. You can eat it when you need to, you know? If you let me know, you can still eat it." If someone hides it and doesn't eat it, I won't give it to him next time."

These children nodded repeatedly and said that they would never hide it again.

Jin Xiaoye then let them continue working. Seeing that the thread at home was gone, she went out to buy thread again.

Buying thread

At the same time, he had to buy something else. Jin Xiaoye bought a bunch of things without knowing it.

Just as she was passing by the pier, she walked towards the pier again, planning to buy two buns to take back.

Their family now has to cook for those female workers, which is quite troublesome, and she is too lazy to do anything else, so recently, their family eats the same food as those female workers.

Li Damao and Li Ermao had no objection to this, but she thought that when Li Qingzhi was here, he would not only prepare a few dishes, but also buy snacks for his children from time to time...

Arriving at the dock, Jin Xiaoye saw Golden Jasmine and Golden Willow Tree at a glance.

Jin Moli and Jin Liushu have been doing business at the dock for several days. Jin Xiaoye did not deliberately inquire about their situation, but Jin Xiaoshu said a few things.

These two people use rice and vegetables from their own homes for business.

The Yao family has no objection to this. Although Jin Moli keeps all the money she makes, in their view, the money Jin Moli earns will be given to Yao Xiaobao sooner or later, so it doesn't matter if Jin Moli keeps the money.

Of course, there is another reason why they are like this, that is, after returning home on the day when Yao Zhenfu County's test results were released, they stayed behind closed doors again...

With their son in such a state, Mr. Yao and his wife felt guilty when they saw their daughter-in-law. How could they dare to ask Jin Moli for money?

But Uncle Jin's family is different.

Their family does have plenty of food, and they can't finish the vegetables in the fields, but they have three brothers! Jin Liushu took the family's grain and vegetables and sold them for money, but did not give any money to the family. Is this appropriate?

Jin Sangshu's daughter-in-law made a fuss, and Jin Liushu could only give the family money, but even if he gave it...

In the past few days, Jin Mulangshu and Jin Zaoshu felt that the money he gave was too little, and he felt that he had already given a lot, so the two sides would inevitably quarrel.

"Brother, Jasmine." Jin Xiaoye greeted them and found that what they sold were simple meals, the appearance was average, and there was a lot left.

"Xiaoye, have you eaten?" Jin Liushu asked with a smile, but Jin Moli turned her head away from looking at Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Moli didn't want to see Jin Xiaoye at all now. She felt that Jin Xiaoye was here to laugh at her.

In this food business, she learned from Jin Xiaoye all her life.

It's just that Jin Xiaoye made a lot of money in his previous life, why couldn't she?

Also, Jin Xiaoye later sold particularly well in braised food, and I don't know how Jin Xiaoye made it.

Nowadays, there are also braised food stores in Chongcheng County, but the braised food made by others is not as delicious as the one made by Jin Xiaoye.

"I've eaten." Jin Xiaoye smiled at the golden willow tree and went to the nearby stall to buy buns.

Jin Moli couldn't help but said: "How can she buy other people's things instead of buying ours?" Jin Liushu was speechless when he heard this: "Moli, she can eat the food we sell at home, and she must eat more." Well… why should you buy from us?"

Other people's steamed buns are different. Most people in Chongcheng County don't know how to make steamed buns.

Jin Moli also knew this, but she couldn't help but feel angry.

At this moment, a dirty boy, about seventeen or eighteen years old, pulled a girl and came to Jin Moli and the others, and took out a penny: "Can I buy a penny of food?"

Jin Moli has always been very tidy, and she couldn't help but frown when she saw this young man who was dirty and smelly: "We sell vegetables and rice here, and the cheapest one costs two cents."

"I only have one penny...can you sell me some rice? I don't want vegetables." The man asked in a low voice.

In the past, Jin Moli wouldn't mind selling him rice for a penny, but when she saw Jin Xiaoye just now, she was in a bad mood and said with a look of disgust: "You go buy it from others, don't stop me from doing business."

The young man was embarrassed and angry. He gritted his teeth and led the girl away.

Jin Xiaoye had already bought the buns and happened to see this scene.

This boy is very thin, his hair is messy, his clothes are dirty and torn, and his eyes are very bright. As for the little girl he is holding... this child is about the same age as Li Damao and Li Ermao, and his face is very ugly, as if he is sick. .

Forget it, the child still looked very scared, looking at everything around him in panic.

Jin Xiaoye suddenly remembered the time when Jin Maoer lay on her back and called "Mother".

It's not easy...

Jin Xiaoye bought a steamed bun while buying steamed buns. She originally planned to eat it herself, but now she took it out and handed it to the girl, and then asked the boy: "Is this your sister?"

The young man shook his head: "This is my niece."

The girl hugged the boy's leg and refused to take Jin Xiaoye's steamed buns. Jin Xiaoye gave the steamed buns to the boy: "Where are your family members? Your niece is sick. It's best to go to the hospital. ."

The young man took the steamed bun and handed it to his niece, and then the girl ate it carefully.

At this time, the young man suddenly said: "Sister, I will give you my niece. You only need to give her a bite of food."

Jin Xiaoye didn't react for a while. She just looked at people and gave them a steamed bun. Why would someone give her niece?

The girl cried "Wow" when she heard this: "Uncle, I eat very little, don't let me... Uncle, you eat..."

While the girl was crying, she gave the boy a steamed bun that she had just taken a bite of.

"I can't afford to feed you even if you don't eat enough." The young man said viciously, and then looked at Jin Xiaoye hopefully.

"Something happened to your family?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

The young man's expression changed, and then he said: "Yes, something happened and everyone died. No one wants this girl now. Sister, do you want her?"

"If something happens to your family, you can't see anyone on the road, so you have to give your child to someone!" Jin Xiaoye frowned.

The girl cried harder.

The young man said: "Sister, please take her. She will be able to work when she grows up... I just saw you carrying a girl to the hospital. You are a good person..."

Jin Xiaoye said: "What's wrong with you? If you can't survive, I can introduce you to a job..."

"I don't want to work, I just don't want her anymore." The young man said, trying to pull the little girl off her legs.

But although he was fierce, his voice changed when he spoke.

Jin Xiaoye looked at it and felt that he was not without feelings for this girl.

Not to mention anything else...she just gave a steamed bun. The boy didn't touch it at all, and it was all given to the girl.

Moreover, the young man said that he wanted to give the child to her because he disliked the girl, but if he really disliked it, he could just throw the child away. Why go to all the trouble to give it away? I decided to do this after seeing her carrying Jin Maoer to the hospital...

"It's not that I don't have children. I don't want your children." Jin Xiaoye took out the buns prepared for Li Damao and Li Ermao and gave them to them: "You guys eat something first to fill your stomach. If you want to find a job, you can Go to Jinye Embroidery Studio to find me."

After Jin Xiaoye finished speaking, he left. The boy wanted to chase her, but the girl hugged his leg and he couldn't catch up.

The bun in his hand smelled particularly fragrant. The boy snatched the bun from the girl's hand and gave her a bun: "Stop crying, I won't give you to anyone else!"

The girl stopped crying and started chewing the buns.

"Who are you! You want to give your niece to someone else!" Jin Moli couldn't help but said, and then looked in the direction Jin Xiaoye left: "Jin Xiaoye knows how to be benevolent and hypocritical!"

In her previous life, Jin Xiaoye sold well in braised meat, so she hired some women from the village to help her kill chickens and ducks to cook braised meat. Jin Xiaoye also hired people from the village to help him rock the boat.

People in the village said they were good people, but they never helped her parents' family. When her second sister-in-law was short of money, she approached Jin Xiaoye, and Jin Xiaoshu only asked her second sister-in-law to help kill chickens and ducks with other women.

When the boy heard what Jin Moli said, he glared at Jin Moli fiercely, picked up the girl who was chewing the buns, and left.

When he arrived at a deserted place, he said to the girl: "You are stupid! That eldest sister is rich at first sight. If you follow her, you will have enough to eat in the future!"

"Uncle, you eat meat." The little girl brought the bun to the boy's mouth.

"Why are you still eating meat? I'm going to be so angry with you. Next time you see her, just call her mother..." The boy mentioned the word "mother" and the little girl started crying again.

The boy's eyes were also red.

He had met Jin Xiaoye before, when Jin Xiaoye was carrying Jin Maoer on his back.

Jin Xiaoye was well-dressed, but Jin Maoer was dressed in tatters. Judging from their ages, they couldn't possibly be mother and daughter.

He felt that Jin Xiaoye should be a good person.

Later, Jin Xiaoye bought so many things... He looked very rich.

He originally wanted to send his niece away, but Jin Xiaoye gave him a steamed bun... He immediately talked about sending the child away, but it was a pity that Jin Xiaoye didn't.

want.

The girl kept crying, but the boy did not coax her. He carried her in the direction Jin Xiaoye left, and asked someone to inquire about Jinye Embroidery Workshop.

After inquiring, he hugged his niece and found a deserted corner to sit down, took out the second bun and fed it to his niece.

The girl was sick and exhausted, so she fell asleep after eating. Seeing this, the young man took out a book from his body and stuffed it into the girl's clothes, and then straightened her clothes.

He planned to send the girl to Jin Xiaoye's house in the evening.

As for him, he wanted to kill the dog officer named Yan.

He took his niece and fled all the way to Chongcheng County. He originally wanted to entrust his niece to relatives and then go back to take revenge.

As a result, the relative did not want his niece, and he also saw the dog official named Yan in Chongcheng County.

He wanted to send his niece out quickly and then kill the dog officer.

This young man's name is Chang Zhan, and he was originally a young master from a wealthy family.

Their family lived in Linhu County and opened a restaurant. The business was doing well and the family was harmonious. But later, his father accidentally offended Mr. Lou.

Mr. Lou, who is that? Mr. Lou's nephew is a prince!

Since that day, the county government officials came to his house to eat and drink for free all day long, and they also made loud noises in the store, so that other customers did not dare to come to their house to eat.

His father was afraid and took money to apologize, but Mr. Lou was not satisfied and asked them to hand over the restaurant.

The restaurant has been passed down from generation to generation in their family, and his father would definitely not be willing to do so.

Later, his father gritted his teeth and went to Fucheng to complain, and then he never came back.

Later, someone reported that he died after eating in their restaurant... His brother was also taken away and died in prison.

After all, the restaurant belonged to someone else's family, and his mother and sister-in-law took him and his niece to live a hard life.

Just two years later, Magistrate Yan came to Linhu County.

Hearing that he was a good man, his sister-in-law couldn't hold it back and went to file a complaint. When she came back, she said that Magistrate Yan had promised to investigate the case carefully.

But how can there be any good investigation? The next day, Lou's family came to visit and insulted his sister-in-law.

His sister-in-law couldn't bear it and hanged herself that day. His mother also died in anger.

He secretly went to see Magistrate Yan and saw him calling the young master of the Lou family brothers.

He didn't think about anything at the time and ran away with his niece, but running away...he wanted revenge.

Complaints are unreliable. His father and sister-in-law never complained. Now he just wants to stab the evildoer to death with a knife.

It's his niece, so she needs to be given away first.

By this time, Li Qingzhi and Magistrate Gou had returned to Chongcheng County.

Magistrate Gou was in a good mood: "Zixiao, I helped Magistrate Yan solve many cases, he must be very grateful to me!"

Li Qingzhi smiled and said: "Your Excellency is devoted to the people, Master Yan must be very grateful."

Having said that, Li Qingzhi felt that Magistrate Yan was not necessarily grateful to Magistrate Gou.

Magistrate Gou went through a lot of troubles in Linhu County, and now many people in Linhu County are praising Magistrate Gou and criticizing Magistrate Yan... Magistrate Yan may not be happy. And...he had a vague feeling that what County Magistrate Gou punished this time was actually just some people who had been abandoned.

Those people did indeed do a lot of bad things, but they were all ordinary people who were bullied... None of these people had anything to do with the Lou family.

But the Lou family's relatives combined account for almost half of Linhu County. Is there anyone related to them in the county government?

He had been observing secretly and could see something. He could write another letter and give it to Magistrate Zhang during the government examination.

It's only half a month before the government examination.

The Zhu family's boat stopped near the county government office.

Li Qingzhi got off the boat, carrying more things than less.

People from Linhu County gave him some white tea and other odds and ends.

"Zixiao, are you going to leave after having dinner at my house?" Magistrate Gou invited Li Qingzhi.

It was almost dark... Li Qingzhi refused: "Sir, I feel like returning home, so I will go back first."

"Okay, then I won't keep you!" Magistrate Gou said with a smile.

Li Qingzhi said goodbye to Magistrate Gou and walked home.

It is almost dark, but the county town is still very lively, and many people have lights on in their homes.

Even those who don't have lights on, they don't sleep, and they choose to visit the homes of people who have lights on.

Li Qingzhi walked forward quickly and soon saw his home.

Jin Ye Embroidery Shop also lit up lights, and there were sounds coming from inside... Although Jin Xiaoye's voice was not heard, Li Qingzhi was still in a good mood.

This is his home.

Chapter 108 Recipe

Li Qingzhi knocked on the door of Jinye Embroidery Workshop: "Xiaoye, I'm back."

The next second, the side door of the shop was opened, and Jin Xiaoye poked his head out.

"Xiaoye." When Li Qingzhi saw Jin Xiaoye, he couldn't help but laugh: "Are you still busy?"

He thought the person who opened the door for him would be someone from the shop. After all, if Jin Xiaoye was in the backyard, he wouldn't be able to hear his knock on the door.

"It's nothing, I just need to sort out the goods." Jin Xiaoye was in a good mood. He came to Li Qingzhi to check on Li Qingzhi and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Li Qing insisted: "Not yet."

"Then I'll cook you a bowl of noodles." Jin Xiaoye said.

Dinner had been eaten, and the little girls from Miaoqian Village had a big appetite. They stuffed the extra rice and vegetables into their stomachs and ate it all.

Li Qingzhi hasn't eaten yet. It takes too long to cook rice. Cooking gnocchi is the fastest.

"Okay," Li Qing insisted, "I'll help you light the fire."

After Li Qingzhi finished talking to Jin Xiaoye, he noticed the other people in the room.

At this moment, the little girls from Miaoqian Village are sorting out and folding the goods they made during the day.

They had just arrived the day Li Qingzhi left. At that time, most of them looked not very good, but today, they seemed to be more energetic. They greeted Li Qingzhi one by one, some calling them uncle, and some calling them shopkeeper.

Li Qingzhi smiled at them and followed Jin Xiaoye to the kitchen.

He said he wanted to help light the fire, but after lighting the fire and stuffing some mulberry branches that could burn for a while, he came to Jin Xiaoye, kissed Jin Xiaoye, and squeezed Jin Xiaoye's hand: "Xiaoye, I really miss you…"

When he was in Linhu County, he often chatted with people around him and got to know many people.

His social desire has been fully satisfied, but he still misses Jin Xiaoye and wants to hold Jin Xiaoye in his arms and never let go.

Jin Xiaoye also missed Li Qingzhi, and admitted frankly: "I miss you too, how are you spending these days outside?"

Li Qingzhi grabbed Jin Xiaoye's hand and kissed it: "I'm doing well, Xiaoye, wait for us..."

"Dad!" "Dad!" Li Damao and Li Ermao shouted from far away, then they opened the ajar door of the kitchen and rushed in.

Li Qingzhi could only let go of Jin Xiaoye, squat down and hug the two children: "Da Mao Er Mao, dad misses you so much."

"Dad, I miss you too!" Li Damao and Li Ermao rushed to say.

The children are here... Li Qingzhi didn't have the chance to be intimate with Jin Xiaoye, so he took Li Damao and Li Ermao to the stove. While looking at the fire, he talked to them: "Da Mao Ermao, what have you done these days?"

Li Damao and Li Ermao began to argue.

Li Qingzhi listened carefully, complimented them from time to time, and gave them the snacks he brought back.

When Jin Xiaoye saw this scene, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised. At the same time, he quickly took out a large bag of flour, added water and mixed it into a batter.

After the water in the pot boiled, Jin Xiaoye cut some bacon and started scooping batter into it with a spoon.

Soon, a large pot of gnocchi was cooked. Jin Xiaoye asked Li Damao and Li Ermao: "Da Mao and Ermao, do you want to eat gnocchi?"

"Yes!" Li Damao and Li Ermao said immediately. Although they had already had dinner, there was no problem in eating more.

At this time, Li Laogen, who was still asleep, also heard the noise and came over: "Xiaoye, I want it too, and you can serve some for me and Xiaodou."

Li Laogen still takes good care of Zhao Xiaodou, his nephew.

Jin Xiaoye first served one bowl per person to Li Damao and Li Ermao, and then served three bowls to Li Laogen: "Dad, take the bowl with more soup in it to Jin Mao'er. She didn't eat anything at night."

Jin Xiaoye didn't serve Jin Mao'er with meat, and there were only two or three pieces of dough. The bowl was mainly soup.

This kind of food should not affect the intestines and stomach of the golden cat.

Li Laogen responded and went out with the bowl of noodles, planning to give it to Jin Maoer and then come back to eat his own bowl.

But not long after Li Laogen went out, his face changed drastically and he ran in: "Xiaoye, Xiaoye, it's bad, something big happened!"

"What's wrong?" Li Qingzhi asked, frowning and looking at the door. He seemed to...hear the child's cry?

Li Laogen said: "Xiaoye, someone threw a female doll at the door!"

When Jin Xiaoye heard this, he immediately thought of what happened during the day.

She felt that the child was very pitiful at the time, but she could not take him home just because she felt pity for him - there were too many poor people in the world!

And that young man has hands and feet, so he can definitely find a job to support his niece.

So she gave her two buns and left. Now... wouldn't that boy throw his niece at the door of her shop?

Jin Xiaoye hurried to the door and found that the girl lying crying at the door of the shop was the little girl she had seen during the day.

The little girl is sick,

When I cried, I was weak, but I still shouted intermittently: "Uncle, uncle..."

"What's going on?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

A little girl spoke uneasily: "I heard someone knocking on the door. When I opened it, I saw this child..."

"Is there no one else outside?"

"No more! I went out to look and saw no one." Li Laogen squeezed over, "This girl must have been thrown away by her family!"

Jin Xiaoye looked helplessly at the crying child, and at this time, Li Qingzhi also came out.

When Li Qingzhi arrived, he saw the little girl lying on the ground.

He immediately stepped forward to pick up the child and checked it. Li Qingzhi was shocked by this check.

This kid has a fever!

In modern times, ordinary fever is not a big deal. Once you take antipyretics, the fever will subside.

But in this day and age, if a child has a fever, his brain may be damaged if he is not careful.

Li Qingzhi glanced in a certain direction in the darkness and said to Jin Xiaoye, "Xiaoye, this child has a fever. Let's take her to the hospital for a checkup."

Li Laogen didn't see anyone else, but Li Qingzhi felt that someone was watching them in the darkness.

But if he catches up now, they will definitely run away.

The top priority is to get this child medical treatment.

Jin Xiaoye touched the forehead of the girl in Li Qingzhi's arms and felt it was burning.

In fact, during the day, she felt that the child was sick, but now it seems that the child is more seriously ill...

"I have to go to the hospital again. This is the second time today." Jin Xiaoye said helplessly.

"What happened before?" Li Qingzhi was surprised.

"Jin Maoer has diarrhea." Jin Xiaoye touched the money bag on his body and said to Li Qing: "Let me hug you."

"I'll do it." Li Qing insisted.

The little girl's clothes were dirty. Now that she had stained his clothes, there was no need to dirty Jin Xiaoye's clothes as well.

Jin Xiaoye said: "If you can't hold me anymore, just tell me."

Li Qingzhi: "..." It's been almost a year since time travel, and he can hold it now!

The two of them walked quickly to the hospital.

Not far away, Chang Zhan saw this scene and hurriedly followed.

He couldn't hear clearly what Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi said, and he didn't know where they were going with his niece.

When Chang Zhan's father and his eldest brother had an accident, his niece had just learned to walk. He was the one who grew up watching such a tiny person.

His niece was too important to him. Before he went to take revenge, he had to make arrangements for his niece no matter what.

Li Qingzhi felt that someone was following him. If nothing else, it was the relative of the little girl in his arms.

In modern times, Li Qingzhi would think that the person who threw the child away was very outrageous, but this was ancient times... that person must have had his own reasons.

No matter what, he couldn't watch a child get into trouble in front of him. "I saw this child during the day, when her uncle was holding her..." On the way, Jin Xiaoye told Li Qingzhi what happened during the day: "The uncle seems to care about his niece, but he doesn't know What's going on, you have to give me this child."

"He thinks you are a good person." Li Qing insisted.

The child in Jin Xiaoye's arms was unconscious and dazed. Now he stopped calling him uncle and started crying and calling him mother.

Jin Xiaoye didn't know what to say. During the day, Jin Maoer called her mother after being confused, and now the child calls her mother again...

The two of them quickly arrived at the medical center. After knocking on the door, someone opened the door.

The doctor was still awake at the moment, so he quickly looked at the little girl, prescribed medicine, and told Jin Xiaoye as he did during the day, asking Jin Xiaoye to give the child more water and eat lightly.

After holding the medicine and carrying the child back, Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi: "What should we do now?"

Li Qing insisted: "Go back and eat first, I haven't eaten my noodles yet."

Jin Xiaoye was speechless: "That's not what I asked!"

Of course Li Qingzhi knew that this was not what she was asking: "Keep it up for now, Xiaoye. When you get back, give the child a bath and find some old clothes with big hair or two wool for her to wear."

"She has a fever, can she take a bath?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qing said: "Yes."

In fact, if this child is clean, she doesn't need to take a bath, but she is dirty and has many germs on her body, so it is better to take a bath to cool down.

When the two went home, the little girls in Miaoqian Village had already packed their goods, but they were not asleep yet.

The food Jin Xiaoye gave them was pretty good, but they... Many of them had never done much needlework before, and they didn't know how to do the work in the embroidery workshop at all.

These little girls were very embarrassed. It had been dark the past few days and they wanted to continue doing needlework, but then they were scolded by Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye naturally hoped that they would give her more work, but sewing at night would damage her eyes, so she would not exploit a group of unmarried girls.

After dark, Jin Xiaoye stopped letting them work, and at most asked them to help organize things.

"How is the kitten?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

"She drank the noodle soup and is already much better," someone said.

"Keep an eye on her. If she feels uncomfortable in any way, tell me right away." Jin Xiaoye warned them.

The girls nodded repeatedly, and then Jin Xiaoye took the girl in his arms to take a bath.

When making noodle soup before, Li Qingzhi considered that he needed to take a bath, so he boiled some water. Now Jin Xiaoye could directly help the child wash it.

Li Qingzhi was eating gnocchi while talking to Li Damao and Li Ermao. When he was almost done eating, Jin Xiaoye came out holding the child who was sobbing with his eyes closed and said to Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, this girl I have a recipe book with me."

"Recipe?" Li Qingzhi was a little curious.

Jin Xiaoye handed him a book. Li Qingzhi took a look and saw that it was really a recipe book.

This recipe is newly copied, and it doesn't even have a book cover, but it looks quite thick.

Li Qingzhi already knew something about Daqi's food.

In this era, what ordinary people eat and what rich people eat are completely different things.

Ordinary people don't use oil when cooking. They basically cook in one pot. People with a little money can use oil to stir-fry, but there are very few seasonings.

But those really rich people... they are very particular about what they eat, and they use a lot of seasonings and spices.

And this recipe…

Li Qingzhi turned over a page and saw names like "Cardamom, Caoguo, Clove, Zi Kou, Amomum villosum" written on it.

This is something he doesn't know how to use in cooking. Chef Zhou of Zhu Qian's family only uses common spices such as star anise and cinnamon, but not the above.

As far as he knew, those skilled cooks these days would not easily teach their skills to outsiders. They would usually pass them down from generation to generation. After all, with such a skill, they could basically have enough food and clothing.

All in all, this recipe should be worth the money.

This girl's uncle has such a recipe in his hand. Even if he sells it, he can get some money to support himself. Why would he give away the recipe to his niece?

"Dad, what's the recipe?" Li Damao asked.

Li Qing insisted: "It's just a book that teaches people how to cook... Da Mao Er Mao, don't tell anyone that my sister has recipes, you know?"

I don't know where this little girl is from... Anyway, it's better to keep it quiet.

Speaking of recipes, Li Qingzhi suddenly remembered that in the memory of the original owner, there was a man who dug rocks with him. He was said to be a cook in the past.

Most of the people who were caught digging for rocks were ordinary people, but that man was different. He was white and fat, and he looked like he was born into a wealthy family.

The original owner chatted with the other party out of curiosity and learned that the other party's name was Chang Duan. He used to be a cook and opened a restaurant in Linhu County.

Chang Duan wanted to escape, but he couldn't. Instead, he was beaten several times.

That is to say, Chang Duan, like the original owner, was in good health, so he was not beaten to death.

But later on, the original owner's body became increasingly weak, and Chang Duan was overwhelmed by the heavy workload, so the communication between the two parties decreased.

Later...the original owner breathed his last for a moment. The person in charge thought he was dead and threw him out. As a result,

By chance, he saved his life and returned to Miaoqian Village.

As for Chang Duan... Chang Duan was still alive when the original owner left, but I don't know what happened to him now.

Li Qingzhi felt a little heavy when he thought of Chang Duan and those who worked with the original owner.

Li Damao and Li Ermao agreed not to tell anyone else about this matter, and even came close to Jin Xiaoye to see the little girl.

This girl was only three or four years old. She looked dirty before, but now after cleaning her, she found that her skin was very white and she looked very cute.

"My sister is sleeping!" Li Damao felt it was a pity.

Li Ermao also asked: "Mom, can you let my sister wake up and play with us?"

Jin Xiaoye said: "My sister is sick and can't play with you... It's getting late, you should go to bed quickly."

Jin Xiaoye drove Li Damao and Li Ermao to bed, and then returned to the kitchen and saw Li Qingzhi giving medicine to the girl.

The girl was in a daze and didn't really wake up, but she drank the medicine obediently... Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi: "I want this child to sleep in our room, is that okay?"

The child is still young, so he can just fall asleep now. He will definitely cry when he wakes up later.

Jin Xiaoye felt that it was okay to let those unmarried girls take care of Jin Maoer, but it was not appropriate to take care of such a child, so he had to take care of it himself.

Li Qingzhi said with a smile: "Of course. Isn't there a couch in our house? Just for her to sleep on."

The two returned to the bedroom. Jin Xiaoye moved the couch to the side of the bed and let the girl sleep in it, while she slept on the outside of the big bed, so that she could take care of the child if he suddenly woke up.

After settling in, Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi had time to talk.

As for making out... don't even think about it if there's a child lying next to you.

Li Qing held Jin Xiaoye's hand and told Jin Xiaoye about his experiences these days.

There were really a lot of messes in Linhu County. He stayed in Linhu County with Magistrate Gou for twelve days and was very busy every day.

Because he was very busy, Magistrate Gou spent most of his time in the county seat trying cases, and he knew nothing about the real situation in Linhu County.

And the people they came into contact with in Linhu County...these people actually didn't know much about the situation in Linhu County. The yamen were collecting more and more taxes, and they just thought it was the yamen and subordinate officials who were bullying them.

Li Qingzhi talked a lot, and as he talked, he fell asleep unconsciously.

They didn't know how long they had slept, but the sound of sobbing woke them up.

As Jin Xiaoye expected, the girl cried in the middle of the night.

Jin Xiaoye quickly went to hug her, but the girl probably realized something was wrong and cried more and more...

"I'll do it." Li Qingzhi said. After taking the girl, he used some supernatural powers to comfort her and soon put the child to sleep.

This child is sick. He needs more sleep to get better.

He will go out tomorrow to entertain Magistrate Yan with Magistrate Gou, and he will also sleep well tonight.

Chapter 109 Chang Zhan

The next morning, Li Qingzhi was awakened by the cry of his child.

Jin Xiaoye also woke up and hugged the girl to comfort her.

The child had taken medicine and slept, and now she was awake. She looked at everything around her in fear, and did not dare to cry too loudly. She just sobbed quietly: "Uncle, uncle..."

"Your uncle has something to do. Let us take care of you for a few days. He will pick you up in a few days." Jin Xiaoye coaxed her.

The girl glanced at Jin Xiaoye and didn't stop sobbing, but she looked less scared: "I want uncle..."

"Don't cry, don't cry. He will pick you up in a few days." Jin Xiaoye patted her back.

"How many days?" the little girl asked cautiously.

"He said three days, maybe a few more days." Jin Xiaoye said.

The little girl held out three fingers: "Cui Cui is three years old, no, Cui Cui is four years old."

After saying that, she changed her three fingers to four.

She probably never learned to count, but her family told her how old she was.

"Your name is Cuicui? Cuicui is so smart." Jin Xiaoye praised. Li Qingzhi praised people all day long, and now she was full of compliments.

Cuicui heard the compliment and said pitifully: "Cui Cui is good, wait for uncle."

Jin Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and asked her if she wanted to use the toilet. After cleaning her up, he took her downstairs.

Jin Xiaoye asked the girls from Miaoqian Village to take turns doing the cooking at home. When she went downstairs, someone was already cooking porridge and eggs—she had prepared the grain and eggs yesterday.

As for Li Qingzhi, he occupied a pot and was making egg pancakes.

Li Qingzhi beat six eggs, added flour, water, salt and chopped green onion, and stirred into a bowl of batter.

Then, he used gauze-wrapped chopsticks dipped in oil to spread a circle on the bottom of the pan, then poured in the batter and spread it out... After a while, he spread out a large plate of egg pancakes.

"Jin Mao'er is sick, give her a piece of egg cake, and we'll eat the rest." Li Qingzhi said, taking two pieces of cake to Li Damao and Li Ermao.

The two children had been waiting nearby for a long time. After taking the cake, they couldn't wait to eat it and then went to see Jin Xiaoye.

At first they were fine. After looking at her for a while, Li Ermao said, "Mom, I want to hug her."

When Li Ermao said this, Li Damao also moved closer to Jin Xiaoye: "I want to hug you too."

Li Qingzhi took one look and knew that the two children were jealous of Cuicui in Jin Xiaoye's arms.

They are still young, and they will definitely not be happy to see their mother hugging someone else.

As for why there was no response yesterday... Cuicui was in a daze yesterday, so they definitely didn't think much about it.

Today was different. Cuicui was a little afraid of people. Now she was squeezing into Jin Xiaoye's arms and hugging Jin Xiaoye's neck. She seemed too close.

Jin Xiaoye said: "You are older..."

Li Qingzhi interrupted Jin Xiaoye: "Da Mao Er Mao, you are already old, you have to help your parents... Feed your sister egg pancakes and tear them into small pieces for her to eat."

Jin Xiaoye originally wanted to say that Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao were too big and did not need to be held, but Li Qingzhi interrupted him and forgot to mention this. He asked Li Qingzhi: "The doctor said that we should eat light food, can we eat this egg pancake?" "

"Yes, I just put a little oil on it," Li Qing insisted, "Put Cuicui down."

Jin Xiaoye put Cuicui down, and Li Damao and Li Ermao immediately lost their jealousy. They came up to Cuicui and tore up the egg pancakes and fed them to her.

Cuicui was sobbing while obediently eating the egg pancake.

When the Chang family restaurant was still there, the Lou family always sent people to find trouble. The Chang family lost a lot of money at that time. Later, the restaurant disappeared, and the family money was plundered by the wolf-like government officials who said they wanted to pay compensation. "The Master of Misery"... In the past few years, Chang Zhan's mother and sister-in-law rented Chang Zhan and Chang Cui in a small alley, and their life was very difficult.

Chang Cui has never eaten anything good since she was a child. This egg pancake is very delicious to her.

But after all, she was young and her illness was not cured. After eating a little, she couldn't eat anymore, and she closed her mouth and stopped opening it.

Li Damao and Li Ermao looked pity when they saw that they could no longer be fed.

Upon seeing this, Li Qingzhi served them some porridge and soup and asked them to feed his sister a few mouthfuls, and the two of them rushed to feed her again.

"My sister is going to stay with us for a few days. Da Mao Er Mao and Xiao Dou, you have to take good care of her, you know?" Li Qingzhi told them.

The three of them nodded repeatedly and wandered around Cuicui.

But they didn't take care of him for long before he had to go to school to study.

It just so happened that Jin Mao'er's condition got a little better... Jin Xiaoye asked Jin Mao'er to stop working and take care of the child.

Cuicui was so obedient that she didn't ask for anything. She lay motionless on Jin Mao'er's bed, and Jin Mao'er was able to take care of her.

After Li Qingzhi had breakfast, he sent his three children to school and chatted with Li Xiucai for a few words. After that, he went to the county government office.

Magistrate Yan is investigating the Chongcheng County scholar's framed case against the magistrate, and has almost completed the investigation. He plans to leave at noon today, but Magistrate Gou entertains him with a banquet and plans to send him off.

The banquet was served in the morning, and the place where they ate was at the large restaurant near the county government office.

Magistrate Gou felt that Magistrate Yan was a poor magistrate who had no background and was ignored by his subordinates in Linhu County. In addition, the food prepared by Magistrate Yan was not very good last time he went to Linhu County...

This time Magistrate Gou specially prepared a sumptuous meal for the guests.

Roast chicken, sauced duck, braised pork, white-cut goose... plus various snacks, the table is full.

While eating, Magistrate Gou also talked about the various things he did in Linhu County.

Magistrate Yan looked grateful and kept thanking him, but Li Qingzhi could clearly feel that his words were insincere.

Magistrate Yan must be aware of the situation in Linhu County, and he must be annoyed with Magistrate Gou by now.

Quite interesting.

Li Qingzhi smiled and ate silently beside him.

There are so many good dishes, we can't let them go to waste!

They ate the meal for an hour, and it was almost noon before Magistrate Gou sent Magistrate Yan away.

When Magistrate Yan came to Chongcheng County, he rented an inconspicuous boat. When Magistrate Gou was in Linhu County, he heard that Magistrate Yan was very frugal and never spent money recklessly...

Feeling that Magistrate Yan was short of money, Magistrate Gou specially lent the Zhu family's boat to Magistrate Yan: "Xiao Yan, I'll lend you a boat. It's much more comfortable to sit on than those small boats..."

Magistrate Yan: "..."

Several people walked towards the dock while talking.

The county government office is very close to the pier. Magistrate Gou wanted to show Magistrate Yan how prosperous his county was, so he specially took people to the pier to take a boat: "In Chongcheng County, many ships dock every day, and there are many people on the pier. There is a constant stream of people coming and going, because this pier is overwhelmed, and I also plan to build a new pier, which will be completed this summer..."

Linhu County's geographical location and amount of fertile farmland are similar to those of Chongcheng County, and it even has some more mountains and a lake. However, Magistrate Gou felt that Linhu County was far less prosperous than Chongcheng County.

Therefore, when he spoke at this moment, he was filled with pride.

Li Qingzhi could clearly feel that Magistrate Yan was even more unhappy.

He was helpless when he suddenly felt something was wrong - as if someone was watching them.

It wasn't him that the man was staring at, but he felt a hint of danger.

Li Qingzhi became alert and looked around.

But... people around him were actually looking at them, and he didn't know who the person who gave him the feeling of danger was.

This is County Magistrate Gou! Next to him is Magistrate Yan next door! The people on the dock really looked at them.

"I heard that Magistrate Gou went to Linhu County a few days ago and helped Magistrate Yan solve many cases!"

"Magistrate Gou is such a good man!"

"Sir, he must have solved many cases!"

…

People in Chongcheng County couldn't stop praising Magistrate Gou.

Chang Zhan, who was among a group of men carrying goods, heard this and curled his lips in disapproval.

Magistrate Yan also has a good reputation in Linhu County.

He was kind to the people, and his daily expenses for food and clothing were no different from those of ordinary people. Everyone thought that he was an upright and good official.

But in reality? He and the Lou family are the same.

Chang Zhan thought this, and sure enough he heard someone praising County Magistrate Yan again: "I heard that Magistrate Yan is an upright official."

"I've also heard that, you see, Magistrate Yan, he is wearing old clothes."

"If he hadn't stood with Magistrate Gou, I definitely wouldn't have thought he was a magistrate."

"What our Lord Gou wears is much richer than his!"

…

Chang Zhan snorted coldly.

The Lou family covers the sky with only one hand in Linhu County. If Magistrate Yan is really a good official, how could he do nothing?

It's just that there are a lot of people there today, and I don't know if he can make it happen...

But if he missed today, he might not have the chance.

The Lou family members in Linhu County were all cheering each other when they went out, so he couldn't get close. Moreover, he had gone to Linhu County now, and he might be arrested as soon as he showed up...

When his mother's sister-in-law was in trouble, he took Cuicui out to play and escaped...

While Chang Zhan was waiting for the opportunity in the crowd, Jin Moli, who came to set up a stall at the pier, also looked at Magistrate Yan from a distance and asked Jin Liushu: "Brother, is that Magistrate Yan?"

Jin Liushu said: "Yes, that is County Magistrate Yan."

Jin Liushu had many friends and was very well-informed. He had long known about Magistrate Yan's visit to Chongcheng County and told Jin Moli about it.

After Jin Moli learned about this, she always wanted to meet Magistrate Yan.

Mainly... In his previous life, Yan County Magistrate became the prefect.

Everyone said that Magistrate Yan was an upright official. I heard that he later went to the capital to become a high official.

She felt that she was lucky to be able to meet such a person.

Jin Moli looked at Magistrate Yan from a distance and felt that Magistrate Yan was indeed different from Magistrate Gou.

When Jin Moli was a little excited to see Magistrate Yan, Chang Zhan walked out of the crowd.

Li Qingzhi had been observing his surroundings, and he saw it as soon as Chang Zhan came out.

After seeing it... Li Qingzhi felt a thump in his heart.

The person in front of me looks very much like Chang Duan who has lost weight!

In addition...Jin Xiaoye described Cuicui's uncle to him yesterday. This man's clothes were exactly the same as what Jin Xiaoye described!

Chang Duan mentioned his family to the original owner. He did have a younger brother and a young daughter. Everything connected together, and Li Qingzhi immediately wanted to understand why this young man had abandoned his niece to them.

This guy is definitely trying to do something stupid.

It was indeed a stupid thing. There were so many people here, and Magistrate Gou even hired a few government officials to maintain order. Even if Chang Zhan took action, he might not be able to harm Magistrate Yan. On the contrary, he himself would definitely die.

When Li Qingzhi saw Chang Zhan touching his waist, he immediately said, "You kid, just leave your niece to me and ignore it? Aren't you afraid that your brother will beat you to death?"

Chang Zhan suddenly ran out of the crowd. In fact, Magistrate Yan and others saw him, as well as the government officials who wanted to go up and question him - ordinary people did not dare to approach, they only dared to watch from a distance.

As a result, Li Qingzhi spoke at this time, and everyone looked away at Chang Zhan.

Chang Zhan's hand shook and he did not pull out the sharp knife hidden in his waist. He only looked at Li Qingzhi in shock.

Chang Zhan did not recognize Li Qingzhi.

Last night, he followed Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi, and saw them taking his niece to the hospital, and then watching them take his niece home.

He was very grateful to these two people, and he knew that he had indeed found a good family for his niece, and he was completely relieved.

But because it was dark and he didn't dare to get close, he didn't see Li Qingzhi's appearance clearly at all.

So who is this person? Why did you say this to him?

Chang Zhan guessed that the man in front of him might be shopkeeper Jin's husband, but he had never seen this man before. How could this man recognize him?

However, if he had been recognized, he would not dare to take action.

It doesn't matter if he himself dies, he can't implicate his niece - if he assassinates the court official, his niece will definitely be implicated.

But why did this man mention his brother?

His brother was dead a long time ago. He died not long after he was taken to prison. They didn't even see his body...

Li Qingzhi had already come to Chang Zhan at this time, looking familiar: "How did you get yourself into this? I will take you home to clean up."

Li Qingzhi had just noticed that Magistrate Yan and his master obviously did not know Chang Zhan's goose, otherwise they would not have reacted at all.

After confirming this, he pretended to be acquaintances with Chang Zhan.

If Magistrate Yan knew Chang Zhan, he would have to use other methods to protect Chang Zhan, such as bringing the matter to Magistrate Zhang.

It is true that Magistrate Yan and his master did not know Chang Zhan. When Magistrate Yan came to Chongcheng County to serve as an official, something had happened to the Chang family.

The person who later went to complain to Magistrate Yan was also Chang Zhan's sister-in-law. Chang Zhan had never appeared before Magistrate Yan.

Chang Zhan said nothing. Li Qingzhi looked at Magistrate Gou and said, "Sir, I met a child who ran away from home. I took him away first."

Magistrate Gou smiled and said, "Go quickly."

When Li Qingzhi saw this, he pulled Chang Zhan and left.

Chang Zhan did not dare to resist and followed Li Qingzhi forward, but when he came to a place where there was no one around, he immediately wanted to struggle: "Let me go!"

"Chang Zhan, is this how you take care of Chang Duan's daughter?" Li Qingzhi let go and looked at Chang Zhan and asked.

Chang Zhan was shocked: "Who are you?"

Li Qing said: "Prefect Zhang already knows about Linhu County and has arranged for Magistrate Gou to go to Linhu County to investigate..."

Li Qingzhi stopped talking here and let Chang Zhan figure it out on his own.

Chang Zhan did make up his mind and thought that Li Qingzhi only knew about their family's affairs because he went to Linhu County to investigate the case.

It turns out that Magistrate Zhang already knows about Linhu County?

It turns out that Magistrate Gou is such a good official that he went to Linhu County to investigate the case?

Li Qingzhi said at this time: "My wife is the shopkeeper of Jin Ye Embroidery House. I just came back from Linhu County yesterday and I picked up your niece at the door of my house..."

Chang Zhan blushed: "I didn't mean it..."

"You come back with me, Cuicui keeps crying." Li Qing insisted.

Chang Zhan wanted to die with Magistrate Gou before, but after learning that Magistrate Zhang had begun investigating Linhu County, he immediately didn't want to die.

He also wants to redress his family's grievances!

But Chang Zhan was also curious: "How did you recognize me?"

Li Qing insisted: "I have met Chang Duan, and you look very much like him."

Chang Zhan couldn't believe it: "Do I look like my brother?" His brother had been fat since he was a child and looked like his father, but he was different and looked like his mother.

But Li Qingzhi had met his brother... Chang Zhan immediately felt friendly: "Are you my brother's friend?"

Li Qing insisted: "I am your brother's friend... your brother looks a lot like you after losing weight."

"When did my brother lose weight?" Chang Zhan asked.

Li Qing said: "After being sent to dig rocks from Lihu Lake, I lost weight."

Chang Zhan's face changed drastically and he wanted to ask more questions, but at this moment someone happened to

People walked past them... He could only keep his mouth shut.

They had already entered the alley, and there were many people coming and going. Until Chang Zhan followed Li Qingzhi to Jinye Embroidery Workshop, he had no chance to ask questions.

But he vaguely had some guesses.

After his brother died, they didn't see the body at all... He always thought it was because his brother died miserably and was destroyed by those people.

As a result...his brother did not die in prison at that time, but was sent to dig Lake Lihu stones?

Chang Zhan, who has lived in Linhu County since he was a child, knows about Lihu stones. Some poor people in Linhu County dig stones to make a living, but they often can't stand it for long.

When Li Qingzhi took Chang Zhan back to Jinye Embroidery Workshop, the female workers were eating.

Li Damao and Li Ermao had already returned from school. Seeing that they liked feeding Cuicui, Jin Xiaoye asked them to give Cuicui medicine.

At this moment, in the yard behind the embroidery workshop, Jin Mao'er had already drank all the medicine in one gulp, and then looked at Cuicui in awe as she drank the medicine in small sips.

Li Damao and Li Ermao used spoons to feed Cuicui medicine. In Jin Maoer's view, this was torture!

How unpleasant the medicine is to drink! It should be drank in one gulp.

Cuicui is really amazing. She didn't resist being fed medicine like this...

Cuicui actually felt uncomfortable, so she could only coax herself while drinking: "Cui Cui is good, wait for uncle, Cui Cui is good..."

Li Damao and Li Ermao didn't know that Cui Cui coaxed them to drink the medicine. They also admired Cui Cui now. Li Damao even said: "Sister, you really look like my father!"

"Is my sister born to my father?" Li Ermao also asked. Only his father liked to drink this kind of medicine.

Li Qingzhi and Chang Zhan just came in: "..."

Chapter 110 Arrangement

Li Qingzhi was convinced that he was incapable of giving birth to children. He was about to say something when he heard Li Damao say: "Dad is a man and cannot give birth to children."

Li Ermao said: "But she looks like her father. She likes to drink medicine!"

"Yes." Li Damao also recognized this.

Li Qingzhi coughed lightly: "Da Mao Er Mao, dad is back."

"Dad!" Li Damao and Li Ermao shouted happily. Li Ermao also said: "Dad, look at my sister, she likes to drink medicine!"

Li Qingzhi: "..." He really didn't see why Chang Cui liked to drink medicine.

At this time, Chang Cui had already rushed towards Chang Zhan: "Uncle!"

Chang Zhan's eyes turned red when he saw his niece, and he immediately wanted to hug her, but Li Qing, with quick eyes and quick hands, caught Chang Cui and prevented Chang Cui from jumping on Chang Zhan.

Picking up Chang Cui, Li Qingzhi said to Chang Zhan, "You go take a bath first."

Chang Cui started crying: "Uncle, uncle..."

Li Qing insisted: "Your uncle is too dirty, let him take a bath first."

Chang Zhan and Chang Cui must have been living on the street a few days ago, and they were both dirty.

Jin Xiaoye finally washed Chang Cui clean yesterday, but he couldn't get it dirty again now.

Chang Zhan, who was waiting to hold his niece: "..."

Li Qingzhi put Chang Cui on the small chair: "Cui Cui, drink the medicine in one gulp, eat obediently, and wait for your uncle here, do you understand?"

Chang Cui sobbed and nodded obediently. She also snatched the medicine from Li Damao's hand and drank it in one breath.

"She's so good." Li Qingzhi praised her, and then said to Chang Zhan, "I'll take you to take a bath."

Chang Zhan quickly followed.

The meal at home was ready. Li Qingzhi asked Chang Zhan to boil water by himself, and then went upstairs to find a set of his own old clothes for Chang Zhan to wear.

The pot was still warm, and there was no need to boil the water for bathing... Chang Zhan quickly boiled a pot of hot water and went to take a bath.

By the time Chang Zhan came out of the shower, Li Qing, Chang Cui and the others had already finished lunch.

Chang Zhan is not as tall as Li Qingzhi, so he can only wear Li Qingzhi's clothes with his sleeves rolled up.

Coincidentally, Chang Cui was not as tall as Li Damao and Li Ermao, so she also rolled up her sleeves and wore Li Damao's old clothes.

The clothes for both of them were made by Jin Xiaoye last year after having some money, and they were made of exactly the same fabric.

This uncle and niece look very similar.

"Uncle!" Chang Cui rushed to find Chang Zhan this time, and no one stopped her.

Chang Zhan hugged his niece in his arms and said, "Cui Cui, don't cry..."

After saying that, he said "Wow" to himself and burst into tears.

Chang Zhan is only seventeen years old this year.

When he was young, his family was wealthy and he lived happily every day. Before something happened at home, he made his father angry by being naughty and mischievous all day long.

As a result, something suddenly happened at home!

He became the only man left in the family and was exposed to lower-level life that he had never been exposed to before.

They rented in an alley for the past two years. His sister-in-law was so good-looking, but gangsters always came to her door... He learned to curse, learned to fight, and learned some survival skills that he had never used before.

He always thought that when he grew up, he would be able to protect his family.

He was actually quite happy that day - there was a restaurant chef who was willing to hire him, and he would have a job! He also carried Cuicui to the restaurant to have a look.

As a result, when he returned home after watching it, he found out that something had happened to his mother-in-law. It was because the neighbors saw him pitiful and intercepted him early that he didn't fall into the trap.

after…

After those people left, he collected the bones of his mother and sister-in-law, and then fled with Cuicui.

Cuicui has been scared and cried all day long. What about him? There was nothing visible on his face, but he was actually scared in his heart.

When he went to see Magistrate Yan with a knife before, he was full of hatred, just thinking about the white knife going in and the red knife coming out, but now he has calmed down... he is extremely scared.

Chang Zhan cried so loudly that Chang Cui stopped crying. She just choked and looked at her uncle blankly.

After watching for a while, Chang Cui patted her uncle on the shoulder: "Uncle, be good and don't cry."

Being coaxed by his niece, Chang Zhan cried even louder.

Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi didn't care. The girls in Miaoqian Village looked at Chang Zhan in shock - it's rare for a man to cry like this!

Li Qingzhi didn't stop Chang Zhan from crying. Emotions need to be vented before they hurt the body.

After Chang Zhan had cried for a while and looked much better, Li Qingzhi served him a bowl of rice and a large pot of vegetables: "Stop crying, let's eat."

Chang Zhan also felt embarrassed at this time. He wiped his tears and took the big pottery bowl Li Qingzhi gave him: "Thank you."

Today I had kelp stewed tofu and salted fish.

Chang Zhan has been selective about what he doesn't eat since he was little, but now he eats rice with kelp and tofu soup that contains nothing but salt, and finds it particularly delicious.

This is the best kelp and tofu soup he has ever tasted.

Of course, this was also because he had been hungry the past few days.

After finishing a large bowl of rice, Chang Zhan took a deep breath and looked at Li Qingzhi: "My brother..."

Li Qingzhi looked at Chang Cui with a smile: "Cui Cui, your uncle and I have something to say. You can play with your brother here, okay?"

Chang Cui nodded obediently, and then Li Qingzhi took Chang Zhan upstairs.

When he came to the study, Li Qingzhi asked Chang Zhan to sit down and said to Chang Zhan: "Five years ago, I met a gangster on the way. After the gangster caught me, he sold me to a quarry in Linhu County. Field, let me dig rocks there..."

Li Qingzhi briefly talked about his experience, and then mentioned Chang Duan: "More than two years ago, your brother was sent to the quarry..."

The original owner actually didn't have much friendship with Chang Duan.

The life of these workers was very difficult. After a busy day, they had no energy left... The original owner and Chang Duan just said that.

In those five years, countless people told the original owner about their experiences and died in front of the original owner.

Of course, Chang Duan did not die in front of the original owner, but the original owner "died" in front of Chang Duan.

Li Qingzhi told everything he knew about Chang Duan, while Chang Zhan listened and cried again.

But this time he didn't cry, he just clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, letting tears fall down his cheeks.

Li Qingzhi continued.

"The person in charge thought I was dead, so he threw me out. Unexpectedly, I left a life... I don't know where I got the strength to go home all the way..." Speaking of the original owner, Li Qing said His mood was also a bit heavy: "You have met my wife. She is a good person. Our family didn't have much money at that time, but she still hired a doctor to help me treat my illness..."

Li Qingzhi knew Chang Zhan's identity and was sure that Chang Zhan was trustworthy, so he did not conceal his origins: "I escaped last summer. After a few months of recovery, I managed to make friends with Magistrate Gou. I also wrote a letter to Magistrate Zhang... Magistrate Zhang has already started to investigate Linhu County, but because the matter involves King Jin, we cannot act rashly."

Li Qingzhi only briefly talked about this recent incident.

Only then did Chang Zhan ask with tears in his eyes: "My brother is still alive?"

"I don't know." Li Qing insisted: "In the quarry, it's normal for people to die." Wasn't the original owner dead?

"I'm going to save my brother!" Chang Zhan stood up suddenly.

Li Qing said: "There are many guards there, how can you save them?"

That was the property of the palace. In addition to the stewards, there were also some young and strong private soldiers guarding them.

If you approach rashly, you won't be able to save anyone. You will only be captured by them and become one of the people digging up rocks.

Even Magistrate Zhang didn't dare to take action rashly.

Not to mention Magistrate Gou, Li Qingzhi had no intention of telling Magistrate Gou about this.

Gou Xian is not a bad person, but there is no doubt that he is an ordinary person who seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages.

If he were asked to face a prince, he would definitely not be willing to do so.

Li Qingzhi felt that if Magistrate Gou knew about his affairs, he would probably alienate him.

The same goes for Zhu Qian. His relationship with Magistrate Zhu Qiangou is not so good that they are willing to offend important people for him.

Chang Zhan looked confused.

Li Qingzhi added: "We are too small. If we want to deal with those people in Linhu County, we can only rely on Magistrate Zhang. Chang Zhan, Magistrate Gou has written a report related to Linhu County and will send someone to the capital tomorrow. , when the time comes, I will recommend you to him and let you go with him. When you get to Fucheng, you go to see Magistrate Zhang and help me with something."

"What's the matter?" Chang Zhan asked.

Li Qingzhi took out a pen and paper and started writing in front of Chang Zhan: "Send a letter to Magistrate Zhang for me."

Li Qingzhi has been following Magistrate Gou some time ago.

At that time, in addition to explaining to them the knowledge related to the imperial examination, Magistrate Gou was helping some Linhu County people to redress their grievances. As for the rest... Magistrate Gou didn't see anything.

Magistrate Gou went to inspect the tea garden. The tea garden was not infested with insects. However, the tea plantation that Magistrate Gou saw had very little production, which was similar to an insect infestation. Therefore, Magistrate Gou had already planned to write a letter to Magistrate Zhang, saying that Linhu The output of tea gardens in the county has indeed decreased, and tea farmers' lives have indeed become difficult.

But according to what Li Qingzhi learned...

All the good tea gardens in Linhu County are occupied by the Lou family, and the entire white tea business in the county is also monopolized by them.

The tea trees in Lou's tea garden are so beautiful!

What Magistrate Gou was looking at was a tea garden belonging to an ordinary tea farmer. Because the Lou family purchased tea leaves at low prices, ordinary tea farmers suffered losses year after year and had no money to fertilize the tea trees... How could the tea trees in their tea gardens grow well?

After waiting like this for two years, when they can no longer survive, the Lou family can buy their tea garden at a low price and find some tenant farmers to come back and take care of it. By then, the tea garden will be full of vitality and earn the Lou family a lot of money. .

The best thing is, with Magistrate Yan at his side, the Lou family doesn't have to pay tea tax!

Magistrate Gou wrote in his letter to Magistrate Zhang that the tea gardens in Linhu County had indeed suffered a disaster, but his letter was different!

Li Qingzhi clearly wrote down the true situation of the tea garden, and then began to write about other evil things done by the Lou family.

Magistrate Gou arrested many subordinate officials in Linhu County who had done evil. These people had all done evil and had nothing to do with the Lou family. However, they did not dare to involve the Lou family in order not to implicate their own families.

But Li Qingzhi went to chat with them after Magistrate Gou decided the case, and he was able to ask many things from their mouths.

Relying on various information, Li Qingzhi roughly knew who in the Linhu County Yamen was related to the Lou family, and what the Lou family had done...

Now, he first wrote down some certain things, and then asked Chang Zhan about the things he was not sure about.

Chang Zhan is a native of Linhu County and has a grudge against the Lou family. He paid close attention to the Lou family in the past two years and even inquired about all the evil things the Lou family did... With his help, Li Qing took the letter and wrote it. One piece of paper after another.

Naturally, he also wrote about the affairs of the Chang family: "Chang Zhan, I wrote about the affairs of your family here, and also wrote you a piece of paper. You can show this paper to the prefect, but the prefect has no control over it. Before you live in Lou's house, don't complain or show off in front of others. The King of Jin is so powerful that Linhu County was appointed magistrate and Hexing Prefecture was appointed magistrate. They are all closely related to him. There must be people from them in the prefecture. , if you move too much, you will be easily spotted. You may not be afraid of death, but you have to think about your niece and your brother."

In today's chaotic society...if Magistrate Yan and the Lou family cannot resolve the lawsuit, they may resolve the person who wants to litigate.

Wasn't Chang Zhan's father killed just because he went to complain?

If Chang Zhan was too ostentatious, he might be targeted and killed.

Later, this matter may also involve Chang Cui, and then their family.

This is what Li Qingzhi doesn't want to see.

Chang Zhan had calmed down by now. Seeing Li Qing enforcing the case and accusing the Lou family of crimes, he became confident in avenging his family, so he didn't want to die, let alone implicate Chang Cui.

His niece is so pitiful. She has never lived a good life since she was born. She lost her mother at a young age... He wants her to be a good lady in the future and have maids to take care of her.

Chang Zhan agreed immediately, and Li Qingzhi added: "After you go to Fucheng, you go to see Magistrate Zhang and hand over this letter to Magistrate Zhang. But if the magistrate asks about the origin of this letter, don't say anything. Don't mention me. But you can tell him that you are a member of the Chang family, and if there is a chance, you will stay with the prefect..."

Li Qingzhi slowly taught Chang Zhan.

He talked to Chang Zhan for almost two hours. By the time he finished speaking, dinner had already been prepared downstairs.

Li Qingzhi took a tael of silver and gave it to Chang Zhan: "You go to a clothing store to buy something to wear. I will take you to see Magistrate Gou tomorrow."

Chang Zhan agreed and said to Li Qing solemnly: "When I get my revenge, I will do everything I can to repay you."

"That's no need, I'm not short of horses and cattle," Li Qingzhi smiled, "and I'm also avenging myself."

"I will repay the favor!" Chang Zhan said firmly before going downstairs.

After Chang Zhan went upstairs, Chang Cui kept guard under the stairs and refused to go anywhere else.

Fortunately, she stopped crying and started playing with the toys that Li Damao and Li Ermao gave her.

Seeing Chang Zhan coming downstairs, Chang Cui stood up and rushed up to hold Chang Zhan's hand: "Uncle, Cuicui is good!"

"Yes, Cuicui is the best!" Chang Zhan hugged Chang Cui and said, "Uncle went out to buy some clothes. Cuicui is waiting for uncle here, you know?"

Chang Cui held on to Chang Zhan's clothes and refused to let go.

Chang Zhan said: "Cui Cui, uncle has a lot of things to do. He has to make money to support you. You have to be good and stay here, okay?"

Chang Cui then reluctantly let go of her hand and looked at Chang Zhan eagerly with red eyes.

But Chang Zhan still made up his mind not to take Chang Cui with him, because he knew he would leave again tomorrow.

Chang Cui has to get used to life without him.

After Chang Zhan left, Li Qingzhi called Jin Xiaoye and told Jin Xiaoye about the Chang family and that he had met Chang Duan before.

After hearing this, Jin Xiaoye couldn't help but sigh: "This family is so miserable." Compared with this family, she was really happy.

"Yes." Li Qingzhi sighed.

What happened to the Chang family reminded him of the original owner's family. The original owner's family used to live very happily, but now... I don't know if the original owner still has any family members alive.

At that time, it was said that the whole family was being executed, but the original owner's sister was already married and would not be implicated. Before the original owner escaped, he asked his family to try to send away his younger brothers and sisters...

It's just a flood in the Yao River. Everyone is far apart. Even if there are still people alive, they may not encounter it.

Li Qingzhi hugged Jin Xiaoye and buried his head on Jin Xiaoye's neck: "Xiaoye..." He must not let his family fall into such a situation in the future.

He wanted Jin Xiaoye and Li Damao and Li Ermao to live happily and peacefully.

Jin Xiaoye patted Li Qingzhi's back and said subconsciously: "Be good, it's okay, it's okay."

After comforting him, Jin Xiaoye felt something was wrong.

Li Liqingzhi is not a child, so there is something wrong with her coaxing her like this!

Li Qingzhi's depression instantly dissipated and he couldn't help but laugh.

He kissed Jin Xiaoye and pulled Jin Xiaoye downstairs: "Xiaoye, I'll make you some delicious food."