Hearing the footsteps behind his head, Geely hurriedly looked up at County Magistrate An with tears in his eyes, and shouted with infinite grievance as before: "Master."

But County Magistrate An gritted his teeth and slapped her face with a calm face. Geely's lips moved twice, endured the rest of the words, cleaned them up quietly, and then said he was unlucky and retreated.

Fortunately, she was not a real concubine who was willing to kill his wife, regardless of family affection. An Yi breathed a sigh of relief and watched County Magistrate An sit on the only stool and looked at him well. County Magistrate An should look about 10 years older than Mrs. An, with dark and yellow skin, frowning eyebrows, and a depressed and unsuccessful face. She was very thin and tall, and the cuffs and collar of the eighth-rank green official uniform she wore were very worn, and the official boots on her feet were also old, and there were patches on the inconspicuous ankles.

The county magistrate, an eighth-rank official, is the second-in-commander of a county. Of course, his salary is not high, with a monthly salary of six stones and six dou, but it is not impossible to support such a simple family. What's more, local officials have various invisible incomes. Old Mrs. An is a shrewd, and Mrs. An is not a luxury, waste and unvirtuous person. Although Mrs. An spends a lot of money on medical treatment and medicine all year round, a well-off life should be guaranteed in the year. There should be no reason for this family to fall to this point.

The sound of snow particles hitting the window paper was rushing, and the cold wind blew in from the open door. An Yi sneezes coldly, pulling the wound on her head, thrusting and thrusting, and her stomach also "gurgled" twice.

County Magistrate An finally spoke: "I'll ask your aunt to serve you a bowl again." After saying that, he really called Geely to serve An Yi with porridge.

Geely agreed happily: "Oh, come soon." When she came in again, she smiled like a flower, as if she had completely forgotten what had happened just now, and the speed of her face changed surprised An Yi.

After An Yi finished drinking the porridge, County Magistrate An said again: "What's the injury on your head? Who hurts you? What's the reason?"

An Yi could only remember the scar-faced boy who fled in a panic in the end. She didn't even see the other two people clearly. As for why they were hurt to death, she didn't know, so she took out what she said to Mrs. An last night to deal with County Chief An: "I can't remember it, I feel dizzy, and I will have a headache if I think about it too much." She also emphasized: "I can't remember many things!"

County Magistrate An didn't show much surprise and nervousness, and said, "I heard from your mother. Don't worry, wait two days later, Aunt Wu will come to you for a follow-up visit, and then ask her to help you have a good look."

"Okay." An Yi responded, trying to turn the slogan: "Dad, have you eaten?"

County Magistrate An looked at her in surprise, and after a long time, he said, "Wait until you go to the county government to eat." Without waiting for An Yi to ask again, he stood up and went out: "When you remember to tell me that although my father is incompetent, he would not let his daughter be bullied for nothing."

"Oh." An Yi got into the hard quilt, listening to Geely who was exposed outside, being chased by Old Lady An, and cried and ran all over the yard, looking at the dim and dark roof, thinking about her thoughts.

A few days later, the wind and snow stopped and the sky was blue. An Yi could get up and walk around. Seeing that the afternoon sun was so good, it was hotter than her cold house, so she slowly took a stool and sat in the yard to bask in the sun.

Because of the food and some money that County Magistrate An got from somewhere, the family had food, drinks, and sleeps on a hot bed, so both Old Lady An and Geely had a lot of love. Mrs. An even had milk. The baby who had premature birth was congenital inadequate and had no milk to eat, and was always humming and whispered every day and became much quieter. Therefore, this afternoon was rare and An Yi was just pursuing the situation of this family that she collected these days.

The An family is a big family in the capital. The patriarch was also An Guide, the former chief minister of the Dafeng Dynasty. There are many people in the clan who are studying and entering the government, but Old Lady An and An County Magistrate are far away from their direct lines and are still very weak. Among this branch, An County Magistrate and the son of An County Magistrate are even more weak. The father of An County Magistrate An was born by Xu Xian and died early. Left the old lady An and left him alone to serve his parents-in-law and raise children. It's okay, but the unfortunate thing is that when An Baoliang was five years old, the elderly old master of An Family disappeared again. The two sons of his first wife immediately quarreled to split up the family. They joined forces with their clan members and kicked out Xu Xian and An and her mother and son. The three had to have two crumbling old houses and several acres of thin fields and mountainous land, which was not enough to make a living.

Old Mrs. An is a strong and capable woman who farms and does odd jobs in needlework. She gritted her teeth and forced her to send her off to her mother-in-law. She raised An Baoliang and supported her to study. After a long time, An Baoliang passed the Jinshi and chose an official, married a wife and gave birth to a baby. After several twists and turns, she got into the Ministry of Revenue and became a seventh-rank servant. After a few years of good days, she was implicated by the head of the An family, An Guide, the then chief minister, and was sent to this remote and poor little place. She was not disappointed or sad, but she had to be squeezed and destroyed by her colleagues from other factions in daily life.

This is not the end. Because An Baoliang was devoted to studying in his early years and had no spare money, Mrs. An was also determined to marry a scholarly family or a daughter from an official family to serve as a family. So she waited until An Baoliang passed the Jinshi at the age of 30 and managed to marry the current Mrs. An Xue.

At that time, Xue's father was a ninth-rank Imperial College Supervisor. He was not very strong, but he had a good reputation among scholars. Xue himself was also young, beautiful, and good-natured. The mother and son were very satisfied. However, Xue was injured when she gave birth to a daughter, and even could not get pregnant later. It was a big deal without a male Ding Chuanzong. When Old Lady An was in Beijing, she could still bear it because Xue Xue could not bear it anymore. As soon as she left the capital, she took out her private money to buy it in one go.

Two concubines, one is Jili, and the other is Fugui. Fugui died of illness shortly after entering the door. The remaining Jili stood up with cunning beauty and good at seeing the eyes of Old Lady An and An Baoliang. But for some reason, Jili was unable to give birth to a man and half a woman. However, Mrs. An, who is nearly thirty years old, got Aunt Wu several times to get pregnant and gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, Xue was too weak and caused her son to have a premature birth and weak body, which made the whole family worried.

As for the reason why the family was getting poorer and even couldn't get out of the pot, it was one reason for Old Lady An worshipping Bodhisattvas everywhere to ask for children and sprinkle incense. Mrs. An often asked for medical treatment and medicine when she was not in good health. An Baoliang also took the main reason - his salary was not high, and Changli County was very poor, and the invisible income of the officials was very limited. He was still an excluded object, and even fewer people got. He was still a dispersed person, and he spent two cents a penny. Whenever someone asked him for help, whether to support poor scholars or donate to the poor people, he was willing to do so, regardless of how much money he had in his pocket, and could not live within his means. In the end, he was still a person with lofty ideals, and wanted to clear it up and return to the capital as soon as possible to show his ambitions, so he also had to be filial to Shangguan.

No matter what he respects, Shangguan is not favored by the little things he respects, in short, the family has been in Changli County for five years, and their lives have become more and more miserable. The debts they owe are getting bigger and bigger. Now, shops everywhere have owed debts and no one is willing to pay credit. An Baoliang's colleagues are afraid of him borrowing money, and they know that he has no hope of recovery. When he sees him, he takes a detour, and even the county magistrate has to beat him up for fun every day. So, the life of An Yi lives like what An Yi sees.
Chapter completed!