It is never efficient for a girl to wash up and dress up before going out. Although Lu Xiuer did not have any cosmetics or a whole wardrobe of beautiful clothes, she just changed into a floral dress that looked slightly newer, which was enough.
It took a quarter of an hour.
When the brother and sister finally walked out of the house carrying a small baggage, Zheng Chun and Li Xing were already waiting until their spirits were about to collapse.
"Oh, Su Xiucai, you finally came out." Zheng Chun said with a grimace.
"Two officials, I'm really sorry. Since I was summoned by the county magistrate, I have to take a shower and change clothes to be more serious, so I wasted a little time. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Su Hao was talking about "training", but in fact he just washed his face.
, spent the rest of the time sitting there drinking tea and waiting for Lu Xiuer to dress up.
Just shower and change clothes! Li Xing cursed in his mind, you didn't even wet your hair, could it be dry cleaning?
"Xiucai, your sister, this is..." Zheng Chun looked at the beaming Lu Xiu'er and asked in surprise. A few days ago, when worshiping the Dragon King, Zheng Chun had a conflict with Lu Xiu'er, so he recognized Lu Xiu'er as Su Hao's sister. Look.
Lu Xiuer seemed to want to go out with Su Hao, so he couldn't help but ask more questions.
"My sister, I'll take her into the city with me," Su Hao said.
"But..., well, let's leave quickly." Zheng Chun was speechless. Facing such an arrogant scholar, he could only compromise.
It is more than ten miles from Zhegui Township to the county seat. With Su Hao's physical condition, it would probably be dark when he reached the county seat. Su Zhong, the village chief, specially arranged an ox cart for Su Hao and others to ride in.
Go to the city. The person Su Zhong sent to drive the car was Su Xiaohu, a neighbor of Su Hao's family. He was one year younger than Su Hao and tall. He usually had a very good relationship with Su Hao's family.
The oxcart meandered along the dirt road in the countryside. Su Xiaohu was sitting in the front row driving the cart. Su Hao and Lu Xiuer were sitting side by side in the middle of the oxcart. Behind them, Zheng Chun and Li Xing had their backs to them, their faces
Sit backwards in the back of the car.
Among the people in the car, the most excited person was Lu Xiuer. During her 15-year-old life, she could count the number of times she went to the county seat with one hand. Now she can go to the county seat in an ox cart. In her opinion,
This is simply more joyful than the Chinese New Year.
"Brother, what did you tell mom to remind you? How do you want me to remind you?" Lu Xiuer asked Su Hao in a low voice.
There were people in front and behind, and Lu Xiuer was embarrassed to let others hear what she said, so she could only put her mouth to Su Hao's ear and whisper softly. During the bumps of the oxcart, Lu Xiuer's lips touched Su Hao's ear from time to time, but she herself
Su Hao felt nothing at all. He only felt his heart trembling.
Lu Xiuer is the adopted daughter of the Su family in name. In Jiangxi dialect, she is a girl who was "died" to be raised by the Su family since she was a child. In rural areas of Jiangnan, this practice of adopting girls is very popular. When these girls grow up
After that, she is often directly betrothed to the brother of her adoptive parents, so she is actually a child bride.
Raising a child bride is beneficial to both the male and female families. For the girl's natal family, it can reduce the population burden on the family, especially those families with a lot of girls in the family, who are more willing to give girls to other families.
To adopt a girl. For families who adopt girls, it is very cost-effective to decide on a daughter-in-law for their son in advance and save a large amount of betrothal gift. Moreover, the relationship between the girl who has been raised by her since childhood and her mother-in-law will also be better in the future.
They will be more harmonious, at least they won't secretly take things from her husband's house back to her parents' house every two days.
When Lu Xiuer was "called" to Su Hao's house, she had just turned one year old. Su Hao was only 3 years old at that time. The two of them grew up together, and they were quite childhood sweethearts. When they were young, they played together and slept together.
On the same bed, this kind of skin-to-skin contact is nothing. The two of them have grown up in the past few years, so naturally they sleep separately, but in Lu Xiuer's heart, there is really no concept of male and female defense.
Su Hao's situation is different. The nerd in the past may not have noticed anything, but now this Su Hao has a soul from later generations. Think about it, a 15-year-old, youthful girl is leaning against you,
Whispering in your ear, soft lips touching your cheek gently from time to time, this is such a fragrant feeling.
"If I don't say so, can mom let you go?" Su Hao resisted the idea of reaching out to hug Lu Xiuer's slim waist, pretending to be nonchalant, and replied.
"Ha, so you lied to Mom?" Lu Xiuer felt relieved in her heart. What she was most worried about was what major tasks she would have to undertake when she went to the county town, and this task was completely impossible for her to complete. Now it seems
, brother didn’t expect her to do anything at all.
Su Hao said: "I just want to take you to see the world. Have you never seen the county magistrate?"
"Have you seen it?" Lu Xiuer asked unconvinced.
Su Hao said: "Of course I have seen it. When the boy takes the exam, the county magistrate is the examiner."
"Is the county magistrate very vicious?" Lu Xiuer asked.
Su Hao thought hard, and it seemed that there was nothing left in his mind about the magistrate, except for two hat wings. The scholar Su Hao back then was simply a otaku, and he was trembling in front of the magistrate and did not dare to sweat.
How dare he stare at the magistrate and examine her carefully. However, he would not say this to Lu Xiuer. He just smiled and said, "The magistrate is also a human being. He must be fierce sometimes and quite kind sometimes."
"Brother, do I want to see the county magistrate too?" Lu Xiuer asked timidly.
"Of course, why don't you come with me?" Su Hao asked.
"I don't dare." Lu Xiuer said in a voice that was almost too weak to hear. "Brother, the magistrate didn't say he wanted to see me. Xiaohu and I can just wait for you outside."
"Let's talk about it then." Su Hao waved his hand and said. In fact, he had no intention of taking Lu Xiu'er to see the county magistrate. He asked Lu Xiu'er to follow him to the county seat. He just wanted to take this poor country girl to relax.
After talking and laughing all the way, the group finally arrived at the county town in the middle of the morning. Su Hao only had some shadows of the county town in his memory. It was only after arriving at the county town that these shadows gradually became clear.
Fengcheng County is located on the south bank of Ganjiang River. It has four large city gates in the southeast, northwest and six small gates including Zhegui Gate, Guangfeng Gate, Dengxian Gate, Gaosheng Gate, Wangxian Gate and Xiaodong Gate. From the east gate to the west gate
, is a broad main street, with more than a dozen archways such as Fangyuefang, Fulufang, Jinshifang, and Zhongyifang. Perpendicular to the main street are a number of small alleys. According to the families living in the alleys and related
They are called Lanjia Alley, Caojia Alley, Zhilin Alley, Taiping Alley, Chengba Alley and so on.
The water network in the county is densely covered, and the place where the water surface is slightly spread is called a small lake, such as Yanjia Lake, Zengjia Lake, Nanchan Lake, Sha Lake, Lian Lake, etc. Along the lakeside, there are green bricks
Houses with green tiles. Fengcheng is one of the most affluent places in Jiangxi. It is known as Jinfeng City and Silver Poyang. The people in the county are well off and the houses they live in are particularly exquisite.
Fengcheng County Government is located in the north of the county. There is a small lake in front of the county government, with a small stone bridge in the middle. The small lake is divided into two halves, which are called two crab eyes. I don’t know what the story is. After crossing the stone bridge, there is a
There is an open space, and then there is the gate of the county government. Several government servants are standing at the door with water and fire cudgels, looking quite majestic.
"This is the Magistrate's Yamen!" Lu Xiuer looked at the mighty and domineering gate of the County Yamen, covered her mouth in surprise, and asked Su Hao.
"Have you not been to the county town before?" Su Hao asked.
Lu Xiuer said: "I came here with the adults in the village a few years ago. They didn't let me run around. I just remember eating a bowl of fried noodles in a place called Nantou Alley. It was delicious."
"Haha, I'll take you to eat later to bring back your childhood memories." Su Hao said cheerfully.
"Mom only gave us 50 cents..." Lu Xiuer reminded in a low voice.
"Don't worry, follow me and you will have meat to eat." Su Haoniu promised coaxingly, patting his chest.