When everyone came out of the house, Du Qi had been waiting at the intersection. When he saw this, he walked forward with a smile and bowed his hands.
"Master Li, you are back."
"How are you doing lately? Is the village okay?"
"Lord Lao Li, I am thinking about you. Everyone is doing well. The village is now prosperous and everyone is waiting for the spring to start farming." Du Qi replied with a silly smile.
They have been paying money every day for two consecutive months, and now they are living a very prosperous life.
Men work in the mountains, women cook at home, take care of the children, and wait for the next spring to plow and open up a few acres of wasteland. Just thinking about it makes you laugh out loud.
Seeing the hopeful expressions on their faces, Li Hui finally got some comfort from his irritated heart.
This time he went out for inspection, and all the people in the northern border were worried about today and not tomorrow. The relief grain was originally meant to be a supplement, but he didn't expect that this thing would become everyone's reliance in the end.
This is absolutely not allowed. If a person does not want to make progress in life, then no matter how much he is given, he will be beaten by a meat bun, and there will be no return.
"Okay, I'll plant as much as I can in the places I told you. The taxes and grain will be halved as agreed before. In addition, I will pay for the red deed for you out of my own pocket."
"Oh no, no, no, we can just pay for the red deed ourselves. But I need to trouble Mr. Li to tell the county government and don't let us go to the government office all the time. We don't want to delay work." Du Qi requested.
When Li Hui heard this, he immediately understood his needs.
"Don't worry, after your red deed is completed, I will send someone to your village. You will be under the management of the government office and cannot be managed by the county."
But Du Qi's words reminded him that he would start cleaning up the county government office after he finished the spring plowing in the coming year. The kind of thing that made people go to the county government office again and again just to be lazy must not happen. Otherwise, it would be him, the governor.
dereliction of duty……
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On the twentieth day of the winter lunar month, Bai Wei and Tiandong ate dumplings on the road in Wanghe Village, then took Jia An and Jia Ning to the official road to join the convoy.
Li Zhong and his wife saw each other off together. Looking at this daughter-in-law who announced her family status, she was surprised at first and now looks more and more pleased with her. Yu Niang held Bai Wei's hand and didn't like to let go for a long time.
"Mom, it's almost time, we should go."
Hearing her son's reminder, Yu Niang took out the silver bracelet she had prepared long ago and put it on Bai Wei's hand.
"Auntie, I can't do this..."
"Yes!" Yu Niang held her hand tightly without allowing her to resist, "I went to town to buy it after you and your wife left last time. I didn't have much money in hand. Let me and your uncle save up, and I will give you a new one.
Golden."
Bai Wei was flattered and shook her head hurriedly:
"Auntie, don't say that. This is the matchmaker's matchmaking, so no decision needs to be made."
"That's what we have to do. We can't underestimate ourselves. Tiandong, take good care of Wei Niang and do your part. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, mother, I know everything." Tiandong said and tugged on Bai Wei's sleeve to remind her that it was time to leave.
There were two cars when they arrived, and ten cars when they left. The villagers gave many gifts in return, plus those prepared by Li Zhong and his wife for the north, and those prepared by Lian, Yu Huai and others in advance.
I really can't fit it in, so I have to find a fleet.
Now that the mutual trade between Liangyan and Beiqi has been opened, the bandits in Mopan Mountain have been wiped out, and the caravans have begun to head north one after another. This is the case with this caravan, and some of them are brought back to the northern capital in Tiandong.
The other big part is that the teams themselves have to exchange things with each other.
Take this step before the New Year to make money and celebrate the New Year.
On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Tiandong led a convoy to the east gate of the back house of the government. With the help of the team members, all the contents of the ten cars were transported to the back house.
After hearing the report, Cheng Xue hurriedly asked Bai Shu to call Li Yue and his sister.
They have been living at home these days, and they are really depressed.
When she came out and saw something in the yard, Cheng Xue was stunned.
"What about...moving?"
Bai Wei came over with a smile, knelt down and saluted, and said:
"Madam is right, it's almost like moving. Here are the ones given by Mr. Dong, Mr. Guo, and my uncle, as well as those prepared by my uncle. This is the letter from Mrs. Zhou to you, and the ones they sent.
New Year's gift..."
Balabala talked a lot and collected six or seven letters. She asked Bai Shao and the others to move the things together while she went back to her room to read the letters. She originally planned to write to Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Yang, but after she finished writing, she divided them up.
After the details, I felt a little lazy, but I didn't expect that everyone was still thinking about her.
The first thing I read was the letter from Li Zheng of Wanghe Village. Jiang Jianye thanked the county. He thanked her for the cattle and sheep he sent back, and thanked her for the wool he sent back. He also said that the medicinal seeds were ready and were just waiting for trial planting in the next spring.
If you don’t dare to plant too much, each family will set aside an acre of land to try it out first.
This requires a lot of courage. After all, if you can give up one acre of land, you have to give up several months of food rations.
Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Yang mainly "care", caring about her body, caring about the growth of the children, and then caring about whether Li Hui is tired, etc. At the same time, the parents have their own petty interests, and there are also trends in the workshop. In short, it is very exciting.
She couldn't stop watching it, and she wanted to go back to the village and stay for a few days.
I didn't quite understand the true meaning of "fallen leaves return to their roots" before, but now I really understand it.
The native country and the local accent are all so nostalgic.
"Madam, these are the account books and money that my father ordered me to bring back. The variety of Dongzi vegetables this year has more than doubled compared to last year."
Cheng Xue took the box, looked at Tiandong's honest face, and asked:
"Did anything happen on the way back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, I saw him blushing.
Seeing this, Cheng Xue felt that there was a way out, and waited for the answer with a smile.
Finally, Tiandong endured the shyness and said "Hmm", scratching the back of his head and replied:
"After dinner after we got home, she mentioned your matchmaking to my mother. The villain... The villain originally also liked her, but she didn't expect that she brought it up first. Before she came back, my mother gave her a silver coin.
The bracelet is a small deposit in exchange for gold."
Ouch, after all, Jianghu people, this speed is really uncool.
"Madam, I would like to ask, can I pay my monthly...monthly money directly to Bai Wei from next month?"
"Ah? What did you say?" Cheng Xue felt that her hearing was a bit bad.
This is just a verbal promise, why does it involve monthly payments?
Tian Dong’s cheeks were burning with shame, but he still said firmly:
"The master once taught the villain, saying, 'I am afraid that my wife will become rich', so I have to give the money to my daughter-in-law. Although she has not married, we will definitely be inseparable, so the villain thought... I just thought about giving her my wages first.
Keep it safe so that you don’t have to save it and don’t dare to spend it here.”
Cheng Xue almost choked on her own saliva. As expected, everyone leads others. This Li Hui is really...
"Are you sure you want to give it now? Shunxi's monthly money is not given to your sister either."