SFS Chapter 387 The County Magistrate Visits
Chapter 387 The County Magistrate Visits
When the day came for the county magistrate to come, the entire village of Niutoushan came out. They all stood on the road in the hottest weather, looking at the road leading to the outside of the village.
As a woman who is pregnant, Gu Qingqing should be able to have a good rest at home.
But she felt that this was impolite, so she followed them out.
But today she has Xiaocao on her left and Gu Jia on her right.
Gu Jia came with Xiaocao and Gu Qi early this morning. Xiaocao came here as a worker. Because no one knew she was coming today, Meihua took Wen Shengxi to the town early in the morning, so she had to stay at home today.
When Gu Jia came, she made a coarse cloth shirt for each child in the family. When she knew that she was pregnant, she was extremely happy and said that she would make one for her grandson when she returned.
Gu Qingqing was also hoping to have a son, but she pretended to be relaxed and said, "What if it's still a daughter?"
"Ptah, ptah, ptah, follow me and spit three times. What nonsense are you talking about so early in the morning? You must be pregnant with a son." Gu Jia was so nervous that she raised her hands. Then she reacted and the slap did not fall on Gu Qingqing.
At this moment, Gu Jia was standing at the back of the crowd, almost next to Gu Qingqing. "My girl, why don't we go back first and let Daxin and Dahua watch over here? If they see anyone coming, the children are fast and can run home in time."
Gu Qingqing looked around at the villagers who were sweating and looking expectant and excited, and said with a smile, "Mom, wait a little longer, I'm not that delicate."
Gu Jia was unhappy when she heard this. She glared at her fiercely, "Before, we didn't have the conditions, and we had to work even when we were pregnant. Now that we have the conditions, why do we still let ourselves suffer? Besides, not only will you suffer, but even the baby in your belly will have to follow you here to bask in the sun. Come on, listen to mother, let's go home. Even if the county magistrate knows about this, he won't blame us because he has a lot of money in his belly."
"Sister, I think what mother said makes sense." Lu Xiaocao hugged Gu Qi and said.
"Mom, you'd better go back with grandma. I'll watch here. If I see anyone coming, I will run back quickly to tell you." Dahua was originally standing in front of her mother. When she heard her grandmother's words, she looked up and advised.
Gu Qingqing stretched her neck to look at the road. Although the crops on the roadside blocked part of her view, there was really no one on the road today. She looked up at the sky. It was almost noon...
"That's fine. Dahua, give Sanhua to grandma. Grandma and I will go back first..." Before Gu Qingqing could finish the last word, she suddenly heard someone in the crowd shout, "Here we come!"
It is visible to the naked eye that no matter whether you have a long neck or a short neck, you will try to stretch your neck as long as possible, even standing on tiptoe.
As the people were waiting anxiously, several horses had already arrived.
She saw the county magistrate and Mr. Shen in official uniforms, as well as several yamen runners who also came on horseback.
Huh, this is somewhat different from Gu Qingqing's understanding. She thought the other party would come in a sedan chair, so why did he come on horseback?
Then, she came to her senses. The scholars at that time were not weak scholars who could not lift their hands or carry anything. Children educated in big families were exposed to music, chess, calligraphy, painting, horse riding and archery.
This county magistrate probably has some wealth, she thought.
It was during the time when she was distracted that Gu Qingqing realized belatedly that the people in front of her seemed shorter.
She could even look at the county magistrate in his official robes. Gu Jia suddenly pulled her, gave her a look, and said a word with trembling lips.
When Gu Qingqing could see the tops of the villagers' heads in front of her, she realized belatedly that the villagers were shorter because they were all kneeling and she was the only one standing there stupidly.
Just now she felt that she did not hear clearly what Gu Jia said, but now she seemed to hear it clearly, as if she was asked to "kneel".
She knelt down, but her eyes were attracted by a person who stood out from the crowd. She cursed the national quintessence in her heart.
The scholar Wen Youcai not only refused to kneel, but also leaned towards the horse in a very pretentious manner.
I don't know how he got close to the county magistrate.
Seeing someone standing up, Gu Qingqing followed suit. The villagers were greeting the county magistrate in various ways. She didn't know whether the county magistrate said anything or not, because she was standing at the back and couldn't hear anything at all.
Until they saw a gap in the human wall in front, the leadership team, led by Wen Wuyan, Wen Youcai, Wu Shan, and Li Yu behind Wu Shan, walked towards their home.
She let the leaders go first and followed.
She heard the adults asking about composting manure, and Wen Wuyan answered slowly from the side.
"Oh? You saw it in a rare copy?" County Magistrate Xie was surprised.
"Your Excellency, I saw this method at a stall in the market before. I was shocked when I saw it. I thought it was incredible to apply manure in this way. Last year, I planted winter wheat at home and saw that the manure was not enough, so I thought of this method. After using it, the crops in the field grew well. This year's yield has almost doubled."
"Is that unique copy still there?" County Magistrate Xie asked again.
"Your Excellency, the only copy is not in my hands. It was simply because I was short of money at that time." These answers were agreed upon with Qingqing a long time ago, and it was easy to find fault with them when he said them now.
"Later, when I had some money on hand, I wanted to look for the stall I saw that day, but I never had the chance to see it." Seeing that the other party wanted to ask something, Wen Wuyan answered directly.
Xie Xie came here for business today. Along the way, he heard Brother Shen praising the Wen family a lot. Now, after hearing what the Wen family said, he felt sorry for them and didn't know what to say.
"Take this county magistrate to have a look."
Wen Wuyan took the county officials to see his own manure composting pool. His was the best. It had just been fermented a few days ago and no water had been added to it yet. White ash was sprinkled on the top layer, and under the ash were rotten leaves and a small amount of manure that was not covered by the leaves.
These were all specially made by Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan yesterday.
"Qingqing, didn't you say that we have already sprinkled white lime paste? Why do we need to sprinkle another layer? Isn't that too much? The white lime will cover it all. If the adults want to see it, won't they be able to see it clearly?" Wen Wuyan asked worriedly.
Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if there is a little more. What matters is that if the county wants to promote this method, we have to tell them in advance that white lime is indispensable."
There was another sentence that Gu Qingqing didn't say, which is that the leader wants to go to the bathroom, you can't really show the leader shit, right?
At this time, Wen Wuyan was explaining to the county magistrate while glancing at the civil servant who was taking notes nearby.
After Wen Wuyan explained it in detail, the county magistrate said "hmm", and then his eyes were fixed on the lime in the pit. After a while, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the civil servant in charge beside him, "Did this Niutoushan Village buy a mountain a few days ago?"
As soon as the county magistrate asked this question, the surroundings immediately became silent.
Wu Shan had no idea what was happening to others, but his legs felt a little weak right now.