Qili Village is a relatively closed village, no matter if you come from the county seat or Baimaguan Town, you have to walk a section of mountain road.
So as long as someone guards the mountain road, basically no outsider can enter the village unknowingly.
The local villagers are an exception, because there are always some trails in the mountains, although it will be difficult to walk.
So Wei Zhi didn't hide his whereabouts in Qili Village. He trimmed the flowers and branches at Bai's house, and drank two cups of tea with Mrs. Liu.
Wei Zhi is in his prime, and now he is a secretary and supervisor, performing the duties of a prime minister. Of course, his rank is not very high, just like the six ministers.
But before becoming a secretary and supervisor, he was relegated to a local county magistrate, so he naturally knew something about farming, not to mention that he also grew fruits and vegetables in his own yard.
God may have adjusted the rain for the whole summer to fall together last month. Since half a month, it has been mostly sunny, and occasionally some rain falls in the evening. It is not heavy and the time is short. Basically, it only wets the ground. It's gone.
So at this time, there is very little water in the paddy fields, basically only a shallow layer, and the dry land is even more dry.
Perhaps the recent sun is too good, the speed of rice heading is accelerated, and the rice left in the paddy field is slightly bent.
Wei Zhi went to pinch it. About half of an ear was empty, and the other half was slowly filling up. At this time, there were more grass in the paddy field than rice. Looking over, except for the grass next to the rice, which had been cleared away. In addition, other aquatic plants are allowed to grow.
Wei Zhi sighed, seeing that there are many paddy fields in such a situation, it is no wonder that the magistrate of Luojiang County specially arranged for people to sing in front of him.
"Let's walk down the river."
The guard answered "yes".
There are roads on both sides of the river bank, and occasionally there are ditches leading to the fields. The ditches are not big, but they are deep enough and there are many.
As he walked along, he saw three lines. Wei Zhi couldn't help but nod his head, "Although this village is remote and poor, the water conservancy is doing well. If there are no natural or man-made disasters, the people here can live and work in peace and contentment."
You shouldn't have to worry about food and clothing, it's just that you don't have enough money.
The guard didn't speak, he just needs to protect the adults, he doesn't understand such things.
Wei Zhi picked up a wild vegetable and continued down the river. After walking not far, he heard the sound of reading aloud from the other side of the river. He couldn't help but stop and look towards the other side.
From here, you can just see Mr. Zhuang standing in the classroom.
Mr. Zhuang is leading everyone to read the "Book of Songs". Of course, this is Bai Erlang's class, and the students on the two rows of desks near the village are busy writing.
The husband asked them to copy the new chapter of "The Great Learning" twice, and then recite it. They will explain the meaning later.
Bai Shanbao had already previewed it in advance, so he was confident and copied slowly.
Man Bao frowned tightly, stumbled and recited the broken sentence silently once, and again silently, before picking up the pen to write.
She was a little nervous, because she was obsessed with "The Complete Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" for the past two days, and she didn't preview all the homework, and she didn't even review the knowledge she had learned before.
In case the teacher calls her up to answer the question...
Man Bao wrote more seriously, and planned to ask Bai Shanbao for the explanation of this new article after finishing writing.
Wei Zhi listened for a long time with his hands behind his back on the other side of the river, then nodded slightly and said, "With the school here, life will be more comfortable. No wonder Mrs. Liu moved here with her grandson."
"Do you want to go and have a look?"
Wei Zhi shook his head, "No hurry, sir is in class, we don't want to disturb you, so let's wait a little later."
He continued to walk along the river, and when he went on, the river turned a small bend, and he arrived at Xiaowan.
Zhou Xi and his three siblings are weeding and watering the vegetable field.
The vegetables in the field are growing well, and all the seeds that have been planted have grown. They need to take out some vegetable seedlings and plant them again so that they can grow faster.
But the sun is so strong, of course it is impossible for them to plant now. Now they just come to loosen the soil, water the vegetable seedlings, and hoe the weeds that come out.
Zhou Xi reckoned that in about ten days, some vegetables could be sold in the county town.
Mrs. Zhou stood up with her waist supported, took off her straw hat and fanned the wind, and seeing Mrs. He also stood up with her waist supported, she said, "Third siblings, you should go back first."
Feng Shi also said: "Yes, there are us in the field. You are pregnant with a child, so you can't get too hot."
Mrs. He hesitated, Mrs. Fang also smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, go back, or Uncle San will come to pick you up later."
Both Zhou Xi and Feng couldn't help laughing, and He blushed and said, "I think you want the fourth child to come pick you up, that's not the case with his lump."
While talking, she looked up and saw Wei Zhi, slightly surprised.
She hurriedly motioned her aunt and sisters-in-law to look, and everyone turned their heads to look at Wei Zhi's curious eyes, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant.
Wei Zhi could see that their faces were wary. He already knew from the guards that people in this village had just clashed with those three people not long ago, and it is normal to be wary of strangers at this time.
He then introduced himself with a smile, "I'm a friend of Master Bai, and I'm staying here for a short while. I'm bored and come out for a walk. Didn't I disturb your work?"
Zhou Xi clenched his hoe and asked, "Are you Master Bai's guest?"
"Exactly." Wei Zhi paused and then smiled, "If you don't believe me, just go to the Bai family and ask. I had dinner with the two young masters of the Bai family last night."
"Oh, it turns out that the reception banquet hosted by the Bai family last night was for you." After he said this, Zhou Xi and the others relaxed, and said with a smile, "Why did you come here? There are so many mosquitoes...”
Wei Zhi was a little stunned, and asked, "How do you know that the Bai family held a reception banquet yesterday?"
Zhou Xi laughed and said, "It was my Yaomei who told me when she came home."
In fact, Man Bao was curious about what kind of reception banquet was like, so he asked old Zhou if he had ever had a reception banquet.
Old Zhou Tou of course said that he had eaten it, and gave her an example, every time her second brother came back from the county town late, eating the leftover dinner for him at home was a welcome feast.
So everyone in the Zhou family knew that a distinguished guest came to the Bai family yesterday, and Master Bai even specially set up a reception banquet to clean up the dust for the guest.
Wei Zhi has always had a good memory, so he remembered it after a little thought. He asked with a smile, "Your younger sister is called Man Bao?"
"Yes, yes, it's called Man Bao, have you seen it before?"
I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it. Old lady Bai said that he is a very smart child, as smart as Bai Shan.
I heard that the two are about the same age, not only classmates, but also at the same table.
So he always thought Man Bao was a boy, could it be a girl
Wei Zhi asked, "Is Yaomei his nickname?"