Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were called to go, and they went quickly and came back quickly. The two answered several questions from Zhang's father, but they didn't say anything substantial, mainly because Zhang Xiaobao was afraid to say too much. Now, my father thinks about other things all day, and has no energy to study. Even if he is looking for someone for the imperial examination, he must have real talent and knowledge.
The snacks were also brought back. They were made by the two of them, and they usually gave some to the people in the yard to eat.
"I made it, I made it now. This year, the whole county has been designated as a disaster, and the production will be reduced by half. There is no need to pay taxes, and there is no need to take out extra cuckoo silk. It only takes a few dozen days to work with Ge. Jia Zhuangzi discussed it and asked the magistrate to repair the river on our side.
Using my own people to repair things in my own place is considered to be an annual work, and I can still get some engineering funds or something to make the river wider, and I can't occupy the fertile land. I leave and eat beef bone marrow, fresh. "
Zhang Xiaobao felt that he had done a big thing for the family, and was in a happy mood. While talking, he jumped to the kitchen like a child.
Wang Juan stood there for two seconds, and then ran over, "Don't think about the project money, repair the river well, if there is another flood tomorrow, you can't fool your own place, and you can use the money. There may not be so many, and if you take it down layer by layer, there won't be much left in our hands."
The two discussed how much money could be allocated this time? How much money can the county magistrate put here, and how to make Xiaohe there, he went to the kitchen one after another, where someone had taken out the marrow of several bones and put them on a plate for the two little ancestors to eat. .
The cow fell and died, so I immediately asked someone to come to check it. Qi Li was here with that old Feng, and when I saw the yamen in the yamen, I looked at the cow again, and I was sure that the cow really fell to death, and he carried it alone. The beef given by Zhuangzi left happily.
When the yamen left, he also brought this cow head and a small half fan of beef. When he went back, he could cook some beef soup and drink it. Knowing that his wife was pregnant, he even bought him half a hoof tendon and let him take it back to eat. It was disgusting. It will be better if you chew it.
When the yamen took the things, his eyes were red. Before leaving, he left a message and called when he said something. He brought his brother over to help, and he would come to prove it if he fell to death in the future, even if he accidentally fell on his neck with a knife. up, it counts.
The rest of the meat was taken back to the main yard and sent to the Wang family. The people in the inner yard ate a beef stew with radishes. There was less meat and enough radishes. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan kept the beef bones. There are other meats, freeze them, and occasionally cook for the family.
"Little son, do you see enough bone marrow?" As soon as the kitchen staff saw the two little ancestors coming, all the knives were put away, and the stove was also watched. A person in charge of the kitchen brought the dishes to Zhang Xiaobao. He asked respectfully in front of Wang Juan.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at it, there were six bone marrows of different lengths and thicknesses on the plate, and nodded: "Well, good, enough, enough for me and Cuckoo cuckoo, this is freshly cooked, right? Get some more and put them in Steam it in the pot, mix it with the stock, add a little salt, add some chopped green onion and coriander, and send it to my family and the main house of the Wang family. Oh, remember to not add coriander in a bowl. My grandma doesn't like it, so cut some ginger powder. Grandma loves that bite."
The person in charge of the kitchen went to arrange it immediately, and was still sighing that his grandson was two years old, and he was pestering his family to ask for this and that all day, and he never said that he would give the family a taste of what he wanted. It means, look at the little son and the little lady again. If there is something good, just think about the family. Even the old lady's usual good bite can't be compared.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had eaten bone marrow at noon and took a nap, Zhou Yu had already arrived at Qin's village, and he was in a hurry to come back, for fear that those people would find out that he had left, and they would have to spend more time talking.
Following the yamen waiting outside the mountain, when the wind and dust entered the village, county magistrate Cheng immediately greeted him, arranged a place to rest, and let someone bring food.
Those officials who are still working here are all exhausted and exhausted, and there is no place where they don’t feel sore. They were no longer picky when they ate dinner last night. In the family, they still don't know that there is one less person working.
The two servants did things easily, they walked around together, and from time to time gave instructions to the villagers what to plant, especially the servants of the Ministry of Industry, who also helped the people in the village to draw a picture of a drum cart, so that people could follow this Do, it will be convenient to get water from the blister in the future.
What they eat is naturally better. At noon today, they even ate three dishes, two meat and one vegetarian, and a soup. They haven't seen the army from the state for more than a day. They also asked, and the answer they got was: Arrange to do other things.
When Zhou Yu came back, he took Cheng County magistrate to speak first. The yamen officers were not in a hurry to show up, and let those officials do more work, so that they could save some trouble when they were tired. The road of time is already tiring enough. Take a good rest the next day and you may recover a lot.
But after another day of work the next day, it must be sore and painful. If you work for a few more days in a row, you may get used to it, but if you work another day today and go back tomorrow, you don’t need to think about it. Can make people feed and eat, but can't lift their arms.
"Master Zhou, did you settle the matter this time?" County magistrate Cheng let Zhou Yu sit down, poured the warm wine, and pushed the wine bowl in front of Zhou Yu.
"Well, there are two little things, one is about Xiaohu's business, I don't care about it, Xiaohu will follow suit, and the other is that they want to build a restaurant on the river, and when there is no water, go there. Take a look, help support the scene, the last thing you need to do is Cheng County."
Zhou Yu was really tired and thirsty. He picked up the bowl and said these words, raised his head and drank a bowl, and let out a long breath, and then he felt comfortable.
County magistrate Cheng helped pour the wine again and asked, "I don't know what to help me? Could it be that this year's disaster is tax-free? This is a trivial matter, and the county has indeed suffered a disaster."
"It's not about this, it's just waiting for Xiaqiu to let you run along, or Taihang Shandong, or Henan. The drought in the two places and the surrounding areas is worse than here, and there may be a locust plague, Zhang Family. Zhuangzi prepared a lot of food and waited for emergency help, and some chickens and ducks were also sent to eat locusts.
In this way, the food towns of the hundreds of households will be kept, and you will have a stamp, and I will also have one, twice auspicious, Quyuan plough, and your Chinese New Year's action to care for the people, so you get a lot of money. Praise, but, if you want to arrange a good position, it is a little worse. This time you follow, and your performance is enough. Maybe it will be higher than my grade. "
Zhou Yu said with admiration that he is helping the county magistrate now, and the people from Zhangjiazhuangzi will also help him. In fact, even if he helped him a big favor last night, it turned out to be the replacement of the prime minister's position above. , If someone else said that, he naturally wouldn't believe it, but he had to keep this in mind when he saw the things the two masters did.
County magistrate Cheng understood immediately after hearing it. It turned out that the plan was over there. No wonder he helped drag it out until the summer and autumn seasons. In the county, if he can still come forward, he must be counted.
"Thank you Lord Zhou for telling me, I just don't know who will be dispatched to take care of things this time? If I can say a few words at that time, I will be more secure here. I wonder what those two masters look like?"
Cheng county magistrate is also envious of Zhou Yu now, and it is an opportunity to meet those two masters.
Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly, "I didn't see it either, those two are really amazing, I didn't even wait to meet, I had already sent someone to clear up my doubts during the meal, that's really a pinch. , I can't tell you anything else, just remember that this time when the summer and autumn have passed, don't go too close with the Prime Minister of the right, and be a good official."
"So, that Yao... is going to retire after success?" Cheng county magistrate was taken aback, he couldn't figure it out, why did he come down now that he can still gain the trust of the above? I have doubts in my heart.
It suddenly occurred to me that the two masters of Zhuangzi of the Zhang family did not tell him, they told Zhou Yu, and it had nothing to do with him. In this way, they felt that his position was too low, and there was no need to know about this matter. Good things may really be like this, and you should be careful.
When the county magistrate Cheng wanted to ask some more questions, he found that Zhou Yu had already eaten there, so he had to suppress the doubts in his heart and try to find a way to ask them when he was ready to accompany him to the disaster relief.
The two chatted a few more times. After dinner, Zhou Yu lay down and rested, and the county magistrate left with interest. When it was almost evening, he came to Qin Cunzheng and whispered a few words.
Those officials who had been working for two whole days, dragged their exhausted bodies back to eat, were called together, and suddenly found that the food on the table had changed. It was no longer the hard-to-eat rice balls, but a box of small root vegetables. No wonder it smelled so good just now.
There are also more dishes, and the bitter and astringent pickles are gone, replaced by three dishes, fried pork with mushrooms, fried shallots with eggs, steamed radishes with sauce, and a bowl of wild vegetable soup with a lot of oil flowers floating in it, this is not Such a bitter wild vegetable, but cat ears, also called Qingming grass, a small root vegetable box and soup made from this cat ears, it is already very fresh and tender.
The officials sat there one by one, but did not dare to use their chopsticks, for fear that these people would not be well-intentioned.
"My lords, the little ones are back. Early tomorrow morning, all of you adults can enjoy the beauty of the landscape here without having to work." The yamen appeared in front of everyone and explained.