When Yu Qingze and the village chief heard that this person was the county magistrate, they hurriedly saluted, "The grass people have seen the lord."
When the three of them saw Lord Xiancheng, they were all stunned for a moment, and looked at each other with their heads lowered.
Didn't it say that the registrar had urgent matters to discuss with the county magistrate? But the county magistrate was clearly in front of them.
The three of them also reacted. The little official probably just made an excuse, and he didn't know if the master had slipped away, or was he deliberately not seeing them and dragging them away
The county magistrate looked younger than the chief clerk, maybe thirty-five or sixty-six. He saw Lizheng, and his face was familiar. He remembered which of the following Lizheng might be, so he nodded lightly and asked casually: "Don't be too polite. Are fellow villagers coming to the county office to do business?"
The lieutenant replied, "Go back to your lord, let's apply for the household registration."
"Is it done?" Hearing that it was for household registration, the county magistrate glanced at the village head and Yu Qingze. When he saw Yu Qingze, he was surprised and looked at it a few more times.
Li Zheng raised his head slightly and said, "Master, I haven't done it yet. It just so happens that the master clerk is busy with something. Caomin will come back tomorrow to handle it."
When the county magistrate heard that the master was not there, he replied, "That's it, then there's nothing we can do. The fellow villagers should go again tomorrow."
Li responded. The county magistrate entered.
After going out from the yamen, he walked to a remote corner, and Li Zheng pulled the two aside and said, "Aze, you may need to prepare more money tomorrow."
The village chief also said: "Yes, the master clerk is obviously not with the county chief. It is obviously an excuse, and it is estimated that it is not good."
Yu Qingze originally thought so in his heart, but if it was for the benefit, the clerk wouldn't reject the broken silver he put in, but now I don't know what the situation is, so I can only try this first.
"That's all."
At the crossroads, Yu Qingze said to Lizheng and the village chief, "Lizheng, the village chief, I'll go talk to Brother Le first, and then we'll go back."
Li Zheng said, "Go to the food stall. I think they are very busy. Lao Yu and I will go back first if we have nothing to do."
Yu Qingze hurriedly said: "It's okay, I'll go and say it. I've agreed to come to Brother Le's house tonight and try my craftsmanship, and I'll go back together later."
Li Zheng waved his hand and said: "This is not urgent, it will not be too late to wait until the household registration is completed."
"This… "
The village chief also said: "It's okay, Aze, you can go to work first, the household registration is done, and Li Zheng and I are always on call. It's not less than a day or two." .
Li Zheng also said, "That's the truth."
Yu Qingze said helplessly: "That's okay, it's just the two of you who worked hard for this trip."
"It's okay, let's go first, you can go."
After separating from Li Zheng and the village chief, Yu Qingze went to the food stall.
Chang Le saw Yu Qingze frowning and asked him if things were not going well.
Yu Qingze didn't want Chang Le to worry about it, so he said, "Well, the master is away in the afternoon, let's go tomorrow."
When Chang Le heard this, he thought it was because the common man was not there, so he didn't ask any more, and instead asked Li Zheng and the village chief. Yu Qingze told him that the village chief and the others went back first, saying that they would eat after the household registration was completed.
Chang Le understood and went to work.
Not long after, Boss Liu saw Yu Qingze at the food stall and sent his son to invite him over to taste it.
Yu Qingze passed by.
Boss Liu and the others made soup and fried noodles that had not passed the test before, and gave him a taste. They were busy with business a few days ago, so they didn't care about cutting noodles. Now they deliberately choose to practice when there are few customers.
"Well, the soup is alright, the fried one took a little longer, it's a little mushy, and the time can be shorter." Yu Qingze said after tasting it.
Several people from Boss Liu listened and wrote it down.
After Yu Qingze finished speaking, he stopped talking, frowning and thinking about things.
Seeing that he was not in a good mood today, Boss Liu asked, "I heard that you went to work in the morning and things were not going well?"
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "I went to the county office today. It was a smooth operation in the morning, but in the afternoon, the master clerk avoided seeing it, and it was not done at all."
When he heard the master bookkeeper, Boss Liu slapped the table, snapped loudly, and said angrily, "It must be that Fatty Wang!"
"Oh, my dear, don't let others listen to you when you shout so loudly." Boss Liu looked out of the kitchen door in horror, and closed the door tightly.
Yu Qingze was also taken aback. Hearing Boss Liu's words, he remembered what Boss Liu and Boss Wang said when they were quarreling in the grain and oil store, and asked, "Brother, but what is going on between this clerk and that Boss Wang? relation?"
Boss Liu sat down and said, "The master is his brother-in-law."
Yu Qingze: … No wonder!
Boss Liu sighed and said, "This Fatty Wang relied on his brother-in-law to be the lord of the county government office. He had brought down several noodle restaurants before, and the owners of those noodle restaurants did not dare to offend him, and they did not dare to say a word when they suffered losses. I changed careers. Speaking of which, if my brother-in-law was not a classmate of the eldest young master of the Cai residence, I would not be able to do this noodle restaurant.”
Yu Qingze asked again, "What about the other two noodle restaurants on this street?"
Boss Liu glanced at him and whispered: "Those who can open a store on this street have some kind of relationship, otherwise they would have been squeezed out by others. It's like a shop on Dongxi Street, if you want to open it, We also have to clear up some relationships, otherwise we will not be able to operate in this city at all, or we can only do small business in small alleys. The small noodle restaurants in my family could only open in small alleys, and there was not much business. It was my brother-in-law who ordered this storefront for us. Alas, thanks to him too."
"..." Yu Qingze sighed and said, "I still want to open a snack bar in this street."
Boss Liu approached him and whispered: "As long as you maintain a good relationship with the Cai Mansion, whether you open a food stall or a snack bar, Fatty Wang will not dare to touch you, at least not dare to touch you clearly, others will look at Cai. The face of the government."
Yu Qingze sighed softly and said, "Thank you, brother, for the point, that's all."
"Speaking of this, Fatty Wang knows your relationship with the Cai Mansion, so why would he be so hard on you?"
Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe you want to... teach me a lesson?"
Boss Liu: …
"But these things are not a last resort. If I can do it myself, I don't want to trouble the Cai Mansion. It's not good to owe favors."
Boss Liu agrees.
On the other side, after entering the yamen, the county prime minister walked into his office room. Seeing his colleague drinking tea and reading a book in his room, he asked, "So you are here. I met a few people just now who said they came to do business. I'll go back when you're not here."
"Sir, you're here." Seeing Lord Xiancheng coming over, the master clerk quickly got up. Hearing him talk about the few people he met, his heart tightened, and he quickly made an excuse to explain: "Xiaguan has been here all afternoon. While waiting for you, I want to discuss with you about the autumn harvest tax."
The county magistrate glanced at him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? It's just across the street, do you need to come here on purpose to wait for me?"
The head clerk lowered his head and replied, "Xiaoguan is afraid that he will be too focused and miss the adults."
The county magistrate sneered, and then asked, "What are those people here for?"
The master clerk replied, "Reporting to your lord, there were several people who came to handle the purchase of official land for naturalization in the morning. The lower official thought, it should be those people."
"The one who wants to be naturalized is the young one?"
The master replied: "Yes."
"Unlicensed naturalization?"
"Yes."
"But the surname is Yu?"
"Yes."
Hearing this, the county magistrate jumped in his heart and asked, "Master Chief, do you know that there is a famous food stall on North Street recently?"
When the master heard the words, he raised his head and replied, "I've heard of it before."
The county magistrate said again: "Then do you know who the owner of the food stall is?"
The clerk shook his head, "I didn't care about that."
The county magistrate continued: "Then do you know that there are rumors in the city that the strange illness of the second young master of the Cai residence has improved. Who has cured it?"
The master continued to shake his head, but an ominous premonition floated in his heart.
The county magistrate glanced at him, stopped talking, changed the subject, and said, "The county magistrate is also very concerned about the taxation of this autumn harvest. The master clerk, please give your opinion first."
After hearing the words, the master put away his doubts, and said again about the taxation issue.
The county magistrate said: "This is exactly the same as what you said when you were harvesting in the summer."
When the master heard the words, he bowed his head and said nothing.
This was originally an excuse made by the master at random. Naturally, it was nothing new, that is, picking up what he had said before and saying it again, it was just a cliché.
The county magistrate said: "Okay, you go back and think about the tax issue."
The master clerk nodded again and again, and was about to step down.
"Also," the county magistrate stopped him again, and said, "Master Chief, when those few people come to work again tomorrow, you can do it well, and don't let the whole county go wrong."
Originally, I didn't want to remind this colleague, but the county magistrate was afraid that something went wrong with him, and the whole county government might be affected by that time, so he reluctantly said a few more words.
When he heard that a food stall owner had cured the strange illness of the second young master of Cai Fu, he went to North Street to see it, and when he saw the young man just now, he recognized it at a glance. A few days ago, the boxing ceremony that Cai Mansion gave to each family also included moon cakes made by this food stall. He had also heard reports from the family members that the Cai Mansion had invited him to the Mid-Autumn Festival together, which showed how much the Cai Mansion valued this food stall owner.
But he didn't expect that this master book deliberately left the family to hang out for an afternoon, did he really want to go up? It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to be promoted, but he still wants to be promoted.
Moreover, the matter of unlicensed naturalization is only known to some insiders and some of the following people who have handled it. The county magistrates are all guarding Cai Fu to know about it, and they are afraid of making mistakes. People who are closely related really don't know how they die.
Humph. The county magistrate snorted coldly in his heart, and thought sinisterly, the state government might have known about this a long time ago, but there was no time to rectify it. Anyway, he was strongly opposed to this matter at the time. Maybe it's your own chance
Alas, it's hard to say whether it can be washed out or not, it might be bad luck. The county magistrate sighed again and extinguished his fluke, and only hoped that the clerk would be smarter.
In the evening, the master clerk went to Boss Wang's house and asked about the food stall. He almost vomited blood.
He pointed at his nephew and scolded: "Why didn't you tell me about that person's relationship with the Cai Mansion?! Did your brain get kicked by a donkey? Let me make things difficult for the surname Yu, and he will come to the Cai Mansion to bring it up. Then a sentence or two, and I'm done!"
Boss Wang asked for the reason, and he also used a stick to teach the unsatisfactory son a lesson, but his husband stopped him later.
The master bookkeeper became very angry and said, "Don't come to me for your business in the future!" After saying that, he turned around and slammed the door away.
Early the next morning, although Yu Qingze knew about the relationship between the master and Boss Wang, his household registration still had to be done, so he came with the village chief.
In his heart, he was prepared to be harassed by all kinds of things or to bleed a lot, but when he got to the room yesterday, he saw the suddenly enthusiastic face of the master who had avoided seeing yesterday.
"Hey, you guys are here, I'm so sorry, this officer went out in a hurry yesterday, and my subordinates have already told me, come here, this is the completed household registration card, and the other procedures have been completed, go to him Just sign a word there and put a fingerprint on it." The chief clerk personally handed Yu Qingze's household registration wooden plate to him, and his attitude really had to be as enthusiastic and sincere, and as sincere and sincere.
Yu Qingze:…
Li Zheng and the village chief: …
The three of them looked at each other in dismay, and they didn't realize the miraculous change. However, since the household registration has been completed, that's fine.
"Thank you, sire." Yu Qingze had a vague guess in his heart. The master clerk's attitude toward them was business-like yesterday morning, but it changed in the afternoon. It is estimated that what happened at noon? And now it's changed again. Maybe he didn't know that he had something to do with the Cai Mansion at noon yesterday, and then he knew it again at night? So the attitude has changed
However, in any case, this is the best result.
He took the household registration wooden plaque, and then signed it with the little official who handled the household registration, pressed his fingerprints, and the household registration was done.
The three were still a little stunned until they left the yamen.
The village chief glanced behind him and wondered, "Why is it so good all of a sudden today?"
Li Zheng also shook his head and said, "I don't know. Alas, these people are not something we can understand. Anyway, it's good to have the household registration."
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Li Zheng is right, just do things well."
The three walked to the food stall, and Yu Qingze told Chang Le the good news, and showed him the household registration sign.
Chang Le looked at the brand-new household registration board, as if his household registration had been completed, very happy, and gestured Tongyu Qingze congratulations.
Brother Chang and his father knew that he was done, and they congratulated him.
Yu Qingze thanked them with a smile, and then he said to Chang Le: "I still have a little to go back in advance, you guys should close the stall early today, and invite Li Zheng and the village chief to dinner in the evening."
Chang Le smiled and nodded in agreement.
On the way back, Yu Qingze asked the village chief, "Village chief, is Liao Mi in the village we went to? Also, if the village proposes a marriage, what gifts do I need to buy?"
The village chief was surprised: "Are you going to propose a marriage?"
Yu Qingze touched the back of his head, and was a little embarrassed. He nodded and said, "Yes."
The village chief asked with a smile, "Which brother have you seen?"
Yu Qingze smiled and said, "Brother Le."
"Brother Le?" The village chief's eyes widened, and then he thought it was right. Yu Qingze was rescued by Le Geer at the beginning, and he has been living in his house since then. The two of them have gotten along in the past, and it is not surprising that they see each other.
He nodded and said, "Brother Le is not bad, he is a good brother."
Yu Qingze was happy when he heard the village chief praise Brother Le, hehe laughed.
The village chief glanced at him and said, "Liao Media is in the small village behind their village in Lizheng. What kind of gifts do you want for your marriage proposal? See how much money you have prepared, and then the matchmaker will tell you. There is no city in the countryside. So much attention, generally, if you have money, prepare more, if you don’t have so much money, prepare less, it depends entirely on how your family is. Moreover, I don’t think Brother Le’s family will care about the amount of gifts and gifts.”
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Thank you, village chief, I understand."
After returning, Yu Qingze invited the village chief and Li Zheng to come over for dinner at night, then he went back for lunch, and immediately went to Liao Media's house in the afternoon.
After negotiating with Liao Mi, he immediately went to the city to buy all the gifts he needed, bought some vegetables and then went home.
Afterwards, he put the gift at the village chief's house in advance, and then he went to pick it up, and asked the village chief's house to help him keep it a secret. All of this, he hid from Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao's eyes, and didn't let them know. Of course, Chang Le was busy with the food stall, so he didn't even know it.
In the evening, Yu Qingze cooked a table of good dishes to thank Li Zheng and the village chief for their help.
Li Zheng and the village chief tasted the dishes made by Yu Qingze, and they were very surprised. They kept the chopsticks in their hands, they were satisfied, their belly was round, and they went home happily.
After the village chief and the others returned, Yu Qingze went to Brother Chang's house to tell them not to go to the booth tomorrow, and when he returned home, he also told Chang Le and the others that he would not go to the booth for a day off tomorrow.
Several people were still surprised, but Yu Qingze decided, and they nodded.
The next day, after breakfast, Chang Le went to the creek to wash his clothes and came back. When he entered the room, he saw Liao Media sitting in the main room and talking to his grandfather.
His heart skipped a beat.
No, Liao Media is here again to propose marriage to Brother Yu!