The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 60 Waiting
Granny Zhou and her companions were imprisoned in the county jail by County Magistrate Cao for causing a disturbance at the county government gate. Once inside, however, they remained calm.

After everyone else left, Granny Zhou took out a string of coins from her pocket and waved to the jailer over there: "Young man, come here!"

The jailer said impatiently, "What are you doing? Just stay in there and behave yourself!"

Granny Zhou knew that such cases wouldn't actually be recorded; they would only be locked up for three to five days before being released.

But who gets used to staying in jail?

Moreover, it's a mixed-gender prison. If she really stays there for a day, her reputation will be completely ruined. How will she ever be able to find a match for someone again?

"Young man, could you do me a favor and ask how much it would cost to get out this time?" Granny Zhou knew that someone like her, who hadn't committed a serious offense, could be released by paying a sum of money.

When that county magistrate was in power, if you didn't have a hundred taels, you simply wouldn't ask for it.

Ordinary families couldn't afford it.

"Twenty taels." The jailer's attitude softened when he heard it was for money.

County Magistrate Cao is now assisting the Imperial Envoy in managing the government office, and they keep detailed records of every single transaction.

It is usually used on government offices and ordinary people, who can benefit from it to some extent.

A quarter of an hour later, Granny Zhou shook her clothes and walked out of the county jail.

But even after leaving the prison, as a criminal, she still had to stay in the county government office for half a day, listening to an old scholar ramble on and on, before she could leave.

The old scholar looked down on women, and when he saw Granny Zhou, he scolded her for bringing shame to her family and husband's family.

Sitting on the cold bench, Granny Zhou listened to the old scholar repeatedly accusing her of "not being a virtuous woman," and gritted her teeth, thinking, "Hu Family Village, is it? You just wait, this isn't over!"

She wanted to let the people of this impoverished village know that offending her, Matchmaker Zhou, would come at a price!
When no more matchmakers come to their village, watch them kneel down and beg her!
Zhang Zhan dealt with the county government affairs briefly, then walked out of the study rubbing his shoulders.

"When will the imperial family send over the new magistrate? I've almost finished all the work for their magistrate by now!"

If he had known, he wouldn't have taken this imperial envoy position. He thought he had chosen a remote and secluded place where he could do some good deeds and accumulate merit, but he ended up stuck here.

trouble.

He casually asked the servant beside him, "Where did the young master go?"

The servant told Zhang Zhan to go to a place, and he saw Qin Huai sitting by a pavilion, staring blankly at a pool of water.

In early spring, only a few tender lotus leaves shyly grow on the edge of the pond.

"How did you get along with that girl? Doesn't she look like a little dumpling? And her personality is so well-behaved, she's no less beautiful than the young ladies in Wanning City."

Qin Huai did not answer, and Zhang Zhan did not mind.

He had known for a long time that the child was not talkative.

Zhang Zhan continued talking about Xiao Ayu, including how she had someone find him during the avalanche.

"Speaking of which, she really is my savior," Zhang Zhan said with a smile. "Today, they came to the county government office because they wanted me to fulfill my promise. I thought about it and realized that the promise they wanted to fulfill wasn't difficult, but it might be better if you were to do it."

Zhang Zhan stopped there.

Qin Huai's fingertips, which were resting on his knees, twitched, and his face involuntarily turned towards Zhang Zhan.

and then?
"Forget it, I guess you're not interested either."

Then, Zhang Zhan left.

Qin Huai pursed his lips, his eyes filled with an unreadable emotion.

"Red Armor." A figure jumped down from the tree, coldly blocking Zhang Zhan's path, and said to him, "Sir, what do you want the young master to do?"

Zhang Zhan was genuinely startled and took two steps back before standing still. He said irritably, "Can't your young master ask for himself? I see he calls you quite frequently."

He's young, but he's got quite a temper!
Zhang Zhan walked up to Qin Huai again and said irritably, "Fine, fine, I'll talk to you."

If I didn't know Qin Huai's bad temper, I really wouldn't want to tease him, but every time I did, I ended up getting angry instead.

Thinking about it this way, he probably has something wrong with his head.

"That little girl wasn't originally from Hujia Village. She was found by the villagers some time ago. My investigation revealed that she was originally..."

Zhang Zhan briefly explained Xiao Ayu's background, and concluded by saying, "Before the little girl grew up, she must have suffered a lot of grievances, so she looks like she's two years old, but she's actually four. They thought of registering the child as two years old and giving her an identity recognized by the government."

At this point, Zhang Zhan continued, "I think that old woman from the Wang family is quite knowledgeable. She probably thought that a single registration wouldn't be enough, so she came to me to ask me to improve the information and make the registration more legitimate. This will inevitably involve adding some minor details such as registering pregnant women and midwives delivering babies. Don't you have two people in your Red Guards who are good at this? Let them think about it and figure out how to make it more accurate."

Qin Huai listened silently, then remained silent.

Zhang Zhan thought he had said something pointless, but then he saw the young boy take out a small token from his pocket and place it on the stone table next to him.

"Hey, I was just saying it casually, but you're really generous! I had an emergency back then and I asked you for this token, but you didn't give it to me—" Seeing that Qin Huai was getting anxious, he quickly put the token in his pocket and chuckled, "I think that little girl is lucky. Maybe if you help her this time, she can be of great help to you in the future!"

Zhang Zhan was just saying it casually, but unexpectedly, it actually came true later.

Based on the information he currently possesses, there are indeed some discrepancies regarding the little girl registered as Wang Ruyu.

Not only her golden eyes, but also her several escapes from danger are worth exploring in depth.

But that's it. He wanted to help cover up the traces as a way of repaying her for saving his life.

For Zhang Zhan, it was just a simple matter of the old lady Wang asking him to help cover up Ayu's background.

The only way to truly repay her is to conceal her unusual features.

Little Ayu was unaware of all this; she was still waiting to receive her grain with Old Lady Wang.

Because there were so many people collecting food, they waited all day and were still only in the middle of the line.

The villagers couldn't help but worry: "If we keep waiting like this, what if we run out of food by our turn?"

Village Chief Hu said, "No need to worry." Lord Zhang sent someone to say that as long as they wait patiently, there will definitely be food.

However, this shouldn't be said in front of others, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.

All day long, little Ayu sat obediently on the cart, without making a fuss.

However, when she falls asleep, Tuanzi will call her into the space and ask her to grow food together.

Little Ayu first took out the water from her space for everyone to drink, but Old Mrs. Wang stopped her without saying a word.

[They haven't completely eliminated the impurities from their bodies yet, and drinking water will give them diarrhea. If everyone in your village gets diarrhea, who will guard these vehicles?]

Xiao Ayu thought it made sense, so she stopped talking about giving everyone water and went back to tending to the peony flowers.

During the day in the county town, everyone ate only dry rations, but fortunately, the rations they brought could last them a day.

Village Chief Hu took out two extra coins to buy a meat bun for Xiao Ayu.

Little Ayu was drooling over the steamed bun, and Village Chief Hu, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, bought her one.

With the last penny left, I bought her a string of candied hawthorns.

(End of this chapter)