The Little Lucky Girl

After Ming Youyou and the others finished chatting with their uncle, they returned to Magistrate Tao.

Zheng Huan said: "You asked us to remind the villagers about the resettlement, and we have already done it. But, why didn't you give the order directly, sir? Why did you have to do this..." He was beating around the bush.

Tao County Magistrate sighed, "The people have a natural fear of the government, let alone the villagers who came from a foreign country. If I come forward, even if they have a thousand ideas, I'm afraid they won't dare to speak them out loud."

“So it’s more prudent for the village elders to handle this matter. It’s not too late for everyone to relax after eating and drinking, and then think about it carefully. In addition, the original villagers’ opinions should also be taken into consideration. We can’t cause conflicts because of the land issue. The village heads will know this better. Letting them make the arrangements can better adapt to local conditions.”

"You've worked hard these past few days. Look how tired you all are," Magistrate Tao felt guilty. "When you return to the county office for dinner tonight, I'll ask Chef Zhang to prepare some extra food for you. I heard that he has recently developed a lot of dishes with Chef Hong from your academy."

Ming Youyou's eyes lit up, then she frowned, struggling between staying for the lively long table banquet or going to try Chef Zhang's new delicacies.

Zheng Huan and the other two did not have such sweet worries. They said with bitter faces: "We have to go back early. We haven't written the holiday article yet."

Oh, yes, Ming Youyou then remembered that there was such a thing as homework. The academy stipulated that students must not only work in the fields during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, but also write articles to report their experiences.

As a non-staff member, it was easy for her to deal with the gentlemen, who often turned a blind eye. If all else failed, she could take a small cake to ask the elder of the clan for help, and the elder could send a message to Chief Pei Shan to fool them. However, it was not the same for Zheng Huan and the others.

Classes will start the day after tomorrow. Think about the amount of homework they have to do. In less than two days, they will have to go to the fields for at least one day. Perhaps, almost certainly, they will not be able to finish it.

Ming Youyou felt a little guilty. Although it was Magistrate Tao who exploited their time and made them do the work, it was her who proposed the idea of ​​going to Qi State to bring people. So, Zheng Huan and the other two were also implicated by her?

"Can you talk to the academy and ask us to help out in the county government instead of doing the labor?" Ming Youyou suggested courageously.

She opened her eyes wide, trying to look sincere in an attempt to arouse Magistrate Tao's non-existent sympathy.

Magistrate Tao smiled and said, "The resettlement of the villagers should be kept as low-key as possible and should not be publicized to everyone."

So, no.

Ming Youyou turned and left. She had to hurry up and practice making a few new flavors of cakes in order to impress the last straw, Lord Zong.

I don't ask to be exempted from punishment, I just hope to stop cleaning toilets.

"Tsk tsk, look how anxious you are! I haven't even finished what I'm saying yet," Magistrate Tao's voice came from behind him, "It's not impossible to exempt you from your homework."

Ming Youyou was delighted and turned around immediately, "Sir, you really do care about us. I was saying that you..."

"Stop," Magistrate Tao stopped her insincere flattery, "I have conditions."

Ming Youyou paused, and she, Zheng Huan and the other two looked at each other, and they all read the same message from each other's eyes:

There is a pit ahead!

What to do if there is a pit? Of course... jump.

Lord Tao wants them to jump, can they avoid it with their brains?

Magistrate Tao looked at the people with vigilant eyes and tapped Ming Youyou's head in a joking manner. Since she was the shortest, it was really convenient for him to tap her.

"Don't worry, just try your best. Whether it succeeds or not, I will explain it to the academy."

Uh... How difficult must this be? Even Lord Tao is not sure about it?

Feng Xu asked curiously: "What do you want us to do?"

Magistrate Tao opened the pathetic map that he had almost torn apart, and said, "Look, although we have 500 more people to fill the two villages of Xiaguan and Dafeng, it is still not enough. There are still many places up and down here. It would be a pity if we don't use them."

Ming Youyou exclaimed, "You still want to go to Da Qi to kidnap someone?"

Magistrate Tao couldn't help but continue to knock her head, "Do you know how many sleepless nights I've had because of this incident? Look at how many hairs I have left on my head? If this happens again, my life will be shortened."

"Look here, here," he pointed to several high mountains on the map and said, "If the people up here are willing to come down, there is a suitable place to live. This area will definitely be very lively in the future. In time, it may even surpass the prosperity of the county town."

The four of them understood that County Magistrate Tao was planning to attack Yuxiang and her fellow villagers’ village.

"But sir, you have sent people so many times, but the chief has not agreed. He doesn't even give you face. How can we, with just a few people, convince him? This is embarrassing."

Seeing that Lord Tao raised his hand again, Ming Youyou covered her little head vigilantly.

Magistrate Tao withdrew his right hand with regret. "You two have a good relationship. It was you who made the dyed floral cloth. It is selling better and better now. The village is also communicating more with the outside world."

"And now it's different from the past. Now people from the mountain villages have the opportunity to live in the town when they come down."

Well, it seems that there is some truth in what he said.

Ming Youyou thought that Yuxiang would come to her tomorrow to ask for new ideas, so she nodded and said, "Then let's come back and try. But if we do this, we won't have any time to write any articles. You must bring a message to the academy tomorrow."

Seeing that County Magistrate Tao promised again and again, the few of them felt relieved and found an open space to hold a small meeting.

Feng Xu chuckled, "I suddenly feel relaxed. It feels so good to be ordered not to do homework."

Lu Tai sneered at him, "Come on, it's not easy to take advantage of Lord Tao. If we can't satisfy him, be careful that we will have more homework in the future. We should think about how to persuade him quickly."

Ming Youyou frowned, "Sister Yuxiang said that there was a huge quarrel in their village about going down the mountain. If we bring it up to her now, will it embarrass her?"

She nudged Zheng Huan, who had been silent the whole time, and asked, "What do you think about this?"

Zheng Huan said: "I think if the leaders see that the villagers from Da Qi are taken care of in this way, they will surely be touched."

Ming Youyou scratched his head. "My father once said that if a person is willing to come into the store, it means that he wants to buy something from us. But if he doesn't buy something in the end, it must be because we didn't introduce the product to him. I think the same is true when we persuade people."

But how can we persuade them effectively when they haven’t been told what’s really going on?

"Speaking of which, Lord Tao has successfully accepted two groups of people. How did he do it?"

Ming Youyou's question made others think, and they realized that although they were both recruiting people, the methods used by Lord Tao were very different twice.