The Little Lucky Girl

Ming Youyou and his companions walked into the county government office and immediately saw the big green bird surrounded in the middle.

"It's actually a peacock." Ming Youyou exclaimed.

She saw several maids gathered around the cage, waving flower handkerchiefs at the peacock inside, and asked curiously, "What are they doing?"

"Don't they say that peacocks spread their tails when they see beautiful colors?" Mrs. Tao said with a smile, "I just wanted to try it."

Ming Youyou scratched his head. "I heard that it only opens its tail when it sees a good-looking person? How about you stand in front and try it, ma'am?"

Mrs. Tao was moved for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'm old, so you young people should handle this kind of thing."

Then he asked the maid to go to the room to find some bright clothes and put them on Ming Youyou and the others.

Feng Xu was the most active. He picked out a flashy bright red coat and jumped in front of the big bird. However, the peacock took one look and turned away.

Ming Youyou and Zheng Huan also walked around one by one, but unfortunately after Kong Que took a look at the two of them, he lowered his head and started eating, only giving Feng Xu one more look.

When Lu Tai finally came on stage, the peacock was probably full and began to pace in the cage, strolling leisurely. Seeing another person standing in front of it, it tilted its head to look for a while, then slowly raised its tail and actually spread its tail.

Bright colors like silk appeared before their eyes. For a moment, everyone fell silent, even breathing lightly for fear of disturbing the shock of the moment.

It was not until the peacock retracted its tail feathers that everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Mrs. Tao sighed and said, "It is indeed a rare sight. No wonder this long-feathered green screen is praised as a wonder of Lingnan."

Feng Xu said with a sigh, "It's really strange that the animals in the same area even have the same aesthetic taste as humans."

Everyone chuckled softly.

In fact, under Grandpa Yang's medicine treatment, Lu Tai's symptoms of qi deficiency and obesity have been alleviated a lot recently. He has gone from being three times the size of Feng Xu to being twice as big as Feng Xu, and his face has become more handsome.

This means they are less likely to be stared at when they go shopping, but correspondingly, the grandmothers and aunties also give them fewer snacks.

Lu Tai blushed a little at everyone's gaze, "Then should I eat more in the next two days?"

Everyone then withdrew their gazes with satisfaction, "It's hard work, hard work, it's because Peacock likes you."

Zheng Huan said, "I remember the county annals saying that peacocks are timid and like quietness. They only live in the woods near the Jinshui River. They are sacred to the Jinchi tribe and are not easily seen by outsiders."

Ming Youyou nodded, "That's right, that's right. This is the first time I've seen a live peacock in my life. I've only seen people selling its tail feathers before, which are far from as beautiful as when it spreads its wings, but in the end they were bought at a high price."

She waved to the crowd, asking a few heads to come closer, and then she said mysteriously, "I heard that the person who sold the tail feathers went to the territory of the Golden Tooth Tribe specifically. He wanted to steal peacocks, but was worried about making too much noise, so he secretly plucked the feathers and sold them."

Everyone took a deep breath and plucked the feathers one by one. How painful it must be. "That person who stole the feathers was really despicable. What happened to him later?"

"Some say he was hunted down and killed by the Golden Tooth tribe, while others say he escaped. Anyway, no one in our county has sold peacock feathers since then."

Everyone turned around and looked at the peacock. Fortunately, such a beautiful bird only lived in a specific place and was protected by people, otherwise it would have suffered a lot of disasters.

Ming Youyou looked at Madam Tao, "Who is so capable that he could get a live peacock from the Golden Tooth Clan?"

Mrs. Tao glanced at the front yard calmly and said, "It was sent by County Magistrate Mu."

County Captain Mu wanted to give a valuable gift to County Magistrate Tao as an apology.

At first, County Magistrate Tao wanted him to cooperate with Feng Xu's escort team on the task he was in charge of, but he was reluctant to give up the benefits, so he kept delaying it, thinking that if County Magistrate Tao was just saying it casually, he might forget about it someday, and he would find an excuse to fool him in the future.

Who would have thought that Magistrate Tao would later send someone to bypass him and rearrange the matter, assigning him a task of inspecting the countryside, which would take one or two months.

Nowadays, officials and clerks who go to the countryside are different from before. They are accompanied by a clerk who is responsible for taking care of the expenses of food and accommodation. County Magistrate Mu can no longer accept the gifts from the villages as before. He has been eating real farmers' meals for more than a month.

When he finally got home, ate the long-lost braised pork, and drank a lot of wine, County Lieutenant Mu, who was full of anger, couldn't help complaining to his wife.

After hearing this, the daughter-in-law turned around and complained to her sisters-in-law in the clan. Eventually, the matter reached the ears of the head of the Mu family.

The clan leader called County Lieutenant Mu and scolded him: "How dare a county lieutenant go against the county magistrate? Have you been fooled by the poison? Let me tell you, this position was won by the efforts of our entire clan. If you can't take the position well, the clan will replace you with someone else."

County Magistrate Mu was not convinced and said, "I didn't expect that the county magistrate would turn against me for a child. He is lucky. He has not encountered any cases of banditry and robbery since he took office. If such things really happened, he would have to beg us to handle the case."

The clan leader had already sent someone to inquire about it in advance. He narrowed his eyes and said, "From what you said, it seems that you still don't know who the child named Feng Xu is?"

County Magistrate Mu shook his head. He really didn't know. Not long after Magistrate Tao arrived, he was transferred to the outer area, so he was naturally not very clear about the internal affairs of the county government.

But he didn't care. "Isn't it just following the daughter of a small merchant all day long? She is just the child of a businessman. I will go to his house in the future. The county magistrate only serves for a few years. I grew up here, so I'm sure his family won't dare to offend me."

The clan leader was so angry that he slammed the table and said, "Fool, do you think you are so powerful as a local tyrant? That's General Feng's son. If we really get into a fight with you, ten of you wouldn't be enough. You said you are also a member of the government, how come you don't even know this?"

If the incident had happened a few months ago, he would not have been so angry. The county government had intentionally kept the identities of the three teenagers secret, and they really could not find out.

But now that so much time has passed, information has flowed in from various channels, and if you put them together carefully, you can guess a rough idea.

But this nephew in front of me often goes in and out of the county government office. He is unwilling to use his brain to think, nor does he look around or inquire more. It can be seen that he is stupid and conceited.

Chief Mu was very regretful at this moment. He did not listen to the previous chief and did not send their smartest young man to the county government, but only chose the one with the greatest strength.

He said to County Magistrate Mu tiredly, "Don't forget, our Mu family came to Yuqing County from other places a few generations ago. The reason we can have the same status as those local prominent families today is because we have always had people in the government office."