Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

The villagers nearby also echoed, "Yes, Zhang Lizheng, you said you didn't want an apology, and the adults didn't stop you. This shows that you and the adults both think that the apology shouldn't be accepted..."

He scratched his head and laughed:

"You and the adults are smart. You don't have to apologize. There is a reason for that. It's just that we don't understand..."

"You think this is Linmu Village's apology to us? Should we accept it?" asked Zhang Lizheng.

"yes......"

Zhang Lizheng smiled and said, "But the people of Linmu Village don't owe us chickens, ducks, geese, or even half a pig. What they owe us is just a sincere apology."

The young man opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhang Lizheng.

Zhang Lizheng said again: "Do you really think that Lord Ba brought them here to apologize to us just to open a canal through our village?"

"no."

Another young man answered.

"They came not only to clear the canal, but we have grown high-yield rice and will open a cotton cloth workshop in the future. Maybe in the future, adults will even help us make new things. So they came to apologize, and their original intention was to build a good relationship with us."

"Yep!"

Zhang Lizheng looked at the young man with admiration.

"Apologize, apologize, apologize. Apologies and compensation are common, but don't you think their apology is a bit too much?"

Everyone frowned, the apology was a bit too much.

Zhang Lizheng saw that they had listened carefully, and continued:

"If an apology is too much, it is not an apology, but flattery. They confuse apology with flattery. If we accept the apology, it is the same as accepting flattery."

Everyone suddenly realized.

"If you accept a favor from someone, you should be grateful. If you are not pure, it will be bad."

Zhang Lizheng nodded and said proudly:

"I'm not bragging. Before Lord Shen came, the people of Tong'an County might have had their own little thoughts, thinking about living on their small piece of land. But since the Lord came, don't you think something has changed?"

What's different?

It would have been better if Zhang Lizheng didn't say anything. Once he said it, countless images appeared in everyone's mind.

In the past, they were never so united. In the past, when they got something good, they never thought of sharing it!

Don't want to know, just want to startle.

"Uncle Zhang, now that you've said that, I've realized that the people in our county seem to have become more generous these days! Not only do they not like to quarrel anymore, but they also don't care about the smallest things anymore."

Zhang Lizheng nodded again.

"Because when our lives get better, we won't be so obsessed with the small profits in front of us."

"It's just a small profit."

The young man repeated this sentence, his eyes lighting up.

"The meat sent by Linmu Village is actually nothing to us. We are from Tongan County. Who can't afford to eat meat in the future?"

"That's right! We didn't even think about taking their meat at first. We just wanted to save face. Today, Magistrate Ba brought them here to apologize. We have already saved our face!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I feel much better now. You don't know that when I turned around with Uncle Zhang just now, my heart was bleeding!"

"Hahahaha, who says it's not true! But on second thought, even though the meat looks like a lot, can Qingyuan Village eat it all by itself? We must share it with other villages! If you calculate it this way, each person can only drink two sips of the broth."

call--

Having said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Instead, Zhang Lizheng became depressed.

He pursed his lips and said, "You haven't told me yet whether my turning around just now was cool or not."

“Hahahahahahahaha.” Everyone burst into laughter. “So cool! So cool!”

Zhang Lizheng got the answer he wanted, and his face became much better. He asked again: "How about compared to the uncle?"

"Uh......"

The young man gave him a complicated look, and everyone dispersed.

"Hey! Hey!"

The crowd scattered and Zhang Lizheng didn't know who to chase for a moment.

He could only stand there, with his hands on his hips, and cursed: "A bunch of little bastards!"

......

The next day, Nanba Village.

Today is the opening day of Tongan County School. Students from several other villages packed their belongings early and went to the county school with the head of the village.

But they were delayed in Nanba Village, which was closest to the county government office.

There are actually only a few scholars in each village, and Nanba Village is no exception. Including Zhang Yuanwei, there are a total of three scholars, or rather, four.

If there were only four scholars, how could things be delayed?

A woman led Zhou Lizheng and a few others as they shuttled between the fields, looking for something in a hurry. When they saw the figure of a young girl, their eyes all lit up.

The woman called out to the field with a trembling voice:

"Leyou, come here quickly!"

The girl looked up when she heard that and wiped her face with the back of her hand.

When she saw the people on the edge of the field clearly, she was stunned and couldn't move for a long time.

Seeing that she didn't move, the woman lifted her robe and said to Zhou Lizheng: "Please wait a moment, the ground is dirty, I will bring the girl over!"

"Hurry up." Zhou Lizheng urged.

After a while, the woman came over hurriedly, pulling the girl.

"Zhou, Li Zheng Zhou." the girl called.

"Li Leyou, I won't say any more. The county school starts today. You... forget it. Time is tight. Don't even change your clothes. Come with us to register at the county school first!"

After Zhou Lizheng finished speaking, he walked back, and Zhang Yuanwei and others followed closely behind him.

But Li Leyou didn't move.

Zhou Lizheng walked a few steps, turned around and found that she hadn't caught up with him. He became anxious and urged her, "What are you doing standing there? It's almost noon, hurry up!"

Li Leyou took two steps forward and said while biting his lower lip:

"Zhou Lizheng, thank you for your kindness...but as for the county school, I, I..."

When she said this, she started to cry and couldn't finish the rest of the words for a long time.

Zhou Lizheng frowned and asked:

"What about you? You're not going to the county school? How can that be possible? If Zhang Yuanwei hadn't said that you often asked him to borrow books, I wouldn't have known that you could read and write! Since you can read, why don't you go to the county school?!"

The adults had told them when the county school was first established that they would go to Tong'an County School, and both male and female students could go in to study and take exams.

In fact, even if the adults didn't say it, the village heads had already realized this.

Adults are all women, and women can hold up the sky!

Can they not let girls study? !

This Li Leyou is good at studying but he keeps it secret. He really makes me worried!

In the past, it was difficult for boys in the county to go to school, let alone girls! Which family had ever thought of letting girls learn to read and write?

The emperor's opening of the imperial examination system actually had no impact on their poor and remote area. After the adults came, they gradually realized that girls also need to study.

So the only literate girl in Tongan County might be Li Leyou!

He brought Li Leyou there today, which might be the only one of its kind in Tongan County, bringing honor to Nanba Village.

But if she is missed...

Zhou Lizheng shuddered at the thought of this.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanwei secretly picked at the seam of his clothes.

Not very often actually, because he doesn’t have many books.

Li Leyou would often borrow books from He Mingcheng and ask them not to tell anyone.

He was so excited about the unveiling of the plaque yesterday that he was all day long. He tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep, and then he remembered Li Leyou.

She can read and likes reading.

Now that he had the chance, how could he keep it a secret for her?