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

She sent the three of them to the gate. Fang Ziyan looked back at the county government office reluctantly. He was about to part with these people who liked him.

Fang Wenxiu waved at the convoy, and the convoy moved closer to the gate of the county government office.

Shen Zheng immediately turned around and called Constable Xiao Yuan over, asking him to take the drivers to move the apology into the empty room of the county government office.

The residents of nearby counties were extremely curious and wanted to see what was loaded on the car.

While the driver was moving the things, Fang Wenxiu had no choice but to talk to Shen Zheng: "Sir Shen, is there something going on in your county government office today? Why are there so many people waiting?"

Before Shen Zheng could open her mouth, Fang Ziyan answered the question.

"Brother, I know! Pei Zhaoqi said that they are receiving supplements...what kind of supplements were they getting?" Fang Ziyan scratched his head, he suddenly forgot the name of the supplements.

"Subsidized grain." Pei Zhaoqi answered from the side.

"Yes! Subsidized grain! Just get the ticket here, and then go to the grain store to buy rice, it's only eight cents a pound! Brother, how much is a pound of grain in our county? Pei Zhaoqi said it's fifteen cents."

Fang Wenxiu didn't know what subsidized grain was, but he knew that the price of rice in their county had risen to sixteen cents per catty, because his Fang family was the largest grain and cloth merchant in Quanyang County.

At this time, he also became interested and asked Pei Zhaoqi: "Brother Pei, what is the subsidized grain?"

Pei Zhaoqi spoke again, indifferent to honor or disgrace: "Subsidized grain is grain that is subsidized by the county government. We come to collect grain coupons every seven days, and then go to the grain store to buy grain until the autumn harvest."

As a businessman, Fang Wenxiu knew the interests involved. As a result of this incident, the county government would have to pay more than a small amount of money.

He suddenly felt that he could not see through the magistrate of Tongan County, Shen. At first, he thought she was a person who was immersed in the officialdom and was extremely complicated. Later, he found that she was really greedy for money. But now...

Shen Zheng sensed his complicated gaze and smiled at him: "Why is Master Fang looking at me like this?"

Fang Wenxiu bowed to her and said, "Your Excellency is so righteous, I really admire you." Although there was a hint of flattery in his words, they were also his true thoughts.

Shen Zheng has become immune to hearing this kind of talk lately. She sighed, "They call me their father and mother, so I can't let them go hungry."

At this time, the items on the carriage had been unloaded. She wanted to see what they were, so she started to urge again.

"It's getting late, you should go quickly." In fact, the sun is shining brightly now.

Fang Wenxiu nodded: "I will go first, and I will send Brother Pei back later."

Before, he came with a caravan, and this time he brought two more young men with him and went to the east of the town.

......

Pei’s bean soup stall on the east side of town.

Pei's mother was not an unreasonable person. After Fang Wenxiu explained his purpose, she asked them to sit down and talk first.

Fang Wenxiu looked at the steaming bean soup in the stove and suddenly remembered Shen Zheng's words "It tastes very good".

He stood up and said to Mother Pei, "Lord Shen has repeatedly praised the bean soup cooked by Madam Pei today. Madam, could you make me a bowl so that I can have a taste?"

Fang Ziyan, who was standing at the side, also stood up and stammered, "Aunt, I...I want a bowl too. I didn't taste it that day. I'm sorry, Aunt."

Mother Pei looked at Fang Ziyan and knew that he was not a bad boy. She was not so angry anymore and said in a gentle voice, "Okay, I'll beat you."

After she made the soup, Pei Zhaoqi came forward and brought over two bowls.

The light yellow bean soup is steaming and the soup is thick, which makes people's appetite increase.

Fang Ziyan swallowed his saliva. He had been eating only bland meals at the county government office recently, but now he found the bean soup extremely delicious.

He picked up the bowl and started drinking. From the first sip he felt that the taste was something he had never tasted before, and he finished the whole bowl of bean soup in no time.

He wiped his mouth and looked straight at Pei's mother, the meaning of which was obvious.

Mother Pei was also amused by him: "Drink slowly, I'll get you another bowl."

Fang Ziyan smiled shyly. He had never seen his mother. Today he felt that if his mother was still alive, she would definitely be a gentle person like Aunt Pei.

He suddenly felt a little envious of Pei Zhaoqi.

Fang Wenxiu, who was standing by, felt that his brother was a little embarrassed, so he picked up the bowl and drank slowly.

Not bad, he thought.

After a while, two more empty bowls were placed on the table.

After finishing the soup, Fang Wenxiu waved to the driver to bring the apology gift specially prepared for the Pei family. He stood up with Fang Ziyan and sincerely apologized to Pei's mother.

"Mrs. Pei, it was my fault that I failed to discipline my younger brother and let him do such a thing. I will definitely discipline him in the future. I hope you can forgive him. Ziyan, apologize to Mrs. Pei and Zhao Qi."

It was not easy for the Pei family to have an orphan and a widow, and it was even more unreasonable for his Fang family to bully others by taking advantage of their power. Although his brother was instigated by that evil-minded man, he is now fifteen, not five years old, and he should have the ability to distinguish right from wrong.

Fang Ziyan took a step forward and stood in front of the Pei family mother and son. He bowed to them and mustered up his courage to speak loudly:

"Aunt Pei, Pei Zhaoqi, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have smashed your bowls that day, and I shouldn't have said those words. Please forgive me!"

Aunt Pei quickly stepped forward and helped him up: "Aunt is not angry anymore, good boy, get up quickly."

Today she thinks the child is very cute because he is white and chubby.

Seeing that Aunt Pei had forgiven him, Fang Ziyan looked at Pei Zhaoqi again.

Pei Zhaoqi turned his head away, as if a little embarrassed: "If I were still angry, I wouldn't have cooked noodles for you that day."

Fang Ziyan laughed happily and said, "Then we are friends, right? Then you can accompany me to buy bowls and oil lamps!"

Pei Zhaoqi thought about how Fang Ziyan had mentioned this several times, and was afraid that if Fang Ziyan didn't agree to go with him this time, he would make a scene, so he took him to the grocery store at the end of the street.

......

At dusk, Fang Wenxiu sent Pei Zhaoqi back to the county government office, and also brought along the apology gift they had prepared for Pei's mother and son.

Fang Wenxiu directly ordered the driver to move the compensation gifts into the county government warehouse.

He said helplessly: "Sir Shen, Madam Pei really doesn't want to accept this apology. There is no reason to take this gift back. I can only bring it to you. I hope you can accept it."

There was no reason for Shen Zheng to complain about the gift being too much, so she accepted the apology with a smile.

After Fang Wenxiu left with the reluctant Fang Ziyan, Shen Zheng called Xu Zhubu to count the apology gifts sent by the Fang family today and recorded them all in the county government's account book, including the three thousand taels.

Xu Zhubu looked at the three thousand taels she handed over and raised his eyebrows in confusion: "This banknote was originally an apology from the Fang family to you. You can just put it in your own private vault. Why are you taking it out?"