The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

Then the apprentice will never be able to pass the imperial examination and show it to him, haha, that’s great!

When other people in Dengping County learned that Xiao Yan had become the magistrate of Dengping County, they were all surprised.

Naturally, all the wealthy families, scholars and others in Dengping County came to congratulate him.

Even Tao Cheng's father, Master Tao, had to come.

The area inside and outside Zaoshu Village was filled with horse-drawn carriages.

But this time, although everyone gave her gifts, Jiang Ningning decided not to accept any more.

Although the four members of the Tian family didn't know why, they knew that it was right to listen to their Ningning, so they confiscated the items naturally.

Naturally, he chatted with Master Tao for a few more words, and treated him a little differently from the others. After all, he was Tao Cheng's father. And Master Tao's character was indeed good.

After politely sending these people away, Jiang Ningning said to the four people from the Tian family:

"Xiao Yan's status is different now. He's an official, and he's being watched by everyone, especially the common people. It's best not to accept gifts, lest he get into trouble because of accepting gifts. I won't accept any gifts from now on."

The four people from the Tian family thought about it and nodded again.

Especially Tian and Xiao Fushan. The county magistrate of Wei accepted bribes from the horse riders and refused to hear the case of their eldest son and father.

People from all over the world are disgusted by the fact that their officials accept gifts.

Since such an incident had happened in Dengping County, the people there were naturally even more disgusted.

Yes, I will not accept any gifts from now on, no matter how much they are.

In the past, I accepted gifts just for the sake of festivity and good luck, but from now on, no matter how festivities and good luck the gifts are, I cannot accept them anymore.

Besides, both families have no shortage of money, so there is no need to affect their son's reputation because of this.

Xiao Yan would not return from the yamen until the evening. He had just taken office and it took him a lot of time just to familiarize himself with all the affairs of the yamen, and he hadn't even finished yet.

After all, the county magistrate is in charge of the affairs of the entire county.

No matter how small the county is, there are always countless things to do.

The village head had heard during the day that Xiao Yan had become the county magistrate, so he hurried over, but he did not see Xiao Yan.

Later he came to see Xiao Yan twice more, but still did not see him come back.

After dinner, the village head came again.

Village Chief Chen also came very diligently. When Xiao Yan returned, he knelt down before him and said, "I greet the county magistrate."

Village Chief Chen also knelt down before Xiao Yan and said, "Greetings to the County Magistrate."

Xiao Yan hurriedly helped the two of them up, saying repeatedly, "That's inappropriate, don't do this kind of ceremony again in the future."

"No, no," the village head kept saying, extremely frightened. "You are an official now, and I am a commoner. This is what we should do."

Xiao Yan had no choice but to continue serving as the village head.

After all, Village Chief Chen is a villager. The Chen family and the Xiao family have been in the village for so many years, so naturally they are related to each other. Village Chief Chen can be regarded as Xiao Yan's elder to some extent. However, after hearing this, he knelt down without seeing Xiao Yan again.

When other people in the village saw Xiao Yan, they all wanted to kneel down.

As for those who were related to him, Xiao Yan told them not to kneel, and they obeyed him.

Others don’t dare to do so, after all, the class system is there.

Naturally, the status of Tian and Xiao Fushan also rose with Xiao Yan's change of status. In Dengping County, no matter who saw them, they were all respectful.

Those who knew the relationship between Jiang Ningning's family and Xiao Yan's family naturally treated Jiang Ningning, Sun, and Jiang Shengcai with respect.

The door of the ancestral hall was still open, and the items for ancestral worship had been prepared. Not caring whether it was night or not, Xiao Yan went to worship his ancestors again.

Then he found out that he had opened a separate page in the family tree, and Xiao Yan was stunned.

Then I got used to it. This is the era we live in.

The clan wanted to hold another banquet and celebrate with great fanfare. After all, this was a great honor for the family.

However, Xiao Yan had already taken office, so the clan naturally could not rashly hold a banquet for Xiao Yan, but instead asked Xiao Yan's opinion.

Jiang Ningning and the others no longer accept gifts, so naturally they won't hold any lavish banquets. Xiao Yan naturally means the same thing.

Now that you are an official, it is better to keep a low profile on these matters.

The clan then stopped talking about holding a wedding banquet.

It was already midnight, which was too late. Everyone in the clan hurried back to avoid disturbing Xiao Yan's rest.

After all, Xiao Yan has to go back to the county government office early tomorrow morning.

Everyone had left, leaving only Jiang Ningning and Xiao Yan's families.

Tian then said, "We've packed some things for you and will send them to the county government office tomorrow to get everything sorted out for you. If you're really too busy, don't come back. Stay at the county government office and come back when you're free. Don't get too tired."

"Yes, yes." Sun and Jiang Shengcai kept nodding.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Aren't any of you going to live with me in the county government office?"

The courtyard behind the county government office where the county magistrate and his family lived was quite large.

Tian smiled and said, "We have a business at home. Ningning and I want to expand our business. We don't have time to accompany you to live in the county government office.

If it were in the past, we would definitely be worried, but now you are very good at taking care of yourself, and with Xiao Jia by your side, we have nothing to worry about.

Don't worry about your family, just be a good county magistrate."

As she spoke, Tian couldn't help but tear up, her eyes welling up as she choked up and said, "Your grandfather's spirit in heaven can finally rest in peace. Our family has finally completely transformed. We are no longer those people whose lives are worthless."

Then she choked up and said, "Now that you have become an official, I have to give you some advice. No matter whether you will become rich and powerful in the future, you must be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.

Never do things like taking human lives lightly and letting down the people.

That was the case with the county magistrate back then. Your brother died then, and your grandfather didn't last long either. If the county magistrate had been a good person, we wouldn't have been left with no place to appeal and even been beaten with a stick.

Even if you resign as an official, you cannot do those things.

We all came from poverty, so we should understand the difficulties faced by those living at the bottom.”

Xiao Fushan, the man, also choked up at this time: "No matter how worthless his life is, it is still a person, a human life.

There are still many good people who are down-to-earth and want to live a good life.

We have suffered that kind of hardship, and we cannot control other officials, but you must control yourself and really cannot do such unscrupulous things.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to face your ancestors after you die, let alone your grandfather and your eldest brother.

"I don't understand other profound truths. Your mother and I only know these, because we have all suffered deeply from them. This is all we can say. If you are truly filial to us, your resolve must not change, understand?"

Sun and Jiang Shengcai were also upset. They were also living at the bottom of society and naturally knew the difficulties faced by people at the bottom.

"I understand. Dad and Mom, don't worry. Since I have become an official, I will definitely be a good one, otherwise I won't do it." Xiao Yan said.