After traveling through time, she still led the villagers to make money as a county magistrate

The second day

People from each village have arrived one after another to sign in. The person in charge of signing in is Li's mother. Originally, it was planned to have Zhang Da come. After all, he is the chief clerk and is responsible for the record-keeping work. Isn't it true that the yamen still needs people?

Zhang Da didn't want to be exposed to the scorching sun, so he volunteered to stay in the county government office.

Li Jing has to direct the personnel and figure out where to put things, which is a lot of work. As the county magistrate, Gu Niannian needs to prepare for training matters and is even more busy.

Li's mother came with her son. They came early and had nothing to do. After cleaning the house, she saw that her son was very busy, so she volunteered to take on the job of signing in.

After the designated start time, a group of people stood in front of Gu Niannian in an orderly manner.

Li Jing counted the heads and said, "Sir, there are about ten people missing."

Li's mother handed the reported list and the sign-in list to Gu Niannian, and circled the names of those who were absent.

Gu Niannian glanced at Li's mother approvingly

This way, it was clear who was absent. Gu Niannian reported the names of the absent people and their villages. "Do you know why these people didn't come?"

Logically speaking, there was no technology to grow two crops of rice in ancient times, so this was not the busy farming season.

"Is there anyone from the same village or neighboring village? Tell me, I won't blame you," Gu Niannian asked.

For a moment, there was a lot of discussion below

A man in a gray shorts stepped forward and said, "I'm from the same village as you. I thought there would be free meals, so I signed up. But then I heard I had to bring my own rice and vegetables, so I didn't come."

"Do the others in the future all think this way?"

Everyone nodded without saying anything.

Come to think of it, fortunately there weren't many people who didn't come. Basically, at least one person came from every village, so Gu Niannian couldn't care less.

If they don't eat the food you feed them, then don't say you have no food to eat.

Everyone sat on the floor without saying a word. Li Jing handed out books one by one, letting them read for a while before Gu Niannian gave the explanation.

After the explanation, we will take it to the field to operate and ensure that everyone has learned it.

Everyone makes a living in the fields, and they are very familiar with farming. However, they did not expect that they could harvest two crops of rice a year. If that were true, would they be able to eat rice in the future?

The thought of having rice to eat made everyone even more motivated.

If there was anything they didn’t understand, Gu Niannian would just give them a few pointers and everyone would learn it.

Li's mother was in the kitchen preparing to wash rice, vegetables and cook.

It’s called a kitchen, but it’s actually just a shed built on top of it. However, it’s higher, has more light, and isn’t so hot.

Washing rice and vegetables is not difficult, but it takes some time to unpack the packages brought by these people one by one and sort them into categories.

It’s a good thing that Gu Niannian brought two maids to help Li’s mother, otherwise it’s not certain whether she would be able to have lunch!

Mother Li looked at the various vegetables placed on the ground. There were not many varieties, including bitter melon, loofah, pumpkin, winter melon, tomato, eggplant, etc. There were only five or six kinds in total.

In ancient times, there were no greenhouses, and people only ate seasonal vegetables, so the variety couldn't be very large. However, there were no pesticides at that time, and all the vegetables were grown at home, so they were absolutely natural and pollution-free.

Li's mother first poured all the rice into the rice jar, calculated how much rice a hundred people would eat per meal, and washed the rice to be cooked into porridge.

Put it in a big iron pot and cook it. It takes some time to cook such a large amount.

Then he washed vegetables with the maids and picked vegetables.

When women do things with each other, they always have to find something to talk about. Mother Li couldn't help her gossipy heart and started a conversation, "Your Excellency looks so young!"

The two maids were originally Gu Niannian's maids. They thought they were serving the young master now. Although they didn't have many opportunities to talk to the young master, they felt a sense of intimacy and pride when they saw the young master with the same face as the young lady.

In addition, Li's mother seemed kind and amiable, and she was the mother of the county magistrate, so this was not something shameful.

Then he continued, "The young master is only seventeen, he is not young at all!"

Mother Li followed up with praise, "Tsk tsk tsk, a seventeen-year-old county magistrate is really rare. Qingshan County has never heard of such a young county magistrate in such a long time. Lord Gu is the first one..."

The two maids were naturally happy to hear others praising their master. When people are happy, their words are like Pandora's box that cannot be closed.

However, they really didn't know the young master well, so they turned the conversation to their young lady.

The maid Lian Ye said, "Auntie, you didn't know that my young master is a twin. He has a younger sister who is not only beautiful, but also a well-known talented woman in the local area!"

"On the day of my coming of age, the threshold was almost broken down"

Mother Li said, "It can be seen that Lady Gu is so good-looking, her sister must be no less good."

"It's a pity..." Lian Ye lowered his eyes

Mother Li cut the washed eggplant into dice and asked, "What a pity!"

"The young lady has had a heart disease since she was born, and her health has always been poor. Those suitors have changed their minds and never came."

Mother Li said, "That's such a pity. How is Miss Gu now? Is she okay?"

Lian Ye's voice was a little sad, "He went somewhere else to recuperate, so we are following the young master."

"Miss Gu is blessed by fate, and she will be safe. Besides, seventeen years old is not too old," Li's mother comforted her.

Li's mother felt from the bottom of her heart that seventeen was not too old. In modern times, she would still be in high school. Falling in love at this age would be defined as puppy love.

The maids naturally would not think so. They were instilled with the idea that they could get married at the age of fifteen. Some families started looking for candidates before the age of fifteen, decided on the candidate, exchanged engagement letters, and waited to get married at the age of fifteen.

Seventeen is indeed a bit late for them.

Mother Li was cooking and didn't hear their reply. She thought they thought it was easy for them to talk without any hesitation, so she bluntly used her own son as an example, "My son is 22 years old this year, and he's still not married!"

The two maids originally thought that what Mrs. Li said was just a consolation, but when they heard that the county magistrate was still unmarried at the age of 22, they immediately became interested.

Lian Ye, who had been silent the entire time, asked, "Sir, the County Magistrate is a very handsome man. There should be many women who want to marry you. Why haven't you gotten married yet?"

Li's mother laughed and said, "With his fierce look, no girl would be interested in him!"

Mother Li was very happy when she heard other girls praising her son.

Lianhua's mind moved, "How could that be? I think Lord Li is a very good person."

Lianhua is seventeen years old this year and has reached the age to get married. However, the men her family has arranged for her are uneducated, have to farm and depend on the weather for their livelihood.

Having enough food and clothing is not necessarily guaranteed.

Compared with his own young master, her appearance is really a world of difference. He thinks it is better to follow the young lady. At least he will have no worries about food and drink, and he will also have money to earn.

Even if I continue doing this, I can still be a nanny in the Gu Mansion when I'm old, which is better than living a life of having no food to eat.

What's more, she has seen so much of how the master treats his wife that she no longer has any thoughts about love.

The lady has such a good family background and outstanding appearance, but the master still keeps bringing her in from me.

She is an ordinary-looking woman with no family background, so she dare not imagine meeting a man better than the master.

But she didn't expect that she, who was originally following the young lady, would suddenly follow the young master.

As the saying goes, every girl has spring in her heart, and it is inevitable that she will have the idea of ​​getting married.

Although the young master is a good person, she doesn't like his scholarly appearance, which is too attractive to girls. She likes men who look more stable, taller, and not too good-looking.

When she first saw Li Jing at the yamen gate, she felt that his figure and appearance were very suitable for the person she wanted to marry.

But at that time, she just thought that Lord Li should have a wife long ago. Even if he didn't, she was not worthy of him because of her status.

If I become someone's concubine, it would be better to work in the Gu family.

After hearing what Li's mother said today, she started to think again. Although she was not as pretty as the young lady, she was still not bad.

After hearing what Lianhua said, Li's mother seemed to have some thoughts about her son!

While thinking about how to reply, he did not stop working. He put the braised eggplant in the pot into the wooden barrel, picked up the ladle and scooped a ladle of water into the pot, ready to wash the pot and stir-fry the next dish.

She still had to make some things clear, and she also had to explain her son's moral character. "Oh! What's so good about my stupid son?"

"Didn't I show her a girl a few days ago? She was perfect in every way: beautiful, from a good family. I asked him if he liked her, and guess what he said?"

Li's mother's words whetted Lianhua's appetite. She stopped washing the vegetables and leaned forward, "What do you mean?"

Li's mother chuckled, "He! Just two words."

"Fair"

Lotus's fiery heart cooled down a bit, and she continued to wash the vegetables in the wooden basin, "That's good, isn't it?"

"Good days are coming!"

Mother Li's words were full of sourness. "How can that be! Don't you know my son? If he doesn't like something and is afraid that I will be unhappy, he will always send me off with a "not so bad"? "

"Others may not know what he is thinking, but as his mother, I know it."

"So did it work?" Lotus asked anxiously.

Li's mother shook her head and said, "It didn't work."

"Later I realized that the girl didn't have that intention either, so that's fine, no one was wasting anyone's time."

The three of them had just finished cooking when the people who had gone to the fields to study came back.