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The village chief went in for a long time before bringing out six yamen runners. One of them was wearing a long gown and seemed to have some status. They had obviously eaten meat and drunk wine. One of them was still picking his teeth and reeked of alcohol.

The village chief was obviously used to such occasions. He pretended to count the number of people and reported to the leader in the long gown that everyone was present. He then said, "Everyone, stand still and listen to Master Zhang's lecture."

Then he retreated into the house without accompanying them, leaving only a few yamen runners outside.

The man in the long gown standing in the middle of the six people is the Master Zhang mentioned by the village chief. He is in his early forties, of medium height, and a typical Lingnan person.

He stood up without introducing himself, and just gave a long speech asking everyone to obey the rules, not to escape, not to cause trouble, and what would happen to those who violated the rules. He also cited an example of a family of prisoners in a neighboring county who gathered a crowd to cause trouble and were beaten to death by the people, so that they could learn from it.

Finally, I summarized the prisoners' rent payment situation this year and said a few words of encouragement to encourage them to keep up the good work and strive to complete the task next year.

After he finished speaking, a yamen runner standing next to him shouted to everyone, "Those whose names are called, please come forward and tell us about your family's situation over the past ten days. Tell us everything, no matter how big or small. Each family must say at least ten sentences. Then sign and put your fingerprints on it, and you can leave."

If Jing Chunxi were here, he would definitely burst out laughing. He even said ten sentences for each family, which was extremely ridiculous.

All the prisoners were very obedient in front of the yamen runners. They lowered their heads carefully and listened to the lecture without moving at all.

After hearing the answers of the first few people, when it came to the next four, Jing Changming, who was the most nervous, was no longer afraid. Some of the words and things had been memorized by the first four for many years, and they just had to apply them to themselves without having to think about them at all. They could memorize them after doing it a few more times.

As for the yamen runners, it was obvious that none of them paid attention to what the prisoners said. They just stood there and showed off their power. In fact, they just wanted them to sign and seal their names as soon as possible so that they could go in and drink and eat meat.

Jing Changning sensitively noticed that Master Zhang's eyes were always fixed on him, especially when he was describing his family's situation. His eyes never left him. Even when he finished speaking and signed and put his fingerprints on it, his eyes were still directed at him.

When Jing Changning looked up after signing, he also glanced at him. Jing Changning smiled at him slightly, but the man still had no expression and it was unclear what he meant.

By the time the four of them finished the procedure, the eight people who were originally in front of them had already left. Since the four of them came together and were going back to the same family, they naturally waited to leave together.

When going back, Jing Changning deliberately walked at the end. When he reached the corner of a house, he took a look back. The yamen runners had already entered the house, and Master Zhang was still standing at the door of the village chief's house, staring at their backs.

The arrival of this group of yamen runners made them wary, so they called the children into the house early and kept the door closed during meals. The village chief, who had agreed to come over for a drink, did not come, and neither did Jing Yongcheng and Jing Changning. Village chief Li came over and had two drinks, but when he saw that the village chief was not there, he left.

Even Jing Chunxi noticed that the atmosphere was not right. She didn't eat much meat. The key point was that she didn't think the white boiled pig offal was tasty. She did eat two pieces of stewed meat.

Seeing that the little ones didn't like the stewed pig-killing dish, Grandpa Xiaobei specially took out a bowl of meat mixed with mushrooms and bamboo shoots, cut a bunch of garlic and fried a large pot of mixed vegetables, and helped bring it to Lin's house. He was very thoughtful.

Qiaoqiao looked at Grandpa Xiaobei's back and smiled, "Mom, I saw Dad secretly looking at you just now."

Lin didn't follow the rules and covered her head with a red cloth, but she still sat on the bed. She actually had a hint of shyness on her face, and scolded Qiaoqiao coquettishly: "You child!"

Little Dumpling quickly said, "I saw it too."

Both the old concubine and concubine Feng smiled. They had no children and loved children the most. They came here today specially to accompany Lin.