The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Because of the Sun family guards' supervision, the onlookers were unable to rush forward.

When Sun Dali saw Sun Shan and his group coming, he immediately ordered his younger brothers to pull the crowd apart to make a gap, and he personally stepped forward and surrounded Sun Shan.

Keep your eyes and ears open and pay attention to everything around you at all times.

Following behind, County Magistrate Wang, who had benefited from An Bao’s influence: .....

Every time Magistrate Sun went out, his lackeys, no, his guards would appear extremely nervous, as if someone was really plotting something bad against Magistrate Sun.

County Magistrate Wang seriously suspected that Magistrate Sun and the Sun family guards had paranoia, otherwise why would they make such a fuss.

Sun Shan walked in front, followed by government officials and a group of students.

After this group of people came in, Sun Dali immediately ordered the guards to fill the gap and pull up the cordon rope to keep the onlookers away again.

Sun Shan carefully observed the crowd of people around him, knowing that many would come out to eat melons, but he did not expect there to be so many.

This was completely unexpected.

Fortunately, he had been to the Huangji Palace and was used to big scenes, so he was not stage fright.

At this time, the old Taoist priest from the City God Temple came out and whispered, "Sir, the auspicious time has arrived. Prepare to harvest the rice."

Sun Shan's mouth twitched.

The autumn harvest was treated just like spring plowing. Not only did the Taoist priests choose an auspicious day for the harvest, but they also had to perform rituals before the harvest could begin.

This suggestion was made by Master Zhang.

In order to highlight the extraordinary nature of this autumn harvest, we also gave a lot of publicity to bird droppings.

Sun Shan stood up and gestured with both hands for the crowd to quiet down.

Sun Dali told the yamen runners to glare at anyone who was still making noise.

The spectators don't usually see Sun Shan, so it's inevitable that they feel awe towards him.

But it’s different with the yamen runners. You see them almost every day. If you don’t obey their orders, they might cause trouble for you tomorrow.

So when the yamen runners glared fiercely, the onlookers immediately shut up. Even the ignorant children cowered in their parents' arms, not daring to utter a word.

It can be seen that the yamen runners are indeed hated by everyone and all the ghosts.

After a while, the scene became quiet.

Sun Shan spoke as loudly as he could, "Fellow villagers, today is a good day, perfect for the autumn harvest. I'm delighted that you've taken the time to come and witness this rice harvest with me."

The onlookers looked at Sun Shan stealthily, thinking that what he said was all nonsense.

They would not have come if they had not wanted to see with their own eyes whether the rice in the experimental field had a higher yield than theirs.

Lord Sun’s fields need to be harvested, and their fields also need to be harvested.

After eating the melon, I have to go back to work.

The onlookers were eager for Sun Shan to come down quickly and tell them the output as soon as possible instead of talking about all this nonsense.

Sun Shan was completely unaware of the people's complaints.

He remained polite and courteous, saying, "Everyone, we used guano in this rice crop. If the yield is higher than usual, it proves that guano is effective. It just so happens that the government office has guano for sale. Everyone can come and buy some next spring plowing."

The onlookers secretly rolled their eyes.

Their purpose was to increase rice production and actually see whether guano was really useful.

If bird droppings really increase crop yields, everyone would buy it without Sun Shan saying anything.

The onlookers felt that Mr. Sun had been talking nonsense and had never gotten to the point.

Sun Shan continued, "Fellow villagers, to let you all feel the rice is indeed growing, I will select some of you to come up and help harvest the rice. No one from the government office will participate, so you can all harvest for yourselves and witness it with your own eyes."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd could no longer keep quiet and immediately started whispering.

Spectator A didn't understand and asked, "What does Lord Sun mean? Does he want us to help him harvest the rice?"

Did he understand correctly? This is what Lord Sun meant, right?

Crowd Eater B gave a positive answer: "That's what Lord Sun meant. He wants us to work for him for free. Oh my god, Lord Sun is really thoughtful and calculating. If he lets us do the work, he won't have to hire temporary workers, which saves a lot of money."

This is what spectator B thinks, that they are helping with the work but are not paid.

Humph, Lord Sun, you have a wishful thought.

He wouldn't do it.

Widow Li, a bystander, immediately retorted, "How could Lord Sun be such a person? He asked us to help harvest the rice so that everyone would know he wasn't cheating. If the government officials were harvesting the rice, people might gossip about him, saying he was deliberately falsifying the yield to sell guano."

The last time Widow Li gave Sun Shan a gift, she found that her own county magistrate was kind, amiable, approachable, and considerate, and she immediately became Sun Shan's fan.

When he saw the bad people in the crowd slandering Sun Shan, he immediately stood up to refute them.

If I wouldn’t dare to do it before, it’s different now.

The son is a scholar, and the mother's status is completely different because of the son, so she has the confidence to speak.

When Widow Li refuted him like this, spectator B felt embarrassed and wanted to yell at her, but when he saw Widow Li's son standing next to Teacher Deng, he was instantly speechless.

Things are different now. Widow Li’s son is now a scholar and can even go in and out of the government office.

If a dispute occurs, you can guess who the government will help with your toes.

Onlooker C tugged at Onlooker B's sleeve and quickly changed the subject, saying, "It's just a paddy field like this, and it can be harvested in no time. Haha, I wonder how many people Master Sun needs to harvest the rice?"

Ding, the onlooker, nodded repeatedly. "Yes, such a small field can be finished in no time. I will go up and reap some rice later and feel whether Master Sun's rice is really heavy."

The crowd below was discussing who Lord Sun would let harvest the rice.

Sun Shan handed the task over to Sun Dali: "Uncle Dali, pick some people to harvest the rice. Remember, pick plenty of people with good handles and harvest one field at a time. Don't mess up the order."

A farm man like Sun Dali can tell at a glance who is good at farm work.

Sun Dali took the order and immediately stepped forward, pointing at the crowd: "You, you, and you, come up and help with the work."

After a pause, he added, "After the work is done, I'll provide you with lunch."

The autumn vegetables in the backyard of the yamen have been growing wildly recently, and even Madam Wang can’t dry them all.

Let those who help with the work eat it.

Haha, put everything to good use.

The man who was named was stunned and looked at Sun Dali with wide eyes.

Uncertainly, he asked, "Is it me? Is it me? Is it me?"

I just took a look at Sun Dali in the crowd, so how come he chose me?

Are the selection criteria for the guards of Magistrate Sun's family so casual?

Sun Dali nodded seriously: "It's you, come up quickly. There will be food after you finish your work, and you won't be treated unfairly."

The man who was chosen ran out immediately, rubbing his hands excitedly, waiting for the rice to be harvested.

Not for anything else, just to have that meal at the yamen.

Whether it tastes good or not is one thing, the main thing is that you have never eaten public food.

I wonder what will happen?

Big fish with big white rice? Or big meat with big white rice?

The man couldn't help but fantasize.