Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Li Shuisheng's matter still needs to be resolved without delay.Seeing that the sky was clear the next day, I put on the ox cart and went straight to the county.

The road was muddy, and it was okay for the bullock cart to pass by, and I was not in a hurry to drive the cart, so I just swayed towards the city.Li Ji doesn't care if the cows on the road look at the grass and eat a couple of mouthfuls.

The cattle raised at home are well fed and fat, and Li Ji is reluctant to kill them.It's a pity that there is no time to breed it. It would be great if such a cow was mated with a regenerated calf.There are two calves in the family, but there is a bull. Unfortunately, this calf is the calf of the cow and cannot be bred to her.

This cow does a lot of work at home, so it would be a shame to kill it and eat its meat.

Just thinking about it randomly, I arrived in the county after a while.Because it was raining today, there were not many pedestrians on the road in the county. Several children were chasing each other, and some children were followed by an adult who reprimanded them not to stain their clothes.

With the money in his pocket, Li Ji walked slowly to the street where the fur shop was located, and went to the fur shop.

The man was very familiar with Li Ji, so he yelled "Master" twice before going to help stop the ox cart, let Li Ji get off and enter the house, and he took the ox cart to the barn to feed some fodder.

"The shopkeeper was still talking about my master yesterday, so you are here today." The clerk didn't ask why he didn't bring a leather bag, and came directly, so he must be looking for the shopkeeper.In the past one or two years, it can be said that Li Ji is the one who eats in the store.Because more fur goods were purchased, the higher-ups made more money, and a low-level guy like him would also get some rewards.Although this is a small place, as long as you buy leather goods, the treatment is no worse than that in the provincial capital.

"Okay, you still know that you miss me. Where is the shopkeeper? I owed money a few days ago, and I have been thinking about it all the time. I will send it back as soon as I have time." Li Ji sat on the chair familiarly.

The guy yelled for the shopkeeper to come out.The shopkeeper opened the curtain and saw Li Ji, and immediately smiled.

"Hey, what kind of fragrant wind brought you here?" The pastor of the shopkeeper sat across from Li Ji and directed the staff to serve tea.

If they are not familiar with each other, what the shopkeeper said is to separate the two.But in the past two years, the two have met quite a lot, and the relationship is more or less familiar. When they hear this again, they feel that the shopkeeper is joking.

"Don't make trouble, isn't this paying back your money?" Li Ji took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, which contained the counted silver coins.Li Ji opened the cloth bag and put it on the table, "You order."

The shopkeeper picked up the cloth bag, weighed it, and put it in his sleeve: "If you want me to say that you are very polite, you are busy paying back the money in just a few days. We have so much business, I am still afraid of you." Can't you renege on your debt?"

The shopkeeper is really not afraid of Li Ji's repudiation, and to be honest, the money in the shopkeeper's current hands is basically earned from Li Ji. The price he gave Li Ji is high, but the price he supplies to the top can higher.Except for the rent and the money for the buddies, the rest of the profit goes into the shopkeeper's pocket.

If it was a year or two ago, it would have been very difficult for the shopkeeper to take out five taels of silver, but now it is different, even if Li Ji borrowed ten taels of silver, the shopkeeper would be willing.

"It's your business that you don't rush to use it. I feel at ease after paying off the debt here." The man brought the tea, and Li Ji picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of the tea leaves: "The good tea I drink is basically what you drink here. But I can’t bear to buy tea by myself.”

"Drinking tea is a good way to pass the time when you have nothing to do. Cheap has its advantages, and expensive has its advantages. Buy some good tea and drink two bowls when you are in a good mood. It will make your mood better." The shopkeeper followed suit. Take a sip, with a little smile.

"It makes sense." Li Ji nodded.

After drinking enough tea at the leather goods store and resting, he went out and drove the ox cart straight to the county government office.

There was a guard at the gate of the county government office. When he saw Li Ji approaching, he looked Li Ji up and down.There are quite a few servants in the government office, Li Ji only came here at night, so he didn't know many of them.

"What are you here for?" a yamen servant asked.

Li Ji got out of the bullock cart and said with a smile: "Please tell the official that Li Ji, a grassroots man, came to see the county magistrate. He agreed a few days ago that I would come, and the county magistrate knows."

Few people dare to joke about this kind of thing.The yamen servant told the other yamen servant to watch with his eyes, and he went inside to report.

The floor at the gate of the yamen was covered with blue bricks, which were basically dry at this time, and it was very comfortable to step on.After waiting for a while, the yamen servant came out again.

"Master let you in."

Li Ji tidied up his clothes and followed the yamen servants into the room.

Go straight to the back hall, where the county magistrate works.After entering the study, the county magistrate was still buried in a book.

Li Ji knelt down and said, "Li Ji, a grassroots man, kowtows to your lord."

"Here we come." The magistrate looked up, "Get up."

Li Ji stood up, watching his nose, nose, and heart without looking up.The county magistrate said: "To give money?"

Li Ji nodded, took out the wrapped silver from his pocket, opened it and held it in his hand: "The silver is all counted."

"Bring it here." The county magistrate said.

Li Ji held the silver to the county magistrate, and waited for the magistrate to take the silver before letting go: "Would you like some?"

"No, you don't need to take less, after all, it still needs to be returned to you."

The county magistrate put the cloth bag on the table, looked up at Li Ji, and frowned slightly at his reserved look: "Why are you carrying this look again. Didn't you have a good chat a few days ago?"

Li Ji thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Caomin just doesn't know how to get along with you, my lord. That day, Caomin drank two extra sips of wine, and only talked nonsense when he got bolder. When he sobered up, he blamed himself, but he didn't know what to do. Get along with you, so that's all I can do."

The magistrate of the county smiled: "Since ancient times, the cloud has accompanied the monarch like a tiger, and now I have become that fearsome tiger."

Li Ji repeatedly denied: "You are serious, you are the parent officer of our county, and there are tigers there."

"It's a good thing to be in awe, but it's not good to get along with others too much. Come on, don't tense up, it looks weird." The county magistrate picked up the tea bowl only to find that the tea was cold, and ordered the yamen servant to send a new one. Come over, "Sit down."

Li Ji sat across from the county magistrate at such a distance that he could see the county magistrate more clearly.The last time we met, I didn't look very carefully under the light. Although I did, the first time I met, the county magistrate was wearing casual clothes.He was wearing an official uniform today, and the majesty of the county magistrate was set off by the official uniform without anger. The majesty was so shocking that it could only be described as being upright.

"Then how did Li Shuisheng go back?" the county magistrate asked.

"I've tried to persuade them, and they're ready to go. If you say that the liar has been caught and the money has been recovered, I believe they will be able to come out soon, and it will be considered that this has never happened." Li Ji Tell the truth.

"Where's that girl?" the county magistrate asked.

"Girl? Ah, you mean Qiao'er, it's all right now. Li Shuisheng has also figured it out, and he won't make things difficult for Li Qiao'er in the future. I also persuaded that from now on, the marriage of his children will be all according to fate, and he agrees." .” This is Li Ji’s ultimate goal.

As long as Li Shuisheng doesn't make any fools in the future, then Li Ji's work will be in vain.

The magistrate nodded and said, "To have this awareness, I have finally lived up to your hard work."

Li Ji was a little embarrassed and didn't speak.

The county magistrate looked at Li Ji, thought about it, and said, "I have been here for two years, and I feel that I have done my best. Unfortunately, the city is fine, and I don't know much about the town."

There was something in the county magistrate's words, Li Ji didn't dare to answer easily, and lowered his head, waiting for the county magistrate's next words.

The county magistrate knew Li Ji was a smart man when he saw him, and said, "You don't need to think too much, I have no other intentions. For the village, the rules of the clan may be higher than those of the government office."

"How could this be?" Li Ji shook his head.In fact, this is also true, but who would dare to admit it?

"What I mean is, you can trust this official." The county magistrate said, "Many times, the traditions of the clan may not always be correct. It may be more agreeable to me to follow the laws of Daxia. Instead of closing the door Abusing lynching and being resented by others, it is better to send it to me, no matter how it is sentenced or punished, it is all on me."

Li Jixin said that the county magistrate must have something else to say, like the things in the village, if there is abuse of lynching, there is still one locked up in the ancestral hall of the family temple, as is the previous Gao Orion, it can be sent to the government Come, but the village will solve it by closing the door.

It's just because most people think that going to the government office is a big deal, what a shame, what a heavy punishment.So even if it is a person who made a mistake, he would rather be lynched in the village than go to the government.

This also led to the resolution of village affairs in the village. Unless it was a major case of murder and arson, the elders of the village would gather to talk about it, and the punishment would be decided as to how to solve it.

In the past, Li Ji also thought this was normal, but he nodded secretly in his heart after hearing what the magistrate said.

It's just that Li Ji's idea is in harmony with the county magistrate, will the villagers know it?If something happens in the future, even if Li Ji is willing to come and file a lawsuit, will the villagers be willing?

The answer is yes, no.

Because there is an old saying: look up and see down.

In a village, whoever is sorry, whoever closes the door and beats and scolds, wants to seize the government and go to prison, and then his whole life will be ruined.

Such thoughts are passed on from generation to generation.If anyone reported to the government because of a neighborhood conflict, he would be blamed instead, because he might destroy a family.In this case, no one noticed the loss of the complainant himself.

Li Ji turned around in his heart a few times, and finally sighed: "Cao Min remembered the story you told me before. Sometimes the law may not apply to everyone, and a fair sentence may give the victim a greater s damage."

When Li Ji said that, the magistrate understood it in his heart.As the magistrate in the county, he can hear all the troubles, but for the village, he can't do it, and even if what happens, he will cover it tightly so that no outsiders will know.For example, when the child drowned a group of children and refused to save them, once the defendant came to the county magistrate, those children's family would be reduced to a lower status, which was even lower than a slave status.

Who can bear it?In the end, it was just a matter of paying some money.

If the couple who lost their child insisted on coming to file a lawsuit, then the village would not be able to accommodate the couple after the lawsuit was settled.

"I think it's too simple." The magistrate nodded and stopped mentioning this matter.

People in the village can take the initiative to sue the officials, either it is a major case of murder and arson, or the prisoner is outside the village and no one is in charge.For example, the bum back then, or the liar this time.At the time of Er Chanzi's family, his mother's family was from another village, and the village had no control over it. If there was any disagreement, the government had to make a decision.

Afterwards, the county magistrate changed the subject: "You now buy leather goods for a living?"

Li Ji nodded: "It can be said that. Leather goods are the main income, and some livestock meat is also sold. My nephew and I are strong and able to work, and we have reclaimed some land by ourselves. Most of the crops are fed to livestock."

"Growing the crops is not something you eat, so you can see that you are living a good life. Is there any unfairness in the fur trade?" the county magistrate asked.

Li Ji shook his head: "No, after all, I still rely on your majesty."

"Me?" The magistrate raised his eyebrows with great interest, "You didn't know me then, did you?"

"Yes." Li Ji thought it was funny when he thought about it, "Of course I don't know Mr. Caomin, but it's because I made a deal with the purchase steward of your mansion. Later, I took it out when I made a deal with the leather goods store. Only with He said he wanted him to ask for a price, and if it was fair, he would sell it. If it was worse, I would not bother. Even if I sent it to you, the price you gave would definitely be more reasonable. Since then, I have done many business transactions. Every time the price is higher than expected.”

After hearing Li Ji's words, the magistrate shook his head and laughed.Unexpectedly, Li Ji could come up with such a way to support himself: "Aren't you afraid that he really won't do business with you anymore?"

"No, I have a lot of fur goods, and he always has to eat when he does business. Anyway, I told him that I only did business with your family once, but the fur goods in the house are not as eye-catching as you. I'm sorry to send it here. If there is really no place to sell it, there is no choice but to have the cheek to send it to you."

"Did you do business once? What kind of business?" The county magistrate asked casually.

This business is still fresh in Li Ji's memory. It was his family's first huge sum of money: "Speaking of it, it is fate. The leather was first sent to the fur shop. It's just that the shopkeeper wanted to lower the price and insisted on 18 taels of silver, I couldn’t make it and he didn’t stop me from leaving. At that time, I knew that the shopkeeper predicted that no one in this county would pay a higher price. As soon as I was about to go back and negotiate 18 taels, 18 taels , I met the purchasing steward of your house."

The magistrate nodded and signaled Li Ji to continue.

"At that time, I had never seen the market, and I thought I had encountered a scammer. He asked me to make an offer, and I said it was 22 taels. In the end, he agreed, and paid the banknote at that time. I had never seen the banknote, so I was not at ease. I went to change the silver together. At that time, the steward Zun was very enthusiastic, and the more uneasy I felt, he asked me to send it here if I had skins, and then I never dared to come here again. "

This is human nature. In the case of disparity in status between the two parties, the more enthusiastic the one at the top, the more uneasy the one at the bottom.What's more, when Li Ji was just a fledgling and didn't understand anything.

The magistrate was slightly stunned, as if he had caught something in a daze.

"You... what kind of leather did you sell when you sold it?"

Li Ji was still immersed in his innocence at that time, and did not notice the strangeness in the county magistrate's tone.

"It's a white fox fur with some mottled colors. It's a pity that it's not a solid color, or it's really worth a lot of money."

"Crack!" The tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered, and the tea soup was scattered all over the floor.

"White fox fur?" The magistrate stood up and asked.

Li Ji was taken aback and didn't understand what the county magistrate meant.Immediately knelt down: "My lord, calm down!"

How can the magistrate care about these things, he stretched out his hand to hold Li Ji and raised his head and asked, "You said it was a white fox fur, isn't it a bit damaged!"

Li Ji thought that something happened to the fox skin, he was so frightened that he trembled and his face turned pale: "Yes... yes!"

The magistrate shook his body, stood there for a while, and then laughed: "Very good, very good!"

Li Ji was almost pissed out by the magistrate, okay, what kind of madness is this suffering from?What's the matter?

Li Ji was so frightened that the yamen servants outside heard the voice and rushed in to ask what was going on.

The magistrate of the county waved them back and forgot to help Li Ji get up. He walked back and forth twice excitedly, and then said: "After searching for so long, I finally found it. I didn't want to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to go. Not at all..."

The voice suddenly stopped.Li Ji didn't even know the reason, so he had to bury his head to reduce his sense of existence.

It was silent for quite a while before hearing the magistrate speak again.

"You, I was rude, don't be afraid, I just remembered the past, it has nothing to do with you." The voice of the magistrate was a little hoarse.

Li Ji secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he said this, as long as it's nothing to do with him.

Old things?What old things can there be?

The county magistrate said again: "Go back first, and come to me if you have any difficulties in the future. You and I can chat together, and it is a good story to be a year-end friend."

Li Ji got up hastily and withdrew from the room.

As soon as Li Ji left, the magistrate sat down on the chair and took two deep breaths.

He must calm down.Just a guess.The original words of the purchasing steward that day were that he saw a man wearing a similar jade pendant, and the leather was sold by two people together.

Although he found the two people who sold the leather at that time, Li Ji and Er Gouzi, it still couldn't prove that Er Gouzi was the child he had been looking for for many years.

Moreover, Er Gouzi is an orphan who was adopted by Li Ji after living in the mountains for more than ten years.How could she let their children live in the mountains?

If Er Gouzi is his child, then his mother...

The magistrate did not dare to think about it.

It's just a piece of jade, the quality of that kind of jade is not good, and the pattern is not unique, that is, you can't see it here, but it is very common in the hometown of the county grandfather.So it is not impossible if someone else brought it here and brought it to Er Gouzi's neck by fate.

It's not entirely certain yet, so the fewer people who know, the better.

This matter should not cause a storm in the city, whether it is public or private.

Therefore, we must wait until it is fully determined.

Still want to check, but where can I start?By the way, isn't there a maid in the county magistrate who is from the same village?Should have some news.

Thinking about it this way, the magistrate managed to stabilize his mood, and asked the yamen servant to find the magistrate, and at the same time brought the servant girl along with him.

Li Ji went out of the county government office, driving the ox cart, and he was muttering in his heart.Just freaked out, but sanity came back after leaving.It must be a certain sentence that stimulated the magistrate, otherwise how could a normal person have such a reaction?But if there is really something wrong with that skin, he should plead guilty immediately, and shouldn't let him leave like this.

And he was excited for a while, and then let him go as if nothing happened. Could it be that the county magistrate suddenly lost his mind and recovered suddenly?

No matter how smart Li Ji was, it was impossible for him to think of what the magistrate was thinking. He drove back and smelled the smell of meat from a distance.Li Ji drove there along the scent, and it was the largest restaurant in the county where he had eaten before.

Li Ji swallowed, he was taken aback by the county magistrate just now, and now he is really hungry.

The clerk who entered the room still remembered Li Ji, and his attitude was extremely enthusiastic: "Hey, the master is here to take care of the business again. This is you? Please come here quickly, and just tell me what you want to eat."

"Why are you so fragrant?" Li Ji asked directly.

The smile on the guy's face deepened: "Actually, it's pork. We have recently hired a cook with a secret recipe handed down from our ancestors. The pork we make is delicious. Recently, many people have come here to smell the scent. If you like it, come here." How's the serving?"

This smell makes Li Ji feel greedy, Er Gouzi must like it.

"Here are three packs to take away." Li Ji went out with some money, and now that it's ready and paid, Li Ji drove the ox cart back.

The meat was wrapped in lotus leaves. The hot meat smoked the lotus leaves. Li Ji didn't dare to use force for fear of breaking them.

Smelling the aroma of meat overflowing from the lotus leaves, Li Ji couldn't help but feel his stomach pounding, but when he thought of the poor worm-like Er Gouzi at home, he was still waiting to go home and eat together.

The mood is always so eager to go back, Li Ji's whip lightly touches the cow, the cow can know the mood of the owner, and the pace is fast.

Er Gouzi was about to finish all the work, and the rest of Li Qiaoer and the others came to help. Er Gouzi didn't care about this, so he stood in the yard and watched the movement in the yard at any time.

People who haven't waited before can't understand that feeling, they just stand there, as if the person will come back in the next second, but this one-second distance is very difficult.

Er Gouzi was a little irritable and wanted to go out and wait, but he was afraid that Li Ji would be angry.Last time Er Gouzi waited for Li Ji in the rain, but Li Ji lost his temper when he came back.

It was so badly preached that Er Gouzi felt that it was wrong to go out and wait for others, so he stood in the yard and dared not go out.

Just when Er Gouzi was restless, Little Tail suddenly stood up and ran to the door, wagging his tail happily. Er Gouzi knew Little Tail, and only Li Ji could make him so excited.

Er Gouzi couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and opened the gate to look out. At the corner of the road, a bullock cart came slowly.

When Er Gouzi saw the man, he immediately smiled brightly.

The author has something to say: Let me declare here again that the overall trend of this article is to live in the village. There will be no rich and powerful people. This father found him and lived there for a few days at most, and his father was abused by Li Ji's mouth For a few days, in the days to come, I will still spend my little days at my own home~

So you don't have to worry about that.

Tomorrow is my grandpa's birthday

It's my grandma's birthday in eleven days...

So during this time I was in the country...

Oh my god, it's disconnected!

So the recent updates all rely on timing, and I still have a few chapters to save

but not broken

Very cold at home

Jiamusi, Heilongjiang... You can check the weather forecast for these two days

My family is the kind of person who is reluctant to burn the fire. No matter how cold the weather is, the boiler will be fired twice, once in the morning and once in the evening.

For the rest of the time, stay at home and wear a thick padded jacket, relying on righteousness to keep out the cold

Hope it doesn't affect my code...