Chapter 57

It is a big deal for officials to enter the village.

After a while, the village chief had already heard the news, so he hurried over without going to the ground.

"My lord, are you here to collect the land tax?"

The crops are ready to be harvested now, but everyone in the village is growing sweet potatoes, so there is no time to harvest them.Of course, the most important thing is that there are not many grains on the rice stalks, and most of them are empty shells.

"The land tax is still a few days away. This time I came here mainly to announce the good news." The official continued to beat the gong a few times, "Someone in your village has won the election."

Someone hit it?

Everyone was shocked and pricked up their ears.

The third daughter-in-law, Xiao Zhang, was secretly nibbling melon seeds when she suddenly heard that someone had been hit, she immediately smiled, turned around and ran into the house as a matter of course.

"Father, mother, uncle has won, won."

Little Zhang's chubby body was bouncing, rolling and crawling to the upper field, standing on the ridge of the field, panting.

"Win it? The eldest son really planted it?" Mrs. Mei and old man Mei were startled at the same time, their cloudy eyes bursting with dazzling light.

"Let's go home." Old man Mei threw away the sickle, called Mrs. Mei and hurried home.

Mrs. Mei usually does not go to the fields, but now that her family is separated, she has to go to the fields to grab the harvest in autumn.Old man Mei was cutting rice, and she followed behind to pick ears of wheat.

"Father, mother, just now I saw the official sent into the village, and I heard with my own ears that the elder brother won the prize." Xiao Zhang gestured happily, as if he had made a fortune.

"Sister-in-law, what are you going to do? My uncle has passed the exam. Let's hurry up and congratulate him."

The three of them walked for a while, and when they saw Mrs. Ji walking towards the field with her back on her back, Mrs. Zhang hurried forward to pull her, as if they were very close.

Ji avoids her hand and looks at old man Mei, "Father, did your husband really fall for it?"

"That's still fake. I didn't see that the officials have all entered the village. Why don't you hurry back and prepare money for the wedding."

Before old man Mei could speak, Mrs. Mei had already taken up the topic.

It's a big deal for the boss to win the election. Let's see who else in the village dares to look down on her in the future.

Mrs. Mei felt that her waist was straighter than before.

At that time, she must take good care of that dead girl Sanya, causing her to lie on the bed for a month.

The four of them hurried back all the way, and found that the elder Mei and the third Mei were standing in the yard with a new look, and even the children were neatly tidied up. It seemed that they had got the news early.

Mrs. Mei and the others hurried back to the house and changed into new clothes before coming out to wait in the yard.

"Where are the second, fourth, and Qi Ying?" Mrs. Mei changed her clothes and came out, then turned her head to look around, "There are still three losers from the second and fourth family. With such a big matter, where did they die?"

"Mother, the second uncle must be tossing about in the field again. As for the fourth brother and sister-in-law, they must be ordered to work by Sanya, who loses money again, even those with injured legs." Xiao Zhang Stand aside and fan the flames.

She called several brothers and sisters in the family, and sometimes called them after the children.

"This bitch, Mrs. Li, gave birth to a litter of money-losers and harmed the young and old of my Mei family. Now she has run away by herself, leaving three scourges behind. She really married the wrong relative, and the root of the nine generations is ruined."

Whenever Mrs. Mei thought of Mrs. Li, her teeth itch with hatred.

"Mother, stop talking, the official is here."

Hearing the sound of gongs and drums gradually approaching, Boss Mei frowned and stopped Mrs. Mei from cursing.

For this moment, how many years he has worked hard and how much money he has managed.

It's finally coming true!

Boss Mei was so excited that he wished he could laugh three times and go for a walk in the village, so that those who laughed at him before would crawl under his feet.

The official messenger was gradually approaching, and when they reached the door of the Mei family, everyone in the Mei family was about to greet them, but found that the other party did not stop in their footsteps, passed by the door directly, and then... left.

Everyone in the Mei family "..."

Melomei followed a group of people to watch the excitement, and followed her to the house of the neighbor Aunt Wang.

The surname of Aunt Wang's family is not Wang, but Du. The reason why she has always been called Aunt Wang instead of Aunt Du is that Aunt Wang asked for it herself, and people in the village are also used to calling her Aunt Wang.

"Excuse me, is Du Lanfeng Du Xiucai here?" The official stopped in front of Aunt Wang's house and greeted him respectfully.

"Yes, yes, we are."

Aunt Wang ran out in a hurry when she heard the sound, holding a handful of sweet potato vines in her hand.

Du Lanfeng followed Aunt Wang out, with a sweet potato leaf stuck to her sleeve.

Official: "Who is Du Lanfeng?"

"Grandpa, I'm next."

Du Lanfeng patted his sleeves to remove the sweet potato leaves, and then bowed his hands.

"Congratulations to Du Xiucai, No. 30 in the provincial examination. Congratulations on becoming a Juren." The official took out the paperwork and handed it to Du Lanfeng, "Work hard and keep working hard. I hope to see you next time."

Du Lanfeng hooked the corners of his mouth, smiled gently, and said, "Thank you, Master."

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang immediately took out two money bags from her body and stuffed them into the hands of the official, "It's a small thing, the official is lucky."

After the two shied away for a while, they finally took the money bag and left happily.

As soon as the officer left, a group of people who had just followed to watch the excitement immediately rushed forward, and all of them squeezed into the courtyard of Du's house, congratulating endlessly, never repeating anything, and Melomei was taken aback for a while.

I wanted to go up to congratulate him too, but looking at my small body, I decided to forget it after thinking about it.

Come again another day!
Melomei turned around and walked to her own field. Seeing that the sweet potato vines had already fallen into the ground, she checked and found that they were all planted according to her own method, so she gradually felt relieved.

It's quite reliable for this cheap father to do farm work!
"Father, how much of our land has not been planted?"

"Hurry up, just plant this small spot and it will be over. Tomorrow we can harvest the millet first, and then plant the potatoes you mentioned."

Mei Laoer dug a hole, Mei Luoxing quickly threw a sweet potato vine into it, and Mei Luotao poured manure water behind.

"Third Sister, if you have nothing to do, come and put the seedlings. I'll pull out the soil and cover it up, or the dung will dry up in a while." Mei Luoxing shouted at Mei Luomei after putting down the sweet potato vines in her hand.

The weather is hot, it is best to cover the soil quickly.

"It's true that there's not much going on today, but we may go to Mrs. Wang's house to congratulate her in a while."

Mei Luomei ran to hug a bundle of cut sweet potato vines, and then ran to follow behind Mei's second son, he dug a hole, and she threw a sweet potato vine.

"What's wrong, Du Lanfeng passed the exam?"

Mei Qihai was sitting on the ridge of the field cutting sweet potato vines, and raised her head to ask a question.

Mei Luoxing held up a pair of hoes to cover the pits, one after another, and said, "Uncle, why don't you guess that Uncle passed the exam?"

Mei Qihai: "Tch, your uncle, only a few idiots in the family believe him, come on, it's going to be middle school, and we're still waiting until now."

A few people: "..." It's not easy to answer.

Mei Luotao's hands scooping up dung water paused, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Third Sister, Brother Du really hit it?"

The land where their family was divided was relatively remote, so they never heard the sound of gongs and drums.

"That's still a holiday. All the officials have entered the village, and I followed him to his house just now."

After throwing away the seedlings in her hand, Mei Luomei went to Mei Qihai to hug some. Just as she was about to continue working, Mei Qiying came over with a water bottle.

"Here comes the water, drink some water before you dry up."

(End of this chapter)

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