Three days later, Cheng Xue, mother and son left the northern city in a low-key manner without alerting anyone.

Bai Wei, Baizhu, and Bai Shao followed, Chengxi and Yongxi drove, and Jisheng and Jiyuan accompanied them.

Once his wife and children left, Li Hui was reluctant to go home. Lunch and dinner were served in the canteen of the government office. After dinner, I went back to the government office to handle official duties. I didn’t go back until late at night when I was tired.
  He suddenly became involved, so that no one else in the government office dared to go home too early, especially Shen Jue and Mou Haibin. Every time, they had to wait for him to go to the dining hall to eat before the two of them quietly left, as did the clerks in each room.

Sometimes I even deliberately stay to finish my meal and then deal with less urgent matters.

No one knew that Cheng Xue was gone, so whenever Li Hui was not in the government office occasionally, everyone would gossip and speculate. I guess the couple quarrels a lot. After all, Mr. Li is a master who will never be greedy for evil when he comes home. These days, I have been staying in the dark every day, obviously because of a quarrel.

Even though they all thought this was the reason, no one dared to go to Li Hui to persuade him. The distinction between public and private matters was clearly Li Fuyin's purpose, and he would only go to other people's houses unless he felt that he was tired of living a crooked life.

Shen Jue had some unfinished business that day, so he stayed at the government office to have dinner, preparing to finish his work.

Seeing his immediate boss eating alone, he came over to say hello.

"My lord, aren't you going home today?"

"If you don't come back, your sister-in-law will take the children back to her hometown to pay homage to my parents. It would be boring for me to go home alone."

When Shen Jue heard this, her eyes widened instantly.

Back home?
  "The children have gone back too?"

"Except for the eldest brother who is stationed at the military camp in the north, the other three have gone with their mothers." Li Hui said while drinking cabbage soup.

The taste was just average, and he missed his wife again.

"Recently, I've been catching up on all the work I'm doing so that we can have another three days of rest during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Yes, it's all up to you, sir." Shen Jue agreed.

Speaking of which, during the year he took office in the north, they saw their salary extensions and had a rest during the holidays. They were much better than before.

"By the way, sir, the Ghost Festival is just around the corner. At this time of year, there are a lot of people burning paper in the city. There are many wooden warehouses in the north of the city, which are particularly prone to water leaks, and there are also mountains. It hasn't rained during this period. Do you want to see it? To nip problems in the bud?”

"I thought of this a few days ago. Let's have dinner. After that, you go to my place and we can chat."

"Okay, okay."

Shen Jue agreed and lowered his head to pick up the rice. After the two of them finished eating, they stood up and left. The cook came over with a rag to clean up the mess.

Back in the government office, Shen Jue lit the candle first, and Li Hui went to the table to rummage and pulled out two pieces of paper.

"Come on, look at this."

Shen Jue nodded and walked over, then silently read the contents on the paper by candlelight.

Here we definitely cannot ask everyone to pay homage in a civilized way and not burn paper like in modern times. If he really demanded that, he would probably have to be bagged and beaten severely that night.

On the paper was the method he came up with, which was to find an open space in each of the four directions of the city: east, west, north and south. Ten basins are placed in each place, specially for the people in the city who cannot return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors.

As for the mountains, inform the village leaders and ask them to organize people to inspect the mountains. Yamen officials cannot be idle and must frequently go to the mountain to check to avoid uncontrollable consequences.

Shen Jue read them all and thought it was feasible, saying:
  "Sir, your solution is very good. I will write official documents and notices later, and be sure to inform all counties as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, I'll be busy with other things." "Please don't worry, sir."

So far this year, the northern state capital has been very peaceful. As long as nothing happens in the next few months, their state capital will definitely move up some rankings in the year-end evaluation.

Speaking of which, Qingming was very risky, but at that time there was a war in the north and no one could care about that much. Shen Jue believes that these four places will be fixed in the future and specially used for everyone to worship their ancestors in the city.

Soon, notices all over the northern capital were posted with the message "Be careful when worshiping ancestors."

It’s not that you are not allowed to worship your ancestors, but you must be careful not to cause a fire.

Every day, a clerk went to the notice board to read it, twice a day, three times each time. The clerk who read it last didn't read the official document at all and just memorized it. The county and government officials were even busier. They frequently went to the mountains to check, and sometimes they even stayed away all night. Li Hui saw this and took it to heart.

At the same time, Cheng Xue and others also returned to Wanghe Village that evening.

No one was alarmed. After all, they were in a hurry to go to Fucheng and had to stay for one night before leaving. After arriving home, Li Zhong asked Yu Zhao and his family to come over for dinner. Yu Niang and her eldest daughter Bai Zhi were busy in the kitchen.

Mrs. Wang led her daughter Yuan Bao into the house. It was obvious that the little girl was not very good at walking, and she did not do so neatly. When I encountered the threshold, I couldn't cross it by myself. I opened my little hands to my mother, and the cute look was very cute.

Yu Yingjie has obviously grown up a lot, and following behind, he is much more stable. Li Huai ran to his cousin and threw himself into his arms.

We had a friendship for a while, but it’s been almost a year since we were separated, and I really miss them.

Cheng Xue saw that Yu Yingjie was not knocked down. It was obvious that he was practicing martial arts and his body was stronger than before. He picked up Yuan Bao and looked at the little girl who looked exactly like Wang in his arms. He rubbed her face affectionately and called her "Yuanman".

This nickname was given to her before she left. I thought that when Wang has another child, she can be called "Man Bao", which means perfection.

"Mom, give me a hug, sister."

Li Tian is eager to try. She couldn't hold Li Huai before, but now she will definitely have no problem holding Yuan Bao.

The little girl doesn't speak fluently, but the words "mother", "father" and "brother" are no problem. "Bo Niang" is a bit difficult for her, so Yuan Bao calls her "Mother". If you don't know how to pronounce "jie" yet, you can only say "ji".

When Li Huai saw that his little cousin couldn't call her "sister", he immediately became interested and coaxed her to call her "brother" with snacks and candies.

Every time he screamed, he made a proud face at Li Tian. Mrs. Wang looked confused and felt that her nephew had been replaced. The little nephew who used to be the boss who could take care of her eldest son, why is he suddenly so childish?

"Little Sidan, don't be so arrogant. Just feed your cousin and see if I can beat you or not."

Seeing that Li Tian was angry, Li Huai didn't dare to offend him anymore, and pulled his cousin aside in despair.

"Pfft..." Wang laughed out loud, shook her head and said:

"Si Dan is different from before. He's skinny. Tiantian has also grown taller. Tangtang... has lost weight, a lot."

Li Yue smiled and shook his head and said:
  "No, aunt, I have grown taller. How are you doing with my uncle? Is my uncle still so busy at the forest farm?"

Wang nodded and said with a bit of pride:

"It's busier than before. He and the big shopkeeper are in charge of the entire forest farm. Your uncle doesn't do the accounts now, so he hired someone who specializes in accounting."

"What do you mean... Yu Zhao is now the second shopkeeper?"


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