Lay to win!Cannon fodder, he has become the chief assistant

Xie Rongzhao raised his face, as if you looked down on someone.

"Only when Dad is well, can Aniang and I be well, I know that."

Xie Rongzhao couldn't say any more, such childish words were not only appropriate, but also allowed Xie Xiuwen to understand their second wife's situation in Xie's house.

Sure enough, Xie Xiuwen was silent for a moment, and patted her head: "Baby has grown up and is sensible. If Dad is not around in the future, Baobao must be brave."

"Yeah, baby boy will protect Auntie."

This is a bit exaggerated, at least Xie Xiuwen didn't feel that Liu Ruolan was so weak that she needed her daughter to protect her.

"We're going to your grandma's house tomorrow. Your mother means to stay for a few days. You can see what you need to bring and pack it in advance."

"Okay, Dad."

Xie Rongzhao likes to stay at his grandfather's house the most, at least no one will show them face.

During the Chinese New Year, Liu Ruolan considered that there is no family separation, and Xie Xiuwen has mostly relied on the family's supply for his studies these years, so he was generous and bought more than 20 catties of mutton for the family, and specially gave it to Grandpa Xie Bought two jars of good wine.

How much the shop earns or how little it earns has nothing to do with the Xie family. It is Liu Ruolan's dowry, so naturally there is no need to hand it over to the public.

Mrs. Gao couldn't see it, and mentioned it several times overtly and secretly, but was scolded by Grandpa Xie.

Sister-in-law Wang came up with ideas from Liu Ruolan's side. Although she couldn't give money to the public, she could give something in the name of showing filial piety to the elders, so that others would praise her for being filial and sensible, and make the two elders happy.

Anyway, on the bright side, Grandpa Xie can be regarded as maintaining the second room, so Liu Ruolan thinks the money is worth it.

Xie Xiuwen wanted to bring his wife and daughter to his Yue's house to pay New Year's greetings, so naturally he couldn't go empty-handed.

Grandpa Xie spent the past few days drinking and feasting with his fellow clansmen, and rarely stayed at home. Even when he came back, he was still drunk.

Grandma Xie told Mrs. Gao to ignore Xie Xiuwen, and said that since the couple had their own money, they could make up their own minds.

As a scholar, Xie Xiuwen naturally couldn't be brazen enough to beg for money or things, but now it's just a few days before Chinese New Year, even the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the shops in the town are basically closed.

Xie Rongzhao recommended himself, "Father, let's go on the mountain road like last time."

Liu Ruolan hurriedly stopped her and said, "No, it rained half the night last night, and the mountain road is slippery, we can't take risks."

That's exactly what Xie Xiuwen meant.

Although he knew that his daughter's luck was good, but no matter how good it was, he had to be careful.

"I remember we still have a few bolts of cloth, or just take two bolts of cloth, and bring some silver jewelry made years ago."

Liu Ruolan disagreed: "How can I bring jewelry to my mother's house during the Chinese New Year? Cloth can be brought, or you can find two books and I will give them to my nephews. Let's go to the village head's house again and buy a few. A chicken and a duck are just right.”

Xie Xiuwen had no choice but to nod. Now that the shops in the town are not open for business, that's the only way to go.

Such a New Year's greeting is not considered shabby.

Xie Xiuwen borrowed an ox cart from the village chief's family, and asked Xie Laifu to drive them there. When they came back, he just let Liu Laoer take a hard trip.

When we arrived at Liu's house, everyone greeted us with smiles, even the sisters-in-law poured out good words.

Xie Xiuwen knew that the Liu family was kind, no wonder his wife and daughter often wanted to come and live for a while, even his son-in-law wanted to come and live for a while.

Boss Liu invited him to the study to talk, and first took out a booklet.

"These are some records of our Gaoyang County's related land properties. I copied this before, you can read it. You have also seen some arrangements of the official house before, and you generally know some pros and cons of the county government. If If you have any good ideas, you can talk about them."

Xie Xiuwen knew that his words were not out of politeness, but that he really wanted to manage the officials' room well.

There are six chambers in the county government, and there is also the post of county magistrate, who is usually in charge of some specific affairs below, and can even temporarily act as the county magistrate when the county magistrate is ill.

The county magistrate is an eighth grade, a decent official.

The county magistrate of Gaoyang County had to rest at home due to physical reasons a few years ago, so the county magistrate had to find another qualified magistrate as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, they are all selected from the principals of the sixth room.

Boss Liu knew that his talent was mediocre, so he no longer had extravagant hopes for scientific examinations, but only hoped that he would be able to serve as the magistrate in this life, which could be regarded as comforting the spirits of his ancestors.

The relationship between Xie Xiuwen and the Liu family has always been good, so naturally he also intends to give some pointers.

It's not that he knows much about this, but because he was with Xu Shanchang and a senior brother like Wang Hanlin, he had to learn some things in the officialdom.

In the words of Xu Shanchang, even if he was confused at first, sooner or later he will understand.

Now, Xie Xiuwen probably knew about the current predicament of the eldest brother-in-law, so naturally he had no intention of hiding his secrets, so he analyzed them one by one.

"The head of the house has mediocre performance in the past year. There is no big mistake, but he has no merit. This kind of person is safe in the eyes of the county magistrate, and the head of the house is in charge of the county's pocketbook. His advantages are obvious. , but that's also a weakness of his."

Boss Liu rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized: "I understand! That's the reason, brother-in-law, go on."

"Our Gaoyang County has not repaired the city walls and dams for two consecutive years, and there have been no accidents. To the owner of the workshop, this is tantamount to no merit or fault. It is ordinary and will not be too impressive to the county magistrate. "

Seeing that he understood, Xie Xiuwen began to tell the merits and demerits of the other landlords one by one.

Boss Liu sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, your analysis is very good. It's just that we are officials, and we can't talk about any achievements. How can we make the county magistrate look at us more?"

Xie Xiuwen smiled: "It's actually very simple, although elder brother is in charge of the official department, he is actually doing things for the county magistrate, and no matter how many things the county magistrate has to do, it is always due to the official department. The biggest advantage of your officials is that you have a lot of people, a lot of eyeliner, and you have no credit, we can also look for it, some small things may seem insignificant, but they have a great effect."

Boss Liu understood, and sat aside to quickly sort out the thoughts of last year.

What major event happened, and who is related to it, etc...

These low-ranking officials in the county are generally served by local people. After all, the county magistrate always has to leave after he has had enough years.

Therefore, ordinary subordinate officials will choose local prestigious families, which are generally family-style. If there is a father who is a petty official, there will usually be a son who is a petty official.

"Finally, brother, the old county magistrate is just sick and old, not dead. If he is willing to recommend one or two, it will be different."