Qin Yao looked at the sunset on the horizon.

It is said that the morning glow never goes out, but the sunset glow travels thousands of miles. It is indeed a rare continuous sunny day in recent days.

"Okay, then you clean up." Qin Yao grabbed a handful of melon seeds and cracked them, "Old rules, list the expenses and give them to me for review tomorrow."

Liu Ji was waiting for her next words, and immediately got up and went back to the study to make a list.

Qin Yao ignored him. Thinking of the seedlings at home, she took a hoe and went out.

According to the weather conditions in the past few days, the seedlings in the fields should be ready to be transplanted in about ten days.

Due to the bumper harvest in Liujia Village last year, many brave people in Xiahe Village set aside twenty or thirty acres for intensive farming this year.

Regarding the grain production this year, both villages attach great importance to this matter.

This time Song Zhang also asked someone to deliver a message, instructing Qin Yao to inform Liujiacun of the deployment time in advance.

At that time, he will lead people from various villages and towns to come and observe and learn their planting techniques. He plans to fully implement the planting model of 70% rough farming and 30% fine farming in the coming year to increase the county's grain output.

In this way, the issue of planting seedlings in the village becomes even more important.

Qin Yao had no choice but to take it seriously and run to the fields every day to check the growth of the seedlings in order to notify Song Zhang in advance to lead a large army.

The village chief is now concentrating on taking care of his body, so Qin Yao will be fully responsible for this matter.

To receive so many people at once, preparations must be made in advance. Qin Yao didn't want to be alone and tired.

After checking the condition of the seedlings in the field, he walked towards the village.

Passing by the village well, he called Da Lang San Lang and Si Niang home, and went up the slope alone to Liu Dafu's house.

His family had finished dinner and were resting in the courtyard.

When Qin Yao entered the door, she heard the clanging sound of the loom. The women in Liu Dafu's family were all in the weaving room unless they were eating or going to the latrine.

These brocades woven from the loom are one of the important incomes of the family, and they are not willing to stop at all.

Of course, when the sky is dark, weaving at night will waste more lights than other houses.

However, the extra candlelight was not wasted. The courtyard of Liu Dafu's house was illuminated by candlelight, which made people feel comfortable.

Liu Dafu was not surprised by Qin Yao's arrival. As soon as she sat down, he asked: "Why did you come to see me?"

Qin Yao asked curiously: "The county magistrate is going to take people to our village to learn how to grow rice. Has the village chief already told you?"

Liu Dafu nodded and brought a plate of washed wild berries over. "Try it. Boss and the others picked it from the mountains this morning. It's sour and sweet. You little girls love it most."

Qin Yao was not polite. She took a few and put them in her mouth. They were sour, sweet and juicy. They were much more delicious than expected. She couldn't help but eat a few more.

Then he asked with a smile: "Uncle Dafu, what do you think of asking Magistrate Song and others to come over on the eighth day of this month?"

Liu Dafu laughed shrewdly, "The village chief asked you to do this, you can decide it yourself. Why do you ask me?"

Qin Yao sighed and complimented: "I am young after all and have no experience. There are so many people here all at once this time, and they are all well-known in our world. There is no experienced elder like you, Uncle Dafu." Sitting in charge, I don’t know what to do.”

Liu Dafu knew that she was just saying polite words, but he felt very grateful. He waved his hands and said with a smile:

"Okay, okay, you're the only one who's not done yet, so you're just trying to trick others. You, Manager Qin, can do anything here."

"However, I do know a little more than you young people when it comes to receiving people and dealing with things. If you can trust me, I will help you make arrangements. When the time comes, you only need to bring the people here."

Liu Dafu would not miss the opportunity to build a good relationship with the county magistrate and other town mayors. Of course, if you have to receive so many people at once, you will have to spend a lot of money.

But it wouldn't be a loss if I took this opportunity to make friends with a few more people.

Qin Yao had already expected that he wanted to make friends. The two of them exchanged ideas and then settled the reception process in a few words.

When leaving Liu Dafu's house, Qin Yao also handed over half a bowl of wild berries and took them home. The children all agreed after eating them.

Awang said: "Then tomorrow morning I will go into the mountains to pick a few baskets and come back. If I can't finish them all, I can make berry jam and make snacks for Mrs. Li."

At this time of year, the wild berries on the mountain are all ripe, red and thumb-sized, sour, sweet and juicy.

There are also those that are small and bunched up, long pieces, purple and yellow, but the meat is too small, and the children in the village still dislike it.

Tomorrow the school will have a bath. After hearing what Awang said, the four brothers and sisters of Dalang also clamored to go together.

Awang glanced at Qin Yao, saw her nodding, and nodded to the children, "Finish the morning exercise and go after breakfast."

We went too early, the sun had not yet come out, and the dew was heavy, not only making our clothes wet, but also the wild berries we picked were not that rich in flavor.

The children responded in unison and couldn't wait.

Erlang said: "I will ask Xiao Laifu to come with me tomorrow."

Qin Yao warned: "Pay attention to safety and don't go there for too long."

The four brothers and sisters got ready, queued up, washed up, went back to the house and went to bed to refresh themselves so that they could go to the mountains tomorrow.

Qin Yao returned to the room, wrote the letter to Song Zhang, blew out the candlestick, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Qin Yao accompanied the children to finish their morning exercises, then took the written letter to the stationery factory and handed it to Liu Zhong, who was going to the city to purchase, and asked him to deliver the letter to the Song family.

"Second brother, remember to deliver it to Mrs. Song or County Magistrate Song personally." Qin Yao warned.

Liu Zhong was a little panicked. How about meeting the county magistrate? His knees felt weak just thinking about it.

But he couldn't hold back. He gritted his teeth and nodded, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you deliver it."

So, after receiving the letter, Liu Zhong went to the city full of anxiety.

After arriving at the place, he discovered that it was not difficult to knock on the back door of the county magistrate's house in the name of his three younger siblings.

The servants of the Song family led him to Mrs. Song. Liu Zhong did not dare to raise his eyelids for fear of being offended. After the letter was handed over to Mrs. Song in person, he immediately withdrew it.

"Please wait a moment." Mrs. Song stopped Liu Zhong, turned around and asked the maid to fetch a long square wooden box.

The two maids held the wooden box and handed it to Liu Zhong with some difficulty.

Liu Zhong was already ready to take over, but he was still staggered by the heavy wooden box. He hurriedly lunged and used his knees to cushion it and hugged it tightly again, and then supported it.

I don’t know what it is, it’s so heavy. Liu Zhong was surprised.

Mrs. Song said: "This is something my brother owes Madam Qin. I originally planned to have someone send it over in the next two days, but since you are here, I just asked you to take it back first, so that Madam Qin will not wait too long."

Liu Zhong responded: "Okay." Then he left.

After walking out of the Song Mansion, I looked back at the tall courtyard with white walls and green tiles, and I suddenly realized that this was the home of Magistrate Song. It was really grand.


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