Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

The cold is deep, but the people's hearts are warm. Thousands of people gather together, and they don't feel scared when traveling at night.

The guards still sent the people to Yangmen County.

The city wall in Beishan County has not yet been built. Today, the entrance and exit in Yangmen County is still considered the first gate at the border. Without official documents, ordinary people cannot enter and exit at will.

Zhang Yuan held up the customs clearance order and shouted to the officers and soldiers guarding the city on the wall: "Beishan County Chief Registrar Zhang Yuan, on the orders of the Beishan County Magistrate, sent the servants home to visit their relatives."

The city gate was opened a crack, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city came out to check the number of people.

When the Zeng brothers returned to the village, their ugly days were about to pass.

The dog in the village barked again, and at the same time, several children watching at the entrance of the village shouted, "My parents are back!"

Half of the houses in the village opened their doors, and the elderly and children came out to look for their families in the crowd.

The man who came back picked up his child, took off his shoes and spanked him several times, "What time is it, and he's still outside the house!"

"Didn't Dad say he would come back today?" The child became more and more aggrieved as he spoke, "I got up early and waited here, and you didn't come back until now."

Mrs. Zeng was also looking for her. She was old and had bad eyesight, so she just followed the villagers, but it was so dark that it was impossible to tell who her son was.

"Mother!" Zeng Laosan saw her first, "Brother, mother is here."

Mrs. Zeng patted her two sons' arms and asked, "Are you all okay?"

"Everything is fine." The two brothers spread their hands and turned around, "Everything is fine."

"Where are the plums?" asked Mrs. Zeng.

"It's been a long journey, she didn't come back." Boss Zeng said, "We'll go home again..."

"Auntie." A woman holding a child came over, "Meizi is weak. If she has to walk for three hours on the way back, she will definitely not be able to support it. She may not have the strength to walk back, but she will not be able to walk back. It will be delayed by then. The affairs of the imperial court will involve the whole village.

We all advised her to stay there. Anyway, she would not have to worry about food there, and the aunt should not worry about her. "

"Are you from the Bai Song family?"

"Yes."

Mrs. Zeng said: "Thank you for taking care of my plums.

Sister Wanjin waved her hand and said, "Hey, I can't take care of anyone.

Fortunately, the group is made up of people from our village and the neighboring village. Everyone is familiar with each other and must look after each other. "

"Yes, yes!" A stronger woman next to her said louder: "Those of you who haven't been there don't know that the guards over there are very considerate and let women from one village sleep together, leaving the neighboring village alone. They are in a group with us, and when we work, they are all people we know.”

"Don't talk about you women, it's the same with us men."

"Hey, is it the same now?" the strong woman said loudly, "I used to hear you say that hard work is hard and you shed a layer of skin at the end of the day. Now we women are also there, digging and carrying soil like you, but they are nowhere to be found. It’s as scary as you say.”

Immediately some men disagreed and said, "You women do different work than us. You don't want to tamp it. How hard will it take to tamp it?"

"That's not it." Another man told the key point, "The labor service this time is different from the previous one. Just a few months ago we were conscripted to Weishan County to repair the city wall.

It was really hard work. You had to work for six or seven hours a day without having to eat. If you couldn't do it anymore and moved a little slower, the guard's whip would come off immediately. "

"That's right. In the final analysis, it's the official who makes the decision.

It is rare that the county master in Beishan County is so generous, allowing us to eat and sleep well. "

Some of the people who came back echoed, "This official who just came here is a rare and good official." The children listened in ignorance among the adults, paying more attention to the package.

There is millet rice in there.

Some children who couldn't wait put their hands into the packages and dug out the millet rice inside to eat.

Sister Wan Jin picked up her child and said, "Let's go home and give you a hot meal."

Chi Chunmei's eyes grew hot when she heard it outside the crowd, "I knew I would go."

She pushed the uncertain and dangerous matters to Meizi. Now that she knew the benefits of Beishan County, it was too late to go there again.

Waiting for dawn, she went to see Li Zheng early in the morning and said she was going to work in Beishan County.

But Li Zheng said: "I told you to go last time but you didn't go. This time it's too late."

"What do you mean? Aren't you always short of people?"

"There used to be a shortage, but last time there were so many people who followed, it was full all of a sudden. There was an official order from above a few days ago, and there is no need to levy any more in various places."

Chi Chunmei lost her home and had a plan in mind when she entered the house.

She found Mrs. Zeng and discussed with her that this time she would go with Mr. Zeng and the others to replace Meizi.

"Is this okay?" asked Mrs. Zeng.

"What's wrong with this? Her health is not good to begin with. Didn't my elder brother say last night that she fainted there? Why don't I go and replace her."

Mrs. Zeng thought that if she fainted again and was driven back, and there would be another mouth to eat food in the family, she might as well ask Chunmei to exchange the plums.

After Boss Zeng and the others woke up, Mrs. Zeng told her two sons about the matter.

Before Zeng Boss said anything, Zeng Laosan jumped up first, "Mom, why do you always listen to her! The person is already on the government roster, did we just change it at our request?

If someone finds out, our family will be sued! "

Old Mrs. Zeng rubbed the wrapping cloth of the two brothers, "Is it so serious? They are all one family. When others ask, they just say she is Meizi, and the government can't find out, right?"

"Mom, it's too easy for you to say that. You don't know what's going on here." Zeng Laosan gave Zeng a push, "Brother, please say something!"

"Shu, Mom is also thinking about her family. If the plums can't be dried, ask someone to come back."

"What the third child said is true." Boss Zeng said, "There is a checkpoint at the Yang Gate, and the number of people is counted every time you come in and out. Last time, someone brought a well digger with him, but he didn't tell the guard in advance, so he was picked up by the guard. Got a training.

If Chunmei goes along, she will definitely be found out. "

Mrs. Zeng compromised, "Oh, that won't work. If we find out, you will suffer."

"Mom, you really can't listen to your second sister-in-law anymore." Zeng Laosan stood in front of Mrs. Zeng, "You don't know the power of this, you just listen to her nonsense, she always lies to you, but you don't Tell you what's harmful in it.

Mom, please listen to me.

Even if the guard is blind and asks us to take the second sister-in-law over and replace the eldest sister-in-law, how can you ask the eldest sister-in-law to come back alone?Without someone from the government accompanying her, she couldn't enter the city gate of Yangmen County. Do you want her to die outside?

How can the elder sister-in-law be better than the second sister-in-law? You don't like her so much. "

"You kid, I don't know what's going on inside." Mrs. Zeng explained, "They are all daughter-in-law. What do you like or dislike? It's just that something happened to your second brother, so I took more care of you." .”

"Mom." Boss Zeng said, "I didn't think much of my second brother. I will make it up to him. When Meizi comes back, don't let her suffer all the time." (End of Chapter)