The atmosphere in the Yang family was more cheerful because of Fu'er's birthday. Feng Ying and Yang Xiu'e led several children to meet each other. Zheng Qiushuang held Yang Chengshao who was going to join in the fun to prevent him from causing trouble.

A few people talked and laughed, the children talked about children, and the adults talked about adults.

"It's a pity. If the government officials can bring that wild boar back, we can ask them to exchange some pork leg meat to make some dumplings for Fu'er's birthday." Zheng Qiu Shuang was also greedy. The last time she ate dumplings, it was when her eldest brother and sister-in-law got married. What happened the night before.

"They're just relatives staying at home. Why do you have to mobilize so much for a girl's movie? Why cook birthday noodles?" Chen Nier curled her lips with disdain, "Those who don't know think that our family has too much food to eat. Then make it."

"I'm chatting with my sister-in-law, what are you talking about?"

Zheng Qiu Shuang couldn't stand Chen Ni'er's petty attitude, "Mom said, as long as Fu'er and the others are still in our family, they are part of the family. What is your status? Are you here to say things that you can and can't do?"

When Ke Muqing walked over, she heard Zheng Qiu Shuang quarreling with Chen Nier, "Chen Xiaoniang, if you don't know how to be a concubine, you should go to the Huang family and learn more. Take a look at the Huang family's concubines. What is your identity at home? You can wake up to yourself."

Chen Nier immediately thought of the hanged concubine that the Huang family's uncle gave to Chen Hu for ruin, and she immediately shut her mouth and did not dare to say anything. Yang Yi waited aside until the topic changed before he came over to talk to Ke Muqing alone and asked, "Master, how about we brothers go hunt that wild boar back? If we are lucky enough to encounter a black bear, maybe we can hunt it back." Bring the black bear back together.”

Yang Yi had seen the kung fu of those government officials, and it was not his boast, they were indeed not as good as those of his brothers.

"It's a mouthful of meat." Ke Muqing quickly asked Yang Yi to give up the idea, "The yamen servants just made a big mistake on this wild boar, and even Wang Jianzhong was injured. Now you guys go and get the wild boar and If the black bear comes back from hunting, wouldn't that slap those government officials in the face?"

Ke Muqing had to think more carefully. Although the meat was delicious and the black bear fur was valuable, it was not worth the risk.

Wang Jianzhong was injured in his leg and could not ride a horse, so the Yin family lent Wang Jianzhong one of their carriages for temporary use.

When Yin Tang came over to ask Ke Muqing if he had any extra bedding, Ke Muqing personally carried a bed over.

This quilt was used to cushion Wang Jianzhong's body to prevent his wounds from being bumped again due to the bumps of the carriage.

"Master Wang Cha, although this quilt of mine is old, it is made of new cotton and is soft. You can rest assured to use it. It is all clean." Ke Muqing handed the quilt to the boy from the Yin family who was already on the carriage. It seemed that Yin Tang was Let his boy take care of Wang Jianzhong.

"Thank you, aunt. I'm very grateful for letting me borrow my bedding. Why did I ask aunt to bring a new one? I see that aunt is very particular about people. If you don't tell me, I can use it with confidence." Wang Jianzhong said, leaning against the wall of the car. Thanks.

"Thank you so much for your help along the way, aunt. I also want to thank you for sharing a hundred kilograms of grain for us brothers yesterday. Otherwise, we brothers would not be able to have enough to eat during this trip."

Wang Jianzhong's attitude was obviously much better and more polite. Ke Muqing waved his hands and exchanged a few words before returning to his carriage.

Yesterday I was delayed for half a day, so today’s journey is longer.

At noon, the officials did not stop eating. They gave each of the exiled prisoners a steamed bun and let them eat while they were on their way. The Yang family steamed a lot of steamed buns and made a lot of pancakes yesterday afternoon, so I wasn't hungry for lunch.

After driving for four days in a row, at noon on the fifth day, the group finally stopped at the inn. It was still early and the government officials were about to enter the city. Ke Muqing asked Ke Xiucai and others, and then decided to go to the city to see the situation.

Several families drove an ox cart and entered the city in two quarters of an hour.

It should be far away from the previous two counties. This county seems to be more lively than the previous two counties.

What surprised Ke Muqing even more was that she actually met an acquaintance here.

The young lady of the Lin Family Restaurant.

It was Mrs. Lin who saw Ke Muqing greeting her first.

"What a coincidence, Mrs. Ke! I never thought I could meet her here!" Mrs. Lin just walked out of the inn. When she saw Ke Muqing, she felt that she was going to be lucky today!

"I heard that your family moved south, but I didn't expect to meet you here. Are you here to buy something from the county?" Mrs. Lin asked,
"Then you've come to the right place. Yun County is better than our place. At least you can buy things if you have money. Unlike our place, you can't even buy things if you have money."

"How are Mrs. Lin these days? Is the business of Lin's restaurant okay?" When Ke Muqing saw Mrs. Lin, she felt like she was seeing the God of Wealth. The first business she got rich was negotiated with Mrs. Lin.

"The restaurants in Fucheng have opened, and they all use the recipes I bought from you. Business is booming, there are no seats left, and the kitchen is so busy every day."

"It's not because business is so good that food is used up too quickly, so my husband and I heard that we could still buy food in Yun County, so we came over to take a look." Mrs. Lin sighed after saying this, "But we came here in vain. But you didn’t come in vain.”

"How do you say this?" Ke Xiucai took a step forward and asked.

"The county magistrate Zhuang has issued an order that the grain in the grain shop can only be sold in bulk to the common people, but it is not allowed to be sold in large quantities to merchants like us. The price of grain in Yun County is personally monitored by the county magistrate, so a pound of grain here is only Fifteen cents is more expensive than in good times, but it is still much better than the one hundred and fifty cents per pound of food."

"It seems that Yun County has a good magistrate." Ke Xiucai praised, "That's why the people in the city can live and work in peace and contentment."

"For this reason, the county government also spent money to drill wells at the entrances of alleys and streets in every village, town, and strictly controlled the water used by each household to avoid wasting it." Mrs. Lin said,
"But Yun County is drier than our place. Many wells can no longer produce water. People can only queue up to go to the few wells that can produce water. A family can go to draw water once every two days, one bucket at a time. There won’t be any more, but the good thing is it’s all free.”

With the control of Zhuang County Magistrate, the people of Yun County will not die of thirst or starvation, but the poor families can only survive day by day.

"Mrs. Ke, the caravans passing by and families like yours can go to the county government to register. Then you can go to the grain store to buy grain on a per capita basis with the sign given by the county government."

"Thank you for telling me." After Ke Muqing said that, she asked Ke Xiucai and others to go to the street to take a look. She took Mrs. Lin and continued talking, "What did you come to Yun County to buy? To be honest, I was in the middle of the road. I met a merchant from the south on the road, and he might have something the Lin family wants."


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