Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 648: Think fast, stupid brain

The weather has been nice these days, so the slightly damp cotton can be taken out and dried in advance. However, the patio of the warehouse is not wide enough to dry the cotton, so the cotton has to be moved to the large drying dam in the town.

The crops are spread out to dry at sunrise and packed back into the warehouse at sunset.

The large area of ​​the drying dam was Xiao Yuan's patrol area. Seeing this, he simply decided not to leave. He sat under a tree on the drying dam holding a ruler, and guarded the cotton with Qu Hua.

With him watching closely, Qu Hua always felt like a thorn in her side, and she tried to persuade him: "Captain Yuan, the cotton is drying on our own land, so it won't be stolen. How could our county residents do such a thing?"

Let’s not talk about whether they would be caught on the spot, let’s assume that someone really stole the cotton back. What if they dared to show off, or were accidentally seen by others?

That will inevitably lead to exposure and reporting, and everyone will condemn him!

It's just a little bit of cotton. No one dares to take such a big risk and spend the rest of their life to satisfy that little bit of curiosity.

Xiao Yuan's face was full of "you don't understand" when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye and shouted at Qu Hua behind him: "Little brat, don't touch me!"

Qu Hua looked back and saw that the faces of the little rascals who were caught suddenly turned red. The fat boy in the lead put his hands behind his back and said, "I, I'll just touch it here. I won't take it away..."

Xiao Yuan looked at his snotty face and stretched out his hand with a sour look in his eyes: "Show me your hand."

"We really didn't steal!" Seeing that they were being wrongly accused, the little kids became anxious.

"Who said you stole it!" Xiao Yuan squatted down and took the fat boy's hand out, and immediately his face turned black: "Did you play in the mud just now?"

I saw that the chubby little hands were black and gray, and there were many sticky brown bumps on the fingertips.

"I didn't!" the little fat boy exclaimed, "We are all big kids, we don't play in the mud!"

The little carrot heads nodded in unison.

After saying that, the little fat boy seemed to feel an itch in his nostrils, and he carelessly used his index finger to pick at them. Xiao Yuan watched helplessly as the small bump on his fingernail appeared... and another one appeared.

"..." He held back the bad feeling, held the little fat boy's shoulders, and turned him over. "Cotton turns black once you touch it, so don't touch it. If you really want to touch it, wash your hands first. I'll pinch off a small piece for you."

The little rascals widened their eyes when they heard that, let out a cheer that almost broke through the sky, and ran away in a group.

Xiao Yuan held a ruler and shouted at their backs, "Wash your hands clean! Make sure they are clean!"

......

In the backyard of the county government office, Shen Zheng was sitting in the yard, basking in the sun while writing something with the tip of a pen in her mouth.

The teapot sitting on the charcoal rack next to her was emitting white smoke and the aroma of tea was everywhere, but Shen Zheng had no intention of drinking tea.

"Fixed pulley, movable pulley, pulley block..."

She was thinking hard about how to incorporate the pulley formula into life so that people who read the book could understand it.

As he was thinking, Shen Zheng unfolded the rough paper again and read the chapter titled "Pulley" carefully. Then he folded his hands and lay on the table, resting his chin on it and sighed: "I can understand it, but the pulley is more complicated than the lever, so they may not understand it..."

I always feel like something is missing. I should wait until Liang Fu finishes his work and then invite him to discuss it together.

"Squeak-"

The gate of the courtyard was pushed open from the outside. Yu Nanshu first leaned her head in. When she saw Shen Zheng, her eyes lit up. She dragged a large backpack into the courtyard with great effort.

There was another person behind her. It had been a while since Shen Zheng had seen the other person, so she was a little dazed for a moment.

Then she saw that the other person was carrying a bigger basket. Just as she was about to bend down to help Yu Nanshu drag the basket, the things in the basket clanged and hit her head. Yu Nanshu was so scared that she quickly held her head and "lifted" her up.

"Don't help me, don't help me. You'll be knocked unconscious later and you'll have to ask Qianzhi to look for your head!"

The little girl nodded shyly, then stood up straight, looked at Shen Zheng and said, "Master Shen..."

"Lotus?" Shen Zheng looked at the large basket on her back and felt it was heavy. She quickly waved her hand and said, "Come over and put the basket down."

Wu Hehua was not so nervous at all. She took small steps and walked to Shen Zheng. Her steps were relaxed, as if the basket on her back had no weight at all.

After putting the backpack away, she trotted to the door and helped Yu Nanshu drag the backpack over.

There were so many things inside that Shen Zheng had no idea what they were going to do.

"Please sit down first." Shen Zheng poured a cup of tea for each of them, pushed it over, and thought of a suitable adjective: "Are you here... to do handicrafts?"

Scissors, work box, big red paper, big book, small jar...

Shen Zheng could only glimpse a corner of the thing underneath, and guessed it was also a small tool.

The two looked at each other, Yu Nanshu secretly glanced at the table, and then asked hesitantly: "Are you busy..."

There were papers scattered on the table, with spots of ink on them. Shen Zheng took a look, gathered the papers together, and put away the brush and inkstone.

"I'm almost done with my work, but is there anything else?" she asked.

"Yes!" Yu Nanshu was waiting for her to say this. Upon hearing this, she quickly bent down and took out the backpack. The big backpack was like a treasure chest, and the objects inside fell out one by one.

"couplet!"

“New Year pictures!”

"lantern!"

“Paper cut!”

"besides......"

Yu Nanshu carefully picked up a stack of red paper packages and smiled slyly: "Red envelope!"

Shen Zheng slapped her head as she looked at the dazzling red paper bag.

This year she becomes the one giving out red envelopes!

She had never received many red envelopes before, let alone given one, and now, she hadn't even thought about it - she was the head of the family in the county government, and everyone was waiting for her to give them red envelopes!

Shen Zheng rolled up her sleeves and took the stack of red envelopes. The red paper of each envelope was not thick and felt a bit rough. She must have bought them on the street "on the way".

Looking at the size of the red envelope, Shen Zheng felt a little painful.

If you put too little in the red envelope, it will look ugly, but if you put too much in it, it will look ugly...

Her pockets were empty.

You really need to think carefully about how much to install.

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Yu Nanshu smiled and said, "Then we need to put up couplets and hang lanterns in our yard...but these are secondary. Hehua and I came here for more important things..."

"More important things?" Shen Zheng looked at them.

Yu Nanshu bent down and took out a measuring tape from her backpack, shaking it in front of her face, and her head swayed with it: "New clothes for the New Year."

Wu Hehua thought for a while and continued: "Everything is going well."

Yu Nanshu added: "Wear new shoes for the New Year."

Wu Hehua: “…”

I didn’t tell you this would happen before I came here!

Dead brain, think quickly!