vrcanaries Chapter 214 The County Magistrate
Chapter 214 The County Magistrate
She didn't understand that this was just a small step for her, but a big step in the history of agriculture.
County Magistrate Niu came to Lianglin Village not only to verify the bet between Wang Fugui and the village heads, but also for the livelihood of the entire county.
If what Wang Fugui said is true, then it is really necessary to promote the burning of straw.
So, here he comes!
He also brought a group of officials from the county with him.
When the villagers of Lianglin Village saw several horse-drawn carriages driving towards the village, they all fell to the ground and could not get up.
Are they welcoming the county magistrate?!
Since Zhou Mingshu came into this world, he has never knelt to anyone except his grandfather.
Today, she joined everyone in kneeling for the second time.
After County Magistrate Niu got off the carriage, he asked the villagers to get up quickly.
Since entering the village, he has been observing the corn on both sides of the road. Indeed, as Wang Fugui said, they are much larger than usual.
But he was accidentally too happy and didn't pay any attention to the villagers on both sides of the road.
It's really inappropriate to make people kneel for so long.
"Village Chief Wang, please don't bring the villagers to greet me like this in the future. Just go about your business. I just came to take a look. There's no need to go through so much trouble."
"Okay, okay, County Magistrate, please come home and have a cup of tea first. I'll let them all go."
Wang Fugui brought a group of business people to his house, while his sons evacuated the crowd.
Zhou Mingshu had good eyesight. Looking at Magistrate Niu in the distance, he felt that he was a kind old man.
"Since you won't let us watch, let's go home."
Zhou Mingqi took Zhou Mingshu's hand and skipped back home.
Well, her feet are healed now.
The village chief asked his daughter-in-law to prepare mint tea in advance and present it to each adult one by one. He learned this from the Zhou family.
After drinking it, everyone felt it was very refreshing, and the taste was very different from what they usually drank in the county government office.
Life in the mountain village was hard enough, and they had never expected to drink any delicious tea. Unexpectedly, drinking a few bowls of mint tea was quite nice for a change of taste.
"Village Chief Wang, we saw it in the car just now. The corn is indeed growing well. If you take us to have a closer look, we won't sit here any longer."
The officials were already impatient, this was a political achievement! It was a great thing.
"Okay, okay, follow me."
So Wang Fugui took County Magistrate Niu and his men to Lao Zhou's corn field.
"Mr. County Magistrate, this burning of straw started from the Zhou family..."
Wang Fugui told everyone about the benefits of burning straw that he had learned from Old Lady Zhou, and received everyone's approval.
"This Mrs. Zhou is amazing! We didn't expect that."
"Yes, it turns out that experience must be gained from life."
"This is a good idea and it's worth promoting. This way, farmers can harvest more food and winter will be less difficult."
"Yes, this Mrs. Zhou is very knowledgeable. We should meet this Mrs. Zhou."
As soon as the county magistrate opened his mouth, everyone agreed.
"Okay, let's go now. It's not far from her house. We just passed by her door and I saw she was at home."
Wang Fugui happily took everyone to Old Lady Zhou's house again.
Old Mrs. Zhou had never seen such a big scene in her entire life.
"This is the Mrs. Zhou I mentioned." Wang Fugui introduced to everyone, "Mrs. Zhou, this is Magistrate Niu..." Wang Fugui was still introducing people, but at this time, Mrs. Zhou already had tinnitus, and there was only Magistrate Niu in her mind.
The highest-ranking official in Sanshui County came to her house!
Her old man must be fuming.
When she reacted, the first thing she did was to ask everyone to sit down and pour tea.
"Look, the house is so messy, I haven't had time to clean it up."
The weather was not hot, but she was sweating profusely.
"Mrs. Zhou, you don't have to be so polite. We are here to ask you about burning straw..."
County Magistrate Niu didn't want to drink any more water. He had just been warmly entertained at Village Chief Wang's house and had drunk three bowls of mint tea. His lower abdomen was now a little bloated.
Seeing that County Magistrate Niu was asking about the burning of straw, Old Lady Zhou understood what was going on. She decided to call San Ya over. This girl was as eloquent as the county magistrate. What's more, this was her idea in the first place, so she would definitely say better than she did.
So Zhou Mingshu, who was hiding in the house observing County Magistrate Niu, was called out.
After paying his respects, he answered Magistrate Niu's questions one by one.
When Magistrate Niu saw that it was a little girl, the questions he asked at the beginning were somewhat simple. However, he noticed that this girl was not as nervous as the others, and her answers were very logical, which made people feel very clear after listening to them. He knew that the little girl in front of him was not simple.
"How old are you now? What books have you read?"
"Your Excellency the County Magistrate, my daughter is almost fourteen years old this year. She is learning to read with Doctor Chen in town. The books she reads are quite diverse, ranging from the Four Books and Five Classics to strange stories and miscellaneous essays."
In short, read all kinds of books. Only in this way can we explain why she came up with this idea.
"That's great. I want to promote your method of burning straw in Sanshui County, or even further afield. Do you have any objections?"
Magistrate Niu stroked his beard and observed the expression of the little girl in front of him.
"The county magistrate has the world in his heart and works hard for the people. If this law can help the people, it will be a blessing for my daughter and for the people."
After Zhou Mingshu finished speaking, he bowed deeply, looking quite righteous.
Magistrate Niu was extremely satisfied. He felt that this day's trip to Lianglin was extremely fruitful and beneficial.
"Okay, well said, girl, hurry up, I will implement this law from now on, but I will also report the specific situation to my superiors."
Zhou Mingshu smiled and thanked Magistrate Niu.
After discussing the serious matters, we talked about daily life.
Everyone laughed and said that Old Zhou’s house was well built and looked even bigger than the village chief’s house.
The village chief sighed and shook his head, telling the truth about everything that had happened to the Zhou family in the past two years. Everyone then realized that it was not easy for Mrs. Zhou to lead this family!
But fortunately, I managed to get through it. Now I am doing business, buying land and building houses, and my life is getting better and better.
As it was getting close to noon, Wang Fugui asked someone to prepare lunch.
Old Mrs. Wang was extremely anxious, and the people in her second son's family were useless and couldn't help at all.
How could she, her daughter-in-law and her husband cook so many meals?
After thinking about it, I realized that everyone had praised the Zhou family for their good cooking and delicious dishes, so I had no choice but to come to Zhou's house to borrow some people.
Old Mrs. Zhou asked Liu and Zhu to take the jars of materials with them.
A good cook cannot cook without rice. The two sisters-in-law looked at the messy kitchen and didn't know where to start.
"Aunt Wang, what should we prepare for lunch? What ingredients will be used?"
Mrs. Liu and Old Lady Wang looked at each other in bewilderment.
"This... it's over, it's over, the county magistrate came too suddenly, and we didn't have time to prepare!"