Propose a hundred times

If it is said that Chen Shijie's arrival has added a lot of excitement to the Yuan family, then the arrival of the visiting officials sent by the government will undoubtedly bring a lot of excitement to the entire Fenghuang Village.When the people affected by the disaster know it, they will not complain about the government anymore.

Sure enough, Fenghuang Village has received much attention, and several surrounding villages have also suffered disasters to varying degrees. Only Fenghuang Village was accompanied by Lord Li Zheng and the government sent envoys to come.

Village head Geng has not been resting since yesterday, and has been busy dealing with the affairs of the disaster. Today, when the flood receded, he devoted himself to the post-disaster arrangements without stopping, organizing and guiding the villagers to drain the flood water in the most effective way, and reorganize their fields and homes.

So, the village head led Li Zheng and the special commissioner, and a group of people walked along the main road of Fenghuang Village from north to east to roughly check the disaster situation of the local farmland, and then went door to door to find out the details.

Undoubtedly, the area east of the village was the hardest hit, especially the Yuan family.

"...The Yuan family faces the bank of the Sishui River in the east. When the water rose, it first flooded the Yuan family's pig farm, and then the Yuan family's yard. Fortunately, the slope in front of the west is not short, so the damage to the dozens of households on the east side is mostly caused by floods. Rushing into the courtyard gate. In fact, the most important thing is the fields in the center of the village, almost all of which have been submerged..." Village Chief Geng worked hard, leading two adults to visit the villagers' homes, and after a general understanding of the disaster situation in the village, he concluded .

There were no casualties, Master Lizheng and the visitor were greatly relieved.

"That's great. The county magistrate is very concerned about the disaster situation in the countryside. Fenghuang Village is fine, so he should feel at ease knowing that."

A group of people discussed the disaster situation while walking, went east, and soon arrived at Yuan's house in the east of the village.At this time, the Yuan family was busy receiving guests, and when they came, the excitement immediately climbed to another level.

"Master Shijie, why are you here?!"

The official family was surrounded and welcomed into the Yuan family hall, and was deeply surprised to see another guest in the hall at a glance.

Seeing that the person was an acquaintance, Chen Shijie got up and laughed loudly: "Hehehe, Shijie came to visit a friend, and I don't want to meet Uncle Qian here."

That's right, the special envoy who visited Fenghuang Village to investigate the disaster situation was none other than the county magistrate's right-hand man, Mr. Qian, who had a very high status in the Teng County government office.

After listening to Chen Shijie's explanation, Master Qian looked around carefully, and his eyes settled on Yuan Shao'an, this handsome brother who had met him once.

It turned out to be the case.

"What a coincidence. Master Wang specially sent his subordinates to Fenghuang Village to investigate the disaster situation. I heard that the Yuan family was seriously affected by the disaster. I didn't expect it to be Master Shijie's friend's house. Then I will trouble the head of the Yuan family to explain it in detail. , how is the current situation at home?"

The people in the yamen were also Chen Shijie's acquaintances, and the Yuan family provided warm hospitality. The best tea was served, the most expensive snacks were served, and the most honest and sincere answers were given.

"Yuan's family raises pigs for a living and hasn't farmed for many years. This time there was a flood, the pigpen at home was flooded, and the pigs lost a few piglets. Now the yard where the pigs are raised is still flooded, and the house is located on a high ground. The water receded quickly, Master Qian, if you had come an hour earlier, you would have seen a pond in Yuan's courtyard."

Yuan's father narrated the general situation of his family after the disaster. Looking at the people in the hall, his heart was filled with emotion.There are reliable in-laws, reliable children, and children have reliable friends. Now it seems that they, ordinary people, have reliable parents and officials, and life has no regrets, no regrets, no regrets!

Boss Geng knew the situation in the Yuan family was like this only after hearing what his father-in-law said, so Wei Wei felt sorry for them.Take a look at my precious girl who was obediently standing in the corner next to Shao'an, sighed lightly, raised her hand to stroke her beard, and suggested: "Master Qian, Mr. Lizheng, the Yuan family is a big pig raiser in Fenghuang Village, and they sell pigs every year." Dozens of pigs are well-known in these ten miles and eight towns. His family does not farm, so it can be said that they raise pigs for a living. The loss of a few pigs in this flood must be a big blow. The two of you should go to Yuan's house to raise pigs Let's take a look?" If this situation can be reported, according to the benevolent policy implemented by the imperial court in recent years, it may be possible to subsidize some disaster relief funds.

Yuan Shao'an knew the current situation of the pig farm well. Hearing that the father-in-law wanted to take Lizheng and Mr. Qian to see it, he felt that something was wrong and was about to speak out when his father-in-law gave him a wink.

On the other side, the knowledgeable Chen Shijie quickly understood the deep meaning of Boss Geng's argument, and couldn't help chiming in: "That's true, Uncle Qian. The country is based on the people, and the people are based on food. The food that farmers rely on today The production area was affected by the disaster, and the people who raised livestock were ruthlessly submerged in the flood and caused losses. These are the last things the court wants to see. Uncle Qian may go to visit it in person, and report it when the time comes so that it will be more appropriate to present the people's livelihood."

Village Chief Geng and Second Young Master Chen said that Mr. Qian should show off his face. He glanced sideways at Brother Yuan, and then looked at Young Master Shijie who was always humble and sincere.

"That's fine, I'm here to check the disaster situation. It's not easy to do business if you don't understand it carefully. Let's go, please ask Brother Yuan to lead the way."

Master Qian took a sip of tea, smacked his lips and got up, asking Yuan Shaoan to lead the way by name.Yuan Shao'an, who was named, dared not to follow, the aura and coercion around Master Qian were even better than her father-in-law.

"Yes, Mr. Qian Lizheng, Village Chief Geng, please follow me. Parents, Qiuyue, please stay at home and entertain Brother Shijie. I'll come back as soon as I go."

After Shaoan finished speaking, Chen Shijie, who was left behind with him, was surprised: "Don't do this, Brother An. Shijie is very curious and wants to see what's going on in that pigsty!"

Shaoan resolutely refused: "Farewell Shijie, the other end of the pigsty is still soaking in water, and there is no place to stay. I will take you to see it when I have a chance. I will take Master Qian and the others there first." , please stay at home and talk to my parents."

Leaving this passage behind, Shao'an took the lead and invited the guests out to Yuan's pig farm.In the Yuan family hall, although Chen Shijie was puzzled and regretful, he didn't want to entangle him too much. Since An Di didn't want him to go, then he shouldn't go. It's not his style to force others to make things difficult.

Then look at Geng Qiuyue who was told to entertain the guests, watched the group of people out of the yard and looked away, Shi Shiran went to refill the guests' cups of tea, and by the way threw a meaningful smile at the guests.This smile is directly saying:

Hehehe Young Master Chen, don't meddle in it.Your temperament is not in harmony with places like the pigsty, let alone the extremely bad situation right now.The dead Yuan Shao'an was afraid that you would not be able to eat after watching it for a while, and the scene would be embarrassing...

The Yuan family can be said to be celebrities in Fenghuang Village. The villagers are also very concerned about what kind of tragic consequences this flood has caused to the Yuan family.Yuan Shaoan led Master Qian, Lizheng Village Chief and others to watch the pigsty that was the hardest hit. The gossiping villagers couldn't let go of such an excellent opportunity, and followed suit one by one to watch.

There were more than a dozen people onlookers this time. I heard that after the onlookers returned that day, several people could not eat for a whole day, and some even vomited bitterly for a long time.

Of course, this is just not an exaggeration.

The accumulated water in the yard of the pig farm was cleared by Shaoan, drained from the Datong outlet, and dried by the sun. When Master Qian and others came to watch, the accumulated water had already been reduced by half.Therefore, what was presented before their eyes was a piece of muddy yellow-black soil, bursts of strange smells rushing towards their faces, and it was a terrible scene that no human could bear.

If I have to describe it, I can only say that a dry cesspool is nothing more than that.

Master Qian and Mr. Li Zheng are the most innocent people. They went to the countryside just for routine work. Who would have thought that they would be persuaded to see the most severely affected and embarrassing Yuan's pig farm in the whole village, which made them feel uncomfortable. alright.

Really, only the courtyard of Yuan's family is filled with cesspit and overflowing.This disaster is really too serious!

Suppressing the discomfort, Master Qian only stayed outside the gate of the small courtyard for a short while, and he had a panoramic view of the tragic situation here, hastily recorded it in the book, and apologized and pulled Li Zheng to leave quickly.

After all the onlookers dispersed, Yuan Shaoan slumped his shoulders and rolled his eyes, secretly despising them: he has never seen the world.

Despising others is despising others, and she herself is not much better.This is a more disgusting courtyard than the watery situation this morning. As the owner, she thought it would be difficult to stay for a long time, so she slapped a few doors in front of her nose with her hand, closed the door and left.

Big Flower, Little Flower, and other cute pigs, please bear with me for one more day, and when the ground is completely dry tomorrow, I will clean it up again, so you don’t have to suffer so much...

well!After all, I just took a bath this morning, and I don't want to get dirty and wash it again.

Shaoan returned home feeling melancholy all the way, and found that only his father and guests were in the living room. He learned that her mother and her daughter-in-law had already prepared lunch in the kitchen. After tidying up the ingredients from the supplies Chen Shijie brought, he made a table of hospitality meals that he could not dislike, and entertained her brother Shijie.

Well, this is already within the Yuan family's ability to treat guests with the highest courtesy.

Half an hour later, the food was served.

At the dinner table, Yuan's father embarrassedly greeted Mr. Chen and several servants and guards of his family to sit down.

"The house hasn't been packed yet, so I'll make do with these few dishes for lunch. Fortunately, Mr. Chen is thoughtful and brought the ingredients. Otherwise, Mr. Chen and your little brothers will have to make jokes about this meal."

"Hey!" Chen Shijie shook his head, "What did uncle say, why did he still treat Shijie like this! Now that the village has been flooded, the fields and vegetable fields will inevitably suffer. Since Shijie is here, he should always consider this. Yes. I originally wanted to send them to transport a few barrels of water, but after hearing that the disaster in Fenghuang Village was not serious, I thought it was because the well water had not been polluted, so I gave up the idea and just prepared some food."

After hearing this, several members of the Yuan family were moved one by one.

"If you have a heart, you are a good boy. An'er, you should learn more from Mr. Chen, do you hear me?"

The Patriarch of the Yuan family who spoke was majestic, as if he was full of praise for Mr. Chen and disliked his own child, so that his own child nodded repeatedly.

"Yeah, I want to learn from Brother Shijie! Scholars are different!"

……

In the kitchen, Geng Qiuyue and her mother-in-law Yuan Shi were also having lunch. Hearing the lively conversation at the other end of the hall, she imagined that a certain dead guy next to Mr. Chen was babbling and bragging, with a stern face, The chicken was chewed for a long time and lost its taste, but I didn't know how to swallow it.

Seeing that she didn't know what to eat, Yuan Shi found it funny for some reason.After getting along for many days, she really loves this girl, and also sincerely accepts her relationship with her daughter.Knowing that she is careful and thoughtful, it is inevitable that she will be narrow-minded, and her words will be teased,

"Yue'er, Mr. Chen's personality and appearance are all very good, and it's rare to get along with our Shao'an, but why do you seem to dislike him?"

Qiuyue was thinking about something in her heart silently, she couldn't prevent her mother-in-law from deliberately teasing her, she swallowed the food in her mouth, and curled her lips to express her true feelings: "I don't want to see him, Mr. Chen, why don't I want to see him when he is so good! Isn't it Shaoanna?" It’s because of that guy!” Knowing that he is a broken sleeve, he always clings to people as soon as he sees them, and he doesn’t know how to avoid suspicion!

"Hehehe! You little girl, you are really a little jealous! You are so jealous, you are so jealous, you are really two little enemies!"

Yuan shi was overjoyed, for a moment she felt that her daughter-in-law had good eyesight, and picked such a lovely daughter-in-law who missed her so much.Such a young couple, even two daughters, can live a lively life!

The two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting about eating in the kitchen, and the topic revolved around a certain person, talking lively and eating lively.But after all, it was not as lively as the men at the other end of the living room, who got excited after eating a decent meal and drinking a few sips of wine.

It's not right to say that the men are also, only Chen Shijie's followers can be called iron men.For the rest, Yuan's father is a sick child, Chen Shijie is a modest son, and Yuan Shao'an is fine.

Chen Shijie drank another glass of wine after toasting Yuan Shaoan, and finally opened up the topic, asking about his concern since yesterday.

"Uncle, Andy, forgive Shijie for troublesome things. In the Fenghuang Village area, the Yuan family's family is very good. I wonder if Uncle Andy has considered moving to the city?"

Chen Shijie's words, like a thunderbolt, skipped the ears of Yuan's father and daughter, and crashed into their hearts.There was no answer for a long while, Shao'an and her father were both stunned.

Father Yuan was the first to come back to his senses. He was firmer and more decisive than Shaoan: "I never thought about this. My Yuan family has raised pigs for a living, and I have always stayed in Fenghuang Village."

Shaoan followed suit, blinking his eyelids, and said, "Yes, the Yuan family's ancestors have grown up in Fenghuang Village for generations. Brother Shijie, if you don't mention it, I haven't thought about it, have I, dad?"

"Ah, no! Mr. Chen, why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

Chen Shijie just mentioned it briefly, expecting that they would not adopt it, but thinking of this natural disaster, he couldn't help but say what was in his heart: "If it weren't for this flood, Shijie would not have mentioned this. Uncle and Brother Andy You two think about it, this time the flood was lucky to escape, what about the next time? The Yuan family's terrain is too low, and this is the most feared. Maybe you should say that Shijie is too worried, but there are some things that need to be prepared. No worries. Who knows what will happen in the future?"

Chen Shijie spoke all at once, filled his wine glass again, paused when he was about to pick it up, changed the teacup at hand, took a sip of tea, his expression became more natural,

"I'm sorry, Shijie also thought of it on the spur of the moment and thought too much about his uncle's family. It's not a very bad idea to mention this. Haha, uncle and Andy don't blame it."

Yuan's father and Shao'an looked at each other with no expression on their faces, and waved at Chen Shijie: "It's okay. Mr. Chen is also thinking about my old Yuan's family, and my old Yuan understands what you mean. It's a pity that we farmers are used to living in the countryside. , one's own nest, one's own roots, one can live steadily."

Chen Shijie was humble and demeanor, he nodded with shame on his face before apologizing: "It's Shijie who was abrupt, he's learned."

As a result, this topic ended here, and no one in the audience mentioned it again.

In the afternoon of that day, Chen Shijie's trip came to an end, the people who wanted to visit had already visited, and there was too much to say, so he stayed for a long time after lunch, looked at the sky, and said goodbye.

"Uncle and aunt, brother and sister An, Shijie is going back to the city now, and I will come to visit you some other day." After Chen Shijie finished speaking, he stopped when he got into the carriage, turned to look at Yuan Shaoan, and added,

"Andy, it's still the same sentence. If there is anything important in the future, go directly to the Chen family in the county town, or send someone to bring the jade pendant, Shijie will do his best!"

Yuan Shao'an was greatly moved, raised his smiling face, and replied: "Yes!"

……

Sending off Chen Shijie, the family was full of gratitude and regret, and went back to the house two or two times to take a nap as soon as possible.

Lying on the soft and warm mattress, Yuan Shaoan sighed in comfort: "Ah! I finally lie back in my own bed! The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as my dog's nest!"

Geng Qiuyue also took off her coat, took off her shoes, and was about to go to bed. Hearing this sentence, she remembered that this person was baking pancakes on her fragrant bed in her boudoir of Geng's house last night, and even more so, she remembered that this person hurriedly got up this morning and stepped on her. The pain in the arm made him angry, and when he went to bed, he deliberately put his foot on the man's arm to avenge that kick!

"Ow—"

The bed was in pain, and his face was twisted into a bitter gourd. He screamed and complained strongly: "Geng fat girl, are you getting fat again? If you step on it, you will die!"

"Snapped--"

Geng Qiuyue didn't feel bad, and couldn't help but add another slap for the fat man's hurtful words.

For the next half a moment, the two of them fought and fought, and finally lay down and tucked in the quilt, both of them sighed again.

"Huh... I want to say——Yuan Shaoan, do you deserve a beating?"

Just when Qiuyue nestled into the other party's arms, there was something extra in her arms, which kept doing evil on her chest.The person who did the evil got worse and was not moved at all by the angry eyes and angry words. He was talking about business while playing hooligans

"A few piglets died at home, so I have to slaughter a few fewer pigs this year. It doesn't matter if it's the same as in previous years. The key is that now there are more of you and a pig butcher. I think I will find someone in two days. Come and inseminate Erhua, let it conceive as soon as possible, as much as it is born, it is important to make up the gap."

Qiuyue regained her spirits when she heard the words, and asked, "How many births do sows have a year? Isn't it good to have too many babies?"

"Generally, it is normal for sows to give birth twice a year, but our family is not so short of money and meat. Usually, I let Dahua give birth to one litter a year. They are easy and I am easy. But it may be harder for them in the future. The year picks one child and gives birth to two children, so let's take turns."

"Well, it's really difficult for the whole family to live by pointing at their baby."

"It's not difficult. It's their duty to give birth to piglets. It's just like me. It's also my duty to serve you comfortably."

As he talked, Shaoan became poor again. When the crisis was resolved, bad intentions followed.Qiuyue didn't bother to talk to her, and asked what she cared about the most,

"What did you guys talk about during lunch? Did your elder brother Shijie drink too much? Why did you feel weird about him afterwards?"

"It's nothing, it's just bragging. Oh, Brother Shijie asked me if my father and I had thought about moving to the city to settle down, and then my father and I said we hadn't thought about it, so he thought he was talking too much. He kept saying that he was making an apology for his rudeness, and that was all there was to it.”

Shao'an said a few words lightly, it seemed that there was no point.It's just her succinct narration, and the issue involved, why didn't Geng Qiuyue also startled, her delicate body trembled immediately,

"What did you say? To the city?"

"Hmph, why are you so excited, do you want to go?"

Qiuyue's chin was pinched by her, her eyebrows raised, and she shook her head: "I used to think about it, but now I don't want to. I think your brother Shijie is looking forward to your visit, and then we can see each other every day. How nice..."

"Pull it down! How long has it been since someone came to see me, it made you so sore... If I see him every day again, I'm sure I won't be hunted down by you with a knife. I don't have the guts!"

Shaoan winked poorly, the man in his arms was amused by her, bit his lips and said harsh words,

"You really understand me. That's right, if that's the case, then I'll sharpen the butcher's knife at home, and follow you and stare at you every day to see if you dare to go out and hook up with the old man and the little girl !"

"Cut! My little girl is a fart, I, Yuan Shao'an, only like plump fat girls!"

"Snapped--"