Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

"Xiao Meng, Yunwu Town will be handed over to you from now on. Help the princess guard this rich land, and it will not be in vain for me and Wen Changbo to promote you." County Magistrate Chen handed Meng Chengguang the appointment document and official seal, and returned Patted him on the shoulder encouragingly.

The former Meng Wenli will change his name to Meng County Magistrate from now on.

The man with tanned skin did not look like a scholar at all. Instead, he looked like a farmer who had just returned from doing farm work in the fields. He was holding a black gauze hat, an appointment document and an official seal in his hand. The contrast could not be greater.

County Magistrate Chen looked him over and said in a low voice: "Doctor Wen seems to have a prescription that can make people whiter. Remember to ask for one before he leaves. Tsk, tsk, tsk, you..."

Magistrate Chen clicked his tongue, swung his hands behind his back, and called Wen Xiuyi and brother Wen Xiuyi, who were waiting for him at the county government office, to go to Zuixian Tower to eat and drink.

The current magistrate Meng was left in the lobby of the county government office, still unable to recover.

"Sir." Jiao Yang, as the chief catcher, was in charge of dozens of catchers in Yunwu Town. Naturally, he was called by County Magistrate Chen to take over the work.

He looked at Magistrate Meng who was still dazed and didn't move for a long time, so he had to go up and remind him.

"My lord? My lord!" Jiao Yang raised his voice before calling Magistrate Meng back to his senses.

"what?"

Jiao Yang sighed helplessly, looked at his attire and said, "Sir, please go to the back office to clean up."

A county magistrate, dressed like this, might think that his county government is poor.

Magistrate Meng also came to his senses at this moment, and the black gauze hat and official seal he held in his hand were not a dream.

He became a county magistrate?

Mr. Chen and Uncle Wen Chang personally promoted him, and the princess stamped him and went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to ask for it. As a civil servant, he did not expect to have such a good fortune.

While he was happy, Magistrate Meng thought about how Wen Changbo and Magistrate Chen had taken him to various villages in the past month to learn about the conditions in each village. They called it to take him to learn from the strengths of others.

It took a long time, was it a handover work overtly or covertly?

Why didn't these two people give him some air, otherwise they wouldn't have come dressed like this today, and there was something going on in the village.

Only when he thought of this did Magistrate Meng come back to his senses.

"Oh, there are still things that have not been settled." They hurriedly called him over. Thinking that there was something urgent, he dropped what he was doing and came to the Yamen in a carriage.

After saying that, he stuffed the things into Jiao Yang's hand and said, "Brother Jiao, I have to go back first. You can help me collect these things first. I will officially come to hand over them tomorrow."

"Eh, no." Jiao Yang looked at Magistrate Meng who had left, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Can there be a normal person in this yamen?

However, he still thoughtfully helped Magistrate Meng send his things to Houya, where Magistrate Chen and his family's belongings had already been moved. When Magistrate Meng officially took over, he and his family would move in. .

The waiter, County Magistrate Chen, was also taken away, so Jiao Yang temporarily called some women who did odd jobs in the yamen to come over and clean up.

Magistrate Meng returned to Gutong Village in confusion. The village chief happened to be back from the fields. When he saw him, he said hello: "How are you, Mr. Meng?"

The village chief was cheerful. He was happy to see Meng Chengguang become the county magistrate.

Firstly, Meng Chengguang has always been responsible for their village, and his feelings for their village are naturally different. Secondly, the Wen family belongs to Gutong Village. Meng Chengguang became the county magistrate because of the favor of the princess, and he has no influence on Gutong Village. Naturally, some preferential treatment is required.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Xiao Meng being the county magistrate is the most suitable for them.

Magistrate Meng was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and asked, "Village chief, do you know?"

The village chief nodded: "I know. Mr. Chen and Wen Changbo talked about it and asked me to choose a suitable person to take over what you are doing now."

Meng Chengguang was stunned: "Then did you pick it?"

The village chief shook his head: "Not yet, don't worry, there are many people who are reading and literate in the village now. If you want to memorize something, I can just ask them to help me. I will find a suitable one after the autumn scholar's exam is over." .”

Such a good thing, if the boys at home didn't live up to expectations, the village chief would have wanted to find this job for his own children.

Even though he was working as an errand in the village, he was officially employed by the yamen. He received the salary from the yamen and received the same treatment as the people in the yamen. He could also guard the door of his own house. How nice it was. .

pity.

The village chief felt regretful and accompanied Meng Chengguang to hand over the work at hand, temporarily finding someone to take over until a suitable civil servant was found.

In addition, Meng Chengguang's family of four also had to move to the city and live in the Yamen.

When Mrs. Meng heard that her husband-in-law had suddenly become a county magistrate from a civil servant, she was so shocked that she could not even speak.

This surprise came too suddenly.

But as soon as she heard that they had to move to the county government office, Mrs. Meng suddenly sobered up.

"Can I not go? Why don't you live there by yourself first?" Lady Meng said bluntly.

Meng Chengguang was very confused. After becoming a county magistrate, wouldn't it be bad to live in the county government office and become an official's wife? When he became the county magistrate, his monthly salary was more. He could have a monthly salary of twenty taels. Then he could hire a maid to take care of the three of them at home. Wouldn't it be nice?

"Why?" Magistrate Meng was confused.

Mrs. Meng smoothed the strands of hair behind her ears and said, "I'm doing a good job here. Aunt Li also gave me a salary increase. Now I have a salary of three taels of silver a month, and the work is not tiring. My child I can still go to school, and the village chief’s wife helps me take care of my little one, but I… don’t want to go.”

The county magistrate's wife seemed to have a good reputation, but the couple had no financial resources and no support. Thanks to Meng Chengguang becoming the civil servant, life at home became easier.

But it was only slightly better, because they had to pay back the money that their husband's family had borrowed for Meng Chengguang's education.

The couple had been working hard all these years, and although they had saved some money, they were far behind compared to those wives from official families and wealthy families.

When she enters the city, she has to socialize, and those people are used to flattering and disparaging others. To put it bluntly, now she has to socialize with the ladies, and she has to spend a lot of money to buy decent clothes and jewelry for the sake of face, right?

What's the difference between this and pretending to be fat just to save face?

Of course, there must be people who see how miserable they live and want to offer them an olive branch.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Meng suddenly became serious: "Ms. sir, there is one more thing. We are poor and we must not have short-term ambitions. Master Chen, Uncle Wen Chang and the princess have promoted you like this. You must not do anything against your conscience. It doesn’t matter if life is hard at the beginning, we can slowly save it ourselves, but you must not do anything like taking bribes, bending the law, or being induced by others, you understand?”

"Please don't worry, madam, I won't do that. Since you don't want to live in the county government office for the time being, then we will continue to live here. I am usually in the government office, and I will come back when I am not busy."

Meng Chengguang knew this well. He studied and read to gain fame, even when he went to work in the yamen, he always had the idea of ​​doing practical things for the people. This has not changed in the past, and it will not change now that he has become a county magistrate. Moreover, he has become a county magistrate. This county magistrate can do more, and naturally he will not shoot himself in the foot at this time.