Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

After some discussion, it was finally decided that Dong and her two brothers would stay in Kaoshan Village to celebrate the New Year, while Prefect Xu would return home.

After a round of greetings, Dong went to visit Mo Ru, and the children continued to study. When Prefect Xu was about to say goodbye, he was stopped by Shen Ping.

"Sir Xu, please stay. An old friend has left you a letter. Please wait!" After saying that, Shen Ping went back to her room to get the letter.

Xu Mingchang stopped and frowned, looking puzzled: "Old friend? And there's a letter."

For a moment, she couldn't guess what Shen Ping was up to. In her impression, he and Madam Shen didn't seem to have any common friends, so how could an old friend leave a letter for her?

After a while, Shen Ping came out with the letter. Looking at Xu Mingchang's expression, she knew the doubts in his heart and handed the letter to him.

Then Shen Ping handed him the letter, and saw the four big words "Dear Brother Xu" written on it. As soon as he saw the handwriting, Xu Mingchang's heart began to beat violently.

"It's him!"

Without saying a word, Xu Mingchang quickly opened the envelope and read the letter. When he opened the letter, he saw the familiar handwriting of the Tenth Prince. The content was as follows.

"Brother Xu, when you read this letter, I will probably be in the capital soon. I'm sorry for breaking my promise some time ago. Something happened at that time. Let me tell you everything..."

In the letter, the Tenth Prince told him about the problems he had encountered during this period, including being chased by someone and being rescued by Shen Ping. Finally, he was healed in Kaoshan Village and captured a group of men in black. He told him everything without hiding anything.

Although there were only a few words in the letter, Xu Mingchang was well aware of the danger contained in it. After reading the letter, his heart was in turmoil and he could not calm down for a long time.

It turned out that he had been rescued by Shen Ping when the Zhang family was holding the full moon banquet.

I said it myself, the Tenth Prince is not a man who breaks his promise. If he didn't show up at the agreed time, something must have happened. I didn't expect it to be true.

Fortunately, he was rescued by Shen Ping, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Xu Mingchang carefully folded the letter and put it in his arms.

He clasped his hands together and said solemnly, "Thank you, Madam Shen. You don't know that what you have done may change the entire Dazhi Dynasty."

Shen Ping smiled and said calmly, "Master Xu, you are too kind. You don't have to thank me. I saved him by chance. I don't know who he is. It's not his fate to die."

Unexpectedly, she saved the current prince, but she was still calm and nonchalant. Xu Mingchang admired her. If it were someone else, they would probably find ways to ask for some reward.

Suddenly remembering something, Xu Mingchang asked, "Oh, by the way! Madam Shen, is there any progress on the matter I asked you to help keep an eye on?"

Hearing him say this, Shen Ping thought of something. She opened her mouth but stopped herself from speaking.

After thinking about it, I decided to give up. I don't know whether this matter is true or not, and I'm not sure. Since I'm not completely sure, I'll just put it aside for now.

Thinking of this, Shen Ping said calmly: "Master Xu, you really flatter me. I think you, as the county magistrate, couldn't find it. How can I, a mere peasant woman, find it?"

"is it?"

Xu Mingchang was still a little bit unconvinced. He just looked at Shen Ping's expression and it seemed like she wanted to say something, but why did she disappoint him?

Come to think of it, what she said makes sense. How could she know something that even I am helpless about?

Xu Mingchang changed the subject: "Madam Shen, I told you about asking you to find the rice seeds. I hope you can give me good news next year. When the time comes, you can talk to Captain Zhang and he will naturally inform me."

Unexpectedly, Xu Mingchang had not forgotten a single thing he had told her to do. Shen Ping rolled her eyes and said teasingly, "It seems that some people can't wait to make a contribution."

Xu Mingchang's secrets were exposed by Shen Ping, but since there was no one else around, he didn't blush.

It is said that a new official has three things to do when he takes office. As the new prefect, I have to do something to achieve results.

"hey-hey……"

Xu Mingchang smiled, but did not refute. He immediately bowed and said, "Mrs. Shen, what you said is wrong. It's not that I am in a hurry to make achievements. Isn't it a matter of benefiting the people? If an official does not serve the people, he might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes.

Besides, if I achieve merit in the future, your contribution will also be indispensable, and I will report it to the court."

Now that things have come to this, Shen Ping didn't say anything else. He was right. It could benefit the people and also make meritorious service. It was a win-win situation.

The two exchanged polite words for a while before Xu Mingchang stood up and said goodbye.

He did not return to the city right away, but instead went to the county government office to visit Captain Zhang, talk to him about something, stay there for one night, and return to the city the next day...

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Time flies and it is the day of Little New Year. Several workshops will finish cleaning and take a day off together today.

On this day, the workers all came very early. Thinking that today was the day for the New Year holiday, everyone worked very hard.

I was thinking about finishing the work for this year and cleaning the place early so that I can wait for the salary to be paid and take the New Year holiday.

Shen Ping was not idle at this time. In the first half of the year, the canteen caught five piglets and brought them back. With the help of some manure, these pigs grew into big fat pigs.

Shen Ping made an appointment with Zhang the butcher the night before and asked him to come early the next day to help slaughter the pigs, and also asked Dadong and others to help.

As for the pigs, Shen Ping asked Dadong and the others to drive them to the house the night before.

Before daybreak, Zhang the butcher came over, and Shen Ping asked Cuihong and the others to boil water.

Each of these big fat pigs weighs more than 300 kilograms, and the five pigs together weigh more than 5 kilograms.

Shen Ping made a plan. She killed all five pigs, kept one for her family to eat during the New Year, and distributed the other four pigs to her employees for the New Year.

Although there are more than 1000 kilograms of pork, there are more than 200 people in the several workshops combined, and each person only gets two or three kilograms of meat, which is really not much.

In addition to pork, Shen Ping gave each worker two bars of soap, two bars of laundry soap, two cans of chili sauce, two pieces of cloth, and a 200-wen year-end bonus.

Shen Ping divided these things according to the number of people and asked Dadong and his team to deliver them to each workshop. When the holiday came, the management staff and wages would be distributed together.

Finally, it was time to get off work and everyone had finished cleaning up. Shen Ping was at the workshop at the end of the village, and she brought the three workshops together to hold an end-of-year meeting.

There were two tables in the middle of the yard. Xiao sat there with the account book, and Zhang Tiezhu sat beside him. There was a basket on the ground beside them.

A closer look revealed that the box was filled with copper coins tied together in strings. Sanchun stood next to the gift.

Seeing that the gifts placed in front of the yard included pork, everyone was very happy. Their faces were filled with smiles, and they were very impressed by the kindness of Dachun Niang.

This is really great, there is also big fat pork, everything to eat and use, and I heard that there will be silver as a year-end bonus!" A woman said excitedly.

"Yes, Dachun Niang also said before that there must be a year-end bonus, but I don't know how much it is."

"Yes, I didn't expect there was pork. This is really great. There are three people in our family, so we don't have to buy meat for the New Year. And this soap is enough for half a year." Jiang covered her mouth and laughed.

At this time, a voice said in a gloomy tone: "I said Jiang's, it's more than three, I calculated, you have five!"