Parents are busy farming

When Ye Zifen heard the news, she was shocked. She subconsciously turned her head to look at the person behind her, and she caught the uncontrollable excitement on Lu Zili's face.

It turned out that Lu Yongfu was on the battlefield at the moment, which meant that the third uncle was safe and sound.

Her eyes instantly became moist, and tears welled up like dams. Then she bowed deeply to the general and said with a trembling voice: "Thank you!"

Magistrate Su County also saluted the general solemnly.

Over the past few days, he had asked privately about the conditions of those soldiers many times, but the general had cleverly changed the subject every time.

He never expected that the general would take the initiative to reveal the news before leaving, and it was such exciting news.

He knew that all this was due to the cotton clothes made by Ye Zifen.

However, what Ye Zifen was thinking about was that when she returned to the village, she would share the good news with the villagers and let everyone celebrate together.

It happened that she didn't know how to give an explanation to the people in the village. Now that she had this news, she felt much more at ease.

After the general finished speaking, he got on his horse and said goodbye to the two of them, saying loudly: "This is the farewell!"

Then he waved his horsewhip and led the army galloping away, kicking up billows of dust.

Ye Zifen and Magistrate Su quickly returned the gift.

Looking at the motorcade moving away in the distance, more and more people gathered behind Ye Zifen and Magistrate Su. These people were all coming out of Zhuangzi.

Among them are not only the young girls who originally lived in Zhuangzi, but also the tenants from the two Zhuangzi.

Together they looked at the fruits of their hard work and watched them go to where they should go, with full expectations and sincere blessings.

After the motorcade completely disappeared from sight, Ye Zifen suddenly heard a small voice: "I haven't had a good sleep for three days. We can have a good night's sleep when we get home!"

Ye Zifen turned around when he heard the sound, faced those tired eyes, smiled and said: "Then go back and rest quickly!"

Then she shouted loudly: "Li Daniu, move quickly, pay everyone's wages, and then send them home in the car."

As soon as she finished speaking, she added with gratitude: "It's been really hard for everyone these three days! Thank you all!"

However, it was precisely because of Ye Zifen's thank you that these tenants became a little embarrassed.

They waved their hands one after another, looking a little overwhelmed, and some even squatted down to salute Ye Zifen and Magistrate Su.

Ye Zifen looked at Magistrate Su and said, "Okay, let's not stay here anymore, let's leave now!"

Magistrate Su naturally understood the reason why Zifen did this. She did not want everyone present to feel more nervous and confused.

He nodded slightly, agreed, and then suggested: "How about we go to the county government to talk? I can also settle the remuneration to you!"

Ye Zifen nodded when he heard this, then turned to Liu Meng'er and ordered: "Go and bring me the account book."

When Liu Meng'er heard this, she immediately took out the account book from her arms and handed it to Ye Zifen.

Obviously, she was already prepared.

After Ye Zifen took the account book, she asked Lu Zili: "Are you going to go back alone first, or are you going with me?"

Lu Zili showed a smile on his face and replied: "The store is not very busy now. I will go back after everything here is settled!"

Ye Zifen nodded lightly and responded: "Okay then, Magistrate Su and I will go to the county government office first, and we will discuss other matters later."

Afterwards, the two of them boarded their own carriages and drove towards the county government office.

In the past, there would have been nothing wrong with them riding in a carriage together, but since magistrate Su got married, Ye Zifen has deliberately kept a certain distance from him.

Magistrate Su also felt that Ye Zifen was old enough to talk about marriage, so he had been silently safeguarding her reputation.

About half an hour later, the two of them walked into the county government office together.

I saw Ye Zifen handing the account book to Su County Magistrate without hesitation.

After Magistrate Su took the account book, he opened it and looked at it carefully. The last page clearly read "Two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six taels".

He knew in his heart that this was the total cost, so without saying anything, he directly called Director Liu and handed the account book to him.

He also ordered: "Make a new account based on this number. This is the cost of the 10,000 cotton-padded clothes."

Chief Liu had known for a long time that the general would come to deliver cotton-padded clothes today, but he never expected that Miss Ye Wu could successfully resolve the matter by herself.

He couldn't help lowering his voice and asked: "Has it really been taken care of? So is the general satisfied?"

In fact, it is not difficult to understand why he asked like this. After all, the general had kept a straight face and a serious expression for three days since he stepped into the gate of the county government office.

In addition, he has been on the battlefield for a long time and is used to seeing life and death. Those eyes are even more terrifying and chilling to the heart.

Therefore, almost everyone stayed away from him. Now the general has finally left.

County Magistrate Su nodded and agreed, "We must give Zifen more money. I remember that when the general and others left, they took away more than a dozen extra cotton-padded clothes, but these were not recorded in the ledger."

Chief Liu nodded quickly and responded: "Okay, no problem!"

He said how could that general be satisfied so easily?

When he opened the account book and saw the number, he thought to himself, why not just give all the three thousand taels of silver to Ye Zifen. This way, he would have both round numbers and change, which felt pretty good.

So, he informed Magistrate Su of his idea, and Magistrate Su also said he had no objection.

Immediately afterwards, Master Liu handed three thousand taels of silver to Ye Zifen, but Ye Zifen did not refuse and took the money without hesitation.

Afterwards, Master Liu turned around and left.

At this time, Magistrate Su smiled and said to Zifen: "It seems that the general is quite satisfied with you."

Ye Zifen replied confidently: "The cotton clothes I made are all carefully made of high-quality materials. How could he be dissatisfied with me?"

Magistrate Su stopped talking when he saw that she was in a hurry and wanted to leave.

Seeing that he was no longer talking, Ye Zifen said goodbye to him and left in a hurry, heading straight to Fuke Lai.

It turns out that the 600 taels of silver that Ye Zifen received a few days ago were all taken away from Fu Ke by several stewards.

So this time, Ye Zifen simply sent the three thousand taels of silver directly to Fu Ke Lai.