Depressed little landlord

He is not the only one who has such an idea. Those who have a rice shop at home and are quick to respond secretly ordered their families to prepare. No matter how long the rain will last, and whether it will spoil this year's harvest, they are fully prepared. , At that time, there will be no loss. If the harvest is not harvested, the more rice and grain in their hands, the more they will earn. If everything is normal, it is just old rice, and there will always be some profit.

Therefore, it was just a heavy rain, and some wind directions in the town quietly changed.

"Father is busy recently?" Liu Xuzhou accompanied Lin Xiang'er for a walk in the garden, thinking of Yue Zhang Lin Er who hurried back to his study after going out for dinner, he couldn't help asking.

Lin Xiang'er shook her head slightly, "I don't know, but I heard from Mother that Dad is really busy recently." Her beautiful eyes turned to the person beside her, and she said softly: "Brother Xuzhou, it's been a while since we've been back, isn't it? Time to go back?"

"Huh? Do you want to go back?"

Lin Xianger blushed, "It's what it should be, and it's not appropriate to stay too long." Yesterday, Mother reminded her that she should have gone back earlier, but they were farther away, and her mother-in-law was there too. When they were going to come here, they specifically explained that they could stay for a few more days and be considerate of her, but she couldn't do anything reckless just because of this, it's better to go back early.

So as not to lose the conversation.Although she had just entered Liu's house, she knew clearly that there were many pairs of eyes staring at her, just waiting to catch her fault, so she didn't know how to arrange it if she didn't return sooner.

She has just entered the door, and the happiness she finally obtained will not be easily defeated by those people!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help biting her lower lip secretly, but she still smiled at her husband's eyes, but her slightly narrowed eyes covered the flashing light inside, and she looked like she was still the same as before, and she became more and more beautiful. More considerate and gentle.

Liu Xuzhou's heart softened, and he couldn't help caressing her hair with his big hand, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you can stay for a few more days, it's rare to come back, mother and the others must miss you too much, parents must I will also be considerate, and I am here, no one will say anything about you."

After speaking, the person in front of me raised her small face, her beautiful face was full of surprises, and her beautiful eyes were also shining: "Thank you, Brother Xuzhou, you are so kind to me."

"Silly girl, I'm not your husband who is good to you, who is good to you?" Seeing her like this, Liu Xuzhou felt a little bit of joy in addition to the pity he used to have, just as he said, now she is his. Ma'am, the rest is for now.

Seeing Lin Xianger flashing a face that she used to worry about, her expression was in a daze for a moment, and before she could react, she heard a voice coming from her own mouth: "I heard that Xiaoxuan...your brother planted watermelons , why don't we go to your brother's before we go back to the house? If we can just bring a few watermelons back for our parents to taste."

Seeing the flash of paleness on her face, Liu Xuzhou also knew that what he said was unreasonable, but since he had already said it, it would only be worse if he stopped, so he finished speaking.

Lin Xiang'er was so happy before, now it's like a basin of cold water poured directly on her head, but seeing that he said it with a calm face, and finally got involved with her parents-in-law, she had to restrain her expression and let herself see It's not that embarrassing to look up, but it's so difficult to raise the corners of the lips.

"Okay, I haven't eaten it a few times yet, so I don't know if the eldest brother is willing to give it to me. Brother Xuzhou, you can arrange it. Just let me know when you see it. You don't have to accompany me today. Go Do your work, I'll go back and pack my things first." Fortunately, he returned to normal at the end, looking at Liu Xuzhou still full of love and tenderness.

Liu Xuzhou felt that there was a mistake and wanted to continue to accompany her, but thinking that she would stay here for a few days, she thought it would be good to help her father-in-law Lin Er during this time, so she agreed, but she still sent him to her former home. The courtyard just left.

Watching his back, Lin Xiang'er gritted her teeth, an ugly look quickly flashed in her eyes, but in the next second she showed a strange smile.

Lin Xuan...

He glanced again at the direction where the person had already gone, and finally stomped his feet and turned around to enter the door.

***

County government office, study room.

I don’t know if it’s because of the heavy rain in the middle of the night, but today the yamen is a little deserted. The yamen are standing at their posts, seemingly conscientious, but in fact they are all yawning secretly. It’s almost you who finished the fight, not far away He followed the one there.

Fortunately, the magistrate and the master master were not there, and they were all called to speak by the magistrate, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so blatant, wouldn't they?

It's really such a weather today that makes people want to doze off, it's refreshing and pleasant!

In the study, the county magistrate sat behind the desk, and the master master sat on one side of the bottom, waiting quietly for the adults to ask questions.Unexpectedly, the three of them sat for a long time, but none of them wanted to speak.

The county magistrate looked around at his two right-hand men, and finally said first: "You two might as well speak up, what advice do you two have on that matter?"

On the opposite side, the two masters and masters, both of whom looked older than the county magistrate, hurriedly said that they didn't dare.But it’s not good to sit like this anymore, so the old master clerk thought about it and said it first, anyway, he has already stepped into the coffin with one foot now, and he has seen a lot of strong winds and waves...

"This matter was indeed signed by Mr. Wu when my lord took over in the future. At that time, the younger one was there, and all the documents were also available, and they are still in the file now. I believe that Lin Yina should also have Wen Qi, but... Pointing to the paper on the plan table in front of him, he hesitated a bit, "But this small one is not clear."

The thin piece of paper on the table roughly mentioned the tax reform system. The three people present had read it, and the county magistrate frowned directly, and said bluntly: "Not to mention other things, how can this good-looking Just mention it? Now there are neither natural disasters nor wars. Wouldn’t it be a god to increase taxes..."

"My lord, be careful with your words." The master stopped him in time.

Although the words stopped, the three of them understood what was going on behind them, and they couldn't help sighing at the same time.

The county magistrate looked even more sad, "Then tell me what to do?" He has been here for two years, and he doesn't only know to stay in this small county office, he also goes to the village to take a look when he has nothing to do. , So I basically know the general situation of the folks here.

Although he felt that he was not a good official, seeing the villagers living in poverty made him feel uncomfortable. Now that he has received such an order, how can he not embarrass him?

It was the old master who spoke: "I heard some news before and thought it was aimed at that young master Lin, but now it seems that it might be the old man, I think too much."

After hearing his words, the other two looked at him, and the master pondered: "The eldest young master from Master Lin's family?"

"Exactly. My lord and I met once earlier, and it looks like it has changed a lot from the past. It is probably because of his parents that he has improved a lot."

The county magistrate also nodded in agreement, and the master was secretly surprised that he had returned to his hometown on leave a few days ago, so he didn't see Lin Xuan after the accident in the Lin family, so he couldn't help but feel a little curious about what they said.

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have heard about Li who has done it for more than a year. It has indeed changed a lot. I think Master Lin's spirit in heaven has also been comforted."

The county magistrate and chief bookkeeper all nodded.

The county magistrate looked down at the table, pondered for a while and said, "This is the case for now, let me inquire about it for a while before discussing it, Ruo..." After a pause, he still said, "If the Lin family finds it, you wait for the big But tell the truth."

"Yes, my lord."

"Also, my lord, just look at this day, the rain may not stop here, and it may continue in the near future, do you think people should prepare for it?" The master's old face was full of worry.

The county magistrate and master frowned, obviously understood what he said immediately, the county magistrate lowered his voice: "Master, you can handle this matter, and tell everyone below to keep an eye on it, and don't let some people take the opportunity to make trouble."

"Yes."

***

God is indeed as most old people said, and then it continued to fall for several days, big and small, intermittent, and just like Xu Yang worried, the river also rose a lot.

Standing in their yard, they could hear the sound of the small river rushing down the village. It is no wonder that Xu Yang's eyebrows have become more and more deeply scarred in the past few days. He went to the riverside fields and the small lake several times a day .

Lin Xuan was even more worried about the watermelons in the two acres of melon fields. If this continued, the melons would really rot in the field.

Although the family tried their best to use branches or something under the melon, they still couldn't help worrying, after all, they didn't know if it was feasible.And those who felt that they were already ripe, picked them all back, opened two, and sent some to the village households for everyone to taste, and saved the others for the time being, and when there were ten, they would be pulled down to Xiang Qingna in the town, and they would not sell them. Whole, but cut and sold in pieces.

And in the store, they are the size of an adult's palm and sell for a penny. Lin Xuan was a little worried at first, but now that it is raining continuously, he is afraid that he will not be able to sell them. Unexpectedly, there are not enough to sell at all. If anyone has information, he will go to him directly. I want to buy more, but he doesn't have any at the moment.

And he is also a bit selfish, why he sells the petals, because they can pick out the black seeds with the tip of a knife or a bamboo stick in advance, so that next year they will have a lot of seeds, and they can grow a lot of melons.

In the past few days, Xiang Qing stopped waiting for Lin Xuan and the others to deliver them, but came here in person every day, and even wandered around the fields with the Lin family. Yesterday, he simply brought Qi Ling to the Lin family to live in, euphemistically saying that he would look at the land of the house by the way.

God knows they have been optimistic about it for a long time!

But also because of such a premise, Lin Xuan, Xu Yang and the others had a little smile on their faces in the past two days, and they were not too surprised to see Lin Xiang'er from Liuxuzhou who came with them.

But after hearing their intentions, Lin Xuan smiled with some embarrassment and said, "It's not that I am an older brother who is inconsiderate of my sister and brother-in-law." When facing someone's expression that changed slightly because of this name, he should not see it, With a crying face, he continued, "You have also seen that it has been raining these days, and the crops in the field have suffered a little. The family is really busy, otherwise there is no need for my sister and brother-in-law to make this trip in person. I will definitely deliver the melons in person. When it comes to the second uncle, let everyone taste it. I’m sorry to ask my sister and brother-in-law to make an extra trip. I will ask someone to prepare a few later. You can take it back. Although it’s not a good thing, just treat it as me. Just be careful with the elders."

Liu Xuzhou saw that he was always called by his sister and brother-in-law, looking at the more energetic and handsome man in front of him, his face was ugly for a while, and he almost blurted out to interrupt him a few times, but Lin Xianger wrapped his weak arms around his The faint shaking of his arm brought him back to his senses.

After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he reluctantly replied with a smile: "I'm sorry to bother you. It's because I didn't think carefully. I came here without saying hello. I'm so ashamed to ask you for something so cheeky."

As long as you know, do you know how much money I will lose for those few melons?Lin Xuan felt pain when he thought of the melon seeds that would not come back. He planned to expand the planting next year. How many melon seeds would he lose for four or five big watermelons?

The smile on his face with blood dripping from his heart was not so good. Although it was almost the same as Lin Er before, but he was facing Lin Xiang'er in Liuxuzhou. Be smart and go back early.

You must know that there are still watermelons ripening in the field one after another, but compared with the scorching sun and the sky, although there is more rain, the melons have more water, but the relative sweetness is a little bit worse.As for the other crops, it is unclear how much he will lose. Therefore, for the things in the field, he has not been very tempered recently, and he does not have much patience to deal with these people.

But when the guests came, as the host, he couldn't leave the guests behind. Fortunately, when his patience became less and less, Liu Lin and the two finally got up to leave, and Lin Xuan was relieved.

Seeing his distress, Xu Yang lightly rubbed the back of his neck and said, "You don't have to do this next time."

"It's okay." Lin Xuan smiled at him, "Anyway, we won't see each other often in the future, so let me take a day off."

Having said that, Xu Yang still felt distressed for him, and wanted to say something, but Lin Xuan grabbed his hand and kneaded it, "You are still talking about me, you should pay attention to it, seeing how frowning you have been these days , are several years old... Be careful that I abandon you."

Xu Yang's eyebrows twitched, his eyes darkened, and he tilted his head forward: Shen Sheng said slowly: "Huh? Say it again?"

Lin Xuan also raised his eyebrows, raised his chin and squinted at him, and said provocatively: "What if you say it again? If you really can't do it, I will naturally think about it... Hey! What are you doing?"

"Heh~ What do you think?"

"You...you...a gentleman who uses his mouth but not his hands, let me down quickly, in broad daylight...you are not allowed to be a hooligan, I tell you! Let me down quickly—"

"No, I think it's better to go back and explain clearly."

"Do not……"

……

Douding, who was throwing rotten vegetable leaves into the bamboo basket and the broken urn in the corner of the eaves, heard the movement here and looked over curiously, but seeing his brother being carried into the house by Brother Yang, he just shook his head and didn't say anything again. He paid attention, but moved his little butt to block those little chickens, preventing them from biting the vegetable leaves in his hand.

Xiang Qing, who was leisurely nibbling on the watermelon in the guest room, looked at it with interest, until the two of them entered the room, and then looked away with a little disappointment, and then received several displeased stares from the people around them.

"You rascal." Leaving one sentence behind, Qi Ling went out to take Douding away, and told him to take him for a walk in the village.

Xiang Qing: "..." Who did he offend?He's innocent, okay?