Bad Boy Farming

Er Niu walked out of his house with the county magistrate, and there were rows of pine trees in sight, and there were some things that looked like weeds between the pine trees.

The county magistrate was curious about everything in Zhangjia Village, seeing those plants that seemed to have been planted, "What are these?"

"The seasonings that people in the mountains use for cooking can be moved down the mountain to save money." The five-spice powder has not yet been mass-produced, and Er Niu didn't want to tell him too much, "My lord, why don't you go to the workshop?"

"Workshop?" The county magistrate heard from the little brother driving the car, "Okay! Where is it?"

Er Niu said, "It's at the entrance of the village."

"Huh? Why didn't I see it just now?" The county magistrate thought about it carefully while speaking.

"Maybe it's blocked by a tree." Er Niu chatted with him while observing the county magistrate's expression calmly.Seeing that there was only curiosity in his eyes, Er Niu couldn't help asking himself, could he be overthinking.

The county magistrate was walking on a small mountain road full of pine trees on both sides. When he heard the faint barking of chickens, ducks and dogs, and smelled the faint smell of green grass, a thought suddenly came to his mind to stop time.Realizing that his thoughts were wrong, the county magistrate quickly shook his head, seeing a large area of ​​houses forming a square shape, his eyes widened, "Couldn't this be that kind of workshop?"

Except for a gate at the front and back of the workshop, there is not even a wall in between. There is no building like this here. Er Niu was very satisfied when he saw the shock in his eyes.Pushing open the door, he said, "Yes! The people working in the workshop haven't finished work yet."

Hearing Er Niu's voice, everyone hurriedly shut their mouths, for fear that Er Niu would say more about them.

But the county magistrate walked in and saw that everyone was engrossed in their work, "They have all caught up with the embroiderers in Liu's tailor shop."

"Your Excellency, you are joking, we rely on our own strength, but Xiu Niang has decades of real kung fu, so it can't be compared, it can't be compared." Er Niu waved his hands and shook his head in shame.

Everyone heard, "My lord?"

"Hey, what's the matter calling me?" the county magistrate asked.

The person who opened the mouth quickly covered his mouth, blinked his eyes, and muttered in a low voice, "My God, who is this?"

Er Niu said, "This is our Master Qingtian from Maoling County."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they shouted, "Caomin pay homage to your lord!" Some bent down, some folded their hands, and some were so frightened that they knelt on their knees... The messy scene made Er Niu help his forehead, "My lord, see you all!" You are so excited."

The county magistrate was still silent in the well-organized layout of the workshop one moment, but was dragged into reality the next moment, and some didn't know how to express the gap between before and after, "Get up, my official is just to take a look, just take a look .”

Er Niu received it smoothly, "My lord said, get up quickly, and those who get their hands dirty wash their hands before doing things," and then asked, "My lord, do you want to look elsewhere?"

Seeing the tofu in front of everyone, the county magistrate said, "Where are you making eggs?"

"This way." Er Niu raised his hand and pointed, and everyone saw him leading the county to the gate of the workshop where chicken and duck eggs were dusted.

When the old and young men saw the county magistrate, they all stood up and bowed, but the county magistrate only looked at the eggs, "Is it okay to roll the eggs in the ashes?"

Everyone was stunned, Erniu's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Return to your lord, no, this is related to the formula issue, please forgive me, the grass-roots can't say it."

"Can't even the official say it?" The county asked expressionlessly.

Er Niu is not afraid of him, he is just a small seventh-rank official, "Fang Zi is left by the ancestors of Zhangjia Village, the villain dare not leak it privately!"

The county magistrate choked suddenly, and from the corner of his eye, he saw the expressions of surprise and then joy on the faces of the crowd, who opened their mouths to scold Er Niu, but swallowed the words as soon as they reached their mouths.Zhangjiacun is famous with the magistrate, unless he can guarantee that he will climb to a high position in the future, otherwise, it will not be good for him to fight against Zhang Erniu.

However, "I heard that your workshop is very busy, is there enough manpower?"

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and Er Niu blinked, "Your Excellency, do you have relatives who want to come over to do something?"

"Ah? No!" The county magistrate didn't know why he said this suddenly, "I have no relatives in my family!"

"Oh, then we don't need it." Er Niu deliberately ignored the grammatical flaws in his words, "If there is, it will be fine. The village head is old, and when the relatives of the adults come over, let him replace the village head as a supervisor."

The county magistrate choked again, really wanting to ask Er Niu if it was on purpose.His family has no relatives, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to raise the income of the people in the county to another level!Maybe, after two years of assessment, he can also follow to a higher level.

The market for preserved eggs has not yet opened up. In fact, the villagers are not busy. When a family marries a daughter-in-law, the whole village often rests for two days in a row. How could Erniu recruit workers from outside.He didn't know where the county magistrate heard about it, and besides, what did the county magistrate's achievements have to do with him.

The county magistrate arrived excitedly, but returned disappointed, and the servant who followed him said indignantly, "Zhang Erniu is too ignorant!"

"What do you know! He must have something to rely on when he dares to speak to the official like this, let's see!" The county magistrate began to think after he finished speaking. Preserved eggs are a rarity. At that time, those people in Zhangjia Village will definitely be overwhelmed. If all the people in the county make preserved eggs and fermented bean curd... the county magistrate will be happy to think about it.

As the county magistrate left, everyone couldn't calm down and work.They heard what the county magistrate said in the workshop, so they rushed to Er Niu's house and asked, "What does the county magistrate mean?"

"Do you still want others to learn how to make preserved eggs?"

Er Niu made the noodles slowly, and said slowly, "What's the hurry, the sky is falling and I'm going to hold it up."

"It's just you!" The village head raised his hand to push him, and Er Niu was caught off guard and took a step back, "Look, you can't stand still! You'll talk big!"

"What did you do when the county magistrate came over?" Er Niu asked.

"I was by the river to see how many lotus roots grow, but no one called me, how can I know!" said the village chief.

Er Niu gave him a blank look, "When the county magistrate sees preserved eggs, he wants to promote them throughout the county, and let him see lotus root and taro. Do you think we can have a bumper harvest this year?"

"The county magistrate won't let people pull out our seedlings?" Everyone asked hurriedly.

"Of course not! But taro and lotus root are not unique to our Zhangjia Village. If everyone in the county knows that these two things can be sold for money, you still expect to sell them for a lot of money? Don't expect no one to ask for a penny or a catty, so just keep them. Let's feed the pigs."

"Maybe they won't even eat pigs."

Everyone looked back reflexively, "Master Qi? Master Qi! What a coincidence you came here! Everyone is waiting for you!" As they spoke, they surrounded Qi Sheng with a clatter, and dragged him by the arm into the empty courtyard , "Give us an idea, how can we make the county master not want our preserved eggs."

"Erniu, what are you doing for me to eat?" Mengmeng quickly hugged Erniu's thigh, raised her head and asked, "Miss me? Miss me?"

"Think!" Er Niu scratched the bridge of his nose with one hand of flour, making the child's face full of flour, then raised his head and said to the calf, "Light the fire!"

"I'll do it." Jian Dou threw down the schoolbag Qi Dong made for him, "Uncle Xiao Niu, don't you want to practice calligraphy? Go quickly."

"No hurry." Xiao Niu stared at Er Niu, "What is the county master doing at our house?"

"It has nothing to do with you!" Er Niu raised his hand, "What should I do?"

"If you don't tell me, I'll ask Brother Guangjiao." After speaking, he turned around and ran away.

Er Niu ignored him, and asked Mengmeng if she was crying, asked if Daudou had been spanked by her master, and asked if they had been bullied in the academy.

Jiandou said, "There are only cute little ones in the academy, and they all let us go."

Er Niu heard from Qi Sheng that the master of the academy was not willing to accept Mengmeng at first, but after the examination of the three of them, he made an exception to accept Mengmeng because he was smart and smart, on the premise that he was not allowed to make trouble.

Mengmeng has been a quiet master since he was a child. He sits on the left and the right, respectively.

"Why does Xiao Niu want to practice calligraphy? Didn't he say that he can write?"

"Master speaks like a man, and by reading Uncle Niu's handwriting, one can tell that he will not have great prospects in the future."

Er Niu frowned, "Are these the original words of the master? Just the Mavericks or the three of you?"

Jiandou didn't want to cause Er Niu any trouble. He didn't know how to repay Er Niu for being able to study in the academy in this life, so he kept his head on the fire and didn't even hear the water in the pot boil.

When eating at noon, Er Niu looked at Maverick's bitter face, angry and funny, "What did Guangjiao tell you? Look at what worries you, and you are not afraid of premature aging!"

"Am I your real brother?" Xiao Niu gave him a white look, and stretched out his hand to grab a chicken leg.

On March [-]th, when the academy was resting, Erniu got up early in the morning and killed two chickens, specially for the three children.

When the magistrate came over, he asked the magistrate to stay for dinner, and the magistrate said politely, "No."

Er Niu said, "Then I'll send you out."

The county magistrate came to Zhangjia Village in an hour-long donkey cart, stayed for half an hour, and was invited away by Erniu just like that.Only Er Niu can do it.If it were Qi Sheng, he would not be so bold to drive out the county magistrate.

"The county magistrate really wants to stuff people into the workshop, have you figured out what to do?" Qi Sheng asked.

Er Niu said, "You all think too much, the magistrate would not do this." Seeing that he didn't believe it, "If he really doesn't care, hum! I'll let him walk in and crawl out!"

"Don't act recklessly!" Qi Sheng was startled.

"What are you thinking about?" Er Niu said, "I'm a gentleman, I don't use my words."

"You..." Qi Sheng had a bitter face, unable to believe it, "You don't want those gossiping women to make trouble for you, do you?"

Er Niu's mouth twisted, "How do you talk? Am I that kind of person?"

"You're not! You don't need a group of people, just one Zhang Lan is enough to cause headaches." Fortunately, he could think of it.

The people who the county magistrate arranged to work must be relatively good in all aspects. Those people who met Zhang Lanshi were like scholars and deaf people. Whatever you say, I can’t hear you, I can’t hear you, what can you do to me? .

Xiao Niu sighed, "Second brother, just wait, it's fine if the county magistrate doesn't cause you trouble, if he still dares to come, I will definitely make him regret it!"

"Tut tsk, you have a lot of ambition. Let me ask Zhang Xiaoniu, why do you make people regret it, huh?" Er Niu said and slapped him on the head. !"