Wearing a county magistrate to build infrastructure

September grants clothes.

The originally hot weather gradually cooled down, Xu Qingcheng didn't go out these days, playing with the seeds entrusted to him by Tang Zisheng at home, these were newly bought in Kaiyun Mansion, and there was nowhere to plant them in the Cang'er County Government. There were not many seeds, and it was not enough to get the stone village, so Tang Zisheng handed them all over to Qingcheng.

Speaking of farming, Xu Qingcheng still has some experience. There are not many fields at home. Except for his and his father's rations, all are taxed. This year's weather is not good, and the harvest in the fields is not good. According to the imperial court's decree, they will not have to pay taxes temporarily from this year, and wait until the imperial court orders them to talk about tax collection in the future.

However, this tax will not be paid for a long time afterwards.

"Why is it so lively outside?" Xu Yingle was making a purse at the door, and frowned when he heard the noise outside the fence gradually.

Such quarrels in the village are nothing more than happy events and troubles. I haven't heard of any family talking about marriage recently, and I'm afraid it's another family who is quarreling with another family.

"I'll go out and have a look." Xu Qingcheng is not a person who likes to join in the fun, but it sounds like he is going to his door, so he still wants to go out and have a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door, as soon as he opened the door, he saw an aunt with a hairpin on her hair. She looked like a matchmaker in Cang'er County.

And the one following behind my aunt was Tang Zisheng, who hadn't been to the house for a few days. Behind Tang Zisheng, there were two brothers, Cheng Shu and Cheng Shi, who were carrying two boxes of things at their feet.

"But Brother Xu Qingcheng Xu?" The matchmaker took over the business from the county yamen, but he had already inquired about it properly, and there were only Xu's father and son in the Xu family.

Looking at her age, she is the person she is going to marry for the county magistrate this time. She has been a matchmaker for decades, and this is the first time she has seen such a handsome brother. Why didn't she find out that there are such good-looking brothers in the countryside before.

If this brother hadn't been taken by the county magistrate, she would have told the sons of some squires in the county to make it happen.

It's just that the status is a bit low, and I'm afraid I can only be a concubine.

"Yes." Xu Qingcheng was a little dumbfounded, as if he hadn't reacted to the matchmaker's visit.

"Is Daddy here at home?" Marriage is an important matter, the order of the parents is the words of the matchmaker, and the county magistrate's parents are dead, so the county magistrate himself decides.

But Xu Ge'er's father is still around, she came to discuss the marriage with Xu Ge'er's father.

"I'm here." Xu Yingle also came over at this time, with a glance, he knew what was going on in front of him, "If you have anything to do, please come in and tell me, don't stand at the door."

Outside the gate, except for Tang Zisheng and his party, the villagers gathered in a crowd to watch from a distance. A few acquaintances from time to time bowed their heads together and muttered together. There must be nothing good to say. Fortunately, they knew Tang Zisheng's identity. Don't dare to come over.

"Hey, it's just right to enter the house to talk about the happy event." The matchmaker knew that the matter of letting people into the house was basically settled, especially the county magistrate directly took over the acceptance ceremony and waited to enter the house to make peace. The adoption of the Six Rites is over, and once the adoption is over, the next thing can't be easier.

Tang Zisheng knew that he would not be sent out, so he followed the matchmaker into the house and brought in the acceptance ceremony.

Xu Yingle sat on the top seat in the main room, Xu Qingcheng brought the kettle from home, poured water for the matchmaker and Tang Zisheng, and sat beside Xu Yingle in a proper manner.

"Xu Fuyun, you must be clear about the purpose of my visit. The county magistrate intends to marry Qin and Jin with your brother. I see that the two of you look very similar. What do you think?"

The matchmaker's eyes were very sharp. Just by looking at the way Xu Ge'er looked at Tang County Magistrate, he could tell that it was intentional.

"It's fine for me to watch." Xu Yingle didn't intend to beat the mandarin ducks, "But boy Tang, as Qingcheng's father, I want to ask you, letting a matchmaker come to your door is one of the six rituals, so what do you mean? Marry my elder brother as your real husband, and you will have to add another concubine to your family in the future."

The matchmaker opened his mouth, and was about to say that it was not natural, the county magistrate is different from the country, unexpectedly Tang Zisheng opened his mouth first.

"Do as the Romans do, Baihe Village doesn't have the habit of marrying more, so I naturally abide by it."

"What if you go back on your word in the future?" Xu Yingle trusted Tang Zisheng's character, but his heart was fickle, and he always had to arrange some things before his brother got married.

"If I go back on my word and remarry, I will let Qingcheng be free, and all the property of the Tang family will be given to Qingcheng." After cheating and divorced, she left the house, "This statement can be written and kept by Qingcheng."

Xu Qingcheng tugged on his father's sleeve quietly, where there was such a serious need, Tang Zisheng would believe it if he could guarantee it.

"There is no need for written evidence, but the matchmaker present today and I are both witnesses. If you lose to Qingcheng in the future, this is how things will be done. Of course, if Qingcheng loses to you in the future, it is the same."

What Xu Yingle said made the matchmaker dumbfounded. There is such a powerful Yue family, and the target is the county magistrate. If the county magistrate is dissatisfied and walks away, no one will dare to take this young man, no matter how juicy he is.

"Thank you, Uncle Xu." Tang Zisheng looked at Qingcheng with eyes full of smiles, "I accept the gift, Qingcheng will accept it."

"Accept." Xu Qingcheng responded in a low voice, and leaned on his father in embarrassment. Why did he ask this question, shouldn't he ask his father?

"Since that's the case, you two should go out first. I'll discuss the future with this matchmaker." Xu Yingle patted his brother's back. After a few days of not seeing each other, his brother is going to lose his mind. This is the time If you don't meet and talk to the two, I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable.

Tang Zisheng agreed, and he took Xu Qingcheng out of the main room and walked around the courtyard.

"Why did you come to propose marriage all of a sudden?" Xu Qingcheng twisted his clothes. He said before that he would spend a period of time with Tang Zisheng, but he never thought that after more than ten days in Kaiyun Mansion, he would be engaged. Isn't this too soon? some.

"Think about it day and night, thinking like crazy, I want to make a name for you with Qingcheng earlier, so that others can't take it away."

Tang Zisheng didn't say that he made a decision on the road, but he heard the news from Zhou Nanchuan that Mo Yansheng made a special trip to apologize. In the eyes of many people in Baihe Village, it was the Xu family who planned to renew the marriage with the Mo family. .

Originally, he was responsible for this matter, but now it seems that he is lifting a rock to shoot himself in the foot.

"I'm not gold, silver and agate. There are so many people who like me." Xu Qingcheng thought guiltily. In fact, Tang Zisheng is the one who will be snatched away. It's easier for him to set his name earlier.

"Yes, I still remember that when we were playing in Kaiyun Mansion, I only left for a short while, and someone came to chat with you, which shows that Qingcheng is extremely popular."

Although Tang Zisheng said it lightly, when he returned to Qingcheng, he gave the guy who came to strike up a good look.

But along the way, there are quite a few brothers and girls throwing purses for you, Xu Qingcheng whispered in his heart, but it is meaningless to continue to pester these.

"Let's not talk about that, let me show you the things planted in the yard. The potatoes planted a month ago have already sprouted, and the green ones are the ones that are growing seedlings here. The sweet potatoes brought back this time.

But you said that it is best to plant seedlings in early August. It is already September, and I don’t know if they will survive, so I left a little seed. You said the time is not right for the corn, so I didn’t plant it. "

"We need to save some. This season is not suitable for planting corn. We can only wait until next year's spring." Tang Zisheng is not a planting expert, but he only remembers some knowledge of his grandmother's farming when he was young.

Sweet potatoes are harvested in winter. Although the seedlings are planted late, it is not impossible to harvest. Corn is usually harvested in July and August. I have never seen corn planted in winter, so the seeds of corn cannot be moved now.

If Mo Yansheng can research a greenhouse, he can try it.

Then the two chatted for a long time, until Xu Yingle, the head room, sent the matchmaker out, and they still didn't say anything.

But today, when the marriage proposal was proposed, the matchmaker left Tang Zisheng and couldn't stay longer, so he could only stand up and say goodbye. When Xu Qingcheng sent him away, Xu Yingle happened to have something to ask Qingcheng.

"Didn't you say before that it would take some time before making a decision? Why did you come to propose marriage directly today, and didn't let me prepare properly." Xu Yingle nodded Xu Qingcheng's forehead, this unreliable brother.

"Then I don't know if Zisheng will come today, but we have already come, so we can't drive people out, right?" Xu Qingcheng acted like a baby.

"I'm not going to drive people away. My brother has been running with people for more than ten days before returning, and his heart has long been on the kid surnamed Tang." Xu Yingle shook his head slightly.

"No, half of my heart is on Daddy. I discussed with Zisheng before that when we get married in the future, we will take Daddy to live with us."

Xu Yingle was amused, "You, in the whole village, you have seen someone who got married and took his father-in-law over. Although Boy Tang's parents died early, I can't make trouble for you. It's good to leave me alone in the village, just clean .”

"I know, but I'm worried about Daddy."

Xu Yingle met Xu Qingcheng's eyes, after all, he didn't say anything, but just rushed people to work, he had to think about it.

When Tang Zisheng returned to the county office, he was proud of the spring breeze. Everyone in the county office knew that today was a big day for them to propose marriage in the county.

It is estimated that they will have a wedding wine soon.

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"General, Cang'er County is coming soon." The driver of the carriage sent a message to the two people in the carriage. Cang'er County is really remote, and those who enter the boundary of Cang'er County cannot pass the carriage, so they have to take the dangerous road mentioned by the young master. .

That road was stepped on by merchants in the mountains, and some roads were wide enough to pass a carriage. If someone with bad driving skills came, it would be strange to turn over on the spot and not see it.

"Coming to see this young man can be regarded as breaking my old bones. I hope he is really as good as the general thinks."

Adviser Zhang is a literati and not good at martial arts. He usually deals with various sources of news in the mansion and advises the general, but he has never suffered such a crime.

"I said back then, Counselor Zhang, you should go to the training ground more. Now it's not so hard to be a carriage."

Jing Huan chuckled, he had been galloping along the northwest frontier when he was a teenager, and now he was still a few years away from knowing his destiny, and his body was in his prime, and this bit of bumpy ride was not as enjoyable as a fast horse riding a mountain stream.

"Letters and warriors can't be generalized." Counsellor Zhang stubbornly shied away. He went to the training ground at his age because he was afraid that he would not die soon enough?

Jing Huan knew that his verbal skills were far from those of these counselors, so he didn't talk much until the end. Entering the city from the official road, the carriage gradually calmed down, and the driver drove directly to the county government gate without wasting time.

Shen Yiran, who had received the news a long time ago, was already waiting with his sword in the back residence of the county government.