After death, I became the cannon fodder of the three protagonists

Chapter 60 See the Magistrate

Su Mo changed her clothes, combed her hair again, and then went to the study, telling the three children to stay at home obediently. She will go to the village head's house and be back soon.

The three children naturally deserved it.

Su Mo then rushed to the village chief's house with Hui Niang.

Su Mo thought that the county magistrate would be a middle-aged man over four or five years old, but when he saw it, he realized that he was actually a handsome man with a strong figure.

Wearing an official uniform, with wide shoulders and narrow waist, straight waist, healthy wheat-colored skin, three-dimensional facial features, and no wrinkles on his face.

His gestures did not give people the feeling of superiority, but rather casual, approachable but slightly alienated.

The village head gave Su Mo a wink, telling her not to stand stupidly, and the people see the officials, and the ritual of kneeling and worshiping is not unreasonable, but there are still other etiquettes that should be there.

After receiving the reminder from the village chief, Su Mo immediately bowed in a dignified manner: "I have seen the county magistrate."

The county magistrate's surname is Fang, and he has learned from the village chief that the woman in front of him found the ancient method, and this person is also the widowed mother that the village chief mentioned last time.

"It's important, don't be too polite."

Magistrate Fang withdrew his gaze, his expression indifferent.

"I want to ask you, how did you know about this method of improving soil quality?"

When she came over, Hui Niang had already let Su Mo through the wind.

The village chief didn't tell the county magistrate about Su Mo's going to Huzhou to find miscellaneous notes, but vaguely said that it was the idea proposed by a woman in the village.

The village head is selfish.

If the truth is told, the county magistrate will directly send someone to Huzhou Prefecture to find this miscellaneous note. Wouldn't it be a waste of work for them?
As the head of the village, he is also an official position, and naturally there are assessments. Although he can continue to serve without merit or demerit, it does not mean that he does not want to have merit.

This ancient method was spread from Luoshan Village. If it really works, the village chief will have a good face, and he will hold his head up even more in front of the village chiefs of other villages.

In the long run, even the sons and daughters of the village will have a smoother marriage.

However, the village chief's selfish move saved Su Mo from lying.

After returning from Huzhou Mansion, she realized that she hadn't thought carefully. If someone with a heart went to Huzhou Mansion to investigate, this miscellaneous note would inevitably come to light.

But the matter has come to this point, regret is useless, 258 can think about it, comfort her that Gu Xingnian's koi is here, let alone a small lie, even if she falls off the cliff, there will be vines entangled in the net to catch her up.

Noticing that the village head was giving her a wink, Su Mo settled down and said, "My lord, I learned this method from a miscellaneous journal of my natal family."

County magistrate Fang was a little unconvinced. As a peasant woman, what miscellaneous notes could her natal family record to improve the saline-alkali land?

And if you saw it at your natal home, why did you bring it up now?
He pointed out his doubts, then lowered his eyes, rubbed the teacup with his fingertips, and waited for the woman in front of him to explain.

Su Mo was very thoughtful this time.

"Your Excellency does not know, I am originally from Jinzhou, my father is a member of Guan Yuancheng, and there are thousands of volumes of books in my family.

I only hate the severe drought in Jinzhou in the 16th year of Yuanyong.

My father took me all the way south, and he could leave Jinju after seeing the river. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers chased me and shot my father to death in front of my eyes, and I even fell into the river.

Fortunately, I was rescued by my husband's family. Later I learned that the village made a living by going out to sea to fish, and was supported by my husband's family. I never thought about making a living.

Unexpectedly, a few years ago, my husband and my parents-in-law died in an accident when they went out to sea. I have been in a daze until now, and I only woke up a month ago.

Without her husband's family, there are three children under her knees, if the family wants to survive, it must have some income..."

When Su Mo said this, he didn't continue talking.

She knew very well that she should not speak too clearly, and she had to leave room for imagination, so that the observers would subconsciously round up such subtle discrepancies.

She lowered her head, making it hard to see her expression, and her voice was a little choked up in the back, giving County Magistrate Fang and the village head a feeling that they couldn't help themselves when they talked about sad things.

County magistrate Fang naturally inquired about Su Mo, but it was limited to the files retrieved by the county government.

Example: The Su family has been a coastal county since Yuanyong for 16 years, and according to the procedures, it has registered household registration here.

The next year, she married Gu Dalang, the Gu family in Luoshan Village, as his wife.

In the late spring of the 22nd year of Yuanyong, three members of the Gu family canceled their household registration.

If Su Mo hadn't mentioned his life experience at this time, he really would have never thought that the Su family would be a refugee from the severe drought in Jinzhou back then, and had some connections with him.

County magistrate Fang's eyes flickered, and he looked into Su Mo's eyebrows calmly. After he was indeed similar to the person in his memory, he was half convinced.

But he still asked: "Is your father Su Zhiyuan Su Yuanwai from Guan Yuan City?"

Su Mo was slightly startled: "Your Excellency recognizes my father?"

Fang Shi took a sip of tea, the tea was very ordinary, slightly astringent in the mouth.

"My father is a well-known benevolent person in Guanyuan City, and I have received a lot of favors from him."

Fang Shi is also from Jinzhou, his parents died when he was young, and his aunt at home thought he was a burden, so he took him to Guanyuan City, a hundred miles away, and abandoned him.

If it hadn't been for the Su Yuanwai from Guanyuan City who set up a tent at the gate of the city to give out porridge, and conspired with the government to fund the construction of the Yishan Hall to take in orphans, he would have lost his way of life long ago.

Fang Shi always remembered that winter day.

In the second half of the night, it snowed heavily, and the Yishan Hall was covered with snow. He and other children huddled together in the cold and reported to the group to keep warm.

Just when they felt like they were going to freeze to death, that kind-faced man came against the wind and snow and brought them cotton-padded jackets and charcoal.

Then instruct the mother-in-law to cook the porridge. When the porridge is ready, they sit together, holding the hot porridge, and dreaming about the future.

He said at the time that he wanted to be a high-ranking official and no longer be bullied by others...

The man was a little surprised, then rubbed his head without speaking.

The next day, a teacher from Yishantang came...

Withdrawing his thoughts, Fang Shi picked out the key points and said:

"My father once built Yishan Hall, and I am one of the people in Yishan Hall, and my father paid for the imperial examination later."

Su Mo quickly recalled the relevant memories, and there was indeed a Yishan Hall in Guan Yuancheng.

Su's father once told the original owner that it was her third birthday, and she fell seriously ill, and it was useless to see many doctors.

In the end, with the advice of an expert, they set up a shed to give out porridge, and Jianyi Shantang adopted orphans, and accumulated merit for the original owner, so that the person could be rescued.

The most important thing Su's father lacked was money, so he immediately waved his hand and followed what the expert said.

After setting up a shed to give porridge for seven days, the original owner really slowly recovered.

When Su's father saw this, he was convinced that he was just trying. He not only adopted orphans, but also funded the training of these orphans so that they would have the ability to be self-reliant when they grow up.

It's just that Su Mo really didn't expect that there is such a coincidence in this world that the dignified county magistrate is actually a member of the Yishantang built by the original owner's father.

The village head was also shocked.

It was the first time he heard Su mention the situation of his natal family in such detail.

The position outside the staff was a special existence in the Yong Dynasty.

Official positions of the eighth rank without real power can be bought for 5 taels of silver. They need to pay tribute to the court of [-] taels of silver every year. They are not restricted from continuing to do business, and their household registration is still a merchant, but their status is higher than that of ordinary merchants.

According to the laws of the Yong Dynasty, merchants cannot be scientifically tested for generations, their daughters marry out, and their husbands cannot be scientifically admitted to the court as officials.

But if you donate to buy a non-member position, you will be given a quota for husband-in-law scientific examination.

(End of this chapter)