After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Before going to the county seat, you have to go to Lizheng to register first.

Fortunately, Jiang Sanlang is the village official now, so he can fill in the household registration guide for his family, and then confirm and stamp it with Lizheng.

Now that the farming work has come to an end and the construction of the big ditch in the village is about to be completed, Jiang Sanlang simply took his wife and children to the county town to take a look at his new home.

So Chunniang asked the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law to help take care of the chickens, dogs and ducklings at home, and then got into the carriage.

Yingbao also picked two baskets of apricots and peaches to give to Wu Daozi, and chatted with him about the special products of Qinchuan County.

The horse-drawn carriage ran faster than the mule-drawn carriage, and set off before dawn, rested twice on the way, fed a little fodder and water, and drove into the gate of the county seat in the afternoon.

Jiang Sanlang drove all the way to the gate of his new home, jumped off the shackles to take care of his three children, and then helped his wife get out of the car.

Yingbao looked up at the courtyard in front of her.

A few bluestone slabs were paved in front of the small courtyard gate, and there were horse stakes on both sides of the gate. The mottled and dilapidated gate could still be seen to have been painted with black paint.

Jiang Sanlang tied the horse, took out the key and opened the lock, and pushed the door open to let his wife and children in. "This is our new home."

Chun Niang stepped towards the threshold holding the corner of her skirt.

There is no hidden wall inside the door, and a large yard is facing you, with a lotus vat in the middle of the yard.

Now there is no water and no lotus in the lotus jar, only dry mud and weeds remain.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu followed A Niang and sister into the yard, happily looking around.

There are three main rooms, with wooden colonnade eaves in front of the main room, two side rooms on the east side, and a flower garden on the west side.

There is no furniture in several rooms, only some broken tables and chairs.

There is not even a pot on the stove in the east side of the kitchen, a cupboard next to the wall is full of holes from mice gnawing, and the cupboard is full of rat droppings.

A few pots and pans in the corner were also damaged and covered with dust, and only a large water tank in the entire kitchen was still usable.

It seems that before moving in, it needs to be tidied up, and a lot of household items need to be added.

Yingbao looked around, but she didn't see the well, so she couldn't help sighing.

I don't know if there are public wells around, or if it's close to a river.

There will be one or two wells in the main streets and alleys of the county town, which is convenient for residents to drink water.

But there are no remote places. People have to fetch water from distant rivers or fetch water from shallow earthen wells.

The water in earthen wells is definitely not as clean as deep wells, and will dry up in case of drought.

"Father, is there a river near our house?" Yingbao asked.

Jiang Sanlang: "There is a river. I went to see it. The water is quite clear."

The river here is naturally not as clear as the Sichuan River, but there is no problem doing laundry and vegetables.

The only shortcoming is that it is very troublesome to drink water, and you need to fetch water from the shared well.

"Our family might as well dig a well, it will be convenient to drink water in the future." Ying Bao suggested.

Jiang Sanlang nodded, "We'll talk about it later."

It would cost nearly a hundred taels of silver to dig a deep well, and he had no money for the time being, so he had to wait for the gold ears to be sold before asking someone to look at them.

After seeing the new home, Jiang Sanlang took Yingbao to the county government office to meet Wu Shi, the county magistrate, while Chunniang took Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu to clean the house.

The front of the county yamen is still the same, nothing has changed, even the gatekeepers are the same two people from before.

"Yo, bring Xingzi to see our senior officials again!" The yamen servant still recognized the little doll in front of him, and laughed and teased.

Yingbao raised her head and smiled and said, "Yes, please pass it on to Uncle." As she spoke, she took down two baskets from the carriage, which were filled with ripe apricots and peaches: "This is grown by myself. Bring the two uncles to try something new."

The two yamen servants narrowed their eyes with a smile, and quickly took it: "Oh, what an embarrassment, thank you Xiaoyingbao, uncle, I will pass the message to you right away." '

A yamen servant, Le Diandian, ran to the inner courtyard of the yamen.

Another yamen servant smiled and chatted with Yingbao: "The peaches in your house are born really early, it's only been a few months, and they are already ripe."

Ying Bao nodded: "That's right, the fruit trees over there are ripe early, and in a few days, the pears and grapes will also grow. If I come to the county again, I will bring some to Uncle to taste."

The yamen servant grinned from ear to ear, "Then I would like to thank Xiaoyingbao. If there is something useful to Uncle in the future, feel free to speak up, aside from other things, there is no one in this county who does not know me, Jin Wu."

Ying Bao earnestly saluted Jin Wuxing, "With Uncle Jin's words, I won't be afraid of being bullied by bad guys."

Jin Wu laughed and said, "That's right, if you meet those blind people in the county town, just come and tell me, you, Uncle Jin, don't have any skills, and it's easy to deal with a few street ruffians."

Yingbao was waiting for this sentence, and thanked her quickly.

Then he pulled his father to introduce: "Father, this is Uncle Jin Wu. Uncle Jin, this is my father Jiang Sanlang, he is the village official of our village."

Jiang Sanlang and Jin Wu clasped their fists together to salute each other, and then started talking.

At this time, Cheng San, the yamen servant, brought Wu Rui out of the inner courtyard.

Yingbao saw it at a glance, and immediately ran over, "Uncle Wu! I'm here to see Uncle Wu, is it convenient?"

Wu Rui smiled and said, "I'm here to pick you up."

Jiang Sanlang hurried over to greet him.

So Wu Rui and Jiang Sanlang each carried a basket of peaches and apricots to the inner courtyard.

Yingbao followed the two of them bouncing and walking inside.

Wu Rui led the two of them to the backyard, and saw two people in blue robes sitting under the wisteria trellis in the courtyard.

One is an old man with white hair and long beard, about 60 years old, and the other is the county magistrate Wu Shi.

"Uncle Wu!" Ying Bao happily ran over, and bowed to Wu Shi solemnly: "Uncle Wu, are you all right?"

Wu Shi laughed, "You Uncle Wu is very good, thank you Xiaoyingbao for remembering."

Turning around, he introduced the old man beside him: "This is my father, and today he also wants to meet the young doctor who is treating my illness."

Ying Bao hurriedly saluted the white-haired old man again: "Grandpa Wu is good."

Mr. Wu stroked his white beard and said with a smile, "Well, this kid is really intelligent."

Turning to Jiang Sanlang who was standing outside, he said, "This is Jiang Cunzheng, come and sit."

Jiang Sanlang walked under the wisteria trellis, clasped his fists at Mingfu and Mingfu's father, and sat down cautiously on the side.

Wu Rui fetched the teacup, poured a cup of tea for Jiang Sanlang and Yingbao each, and retreated.

Wu Daozi asked: "Jiang Cunzheng, have you planted all the cotton in your village?"

Jiang Sanlang quickly stood up and replied: "Back to the Ming Mansion, it's all planted."

"Sit down and talk." Wu Shi picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Have you suffered any damage from the bandits last time?"

Jiang Sanlang sat down as he said, and straightened his back and replied: "Naturally, it was a little bit. Most of the houses in our village were destroyed, and several people were injured. Fortunately, no one died."

Wu Daozi nodded: "I also heard from the people below that you moved the village and lived on the hillside because of this." '

"Yes." Jiang Sanlang said: "There are not many good houses in the village. It's not worthwhile for us to renovate the original site, and the fields on the south slope don't produce food, so..."

Wu Shi: "I understand."

After thinking for a while, I asked, "Then, do you have any difficulties in summer Fu this year?"

"Going back to the Ming Mansion, there must be difficulties, but what can we do?" Jiang Sanlang said with a miserable face: "No matter how poor or difficult it is, we have to live on."

Wu Shi stopped holding the tea.

The villagers complained in front of him, but he was speechless.