Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 319 Have Your Own Ideas

"Kid!" Wan Jin stopped the man and said with a smile, "You are from Anxi Village, right?"

The person she held frowned and said, "I don't know you. If you have anything to do, go find my parents." The child's voice was full of fatigue. He just wanted to find a place to eat and didn't want to talk to the person in front of him.

"I won't look for your parents." Wan Jin pulled her to the repaired road and sat down, and even took a piece of cloth to cushion her, "Just eat here."

When the child saw the piece of cloth on the ground, she was touched and followed Wan Jin's arrangement and stopped resisting. Of course, with her current strength, she could not resist at all.

"What do you want?" Zheng Xidong asked the person in front of him.

Wan Jin asked: "I remember seeing you in the school. You should be less than fifteen years old, right? Why don't you go to school?"

Zheng Xidong ate two mouthfuls of food numbly, "My uncle said that as long as there is one educated person in the family, it's fine. I'm old, and other people my age are already married, so there's no need for me to study."

"Why is it not necessary to study after getting married? The government only counts according to age. There was a new bride in our village who went to study. She was pregnant, and the adults saw her and said that it was a good time for her to study. One person works hard and two people benefit.

How many people envy you, if I wasn't so much older, I would also want to go there."

Wan Jin asked the child again, "What do you think?"

The child was stunned and stopped eating. "What do I think? I listen to my parents."

Wan Jin squatted in front of the child and said, "You already have a father and a mother, so why does it seem like your uncle is the master of you?"

Zheng Xidong didn't want to tell others about his family's situation, so he didn't answer this question.

Wan Jin saw through it and advised her: "I am an outsider, maybe you think I shouldn't say these things to you, but child, no matter what the situation is at home, you have to think about yourself in everything.

It's rare for us to meet a good official like Lord Meng. We shouldn't miss such a great opportunity because of family involvement, okay?
Apart from our county school, where else in the world can you learn to read and write for free?"

Seeing the person in front of him blinking his eyelids, Wan Jin continued, "Don't listen to adults in everything."

Zheng Xidong remained silent. When Wan Jin was about to continue speaking, Mei Zi called her from behind, "Sister, the meal is ready for you."

"Ah!" Wan Jin sighed as he looked at the child in front of him, patted her shoulder and said, "Think about it yourself."

She felt deeply about this matter, and walked over to Mei Zi and complained about the parents of that family, "With such short-sighted parents, that child is really unlucky."

Mei Zi sighed: "Being too obedient is not a good thing." "That's what I mean." Wan Jin felt sorry for the child and said to Mei Zi on his way home from work, "If Lord Meng heard about this, he would definitely intervene.

It’s a pity that I haven’t seen Lord Meng much recently.

As long as I have the chance, I will definitely talk to Lord Meng about this matter."

Mei Zi thought it was a good solution. "If the adults come forward, they will definitely think of the most appropriate solution."

It's a pity that Meng Changqing hasn't been going to the official road recently.

The road construction task was assigned to Zuo Datou. Recently, people in the yamen rarely saw Meng Changqing, and most people didn't know what she was busy with.

That morning, Meng Changqing delivered the borrowed cow to the gate of Yangmen County. Along with the cow was Zhong Ming, who had lived in Beishan County for a month.

"Thank you, sir. Just send it here." Zhong Ming was grateful to the person in front of him. He had been in Beishan County for a month. Not only did he make money, but he also fully felt the attention and care of the Beishan County Government.

"Wait a moment." Meng Changqing untied a package from his horse and handed it to Zhong Ming. "Inside are two pieces of green cloth and some dry food. You can use them on your return trip."

Zhong Ming waved his hand and dared not take it, "My Lord has already given me some silver, I cannot take anything from you anymore."

"These things are not valuable." Meng Changqing said with a smile: "Master Zhong, please accept them and don't feel any psychological burden."

"This..." Zhong Ming was obviously still a little hesitant. The reason for his hesitation was not that he wanted it in his heart but couldn't show it outwardly, but because of the status gap between officials and civilians. He was afraid that if he refused again and again, he would offend Meng Changqing.

He has learned his lesson enough and knows that there is no such thing as free benefit in the world.

"I just want to thank you. You have been doing your best these days, whether taking care of the oxen or teaching the students. If someone else had come, I'm afraid Beishan County would not have achieved such a great harvest."

Zhong Ming still took the package and thanked Meng Changqing in return.

It was still early, and since the other party had accepted his gift, Meng Changqing asked a few more questions: "Who else is in Master Zhong's family?"

"There are my mother, my wife and two children."

"How old are the two children?" Meng Changqing did have other intentions, and Zhong Ming's premonition was correct.