Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Zhou Erya picked him up and slapped him twice on the butt without mercy, "Stop making trouble! If you make trouble again, your father will beat you!"

Zheng Xichun held it in.

After the two yamen runners left, he rushed out of the kitchen and bumped into his father, "Dad, you can't marry my sister to that kind of person. If my sister marries an old man, how can I save face!"

Zheng Linsheng pulled him in front of him and said, "What do you know, kid? People will see that your brother-in-law is from the government, so who will dare to mess with you in the future? You will be so proud when you go out."

Zhou Erya showed some disapproval on her face and called her husband into the inner room.

"That man is too old, almost as old as you. Xidong will definitely not agree. You should go back."

Zheng Jiasheng sighed, "There is a big age gap, but after all, we are from the government. What Lin Sheng said makes sense. After all, we moved here from somewhere else and have no roots here. If we can find someone reliable, no one will bully us in the future."

Zhou Erya said, "We all moved here to Beishan County. We have no roots. Let's live a good life. Who will bully us?"

Zheng Jiasheng sighed again, "Originally, if Mr. Lin didn't want to be a matchmaker, there would be no problem, but now we have already discussed it with the higher-ups. I think the officer has also taken a fancy to Xidong. If we go back, he will lose face and will inevitably make things difficult for us.

We came here just to live a down-to-earth life."

"Look at what your brother did. What was he thinking? He wanted to bring someone together when they were so far apart in age?"

Zheng Jiasheng obviously didn't want to hear such words, "Mr. Lin also has good intentions."

"He's kind-hearted?" Zhou Erya took a deep breath, as if she had a lot to say, but she knew that it would be useless even if she said it, so she swallowed her anger and asked, "What should we do now? Isn't this asking for trouble?"

Lin Jiasheng sat on the bed and thought for a while, "Xidong is young now, so there is no question of whether she likes him or not. In fact, it is not a bad thing for a man to be older. He knows how to care for others when he is older. Besides, that officer has some influence in front of the county magistrate. If Xidong really marries him, she will be proud in the future."

Zhou Erya seemed to be persuaded, "That depends on Xidong's willingness."

"Please try to persuade the child. She is so young and doesn't understand anything."

Zheng Xichun was also persuaded by Zheng Linsheng. His attitude changed from resistance at the beginning to expectation. He came to Zheng Xidong and asked, "Sister, when are you going to get married? You should marry me sooner so that I can ask my brother-in-law to come to the school to support me."

Before Zheng Xidong could respond, her mother came out from the inner room and said, "Why are you still standing there? Go change your clothes and I'll return them to the next door."

Zheng Xidong felt that he was taking off more than just clothes.

She didn't know what she had become after living for more than ten years. She was not a human being, at least that's not how you should treat a human being.

"Mom, will you listen to your uncle this time?" Zheng Xidong asked Zhou Erya with tears in his eyes.

Zhou Erya paused while folding clothes, turned around and wiped away her daughter's tears, "Xidong, you are still young, there are many things you don't understand, your uncle won't harm you, your parents won't harm you either, even though he is old, he is still a government official.

If it weren't for your uncle's connections, our family wouldn't have been able to get in touch with someone like that."

Zheng Xidong pushed the person in front of him away and wiped his face carelessly, "My aunt and her child were sold by him, and now he wants to sell me."

Zhou Erya patted her gently, stretched her head out and looked outside. Seeing that Zheng Linsheng didn't pay attention to the noise inside, she felt relieved. "Don't talk nonsense." She lowered her voice and said, "What do you know? Don't meddle in adults' affairs."

"I don't want to get involved in your business." Zheng Xidong collapsed, "I just want you to let me go."

"What do you mean by let it go or not? If you keep saying that, mother will not be happy to care about you."

"Are you unhappy? You want to marry me to a man like that, and I didn't agree happily, and you're still unhappy?" Zheng Xidong said as he backed away. When he reached the door, he shouted loudly: "Then you're unhappy!"

After saying that, she ran out of the house.

Outside, Zheng Linsheng was scolding Zheng Xichun who was throwing a tantrum, "I'll leave you a chicken neck. Why would a child eat chicken legs?"

Suddenly, he saw Zheng Xidong running out of the house. He ignored Zheng Xichun and pulled Zhou Erya over and asked nervously, "What happened? Why did she run away?"

"This child ran away without me saying anything to her. It's really..." The anxiety in Zhou Erya's eyes was not fake.

But the reasons for her anxiety were too complicated. Who could tell which strand of love was the one among all the tangled emotions? Others couldn't tell, and neither could she.

Zheng Linsheng shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Go chase him! Go find him!"

Zheng Xidong ran into the darkness, but felt that he was coming back to life little by little.

She did not run in the familiar direction. After she stopped, she noticed the dark wilderness around her. At this moment, she did not feel any fear in her heart, but felt extremely happy. (End of this chapter)