Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 224 Tranquility
Hutai County is very quiet throughout the summer, and of course this tranquility refers to the comings and goings of the female relatives of the big families.

Whether it was in Ning Wan's dream or in reality that she married Tie Shi, the female relatives in Hutai County always liked to have banquets, sing operas, visit gardens, even go to temples to burn incense, live in Zhuangzi, etc. Activity.

After all, everyone is distinguished and wealthy, so naturally they should enjoy it.

Of course, in these activities, there are also many things that everyone can see and can't see. The most common and superficial thing is that women compete for beauty and compete for wealth.When making public appearances, everyone will compare what clothes to wear, what jewelry to wear, what carriage to ride, or how the servants around you are.Of course, under this magnificence, there are countless transactions that outsiders cannot know about. The small ones involve hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the big ones can affect the situation of the entire Hutai County.

Mrs. Zhao, before she was dismissed from the position of classics and history, was the best at arranging these activities. Her family has a good garden and a specially built stage, so she is very handy in entertaining guests. Although there is a county magistrate here, the limelight has never been overshadowed by classic historians, let alone the family of military officials stationed in Hutai County.

Now that the Zhao family has moved out of Hutai County, it is normal for the Feng family to be a little hectic about taking over Dianshi for a while, but it is not right for the whole county to be so quiet for so long.

The reason, of course, is Xu Qianhu's newly married Mrs. Zhou.

No one wanted to invite her.

Outsiders say that the people of Hutai County are aggressive, but Ning Wan doesn't feel aggressive in it, but she knows that the people of Hutai County are somewhat stubborn.For example, when dealing with county magistrates, the entire Hutai County can be monolithic, setting up the county magistrates, and not allowing these outside officials to do whatever they want; Tai County still can't eat well, and can only be second-class; at the moment, everyone is naturally indifferent to Mrs. Zhou.

Even if Miss Yang Er was wrong, she would make a marriage with Xu Qianhu first. Mrs. Zhou snatched Miss Yang Er's seat because of her bad reputation and could not get married in Anpingwei, and then drugged Miss Yang Er to make her have a miscarriage Well, there was an uproar in the Xu family and the Yang family. Everyone looked down on this Mrs. Xinqianhu.

Therefore, no one wanted to be the first to invite Mrs. Zhou as a guest, so they all tensed together.

It is said that Xu Qianhu continued, and the wives of Zhang and Cao, his deputy Qianhu and Lu Tieshi, should be the first to introduce the wives and wives in Hutai County to Mrs. Qianhu, but Ning Wan was the first. Regardless, Zhou's marriage to Tie Shi is still vivid in his mind, and coupled with her mother-in-law's old grievances, she is not that magnanimous!So just pretend that there is no such person as Mrs. Zhou, and ignore her.Zhang Cao's two deputy Qianhu wives both made excuses. One was busy with his children and marriages and had no time, and the other was not in good health and said he was sick.

The next few hundred households, the most prestigious Yangbaihu's lawsuit with Xu's family is not over yet, and the rest of them are also counting their calculations to see the direction of the wind, and no one is willing to move lightly for a while.

As for the civil servants, Mrs. Qianxian's aloof temper looked down on military officers, and now she doesn't even look at Mrs. Zhou directly. Besides, she doesn't want to treat guests not just because of concerns, but because she rarely hosts banquets.You must know that holding a banquet will cost a lot of money and energy, and no matter what kind of money Madam is short of, so after several years in Hutai County, it has become a rule for the county government to only hold a banquet during the Spring Festival.

The subsequent Feng family, Xu family and other families also had the same idea. No one wanted to be the first bird to invite Mrs. Zhou, but if Mrs. Zhou was left behind after a banquet, it would be extremely offensive.After all, Xu Qianhu is the largest fifth-rank Qianhu among the military officials in Hutai County.

Only Ding's family invited guests with great fanfare. His family newly expanded the house and set up a stage, and distributed invitations everywhere, but very few people arrived. , It became a joke.

So even though several months have passed, Ning Wan hasn't seen Madam Zhou yet!

On the contrary, the miscarriage of Miss Yang Er somehow moved Ning Wan's mind. She suddenly remembered that she had been married to Tie Shi for more than half a year, but there had been no news.Although the mother-in-law didn't ask, it wouldn't look good until then. After thinking about it, she went to Mayi Town by going to see the workshop.

Ning Wan originally believed in Dr. Xie, but after seeing her mother-in-law, she felt that Dr. Xie was no worse than Anpingwei's famous doctor, and since she was an acquaintance, she was not afraid that he would spread the news, so she decided to see Dr. Xie. look.Tie Shi is definitely fine, both Zhou and Guo Xiaoyan were pregnant before, but he was the only one who didn't give birth.

Dr. Xie checked the pulse, pondered for a while and said: "I just remembered that I dried some herbs early in the morning and need to put them away quickly. Mrs. Lu sit down first." Then he got up and left.

Ning Wan's heart suddenly touched her throat. I am afraid that there is something wrong with her, and this problem should be difficult to cure. Otherwise, how could Dr. Xie avoid it!I wanted to stop Dr. Xie to tell him the truth, but I felt that I couldn't open my mouth, and my feet couldn't move like lead. I sat in the consulting room of Xie's family, very dazed, wishing to cry immediately, but I couldn't help it. Knowing that I couldn't, my heart felt as sad as a knife.

In a blink of an eye, Mrs. Xie came out from the back hall, smiled and pulled her into the inner room and asked quietly: "There are a few words that Dr. Xie is hard to say, let me ask."

After hearing the question, Ning Wan had no choice but to answer with a blushing face, and Mrs. Xie said: "That's fine, you young couple are in good health, and the reason why you can't conceive now is because you have too frequent intercourse. There will be good news in the past, just rest assured, don't worry."

Now Ning Wan was so ashamed, she ran out of Xie's house without knowing what she said, and only realized that the consultation fee had not been paid when she came out. When she calmed down in the workshop, she told the staff, "Mrs. Xie just bought some Things, the money has already been given to me, you can help me send them there." He picked out some good things at home and sent them away, and left Mayi Town as if he had escaped by himself.

But since then, I feel at ease, as long as there is nothing wrong with it, it doesn't matter if the child is late, anyway, Tie Shi and himself are still young.It's just about seeking a doctor, she has no face to tell anyone.

Thanks to the support of Commander Youlu and colleagues, Iron and Stone got more money, materials, craftsmen and corvees for repairing the city wall. Therefore, after the spring plowing, four tall Urn Cities were quickly built, and then the turrets, archery towers, and horse faces were repaired. , Wall platforms, crenels, etc., did not stop working in midsummer.

In the early autumn, all the repairs to the city walls were completed. From the outside, there was not much change, and even the extra urn city was not very eye-catching. Only the four tall turrets with cornices made people feel refreshed.But in fact, Ning Wan knew that the entire Hutai county had been reborn.Although the turrets are very useful, in fact, the urn city, horse face, wall platform, etc. are even more useful in defending against the enemy.These inconspicuous facilities can make the entire city wall no longer have dead corners, which is extremely important. Many cities were breached because the enemy took advantage of the dead corners of the city, that is, places that cannot be shot with bows and arrows when defending the city.

It is precisely because of this that Tiishi was able to hold the city with the help of the people in Hutai County with a small number of soldiers.Therefore, Ning Wan breathed a sigh of relief, even though she heard the rumor that Tie Shi was greedy for money while repairing the city wall, she was not too angry.

Back then, Tieshi was exiled from Hutai County after the city wall was repaired, and went to farm in the easternmost mountainous area of ​​Liaodong. Now it was just the beginning of the past repeating itself, she was used to it.

But this matter cannot be let go. It is just a rumor now, and it may become a "truth" in a few days.

On this day, Miss Yang hurried over and told Ning Wan, "I heard from my sister that the people around Mrs. Zhou have leaked out, and Anpingwei has already started to check the road and command colleagues. Maybe they will find out in a few days. Come from Hutai County."

The miscarriage of Miss Yang's second child was finally settled. Although the second lady of Yang insisted that she had a miscarriage after eating a bowl of soup Mrs. Zhou gave her, how could Mrs. Zhou admit to taking medicine?The Yang family invited a doctor, but the bowl of soup was gone long ago. As for the pulse diagnosis, they could only diagnose the miscarriage, but could not find out the cause of the miscarriage. Maybe the doctor would not say anything if he could find out.

Now these two women are jealous and jealous all day long in the backyard of Xu's family, making Ning Wan affirm the rumors in the dream that Zhou's medication caused Guo Xiaoyan to have a miscarriage, and Guo Xiaoyan made Zhou's miscarriage again, Although many things are different, but there are also many things that end up in the same way.

What I didn't expect was that the dispute between Miss Yang Er and the Zhou family would often bring some news to me.In this regard, Ning Wan never took the initiative to ask, nor would she give advice to Miss Yang, but Miss Yang came here to spread the word whenever there was trouble. After admitting that she hated her sister in her heart, she became more and more used to telling Mrs. Lu everything. .

Madam Lu was not in a hurry for such a big event, she just replied, "I know." She smiled and chatted with herself, and Miss Yang felt relieved for General Tieshi, it seemed that he must be fine.

When Tie Shi returned home that day, Ning Wan wiped his sweat and took off his clothes, and gave him a bowl of mung bean and white fungus soup made from deep well water. After he sat down comfortably, he smiled and said, "Tomorrow I will repair the records of the city wall." Please send the account book that you used to the Lu family, I heard that the Liaodong General Army has sent people to Anpingwei Road to investigate corruption in the commander's prefect."

Yes, Ning Wan had long thought of this case that would appear after the city was built, so after disbursing the silver taels in the army, she suggested that Tieshi set up another notebook to write down trivial daily expenses, just like a book in a shop. The running water account is general.

The silver taels received for building the city wall are only recorded in the Anping Guard Army, and there is no account book in Hutai County.You must know that there are no documents in the Qianhu Office, and how can Tieshi set up this position when he returns from Duolun, who has been fighting constantly?After all, there are very few literate people in the army, and Luo Bing is just the exception among the exceptions.

Although Anpingwei's sum of money can indicate various expenses, how can it compare with the usual detailed account?The account that Ning Wan is holding now is Luo Bing's. It is extremely detailed, including where and how much the various materials were purchased, the wages of the craftsmen, daily rice grains and vegetables, and some people even used some medicine for heat stroke in summer. It is also clearly listed on it, followed by a note in small print stating that the medicine was bought from He's pharmacy.Such a detailed account can withstand anyone's digging and inspection.

(End of this chapter)