Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 161

The Spring Festival here in Peng Ze is a bit different from that in Yunyang County, but they are all lively and lively.

Du Youzhong, as the parent officer of Pengze County, has many people come to ask for blessings.It is said that if you can get a blessing written by a county parent official, you will be blessed.

So Du Youzhong personally wrote some blessings, and in addition to giving to the officials in the county government, some other families in the county also gave them away.

The students in the county school got the blessing characters written by Hu Xin and a few gentlemen.

The unification of the imperial court is to seal the official seal after the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Du Youzhong and his subordinates have done all the things that should be done. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is no work in this yamen.

Of course, there are rotating servants in the yamen, after all, it is to prevent any emergencies during the festival, this is the matter of the history and the police.

Because they are in charge of this area.

Du Yu and Hu's also bought the New Year's goods early. Mrs. Qin is a regular customer here, and she has celebrated the New Year in the past, so when Hu asked her for advice, she also put her heart into it.

Moreover, Mrs. Wang is a local, so she knows what to do and what to buy.

Those who live in the yamen will take turns to treat guests for a few days during the New Year. Naturally, they will be at Du Yu's house on the first day of the new year, and then they will be lined up in order of official position.

Except that Chen Dianshi's family is from Pengze County, everyone else is far away from home, and they usually don't show it.

Except for the [-]th day when each of them worshiped their ancestors, these families have been eating and drinking together since the first day of junior high school.

And Mrs. Hu took Du Yu to the homes of several big families in the county to pay New Year's greetings.This is also a political need.Of course, it's just a county's politics, and it can't rise to the level of the country.

However, they are also very happy that the county magistrate's wife can go to their house, after all, not every family has this opportunity.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Pengze County is even more lively. Lion dancers and dragon dancers have appeared on the street. This is the only place in the south, and the county government has worshiped the land and prison gods before the opening of the government office. The Temple of God and Prison are both around the gate of the county government. Of course, the Temple of the Land is more popular, even ordinary people also go to the Temple of the Land to offer incense to the God of the Land, so the incense of the Temple of the Land has always been very prosperous.

On the Prison Temple side, because it is related to the prison, everyone doesn't want to get involved in a lawsuit, so they are more neglected.

There are also large and small Dragon King Temples in Pengze County. Because it is very close to the sea, some people go fishing at sea. Worshiping the Dragon God is a very important ceremony.

Du Yu also took Xiaoya and Xiaomo to see it. It was very solemn and sacred.

It's just that Du Yu and the others don't have time to go to the sea, and it will take a day or two to go to the sea.It's the holidays again, and it's hard to find a place to live.

Instead, I saw that many people have started plowing in spring. The soil here is not frozen, and they will start raising seedlings in spring.

Then plant spring rice, and in April, the first crop can be harvested.

Since the opening of the seal, the yamen has been busy with spring plowing and persuading farmers, and the county school has also started the annual county examination.

In the past, almost no one in Pengze took the exam, and the county school was useless, but now it is the real county exam in Pengze County. Du Youzhong also reported it to the prefect of Chenzhou, saying that this year they started to have a county exam in Pengze County.

There are several gentlemen in the county school who are scholars, so there is no need to find someone else for the recommendation.

The scholar examination requires the recommendation of more than three famous people to sign up, so students from the county school are eligible to participate in the county examination this time.

Because of this matter, the whole Pengze County is paying attention, even teahouses and restaurants are talking about this matter.

Forty students from the entire county school passed the three-day county examination, and those who were on the list were suddenly on the list of official documents, and they were selected as the top ten. The top ten had to go to Chenzhou to take the government examination.

The students who won the top ten are not only happy for themselves, but also their families are the happiest.

Moreover, the county yamen also stated that the food and lodging expenses for this trip to Chenzhou were covered by the county yamen, so that the exam would not be delayed because of money. After all, there were several poor students here.

Even spending some money is worth it. These ten students were brought by Hu Xin and went to Chenzhou together. Hu was still worried that Hu Xin would bring so many people with him, and he was still young, and would not be able to adapt, but Du Youzhong said , Hu Xin used to be able to travel outside alone, let alone this is a business trip?
No problem at all.

But at this time, Yunyang County brought good news that Du Yu's sister-in-law, Chu Fangzhi, was pregnant. When Mrs. Hu heard that she was going to be a grandmother, she was so happy that she wanted to go back and have a look.

But I also knew that this was unrealistic, so I made clothes, shoes and socks for my future grandson or granddaughter by myself. Du Yu, as an aunt who was going to be an aunt, also started to do it.

After Mrs. Wang found out, she also helped to do it.

Mrs. Wang said: "It will take several years before I become a grandmother." Her son is still young.

Hu said: "It's not too late for a good meal. You're a good boy, and he will be filial in the future. If I find you a filial and virtuous daughter-in-law, what else do you have to worry about?"

"Thank you for your good words! I think Yu'er is good, and I will marry into Mrs. Du's natal family in the future, so I don't have to worry about being unfamiliar with the place." Mrs. Wang said.

Since Mrs. Wang came here, she has a very good sense of this young man. She thinks he is really young and promising, and to Mrs. Wang, she also has a sense of intimacy.

This is the so-called eye margin.

Mrs. Wang's natal family has no brothers, just two sisters. She also has a younger sister, but now she is married to another place.

It's also been a few years since I saw her face once, and now it's her husband and children who are closest to her.

Master Wang is very comfortable being a master here. To have a bright Dongweng, for the master, it will get twice the result with half the effort.

"Why are you drinking again, watch out for your stomach!" Mrs. Wang said seeing that Master Wang was reeking of alcohol again.

Master Wang said with a smile: "I just drank two cups, which is not too much. This is how entertainment is."

As a staff member, if you can't drink, you can't do it. If you want to discuss things here, you have to drink two glasses.

Moreover, because ten students went to Chenzhou to take the government examination this time, they are now famous in Pengze.Basically, this year's spring tax is not a big problem.

The higher-ups stipulated how much silver and how much food Peng Zechun needed to pay for their taxes. After the payment was over, the rest was for their own use in the yamen.

In this way, you will not be limited by your superiors, and you will be stretched to do anything.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Master Du is going to be a grandfather, do you know about this?"

Master Wang said: "This is a matter of your inner house, how do I know? But, no wonder I am very happy to see Dong Weng today, so it is so."

Mrs. Wang said: "Then we have to give some congratulatory gifts. After all, we are taken care of by Master Du's family here."

"It's fine, you can figure it out, but just don't tell others. Dong Weng looks like that, and doesn't want others to give gifts because of this matter. If we slip up, we will cause trouble for Dong Weng. "Master Wang advised.

Mrs. Wang nodded. Some people are not good at inquiring information from Mrs. Du directly, so they will attack from their side.

Mrs. Wang prepared a bowl of hangover soup for Mr. Wang. The two chatted. They didn't spend much time together during the day. As they talked, they talked about the test in Chenzhou Mansion this time, and then they arrived. Hu Xin.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "I always feel that Hu Jiaoyu looks very kind, do you have this feeling?"

Master Wang said: "How many times have you said it? Could it be that he was still your relative 800 years ago?"

Master Wang was just joking, but it touched Mrs. Wang's mind.There are some things that she wants to ask more.

So Mrs. Wang said: "It's been a long time since I wrote to my sister, and now I still miss her. We have settled down here, why don't I write a letter to her?" Mrs. Wang knows some words , basically writing a letter is no problem.

Master Wang did not interfere with these matters, saying: "It's just a small matter, you can make your own decisions."

And Mrs. Wang came to see Mrs. Du more often. Apart from doing needlework together, she also talked about the family's shortcoming.

That night, she smiled and said to Du Youzhong: "Mrs. Wang really likes Xin'er, and today she asked me how old is Xin'er and when is her birthday, and she said that she wanted to make a pair of shoes for Xin'er to give to him on his birthday?" Wear it for him. This is treating Xin'er as her nephew, and it's Xin'er's own future."

Du Youzhong laughed and said, "Our son-in-law is liked by others, he should be happy."

Then the next day, I asked Du Yu to come and talk alone, "In the future, Mrs. Wang will come to talk to your mother, so you should be more careful."

"Father, is there something wrong with Mrs. Wang?" Du Yu asked.

"No, I suspect that she has something to do with your eldest cousin's life experience." Du Youzhong said: "She seems to care about your eldest cousin very much, and even asked your eldest cousin's birthday, so I can't help but think about it."

Du Yu also knew about his elder cousin's life experience, and said, "It doesn't really matter."

But looking at the eldest cousin, he doesn’t look like Mrs. Wang’s son. Mrs. Wang and Mr. Wang have been married for almost 20 years. At my brother's age, Master Wang and Mrs. Wang were married at that time.

Mrs. Wang didn't look like Hong Xing was cheating.

Or, what does Mrs. Wang know?Du Yu felt that if this matter was related, he would clarify the matter as soon as possible, so that both of us should feel at ease, lest there be an unstable factor, which makes people very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)