Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 1038 Overtime to punch ducks

  Happy Zhao Erlang had just caught a gang of thieves and thrown them into prison, so he went straight to the canteen of the county government.

  Zhao Zheng also just came back from outside and was eating with a large bowl of food. Seeing his county magistrate nodding at him, he went into the kitchen and came out with a bowl of steamed buns and a bowl of vegetables after a while.

  He put the basin and bowl on the railing, stepped up and sat on it, and started to eat steamed buns with one hand and chopsticks in one hand.

  Zhao Zheng looked at him silently, seeing him bite off such a big and half steamed bun in one bite, then stuff a mouthful of vegetables into his full mouth, chew it quickly and then swallow it...

  Zhao Zheng suddenly felt more hungry, but in case he would choke, he still handed him a bamboo tube of water first.

  Zhao Erlang didn't want to drink water, but because his cousin handed it to him, he took it and took a sip, then put it down and continued to eat steamed buns.

  Zhao Zheng asked while eating: "Your lunch is useless?"

  Zhao Erlang took the time to reply "Yes".

  His entourage, Lu Hu, also came out of the kitchen, and explained after hearing the words: "In order to squat with this group of people, we didn't even dare to drink too much saliva, because we were afraid that a wrong eye would miss us and someone would slip away."

   While talking, the yamen servants and soldiers who were a few steps behind Zhao Erlang also rushed back, and got into the kitchen one after another to ask for food, and the small side courtyard of the county yamen was immediately full of people.

  Zhao Zheng squatted on the ridge to eat, also squatted on the side of the road to eat, and even ate pancakes in the street in front of everyone, but he was still not used to eating in the county office.

  They obviously have the conditions to sit and eat, so Zhao Zheng urged Zhao Erlang, "Didn't the county government give you the report on the addition of desk seats? Why didn't you approve it?"

  Zhao Erlang: "I approved it."

  Zhao Zheng turned his head to look at Mr. Yu who was buried in his meal not far away, "Master Yu, why don't you buy it?"

  Master Yu looked up, and said with a blank expression: "There is no money in the warehouse."

   Endured it, but couldn't hold it back, so he grabbed his chopsticks and said forbearance: "There are too many notes approved by the county lord, and they are all lined up in order of priority. The note for adding desk seats to the county government is at the end of the line."

  In fact, Master Yu himself really wanted to do this right away. After all, this was mainly to improve the conditions of the county government. The county magistrate and county magistrate couldn’t just sit and eat with them all the time, right?

  But every day when he took the arranged note to Zhao Erlang for confirmation, he always removed this note, saying, since there is no money, these unimportant things should be put aside first.

  So I kept putting it on and on, and many of the notes approved later took up the front, and it and the note on repairing the roof of the county government came last.

  By the way, the county government used to have desks and mats where the county magistrate and the county magistrate sat and ate, but because of the recent outings, such as blind dates, the sale of shops, houses and land in Luoyang City, especially the ruins in the inner city, there have been a lot of people rushing to buy and consult recently, which has blocked the county government and occupied a lot of office space.

   So Zhao Zheng asked people to move all these affairs to the square outside. The stalls were almost set up along the base of the county government wall. There were not enough tables, chairs and benches, so the table mats that were originally used for the county magistrate and the others were also carried out.

  It is easy to carry out, but difficult to carry back.

  So since more than a month ago, Zhao Erlang and Zhao Zheng have been squatting in the side courtyard of the county government office to eat with the government servants.

  Zhao Zheng took a deep breath and asked Zhao Erlang, "Since the money can't be allocated, what note do you approve?"

  "Sister said, everything that should be done should be approved." Zhao Erlang gnawed a mouthful of steamed buns, thought for a while and said: "But sister also said that the affairs of the county government are also prioritized. The life and death of the people are the most urgent, followed by the people's livelihood, and thirdly, the economy. Self-needs are the last, so they are ranked last, and I am not fooling around."

  He is very well-founded.

  Zhao Zheng sighed deeply, and said, "Okay, let's put the desk and mat aside in advance, but the bookshelves and bookcases can no longer be dragged around. There are more and more documents in the county government, and now there is no place to put them. It takes a long time to search for old cases every time, so we need to separate bookshelves and bookcases."

  Zhao Zhengdao: "I have also approved the note."

   Master Yu clenched his chopsticks tightly, and said through gritted teeth: "There is no money in the warehouse~"

  Zhao Zheng said to Zhao Erlang: "You shouldn't hand over all the taxes collected by the county government to the general. We clearly agreed to keep some for our own use."

  Zhao Erlang felt guilty, "But sister is also very difficult, she is about to cry."

   Zhao Zheng is going crazy, will Zhao Hanzhang cry?

   Even if you cry, will you cry for money?

  That's all a lie, Mr. Xian, can you be more mature?

  Zhao Zheng looked at him silently, Zhao Erlang couldn't bear it, so he said: "Then, then I'll go back and ask sister to transfer some money?"

  Zhao Zheng finally smiled, "The county lord understands righteousness, so we will wait for the good news from the county lord."

  Master Yu also let out a sigh of relief.

  Zhao Erlang felt the pressure doubled, and the steamed buns in his hand suddenly became stale.

  Seeing that the speed at which he gnawed the steamed buns dropped sharply, Zhao Zheng calmed down and said happily, "Mr. County, you should ask the general to make up a county lieutenant. Now that you are the county magistrate, how can you do all the work of the county lieutenant?"

  Master Yu on the side nodded approvingly.

  Zhao Erlang ignored him. He liked the job of the county magistrate very much. He once wanted to give up the position of county magistrate to Zhao Zheng, and then he would become the county magistrate.

  But he knew it was impossible, and his sister couldn't agree, if he let his sister know that he pushed the county affairs to Zhao Zheng...

  Zhao Erlang shuddered, feeling a dull pain in his back from being dragged by his sister to gesture and fall last time.

  Zhao Zheng saw that he was silent, so he turned his head to Lu Hu and said, "I put the official document that the county magistrate will deal with today on the desk. Remember to read it to the county magistrate."

  Zhao Erlang: "It's time to go to the Yamen, I...I want to go back and have dinner with Auntie."

  Zhao Zheng's eyes fell on the basin in front of him, and then he looked at the steamed buns in his hand.

  Zhao Erlang finally couldn't eat anymore, put down the steamed buns and said, "I just tasted it, to fill my stomach, and those who are caught will have to be interrogated."

  Zhao Zheng grinned at him, "It's okay, anyway, I have to work overtime tonight, let's go together."

  Why does the county government provide dinner for everyone?

  Of course it’s not because of the good welfare of the county government, but because the county government is too busy, and everyone will take the initiative to stay and work overtime only if they provide food.

   Master Yu had already finished eating and got up, leaving with a blank expression.

  It is not the first time for him to be an official. He was the chief bookkeeper of Yongzhou when Emperor Hui was there. However, because of the food shortage in Yongzhou, he and his family could not survive in Yongzhou, so he resigned and ran back to Luoyang.

  Yu’s family is not big, but he is also a gentry family. He was also assigned a sixth rank in the past, so after planning in Luoyang, he found a small official to do it. Later, Luoyang fell.

  (end of this chapter)