Chapter 506 People from the County Government
At this time, the people in Xiahe Village had just eaten breakfast. The sun that had just risen showed its red face, coating Xiahe Village with layers of golden halo. .
"Mom, please have some porridge." Dachuan's daughter-in-law Juan'er looked at her mother Chen with concern at the dinner table, holding a bowl of cooked rice porridge with nourishing food in her hand. Dried dates and other things.
Ms. Chen shook her head with a haggard look.
"Mom, I dreamed about Dachuan last night, and Dachuan told me that I found my second brother." Dachuan's daughter-in-law, Juaner, put the porridge in front of her mother, Chen, and said in a chatting tone.
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up at first, and then dimmed, and her eyes became moist again. "Dreams are all the opposite, my pigeon."
Many people have this idea, and they think dreams are the opposite. On the contrary, it is counter-dreaming. This has no scientific basis at all, but many people have this idea to some extent, and Chen is no exception. Dreams are always the opposite. If you say you have found him, you have not found him. When the eldest daughter-in-law said that she dreamed that her eldest son had found her younger son, she became even more worried.
This is also because caring leads to chaos.
Seeing Mrs. Chen’s sad look, Mr. Zhu on the side came over to comfort him, “I had a dream too, and I dreamed that Dachuan hadn’t found the pigeon yet.”
When Mr. Chen heard this, He immediately glared hard at Father Zhu, his face full of sullenness. Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and pinched Father Zhu's arm hard. Tears of anger came out, "You are so heartless, can you speak!" ”
Zhu's father apologized repeatedly. He had just seen his eldest daughter-in-law saying that Dachuan had found the pig. Chen said that the dream was the opposite, and he was worried. So Zhu's father thought, "I said that I didn't find the pig in the dream, and the dream was the opposite." Could it be that the reality has found a pig, so Chen doesn't have to feel sad.
Ideals are very full, but reality is very skinny. I think Father Zhu must have understood this truth at this moment.
While Zhu Ping'an's family was trying to coax Mr. Chen to drink porridge, they heard someone hurriedly running in from the gate.
"Shouyi's family, the county government, there are people from the county government." A villager came in hurriedly and said.
Is there someone from the county government?
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt happy, stood up, and asked anxiously, "Has the government found my pig?"
"No." The villager scratched his head, a little unbearable. To break Chen's fantasy, everyone had arrived at the village, but he had to remind him, " They said they were measuring land at the entrance of the village. There were several people there, and the leader was the secretary of the county government. Li Ertou had seen them in the county government and recognized them."
"What kind of land are they measuring? Our family's land has been registered with the county government, and we have received the land deed." Zhu's father walked out of the door.
"Second brother, then I don't know." The villager shook his head, and then reminded anxiously, "But there are many government servants who are out on the ground with paper, pen and ruler. You guys Go and have a look. ”
Ancient Hierarchy Forest. Yan, the idea of officialdom is deep-rooted, and the household secretary is just the county official's house clerk. He is a low-ranking official, but in the eyes of the ancient villagers, he is a great official, responsible for collecting taxes, paying grain and paying taxes for the entire county. Well, I am a county government official, and I have many government officials under me.
In ancient times, although the county magistrate was responsible, after all, the magistrate was a single person with limited skills. The people who really worked in the county government were the six-room subordinate staff. They actually assumed the rights and responsibilities of the government office. The county magistrate is not in charge. In the eyes of the common people, the six subordinate officials are all big shots with real power.
People from the county government were still surveying the land. This was no small matter. So when the villagers saw it, they felt that it was a big deal, so they hurriedly came to report to the Zhu family. Now there are still people on the land. Many people are watching around.
Land is the foundation for the ancients to settle down and live their lives. After being reminded by the villagers, Zhu's father and others had to pay attention to it.
The family, following the villagers, walked to the field in front of the village.
Not long after I walked out, I met Mr. Zhu and others who had come from the Zhu family’s old house after hearing the news. Of course, uncle Zhu Shouren was also there.
Mr. Zhu and the others, like Mr. Zhu, also had expressions of surprise on their faces. They were shocked by the sudden news that someone from the county government was measuring the land. However, the uncle Zhu Shouren showed the extraordinary psychological quality of a scholar and took it calmly. , quite a kind of courage to remain unmoved despite the wind and rain, as if I had known about this for a long time, and I was not surprised at all.
"Shouyi, what's going on? Why did I hear someone from the county government came?" Mr. Zhu asked worriedly.
"Dad, I don't know either. It's about measuring the land." Father Zhu shook his head.
"Measuring land is a matter of households. Could it be that the official of the household is here? This household is mainly responsible for paying grain and taxes." Uncle Zhu Shouren said with his hands behind his back, stroking his beard on his chin as he walked. said.
Pay food and taxes? When Mr. Zhu heard this, his expression became heavy.
When we walked to the end of the field, we found that many villagers had gathered around Zhu Ping'an's home. When the villagers saw the Zhu family coming, they all said hello and made way for the Zhu family to come forward.
When I walked in, I found that there were four government servants and a household secretary wearing a blue official uniform on the ground of Zhu's house.
At this moment, Hu Shu was instructing the yamen servant to measure the land. The yamen servant was pushing a wheelbarrow. There was a wooden bucket on the wheelbarrow. Inside the wooden bucket was a rope ruler similar to the reel of a spinning wheel. The yamen servant took the rope ruler out of the cart. , inserted into the soil, one person stood there and was responsible for counting, while the other two people led them to the end of the field and kept walking in.
"Are you the perpetrator?" Hu Shu, who was wearing a blue official uniform, asked when he saw Father Zhu and the others walking over the crowd, nodding his chin and looking at Father Zhu and the others.
"I wonder why you measure the land?" Father Zhu walked forward and asked.
"By order of the magistrate, I am here to measure your family's land as a basis for paying taxes." Hu Shu clasped his fists in the direction of the county government and said in an official tone.
Pay taxes? The people in Xiahe Village who were watching were talking about it. Zhu Ping'an was the number one scholar and he was already an official. How could he still pay taxes? Doesn’t it mean that you don’t have to pay taxes if you are an official?
After listening to the discussions among the people in Xiahe Village around him, Hu Shu stroked his beard and said calmly, "Of course, Mr. Zhu didn't have to pay taxes when he was there, but now that Mr. Zhu is gone, this tax But it’s inevitable.”
The county government often went to Zhu Ping’an’s house some time ago. , it’s a gift and a congratulation. Now Ping’an Lang’s accident has just happened. It’s only been a few days, and the county government has jumped out to impose taxes. Hey.
“Who said my son is gone! " Mrs. Chen was very angry when she heard this. She stepped forward with gnashing teeth and wanted to scratch this man into shreds. She even said one after another that my son was gone.
"Who are you, a village woman?" Hu Shu sneered.
"Who are you? Your county magistrate has to salute me when he sees me." Ms. Chen didn't look good at all.
“From the second family.” Seeing that Chen was so rude, Mr. Zhu was worried that he would make the elder of the county government angry, so he couldn’t help but stepped forward and lectured Chen, and then apologized to the household secretary. "She is a womanly person. I'm not sensible. Don't be as knowledgeable as her."
"Forget it."
Hu Shu glanced at Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu looked at Hu Shu and couldn't help but shrink. Shrinking his neck. Mr. Zhu had the courage to step forward just now. He was worried that something would happen to the second son's family and the Zhu family would be implicated. Now that he would meet the official's eyes, his courage would have disappeared long ago. (End of chapter)