Chapter 108 It’s Chinese New Year
The snow has melted.
The air is moist.
Take a deep breath and your lungs will feel comfortable.
Today is Chinese New Year’s Eve.
Many guests came to Jiang Mianmian’s house.
Her family received many gifts.
There were frozen fish, frozen pears, and tree branches, which were polished and suitable for children to play with, and tied with red ropes.
They were all gifts from the villagers.
The famous old hunter in the village shyly took out two frozen fish and said, "I don't know what happened this year. The animals in the mountains are nowhere to be found. I don't know where they have hidden. I can only catch two fish in the water."
Qin Luoxia took it enthusiastically and said with a smile, "That's right. It's very cold today. I guess those animals have hidden. Brother Liu is amazing. He can still catch fish."
After receiving the frozen fish, Qin Luoxia returned the gift with a bag of sweet fruit, which is made by adding sugar to flour, pinching small balls, and baking them. They are very durable and can be stored for a long time.
Compared with frozen fish, this sweet fruit is very impressive, after all, sugar and flour are used.
The villagers who came to give gifts all received gifts in return.
When they returned, they couldn't help but praise: "Sister Qin is a rare and honest person."
People who came to deliver things would see Jiang Yu helping to prepare food, and praised Sister Yu for her diligence and good cooking skills.
Jiang Changtian and Jiang Feng were doing carpentry.
Heita lent a hand.
Because Jiang Mianmian could walk, she was seen pulling the hair of the little white horse every day, probably because she wanted to ride a horse.
Jiang Changtian was going to make a small wooden horse for his daughter.
Jiang Changtian was not good at carpentry, and this wooden horse was designed by the old man of the former county.
Speaking of which, the old man of the former county was worthy of being a top student who passed the imperial examination.
Jiang Changtian expressed his request, wanting a wooden horse that the daughter of the daughter could sit on, that could rock, and not fall.
The old man of the former county actually designed it.
He spent three days and three nights drawing the picture, working non-stop to come up with the design. He even lost a little hair.
He was mainly afraid because he was still living in the house behind the county government office. He wanted to give it up, but Lord Jiang didn't want it.
But seeing what Lord Jiang had done recently, he lost a hair every time he thought about it. He lost more hair recently than in the past half of his life.
Lord Jiang hung a calligraphy in the government office on his first day at work.
I reflect on myself three times a day.
The former county lord still thought that this Jiang Lao Er was worthy of being from the Jiang family. Although he had not taken the imperial examination, he did have the style of a scholar.
But when he saw the full content of the calligraphy, he couldn't help but cramp in his legs.
"I examine myself three times a day.
Am I too polite?
Am I giving him face?
Am I going to take action now?" (Note 1)
Every day when he sees this calligraphy, Qianxian Laoye reflects on whether he has done anything wrong today, not good enough, imperfect, what needs to be supplemented, what can be improved, and what can be done better.
Jiang Changtian's next move stunned Qianxian Laoye.
The anti-thief Lord Xi asked for two-thirds of everyone's property. Jiang Changtian sent these valuable things to the anti-thief base camp one by one.
He kept a very detailed record, and it was clear at a glance who each item belonged to and how much it was worth.
Then he actually asked for two-thirds as well.
The guards left behind by Mr. Jiang also had spies, and they thought that Mr. Jiang was a greedy person. He
was not polite to those wealthy families at all.
Moreover, he made up all kinds of excuses and accused them of crimes one by one in order to get money.
He let those wealthy families report each other's mistakes, and let the people redress their grievances and take revenge.
Now those wealthy families in Ming County are complaining bitterly, but no one can answer them.
On the contrary, the people are actually applauding. They even
call Jiang Changtian Jiang Qingtian.
He is really good at saving money, and he did not cause unrest. He saved money and won the hearts of the people.
He is also sincere to his lord. The things handed over by various places are the most appropriate and practical ones from Ming County, with clear items.
Although Zilu had never met Jiang Changtian, he was still very impressed by the things and account books that were sent to him.
Jiang Changtian actually did not do anything special. He just used the way he recorded medicinal materials before on the account sent to the anti-thief leader.
Today is New Year's Eve.
He came back early. He
received many gifts from the people along the way.
There were also many gifts piled up at home.
Seeing that Mr. Jiang actually did carpentry himself, the villagers thought he was good. Although he became a master in the county, he was still one of their faction.
It is said that Mr. Jiang's life experience was also inquired. Although he was not the biological son of Mrs. Jiang, he was also a nephew of the Jiang family. The late Lord Jiang took pity on the orphan in the family and brought him home to raise. However, he did not want to displease Mrs. Jiang, so he kept torturing him.
This news was spread by the former county magistrate, so it should not be wrong. He is such a great magistrate, so he certainly can't talk nonsense.
Poor Mr. Jiang is also a child of a good family, but he actually suffered such a disaster. Those big families have many tricks to torture people and kill people without bloodshed.
Whether it is the common people in the county or the villagers who come to give gifts, they all think that Mr. Jiang is too pitiful.
Such a good person, good-looking, good-hearted, especially kind-hearted, came to power to seek justice for the people, and did not hesitate to offend those big families, but he suffered so much since he was a child.
The person with the worst reputation in the county now is Madam Jiang. She
is one of the three evil women, along with the madam of Lichunyuan who forced good women into prostitution and the slut who threw her son into the woodshed with her lover.
Madam Jiang probably doesn't know yet that they have been shutting down their homes recently and are not allowed to go out except for necessary meals and drinks.
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Jiang Mianmian sat on a small stool expectantly, watching her father, brother, and Uncle Heita help her make a wooden horse.
She just mentioned the Trojan horse, but she didn't expect her father to remember it and even draw pictures for her to design. How amazing.
Jiang Mianmian sat on a small stool, and next to her sat Master Zi.
Master Zi was daydreaming.
He thought that his father would receive his gift and would come to pick him up soon.
He began to want to go back.
At first he wanted to stay because he didn't want to listen to the teacher's nagging, and he found Jiang Xiaogui's house seemed very interesting.
He wanted Jiang Xiaogui's mother to be his bodyguard, but it didn't work.
After observing for two days, he found that it would not work in the future, so he gave up.
But it seems that Jiang Xiaogui didn't give up.
Jiang Xiaogui seemed to like him very much and caught him everywhere.
He sat there a little worried, wondering if Jiang Xiaogui would cry when his father came to pick him up.
She was too clingy to her, and would hold onto her wherever she went.
Every meal, she would share the delicious green leaves with him.
She was even more clingy to her than the turtle she raised.
Jiang Mianmian didn't know that the little brat was thinking so much. She held onto him because her mother said that he was so pitiful, without a mother, and her father didn't care about him, so she asked her to play with him more. What
could a little cub like her do? It was just something that came to her hand. Whatever she did, she could just hold onto him to do it.
Jiang Mianmian held onto Master Zi and waited together for her father to make a wooden horse for her.
Seeing that Master Zi was in a daze again, she said in a baby voice: "When it's done, I'll lend it to you to ride for a while." Master
Zi felt a chill when he thought about himself sitting on a rocking horse at his age, and shook his head to refuse: "No."
Jiang Mianmian was not bothered either, because the rocking car at the entrance of the supermarket was something that all six-year-old children could not refuse, huh.
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An hour later, Master Zi sat on the rocking horse with Jiang Xiaogui with an expressionless face, and the horse swayed back and forth.
His body swayed with it.
He thought about riding a real horse before, and this horse was too stupid.
But the green onion on Jiang Xiaogui's head tickled his face.
He hugged Jiang Xiaogui and listened to her laughter.
He watched the lantern at the entrance sway.
It's the New Year.
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(Note 1: Source: Internet joke.)
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