Chapter 221 Wishes
County Magistrate Fu estimated the time. "I remember that in previous years, the wheat harvest would start around this time, right?"
"Yes, but there wasn't enough sunlight before. I estimate it will take another month for the wheat fields to turn yellow." After all, it had rained for so long.
County Magistrate Fu nodded and praised repeatedly, “That’s right, that’s right. If everyone was as foresighted as you and paid attention to farm work early on, then perhaps the harvest wouldn’t be as abundant, but it wouldn’t be as difficult as it is now.
Everyone: ...
Old Zhou smiled innocently and said, "Your Excellency has praised me. Actually, there are many hardworking people in the village. I just took advantage of having an extra son."
Six sons, four daughters-in-law, one eldest daughter, and he were all responsible for one piece of land. It was not difficult to release the water in a short time, but the difficult part was catching the insects in the land.
Catching bugs is really hard.
Catching insects and cleaning snails in rice fields is difficult enough, but catching insects in wheat fields is even more difficult.
They have a large family, and Manbao is the only one who would run to the fields after school every day, either pulling weeds or catching insects, so their crops are doing better than those of other families.
Their success is not due to farming skills or diligence, but rather to the convenience of having a large population.
It was not known whether County Magistrate Fu had heard it or not, but he nodded anyway.
He inspected the fields around the village and then went to see Mr. Bai's land.
After careful comparison, it is found that Mr. Bai suffered even more damage than the villagers because he had a lot of fertile land.
In the past, fields near rivers were the best because irrigation was convenient.
Rice is not drought-resistant, so because it is close to water, Mr. Bai is more careful, applying more fertilizer and removing weeds with utmost care. Over the years, the fields have become better and better. However, this flood, although not all the good fields have become barren, at least the operations of the past two years have been ruined.
County Magistrate Fu comforted Mr. Bai, and seeing that it was getting late, he said goodbye and left.
Manbao joined in the fun and sent him to the intersection, waving goodbye to him, "Sir, please remember to give my letter to Sister Fu Er."
County Magistrate Fu: If you hadn’t told me, I would have really forgotten it.
But can he show it?
County Magistrate Fu, riding on his horse, turned back and waved to her, saying with a smile, "I won't forget."
Although County Magistrate Fu was a little curious about what Man Bao wrote in the letter, why did he have so much to say to his second daughter?
However, he had something to discuss with his lawyer, so he gave the letter to a servant and asked him to take it to the backyard while he went to the study to talk with his lawyer.
"My lord, what do you think of the proposal of those two little kids?" As soon as he entered the study, the lawyer asked straight to the point.
County Magistrate Fu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "There is no better way than this, because we have a ready-made person in Jiannan Road."
The lawyer knew that County Magistrate Fu had the same idea as him.
He couldn't help but smile and said softly, "Yes, Lord Wei hates evil and is fair and honest. If he heard that Brazil was also severely affected by the disaster, he would definitely come to take a look."
"That's right," Magistrate Fu looked at him and asked, "But how do we let Lord Wei know this?"
There are too many ways to do this. First of all, he must not let people know that he did it. Otherwise, if it gets out, not to mention his colleagues in other counties who did a poor job in post-disaster work, he will not be in a good position in the eyes of the Mianzhou governor.
The two of them chatted in the study for a long time, and even had dinner in the study. It was not until late at night that the lawyer left the county magistrate's house.
His home is not far away, just to the left of the county government office. Just turn right after exiting the back corner gate.
County Magistrate Fu was a little excited and couldn't sleep, so he went out for a walk with his hands behind his back to admire the moon.
He lived in a government-provided house, which was a courtyard behind the county government office. It was not very big, but it was big enough for his family to live in.
So I left the study, walked in the garden for a while, and then arrived at the courtyard where the children lived.
It was already the middle of the night, and there was still a light on. He squinted his eyes for a while and realized that it was his second daughter's room.
He paused, then walked towards it.
Fu Wenyun in the room was reading a book, but she was actually distracted. She was thinking about Manbao's letter. When she heard a knock on the door, she came back to her senses and realized that it was getting late.
The maid Qiuyue who was accompanying her had fallen asleep beside her, but she woke up quickly, wiped her face, and quickly walked to the door. When she opened the door and saw County Magistrate Fu, her eyes almost popped out.
Magistrate Fu did not enter the house, but stood outside and asked, "Miss, are you still awake?"
Qiuyue shuddered and whispered, "Miss, Miss is still reading."
Fu Wenyun also heard her father's voice and quickly put down the book and walked over.
Magistrate Fu saw that his daughter was still wearing her coat, obviously not yet changed for bed. He walked into the room with his hands behind his back and asked gently, "Why are you still awake so late? What are you reading?"
Without waiting for Fu Wenyun to answer, he walked to the desk and picked up the book spread out on the table. He was stunned when he saw the cover. "The Great Learning?"
He turned to look at his daughter and asked, "Why are you reading a book like this?"
Fu Wenyun pinched the corner of her clothes tightly and mustered up the courage to say, "Manbao is reading this book, so I want to take a look too."
County Magistrate Fu certainly knew this, because he had just tested their homework today, but... "Didn't your mother say you were learning the piano? Do you have enough time?"
He knew that his daughter's piano practice took up almost half of the day, and she also had to learn needlework. Would she have enough time?
Fu Wenyun looked up at her father and said excitedly, "Father, I want to continue studying. I also like playing the piano, but I don't think it requires so much time. Can you talk to mother and let me set aside an hour every day to study?"
Magistrate Fu looked at his daughter for a long moment, then sat down on the chair behind the desk. After a while, he asked, "Why do you want to study? It's enough for a girl to learn to read and count. Studying is so hard. Look at your brother. Making him study every day is like forcing him to do something."
"My brother may not like reading, but my daughter loves it," Fu Wenyun said. "I find reading, especially reading books I've never read before, a very joyful thing. I can learn a lot from books. Father, Manbao is younger than I am. A little over a year ago, when I spoke to her, she always asked me questions, and she listened with great interest. But after last year's Ghost Festival, she can discuss homework with me, telling me stories I've never heard before, and she can always follow me up on everything I say. And since the beginning of this spring, in our letters, she's taught me more than I teach her. She's read many books that I haven't, and sometimes I can barely keep up when she talks about them."
Fu Wenyun looked at her father seriously and said, "Father, I don't want to not understand my friends in the future, just like I didn't understand my father and mother in the past. I want to make many, many friends. In the future, I will be the one who chooses my friends, not my friends who choose whether to associate with me again."
(End of this chapter)
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