Chapter 251 Encounter
Qili Village is a relatively closed village. Whether you come from the county town or Baimaquan Town, you have to walk a mountain road.
Therefore, as long as someone guards the mountain path, basically no outsider can enter the village unknowingly.
The local villagers are an exception, because there are always some small paths leading into the mountains, although they are difficult to walk on.
Therefore, Wei Zhi did not hide his whereabouts in Qili Village. After trimming the branches of flowers at Bai's house and drinking two cups of tea with Liu, he walked out of the door with a guard, his hands behind his back, and strolled in the fields curiously.
Wei Zhi is in his prime and is now the Secretary General, performing the duties of the Prime Minister. Of course, his official rank is not very high, just like the six ministers.
But before becoming the Secretary General, he was exiled to the local area to serve as a county magistrate, so he naturally had some understanding of farming, not to mention that he also grew fruits and vegetables in his own yard.
God may have moved all the rain for the entire summer to fall together last month. Since the beginning of this month, it has been mostly sunny, with occasional rain in the evening, but it is not heavy and lasts for a short time, basically just soaking the ground and then gone.
So at this time, there is very little water in the paddy fields, basically only a shallow layer, and the dry land is even drier.
Perhaps because the sun has been too good recently, the rice has sped up its heading speed, and the rice left in the paddy field is slightly bent.
Wei Zhi pinched an ear of rice. About half of it was empty, while the other half was slowly becoming full. At this time, there were more grasses than rice grains in the paddy field. Looking around, except for the grass next to the rice which had been cleared, the other water plants were left to grow.
Wei Zhi sighed. There were many paddy fields in this condition. No wonder the magistrate of Luojiang County specially arranged for someone to perform in front of him.
"Let's go down the river."
The guard replied "Yes".
There are roads on both sides of the river, and occasionally there are ditches leading to the fields. The ditches are not big, but they are deep enough and there are many of them.
As he walked down, he saw three of them. Wei Zhi couldn't help but nod, "Although this village is remote and poor, the water conservancy is quite good. If there were no natural disasters or man-made disasters, the people here could live and work in peace and contentment."
You shouldn't have to worry about food and clothing, it's just that you don't have much money.
The guard didn't say anything. He just wanted to protect the master. He didn't understand such things.
Wei Zhi picked up a piece of wild vegetable and continued walking down the river. Not long after he walked, he heard the sound of reading coming from the other side of the river. He couldn't help but stop and look at the other side.
From here you can just see Mr. Zhuang standing in the classroom.
Mr. Zhuang was leading everyone in reading the Book of Songs. Of course, this was the class for Bai Erlang and his classmates. The students in the two rows of desks on the village side of the classroom were concentrating on writing.
The teacher asked them to copy the new chapter of "The Great Learning" twice and then recite it, and he would explain the meaning later.
Bai Shanbao had already reviewed it in advance, so he was confident and copied it slowly.
Manbao frowned and recited the sentence haltingly once, then again, before picking up the pen to write.
She was a little nervous because she had been engrossed in the Complete Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine for the past two days. She hadn't prepared for any of her lessons, and hadn't even reviewed the knowledge she had learned before.
What if the teacher calls her to answer a question...
Manbao wrote more seriously and planned to ask Bai Shanbao for the interpretation of this new article after he finished writing.
Wei Zhi listened for a long time with his hands behind his back on the other side of the river. He nodded slightly and said, "With the school here, life will be even more comfortable. No wonder Madam Liu brought her grandson to move here."
"Sir, do you want to go over and take a look?"
Wei Zhi shook his head. "No hurry. The teacher is teaching. We can't disturb him. Let's wait a little longer."
He continued walking along the river, and as he walked further, the river made a small turn and arrived at a small bay.
Zhou Xi and his three younger siblings were weeding and watering the vegetable garden.
The vegetables in the field are growing well. All the seeds planted have grown. They need to take out some seedlings and plant them elsewhere so that they can grow faster.
But the sun is so strong that they certainly can't plant now. They are just here to loosen the soil, water the seedlings, and then weed out the weeds that come out.
Zhou Xi estimated that in about ten days, some vegetables could be taken to the county town to sell.
Zhou Xi supported his waist and stood up, took off his straw hat and fanned himself. Seeing He also supported her waist and stood up, he said, "Third sister-in-law, you go back first."
Feng also said: "Yes, we are here in the fields. You are pregnant, so you can't be too exposed to the sun."
He hesitated, and Fang smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, go back, otherwise Third uncle will come to pick you up soon."
Zhou Xi and Feng couldn't help laughing. He blushed and said, "I think you want the fourth brother to come pick you up. That blockhead of his won't do that."
As she spoke, she looked up and saw Wei Zhi, and was slightly surprised.
She quickly motioned to her aunt and sisters-in-law to go and see. Everyone turned their heads and met Wei Zhi's curious gaze. The atmosphere became a little tense.
Wei Zhi noticed some wariness on their faces. He had learned from the guards that the people in this village had just had a conflict with those three people not long ago, so it was normal for them to be wary of strangers at this time.
He smiled and introduced himself, "I'm a friend of Mr. Bai, staying here for a while. I'm just bored and came out for a walk. I hope I didn't disturb your work."
Zhou Xi gripped his hoe tightly and asked, "Are you Mr. Bai's guest?"
"That's right." Wei Zhi paused and then smiled, "If you don't believe me, just go to the Bai family and ask. I had dinner with the two young masters of the Bai family last night."
"Oh, so the welcoming banquet held by the Bai family last night was for you." After he said this, Zhou Xi and others relaxed and said with a smile: "Why did you come here, sir? The sun is so hot and there are so many mosquitoes by the river..."
Wei Zhi was a little stunned and asked, "How did you know that the Bai family held a welcoming banquet yesterday?"
Zhou Xi smiled and said, "My youngest sister told me that when she got home."
In fact, Manbao was curious about what the welcoming banquet was like, so he specifically asked Lao Zhoutou if he had ever attended a welcoming banquet.
Of course, Old Zhou said that he had eaten it before, and gave her an example. Every time her second brother came back late from the county town, the dinner left over from home was a welcoming banquet.
So the Zhou family all knew that a distinguished guest came to the Bai family yesterday, and Mr. Bai even specially held a welcoming banquet to welcome the guest.
Wei Zhi had always had a good memory, and after a brief thought he remembered it. He smiled and asked, "Is your youngest sister's name Manbao?"
"Yes, yes, it's called Manbao. Has the lord seen him?"
I haven't seen him, but I've heard of him. Old Mrs. Bai said he's a very smart child, as smart as Bai Shan.
I heard that the two of them are of similar age, not only classmates, but also deskmates.
So he always thought Manbao was a boy, could it be that he was a girl?
Wei Zhi asked, "Yaomei is his nickname?"
(End of this chapter)
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