Chapter 80 Wangcai's Harvest
From that day on, whenever Konjac saw pictures that she thought were memorable, she would always record them with her embroidery thread. Many years later, she and Cui Qingyi would often take the things out and recall together what they did together that day, who they met, and even what delicious food they ate.
The starfish finally touched the seawater after crawling at a snail's pace. Cui Qingyi then stood up with a sense of satisfaction and continued to search for today's catch. Wangcai watched as his small basket was picked up by his owner again, and he swung his tail to look for seafood again.
Konjac found a big crab and excitedly called Cui Qingyi to come and see it. Cui Qingyi became even more excited when she saw it. She had been looking for a long time but all she found were clams and shrimps. Could it be that these big shrimps were avoiding her?
It must be that Wangcai’s dog was unlucky, so Cui Qingyi decided to continue looking in another direction.
But before she could look for a while, she heard the clacking sound of Wangcai's claws behind her. Cui Qingyi turned around and was speechless. She saw Wangcai holding a big light blue crab in his mouth and running towards her with his head held high. You could tell how proud he was from his look.
Although speechless, Cui Qingyi still actively handed Wangcai's small basket over. However, she didn't expect the big black dog to make a feint and then ran towards the konjac not far away with the big crab in its mouth.
He circled in front of the konjac before running back, leaning forward and putting the big crab in his small basket.
Konjac gnashed her teeth in anger. How could this dead dog be so petty that he even competed with her in picking up a crab? Meanwhile, Mrs. Li and her husband were almost dying of laughter. This dog was just too funny.
Cui Qingyi's luck was truly average; no matter which direction she turned, she couldn't find any large seafood. But she had a good attitude, so if she couldn't find anything, she simply gave up. Finally making it to the beach, she took Wangcai for a wild run, enjoying the unfettered sea breeze.
Wangcai also had a lot of fun. Since he came to the Cui family, he has always stayed in the Cui family's yard. Even when he was taken out by Cui Qingyi later, he only went between home and school.
The beach is so big that it can let the dog run freely.
When it ran fast, the sea breeze blew up its smooth hair, and its smooth and natural body was pleasing to the eye, attracting the attention of everyone on the beach.
As the sun got farther and farther away from the sea level, and the seafood brought by the tide was almost gone, the few people prepared to return.
After several people put the wooden barrels they brought together, Cui Qingyi sadly discovered that her harvest was indeed the smallest. Not only was she not as good as Li Miao, the youngest in the team, she was not even as good as Wangcai, who had caught a big crab.
“Hahahahahahahahahaha”
The donkey cart returns, leaving laughter on the beach and bringing happiness home.
Chen Linan was taken out of the prison by Chen Pingan. They should have returned because the matter was not settled, but Chen Linan became more and more angry.
After spending a night in the inn in anger, I decided to go to the girls' school again.
He was impulsive the day before yesterday and forgot his original purpose when he saw Cui.
Thinking that he had failed to complete such a simple task given to him by his uncle, not only would his uncle be disappointed in him when he returned, but even his own father would probably think that he had failed in his duties.
Chen Linan composed himself and told the steward to prepare some gifts. The steward felt his scalp tingling when he heard that they had to go to Cui's Girls' School. He felt that his young master's ex-wife was a bit evil and nothing good would happen whenever he saw her.
But knowing so many secrets of his young master, the manager didn't dare to refuse and could only bite the bullet and do the job.
On the way to the girls' school, Chen Linan kept telling himself that he must remain calm when seeing Cui and must not be easily angered by her.
But when he arrived at the alley behind the yamen, he found that all his psychological preparation along the way was in vain. A team of patrolling yamen runners was guarding the alley, staring at them hungrily.
Chen Linan was shocked at first, then angry. He muttered to himself, "This Cui is really capable. Why didn't I see before that she was so popular with men? It hasn't been long since she left him and she's already attracting men everywhere."
In fact, Chen Linan was really overthinking it. This was just a coincidence.
The yamen runners’ daily patrol hours were not fixed. Because a new girls’ school was built in the back alley, they added two patrol missions.
So meeting Chen Linan was purely an accident, and no one on patrol today knew Chen Linan. It was completely Chen Linan's own guilty conscience that made him think that people were waiting for him here on purpose.
In fact, he didn’t have such a prominent role in Dongping County.
Being inexplicably thrown into jail inevitably left a shadow in Chen Linan's heart. Now he didn't want to meet these unreasonable and rude people, so he returned to the inn in shame.
When Zhou Yanzheng received the visiting card from Chen Linan, he was reading a copy of Qingtianji.
Although he was diligent in his official duties, he did not devote himself to them all the time. He accidentally picked up the Qingtianji that Ji Yunzhi had placed on the desk and flipped through it, and he could not stop reading it.
He was very interested in the story's plot about the coroner performing autopsies and investigating cases. Every time he went to a place, he would carefully consider it, wondering whether these methods could really be used in real-life cases.
Zhou Yanxiu was a little unhappy about being disturbed.
"Chen Lin'an, Chen Chang's nephew?"
Zhou Wen: "Yes, it's the nephew of Mr. Chen. He said he came to Dongping County on business and came to visit you specially."
Zhou Yanxiu didn't think much about it. Anyone who was interested could know his identity. It was not uncommon for the children of these officials to come here specifically to visit.
He is not in the capital now, but he will return to the capital one day, so he generally does not refuse this kind of polite interpersonal communication.
Zhou Yanxiu rubbed his sore eyes and said, "Bring him in."
Nothing is absolute. Chen Lin'an had no idea of Zhou Yanxiu's identity, believing him to be just an ordinary official. He had come to visit him, hoping to discuss his concerns with him. He felt the local yamen runners were too overbearing, a fact largely due to the inaction of the local officials.
Chen Linan had a good idea, but when he actually met Zhou Yanxiu, he couldn't express the complicated thoughts in his mind. He was shocked to find that the other party's aura was completely unlike that of an ordinary seventh-rank county magistrate.
Especially when the other person said, "I remember your uncle, he wrote very good articles."
A seventh-rank county magistrate could casually comment on several high-ranking officials in the capital. Chen Linan's mind, which had been blinded by anger, finally calmed down completely, and his brain, which had been eaten by a dog, came back online.
He behaved like a visiting junior, said what he needed to say, and then tactfully said goodbye and left. After leaving the gate of the county government office, he greeted his people and quietly left Dongping County.
Although Chen Ping'an was surprised that he suddenly figured it out after going to the county government office, he didn't care. It was obvious that both of them would be punished when they returned, but with Chen Lin'an around, they wouldn't stand out.
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