Chapter 422 If Line-Hold Me
Only by experiencing the suffering of the people can you understand it.
During the time Pei Lingyun lived in the mountains, he truly experienced how hard life was for ordinary people.
They lived in a small, leaky house, ate brown rice and vegetable porridge mixed with bran, and wore coarse linen clothes that were uncomfortable to wear.
He didn't have to worry about not being able to tell the difference between sugar and salt, because there was no sugar or fine salt at all.
Even so, I'm still living a good life.
At least I'm not hungry, at least I have clothes to cover my body.
Pei Lingyun lived in Black Bandit Mountain for two months, collected all the evidence, and waited for the army dispatched by the emperor. With the emperor's imperial edict, he wiped out all the corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen in Lingnan.
After eliminating these parasites, Pei Lingyun officially took office, moved into the county government office, and became the real Pei County Magistrate.
He distributed the grain confiscated from the prisoners to the people in the county, urged the market price of grain to fall, and implemented purchase limits for each household to prevent people from hoarding large amounts of grain.
At the same time, he built water conservancy projects in Baiyun County in preparation for irrigating the fields in the spring of the following year.
Pei Lingyun went out every day and personally visited each village to check, and his fair face became much darker.
He no longer wore brocade or used celadon cups.
Because he found that ordinary clothes are also comfortable and light to wear, and they are resistant to dirt and wrinkles.
You don’t have to use a porcelain cup to drink water. When you are sweating profusely, it is also very comfortable to drink some sweet clean water from a large farmer’s bowl.
Pei Lingyun felt as if he had adapted to life in Lingnan and had become accustomed to mosquito bites.
But he still felt something was wrong.
In his spare time at night, when he walked in the moonlight in the yard, he would always inexplicably think of the woman on the mountain who was sometimes fierce and sometimes smiling.
On several occasions, he even returned to the Black Bandit Mountain in his dreams and saw Wu Yingniang approaching him, cornering him and looking at him with a smile.
He fell into the sea of stars in the woman's eyes, his heart beating violently, and then he woke up from his dream.
Every time this happened, he would get up and handle his official business, forcing himself not to think about his dream.
When the bailiff on duty at the county government office saw that County Magistrate Pei was working day and night for the people, he spread the news.
Everyone said that County Magistrate Pei was the hardest-working and best official in Xunzhou.
Pei Lingyun went to Black Bandit Mountain two or three times in the name of searching, but it seemed that he was unlucky every time and did not meet Wu Yingniang.
Wu Yingniang went out for something.
During the Chinese New Year, people from Black Bandit Mountain came to the county government office.
Pei Lingyun went out to greet them enthusiastically, but when he went out, he was disappointed to see only Old Xu and Old Man Qin.
Old Man Qin and his companions brought some food cooked in the mountains and said that their lives had become much better since Pei Lingyun took office. They had come to apologize for their previous misconduct.
Pei Lingyun asked how Wu Yingniang was doing and whether she was in good health recently.
Old Xu: "Yingniang is the youngest and healthiest person on our mountain. She can eat and sleep well, and she's doing fine!"
Pei Lingyun smiled after hearing this and didn't ask any more questions, as if he didn't care much.
But that night, he drank a pot of wine alone in frustration.
Fell asleep drunk.
He dreamed of Wu Yingniang again.
This dream is a little different from the previous ones.
He actually saw Wu Yingniang floating down from the night sky like a fairy in the moon, landing in the backyard of the county government office, and standing in front of him.
Wu Yingniang picked him up without saying a word, walked into the room and threw him onto the bed.
After throwing him like a sandbag, he turned around and left.
Pei Lingyun hurriedly pulled her back, his face flushed, and asked angrily and aggrievedly:
"Why don't you come see me?"
"Why are you not here when I go to see you? Are you deliberately avoiding me?"
"Look at you, you don't even want to see me in your dreams!"
Wu Yingniang paused, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes.
Pei Lingyun pulled Wu Yingniang's sleeve even harder. The corners of his usually cold eyes now looked a bit more charming. He said:
"Come on, start it."
"Start what?" Wu Yingniang asked blankly.
"Force me into a corner and then hug me, just like the night before last." Pei Lingyun straightened his neck.
Wu Yingniang's jaw dropped.
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