Since County Magistrate Cao did not want everyone to know his identity today, Lin Yunchu naturally would not refuse his wish.
Then he put on a smile, and his whole person suddenly brightened up. He nodded slightly to the County Magistrate Cao in front of him, and then invited them to go into the house and rest for a while.
The two of them took a horse carriage from the town all the way to Qingxi Village. They must be a little tired. She had already prepared tea and boiled water on the stove before she went out to wait, just waiting for the two of them to arrive.
But when County Magistrate Cao looked around, he didn't see anyone gathering around. It seemed that the Lin family had indeed not announced that he was coming to Qingxi Village today.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he secretly praised the Lin family in his heart.
Then he waved his hand towards Lin Yunchu and said softly, "No need. I want to go to the fields first."
He was now only thinking about going to the field to check the potato harvest and see if it was really as Xue Jingran told him. This was the top priority right now.
He had been thinking about this matter for a long time since he first heard Xue Jingran mention it, and today he finally wanted to see it with his own eyes.
After hearing this, Lin Yunchu was slightly stunned. He didn't expect County Magistrate Cao to be so anxious, but he didn't think too much about it. County Magistrate Cao came here today for this.
It was understandable to have such thoughts. He quickly came to his senses and looked at Lu Yanzhou standing beside him. Lu Yanzhou nodded in understanding.
Then they turned around and left the Lin family's courtyard door ajar, and the two of them led Xue Jingran and County Magistrate Cao to their own fields.
Soon they arrived at the Lin family's sandy land. Lin's father, Lin Changting and the villagers who were hired to help were busy working in the fields, while Li was looking around.
From a distance, they saw Lin Yunchu and Lu Yanzhou leading two people walking towards them. One of the young men was dressed like a young master, and Li Zheng recognized him.
It was Xue Jingran. He had seen him before at the Lin family and knew that he was the son of a wealthy family in the town. The other one, whose dress was not outstanding and who didn't even look noble at all, should be the county magistrate.
The most unfamiliar person here is this person, so he must be the county magistrate.
The village head could not hide his excitement, his hands began to shake uncontrollably. He pointed in the direction of Lin Yunchu and the others and waved to Lin Wenshan.
"Wenshan...Wenshan..."
Lin Wenshan, who was busy working with his head down, heard the headman's call and quickly raised his head. He was about to ask him what was the matter when he saw that he was looking in the direction of the village.
He raised his hand, not knowing what he was pointing at, so he straightened up and looked in the direction he was pointing.
They saw Lin Yunchu and Lu Yanzhou walking towards them. Lin Yunchu raised his head and pointed at the farmland beside him, and was talking to the other two people beside him.
Father Lin was suddenly frightened and thought to himself: Could it be that Master Xue and the county magistrate are here?
He threw the hoe in his hand aside, blinked, and stared in the direction of Lin Yunchu and the others, wanting to take a closer look.
When he saw who was coming, he recognized Xue Jingran, so the other one must be County Magistrate Cao.
The village head slowed down, watching Lin Yunchu and his companions getting closer and closer, and quickly trotted to Lin's father's side. He was about to speak, but then he remembered what Lin's father had told him when he went to talk to him about this matter that day.
He immediately turned his head and looked around. The people who came to help were busy with their work and did not notice what they were doing.
Lin Changting and Lin Changshun had already been instructed by their father, and they did not look in their direction at this time. They were busy with the helpers.
The village head swallowed hard, lowered his voice and said softly, "Wenshan, that should be the county magistrate."
After a pause, he continued, "Let's go forward and greet them."
Although the county magistrate said not to make a big fuss about it, they all knew the other party's identity, and it would seem too impolite not to go up and greet him.
Father Lin nodded. It should be fine to greet him and say hello. It would be a bit unreasonable to just stand there and do nothing.
After hearing Lin Wenshan's words, the two men saw that Lin Yunchu and others had almost arrived at the Lin family's land, so they quickly dusted off their bodies, straightened their sleeves that were rolled up high, and walked quickly towards them.
The two men remembered what Lin Yunchu had told them before, and when they saw County Magistrate Cao, they quickly bowed to him.
Magistrate Cao was quite unassuming. Seeing that there were many people working in the fields, he waved towards the two of them and said softly, "No need to be polite. I just came by to take a look today. You can just go about your business."
"Yes, yes."
Although the head of the village is the head of the village, if there are any difficult cases in the entire Qingxi Village, they will ask him to sit in and judge the case.
However, this was the first time he had seen the county magistrate, and he was extremely excited.
However, at this time, County Magistrate Cao was no longer interested in the two of them. Instead, he was looking at the potatoes that had been dug up and piled up in the sand.
There were also men not far away who were digging potatoes with great effort. They dug up the potatoes in the ground with their hoes in a short while, and soon a small pile of potatoes was piled up on the side.
Looking at it curiously and feeling a little happy, he didn't bother to explain anything to Lin Yunchu and the others and walked down into the sand.
Seeing this, Lin Yunchu walked to Lin Wenshan, leaned over and whispered a few words to him. Father Lin listened carefully and nodded.
Then he trotted forward, picked up the potatoes on the ground and handed them to County Magistrate Cao, while introducing them to him in detail.
"Potatoes can be planted twice a year, and the harvest from one acre of land..."
County Magistrate Cao seemed very interested and smiled gently at Mr. Lin who was following him and introducing the situation to him. While listening, he occasionally asked Mr. Lin other questions.
As the two talked more, Father Lin felt that Magistrate Cao seemed particularly easy-going and very interested in what he said, so he became more and more excited and gradually forgot his previous nervousness.
County Magistrate Cao was a little bit incredulous when he came to Qingxi Village today. Now, listening to what Lin's father said to him, he lowered his head to look at the freshly dug potatoes piled on the ground.
The smile on his lips grew deeper and deeper, and he kept nodding his head.
The people working in the Lin family's fields saw a stranger coming to the fields today, and Lin's father was talking to him non-stop, seeming to be quite happy.
They looked up out of curiosity and saw Xue Jingran standing not far away. Some people who had seen Xue Jingran before looked at him with understanding expressions and whispered a few words to the people beside them.
Suddenly, everyone was no longer curious about the identities of these two people. Xue Jingran was an important person in the town. Given the current situation of the Lin family, it was not surprising that he knew an important person in the town.
Moreover, this was not the first time Xue Jingran came to the Lin family. The man who was talking to Lin's father did not look particularly well dressed, so no one thought of anything else.
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