Chapter 91 Chapter 91 With Su Tao's...
Following Su Tao's words, the Su family came to the backyard, but found nothing there, only the black tiger barking outside the courtyard wall.
Old Man Su and Mrs. Wu looked at each other without saying anything, but they had a vague answer in their hearts. They just didn't dare to say it for fear of scaring the children.
"It's nothing. You guys go to sleep first. Someone must be passing by." The Su family is halfway up the mountain, and occasionally someone would pass by and go to the mountain.
Chen didn't think much about it when she heard it, and asked Su Tao, Su Li and others to go to bed.
Early the next morning, Old Man Su went to the Wang family next door and borrowed several iron traps for catching wild animals from the father and son of the Wang family. He placed them on the backyard wall and told Chen, Su Li and others that they were to prevent wild boars from breaking through the wall.
There have been many cases of wild boars entering houses in the village before, but most of them happened in the winter when there was a shortage of food and water in the mountains. Not only wild boars but also bears would come down the mountain when they were extremely hungry and run to the villagers' homes to find food. Of course, if they could successfully find food or livestock, it would be good for everyone. If they couldn't find the villagers, they would become food. Especially the bears in the mountains, sometimes they would even disguise themselves as humans. If a villager got up at night and accidentally opened the door, it would be bad. The bear would eat human flesh and could never go back to the way it was before. At this time, everyone in the village had to kill it, otherwise it would come down the mountain every year to look for human flesh.
So when Old Man Su said this, no one in the family thought there was anything wrong. Only Su Li felt that the matter was not that simple. When she thought about how Black Tiger howled for no reason last night, she felt that things were not as Grandpa said.
However, Su Li did not make it public, but reminded the master privately,
"Master, you can put some sharpened bamboo strips on the courtyard wall."
Old Man Su was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly realized the meaning of his granddaughter's words. Smart people don't need to talk too much.
After Old Man Su sent Chen Suli to Cao's house, he came back and started to cut several bamboos into bamboo strips. He then sharpened the tops and placed them on top of the courtyard wall which was a mixture of stone and loess. He did not stop until the entire courtyard wall of the Su family was densely packed with bamboo strips.
Looking at the sharpened bamboo strips shining coldly in the sunlight, I felt a strong sense of security. Now, if anyone wants to climb over the wall in the middle of the night, they must first test whether the bamboo tips are sharp.
Speaking of bamboo, Su Li, Chen and Su Hong had just passed through an ornamental bamboo forest when they entered the Cao family. The Cao family was not big, but it had everything they needed. To get to the kitchen, they had to pass through the bamboo forest.
Because today was a banquet for distinguished guests, the Cao family started preparing early. There were maids and servants cleaning along the way, and there were also people sweeping the yellow fallen leaves in the bamboo forest, which was enough to show how much importance the Cao family attached to this banquet.
This distinguished guest was actually none other than Cao Yun’s uncle, County Magistrate Wang.
Originally, based on the relationship between the two, they shouldn't have made such a big fuss, but because Cao Yun wanted to ask the other party for an important favor this time, he took it very seriously.
It was almost noon when Cao Yun said, "Uncle, please..." He fawningly asked County Magistrate Wang to get out of the sedan chair and then welcomed him into the mansion.
When he arrived at the mansion, he first clapped his hands and called out the dancers and musicians who had been invited long ago. After the music started and the dancers began to dance, he held the wine glass in front of Wang Gun and said, "Come, uncle, let me toast you."
Wang Gun, upon seeing this, didn't raise his glass or speak, but simply ate the food on his plate. The mutton was quite good, tender and juicy, and the fried peanuts with yam, peanuts, and black fungus were also quite good, very refreshing. However, Wang Gun's favorite was the sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root dish, which had the fragrance of osmanthus and the sweetness of lotus root, a rare sight. Only then did he ask, "Have you hired a new chef?"
Cao Yun was stunned for a moment, not knowing why the other party would ask such a question, and quickly responded, "It's a new chef."
"Not bad," Wang Gun praised, then took a few more bites of mutton before speaking again, "I know why you called me here today. If this doesn't work out, try another."
Before Cao Yun could even say what the matter was, the other party came straight to the point and said it was no longer possible. This shows that there are really no secrets in this world.
Yes, now that the position of chief clerk in the county government is vacant, there must be countless people who are thinking of doing this. It is normal for my uncle Wang Gun, as the county magistrate, to know about it.
But since you know, you must also know what he is thinking. Why don’t you even want to help and just say no?
Cao Yun was inevitably a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up and said, "How about the Dianshi?"
Wang Gun then nodded and agreed, "Okay."
It's not that Wang Gun is unwilling to plan for the other party, but the county magistrate also intends to place his own people in the position. Although he is the county magistrate, he cannot suppress the county magistrate. However, he does have a chance if the registrar makes some arrangements.
Cao Yun, on the other hand, thought about it for a moment and thought it was a good idea. If he couldn't be a chief clerk, then being a registrar wouldn't be bad either. At least it would be much better than what he has now. At that moment, a sincere smile spread across his face. "Uncle, thank you for your kindness. Please allow me to toast you again."
Wang Gun heard this but still didn't respond. "Eat the food! It won't taste good if it gets cold."
To be honest, if it weren't for his concubine's pregnancy, he really looked down on her. Not only was she short-sighted, but she also thought she was smart. Little did she know that all her calculations were written on her face, which made people feel disgusted. Fortunately, today's food was really to his taste, so it was worth his trip.
Seeing that the other party ignored him, Cao Yun stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, then slowly moved back and started eating by himself, as if nothing had happened. It has to be said that no one in the officialdom is thin-skinned.
On the women's side, the atmosphere was equally awkward. No matter how Zou flattered her sister-in-law Cao Rou, Cao Rou acted condescending. Zou cursed in her heart, thinking, "She's just a concubine, what's so great about her?" But she had to continue speaking with a straight face.
"Come, sister, it's rare for you to come back. Try the chicken soup I specially asked the kitchen to make for you. It's especially nourishing."
After saying that, she even acted as a maid and served the other person a bowl full of soup.
"Just put it there." Cao Rou said, pointing to the side of the table.
Hearing this, Zou took a deep breath and didn't pour the soup on the other person's face.
"If you don't want to drink soup, then eat some of these dishes. They are really delicious." Zou said again.
Seeing this, Cao Rou felt a little unconvinced. Delicious? How delicious could it be? Could it be even better than the one in the county magistrate's mansion? Her sister-in-law was becoming more and more careless. She even thought these were delicious.
But she didn't say it in the end, and she happened to be a little hungry, so she took the opportunity to back down and picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of braised fish, "Let me try it."
It would have been fine if I hadn't eaten it, but once I did, I couldn't stop.
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The author has something to say: Ahhh, I'm sorry, guys, I've been very busy these past two days [covering my face with laughter and crying]. Maybe I'll have some time tomorrow afternoon or the day after tomorrow, and I'll definitely make up for the missed updates then! [Please][Please][Please] Thank you again, guys, for your support!
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