Chapter 203 Taking office
After Jingxian got engaged, Jingwan, Wenhan, Jingya and the others began to prepare to leave. The places where Jinghan and Zixuan went were closer, and they could arrive in about four or five days, so they were not too anxious. Moreover, when Mingyu came, he had already brought Zixuan some official documents and other things from the Ministry of Personnel. In this way, Zixuan would of course not have to go back to the capital.
Jinghan stayed at the Xu family for three days before returning to the Lin family with Zixuan. Of course, all the people were inevitably brought with them. When they got home, everyone started to pack up their things and prepare to go to Zhendong County.
On the second day of the fifth month, the group set out from the village. This time Zixuan went out to be an official, so Xingjia specially prepared three carriages for him. However, there were too many things and the carriages were still not enough. In the end, three flat carriages were hired to pull things, which was enough.
The group left in a mighty manner. When passing by the town, the Xu family was seeing off on the side of the road. Chen's eyes were filled with tears in his eyes and almost fell off. He sent Wen Han, Jingya, Jingwan, Jingxian away two days ago. Jinghan was leaving, and Jinghan was leaving today. How could the old lady feel so excited?
Xue took her daughter's hand and kept reminding her to be careful on the road, to pay attention to her health, etc. Jinghan also held back her tears and waved her goodbye to her family.
"Okay, hurry up and leave, don't waste time. The journey is quite far, and it's not good to delay it." Although the old man couldn't bear it, he still waved his hand and signaled Zixuan to leave quickly.
Zixuan helped Jinghan get into the car, and the two waved their hands at everyone, then An Fu waved his whip and the carriage continued to move forward. Jinghan was in the carriage, and finally couldn't help but cry and burst into tears.
Zixuan could only hug Jinghan and wiped Jinghan's tears with a veil in his hand. "Madam, don't cry. Are we close? If you want to come back, just find a way to come back. Madam? You have too many tears, and my clothes are almost wet." Zixuan kissed Jinghan's forehead and comforted softly. "It's rainy season now. Don't cry. There's enough rain? If you cry, you'll be flooding."
Jinghan stopped crying with Zixuan's crying with a funny look, and his little hand hit Zixuan's shoulder? "Go to you, how could I be that powerful?"
"Who said? Don't you say that Meng Jiangnu cried down the Great Wall? I'm afraid you'll get flooded with tears." Zixuan hugged Jinghan, helped her wipe off the tears on her face, and then helped to sort out her hair. "Okay? Are we going to take office? It's a good thing. Don't you want to know? What will our place look like in the future? Besides, the scenery along the way is so wonderful. If you just cry, you'll be delayed." Zixuan understands Jinghan the most? Knowing that Jinghan is a person who can't stay idle? That's why he said that.
The weather in May is already a little hot. There is a layer of gauze hanging in front of the carriage, and the small windows on both sides are blocked with extremely thin gauze. In this way, the car can be cooler and you can see the scenery outside.
Jinghan looked out the window, and there were continuous green mountains. At this time, the trees on the mountain were not yet lush with branches and leaves. The tender green leaves were just half growing in size. It was this slightly yellow and tender green color that made the whole mountain look full of spring vitality. Jinghan was used to seeing such a scenery, so it was not uncommon. He didn't want to see it after a few seconds, so he turned around and talked to Zixuan.
The two of them snuggled up to each other in the car, saying their intimate words, but they didn't feel the hard work of rushing. Gradually, Jinghan became a little sleepy. Zixuan found a small quilt and covered Jinghan's body, allowing her to lie on her legs and sleep.
The three carriages were driven by An Fu, Changshun, and the eldest son of the Zhao family. The men of the Zhao family and the two boys sat on the three flatbed carriages hired from behind. The ones who were pulling on Zixuan and Jinghan were all the belongings, so they naturally had to be careful.
When we left in the morning, He brought a lot of dry food. It happened that the weather was warm, so at noon everyone found a place to rest and then ate some dry food. At night, they stayed in the inn, and several men took shifts to guard the things. They walked all the way northwest and walked straight for five days before they arrived in Zhendong County.
The group went directly to the county government office, and had already received a notice from the court, so the people in the county government office quickly welcomed Zixuan and the others.
Jinghan got out of the car, moved his hands and feet, which were a little stiff, and then looked at the county government. The house here was very strange, unlike the one at home, which was all ridged. On the roof of the house here, it looked a bit like Jinghan's train in his previous life, a slightly drum-top type. There were no tiles on it, and it looked like it was made of soil, which looked quite strange.
It is said that it is a county yard, but it is actually just a large area of such houses, and it does not have the luxury or majesty of other yards. It seems that this place is really poor.
The chief clerk in the yamen led Zixuan and his party to the back. There was a pretty big yard, where the county magistrate's family lived. The yard was divided into two fronts and backs, and there were about fifty or sixty houses. Zixuan and the others lived in. It was enough.
"Mr. Lin, our Zhendong County is a poor place and there is no good house. This is my subordinate who is in the yamen. It took half a month to clean it up. Don't dislike it. That's it." The chief clerk was a little embarrassed and rubbed his hands there.
Zixuan smiled, "There is no need for Master Sun to do this. This is pretty good in the entire county town. Lin was originally from a farmer, so he had no requirements for these things. As long as he could live there, it would be fine as long as there was no leakage of rain."
Master Sun laughed as soon as he heard this, "Don't worry, sir, our house looks bad, but it will never leak. The mud on the roof is all saline-alkali soil. Didn't you see the color red? The soil is very sturdy and there is no problem."
"That's good, so let's settle down first, and then let's talk about business." Zixuan thought it was quite novel when he heard Sun Zhengzhu's statement.
So the people in the yamen quickly helped to move the things Zixuan and the others into the yard, and then placed the things everywhere according to Jinghan's wishes. After working hard for an afternoon, it was over.
In the evening, these people in the yamen said they wanted to invite Zixuan to dinner, but Zixuan couldn't refuse, so they went out. Jinghan sent Changshun to follow him, and took a lot of money to ask Changshun to secretly settle the money for the meal, so that those who are new to this place should be careful.
When Zixuan went out to eat, Jinghan and the others had no choice but to cook at home. But they encountered some trouble. It turned out that there was not so much wood here, and coal was used to cook. Now, the people Jinghan brought were stunned. No one could do it? Fortunately, the county government originally had a few women who cooked and cleaned. They were all locals. They were very skilled, and at least they did not delay their meals.
Jinghan quickly instructed the Zhao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to follow them to learn how to make a fire and cook. Although these mothers have helped, they have to know it.
The man in the Zhao family was called Zhao Shoucai, his wife Li, and his eldest son was originally named Shitou, but Jinghan changed his name to Chang'an, and he was called Shun. Zhao Chang'an's wife Liu was a very virtuous woman, so Jinghan stayed by her side to help make needles and threads. The daughter of the Zhao family, Jinghan also changed his name to Ruyu, and the other two little girls were called Ruxue and Rumei.
Jinghan assigned all these people work and asked them to do their own duties. Seeing that it was getting late outside, Jinghan was also a little tired along the way, so he ordered Ruxue and Rumei to lay the bedding and then wash and go to bed.
When Zixuan came back, he found that his little wife was sleeping soundly. He couldn't help but step forward and touch Jinghan's face, "Little lazy pig."
"Master, madam, she is really tired. The room next to her has already burned hot water. Master goes to wash and then take a break early." Ruyu said from the side.
Zixuan found out his clothes and entered the room next to him, "Okay, you are all very tired, I don't need anyone to serve you, so hurry up and rest. Make some dishes that my wife likes tomorrow morning, but it didn't eat well on the road." Zixuan waved his hand and let Ruyu go out.
Ruyu was not the one who had no eyes. She agreed and then withdrew.
Zixuan washed himself, changed his clothes, and then went to the kang to sleep with Jinghan.
Jinghan was sleeping in a daze and felt that he was being hugged. He knew it was Zixuan, so he rolled into Zixuan's arms and reached out to wrap his arms around Zixuan's waist, "I'm back so late." Jinghan muttered.
"Well, you have to know everyone, and then ask about some things here. It will be too late to chat. You are a ghost, you know that Changshun will pay the money in advance. This is the best. I see that this place is indeed poor enough. All the people in the county government are doing a little badly. If they ask them to find money, they will probably have to find them back from the people in the future. Jinghan, please think of a way to make this place rich soon." Zixuan heard the words of these people in the county government today, and realized that this place is really poor.
Jinghan has already woken up a little now, lay on Zixuan and nodded. "Tomorrow I will let An Fu go out with me and see where to start. This is not something that can be done overnight. You have to know it."
Zixuan drank some wine and was a little sleepy now. "Okay, you can do these things yourself. Just talk about whatever I need. Let you accompany me to this remote place, it will be difficult for you." Zixuan felt a little guilty. Jinghan married herself and had not enjoyed a few days of blessing, but she would have to suffer.
"Martial wife is one, what's the point? Okay, go to bed quickly, there's still something going on tomorrow." Jinghan became sleepy and muttered in confusion.
Chapter completed!