After the two of them finished eating, it was still very early.

The children in the village all went to each house in groups to pay New Year greetings.

Nowadays, no one is afraid of Zhao Ce. The beautiful house in Zhao Ce's home is naturally everyone's most important goal.

The door was not closed and the children did not go in.

They are all playing outside.

After putting all the leftovers into the pot, Su Cai'er heard the door being called outside.

She was well prepared. After going back to the house to get the box containing the copper plates, she arrived at the gate.

"Aunt Cai'er is here."

After an older child shouted, everyone gathered around.

"I wish Aunt Cai'er a baby soon!"

"I wish brother Zhao Ce to win the first prize soon!"

After a confused blessing of seniority, Su Cai'er asked everyone to line up.

Each person received a piece of profit.

There were little kids with runny noses, so Su Cai'er squatted down and stuffed the coins into the small pocket in front of him.

Zhao Ce looked at Su Cai'er's lively appearance under the eaves, with a smile that he couldn't hide in his eyes.

After staying in modern times for a long time, the flavor of the new year has gradually faded away.

But back in ancient times, although there were only two people at home, he and Su Cai'er.

However, Zhao Ce experienced a more lively Chinese New Year than when he was a child.

In this era, supplies were scarce and people's lives were not good.

Many people even don't have enough to eat.

But on the New Year's day, the smiles on their faces were so real.

They try their best to let their family live a better day than usual at the end of the year.

At midnight on New Year's Eve, firecrackers sounded one after another in the village.

Zhao Ce's family bought a pair of big firecrackers.

After it was lit, it rang for a long time.

When it was time to worship the gods on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was another long set of firecrackers in Zhao Ce's house.

This made the children in the village happily pick up unburned cannons among the ruins.

...

After the second day of the new year.

Zhao Ce's family also received a lot of New Year's gifts one after another.

Zhao Ce and Su Cai'er also showed their style and returned the New Year's gifts that they had already prepared.

He also specially sent the New Year's gift to his husband Li Xiucai's home.

The school was dismissed, and only Li Xiucai and the serious little book boy were left.

Unlike Zhao Ce and his wife who were celebrating in the village, Li Xiucai's home seemed deserted.

But he is obviously used to this.

After the boy served tea, he looked at the two jars Zhao Ce had brought over and was very curious.

"This is?"

Zhao Ce's family owns a candy shop. In these New Year gifts, in addition to the candies in Zhao Ce's shop, there are two jars with a strong presence.

It looks like it contains wine.

Zhao Ce explained: “Years ago, students made some wine.”

"I know that my husband loves wine, so I brought some specially for him."

When Li Xiucai heard that it was wine, he was immediately intrigued.

It’s not like there were no wines from this era.

But grapes are a seasonal fruit, and grapes are not abundant here.

Therefore, this wine can be regarded as a luxury product.

Li Xiucai took out two red envelopes and gave them one to each of them, then waved them to go home.

He held the jar, opened it, and took a deep sniff.

During the Chinese New Year, most shops in the city are closed.

There's not much to see.

Zhao Ce took Su Cai'er to Qiu Shubai's home and gave some New Year's gifts to express his gratitude to Mr. Lu for teaching Su Cai'er.

The two of them won two more big red envelopes.

After the New Year.

Time passed extremely quickly.

I went to school on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and the Lantern Festival holiday started on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

The holidays of the year are basically gathered during this period of time.

...

Magistrate Zhang at this time.

He is in the capital, waiting for the results of his inspection.

The prefect first went to court to deal with the minister, and then went to the counties under his rule.

In other counties and states, many officials raised funds to build various facilities, but basically there was nothing special about them.

Only Magistrate Zhang's document caught the attention of the assessment officials.

Shi Lin, the censor of the right capital, turned over the documents he submitted and said: "Under your rule, there is such a couple?"

Looked again.

The couple are both young.

This makes it even more valuable.

Xu Pu, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also said with interest: "Other people's political achievements are based on how many schools they have built, or how many scholars and tribute students they have produced under their rule."

"But it is under your rule that such an amazing young couple has emerged."

Magistrate Zhang laughed dryly and said bravely: "Nowadays, I have a deep relationship with the Queen, so our people will naturally follow the example."

"Although the two of them came from farm families, their structure is not affected by that small world at all."

Xu Pu, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, nodded and said: "Not bad."

"This is a suggestion, and it will work wonders."

"Under your rule, the farm students have such far-sighted vision. I think they will reach a higher level in less than two years."

As soon as County Magistrate Zhang heard this, he knew that his assessment was 80% reliable.

He smiled and replied: "Thank you, sir."

By the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the results of the official's plan came out.

After seeing this, Tian Zi took the story of the young couple and told it to his Queen, Queen Zhang.

After hearing this, Empress Zhang said with a smile: "Your Majesty will rule the Qingming Dynasty and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. Only then can the people's customs be civilized."

After hearing this, the emperor was also in a good mood.

With a stroke of his pen, he personally gave Magistrate Zhang a testimonial that he was "good at educating people".

In this way, when Magistrate Zhang's one-year term expires, it is very likely that he will be promoted, not to mention staying in office.

After the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Magistrate Zhang returned to the county happily.

I thought to myself that it was not in vain that I valued Zhao Ce so much.

This person is really my lucky star.

After County Magistrate Zhang came back, he quickly set a date for the childbirth examination.

The next day.

After morning class, Li Xiucai kept Zhao Ce and the others behind with a solemn expression.

After looking around, he announced: "The Yamen has posted a notice."

"This county examination will be held on the tenth day of February."
To be continued...