The chief clerk quickly waved his hand and said: "Sorry, sorry, I'm not good at drinking either. Besides, I was tired from riding the horse all the way. I want to rest early, so I won't participate. I will take the old patrol inspector back to the county town early tomorrow morning. I'm just here to hand over the work today."

"

Balu was not polite to him at all. He waved his hand and said, "If you don't come, you won't come."

Then he looked at the students: "What about you? Are you willing? They are all young people, and they are also Mr. Qiu's students. You can't let the teacher go to a bar alone?"

Chuncan said: "Should I drink a small cup or a large cup? If it's a small cup, I won't go."

When Balu heard this, he laughed even more. He said: "Awesome, this is what you Han people call a heroine, right? Okay, we'll drink from a big cup later."

Linghu Zhi pursed her lips and said, "You can tell by looking at you that you are so open-minded and have nothing to lose."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, especially the chief clerk, who was a little frightened. Linghu Ding quickly scolded and said to Balu: "I'm sorry, Mr. Balu, my daughter just learned some idioms.

Please forgive me if I have only a little knowledge and use it carelessly."

Balu was stunned for a moment and took a good look at Linghu Zhi. Then he laughed loudly and pointed at Linghu Ding and said: "You are right about this girl's temper towards me. Her humility is a compliment to me.

That's right. I'm a natural drinker. I can eat five bowls in one meal. Who dares to compare with me? What am I if I don't have a wine sack and rice bag? That's the point. It's a pity that such a girl is a woman.

, if you are a boy, he will definitely be the top pick in high school in the future, I am very good at judging people, haha, he is very suitable for my temper. I also have a little daughter and a son at home, they are also a pair of treasures, you will have company when you go there.

Already."

"Really? That's great." Seeing everyone's expressions just now, Linghu Zhi knew that she probably said the wrong thing, but seeing that Master Balu was not angry, she felt relieved, hehehe, and quickly became amused.

road.

Balu chatted for a while, then told them that they would be able to leave in a while. He would ask his servants to come over to greet them, and then he took his leave.

The next autumn Wuhen handed over the handover to the old inspection department. As expected, there was nothing to hand over. There were only a handful of finances and simple account books. Because the inspection department is an idle position. There are things you want to take care of, but everything you don’t want to take care of.

No. The old patrol inspector was in poor health, so he didn't care about anything at all, so there were very few account books and affairs, and there was nothing available.

After finishing the processing, the chief clerk advised them to go early. It would be rude to go late, so Qiu Wuhen took Linghu Ding and a few students to the chieftain's house. Captor Ke and the others did not invite them, and they just

The identity of a yamen servant is not yet on the table, so of course I won't go and stay in the Inspection Department.

Qiu Wuhen came to Balu's house. Balu is the chieftain and is responsible for more than a dozen villages in this area. In this village, his home is the flattest piece of land in the entire village, so it has a yard and a high ground.

The walls are made of blue bricks, unlike others that have stilted buildings. But after entering the courtyard, it is a bit surprising. The courtyard surrounded by green bricks and blue tiles is still a stilted building.

, and the cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks were kept downstairs. When the people living upstairs came upstairs, the smell of feces and urine wafted up.

It’s really dumbfounding. He’s a toast after all, so how can he make it look like this? But he doesn’t know that the stilted building is the best building in the village. It can avoid the moisture on the ground and the invasion of poisonous insects, so even if there are

The courtyard should also be built into a stilted building.

This is just like in Southeast Asia, many villages have to be built into stilted buildings even if they are located on plains.

There were chickens and ducks running around in the yard, and some children were playing and playing around, but they were dressed so much that they looked like servants or servants' children.

The housekeeper personally welcomed them in. When they arrived at the stilted downstairs, the chieftain stood upstairs and waved to them. When they walked up the steps to the roof, the chieftain slapped Qiu Wuhen on the shoulder as usual and pointed to his house.

He said to the cottage in the distance: "Look, my house is not bad. Of course I know it is not as good as the deep houses and large courtyards of you Han people, but in our cottage this is already a first-class big house."

Balu invited Qiu Wuhen and the others to his living room. This living room was actually a very large room. There was no furniture in it. There were only some small benches placed next to a stove. Everyone gathered around the stove to warm themselves up. The fire

The windows on the smoky roof were all blackened, and none of the walls were clean. All kinds of dried food were hung on the walls, and there were more dried food hanging above the lake bags.

A few pieces of marinated meat. There was a large pot on the fire, and the white meat was boiling in it. The meat was tumbling in the water. There were some bowls around the stove, and some condiments and a pair of chopsticks were already placed in the bowls.

There are also huge patterns, and several jars of wine are placed next to it.

Several people, both men and women, had already stood next to the entrance of Hubao, and they all stood there humbly with smiling faces.

Balu said to Qiu Wuhen: "These are the most respectable people in our village, and they are also what you Han people call squires. I heard that the inspector was coming, and they all wanted to come over and meet them. I invited them all to drink and chat together. You

After meeting you, just say hello if you need anything, and they will listen to you."

Qiu Wuhen quickly handed over his hands and said: "Thank you all, I am new here and don't understand the situation. And to be honest, it is my first time to be an official, and I am not very good at it. I apologize for my poor performance."

When these men and women heard what Qiu Wuhen said was so humble and without any official airs, they couldn't help but straighten their backs, with joyful smiles on their faces. They praised: "Master Qiu is so polite!"

When Qiu Wuhen heard them speak Chinese, they were all very awkward, and they were obviously not very fluent, but at least he could understand his own words. That was good, after all, these people often had to deal with Han people, so they were more or less fluent.

He followed Balu into the room. Balu sat on the host's seat, and the others sat down according to their size. Qiu Wuhen waved Qian Jinzhi to sit next to him, and said to Balu: "This is from Jinzhi Hall in Yunduan County

Shopkeeper Qian Jinzhi, she came with me to be a translator. Because she understands your local dialect, please sit next to me."

Balu chirped a few words about money to Qian Jinzhi. Qian Jinzhi smiled and answered in fluent dialect. Balu gave a thumbs up and said: "It's really good. He speaks very fluently. It's amazing. This

I feel relieved. After all, in our Qianshan Village, except for a few of us here who can speak some Chinese, others basically don’t know how to speak, and most of them can’t understand a word. Because their ancestors have lived here,

I’ve never left, I’ve never even been to Yunduan County, how pitiful!”

Qiu Wuhen nodded and said: "The world outside is very big. You should really go out and see the world. Don't stay at home all the time. This is not good. It restricts your thoughts. In fact, there are many opportunities to make money outside."

As soon as Qiu Wuhen said this, Balu waved his hand and said: "No, no. The patrol may not know. We natives are different from the Han people, that is, we are unwilling to leave our hometown and guard the land left by our ancestors.

We are not going anywhere. This is a reward given to us by our ancestors. We have the heroic spirits of our ancestors guarding us. We will not go out unless it is absolutely necessary. Including me, there are only a handful of people who go outside. It is a very important matter.

"

"We natives don't pay much attention to money. As long as we have a mouthful of food to live on, everyone is satisfied. The natives are not so cunning. Only those who go out are bullied, and they are also very afraid.

.I would rather guard the land left by my ancestors and make a living in the land, just like the mountains need food. The natives of these dozens of villages in Qianshan can always get food as long as they are diligent, and they will not starve to death. So

It doesn’t matter if you don’t go outside, no one is interested.”

"Many outsiders came to do business with us, but they basically didn't make any money. Because no one is interested in doing business with them. If we have the things we need, we can produce them ourselves. Some things may seem good to the Han people.

, looks like a piece of shit to us.”

When Qiu Wuhen heard what he said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought that as the chieftain of Qianshan had this attitude, then the natives below were naturally closed-minded and unwilling to deal with the outside world. No wonder Qian Jinzhi wanted to buy it.

Medicinal materials cannot be bought even with money.

Of course, Qiu Wuhen would not deliberately try to change this situation. He came here to understand the situation first. He didn’t know what to do with this official. He just took it one step at a time, so he made a fuss. Balu asked the maid to pour wine.

The maid came over, her face was dirty, but she was very strong. She opened the mud seal, and one person carried a wine jar weighing hundreds of kilograms and arrived at the wine bowls one after another. Not even a drop of wine spilled out. It was really amazing.

It's a mouth-watering sight.

After pouring the wine, Balu picked up the wine bowl and said to Qiu Wuhen: "Master Qiu, everyone, on behalf of our Qianshan natives, I welcome you to come and have a drink."

Everyone drank the wine. Qiu Wuhen looked at the wine and couldn't help but sigh. Due to the brewing method of ancient wine, the wine was relatively muddy, so there was a saying of sieving wine, filtering it with a sieve. But the Tujia people

These natives didn't seem to even sift the wine, and there was still a lot of sediment in the bowls. If he hadn't asked the servants to pour wine into each bowl, Qiu Wuhen would have really doubted whether someone had tampered with the food in his bowl.

His hands and feet were broken? However, the wine tasted good in his mouth, but it was very weak and far from as strong as modern liquor. This is why Wu Song could drink eighteen bowls.

After Qiu Wuhen drank the bowl, Balu directly picked up the chopsticks and reached into the pot of boiling white meat. He picked up a large piece of meat and put it in Qiu Wuhen's bowl. He said: "Come, eat, eat, we are here."

This is how we eat here. You can eat whatever you want, you’re welcome.”

Qiu Wuhen wondered if I was so polite. It was just a pot of meat. What else could I eat? Is there any choice?

After a few drinks, everyone started talking, but they all talked about local things. No one asked Qiu Wuhen and the others about the outside world or any interesting things in Yunduan County. Even if Qiu Wuhen started,
Chapter completed!