"Xiao Er, how to get to the county government office?"
After eating steamed buns and drinking tea given by the waiter, Ye Chuqiu asked the waiter.
"Go forward about three hundred steps along this street, then turn left, come out of the alley, and walk about three hundred steps to the right," the waiter replied.
"Okay, thank you very much."
Ye Chuqiu stood up, and Li Youmei on the side said: "Don't forget what you promised me. If I don't come tomorrow, I might come back to you in a few days. Don't even think about defaulting on your debt."
"Don't worry, guest." The waiter nodded and bowed, watching them leave, "Goodbye, guest."
"Cough cough cough."
Along the way, Ye Chuqiu found many beggars huddled in the corner, coughing. Li Youmei walked among the crowd and quietly pulled Ye Chuqiu's sleeves, "Sister-in-law, do you think they are infected with the plague?"
"I don't know? But it doesn't look good." Ye Chuqiu shook his head and said, "When we meet Mr. Qi, let's ask him what the situation is in the city."
"Yeah." Li Youmei nodded and pulled up the mask on her face a little higher. Her sister-in-law said that once worn, this mask can prevent the plague. She didn't want to be infected again, the kind that alternately gets cold and hot.
, she didn’t want to suffer the feeling of vomiting and diarrhea again.
On the way, he happened to pass by a grain farm. Ye Chuqiu saw people queuing up to buy grain, so he told Lin Sanhu, "Sanhu, go and find out what the price of grain is around here."
"Okay, mother." Lin Sanhu agreed and immediately ran over to ask.
Not long after, he came back and said, "Mom, the price of food is very expensive now. A bushel of rice costs a hundred laiwen."
"Alas~"
Ye Chuqiu sighed, "I thought the situation in Dunchuan would be better, but I didn't expect that it would also fall."
"Mom, do we have enough food?" Lin Sanhu couldn't help but ask again.
"What do you think?" Ye Chuqiu asked back, "I am a half-grown man who lives in poverty. How much food have you eaten from me along the way? My basket on my back is all empty!"
"Then...should we buy some food?"
Lin Sanhu said: "I just inquired about it. The food in the grain farm is limited. If you don't buy it, it may be gone."
"You don't need to worry about these things." Ye Chuqiu said.
Just kidding, she has already experienced a famine, how can she not prepare food? There is plenty of food in her space now.
However, she couldn't tell them whether she could conjure grain, so she wouldn't let them inquire. After that, she would just go out alone and pretend to buy grain.
"Master, do you think we should buy some food?" Li Youmei on the side was discussing with Lin Qingyun.
"Whatever you buy, it's up to your sister-in-law to decide." Lin Qingyun said.
"But..." Li Youmei was about to speak, but when she glanced at Ye Chuqiu and saw the calm look on her face, she suddenly understood, "I understand, I will listen to my sister-in-law's arrangements."
"What are you two talking about? What do you want me to do? If you want to buy food, just go and buy it."
Ye Chuqiu didn't know why the two of them were looking at him, "Is it possible that I can turn food into food for you? I have promised you that we have separated a long time ago. It is enough for me to take care of you on the way to escape.
, now that we are in the city, you can support yourself from now on, I am not responsible for your food and accommodation."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, we are not the kind of greedy people. I just thought, sister-in-law, don't you know the county magistrate? Hehehe, the county government has official rations. It will definitely be cheaper for the county magistrate to sell some to us."
Li Youmei didn't say the last sentence very loudly, but it was just loud enough for Ye Chuqiu to hear. She immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you thinking? Fortunately, you said it here. If you had said it in Master Qi's ear,
What do people think of us? Let me tell you, Mr. Qi is a good official who wants to serve the people. You can’t think of these stupid tricks!"
"Sister-in-law, all the officials appear to be honest officials, but in fact, who is not greedy?" Li Youmei curled her lips and said.
"I don't care if he is greedy or not. Anyway, don't even think about this idea. Otherwise, don't follow him." Ye Chuqiu said angrily.
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law, I won't say anything anymore." Li Youmei said quickly.
"Forget it, forget it, you better not follow me, I'll take Dahu there, you just find a place to wait."
"No, sister-in-law, I promise you won't do anything bad, just take me to see you." Li Youmei became a little anxious upon hearing this.
"No more. I just thought about it. Although I am very familiar with this family, it is inappropriate to drag them with me when we meet for the first time. Qingyun, you take them to find a place to wait for me. I will take Dahu there."
That’s it.”
Ye Chuqiu looked at Lin Qingyun, "Don't let them talk nonsense. This county government is not monolithic. Even the county magistrate is being watched. When the time comes, if others can't deal with the county magistrate, they won't be able to deal with us either?"
Ye Chuqiu threatened them, and then asked Lin Qingyun to take everyone to wait for her at a foot shop not far away, while she took Lin Dahu to the county government office.
"Hey, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have said more."
Looking at their backs as they walked away, Li Youmei felt a little regretful. She originally wanted to see what the county magistrate looked like, but now, let alone having a relationship, she didn't even have dinner.
"You, stop daydreaming. It would be great if you could settle down in Dunchuan. You still want to have a relationship. The county magistrate knows my sister-in-law, but he doesn't know you." Lin Qingyun said.
"Then I'm no worse than my sister-in-law. I went with my sister-in-law to see the county magistrate. Didn't he know me? Then I'm even more eloquent than my sister-in-law. I was in Lin'an Village before, and I was in the village for half a year. I didn't care about anyone's business.
Do you know? I don’t know anyone in the village? My sister-in-law stays at home every day, and I tell her all the things in the village."
Li Youmei felt that she was much better than Ye Chuqiu in terms of welcoming and sending guests, and making friends.
"You just talk a lot, who really treats you as a friend? The people you know are not helpful at critical moments. My sister-in-law knows few people, but she can be relied on at critical moments."
But Lin Qingyun said, "Besides, my sister-in-law is literate, but you are illiterate."
"Hey, I said you and I are a family, which one of us is your mother-in-law? How do you know how to harm me?" Li Youmei said with an unhappy face.
"You and I are a family, and it is precisely because we are a family that I can talk about you." Lin Qingyun said.
Li Youmei snorted coldly and stopped talking.
But it was said that Ye Chuqiu brought Lin Dahu to the gate of the county government office.
Except for a huge Dengwen drum placed there, there was no one waiting at the gate of the county government office. Ye Chuqiu didn't see anyone, so he couldn't force his way in, so he waited outside for a while, and finally,
Finally, two officials came out of the county government office.
"Hey, this little brother." Ye Chuqiu stopped them.
"Who is your little brother?"
When they saw Ye Chuqiu, the officials turned around and scolded her, but after seeing Ye Chuqiu's appearance, their tone immediately softened a little, "This little woman, what are you doing here? This is an important place for the county government. No idlers are allowed to enter."
"We came to join our relatives."
Lin Dahu took a step forward and blocked Ye Chuqiu behind him, "Can you please help the two police officers to report in?"
"Who are you looking for?" one of the tall officials asked with raised eyebrows.
"Let's find the county magistrate. If he is busy, we can also find their housekeeper Nie." Ye Chuqiu also took a step forward and said: "Let's just say that it is a woman named Ye who came from Andong City and came here specifically to seek refuge.
them."
"Are you looking for the county magistrate?" The officer glanced at Ye Chuqiu with a suspicious look on his face. However, seeing that what she said was true, he did not dare not report it. He was afraid that if she really knew the county magistrate and would be troubled by the magistrate in the end, he asked
Said: "Do you have a token of trust?"
"I came on the run and had no tokens of trust."
Ye Chuqiu said, gently bumped into Lin Dahu, and stuffed two taels of silver into Lin Dahu's hand. Lin Dahu reacted and stepped forward quickly, "Please go and inform the two gentlemen. Please pay these two gentlemen with this little money."
drink wine."
"No, no, no, our yamen doesn't pay attention to this."
The officer said, glanced at the two of them, and asked his companion to wait here while he went in to report.
Anyway, they were not afraid of Ye Chuqiu playing tricks on them. If Ye Chuqiu asked them to make this trip in vain, the Yamen would be right here. He would just find a reason to arrest them and they would die or lose their skin.
The official went in for a while and then came out after a while, "The county magistrate said, please come in."
"Thank you very much."
Ye Chuqiu walked over, took the money from Lin Dahu's hand, and handed it to the official as before, "I'll treat you two to tea. Thank you for your hard work."
Lin Dahu was very puzzled by Ye Chuqiu's actions. He had already gone in to inform them, so why did his mother still give them money?
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
This time, the official took the money happily. The official on the same side said: "Brother, wait for me here for a while. I will take this lady in and come over immediately."
"Okay, go quickly."
Ye Chuqiu followed the official, circling left and right along the side path, then passed through the handwriting corridor, and then came to the backyard of the county government office.
"Our county magistrate lives here. Generally, if you want to find him, you don't have to come to the county government office. It's better to enter directly through the side door. There will be servants guarding him. Those who enter through the county government office gate are usually messengers who are here to do something."
The official explained while leading Ye Chuqiu and the two away.
"I know, thank you for letting me know, brother." Ye Chuqiu nodded slightly to him, followed him to the back office, and arrived in front of a house.
"Sir, we've arrived." The official went in first and announced, then came out and let Ye Chuqiu and the others in.
"Master Qi, long time no see."
Ye Chuqiu calmed down and walked in with Lin Dahu. The moment he saw Qi Chongjin, he smiled slightly and got married with him.
"No need to be polite, get up quickly and please sit down."
When Qi Chongjin saw Ye Chuqiu and the two of them, his prim and serious face also lifted up slightly, revealing a smile.
When the officer saw that he had sent the wrong person, he bowed at the door and left. There was another officer waiting in the room and took the initiative to bring tea to the two of them.
Ye Chuqiu took the tea and glanced around the room, skipping the simple furnishings in the room and focusing on Qi Chongjin.