Chapter 150 Tearing Their Umbrellas
Chapter 150 Tearing Their Umbrellas
"Village Chief, to be honest, I didn't know what Lin Hua did before this. It was just a coincidence that we met today."
The village chief said in a good mood: "Haha... Let's not talk about anything else. It's great to have acquaintances in the county government! It can save a lot of effort when dealing with important matters!"
An Yue sat next to her grandfather. She curiously leaned over and asked the village chief, "Then isn't it the same for other people who come? They have to sign the registration documents first, right?"
"Yueyue, you don't know that the village head Wu from the village next door previously led the villagers to the county government office just to report and sign the documents. It took them two days to run back and forth, which was extremely cumbersome."
After the village chief finished speaking, he couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.
"So, having Uncle Lin Hua's help today has really saved us a lot of trouble!"
The bailiff sitting nearby suddenly said, "Actually, among the Sixth Clerk Office, the one who is the most kind and friendly to others is the head of the office, Fang Lin. The other heads are..." The bailiff who spoke looked only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Before the young yamen runner could finish his words, another yamen runner sitting next to him quickly reached out and covered his mouth with his hand.
"You kid! Don't you want to live? Be careful with your mouth!"
After that, no one spoke anymore in the entire mule cart.
An Yue thought to herself: [It seems that no matter which era it is, it is the same, 'It is easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little devils.' The lower the official position, the harder it is to deal with. ]
At noon, the county town is still bustling with people and cars. There are many kinds of shops on both sides of the street. Compared with the shops in the town, the shops in the county town have more and more complete categories, and the streets are also wider.
Grandfather looked at the street and couldn't help but sighed: "It has been several years since I last came to the county town. I didn't expect that the county town is so prosperous now."
The older yamen runner said, "In the past few years, our Xiyue Kingdom has been peaceful, the people have lived and worked in peace, and more and more merchants have gathered in the county town."
The village chief echoed the words of the yamen runner and said, "Your Excellency is right. The world is peaceful now, with good weather and good harvests. There are no disasters or troubles. This is a blessing for the people."
When An Yue heard the yamen runner mention the word "merchant", she really wanted to jump off the mule cart and take a look around to see if she could find any useful business opportunities in this county.
But the most important thing at the moment is to measure the barren mountains and wastelands as soon as possible, and the idea of looking for business opportunities can only be put on hold for the time being.
The two mule carts soon arrived at Shijing Town.
Another quarter of an hour passed.
Finally arrived at Baili Village.
The mule cart stopped by the road and everyone jumped off one by one.
An Yue pointed to the wasteland beside the road and said to the two drivers, "There is a lot of tender grass on that wasteland. I'd like to trouble you two uncles to rest here for a while!"
"Girl, you don't have to be polite."
Several yamen runners were holding measuring tools, and my grandfather and the village chief led them towards the wasteland that they had previously taken a fancy to.
An Yue quickly ran to the village chief's house in the west of the village, preparing to go back to eat some dry food to fill her stomach, and then bring some dry food and water to her grandfather and the village chief.
He then brewed two more pots of tea and brought them to the wasteland so that the tired yamen runners could quench their thirst.
Although the area of the wasteland is not large, the mountain behind is still a mountain. Even if six people measure it together, it may not be possible to complete it in two hours.
An Yue walked into the yard and went straight to the main house. She wanted to ask Qin to help her boil water.
At this time, Qin was washing the pots and bowls. Seeing that it was An Yue, she hurriedly asked, "Yueyue, you guys are back so soon?"
"Yes! Auntie, Yueyue wants you to help her."
After An Yue explained everything to Qin, she turned around and walked towards the east room.
As soon as I entered the east room, I found the entire An family standing in the kitchen and eating lunch.
When Grandmother Zhou saw An Yue enter the east room, she put down her bowl and hurriedly stepped forward to question An Yue: "Tell me! Did you secretly take the money from our old house?"
An Yue ignored her and continued walking towards her room, while her grandmother Zhou followed behind An Yue, chattering non-stop.
When she walked into the room, she did not see her grandmother, uncle and An Nian.
An Yue was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly remembered that when she and her grandfather, the village chief, set out for the county town, her uncle told her that he wanted An Nian to take him to the vegetable garden to have a look. It seemed that they were still in the vegetable garden now.
Grandmother Zhou was still cursing: "Humph! How could you be so kind? You even helped us find a place to stay? Are you waiting for us here?"
An Yue picked up the sorghum cake and went to Qin's main house. She really couldn't stand her yelling.
When grandmother Zhou saw that An Yue ignored her, she became even angrier.
She rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, pointed at An Yue and said, "You silly girl! Are you deaf or what? Can't you hear me talking to you?"
An Yue couldn't stand it anymore and retorted: "Grandma, it's not easy for you to live to this age, let's just be quiet, okay?"
"You, you, you..." Zhou had no idea that the money in the old house was stolen. No matter how angry she was, she couldn't do anything. After all, she was living under someone else's roof now, and there was nothing she could do to An Yue.
An Yue pretended to be helpless and annoyed on the surface, but she was actually very happy inside.
She secretly rejoiced in her heart: [I just want to cut off your retreat, because the rain that my sister and I experienced when we were most desperate was all caused by you.]
So, An Yue took advantage of the An family's misfortune and asked her uncle to search the old house early, in order to tear up their umbrellas and let them also have a taste of the feeling of being homeless, living under someone else's roof, penniless, and having to depend on others for their lives and living cautiously.
At this time, Qin came from the main room, stood at the door of the east room and shouted to An Yue: "Yueyue, the tea is ready."
An Yue quickly responded, "Okay! Auntie, Yueyue will be here soon." After that, An Yue took the dry food and walked towards the main house.
An Yue came to the main house, carrying a water bottle and dry food, and walked quickly towards the wasteland east of the village.
In just a short while, several yamen runners had measured the wasteland.
An Yue smiled and said to the yamen runners: "If you are thirsty, please come and have some tea."
"Alright, alright, thank you, young lady!"
An Yue walked up to the village chief and grandfather, handed each of them a sorghum cake, and said, "Uncle, grandfather, have something to eat to fill your stomach!"
After giving them the dry food, An Yue carried the remaining dry food and water bottle to the vegetable garden. She was thinking of going to the vegetable garden to find her grandmother and the others.
After walking a few steps, I saw them all in the vegetable garden from afar. I watched my uncle swinging a hoe to dig the ground, my grandmother squatting as if she was weeding, and An Nian sitting on the edge of the ground reading a book.
An Yue shouted with a smile: "Grandma, you are still here?"
Grandmother Zheng looked up and saw that it was An Yue. She slowly stood up and asked in surprise:
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