Chapter 61: My County Lord!
After eating two full bowls of fried noodles, Li Dingguo felt that all the energy he had spent during the day had returned.
While standing on the well platform to get cold water to take a shower, even the man Zhang Guofeng was full of praise for Li Dingguo's well-proportioned, strong and beautiful body.
"No wonder that aunt will find you a son-in-law. A man like you, even if you don't have any skills in battle, can live a good life just by looking like a Suide man." "
Li Dingguo continued to pour water on his body, which was like steel. When he heard Zhang Guofeng talking nonsense, he stopped the water in his hand and wiped his eyebrows. The water stain said: "My father, who is more than eight feet tall, died of hunger. My brother is a little taller than me. Isn't he starving to death?
If my adoptive father's army had not arrived at my house, I would have died of hunger. I would have starved to death a long time ago. If I can be made ugly, my parents and brother will not starve to death. It doesn’t matter what I look like.”
Zhang Guofeng chuckled and said, “Don’t mention the past, just bring it up. Who didn’t shed tears in the past? Let’s talk about now.
Dingguo, if there is a rich man who is willing to recruit a son-in-law, would you be willing? ”
Li Dingguo said with a smile. : "I can give it to you first!"
Zhang Guofeng smiled and poured a ladle of cold water on his head and said, "Damn, why did my heart heat up after saying a few dirty words?"< /p>
Li Dingguo poured a ladle of water on Zhang Guofeng's crotch and said: "Take care of your little brother first!"
The two brothers happily took a shower and returned to the wheat field. There was a mountain-like pile of wheat on the field, which could not ignite the fire, and the mosquitoes in Guanzhong were extremely fierce. The two brothers had to go to the distant fire and use thick smoke to drive away the mosquitoes.
Maike fell asleep long ago, snoring everywhere. After a while, Zhang Guofeng also started snoring.
The weather was hot and there were many mosquitoes. Li Dingguo lost his sleepiness, got up and came to the intersection. There was wind here, and the mosquitoes couldn't stay. So he moved a stone and leaned it against the trunk of the tree, looking up. Stars in the sky.
I don’t know when I fell asleep. When Li Dingguo woke up, he found that it was still dark. The nights were short in summer, so he probably only slept for two hours, and he had to start working again.
When taking the sickle, one of the masters was given a pot helmet, and two Mai Ke carried a large bucket of water, and everyone followed the masters to the ground in a hurry.
It’s a bit gloomy today, which is not a good sign for the owner who is harvesting wheat. After everyone hurriedly ate pot helmets with water in the field, they waited for the dew to fall a little before entering again. The wheat field.
When Li Dingguo walked into the wheat field, it was as if he had entered a battlefield. His momentum infected Zhang Guofeng, and he took a deep breath before entering the wheat field.
Last night, the wheat customer was scolded by the hostess’s mother-in-law. Seeing that the food he was given was not bad, he couldn’t be lazy and cut the wheat quickly.
The host family was not idle either, relying on Li Dingguo to helpHarvesting wheat so skillfully.
Zhang Guofeng joked: "The host looks like a well-to-do family. Why do you cut the wheat by yourself?"
The host is a simple and honest middle-aged man. He wiped his forehead. Sweat said: "It's cloudy. If the food is hit by the rain, Guanzhong will be hit by another disaster this year.
The more grain you harvest, the more people will be able to eat."
< p>Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said: "This is your family's food, what does it have to do with outsiders in Guanzhong?"The host straightened up, thumped his waist and said: "The melons are born after melons. , why do you think no one has starved to death in Lantian County over the years, and why it has hosted a large group of refugees?
The food in this county will eventually be centralized.
Just like my family. The harvest this year is good, and enough food is left for the family. The rest must be sold to the grain depot. Places with more food must subsidize places with less food. Places with less food must be responsible for repairing ditches and performing labor. Only in this way can the whole country The folks in the county are all well fed.
As for my family, my family only has a little more money than other families."
Li Dingguo said quietly: "There have been many disasters in Guanzhong in recent years. The price of food is not good for you."
The middle-aged man looked at Li Dingguo strangely and said, "How can you say that food is more valuable than human life?"
< p>Northern Shaanxi is a living example. People there only care about their own livelihood and don’t care about the life or death of others. Rich people took advantage of the great famine to buy other people’s land, livestock and children at low prices. His family, on the other hand, Now that we have become rich, those who used to have land have lost their land, their livestock, and their children. How can they survive?If you don’t have food, you have to survive, right? Are there any wealthy people who have escaped?
Look, how many people are left in northern Shaanxi in the past few years?
This is not true. The fate of giving the poor people a way to live!
The poor people starve to death, and they are also killed by the poor people.
We in Lantian County do not do this stupid thing. >Our county chief first burned his family's IOUs, and then was the first to confiscate his own grain. He also begged grandpa and grandma to reason with the rich households in the county and let them donate the grain. My family also donated 60
As a result, although everyone in Lantian County was hungry that year, including me, no one died of hunger! >Throughout the winter, no one in our county was idle, from the old man with a gray beard to the child who could carry a basket and move soil, risking his or her life to build canals and store water.
Guess what?"
The middle-aged man said excitedly, and his back straightened up when he thought of the feat that year. In order to speak more happily, he even knew how to lie.
Li Dingguo is naturally a sensible person, so he quickly said: "What's wrong? Please tell me quickly."
The middle-aged man then said with a smile: "Spring will come next year.It still hasn't rained a drop in Lantian County, but we have water in the reservoir, the water in the pond is full, and there are water trucks to do things. In addition, we moved ice cubes into the fields in winter, which made the ground wet. During severe droughts, the moisture in the ground remains constant.
The seeds that were planted sprouted as scheduled, and no piece of land was left uncultivated.
God, this thief is used to bullying weaklings. Seeing that he couldn’t deal with us, it rained one after another. That year, I was very mature in Lantian County!
For the 60 tons of grain I donated, the county magistrate insisted on giving me back 100 tons of grain after the next summer harvest, and also rewarded me with new grain seeds. With this new grain, we no longer have to worry about this thief. God won't give us any rain. ”
Li Dingguo looked at the pride shown by this middle-aged man, and for some reason, he felt envious. He had never felt such pride even when he conquered Xiangyang City.
p>“Who is the county magistrate? He can do such a thing. "Zhang Guofeng was also dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask.
"That year, my county magistrate was just eight years old! ”
“Eight years old? "Li Dingguo couldn't help shouting.
The middle-aged man laughed boldly and said: "How can my county magistrate be compared to ordinary people? He is a wild boar spirit!
Boys, what is a pig?
Pigs are a treasure in the home. Look at how the word "家" is written. Does a house have a pig under it to be considered a home?
Lantian County became a family because of the pig our county official.
This is not what I said in vain, but what the Taoist Master of Guandi Temple said personally. As long as this pig in our county is still there, our family business will not collapse!
Fortunately, our county magistrate is young, so I can pass my life safely, and my son and grandson will be fine in their lifetimes. It is best that our county magistrate can live a long life... Ah, bah, what about a hundred years old? Enough, it’s best to live forever! "
Zhang Guofeng listened to the middle-aged man boasting about Yun Zhao's magic, and couldn't help but said: "I heard that your county magistrate's family used to be robbers, and they were unreasonable.
The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Guofeng coldly and said, "I see you are young, so I won't care about you. Don't say these words in Lantian County in the future."
In the years of great chaos, of course some people named Yun became robbers. How could my eight-year-old county magistrate become a robber? I didn’t know it was that beast spreading gossip about my county magistrate.
Remember, the Yun family is a kind family at the foot of Yushan, Lantian County!
As for the bad temper?
The people under his command are all idiots, and there are also a large group of government servants who only know how to collect money and do nothing, plus a large group of stingy rich people. How can the county magistrate suppress his temper if he is not grumpy?
That’s it, the county magistrate couldn’t bear to kill anyone, what should my county magistrate do?
Okay, let’s get to work! ”
The middle-aged man actually became angry as he spoke. He lowered his head, moved forward quickly like a wild boar, and soon surpassed Li Dingguo. Zhang Guofeng was so big.
"Dingguo, do you think what this guy said is true or false?" Zhang Guofeng was also a little angry. If he were elsewhere, he could chop off this guy's head immediately.
Li Dingguo said leisurely: "That aunt was right last night. The crops in the field cannot tell lies. We have traveled to many places in the past few years. Where have you seen such a scene?" ?"
Zhang Guofeng straightened up and looked at the endless wheat fields, and sighed: "I really haven't seen it before. If we have so many fertile fields, I don't want to fight around."
Li Dingguo smiled and said: "There will be, we will definitely have it."