Time flies, even if Lin Haoran stays for one more day than originally planned, it is time to take up his post in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, the village wakes up to the crowing of a big rooster. It's just that early autumn has arrived, and the mist envelops the rice fields in front of the village, and the air is a little chilly in autumn.

The villagers are very industrious, they all get up early to be busy, usually men carry water, women make breakfast. Some families who have already sent their children to school will wake up earlier.

But I don't know if it's because the tiger girl is at home, or if these children have always been like this, they also gathered at the threshing floor early, and the little figures looked vibrant.

Roosters, barking, crowing, talking, chasing......

Lin Haoran's thatched hut has poor sound insulation, and his sleep is very shallow, so it is destined to be difficult to sleep in the village until the sun basks his buttocks, and he also got up early.

Open the door and welcome the new day. He yawned and stretched out at the pepper field in front of the yard, then crouched down in the ditch in front of the house to scrub.

In the days since he came back, his days have not been too leisurely.

Knowing that he was about to become the prefect of Leizhou and the secretary of Guangdong City, many wealthy or small officials around him came to the door one after another, and some famous scholars also came from afar.

The world is bustling, all for profit!

Not to mention that these shrewd upper-class people, even some poor people, came to offer with land deeds.

Because in addition to taxes, the imperial court would also impose forced forced labor on the people who owned the land, so many people preferred to give up the ownership of the land and only fight for the right to use.

The advantage of this approach is that you are free from the pain of forced labor, you do not need to worry about being suddenly requisitioned to build river embankments, build walls, etc., and with the protection of Lin Haoran, a big man, you do not have to worry about unfair treatment when collecting taxes.

It is precisely because of this that many poor peasants choose to take refuge in Lin Haoran, proud to be his tenant farmers.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court unswervingly opposed the land annexation of the rich and forbade the rich to spend money to buy the land of the poor. It's just that now, the poor have become popular with the bureaucracy, but the court doesn't let go of a single fart.

This is actually a mockery of those in power. In fact, the harm of opposing the land annexation of the rich but not curbing the land annexation of the bureaucracy is obviously the same, but each one pretends to turn a blind eye.

Chirping......

The little golden monkey hurriedly jumped into the yard with a few wild fruits in his hand, and his body was stained with some dew. But I don't know if I spent the night on the mountain last night, or if I went up the mountain in the morning to pick the fruit.

This little thing is very spiritual, went into the house and searched for it, and then came out and called at Lin Haoran twice. heard Lin Haoran's words: "I don't know where the tiger girl is", so he jumped out of the yard to find the tiger girl.

After washing, Lin Haoran was idle, so he pushed open the courtyard gate that had been repaired and walked towards the old patriarch's house.

As he passed by the barnyard, he saw Monkey Four making breakfast for the dyeers under the shed, while the rice jar was there to help out with a little help, and his eyes glanced at the big copper pot in which the meat was boiling.

It's just that there are usually a lot of children in the barn field, and I can't see any of them today, but I don't know where to play by the wild girl of the tiger girl.

Hum......

When approaching the old patriarch's house, a big sow with striped black flowers and white flowers with a group of small piglets was noisily arching the dirt, and some of the little piglets were gnawing on the grass.

It is worth mentioning that unlike the feed feeding of later generations, pigs in this era were free-range.

There is a pig breeding scripture as evidence: "Spring and summer grass is born, grazing at any time, the genus of dregs, don't be with that day." In August, September and December, it was released but not fed. All the chaff is stored in the poor winter and early spring. ”

It's only September now, so the reason is "let the pigs go but don't feed them". Because Changlin Village is located in the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty, there is rarely a withering of grass in winter, so this pig basically does not need to be raised all year round.

It's not that they don't want to raise a big fat pig, but there's a cost involved.

In this era when there is often not enough to eat, a pound of lobster and a pound of rice is actually difficult to determine whether it is high or bad, and feeding a hundred pounds of pigs with a thousand pounds of grain is definitely unacceptable to the people of this era.

It is precisely because of this that everyone will not use grain to feed pigs, but will only "August, September, and thirteen months, release but not feed". Because pigs in this era can only be "self-reliant", the meat quality is even tighter.

It's just that when passing by the pigs, Lin Haoran couldn't help pinching his nose and frowning at the black stuff on the ground.

The increasing number of pig farmers in the village has obviously caused a health problem in the village, but he has no intention of interfering. After all, this is the case in this era, and such a village seems to have more flavor.

In fact, not only pig dung, but also the old patriarch's cowshed also smells of cow dung, but cow dung will be very sought-after, and many villagers will collect cow dung and throw it into the field for fertilization.

Pushed open the courtyard door and walked to the door of the old patriarch's house.

The old patriarch also got up early and was preparing sacrifices in the kitchen, planning to help Lin Haoran go to the land temple in the east of the village to worship before leaving.

"Nineteen, you've come just in time, things are ready!" The old patriarch looked up and saw Lin Haoran, and said happily.

Although Lin Haoran didn't believe in this custom, he accepted it calmly. I just wanted to take the tiger girl to worship together, but I found that I couldn't find anyone, and the person was not in the village at all.

Ay!

Lin Haoran felt helpless, after her girl came back, she really saw the beginning and the end. Yesterday there was no one to see all afternoon, and later I learned that she had gone up to the mountains with a large group of children to pick wild fruits, and had brought back a lot of honey for her.

It's just that Hu Niu didn't see anyone early in the morning, and he obviously told her that he was going to leave for her post today, but he was still so playful, and he was extremely speechless about it.

Sometimes he really thinks that he has to discipline this girl well, and it is really wild.

Qingshan Academy, which is now the most prestigious private academy in western Guangdong, has benefited from the emergence of Wenkui, and many wealthy people or officials have sent their children to study here.

Early this morning, many children dressed in scholar's clothes came to the academy to start their first step in the pursuit of fame.

Living in this era, today's is "everything is inferior, only reading is high". Not to mention that he will have the opportunity to be an official in the future, even if he only gets a child's fame, his identity and status are much higher than ordinary people.

It is precisely because of this that many rich children who accept Mengxue are very arrogant, looking down on those children who have no money to study, and even those who are from poor backgrounds.

It's just that today is different from usual, more than 30 children gathered not far from the courtyard gate, looking at the children who came to school.

When they saw two little fat men in gorgeous clothes walking with the scholars, as the dog stretched out his hand and pointed, the plainly dressed children surrounded the four of them.

"What are you poor people doing? Do you know who my dad is? Although at a disadvantage, one of the little fat men is very arrogant.

The crowd made way of an aisle, but saw a little girl with a pierced face walking towards the four of them, pointing at the little fat man and saying crisply, "Who does I care who your father is?" In short, you are not allowed to bully Ah Cai, Ah Wen and the dog again, otherwise I will beat you directly next time. ”

Standing behind her were three children dressed in scholar's clothes. They were sent to Qingshan Academy by their father to study, but they were always bullied by these two little fat men, and now their boss knew about it and took the initiative to stand up for the three of them.

Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang cooperated with the tiger girl, their eyes were looking at this little fat man tightly, with the intention of making a move at any time.

"You beat me up, my father is a showman, are you afraid?" The little fat man raised his chin and proudly reported himself to the door.

It's just that as soon as his words fell, the child next to him immediately teased: "Hu Niu's brothers are all champions, your father is a showman, who will be afraid of you?" ”

"Huh? Your brother is Wen Kui Lin Haoran? The arrogance on the little fat man's face immediately disappeared without a trace, and he looked at the tiger girl with a stunned face.

"My brother is my brother, I am me, in short, I am not allowed to bully them anymore, otherwise I will go directly to the academy and beat you, do you hear?" Tiger Girl didn't want to hit her brother's name, so she first snorted proudly, and then warned again.

She didn't want to bully people, but these two people were so hateful that they always used ink to stain the clothes of the three of them, and asked the dog to ride them as horses, which was really too deceitful.

"I heard you!" The two fat men looked at each other, and then said in unison.

Although this little girl is not fierce at all, her identity is too scary, and she has brought so many people. However, they also had a careful mind in their hearts, feeling that the tiger girl would not dare to really break into the academy to make trouble for them.

Hu Niu came over this time and planned to "salute first and then soldier", and she didn't plan to do it at all, so she let them go, and then patted her palms and said: "Okay, let's go back too, I have to accompany my brother to take office today!" ”

In the eyes of many people, it was Lin Haoran who took the tiger girl to take office. But in Hu Niu's heart, she thought that she was accompanying her brother to take office, and she was a companion for her brother, not a burden.

To return to Changlin Village from Castle Peak Academy, you need to pass through Jiangcun and also pass in front of Jiangfumen.

She saw from a distance that there were two tall carriages parked in front of the Jiangfu Gate, and several family members were carrying some things into the carriage behind, and they also looked like they were about to leave.

Seeing this scene, Hu Niu had some curiosity, after all, she was also going to leave today, but she didn't know if this person was going to Leizhou City with them.

Hum!

When she saw a beautiful woman coming out of it, the tiger girl immediately turned her face away, and her nose snorted lightly, looking very disdainful.

Although this Mrs. Jiang is very beautiful, she has not forgotten that Mrs. Jiang sent bad people to arrest her last year. If she hadn't run fast at the time, I'm afraid she would have been sold far away.

Mrs. Jiang also noticed this group of children, and when she saw that some children dared to show her face, her heart immediately swelled with anger.

It's just that it's the nerd's sister Tiger Girl, but she can only suppress her anger. This former little girl in the mountains has now become the eldest lady of the official family, and has become the younger sister of the youngest prefect of the Ming Dynasty.

Watching the tiger girl lead a large group of children to pass by, I found that this girl was really majestic, and her appearance was extremely cute, and I found that the anger in my heart disappeared.

Autumn is high and crisp, and there are no clouds.

The wagons were ready to go, and hundreds of villagers had gathered in front of the threshing floor to see off the most prominent young man of their clan.

Compared with the previous sadness, this time is undoubtedly celebrating. Because Lin Haoran went to Leizhou Mansion next to Gucheng County, and he was directly the prefect, which was a beautiful thing that no one in the world could grab.

"Nineteen, have a nice trip!"

"Nineteen, I wish you all the best!"

"Tiger girl, you have to be careful!"

……

The villagers gathered at the edge of the grain drying field and said goodbye to Lin Haoran and his party.

The tiger girl is also the focus of everyone's attention, and many people's eyes fall on her, and she adopts the usual way of getting on the bus.

She ran and jumped, propped her hands on the board, leaned forward, and her whole small body hung on the car, and then one leg was retracted and stepped on it, and she got into the car smoothly.

After getting into the car, Hu Niu's face did not have the slightest sadness of parting, and she waved her fleshy little hand to the women and children who saw her off: "I'll be back in a few days!" ”

Burst!

When Lin Haoran heard this, she almost vomited blood, it seems that it is impossible for this girl to stay in Leizhou Mansion with him honestly, I am afraid that she will run to the village in three days.

"Let's go!"

Da Biao swung his whip on the horse's buttocks, but the convoy slowly headed out of the village, through the bamboo forest was the solid dirt road, which stretched to the small hillside across the river.

Leizhou Mansion is an unstable place, not only inhabited by pirates, but also rampant by bandits. In particular, there is a very disturbing news, that is, Li Xiancheng of Haikang County was whipped to death by someone, and then his body was destroyed, and his death was extremely miserable.

It is said that this Li Xiancheng wanted to eliminate the harm for the people of Leizhou City, but he was eliminated instead. It can be seen that Leizhou City will have an undercurrent, and even Lin Haoran may be worried about his life.

It is precisely because of this that the old patriarch also singled out the strongest young man in the village and asked them to escort Lin Haoran to take office.

With such a powerful convoy, naturally no bandits dared to stir up trouble, so the group quickly entered the territory of Leizhou Mansion from Shicheng County. After passing through Suixi County, we arrived at Haikang County, which is the Fuzhi County of Leizhou Prefecture.

That night, they rested at the post station outside Leizhou City, but the stable caught fire in the middle of the night, and when Lin Haoran returned to the room, there was an extra bloody whip on the table.